Chapter 26

A New Lair

While we recuperated at Bill and Fleur's cottage, we plotted and planned to get another Horcrux.

Harry got help from the goblin we were tied to at the Manor, and he agreed to take us to where the Horcrux was…the Horcrux of Hufflepuff's cup was in Bellatrix Lestrange's vault.

And it turned out…Melody was Draco's sister. That's why Mel was in Malfoy Manor with Draco, Lucius Malfoy wanted a family slave.

We told the coven this plan, and Draco refused to let me go. He didn't trust the goblin (who actually was the one to bring Harry and I to our Gringotts vault on Harry's birthday when we turned eleven…Griphook.) and didn't like the thought of me risking my life…again.

So that left Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ivy to plot their break in for Gringotts…with me helping when Draco didn't know.

Little had Draco known that I was sneaking off to help plan with my brother. At least until the night he caught me out of bed…a real stupid flaw in strategy on my part.

I had snuck out of bed and started for the door, telling Harry I was coming (Had to love Twin Telepathy, kept secrets quiet…especially when an overprotective Draco can't read your mind.) when on a completely stupid klutz move, I ran into the wall instead of the door. In retrospect, not very smart, because I woke both Draco and Mel up. Clumsy, stupid Hannah.

"Where're you going?" Mel asked.

I swallowed. "Uh…getting a drink." I lied.

Draco looked at me. "Hannah, I can read you like a book, and I know when you're lying to me."

Damn. So much for saying: "I'll be right back. Go back to sleep, love."

I sighed. Maybe telling him the half truth would do it.

Good thinking, me. I praised myself before taking a breath.

"Ok, so Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ivy are having problems thinking of a plan for breaking into Gringotts, so I'm kinda sort of…helping them?"

Draco groaned. "Don't tell me you're going into that death trap!" he said.

"What's the big deal, Dracy?" Mel asked. "She's always had a peon mind. She gets a kick from almost killing herself."

"Melody Anne Malfoy!" Draco scolded. "Don't talk to her like that."

"Sorry Dracy." Mel muttered.

"Hannah, if you're going into that bank, I'm going with you." Draco said.

"No!" I said. "It's too risky."

"Then why are you going in?" Draco asked, cocking an eyebrow.

"I'm different! I'll have Harry, Ron and Hermione and Ivy backing me up." I said, putting my hands on my hips.

"After what happened at the Manor, Hannah?" Draco asked, getting up. "No! I'm putting my foot down. You're not going in there, and that's final! I won't allow it!"

I gave him a wide eyed furious look and crossed my arms. "Really?" I asked. "Really?" I said again with a chuckle. "It's like you don't even know me. You know I hate being controlled."

"I'm not controlling you, I'm thinking about your safety!" Draco said, crossing his arms.

"I'll be fine!" I said. "It's not the first time I did something dangerous. Lest you forget in first year I went down the trapdoor in the third floor corridor. And when I went into the Chamber of Secrets…" I stopped. Draco hadn't known about me disobeying my best friend and brother to save Harry's ass in the Chamber of Secrets second year.

"You WHAT!?" Draco shouted. "How could you have been so stupid!? That Monster could have fucking killed you, Hannah!"

"It didn't! I stabbed the Basilisk in the eye and blinded it! It couldn't kill me." I said. "And then there was the time I tried to fight off a rouge werewolf, the dragon, the mermaids, the maze fourth year with a huge ass spider! Fighting your father and five other Death Eaters without magic, doing it again with your fucking nut bar aunt in the Department of Mysteries on top of breaking Muggleborns from the Ministry!"

"On top of the fact that my father caused you to break your ankle during the Triwizard Tournament, nearly dying at the hand of my aunt, three times! A small bought of mercy from Clove was what saved you that night Dumbledore died the first time they tried to kill you. And if it wasn't for me dragging you out of that hut of the oaf's you were sure to have died! What happened at Bagshot's house with Nagini and my aunt torturing you back at the Manor? No! You are not going out there again and risking your life!"

"And who's stopping me?" I asked.

"I AM!" Draco shouted.

"YOU CAN TRY!" I shouted, glaring at him.

