This ones a little longer, put stick with me, its exciting. And kind of sad.
I do not own Harry or TMI, if I did, I would probably have more money than know what to do with.
Izzy lay on her back. She could hear the soft crash of waves against the shore, and the sharp sand against her bare arms. The beach was nice. She could stay at the beach. Simon and herself, all alone. That would be pleasant. But she knew it could not happen. A war was brewing, and she, as always, seemed to be in the middle of it.
"We're here. We're all here. Safe and sound." She heard Harry's voice. Then "DOBBY!" She knew that voice. Everyone in there group did. It was the voice of sadness and grief.
She stood up. Several yards away stood the little creature, Dobby. He was looking forlornly at his chest, were the woman's dagger protruded nastily, blood spilling down his cute sweater. Izzy turned, but she didn't want to look at it. She had seen too many people die for a girl of seventeen. So she went to look for the others. Clary and Simon were standing up, also turned from the gruesome sight, Jace was at there side, but sitting. Alec and Magnus were nearby, talking in low voices. Ron and Hermione were sitting next to Harry and the limp figure in his arms. But there were other people on the beach to. An old man was being escorted into the house by a woman with long, silver hair. What looked like a goblin was trotting behind then. A girl with silvery blonde hair stood sat several feet away, being helped up by a man with a tooth earring and shoulder length, fiery red hair. They looked the friendliest, so Izzy walked towards them.
"Hello. I'm Izzy." She extended her hand and the to people shook it.
"Bill Weasley. How do you do?" Said the man. His face was torn with scars, much like a Shadowhunter.
"Luna Lovegood, pleased to meet you." Said the girls. Something was a bit off about this girl. She had a dreamy voice, and a lost look in her eyes. But she carried herself with pride. Izzy immediately liked her.
"I'm fine, thanks. Do you live here?"
"I do. This is me and my wife's place. My aunt gave it to us as a wedding gift." The man said.
"Do you know that man over there?" Luna asked, gesturing towards Alec and Magnus, now making their way towards Clary and Jace.
"Yes, I do. That my brother, Alec, the one with dark hair, and the one with blue hair is Magnus. I think he has a feud with your father." Izzy said.
"It's a little more than a feud. He made Daddy blind in one eye." Luna said. "Tell his that I forgive him."
"Right. Will do." Izzy walked towards Harry, Ron, and Hermione. "I'm sorry." She said. "And I know how lame that sounds, I do, but I am sorry. I know about loss." Harry looked up.
"Do you really? Do you really know about loss." He asked.
"Yes, I really know." Izzy said, flustered. "Maybe you should look at what I've been through. My younger brother died at the hands of someone I trusted. And it was my fault. I was in two wars. TWO! Simon lost all of his memories, forgot all about me, his girlfriend, all too save us. Do you know how much that hurt? Not being able to talk to someone you love because they forgot? It doesn't even have the finality that Death has. Did I mention TWO wars?" She was practically yelling now.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know."
"I'm sorry too. But don't ever ask a question like that again. You can never know the loss others have been through." She turned on her heels and walked towards Clary.
"Jeeze. What was that?" Clary asked.
"I had a rant." Izzy said.
"I knew we should have given you anger management help." Jace said.
"You better be sarcastic." Izzy said, pointing an accusing finger. "Well, it doesn't matter. Magnus, Luna would like to tell you that you are forgiven. She seems pretty nice. Strange, but nice." They walked towards the house. It was a pleasant place, warm and cozy. But the group decided that they would camp out and cook their own food, as not to make it more complicated too the kind couple that let them stay.
Harry gathered all the team out on the sandy beach one afternoon and declared that they needed to ask Mr. Ollivander, the frail old man who made wands, about the Deathly Hallows.
"There's something else." Hermione said. "I think we know were another horxus is. I think it's in Gringotts, and the goblin can help us get to it."
"What horcrux do you think is in Gringotts?" Asked Simon.
