Chapter 27
The Heist of Borgin and Burke's
We spent the next couple of days training and preparing for the Borgin and Burke's heist. Draco got out his Hand of Glory and showed me how it worked, in case we had to make a quick getaway.
We were going to go during the night, when Borgin wasn't in the shop. The Death Eaters wouldn't know what hit them!
The night we went to ransack the shop, we went through the plan one last time over the fire.
"Ok, so we know the plan?" I asked.
"Yeah, we Apparate to Diagon Alley and head into Knockturn…" Draco started, holding Mel on his knee. Mel's eyes had been lighting up to the Malfoy colour, but her hair stayed dark brown.
"Harley, Cato, Cinna, Thresh Marvel and I will scale the building and get on the roof," Harry said.
"Where we'll open the skylight and lower Harley down." Blake said.
"And then we'll dive in after she gives the signal that the coast is clear." Blaise said.
"And I'll then look for the keys and let you guys in from the inside." I added.
"Then we'll split up in our partners and look for the Horcrux as Posey, Rue and Prim keep watch." Ron said.
"And the codeword for if a Snake Faced Little Shit is coming is?" I asked Willow.
"The snake's about to strike." Willow said.
I nodded. "And should a Death Eater get into the shop?" I asked.
"We'll hex and curse the living shit out of them and make a break for it with what we've got, Horcrux or not." Hermione said.
I nodded. "Exactly." I said, standing up. "All right, let's go!" I said, tucking my wand in my holster and checking my one piece.
It was a typical cat burglar's one piece suit. Black with a high tight turtleneck to hide my scar. I had slipped on my tight black leather boots to complete the look.
"Well, well, Harley Quinn called, she wants her catsuit back." Draco said.
"Shut up, Mr. J." I said.
"The fuck...?" Draco started.
"Harley Quinn calls the Joker Mr. J, Malfoy." Ivy said, rolling her eyes as she tied her mask on.
I tied my mask on as we headed to the Apparation point, smirking. "This is going to be fun." I said, grabbing my Cato's arm and Disapparating to Diagon Alley.
Haymitch (Harry), Cinna (Blake), Thresh (Blaise), Marvel (Ron) and I started towards Knockturn Alley the moment we arrived with Glimmer (Drosie), Clove (Emily) Wolfie (Teresa), Foxface (She-Cat), Effie (Sheila) and Madge (Hermione) watched for Death Eaters in Diagon Alley.
I looked around the shops and looked up at Borgin and Burke's. "I wonder if they still have that Cabinet we hid in in second year." I said to Haymitch.
"Cabinet?" Draco said, eyebrows raised. "What d'you mean Cabinet?"
"Well, when we were twelve, we went with the Weasleys to Diagon Alley, as you well know, but we went by Floo Network and Harry's brilliant navigating got us stuck in here." I said, looking around for the grappling hook and rope. "And we found you and your asshole father in there and hid in a cabinet."
"Did the cabinet look like a sarcophagus?" Draco asked.
"Yes, why?"
"I thought I saw your eyes when I opened that thing!" Draco said slapping himself in the face.
"I thought I saw revelation when you went to open the thing." I said. "Where is that god damned grappling hook!?" I asked.
"Looking for this?" a girl's voice said, handing me the rope.
"Thank you, Kairi," I said, looking to Kairi Phantomhive and stopping, whipping around to find a girl with long blond hair grey eyes…she was taller than me by about an inch and was wearing a dark blue t-shirt and black jeans, with a phoenix on her shoulder. "KAIRI!?" I asked.
Kairi narrowed her eyes and threw me into the wall.
"HEY!" Draco shouted. "Let go of her! Let go of Harley!"
"YOU!" Kairi screamed. "You killed my Quidditch Captain from last year! You killed her! YOU KILLED HER!"
"Phantomhive!" I shouted "It's me!" I said, ripping my mask off.
"Potter!" Phantomhive gasped, letting go of me. "You're Harley Quinn!?"
I nodded. "Yes, now keep your voice down."
"I was told you were dead!" Kairi said.
"You were told I was dead?" I asked.
Kairi nodded. "Yeah, that's what the Carrows told us."
I shrugged. "You-Know-Who put it in my head that Cato here…well, I should say Draco here…" I said, taking Draco's mask off. "was dead." I said. "The Death Eaters are lying." I told them.
Kairi nodded "Ok, so what are you doing here?"
"Looking for a Horcrux." Harry said.
"A what?" Kairi asked.
