A/N Are you all extremely angry with me now?

I'm sorry it took me longer then normal to update a chapter, but a few friends of mine fell ill and I had to go take care of their children. Small children don't allow much time for writing, I soon discovered.

ForeverUsed…what on earth do you mean by 'total hotness'….?

I panicked. I dropped the book on my toes, but didn't even feel the pain.

"SEVERUS!" I reached for the pendant and called him.

No response.

"SEVERUS! SEVERUS!"

Still no response.

"He could be in a meeting," the Grey Lady said.

I turned and stared at her. "Do you, like, know EVERYTHING?" I asked.

She smiled. "Not everything, young one. But there are few things in this castle I do not notice. Don't worry, little of what I know ever passes my lips. I also know when to be silent. Nevertheless, he could be in a meeting and unable to answer your call."

"Bloody hell. He'll get himself killed one of these days…" As the words escaped my lips I realised what they meant, in the light of what I had just found out.

The Grey Lady looked at me with concern in her eyes. "It is still little more then a myth, young one. Three occurrences, surrounded by folklore, in the entire history of the world…"

I shot her a glare that would have made Severus proud. After I found him and flayed him, I would have to tell him about it. Maybe he had some hints on how to improve it.

"You know as well as I do that Rowena Ravenclaw wouldn't have kept a book in her library that can't discern between truth and common myths. And even if it IS a myth, do you want to run the risk? I don't know if Greater Inferi are a danger to ghosts, but still…"

She frowned a bit. "Do you plan to portkey to him just like that? End up in the middle of a group of Death Eaters? In front of Voldemort himself, possibly?"

I growled. "Of course not."

Putting on the invisibility cloak McGonagall had given me, and casting several charms on myself, I clutched my wand firmly in my hand.

Then I took hold of the pendant and disappeared.

The first thing I saw was not Severus, but Harry, Ron and Hermione battling a very large and very aggressive Hungarian Horntail.

It took me a few moments to recover. Why on earth was I with the Trio? A very endangered Trio, at that. Harry had done wonderful at the Triwizard Tournament with getting passed one of those dragons, but he hadn't had to defeat it and he had been on his Firebolt. This one was big, mean, and extremely pissed off. Ron was at it's side, trying to stay away from it's tail as he threw Stupifies at it. Hermione was doing the same, from the other side. Harry stood in front of it, clutching something in his left hand while trying to Stupefy the beast with the right. Having to use both hands made him slower, but I had to admire the job they were doing; keeping the dragon confused as to which one to attack first.

Just as I had recovered from my stupor and was about to join them, the Horntail threw her flames at Harry, who wasn't quick enough. Everything happened in a flash of a second then. A dark figure launched itself at Harry, pushing him out of the way and throwing himself in the path of the flame. I barely had time to realise it was Severus before I flung myself at him, rolling us both out of the way. The fire washed over me and I felt my arm and side being touched by it. There was surprisingly little pain, which worried me.

Harry shouted. "All five stupify at once! ONE….TWO…THREE…STUPIFY!"

The combined force of our spells was enough. The dragon fell. I could hear nothing but our panting for a moment, before Severus turned on me.

"Mr Longbottom, you idiotic, brainless, foolish Gryffindor!"

My arm started to really hurt now.

"You would have gotten yourself killed," I said weakly, "You can't do that. My research…I found…need to tell you…"

I could see the Trio cast a spell on the object Harry had been holding. A surge of light momentarily blinded us, then the object was gone. The fifth Horcrux had been destroyed.

That left only Severus.