"I think it's the Helga Hufflepuff's cup. It was important too the founders, and held lots of value, and we all know the safest place to hide something would be in either Gringotts or Hogwarts, and going to Hogwarts is suicide, so I think we should try Gringotts." Hermione finished.
"That's great and all, but how are we going to get into Gringotts? And what is Gringotts? " Asked Jace.
"Gringotts is a bank, where wizards store their gold. On getting in, I have some polyjuice potion and some of Bellatrix Lestranges hair. You guys have your glamour, and Harry has the cloak. I can perform some spells on Ron so he looks different. All we need is to persuade the goblin into giving us his help." Hermione said. Jace rubbed his hands together.
"Excellent. Let's do this." He said.
So they split up, one team talking too Griphook (Hermione, Izzy, Jace, and Alec), while the others (Harry, Ron, Clary, Magnus, and Simon) Went to talk with Ollivander. When they were done, they met back on the beach.
"What did Griphook say?" Clay asked.
"He agreed, but on one condition, that when he gets us into the bank, we give him the sword. We agreed, is that okay?" Izzy said. Harry noded, and Simon started on what Olivanders had said.
"Ollivander gave Snake-Face information about the wands. Apparently, he told him about the Elder Wand, and how you needed another wizard's wand to beat Harry's, ecectra, ecetra."
"Snake-Face? Really Simon?"Izzy said.
"What? You said the name was taboo, so I made an even better one."
"So we have proof it's real?" Hermione asked, getting the group on task.
"Not exactly. It's still just a possibility." Harry said.
"So when can we go to Gringotts?" Asked Clary.
"Tomorrow morning. Get a good night's rest. Meet here so we can apparate. But on you marks or whatever and we depart." Hermione said, walking off.
Hermione, dressed in a black dress that Fleur had given her, arrived at the arranged place with Ron. When the others arrived, she was waving her wand in front of Ron's face, muttering spells as a thick red beard ran across his face.
"So, we can leave?" Jace said.
"No, not yet." Hermione said as she produced a flask from her magic bag. "You might want to put your marks on." She instructed, taking a swig.
They looked on in horror as her skin started bubbling and changing, her hair straightened and growing, her skin losing the freckles and become a most unbecoming pale. They watched her grow half an inch. To those who had never seen the transition with polyjuice potion, it was quite the sight too see.
A second later, an exact copy on Bellatrix Lestrange stood in front of the group.
"That was…" Clary trailed of.
"Terrifying?" Offered Simon.
"Cool!" Said Jace.
"You have one messed up sense of 'cool'." Simon said as he mimicked Clary, pulled out his stele.
Everyone, including Griphook, put there hands in the middle of their small band. Harry said, "Griphook, get us into Gringotts and you can have the sword," then Hermione screwed up her face in concentration and then a with a pop! they appeared in an alleyway in Diagon Alley.
Griphook climbed onto Harry's back and he wiped the invisibility cloak around them. Just as he had done this, a Death Eater walked up the Hermione and said, "Ah, hello Miss Lestrange."
"Hello." Said Hermione tentatively. The man frowned and walked on.
"I don't think that is what Bellatrix Lestrange would say too 'hello'. Something more like 'Hello too you too, lesser being.'" Alec said. Everyone's eyes turned on him, and he threw his hands up defensively. "Just saying. That's what I got the impression she's like." Jace shrugged and Simon made a 'he has a point' face and they kept walking.
Up ahead loomed a giant, white, marble building. At its giant oak front doors stood two guards, tall and proud. They opened the door to the huge bank for Ron and Hermione, the others slipping past. Hermione strode up the front counter and wrapped her hand on the raised dais that a goblin was sitting at.
When he looked up, his face was startled. "Ms. Lestrange. How may I help you?" He asked.
"I wish to enter my vault." Hermione said.
"I see. My I see you wand?" He asked, extending his hand.
"I don't see why you would want too see my wand, goblin. I would like to enter my vault."