"It's a part of You-Know-Who's soul. They give him eternal life. We destroy them, killing You-Know-Who is possible. If not, it's impossible." I said.
Kairi nodded. "Need help?" she asked.
"Sure. Go to the front of the shop and wait with my coven." I said, twirling the grappling hook and tossing it up, hooking it fast to the chimney.
"Ok." Kairi said, saluting and departing as I tugged on the rope.
"Ok, it's stable." I said to the boys. "But it'll stay stable if we go one at a time. I'll go first." I said, starting to climb up the wall.
"Be careful, Mei-Mei!" Harry whispered.
"I am." I hissed, looking down and holding my grip tightly, taking another step up the wall.
After a while, I was at the top and straddling the edge of the roof and hopping onto it. "Ok, who's next?"
"Right here!" Draco whispered, grabbing the rope. "Start picking the window lock, I'll get the boys up here!"
I nodded, sweeping to the skylight and grabbing the cat burglar kit, grabbing the window cutting tool and starting to use it. It wasn't working.
"Skinner, Skinner, Skinner, Skinner!" I swore, panicking. Wait a moment…the diamond on my earrings!
"Draco, please tell me the earrings you gave me were real diamond." I said.
"Absolutely. Like I'd give my love cubic zirconia." Draco said as I took off my earrings. "Why?"
"The window cutting tool isn't working." I said, giving the tool one more go. "Oh, never mind." I said as the cutter caught and started cutting the glass. "Here, can you hold them, please?" I asked, biting my lip.
Draco grabbed them and I finished cutting the glass.
"Careful!" Harry whispered as the glass slipped from the suction cup.
I grabbed the glass, a shard gutting my hand.
"Fuck!" I swore, Blake grabbing the suction cup as I cradled my hand. "Draco, you have the first aid kit, right?" I asked.
"No, I got it." Harry said, grabbing my cut hand and the dittany.
I held my breath as he dabbed it on, stitching the skin together and making it as if I had never cut my hand. "Cato, make sure that there isn't anymore glass Harley could cut herself on."
Draco rolled his eyes. "It's a clean cut." Draco whispered as I strapped myself into the harness.
"For Skinner's sake, don't let me drop!" I told the boys.
"Trust me, Harley, I could lower you myself." Draco smirked.
"Let's not do that, Cato." Blaise said.
"For all that happened, we need to work together." Blake said.
"Yeah, we're the only ones the coven can trust." Ron added as I sat on the skylight, looking down to the floor.
"Ok, enough talk about dropping me, let's get to lowering me down." I said. "Haymitch, pass me the lock picking tool." I said, holding out my hand.
Harry passed me the tool and I held my breath, hitching my other leg over the skylight, both legs dangling in the air as I hopped down, clutching the skylight. "Ready?" I asked.
"Ok, let go!" Blake said.
I nodded, letting go and screaming. I had sank a bit in freefall.
"You ok?" Draco asked.
"Yeah, just let me slow my heart rate down." I said. "Ok, lower me down."
The boys slowly lowered me into the shop, letting me put both feet on the floor and take the harness off before taking their stuff and hopping off the roof to wait with the coven.
I knelt down at the door and started picking the lock. "Hurry, Harley!" Alvaro whispered.
"Lock picking takes time, Gale, be patient!" I hissed as I shoved the pieces in the lock, trying to get it to catch.
I finally got it to catch and I turned the handle, unlocking the door. "I got it!" I hissed, opening the door.
The coven came flowing in and started looking.
"Remember, anything with Ravenclaw's animal, you know, an eagle on it, grab!" I said, starting to look.
…
We looked for Ravenclaw's diadem late into the night, it being eleven o'clock before I finally gave up.
"Harley!" Willow hissed.
"The snake's about to strike!" Mel whispered.
"Shit!" I whispered. "How far away, Rue?"
"Close enough that we have to get the hell out of here!" Katherine whispered.
"Run!" I told the coven, tying my mask on and grabbing my weapons, starting out. "Skinner, they're closer than I thought." I said, drawing my bow and arrows.
Emily did the same as everyone drew their wands.
Emily and I shot a few Death Eaters, grabbing our arrows back and shooting again until the Death Eaters were too close. I grabbed my dagger and started cutting them until they collapsed as the others were either Stunned or retreating.
"LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!" Draco said, grabbing me and Disapparating.
…
When we got back to the campground, we all unmasked ourselves to Kairi.
"Harry!?" Kairi shouted when she saw Harry. "Ron, Hermione, Ivy!?"