We stayed like that for a few minutes, just glaring at each other, my anger just controllable.

Harry came in, rubbing his eyes. "What's going on, you two?" he grumbled.

"Draco's controlling me!" I said.

"To keep you from killing yourself in Gringotts!" Draco added.

Harry sighed. "To keep you two from killing each other, I'll finish this now. Hannah, you're not going in."

"Why!?" I whined.

"Because it's too dangerous!" Harry and Draco said together.

"Now go to bed!" Harry ordered. "We're reviewing your plan, you aren't going."

I groaned. "Whatever." I said as Harry shut the door.

"Don't make me laugh, I'm mad at you." I said, reading Draco's mind.

"What'd I do?" he asked.

"Went ape over the fact that I was going into Gringotts to help get a Horcrux." I said, getting back into bed.

"Well, sorry for being protective." Draco said, getting in after me.

"You're too protective." I said, grabbing Alejandro and clutching him to my chest.

"In this war, there's no such thing as too protective." Draco whispered, wrapping an arm around my waist and drawing me to his chest.

I sighed giving in and turning around to rest my head on his chest as Mel went back to sleep.

Draco smirked. "I knew you couldn't stay mad at me forever." he said.

I didn't smile, even though I wanted to. Make him sweat a little for it.

"Come on, I said I was sorry." Draco said, poking my stomach. "Come on, you know you want to. Don't make me tickle you."

"Hmm." I said simply.

Draco chuckled and started tickling me.

"Stop it!" I laughed.

"Ok." Draco said, wrapping his arms around me again. "Got you to smile, though." he muttered.

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever." I said.

"Love you." Draco said.

I laughed. "You're an asshole, playing the 'you know I can't stay mad at you' card." I said. "But love you, too."

Draco laughed. "Don't you forget it, love." he whispered. "Go to sleep."

I sighed, wrapping my arms around his neck and closing my eyes. I was soon sound asleep.

We spent the next couple weeks recuperating at Bill and Fleur's until the coven was ready to leave.

The night before we all were due to leave, we got a knock at the door.

"Stay here." Bill said, grabbing his wand and going to the door. "Who's there?"

"It is I, Remus John Lupin, werewolf, married to Nymphadora Tonks and you, the Secret Keeper of Shell Cottage bade me come in an emergency." Lupin's voice sounded through the wood.

Draco tensed. "Oh, shit." he mumbled.

"Relax." I said. "They won't hurt you if I vouch for you."

Draco nodded. "So this is my cousin's husband?"

"No Skinner, Watson." I hissed. "Why?"

Draco swallowed, taking his hand from his pocket. "No reason." he muttered.

I smirked as Bill let Remus in. He looked even more ratty and dishevelled than ever.

"It's a boy!" he said. "We named him Ted, after Dora's father." Remus said.

"She had the baby!?" I squealed excitedly.

"Baby?" Draco asked.

"Don't you listen to anything I tell the coven?" I asked. "Your cousin was pregnant!"

Draco gaped. "I…I have a second cousin?" he whispered.

"No…you have another sibling!" I said sarcastically, Remus whipping around to me and growling at Draco.

"MALFOY!" he snarled, grabbing him.

"Remus, stop!" I said. "He's on our side! He saved my life like…" I took a minute to count. "like three times single handed!"

Draco nodded and Remus set Draco down with a mumbled apology.

"Congratulations!" I said, hugging Remus as he turned to Harry, too.

"You two be godparents?" he asked.

I paled. "Me? Godmother?"

"Me?" Harry asked. "Godfather?"

Remus nodded, looking to us hopefully.

"Ok!" I said.

"Uh…sure…" Harry said as Remus handed us all Butterbeer.

"To Teddy Remus Lupin, a great wizard in the making." he said, downing his Butterbeer.

We followed suite and drank, jabbering happily about the baby.

When Remus left and everyone praised me and Harry for being Teddy's godparents, we all went to bed, Draco acting oddly.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Nothing." Draco said, getting into bed.

"Draco." I said, crossing my arms. "I will read your mind."

"You wouldn't dare." Draco said.

"Try me." I said.

Draco and I locked eyes and Draco knew I was serious.

