The Potter Twins

Chapter 3: Godric's Hollow

We appariated into a empty, snow covered street. The houses were dark, as it was 10:30pm, but the church was lit and the faint sound of singing could be heard. "I think its Christmas Eve." Hermione said to us, we had no idea what day it was since we'd been in hiding. We walked together to the church. 

Harry stopped at the entrance to the graveyard. "Do you think they'd be in there, Haley? Mom and Dad?" I didn't answer, I just walked into the graveyard and started looking. Hermione and Harry followed. Heremione went one way as Harry followed me, wanting to find them together. 

Then we saw it. 'In loving memory of James Potter and Lily Potter. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.'

I could hear Harry starting to cry. We both knew they were dead but actually see their shared headstone made it very real. I took his hand and Hermione conjured a wreath in front it, then she took my hand. We stood their at the grave for a minute until Hermione spoke. "There's someone watching us. By the church." We looked up to see an older woman who seemed to want us to follow her. 

As we followed her down the street, we came across a burned house. I stopped, causing them to stop and look. "This is where it happened." I said. We jumped when the woman appeared beside us. 

Mrs. Bigshot took us to her house. Harry knew that she had known Dumbledore's family and was convince she might have the sword or knew where it was. Once there, she led my brother upstairs, he thought she was going to give him the sword while Hermione and I stayed downstairs and looked around. I found Rita Skeeter's book on Dumbledore's life and stuck it in my bag, thinking it could be useful. Hermione continued to look around when I heard her knock something over, she came running out of a back room. "That's not her! She's dead."She said to me, breathing heavy from shock. Then we heard a commotion upstairs. 

Hermione and I ran to see Harry being attacked by Voldemort's pet snake. Hermione shot her with a stun, the snake fell down the stairs and the room fell quiet. Hermione slowly looked over the gap and the snake shot up at her. I use a blasting spell and we appraited out of the Godric's Hollow in one piece. 

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We were back in the Forest of Dean only in a different spot. I tended to some scratches Harry got from the snake, while Hermione served us some soup. "You were right. He knew we'd go back there. That's why he left that stupid snake there." Harry said, wincing as I cleaned his arm. 

"It's alright. We should have gone there a long time ago. " I told him. After we ate, he laid down while Hermione looked over the book I took for Mrs. Bagshot's. I finished the protection ring, when I heard a branch snap not to far away. I took out my wand and waited until I saw some movement, when I did I disarmed the person.

"Why did you do that?" a voice asked me, I knew that voice. Hermione and Harry came out of the tent when they heard the spell. He came closer, I ran over to him and jumped into his arms. He laughed and kissed the side of my face. For the first time I'd known him, he was in jeans, t-shirt and a hoodie. 

"What are you doing here? How did you found us?" 

"I will always find you." He replied and kissed me. 

Hermione came over and gave him a friendly hug. "Took your time, didn't you?" She said. Then we looked at my brother. 

He wasn't mad, he was just very, very confused. "What....How....When..... What?!" I had to explain everything to him from the beginning. Draco finally convinced him he was on our side when he wiped off his drawing on dark mark tattoo. "I believe you. I'm sorry for thinking otherwise." 

"It's okay, that was the point. And I should apologize for everything I've done." Draco said. "I didn't mean any of it and I am very sorry." Harry shook his hand and said it was the past. 

We went to bed after that. I fell asleep in my bed but woke up to Draco sliding in beside me. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close. 

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The next morning we were woken up by Harry yelling for Hermione and me. The three of us stepped out of the tent. 

"Are you alright?" Hermione asked Harry.

"Yeah, I'm fine. More than fine, look." He replied and pointed to Ron. 

Ron looks at Hermione with a big smile. "Hey." He was really excited to see her but the smile falls when she punches his arm.

"You are a complete ass, Ronald Wealsey!" She screamed at him and continued to hit him with his bag, her hands and even some leaves. "You show up here after weeks and say 'Hey'?" 

I noticed something in his hand and stepped towards with Draco at my side. "What is that?" Ron held up the destroyed Horcrux necklace and then looked confused at Draco. "You destroyed it?" 

"Where did you get the sword?" Hermione asked, still fuming. 

Harry looked at me and back to Ron. "It's a long story."

Ron dropped his stuff on the ground and stepped toward Hermione. "I wanted to come back as soon as I left but I couldn't find you." 

 "How did you find us?" Harry asked and Ron took his Deluminator out of his pocket. 

"I heard a voice coming out of it. Your voice." He said to Hermione. "It just said my name, so I clicked it and a little ball of light came out and I followed it here. You led me here." Hermione calmed down a bit after that and started to make us all something to eat. 

We were all sitting down at the table while Draco and I told Ron everything we told Harry last night. "How many Horcruxes are left?" Draco asked as we ate. 

"We think four. So far we found the diary, the ring and the locket." Hermione said, looking up from the book.

Ron nodded. "So where do we look next?" 

We all thought for a second then Draco jumped, remembering something. "Bellatrix has one! In her vault at Gringotts."

Ron looked at him confused. "How do you know that?" 

"The Dark Lord has been living in my parents' house for months now. I remember him giving Bella a small cup and telling her it was important that she protect it for him." He told us. "She has this weird love for him so he felt she would keep it the safest for him."

"How will we get in there though? That place is locked up tighter than Hogwarts." Harry asked, which no one had an answer too. 

Hermione looked up from her book and changed the subject. "Can we go visit Xenophilius Lovegood while we try to figure that out?" 

"Why?" Harry asked. 

She showed us the book and pointed to the Deathly Hallows symbol. "Its the mark. It keeps popping up. Here, in the Beedle the Bard, on the grave in Godric's Hollow. Haley told me he was wearing it at the wedding. We need to know why its here." 

We all agreed.