My brother, Ron, Hermione and Ivy nodded.
"Malfoy!" Kairi gasped. "That explains so much!"
Draco took a bow, smirking.
"Sheila, Capodebt?" Phantomhive gasped.
"MEOW!" She-Cat said.
"Hey!" Sheila beamed as Fireball took a bow, taking Kairi's hand in both of his and kissing it.
Kairi blushed as revelation started to set in with everyone, and introductions were made to Kairi and Blake, Raven, Teresa and Melody.
"So, you obviously know why we're on the run." I said as the coven sat down, Sheila making us a meal as I lit a fire to warm us up and provide light. "What's your story?"
"Well, seeing as the Death Eaters took over Hogwarts, the DA's now working with the other Slytherin first years that didn't want to join You-Know-Who. Me and a bunch of other Slytherins joined this term when we all realized we didn't like what the Carrows were doing." Kairi said.
"What were they doing?" I asked.
"Well, Amycus Carrow, you know, the one who's teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts-" Draco started.
"Fuck that," Kairi said. "It's Dark Arts class. Defence went out the fucking window the minute Severus Snape hired Amycus Carrow to teach it. It's Dark Arts. He's having the classes practice the Cruciatus Curse on those who've earned detentions."
"WHAT!?" I screamed.
"Yes, Neville, Luna, Ginny, they've all been tortured." Kairi said. "I've been tortured."
"And Snape's made Muggle Studies mandatory for everyone." Blaise said, rolling her eyes.
"And all that's sunshine and rainbows." Draco muttered.
"All that Alecto Carrow woman had us do was listen to how Muggles were horrible and drove us into hiding with their ways. No offence, Muggleborns." Kairi said.
"None taken." Hermione and She-Cat said together.
"So Neville and I were tortured for asking how much Muggle blood her and her brother had." Kairi said smirking.
"Respect!" I said, bumping fists with her. "So, why are you on the run?"
"I went down to Hagrid's to that Support the Potter Twins Party." Kairi said. "When Snape caught us, he called the Carrows and I ran."
"Respect." I said again, bumping fists with the girl. "You are welcome in my coven anytime!"
"Great!" Kairi said. "So, I'll just automatically assume that you're the leader?"
I nodded. "Been that way since day one. They wouldn't let me bow out." I said, jerking a thumb to Draco and Blaise. "And if you are going to join the coven, you need a coven name."
"We inspired ours from the Hunger Games." Draco said. "I'm Cato, I would have gone with Peeta, but Hannah said that Cato was sexy, so I went with that."
"Oh!" Kairi said smirking. "I know someone I looked up to!"
"Great! Who?" I asked.
"Wiress!" Kairi smirked.
"That girl that invents stuff?" I asked, instantly thinking of Amelia Finch, my friend that always built and fixed things. Her nickname was Tinkerbelle.
Kairi nodded.
"Alright, that works." I said before getting down to business. "Alright, did ANYONE find the diadem?" I asked.
Everyone shook their heads. "Saw no trace of Ravenclaw house anywhere in that shop." Blaise said.
"Alright, that rules out Albania, the orphanage, and Borgin and Burke's." Harry said. "It could always be at Hepzibah Smith's house."
"Who's Hepzibah Smith?" Blake asked.
"Hepzibah Smith was a woman that Tom Riddle tried to swindle treasures out of when he worked for Borgin and Burke's." I said. "She was the original owner of Hufflepuff's cup and had bought the locket of Slytherin."
"Then how'd the Dark Lord get his slimy hands on it?" Raven asked.
"Killed her. He poisoned her and very cleverly blamed her old house elf named Hokey." I said. "And then he modified the elf's memory to believe that she had put something in Hephzibah's cocoa the night she died that wasn't sugar."
"And the Ministry believed it?" Sheila asked.
"You'd be surprised how many house elves try to do their masters in, Alexander." Draco said. "Four house elves at my own Manor were executed for trying to bump off my father and I in our beds."
"No, the Ministry only was predisposed to suspect Hokey because she was a house elf."
"SEE!" Hermione said "This is exactly why I started S.P.E.W!"
"No, Watson, you started S.P.E.W. when Winky the house elf was sacked by Bartemius Crouch for abandoning his tent."
"And for how the Malfoys treated Dobby, Sherlock!" Watson said indignantly.
"Watson!" I hissed, jerking a thumb to Draco. "Draco's right here!"
