The Girl Who Lived...Through Draco Malfoy

The Girl Who Lived...Through Draco Malfoy - Chapter 35

I had told Harry Bellatrix had acted angry when she saw the sword and thought I had stolen it. Griphook told us she had a vault at Gringott's where the sword was being stored, then added the one she had was a fake. He had agreed to help us because we had saved his life. Hermione thought there had too be something else in the vault that she didn't want us to know about.

I also told them I thought a Horcrux would be hidden in Hogwarts. I couldn't tell them how I knew, but rather explained it was the place Voldemort, or Tom Riddle, had gone to school. He had to have hidden a Horcrux in Hogwarts. They agreed it was probably true, but when I offered to go, Harry immediately refused.

"There's no way you're going alone," Harry protested. I rolled my eyes, getting frustrated.

"We would be able to find two if we split up," I explained, but he shook his head.

"No," he said, not willing to listen.

"I'll go with her," Delia offered. He shook his head again and I sighed.

"I'm going whether you like it or not," I said, looking him in the eyes. I could see anger flash in his eyes then his mind working everything over. He knew I would go and he knew there was nothing he could do about it because he knew he would do the same.

"Harry, I'll be right there with her," Delia said, trying to reassure him.

"Fine," he gave up. "But how are you going to get in?" he asked.

"Hogsmeade. There's the secret entrance into the castle," I answered. "Don't worry, Harry, we'll be fine," I said, smiling reassuringly.


Delia and I planned our entrance into Hogwarts. We would apparate into Hogsmeade and enter the castle through the secret passage in Honeydukes then use Polyjuice Potion and disguise ourselves as two students. We would find the Horcrux, destroy it with the sword and wait in the Room of Requirment for Harry, Ron, and Hermione who left with Griphook to Gringott's the day before.

We waited for night to go to Hogesmeade, hoping it would help conceal us.

"Are you ready?" Delia asked, tucking her wand into her sweater pocket. I nodded, dropping the sword into a tiny purse Hermione had charmed with an undetectable expansion charm. I grabbed her hand and held my breath as the world began to whirl past us.

We skidded to a stop in Hogsmeade, a horrible, high pitched alarm that sounded like a cat screeching echoing through the street. I could see shadows running towards us, people's voices shouting as they looked for the people who had set off the alarm. Delia and I ran into a nearby alley, but we knew they would be able to find us.

"In here!" someone whispered at us from a cracked door. Without hesitation, we ran in. The people that were after us, which turned out to be Death Eaters, questioned the man who had saved us.

"It was me," he lied, "I was letting my cat inside."

"Don't break the curfew again, old man," one of the Death Eater's warned in a raspy voice. The man closed the door and turned to us, an angry look on his face.

"What were you thinking?" he asked, clearly upset. "Coming here after curfew," he said, shaking his. He walked down some stairs, motioning for us to follow him.

"I'm sorry, but we didn't know there was a curfew," Delia apologized. He looked at us again and I couldn't help but feel I knew him from somewhere.

"Of course you didn't. You've been on the run this whole time while everything's gone downhill," he said, setting out a platter of bread and butter beers.

"You're Dumbledore's brother," I said, realizing where I'd known him from. Aberforth was his name and I remembered seeing him in a picture in the Daily Prophet after Dumbledore died.

"And you're Harry Potter's sister," he said, walking over to a painting. He spoke to the painting of a young girl who came to life, turning and walking down a path behind her until she disappeared. "There's only one way in the castle now that Snape's taken over," he explained. The girl returned, someone walking behind her. The picture swung open and Neville Longbottom stood in its place. I'd met him a few times, but I didn't really know him well.

He smiled at us and said, "Good to see you guys." We smiled back, following him into the passageway.

"How have you been Neville?" I asked as we walked down the tunnel.

"Not so good. The school's been taken over by Death Eater's and the worst two are the Carrow siblings. They really like coming up with different forms of punishment," he said, pointing his face. I noticed the cuts and bruises even in the dark and felt the sour taste of anger in my mouth.

We came to a door and Neville opened it. I looked past him, surprised at what I saw. There were hammocks strung up through the whole room and dozens of students standing on the ground which was ten feet below us. They cheered as we made our way down, congratulating and hugging us once we were on the ground.

