Meeting the new girl.
Harry closed his eyes and walked back and forth in front of the room of requirement. I need you to become the place where everything is hidden, I need you to become the place where everything is hidden, I need you to become the place where everything is hidden. Crossing his fingers Harry opened his eyes and saw that the door had appeared. He ran forward and grabbed the gleaming golden handle. Hermione and Ron were right behind him as Harry slammed the door behind them all in the room.
"Okay we all know what the diadem looks like now lets find it quick and destroy it before it's to late. We don't have much time." Harry spoke quickly, Ron and Hermione knew as well as he did just how important this all was. Harry ran to the right, Hermione went straight down the middle and Ron sprinted away to the left. All three were looking frantically. Hermione had just spotted the Diadem and reached out to grab it when Crabbe appeared around the corner and yelled for her to stop with his wand pointing at her chest. Hermione shrieked drawing the attention of Harry and Ron who were also being confronted. Harry stood staring into the familiar cold, grey eyes of Draco Malfoy who had a small smile playing on his face.
"Oh can't you just imagine the response I will get, how I will be praised above all others and become the Dark Lord's right hand man, when I do what all the others failed in and bring him the infamous Harry Potter." He murmured in anticipation.
"Yea I can imagine, such a pity that's all you will be able to do." Harry retorted angrily, though unfortunately as much as he could still bring up smart-ass comments he had no idea how he was going to escape this. He still had his wand, but wouldn't be able to draw it before Malfoy got his curse in first. Malfoy smiled as though he knew what was going through Harry's head.
"There's no chance Potter. So I think it might just be time for you and me to leave. Don't you? Stupe…" Malfoy was silenced as a young girl about Harry's age jumped from the shelf above them, landing like a cat in front of Harry and shooting a non-verbal spell at Malfoy.
"Come on," the new girl reached out and grabbed Harry's hand and pulled him forward. "Your friends are in trouble and we have to help them. You get Ron and I'll get Hermione!" She let him go and hurtled down the corridor to where Hermione was arguing with Crabbe who was just sneering and making comments about the brightest witch being stuck now. Aiming her wand at his back while still running she silently disarmed him. The second his wand left his hand and flew to her, Hermione whipped out her own wand and shot a lightning fast stunning spell. The strange girl jumped over his motionless body and grabbed Hermione's hand and the Diadem in the other. She then spun around and ran in the direction of the shouts from Harry and Ron's battle. The boys had managed to disarm and stun Goyle, though now were unsure of what to do with the three bodies.
"We have to get them out of here and put them somewhere else, somewhere safe. We don't want to kill them!" Ron was yelling at Harry.
"We don't have enough time! We have to act now. If we waste time saving them it could mean death for people we actually care about!" Harry bellowed back.
"Like my sister? She has to come back in here and we can't leave her in here with them." Ron was turning scarlet in the face with anger and uncertainty. Harry stopped at this he definitely didn't want to endanger Ginny, but he didn't want to spend time saving three people who were ready to hand the all to Voldemort.
"Lock these three in here, and don't worry about your sister Ron, I will look after her and make sure she isn't hurt." The new girl spoke for the first time to Ron. Who as always was his normal subtle and charming self.
"And who the bloody hell are you?" He yelled.
"Ron! She just saved our lives!" Hermione rounded on him angrily.
"But he does raise a good question, my name is Jisca I am from Durmstrang and I have come here to help with the fight."
"But how did you know to come?" Hermione asked. Jisca was saved from answering when Harry glaring at the whole group lost his temper and started yelling.
"Not to be rude but do you think we can have a cup of tea and catch up later? I don't care why you are here, I'm glad you are. But I really don't care… People… There is a fucking war on outside!"
Hermione gasped and nodded, grabbing Ron and Harry's hands she started heading for the door and the basilisk fangs.
"Come on we have to destroy this and then we can get the snake." And then Voldemort himself everyone was thinking it but nobody wanted to actually say these words out loud.
"OI Ginny get over here. This is Jisca and she is going to look after you for the rest of the night while we are fighting." Ron spoke fast and he sounded nervous about the whole plan.
"Excuse me? I do NOT need a baby sitter." Ginny pulled herself up haughtily and she was obviously not liking the fact she was being treated like a child.
"Ginny, do not argue. This is not a discussion it is an order. Do what Jisca says." Ron told her his face already going Scarlet.
"Don't worry Ginny, we will be fine together." Silently she cast the imperious curse on Ginny, making the younger girl nod to her brother. While the other three had argued Hermione and Harry had punctured the Diadem which now exploded with a shrill scream and the words of Voldemort echoed from the walls. This is not the end. Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at one another then at Jisca and Ginny who both nodded.
"Stay safe." The five of them said in unison. Then with Harry in the lead they took off, leaving Jisca with Ginny alone.
"Ginny, if they think we are going to sit around and watch every one else fight they are mistaken. Now I am going to teach you are spell it is easy to cast though not many people know of it. It is a stronger protection spell that will block the strongest spells around. The only one it cannot block is the killing curse." Ginny nodded silently she looked really nervous but she was ready too.
"Okay you know how to cast protego I am guessing" at Ginny's nod she continued "alright good, this spell is the exact same, except instead of saying protego it's improtago." Jisca looked into the younger girls face. Are you ready to do this?