"Sherlock!" Hermione said. "I get that he made amends with Dobby before he died, I was there before Ron carried me into Shell Cottage and went back for you, but he is…"
"On our side, Watson!" I snapped. "Now lay off him. If it wasn't for him, I would be dead!"
Hermione shut up.
"Case closed, Watson." I said.
"Why do you call her Watson?" Draco asked.
"After Sherlock Holmes. We agreed we'd make an excellent mystery solving team, her bookishness makes her an ideal Watson."
"And the way you analyze things makes you an amazing Sherlock." Draco said, kissing my temple.
"All right, I'll be back, I'm going to look for the Horcrux at Hepzibah Smith's old place." Harry said, standing up and leaving the protective barriers.
…
Harry was gone for three hours exactly before he ran back, panting.
"We have to go." he said.
"Why?" Emily asked.
"Because…Lucius Malfoy is patrolling the forest!" Harry said.
"OH, SHIT!" the coven shouted, packing everything up as fast as they could.
"Mel!" Draco shouted, grabbing her as she panicked.
"Dracy! I don't want Daddy here!" Mel said, crying.
"We're going to get out of here as fast as we can, sweetheart." Draco said, kissing her temple as the tents were frantically packed away.
"Ok, everyone grab hold!" Harry said.
I grabbed my brother's hand and Harry Apparated the entire coven away.
…
Harry Apparated us to a thick area of a whole different forest. There were trees everywhere. There was nowhere to set up camp.
"All right, then." Blaise said, looking around. "What d'you reckon we do, Harley?"
I swallowed. I had no idea. "I think we should split up and look for a clearing or somewhere that we can pitch the tents." I said.
Draco set Mel down and Harry picked her up. "Ok, Harry, Mel, Hannah and I will go this way." Draco said.
Everyone nodded and split up, Draco, Mel, Harry and I going deeper into the woods. Mel had gone to sleep against Harry's shoulder.
It was late, around midnight, and I was slowly getting more and more tired. If we didn't find a place to sleep soon, I was certainly going to pass out with exhaustion.
A half hour into the hunt for a clearing, I started trudging around, half asleep.
Draco lifted me up as Harry and Mel went on ahead. "Are we tired?"
I nodded sleepily as Harry gave a yell. "MALFOY! HAN! YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT WE FOUND!"
Draco ran with me to find the coven converged in one large abandoned house.
"Holy shit!" Draco said. "This is a huge ass house. Not as big as the Manor, but it's up there."
Harry opened the door. "You lot stay here in case this is a trap." Harry said, going in.
Temporarily awakened, I hopped down from Draco's arms and waited for my brother to come out.
It took half an hour for Harry to come out, smiling. "It's empty. But some idiot left it furnished! There's even a TV!"
My eyes lit up and I ran into the house, looking around. Large dining room, kitchen with actual appliances, TV room!
I ran upstairs to find bedroom after bedroom. Enough for four members of the coven to sleep in a room. Bunk beds were in every room, then in one, there were two queen sized beds, still perfectly furnished.
I went downstairs to tell the coven to come in, but I was flipped upside down, She-Cat, Willow, Kairi and Mel giggling.
"You honestly spent the amount of time I was exploring upstairs setting a booby trap for me?" I asked.
The girls laughed, nodding as I was suspended upside down.
"Do you know how to get me down?" I asked.
The girls looked to each other before shaking their heads.
"Great!" I said sarcastically. "Just perfect! How am I supposed to defeat the Dark Lord when I'm dangling upside down by the ankle like Spider-Man?!" I asked.
"We could lure him here?" Mel suggested.
"I don't have my wand." I said. "Give him free shot at me." I said before shouting. "DRACO! I'm stuck!"
At this, everyone came into the hall and started laughing.
"Shut up!" I said. "It isn't funny! Draco, get me down from here!"
"What's the magic word, love?" Draco smirked.
"Please GET ME THE SKINNER DOWN FROM HERE!" I shouted.
"Ok, ok, give me your dagger." Draco said.
I grabbed my dagger from its holster and dropped it down to him handle first.
Draco handed my knife to Harry and went under me as Harry climbed the stair to cut me loose.
I gave a scream and dropped into Draco's arms.
"That was not funny!" I said as I heard Ron from the TV room.
"TV'S ON! AND HAN, THERE'S THE RANGERS GAME ON!"
I screamed, scrambling out of Draco's arms and running to the TV room, throwing myself onto the couch. "I heard Rangers game!" I said, grabbing the remote. "AND THEY'RE PLAYING LONDON! BONUS!"