"Ms. Lestrange, this isn't how this works. I see your wand, and if it is yours, we let you pass." Slow but deliberate footsteps sounded behind them, resounding off the walls. One of the guards were walking up behind them.
They felt a small breeze around her ankles as Harry stepped forward and pointed his wand at the goblin. He muttered something, and the goblin said, "Follow me."
So they did, down to a small cart which they were ushered into. The goblin Harry hand enchanted pulled a lever and the cart started to rocket down the track.
"I can now understand why mundies like roller coasters!" Jace shouted. "This is awesome!" Meanwhile, Magnus had his eyes glued closed and had the death grip on Alec.
"Magnus, I think you're cutting the circulation of Alec's wrist." Izzy noted.
"Sorry." Magnus said, releasing his hand. "I just hate roller coasters."
They spread down endless amounts of track, over deep canyons and high ceilings. Down and down they went, the only scenery was rocks, rocks, and more rocks, until a huge waterfall was seen roaring in the distance.
"Griphook, what is that?" Yelled Harry, pointing towards the waterfall.
"The Thief's Downfall. It washes away all magical enchantment." Griphook croaked. The waterfall slammed down on them, and then the cart stopped abruptly. Hermione no longer looked like Bellatrix. The Imperius curse Harry had put on the other goblin was gone. A red light flashed and a noise sounded. There seats flew out from under them, and the group was plummeting down towards the rocky bottom that was growing too close, too fast.
"Aresto Momentum!" Yelled Hermione, and they stopped, noses inches from the ground. After they had all stood, Magnus cursed colorfully.
"So this is why you hate roller coasters." Ron added cheerfully.
"Yes. And I will never, ever, go on another one again!"
After Harry had put the goblin under control again, they continued, until they emerged into a great cavern, occupied by a huge, pale dragon. Hands flew too weapons, but Griphook said, "Don't bother." He picked up some bells and handed them out.
"He's expected to get paid when he hears this sound." Yelled Griphook, over the sound of cowbells. The group heard some not-so-quiet disapproval from Hermione and Magnus.
After they had edged past the dragon, the goblin scraped his fingernail down the crack in the door and it swung open.
Inside was a huge chamber, filled with endless amounts of gold. Gold plates, gold goblets, gold coins, huge blocks of gold. They looked around for a small cup, until Magnus said "Stay perfectly still." And raised his hands too for a huge sheet of blue magic. He muttered a few words, then the sheet of magic that looked as smooth as silk was thrown out. Once it touched something, it came flying back, folding into a 3D hologram-like thing in the palm of Magnus's hand.
"That was pretty cool, I must admit." Jace said.
"Wow, you managed to weasel a compliment out of Jace." Clary said, but Magnus looked exhausted.
"Are you alright?" Asked Alec.
"Fine. Just tired" He blinked several times before he spoke.
"Found the cup." He said, looking up. His finger rose to a small ledge on the wall. It was decked with plates and piles of coins and… a small cup with the Hufflepuff emblem on them.
Suddenly, the sound of metal hitting the stone floor echoed of the walls. A stack of coins had been knocked over. They vibrated on the floor then multiplied into ten times more, than a hundred times more. Hermione yelped in surprise, stepping backward to avoid the flood of coins, and bumped into a small table behind her, causing more and more eccentricities too multiply. Soon they were up to her shoulders in gold, and slowing rising of there feet.
"Hermione! Hand me the sword!" yelled Harry. Hermione reached inter her bag and extracted the Sword of Gryffindor and threw it too Harry, who started to climb the mountain of gold, towards the cup.
"Everyone. Stop. MOVING!" Screamed Izzy, and everyone froze. Even Harry moved only too extended his arm so the tip of the sword could reach into the handle of the cup and slide down the blade.
