Isabella Lillian Potter

Chapter 11

HPOV

Mione, Ron and I waited for Bella in an alley on the outskirts of London. I still didn't like that we had asked the Volturi for help, and that we offered them immunity. I was trying to think of a way that we could go back on our word, without actually breaking the promise.

"Where is she?" What's taking so long?" Ron asked, annoyed at waiting around.

"Ronald! Have some patience! She had to travel the muggle way, so it will take a while!" Mione scolded, slapping his arm.

"How long does it take?" He moaned.

"Would you rather go to Hogwarts and face Moldy?" I asked sarcastically.

"Fair enough." He mumbled. "What's the plan anyway?"

"Don't have one. I'm winging it." I replied, earning shocked looks.

"You don't have a plan? Does Bella?" Mione asked.

"Does Bella what?" My sister asked as she walked into the alley. Good timing sis.

"Have a plan? Because your brother here is winging it!" Ron exclaimed.

"I thought that was the plan." She replied with a laugh. "There are just so many things that can go wrong if we make a plan. At least if we wing it then we can be prepared for anything."

"How did it go?" I asked her as Ron stared with his mouth open.

"Alright. Remus wasn't too happy about it. And I may have threatened to tell Tonks that it wasn't Sirius that broke her new broom." She replied with a cheeky smile. "So, what's next?"

"We go to Hogwarts. Find the Horecrox, kill the snake and defeat him once and for all." I said. We grabbed each other's hands and apparated to Hogsmead. A few seconds after we landed, an alarm went off.

"POTTER!" Someone yelled. We took off running, only to run into a dead end. Just as we were about to pull our wands out, a door opened next to us.

"In here Potters." Someone said, I went in and saw the eyes of Professor Dumbledore.

"You're Abaforth, aren't you?" Bella asked as we went into the bar.

"Yes. And you two shouldn't be here." He said in a cold voice.

"You don't seem too surprised to see me alive." She said, crossing her arms.

"My brother wasn't the one that came up with the idea to fake your death." He spat, making Bella's face flush in anger.

"Look. We need to get into Hogwarts undetected." I said, putting my arm on Bella's shoulder.

"And how do you plan to do that? Step outside that door, the alarm will go off and you will be killed." He said, looking angry.

"You must have a way? Dumbledore wouldn't have died without making sure there is a way for you to get into Hogwarts." Hermione said, stepping towards him. He looked at the portrait of a girl behind him and nodded. She walked along a path in the painting until she was so small we couldn't see her.

"When you get there, give them hell." Abaforth said before walking out of the room. We watched as the girl came back, something behind her. The portrait opened and a familiar, if slightly bruised, face appeared inside a tunnel.

"Nevil!" I exclaimed as he jumped down.

"Well. This is one face I thought I'd never see again." He said, giving Bella a hug. "Good to see you're not dead."

"Yeah, sorry about that." She replied with a laugh. We all climbed back into the tunnel and walked along, Nevil in front, followed by me, then Bella, then Hermione, then Ron.

"What happened to your face?" I asked, noticing the bruises and cuts.

"The Carrow's form of detention." He replied. "I refused to use the cruciatus curse on a first year, so the 7th year Slytherins had their fun." He replied bitterly. "You should see some of the 3rd years, they're worse."

"Where does this tunnel come out?" Hermione asked.

"The room of requirement. Some Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw's are hiding there. Including 3 people who aren't meant to be there." He said with a laugh. How could things have gotten so bad? "Here we are. Let's have some fun." He opened the door at the end of the tunnel and stood in front of us. "Hey guys! I brought you a surprise." He moved out the way so that everyone could see me behind him.

"Blimey!" Seamus yelled, standing up.

"That's not all!" I said, stepping to the side to show Bella, the girl they all thought was dead. Everyone stood up and cheered as we jumped down and stood in front of them.

"Really? What are you two doing here?" I asked as we saw 2 familiar red heads stood next to Luna, who was supposed to be in hiding.

"Causing trouble like usual." Fred replied with a laugh.

"But more discreet than usual." George finished.

"You guys don't do discreet. And I thought you were with your mum?" Bella replied.

"Well, we all thought that you were dead." Jordan said with a laugh.

"Yeah. Funny how some things turn out." Bella replied with a laugh.

"What are you doing here anyway?" Pavarti asked.

"We're looking for something and we think it's hidden in Hogwarts." I replied.

"What is it?" Seamus asked.

"We don't know." Bella said.

"What does it look like?" Nevil asked.

"We don't know." I said.

"Where is it?" Jordan asked.

"We don't know that either." Bella said.

"What do you know?" A 4th year girl asked.

"We know that it is hidden somewhere in the school." I started.

"And that it has something to do with Roweina Ravwnclaw." Bella finished. "Any ideas?"

"The lost diadem of Ravenclaw." Luna said. "It has been missing for years, but the grey lady will know where it is. She is the ghost of Ravenclaw tower."

"GUYS!" Someone yelled. Ginny ran into the room, out of breath. "Snape knows that Harry was in Hogsmead." She said, avoiding eye contact with me.

Everyone started to run around, grabbing cloaks and changing into robes. Bella grabbed my arm and dragged me over to Hermione, Ron, Fred and George at the side. "What do we do?" Ron asked. "If you go out there, Snape will kill you!"

"Not if we take him by surprise." Bella said, her signature 'trouble' smirk on her face.

"What have you got?" Fred asked, knowing what her plans are like.

She grabbed 2 spare Gryffindor cloaks and handed one to me. "We blend in and give him a shock, then we find the diadem, then we kill the snake." She said, I smiled knowing it was a good plan.

"Fred, George, call the Order, and when they're here, bring them to the great hall. Ron, you and Mione go to the chamber of secrets and get a tooth. We need something to destroy the diadem and snake with." I said, pulling the cloak on and pulling Bella out of the room. We joined the crowd of Gryffindors and followed them to the great hall. Snape was going to get one hell of a shock.

Here you go guys. Sorry it's late. My laptop broke and I had to get it replaced.

Hope you enjoyed. Thank you for all the reviews and sticking with me so far!

Emma