Draco sighed. "Ok, I'm jealous of my cousin." he admitted.

I got into bed with him. "How d'you mean?" I asked.

"Even now that we're in the middle of a wizard war, she's still capable of marrying an Undesirable…no offence."

"None taken." I said. "You were saying."

"She marries an Undesirable, and then has a child." Draco said. "How could she be so irresponsible and raise a child like this?" he asked. "If I was her, I'd-"

I kissed him to shut him up. "Draco," I whispered. "enough." I said, wrapping my arms around him. "How are you jealous of that?"

"Because I have to wait for that madman to be dead before I marry the one I want to be with!" Draco said. "Believe me, I'd kill anyone to just get rid of him, and just because she's fallen in love with Lupin, it means she gets everything she wants. She should try being me!"

"Draco," I whispered, putting a hand on his chest. "believe me, Tonks has been through more than you can know. She lost her second cousin two years ago, and Remus didn't want to humiliate her by having her marry a werewolf. If Remus had his way, Tonks and him would never have gotten married and Teddy wouldn't exist. That, and she lost her dad by a bunch of Snatchers." I said. "She has it bad, too, Draco."

"She's been shunned as well, then." Draco said. "Because of you, I've gone through so much abuse from my father and the other Death Eaters from the moment I first brought you up."

I looked down. It was my fault that Draco was going through this. "Sorry." I muttered.

"But you're worth it." Draco whispered, wrapping his arms around me tightly. "It's far from your fault I'm in this mess." Draco whispered, kissing me. "It's no one's fault. I wanted this. I want to keep you safe."

I sighed, feeling a little less guilty. He was more than just a rebel ally, he was my rebel ally. The ally I loved.

"Are you packed? Harry said that we're looking for a place to hide tomorrow morning?" I asked against his chest, sighing contently.

Draco nodded. "Of course." he whispered, kissing my temple.

I yawned, keeping my hands on his shoulders as I rested my head on his shoulder, closing my eyes with a sigh as I fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Draco woke me gently as Mel grabbed her backpack.

My eyes fluttered open and I rolled over with a groan. "Five more minutes." I mumbled.

"Come on, Hannah, we have to go." Draco said, lifting me up and grabbing my backpack.

I started to whine in protest, but cut myself off when Draco settled me, sighing contently. Draco was warm and soft…the perfect mattress.

I yawned, taking my backpack into my lap. "You're comfortable." I mumbled sleepily.

Draco chuckled, Mel running outside to lay a flower on Dobby's grave. "I know I am, love, but you have to stay awake. The coven will need orders when we find a place to hide."

I groaned. "I don't want to stay awake." I yawned, closing my eyes. "Wake me when we do." I murmured before falling asleep.

Draco POV

I carried Hannah out to the courtyard as Diamond picked Mel up. Potter was standing with Weasley…and my aunt.

I growled, drawing my wand. "YOU!" I shouted. "I'll kill you!"

"Malfoy, Malfoy!" Granger's voice said from Bellatrix's body. "It's me! Granger!"

"We nabbed some of her hair and Hermione drank it." Weasley explained. "We needed an impersonator."

"It was Hannah's idea." Duff added with a smirk.

"Smart." I said, kissing Hannah's temple.

"Yes, she's plenty smart. Now let's go." Blaise said.

"No, we can't all be in Diagon Alley at once." Potter said. "Especially Hannah and Malfoy, they're wanted criminals. I say we have some of the coven come with us. Hannah and Malfoy find a place to hide. Hannah and I will use our Twin Telepathy to find you guys later."

I nodded. "Smart idea, Potter." I said. "Who's coming with us?"

Blaise, Melody, Diamond, Emily, Willow, Katherine, and Blake raised their hands.

I nodded as everyone grabbed my arm. "We'll see you all later." I said.

Potter nodded and I Disapparated to a forest not too far from the Manor…a hiding place so blatantly obvious that Father or the Dark Lord would never have dreamt that I had come here.

The coven set up the tents and cast protective charms around the camp just as Hannah woke up.

"Hey." I said, helping her up.

"Hey." Hannah yawned, stretching.

"You're lazy as hell, you know that, right?" I asked, messing her hair up.

