Ginny looked down at the list, there was only two Horcruxes left, a snake and a diadem. She sighed as she thought about when they had destroyed them all and had to face Voldermort again. After all the things that he had done, she didn't want him to die, she wanted him to suffer. It had been two months since the diary and she was more than glad that it was over. She looked up when she heard footsteps and smiled as she saw Harry "hi" he said as he sat down next to her and wrapped his right arm around her waist. "Hey Harry" she said before he leaned down to kiss her. "We are going to find the diadem first then we will go after the snake" he said as he saw her look down at the list. "Ok but how can we get the diadem when it is in Hogwarts?" she asked. He thought for a moment "we will just have to be careful, it is in the room of requirements so a few of us will go and get it while we are under the cloak" he said. "What if we are seen, we can't tell anyone the truth" she said as she leaned against his shoulder. "We will just have to make sure we don't be seen won't we" he said grinning down at her cheekily. She rolled her eyes mockingly as she whacked his shoulder softly which caused him to chuckle.
They left the tent and waited for everyone else to get ready, they were going to go to Hogwarts together and hopefully find Voldermort. Once the tents were packed, the trunks were shrunken and they walked out of the forest. "We need to think about the night bus and it might come, that's the only way we will be able to get to Hogwarts" said Daphne. They all waited outside the forest for what seemed like hours when a bus finaly came out of nowhere. "Welcome to the night bus for the stranded witch or wizard, I am stan shunpike" said a man when the bus stopped in front of them. They walked onto the bus, most of them were surprised by how it looked on the inside but others had already been on it. "So where are you lot going?" asked Stan as he walked to the front part of the bus. "Hogwarts" said Pansy from one of the beds, Stan looked at them all oddly. "Shouldn't you all be in Hogwarts already?" he asked noticing that they all looked like they should be in school. "Yes but we were lost and are finally going" said Ron lamely, everyone felt like hitting him for such an obvious lie. Stan didn't look like he believed him but he just shrugged. "Ok then, your heard them Ernie, Hogwarts" he said to the driver who slammed down on the gas pedal before the bus zoomed forward. Nearly everyone lost their balance except Stan who must have been use to it.
Stan smiled when he saw Pansy "what is your name?" he asked smoothly as he watched her, she tried her hardest not to giggle. "Pansy Parkinson" she said sweetly, he shook her hand and looked over her. "Very pretty name for a very pretty girl" he said which made her blush but smile, Draco could be heard growling as he walked over to them. "So Shunpike, you work on this thing a lot?" he asked sneering, Stan rolled his eyes as his ears turned red and went to talk to Ernie. "Draco that was horrible" said Pansy as she stood up and walked away from him, he followed her though. "Well he shouldn't just drool over you like that" he said glaring over at Stan who was talking to the driver. Pansy huffed "he was not drooling and who I talk to has got nothing to do with you" she said angrily. "Well he shouldn't be talking to you like that, he is a lot older" he said crossing his arm over his chest. She felt like bloody cursing him, how dare he "I can look after myself Draco" she said annoyed. He scoffed "if you go around talking to men like that then I doubt it" he said. Her eyes widened "Draco Malfoy how dare you!" she screeched slapping him. He winced as his cheek stung before she stormed off to the other side of the bus, he shook his head, he was only trying to help her.
Harry and Ginny sat at the back of the bus, he had his arms around her waist while she leaned against his shoulder. "I never want to move" she said, he agreed as he began playing with a strand of her hair. "Me neither, I love you" he said before leaning down to kiss her, she smiled against his lips. They sat together for the rest of the trip and reluctantly separated when they arrived. Once they were off, the night bus disappeared and they all looked up at the familiar castle. "Let's get this over with" said Draco as he cast a Disillusionment charm, everyone nodded and began casting the charms until they were all invisible. They walked into the castle and climbed the grand staircase until they were on the seventh floor. Hermione passed the same section of wall three times until a door appeared. They walked into the room and began searching for the diadem, all they knew was that it was going to be on top of a cupboard. "I found it" Daphne called as she climbed on a stack of boxes to reach the old looking hat. "Great, we need to destroy this then we will just have to kill the snake" Ron said as he walked to her. Harry and Ginny held hands as they closed their eyes and thought about the diadem which was on the floor in front of them. Flashes of trees and blood entered their minds before they saw the bloody barron but he was human. They saw him killing a woman then killing himself before seeing Tom Riddle cackling cruelly and taking the diadem which looked older. Their eyes flashed open as they saw the diadem break into two.