"What are you doing here?" Luna Lovegood who I recognized from Bill and Fleur's wedding asked.

"We're looking for something," I answered.

"Well, what is it?" Seamus asked. Like Neville, I only knew him through Harry, ron, and Hermione.

"We don't know," Delia said.

"That narrows it down," Seamus said sarcastically.

"It'll be small, easily concealable," Delia explained. Everyone looked around, not having a clue what it could be.

"What about Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem?" Luna asked. "The lost diadem of Ravenclaw. It's quite famous, you know," she said.

"But it's lost," a girl I'd only seen in the halls before said.

"We'll start there," I said, turning to Delia. "We need to get into the Ravenclaw common room."

She nodded, looking out over the crowd. I pulled out a flask that we had prepared before we left of Polyjuice Potion. Two Ravenclaw girls offered a couple strands of their hair and Delia and changed into their robes then left. I knew exactly where the Horcrux was, but I had to go along with pretending I had no clue. We answered the riddle and were let inside.

"There she is," Delia said, pointing to a marble statue of Rowena Ravenclaw. Atop her head was the diadem. It looked like a princess tiara, but in the shape of a raven.

"Now we know what it looks like, but where is it?" I asked and Delia shrugged. Suddenly the entrance opened and a woman dressed all in black walked in.

"All students downstairs!" she shouted, staring at Delia and I. All the students piled into the common room and followed the woman out. We filed into line, marching with the rest of the students towards the Great Hall. Everyone looked miserable, staring at the floor and not talking. We arrived in the Great Hall, filing into place with the other houses. Snape stood at the front, the woman who had gathered us and a man who looked like her by his side.

"It has come to our attention that Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts," Snape began. I looked over at Delia then glanced around for Harry. Wait a second, I thought, why would he be out here and why would he be out in the open? Snape surveyed the students then continued, "If anyone knows of his whereabouts, step forward now."

No one moved and I could see the frustration build on Snape's face. "Any person who aids Potter will, themselves, be punished and anyone who is found to have known any information on Potter and not come forward, will also be punished," Snape threatened. Everyone was still until someone stepped forward. There was a united gasp throughout the students as Harry stood in front of Snape.

"It seems you have a security problem," Harry paused as more people walked in. It was Dumbledore's Army, along with the Order of the Phoenix. Delia and I ran over to them, getting confused looks from the others.

"Quendie?" Ron whispered to me and I nodded. He gave a half smile then Harry began again.

"How dare you stand where he did. Tell them how you killed him. A man who trusted you," Harry's voice was filled with disgust. Snape pulled out his wand and McGonagall stepped in front of Harry, her wand ready. Snape cast the first spell, but McGonagall reflected it, shooting off her own and sending Snape flying backwards. He disappeared in a cloud of black smoke out of a window, the man and woman following, and everyone cheered. We all ran over to Harry, but our celebration was short lived.

Harry fell to the ground, his hand held up to his scar. His eyes were staring at some far off place, sweat beads forming on his forehead. I looked over at Delia who was returning to her normal self. Harry finally stood up, turning to McGonagall who looked worried.

"He's coming," Harry said. McGonagall turned to the students then took Snape's place at the front of the hall.

"We've all known this day was coming," she began, "It's time to decide what you are going to do. Slughorn, take the students who do not wish to fight to the dungeons. The rest..." she trailed off. I grabbed Delia's hand, pulling her towards the exit.

"Where are we going?" she asked, still following me.

"I know where the diadem is," I said, pushing past the students who were following Slughorn. It was mostly Slytherin house with only a few others.

"How do you know?" she asked as we ran up the stairs. I pretended that I hadn't heard her, running down the hall towards the Room of Requirement. I was trying to think of a way to explain why Draco would be there before she attacked him. The thought of seeing him again filled my stomach with butterflies and I ran faster until I reached the spot on the wall where the door would be. I stared at the blank wall, concentrating on what I was looking for and two large wooden doors appeared.

"Come on," I said, opening the doors and stepping in. Draco was sitting on a box near the entrance. He stood up and I could see out of the corner of my eye Delia pulling out her wand. "No, don't," I said, grabbing her wrist. She looked at me confused then at Draco who was standing. She lowered her wand and I could see the look of disappointment fill her eyes, but I didn't care. It was so good to see Draco again I couldn't help but smile.