"Hermione. Blow the door open." Harry said slowly. She pointed her wand and shouted "Reducto!" The door flew open, and the room exploded into cause again, everyone scrambling to the door. In the confusion, Griphook snagged Hufflepuff's cup. And yelled "The cup for the sword!" Making a split second decision, Harry decided that having the cup was more important than having the sword, and threw it too Griphook, who scrambled to the door with the other goblin and ran out on the outgoing flood of gold running out of the room. The others followed suit.
Alarms were blaring, sirens whining and wizards had already gathered in the chamber with the dragon, who was thrashing in his chains. They stood, hiding in the corner, trying to think what to do next.
"I have always thought that bathing in gold would be way cooler than that," Panted Jace.
"Well if you put it in consideration, that was more like drowning in gold," Alec pointed out.
"We can talk about bathing in gold latter. What we really have to worry about is how we're going to get out of here." Hermione said.
"Don't you always have a plan?" Asked Ron.
"I have a plan." Izzy said. "I mean, it's dangerous, and could get us all killed, but you know, a plan nonetheless."
"Alright. Tell us what this plan is." Simon inquired. Izzy grinned threw herself in to the heat of flying spells and grabbed onto the dragon's iron collar, pulling herself up until she was riding on its back.
"What are you waiting for?" She shouted and the others ran after her. They climbed up onto the dragon's back and held tight. Hermione pointed her wand at the dragons chains and yelled "Relashio!" The chains broke open with a loud clang, but the dragon still hadn't realised it was free.
"What do we do now?" Asked Simon.
"Everyone cover your necks. This is going to be worse than that godforsaken cart ride!" Magnus yelled over the chaos. Blue sparks shot from his fingers onto the dragon's back, who roared defiantly and shot up into the air, shooting up through the passage that the cart had taken, but adding several short-cuts along the way, tearing passages throughout the stone until it seemed they could go up no further.
And finally, the dragon broke threw the marble floor of Gringotts great hall, crashing thru the glass done at the ceiling and into the great sky above. He swored over the city, farther and farther, until the houses started dissipating and rolling fields appeared.
The dragon started descending over a lake, and Jace yelled. "I say we jump! Now!" and let go, diving into the water in a perfect arc. The others followed his lead, the Shadowhunters and Magnus dived into the water, and immediately taking of any cloths that would weigh them down, leaving the wizards flying in the air and mostly sinking like rocks.
When heads had been counted and everyone accounted for, they swam to shore. Everyone was unhurt, but Harry, who was the last to pop up, looked shaken.
"What is it with me and losing jackets!" Jace said frustratedly, having taken of his leather jacket after diving in.
"We currently have more important things to worry about than losing leather jackets." Said Magnus.
"Like He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named." Harry took a deep breath,like he was composing his thoughts. "We need to go to Hogwarts. And before you start freaking out-" He said, just as indignant noises of protest escaped from Ron and Hermione "-but I saw something, and before you get of you rockers again-" Hermione was angrily protesting "-we have to go to Hogwarts,the last Horcrux is there, I just know it."
"Harry, you were supposed to block him out!" Hermione said, passing out cloths so they could change.
"I know, but this is ergent. It has something to do with Ravenclaw."
"And that's all we have to go on?" Asked Simon
"Well I say we go as soon as possible." Said Jace.
"Alright. Hands in the middle everyone." Ron said. Everyone put there hands in the middle, except Hermione.
"But we don't have a plan." She said, grasping at the feeble excuse.
"Well none of our plans have ever really worked. If you want a plan I say we-"
"Find Aberforth." Cut in Magnus.
"You mean Dumbledore's brother?" Inquired Hermione.
"Yes. Dumbledore's brother. I know, it sounds like a stretch, but he is our best hope on getting into the castle. Is that a plan enough for you?"
"I suppose." Hermione said, and put her hand in the circle, apparating them too the Hogs Head, Hogsmeade.
If you like it, comment, if you don't, I don't care. Also, I know that Izzy's reaction to Harry was a bit dramatic, but just go with the flow. Hope you enjoyed!