Hannah laughed. "Shut up." she muttered.

"Hey, the rest of the coven won't be back for a while." I said, starting out of the barrier. "Come on."

Hannah gave me a confused look. "What?" I asked.

"Just come on." I said, nodding her over.

"Uh…" Hannah said. "Ah, Skinner it, we're only young once!" she said, sprinting to keep up with me.

I smirked. I always secretly loved it when she said Skinner. Only she could pull it off and be cute.

"We'll be back!" I told Blaise.

I hopped up a tree and looked down at Hannah. "Oi!" I said. "Up here!"

Hannah looked up, rolling her eyes. "Are you out of your mind? What are you doing up there?" she asked.

"Come up!" I said, moving over so there was room for her.

Hannah rolled her eyes, sighed and started climbing up. I grabbed her hand when she was close enough and pulled her up next to me, chuckling.

"Whoa." Hannah said, looking through the trees.

"Yeah, I'd come up here every so often when I was younger." I said, wrapping an arm around her. "Before Hogwarts, of course."

Hannah laughed. "Yeah. Then there was the Forest trees to climb."

"And the one in the courtyard…where we were both turned into ferrets by-"

"Mad-Eye Moody!" Hannah and I finished together, laughing.

"You know, in retrospect, it was kind of funny." Hannah laughed, resting her head on my shoulder.

"Remember when it happened?" I asked.

"How could I forget?" Hannah chuckled.

Flashback

It was fourth year when I was jeering at Potter for being in the Tournament.

"Why so tense, Potter?" I asked from my place in the courtyard tree. "My father and I have a bet, you see. I don't think you're going to last ten minutes in this Tournament." I dropped from the trees, going towards him with my boys. "He disagrees. He thinks you won't last five!" we all laughed.

"I don't give a damn what your father thinks, Malfoy!" Potter said, shoving me.

I gave a grunt, sneering at him.

"He's vile and cruel, and you're just pathetic." he said, walking away.

I growled and drew my wand. "Pathetic?" I asked. "I'll show him pathetic." I said, drawing my wand.

"Oh, no you don't, sonny!" Moody said, throwing a spell my way.

I only had time for a yell before I felt myself shrinking, looking at the shoes of Crabbe and Goyle and Moody limping towards me.

I heard someone gasp. "TURN HIM BACK!" Hannah screamed, her dragon hide boots coming into view as I felt myself raising to meet Moody's eyes.

"I'll teach you to curse someone when their back is turned." Moody snarled as Hannah drew her wand.

"TURN HIM BACK!" Hannah screamed, making to cast a spell.

Before I could turn to her, Moody flicked his wand to her and dropped me.

The next I saw her, she was a jet black ferret with metallic blue eyes. Moody levitated her and dropped her next to me, everyone laughing at us.

"You stinking…cowardly…scummy…" Moody said, Hannah and I sharing a look as Potter laughed.

"Professor Moody!" McGonagall said, running over to the commotion.

"Back shooting…" Moody finished.

"What are you doing?" McGonagall asked.

"Teaching." Moody said simply.

McGonagall gasped, seeing Hannah and I. "Are those…are those students?" she asked.

"Technically they're ferrets." Moody said, zooming me into Crabbe's pants and starting for Hannah.

Hannah (smart kid) scrabbled away before Moody caught her and zoomed her into Goyle's pants.

She gave a squeal of protest as Crabbe and Goyle reached into their own pants.

I bit Goyle's hand and knew Hannah bit Crabbe's hand, because both boy's yanked their hands out and danced to get us out of their pants, Hannah scampering away again as McGonagall changed me back.

I panted, scrambling up. "My father will hear about this!" I shouted.

"Is that a threat?" Moody asked, stepping forward before chasing me around the tree. "Is that a threat!" he shouted as McGonagall tried to stop him.

I found Hannah behind the tree and stooped down to grab her, tucking her in my cloak pocket as I ran off, hearing Moody shouting that he knew stories of my father that could curl my greasy hair and it wasn't over.

I snarled. No one insulted my hair.

I ran back into the common room and put Hannah on my bed, her giving me a dark look.

