Aberforth sets down food and pumpkin juice for us to eat, and we all ate except Harry. "Do you hear much from the others? From the Order?" Hermione asks as we eat the food.
"The Order is finished. You-Know- Who's won. Anyone who says otherwise is kidding themselves." Aberforth tells us.
"We need to get into Hogwarts. Tonight. Dumbledore gave us a job to do." Harry tells him.
"Did he now? Nice job? Easy?" Aberforth comments as he pours himself a drink.
"We've been hunting Horcruxes. We think the last one's in the school. But we'll need your help getting in." Harry explains.
"It's not a job my brother's given you, it's a suicide mission. Do yourself a favor boy. Go home. Live a little longer." Aberforth tells him.
"Dumbledore trusted me, to see this through." Harry tells him stubbornly.
"What makes you think you can trust him! What makes you think you can believe anything my brother told you! In all the time you knew him, did he ever mention my name? Did he ever mention hers?" Aberforth points to the painting behind Harry of the young girl.
"Why should he..." Harry tries to question. "I trusted him." Harry tells him.
"That's a boy's answer. A boy who goes chasing Horcruxes on the word of a man who won't even tell him where to start. You're lying. Not just to me, which doesn't matter, but to yourself as well. That's what a fool does. You don't strike me as a fool, Mr. Potter. So I'll ask you again. There must be a reason." Aberforth tells Harry, slightly encouraging.
"I'm not interested in what happened between you and your brother, I don't even care that you've given up. I trust the man I knew. I'm going to see this through. We need to get into the castle tonight." Harry explains.
Aberforth looks past Harry, to the painting, "You know what to do..." he tells her, and she nods, turning around and walks away.
"Where've you sent her?" Harry asks watching her disappear into her painting.
"You'll see soon enough." He tells her, turning away from him.
We walk over to Harry, seeing as we were very much done eating because we were watching the two go back and forth.
"That's your sister, Ariana, isn't it? She died very young, didn't she." Hermione speaks up.
"My brother sacrificed many things, Mr. Potter, in his journey to find power, including her. She was devoted to him -- he gave her everything, but time." Aberforth explains, opening a door.
"Thank you Mr. Dumbledore." Hermione says to him as he walks out the door.
The boys both look to Hermione with questioning looks, "Did save our lives twice. Kept an eye on us in that mirror. That doesn't seem like someone who's given up, does it?" Hermione explains, whispering the last part.
"She's coming back." I say, seeing Ariana reappear in her painting, walking towards us.
"Who's that with her?" Ron questions.
Then the painting slowly moves away from the wall. Revealing Neville in a secret passageway. "Neville!" I say surprised.
"Neville, you look..." Harry begins.
"Like hell? I reckon. This is nothing. Seamus is worse. You'll see. Hey, Ab. There might be a couple more coming through." Neville says, looking to Aberforth who had returned to the room.
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Neville leads us through the passageway. "I don't remember this being on the Marauder's Map." Ron comments.
"That's because it never existed till now. The seven secret passages were sealed off before the start of the year. This is the only way in or out now. The grounds are crawling with Death Eaters and Dementors." Neville explains to us.
"How bad is it, Neville? With Snape as Headmaster." Hermione questions.
"Hardly ever see him. It's the Carrows you have to watch out for." Neville says, glancing back at us.
"The Carrows?" Harry asks, not recognizing the name.
"Brother and sister. They're in charge of discipline. Like punishment, the Carrows." Neville explains, pointing to his face that has faded bruises.
"They did that to you? Why?" I ask, confused on what he could of don't to get beat up.
"Today's Dark Arts lesson had us practicing the Cruciatus Curse. On First Years. I refused. Hogwarts has changed." Neville says as we continue, seeing the Hogwarts entrance approaching.
"Let's have a bit of fun, shall we?" Neville says before opening the door. "Hey! Listen up, you lot! I've brought you a surprise!" Neville says to the people on the other side of the painting.
"Not more of Aberforth's cooking, I hope. Be a surprise if we could digest it." I hear Seamus reply.
Neville moves out of the way revealing Harry first, then Ron, then Hermione and I. There was a lot of kids of all ages sat about the room of requirement, that was full of cots and such. Everyone stand and begins to cheer as we get down from the painting entrance.
Many people gather around Harry, some giving hugs, as everyone claps. Luna hugs me and the others. Everyone seeming genuinely happy to see us. "Okay, okay! Stand down! Let's not kill them before You-Know-Who gets the chance!" Neville jokes, pushing the crowd back a bit. "Right then. What's the plan, Harry?" he asks him.
"Okay. There's something we need to find, something hidden here in the castle. It could help us defeat You-Know-Who." Harry explains.
"What is it?" Neville asks.
"We don't know." Harry admits.
"Where is it?" Dean questions.
"Don't know that either.... I realize it's not much to go on." Harry says.
"That's nothing to go on." Seamus tells him.
"It's got something to do with Ravenclaw." I bring up, hoping to help a bit.
"Um, It would be small, easy to conceal, valuable. Anyone any ideas?" Harry asks.
"Well, there's Rowena Ravenclaw's lost diadem." Luna speaks up, grabbing everyone's attention.
My eyes widen, that.. it could be. "Oh, bloody hell. Here we go." Ron mutter.
"The lost diadem of Ravenclaw? Hasn't anyone ever heard of it? It's quite famous." Luna questions.
"I've heard of it. Vaguely. Not really thinking it was real, I mean if it is, it's lost." I reply.
"For centuries now. There's not a person alive today who's seen it." Cho brings up.
"Excuse me. But would someone tell me: what's a bloody diadem?" Ron asks confused.
"It's like a crown or tiara. Legend has it that who ever wears the Ravenclaw diadem would have enhanced wisdom for the wearer." I explain the story I knew.
The door opens, grabbing our attention. Revealing Ginny. "Harry." she says.
"Hey there." Harry greets. The two of them just staring at one another.
"Six months she hasn't seen me and it's like I'm Frankie First Year. I mean, I'm only her brother." Ron whispers to Hermione and I.
"Got loads of those, though, doesn't she? There's only one Harry." Seamus tells Ron, causing me to giggle. But I hold it back at the glare Ron gave me.
"Shut up Seamus." Ron tell his.
"What is it Ginny?" Neville asks the ginger girl who was still staring at Harry.
"Snape knows. He knows that Harry was spotted in Hogsmeade." Ginny tells us.
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