"Brilliant, now let's get out of here before we are seen" Harry said before casting another Disillusionment charm. They all walked out of the room and cried out as pain shot through them all. One by one, the charms broke and each fell to their knees in pain. They looked up to see a frog like woman in pink looking at them evily "well well, I take it that you are the nasty children that didn't turn up on september first" she said. She looked at the room then back at them "and what were you doing in there?" she asked sweetly. "Who are you?" Draco asked but she didn't answer, instead she pointed her wand at him. "I am Professor Umbridge, headmistress of this school since the minister thought it was Dumbledore's fault that you seven didn't come to school" she said. "Follow me" she said keeping her wand pointed at them all as she led them to the headmaster's office. "Breaking and entering into a school, you could go to Azkaban for that or at least have your wands taken" she said sweetly. "We go to school here, we are allowed to be in here" Hermione said but was silenced by her glare. "Not anymore, especially after all that you know who nonsense" she said as she locked the door. Harry stood forward "it is not nonsense and if you don't let us go then he will kill everyone" he said. She just tutted as she shook her head "Dumbledore has corrupted your mind young boy, you know who has not returned and he never will" she said like she was talking to a three year old.
"Dumbledore hasn't done anything, he was in the graveyard, he killed my Mother" Ginny said angrily. Umbridge smiled sickly as she looked at her "oh yes, that disgusting Death Eater you so boldly call your Mother, I would be ashamed if I was you" she said sneering. Harry and Draco quickly grabbed Ginny's arms as she bulled her fists and tried to run at the horrid woman. She looked at them smugly as she walked closer "I will inform the minister of thieves working for Death Eaters in the school" she said leaving and locking the door. When she was gone, Harry and Draco let go of Ginny, she ran straight at the door and nearly kicked it open as she tried to get to that toad woman. "Ginny calm down before you hurt yourself" Harry said as he grabbed her arm carefully and led her away from the door. "How dare she say that, the smug toad face, how could anyone replace Dumbledore" she said annoyed.
They looked up when they heard the door open and were shocked when they didn't see Umbridge. "In here Fred, Umbridge must have moved the boxes in here" said the familiar voice of George Weasley. He looked into the room and his eyes widened when he saw them "Great George" said Fred who also stopped when he saw them. "Bloody hell, never thought we would see you lot back here" he said before shaking his head and hugging Ginny. "Ye so much has happened since you left, bloody mental this school now" said George. "What are you doing in here now, don't think Umbridge would take too kindly to this" he said as he hugged his sister. "We actually just met her, we went to the room of requirements to get something that will end Voldermort" Harry said. "What was it?" Fred asked "a piece of his soul but it is gone now, Umbridge is trying to get our wands taken, saying that we were corrupt and followed Voldermort" Harry said rolling his eyes. "We need to get out of here before she gets back" Ginny said. Fred and George both grinned "leave that to us, we have been waiting for a way to get back at that old hag" George said.
The twins ran down the corridor of the fifth floor and waited for their friend Lee to release the gnomes. When they saw him at the end of the corridor they gave a thumbs up and the whole floor was suddenly filled with angry gnomes. They ran to the third floor as they heard panicked cries from students and called for Peeves. "What are the smelly twin pranksters up to this time?, sounds like fun" Peeves said giddily as he swooped down. "It is peeves, we are making a huge mess for Umbridge, want to join?" George asked. Peeves nodded happily "She restricted me from going into classroom, I will show her I will" he said before he began picking things up and dropping them everywhere. The twins high fived before running to the ground floor where Lee was waiting for them "ready?" he asked and grinned when they nodded. Lee and Fred both took out portable swamps from their pockets, Fred threw his as far as he could onto the grounds and Lee threw his into the Great Hall. They heard a shriek coming from their new headmistress and ran their separate ways, Lee ran outside while Fred and George ran up to where the others were.
"That will keep her busy, let's go" Fred said before everyone ran out of the office and down the stairs to the entrance to the castle. "Thank you guys, are you going to be ok?" Daphne asked worried but the twins nodded. "Nothing we can't handle, besides, we don't see ourselves staying in school much longer, now go before she sees that you are gone" said George. They all said goodbye before running out of the grounds and to Hogsmead. "So what now?" Hermione asked as they walked along the street in Hogsmeade. Harry grabbed his wand "find Voldermort and kill him" he said before casting a Disillusionment charm on them all.