"You're mad at me, aren't you?" I asked.

The look remained as if she was saying "You think?" she gave a loud squeal as if she was saying: "CHANGE ME BACK!"

"Ok, ok, keep your knickers on." I said, grabbing my wand and waving it, muttering "Finite Incantatem."

There was a puff of smoke and there sat Hannah, giving me a death look.

"Thank you." she said. "Now, don't say I never do anything for you." she added, standing up and leaving.

I smirked. I was going to make that girl mine.

Hannah POV

I chuckled to myself. Who would have thought that the well groomed son of Lucius Malfoy would wind up being a rebel and ditching Voldemort…all for the sake of love.

Hold on…there was someone who thought that! TRELAWNEY! She made a prophecy of me and Draco before I was even born. She said that I would be the one to influence his final decision! DUDE! The prophecy was fulfilled!

Well, not until Voldemort was dead. And even then there was the possibility that Lucius would get off scot-free.

"What are you thinking?" Draco asked, wrapping an arm around me.

I laughed. "I was remembering how I first met your idiot father. No offence."

"Be my guest. Insult him to your heart's content." Draco said, laughing. "Yeah, I remember that. I had to get you out of there and to Florean Fortescue's."

I laughed. "Yeah, now I remember that." I said.

Flashback

It was just before second year, and I was in Flourish and Blott's getting my course books. I had been on the upper floor of the shop getting one last book before everyone left the hassled shop. Gilderoy Lockhart (Who had become Professor Lockhart after he took over the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts professor from the now-dead Professor Quirell.) had been in the shop signing copies of his biography. Like I gave a Skinner.

Just as I was headed downstairs, I heard my brother, Ron, Hermione, Ivy, Ginny, and Fred and George Weasley headed out the door as I heard a page rip and someone come down the stairs.

"Bet you loved that, didn't you, Potter?" Draco's voice said, making me drop my bag. "Famous Harry Potter, can't even go to a bookshop without making the front page!" he sneered.

"Leave him alone!" Ginny said, glaring at Draco.

"Oh, Potter, I didn't know you got yourself a girlfriend!" Draco said, laughing.

"Oh, yeah?" Ron said. "This coming from the infamous Slytherin Casanova, bringing poor Hannah Potter over to his house with a single smirk."

"Yeah, poor kid never saw it coming." Fred chided.

"Oh, shut up, Weasleys." Draco sneered. "Look at that, she isn't even here!"

Harry laughed. "That's what you think, Malfoy. Oi! Han!"

I recognized my cue. Sure enough, there was Draco Malfoy, looking up at me.

"What d'you know." he said as I ran down.

I hopped the last three steps and threw my arms around him, earning a few fake groans of disgust from the Weasley twins.

"Ugh! Hannah's hugging the git!" they said together.

"Ok, ok, Hannah, Malfoy, get a room!" Harry said, grabbing my jacket as someone yanked Draco from my arms.

"Now, now, Draco, settle down." someone with a cold, snide voice said behind him as Harry pulled me back.

I looked up and found a man with long, platinum blond hair and Draco's eyes…except not as good looking. He was wearing all black and was holding a cane with a snake head.

"The Potter twins." he said, turning to Harry and I. "Lucius Malfoy." he said, shaking mine and Harry's hand in turn. "We meet at last. Especially you, Miss Potter." he added to me, making me freeze. "Draco has told me masses about you."

I said nothing and turned to Draco, who's eyes had widened, as if his father had spilt a very personal secret.

"Forgive me." Malfoy said, cutting off the silence and grabbing my arm, moving a lock of my hair with his cane to reveal my scar.

"Father!" Draco said.

"Silence, Draco." Malfoy said, looking at my neck. I had a bad feeling about this dude. "Your scars are legend. As of course is the wizard who gave them to you."

I looked at him. Now I remembered! Ivy told me when I first told her that Draco was the boy in Madam Malkin's before we started at Hogwarts that his father was a Death Eater. He worshipped the man who killed my parents!

"Voldemort killed my parents." I said, yanking myself back. "He was nothing more than a murderer."

"You must be very brave to say his name." Malfoy said. "Or very foolish."

"Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself." Hermione said, making Malfoy turn to her.

"And you must be Miss Granger." Malfoy said, Draco nodding as Mr Weasley came to the front of the shop.

"Well, well, well, Arthur Weasley." Malfoy smirked.

Mr Weasley whipped around and upon seeing Malfoy's face, his fatherly expression went cold.

"Lucius." he said, nodding coldly.

"Busy time at the Ministry, I hear. All those raids?" Malfoy said with a smirk, eyeing Ginny's cauldron. "Are they paying you overtime?" he asked, taking an old battered copy of A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration and smirking at it.

"Obviously not," Malfoy smirked "dear me, what is the point of being a disgrace to the name of wizard if they don't even pay you well for it?" he asked.

"We have a very different idea of what disgraces the name of wizard, Malfoy." Mr Weasley said.

"Clearly." Malfoy said, looking to Hermione's parents talking to Mrs Weasley. "The company you keep, Weasley…and I thought your family could sink no lower."

"Oh, no." Draco said as there was a thud, Ginny's cauldron flying. If Draco hadn't pulled me out of the way, I would have certainly gotten it to the head.

Mr Weasley had thrown himself at Draco's father.

"Come on, let's go before one of us gets killed." Draco said, pulling me out of the shop. "Up for an ice cream? I'm buying."

"You had me at ice cream." I said, laughing as Draco and I went to Florean Fortescue's.

"Hello, kids, what'll it be?" Mr Fortescue asked.

"I'll take a large strawberry and whatever the lady wants." Draco said.

"A large cookies and cream." I said.

Draco paid Fortescue and Fortescue handed us our ice cream.

"There you go, kids, enjoy."

"Thanks." Draco and I said together.

"Thanks." I said, sitting down.

"Anytime. Anything to get out of that situation." Draco said. "How were the Muggles?"

"Awful, as usual." I said. "Almost didn't even get here. My uncle locked me in my room."

"Why?" Draco asked.

"You know a house elf called…Dobby?" I asked.

"Yes!" Draco said. "He's my family's house elf, why?" "He was at my aunt and uncle's house." I said, licking at the ice cream. "He stole my friends' letters. Did the same with Harry's. And he exposed magic and got Harry in trouble by smashing a pudding on my uncle's important client's wife's head."

"Damn him." Draco said. "I'll be punishing that elf when I get back to the Manor."

"Thanks." I said, taking one last bite of my cone and wiping my mouth as I heard people shouting.

"Draco!" Malfoy shouted, going one way around the ice cream shop

"Father!" Draco hissed.

"Hannah!" Harry shouted, going straight past the shop.

"Oh, Skinner, Harry!" I gasped.

"Hide!" Draco and I said together, sneaking out the back door.

"Too close." Draco said.

"There you are, young man!" Malfoy said, crossing his arms. "Associating yourself with this riff-raff!"

"Father, she's not a riffraff!" Draco protested.

"Silence, Draco!" Malfoy said, slamming his cane onto the cobblestones. "Come along, we're going." he said, starting away.

Draco rolled his eyes, smirking at me.

"DRACO LUCIUS MALFOY!" Mr Malfoy shouted. "When I said we were going, I mean now!"

Draco sighed. "Yes, Father." he muttered before turning to me. "See you at school." he said, kissing my cheek before going back with his father.

I blushed before going to find my brother.

I laughed. "He was still a stick in the grass as the years went by!" I laughed, looking out onto the lake.

"Yeah." Draco said. "I agree with you there." he laughed as a gust of wind ran through the trees.

"What's going on?" I shouted, my hair blowing through the wind as Draco jumped down, me jumping after him and Draco catching me as the part of the coven that came with us ran over.

"What's going on?" Blake asked as Draco set me down, taking Mel's hand.

"I don't know, but it's coming from the lake!" I said, pointing and running towards the bank and gasping. "LOOK!" I shouted, pointing up.

There was a large, black dragon flying overhead, and just distinguishable on its back was my brother, Ron, Hermione, Ivy, Sheila, She-Cat, Wolfie and Drosie.

And in Harry's hand…was Hufflepuff's cup.