"Hockey?" Draco asked my brother.
"Oh, yes." Harry said with a sigh.
"Obsession." the boys said together as I switched it on.
"Ok, this I need to see." Draco said, leaning over the couch as the game started. "What the hell is that Keeper wearing!?" he asked, pointing to John Gibson, the Ranger's goaltender.
"First, it's called a goalie, and second, it's standard for the OHL, genius." I said. "Now shut up and watch the game."
Draco sighed. "Fine. But I'll tell you, you'll be out cold before the Snitch is caught."
I sighed. "Draco, you have a lot to learn about hockey. One. IT ISN'T FUCKING QUIDDITCH!" I shouted. "Two, Harry, was the Horcrux at Hepzibah Smith's?" I asked my brother.
Harry shook his head. "No. The place was so rundown that no sane person would put anything in there, let alone a Horcrux. The place was ransacked."
"Damn it all!" I said, shooting up and pacing. "If it isn't at the orphanage, or in Albania, or at that old broad's place, or in Borgin and Burke's, where the fuck would it be!?"
"Wait a minute…I think I have something." Draco said. "What if the Dark Lord found the diadem long before this?"
At this, my eyes widened. He could have found it anywhere, where it was before he had it wasn't important. What if he had hidden it somewhere…some where that nobody knew about…or…that he thought anybody knew about.
"Draco!" I said. "In the Room of Requirement, besides the Vanishing Cabinet you repaired, what else did you see?"
"Uh…" Draco said, closing his eyes. "Old brooms, books, other cabinets, an old bust with a powdered wig and a tiara-"
"A TIARA!" I said. "THAT'S IT!" I shouted.
Voldemort had found the diadem somewhere and made it into a Horcrux. But…how would he have gotten it into Hogwarts without Dumbledore noticing?
Wait…he had gone in to see Dumbledore after he left school. He must have gone in to hide it somewhere before…or after…he saw him…
"THE NIGHT HE ASKED FOR A JOB!" I shouted. "THAT'S IT! I KNOW WHERE THE LAST HORCRUX IS!"
Harry nodded with a grin.
"What are you talking about, Spitfire?" Draco asked.
"Call the coven in here, Draco, now!" I said excitedly.
Draco called the coven and they instantly gathered.
"I know where the last Horcrux is!" I said excitedly. "But, it's a pretty dodgy heist."
"Where do we have to go?" Drosie asked.
"Hogwarts." I said. "How could I have been so stupid. It was the only place that he called home!"
"Brilliant deduction, Hannah." Drosie said. "But here's the problem: HOW THE FUCK ARE WE GOING TO GET INTO THE SCHOOL WITH THE DEATH EATERS ALL OVER THE PLACE!?"
I smirked. "We'll just have to train really, really hard and-Skinner hold the backhand shot!" I said, turning to Drosie. "What did you just call me?" I asked.
"Hannah, that is your name, isn't it?" Drosie asked, rolling her eyes.
"Yes, but you've always used my surname." I said.
"I guess it was time for a change." Drosie said.
"With that aside, I say we start training in the morning." I said. "Upstairs, all but one room contain two bunk beds. The other room contains two queen beds. Who's going in that room?"
"Harley." everyone said together.
"This is a monarchy. The ruler gets the queen bed. Who's going with you?" Blaise asked.
"Draco, Harry and Mel." I said.
Draco smirked. "Everyone else, get into groups of four and find a bed." I said.
Everyone nodded and clambered into groups, going upstairs with hurried goodnights.
I smirked as Draco lifted me up, carrying me upstairs to the queen room, laying me in bed.
"Yeah, no." Harry said. "First rule, if we're going to sleep in the same room, Malfoy, you sleep with your sister, I sleep with mine."
I sighed. "Harry, you need to get that stick out of your ass." I said.
"I agree, Potter, but fine." Draco sneered, swapping spots for Harry and wrapping his arms around Mel as Harry did the same.
Mel smiled, snuggling into Draco as I did the same with Harry.
"It might end soon." I said smirking.
"It will end soon, and he'll be dead." Harry said.
"Once we get that diadem, we'll just need to destroy that and the cup, then we can get to the snake!"
Harry nodded. "And then-"
"He's dead, bitches!" I said, Harry and I high fiving as I laid on my back.
"Hey, Harry." I said.
"Hmm?"
"I hope we're ready to kick some ass." I said with a grin, closing my eyes.
A/N: If you want to know what happens to Hannah, review up! If I don't get reviews, I'm not posting!