"THEY GOT IT!" I screamed. "THEY GOT THE HORCRUX!"

The coven with me whooped it up as Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ivy, Sheila, She-Cat, Wolfie and Drosie jumped into the lake, swimming to the lake as the dragon flew off towards the mountains.

When Harry trudged up onto the bank, I wrapped my arms around him, getting myself soaking wet as I hugged my friends (and Drosie).

"You got it!" I said, taking the cup in my hands. "They got it!"

"One step closer!" Blaise cheered.

"One more step to destroying him!" Sheila squealed.

"MEOW!" She-Cat screamed, running around the forest as Mel grabbed Fireball and dragged him back to camp.

"Love, your friends are insane." Draco said.

"I know, I tell myself that every day." I said, shaking my head as we headed back to camp…and bursting out laughing.

Mel was seated outside, her teddy bear Gus and the Barbie dolls I stole for her seated around in a circle as she had her tea set out, pouring tea out to everyone…including Fireball.

Fireball was wearing a frilly pink dress and had smoke pouring from his ears and over his head over the pretty princess tiara.

"Having fun, Fireball?" Sheila and I asked together.

Fireball glared and put out both hands, flipping us off.

Sheila gasped. "Fireball Winston Eugene Albert Gregory Joseph Alexander!" she said, appalled. "You know better than that!"

I gaped at her. "Fireball Winston Eugene Albert Gregory Joseph Alexander?" I said. "Seriously? You gave your lizard more middle names than I have?"

"Two more, to be exact!" Draco said. "Hannah has Lillian Isabella Marie, but Fireball has that?"

"Why?" we asked together.

"Thank my mother for that." Sheila said as Fireball growled, doing the tea party with Mel.

"Ok, so what are we doing for breakfast?" I asked Sheila.

"I don't know." Sheila said panicking. "I don't think we have anything!"

I got out my backpack. "Leave it to me." I said, opening my backpack and pulling out food.

"Holy shit!" Harry said, grabbing everything.

"What?" Draco asked.

"She's got a fucking buffet in here! Rabbit, eggs, plums…holy fuck, she's nicked honey!" Harry said, opening the jar and eating some.

"Ok, Winnie the Pooh!" I said, yanking it back as I got looks of admiration. "Are you going to eat the honey or tell me what you want for breakfast?" I asked.

"Fried rabbit, scrambled eggs and plums sautéed in honey!" Harry grinned.

"Please! Like Potter could do that!" Drosie said. "That's food poisoning waiting to happen!"

I glared at her. "All right, care to put your money where your mouth is?" I asked.

"All right." Drosie sneered. "Your food is inedible, and…you have to…shave your head!"

Draco paled and I smirked. "All right, if it is edible, you have to do dishes from every meal for a month!" I said.

"Deal." Drosie said, spitting on her hand.

"Deal." I said, following suite before we shook hands.

I went to wash my hands before setting to work.

I set everything in front of the coven. "Alright, Draco, come here, you're settling this bet once and for all." I said.

"Why Malfoy!?" Ron asked. "I'd do it!"

"Because you're a Gryffindor version of both Crabbe and Goyle when it comes to eating. Draco is a connoisseur and has a sophisticated palette. I know he wouldn't put anything less than perfect in his craw." I said with a smirk, grabbing a fork.

"All right, all right, Hannah, jeez, you had me at sophisticated." Draco said, standing up as I got some rabbit.

"Ok, the rabbit first." I said, shoving it in his mouth and biting my lip.

Draco took a minute before smirking. "Dill…paprika…and a hint of cilantro?"

I nodded.

"Excellent." Draco said. "The Manor elves couldn't have made it better themselves."

I smirked. "One for three, Drosie." I teased, spearing an egg and shoving it in Draco's mouth.

Again Draco paused before smirking. "Marble cheese…chives…and a dash of cayenne pepper. A perfect marriage of spice to cheese without it being too overpowering."

I smirked. "Prepare for dish duty, Drosie." I said, making Draco eat a plum.

And as he did before, Draco took a minute before nodding. "I can tell you used the honey, but it was a subtle usage. Added some ginger for a bit of a bite back. Characteristic of you. Sweet with a subtle spice. Perfect." Draco said. "Drosie, you have dish duty." he smirked.

"Ha! I win!" I said. "Everyone, dig in." I told the coven.

Ron was the first in line, piling up on rabbit, eggs and plums before sitting down, the coven following his lead. The moans of satisfaction were almost instant.

"Damn, Harley!" Ron said, stuffing his face. "Where'd you learn to cook like this?"

I shrugged. "The Dursleys forced me to cook since I was old enough to reach the oven, so you pick up a few domestic skills." I said.

She-Cat ruffled my hair. "Amazing work, Miss Quinn, I couldn't have had a Fanged Geranium do it better myself."

I cocked an eyebrow.

"Meow!" She-Cat said, eating again as I sat down.

"So we got the Horcrux!" I said, putting a fist in the air.

"Yeah, we did!" Harry, She-Cat, Sheila and Wolfie said.

"But we lost the sword." Hermione said.

"WHAT!?" I asked.

"Griphook's payment for getting us into the Lestrange's vault was Gryffindor's sword." Ivy said.

"And when we got the cup, the fucking asshole took the sword and sold us out!" Ron shouted angrily. "When I get my hands on that goblin-"

"I knew I shouldn't have trusted that goblin!" Draco said.

"Yeah, yeah, Malfoy was right, I was wrong." Harry said. "The point is, we have the Horcrux. That just leaves the snake and something of Gryffindor's or Ravenclaw's."

"Something of Gryffindor's or Ravenclaw's?" I asked.

"It couldn't be the sword, the sword destroys Horcruxes." Ron said.

"It's something of Ravenclaw's, then." Emily said. "Who here was a Ravenclaw?"

Sheila raised her hand. "The only relic known of Ravenclaw's was the lost diadem." she said.

"But that hasn't been seen since Ravenclaw's disappearance over nine hundred years ago." I said.

"Where could this diadem thing possibly be, then?" Blake asked as Hellion jumped into my lap.

"If it's the Dark Lord we know, it could be in a few places." I said. "The orphanage he was born in…"

"Checked there for Horcruxes. The place was torn down." Harry said. "There was also Albania, where he hid when Han and I broke his power."

"Yeah, we could split up and search. Though I doubt he'd put it in Albania, if he was there when his power broke, he wouldn't want to go back." I said, petting Hellion. "Borgin and Burke's, where he had his first job."

"Yeah, that's a smart place to look." Draco said sarcastically. "Get yourself killed in a Dark Arts shop, why don't you?"

"Ok, Mr Big Shot Jr.," I said, turning to Draco. "you give us a plan to look in Borgin and Burke's." I challenged.

"We could always get out the Harley masks and make it look like a robbery." Willow said. "Kill a few Snake Faced Little Shits in our way."

I smirked, slapping Willow five. "I love your thinking, Prim!" I said.

"That's actually a good plan." Harry said. "Then it won't look too suspicious, we steal a few other Dark Artefacts and make it look like a robbery."

"Good, I can nick another Hand of Glory." Draco said, smirking and rubbing his hands together.

"A Hand of what?" I asked.

"Hand of Glory." Draco said. "Father bought me one when we were twelve. Stick a candle in it and it provides light only to the holder."

The coven gaped at him. "WHAT!?" we shouted.

"It provides light to anyone holding it. Best friend to thieves and plunderers. Borgin said so himself when we got it." Draco said, shrugging as I gaped at him. "What?" Draco asked.

"You had something to provide light…AND YOU DIDN'T BOTHER TO TELL US!?" I screamed.

"Didn't seem important at the time!" Draco said.

"Had we known, we could have used the Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder Harry and me got for our birthday and fake an eclipse and use that Glory Hand or whatever of yours to steal stuff!" I said.

"Sorry." Draco said.

"Well, we can use that in the Borgin and Burke's robbery!" Harry said. "Finally, Malfoy's Dark Arts stuff comes in handy!"

I smirked. "Well, we could do it in a couple days." I said. "After a bit of planning-"

"And technique." Draco added.

"And a little luck…" Hermione smiled.

"We could just find ourselves a Horcrux!" I said, cheering with the coven.