94 Diagon Alley

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"It's actually pretty simple," Neville said modestly. "Before we moved in, Dobby took me to the Hog's Head. We only used the Room of Requirement as an entrance. Then I hid here for a day and a half and was so hungry that I wanted something to eat, and that's when the passage to the Hog's Head was opened. He and Gwen have been serving us food ever since, Somehow, this house can't do that."

"Yeah, food is one of the five exceptions to the 'Gump's Basic Law of Transfiguration'." Ron's words surprised everyone.

"We hid here for almost two weeks," Seamus said, "Whenever we needed it, it made more hammocks, and then the girls started to join, and it also A nice bathroom has popped up—"

"—because girls want to wash up, yes." Lavender Brown continued, and Harry noticed her. Harry looked around carefully and recognized many familiar faces. The Patil twins are there, along with Terry Boot, Ernie McMillan, Anthony Goldstein and Michael Corner.

"The Hog's Head Bar can also help us get Weasley's Witchcraft and Wizardry props," Michael Corner said enthusiastically. "The Carrolls have a headache."

"Tell me what you're up to," Ernie said. "There's a lot of rumour out there, and we've been keeping track of your updates with the Potter Lookout," he pointed to the radio. "You didn't really break into Gringotts, did you?"

"Break in!" said Neville, "that dragon is real too!"

A round of applause, a few cheers, and Ron bowed.

"What are you looking for there?" Seamus asked eagerly.

Before any of the three of them could interrupt to avoid the question, Harry felt a sudden sharp pain in the lightning scar. He turned quickly, his back to the curious and excited faces. The Room of Requirement suddenly disappeared, he was standing in a dilapidated stone house, the rotting floor at his feet was torn apart, a dug out gold box was placed beside the hole, the lid was open, and the inside was empty, and Voldemort cried out angrily. The sound vibrated in his head.

With all his strength, he broke free from Voldemort's thoughts and returned to the Room of Requirement, standing there, swaying slightly, sweat dripping from his face, Ron supporting him by the side .

"What's the matter, Harry?" Neville was talking. "Want to sit down? I guess you're tired, right—?"

"No," said Harry. He looked at Ron and Hermione, trying to tell them silently that Voldemort had just found one of his Horcruxes missing. There is not much time left: if Voldemort chooses to come to Hogwarts next, they will miss the chance.

"We're leaving," he said, and the expressions of his two companions told him they knew it.

"What do we do, Harry?" Seamus asked, "What's the plan?"

"Plan?" Harry repeated. He used all his willpower to prevent himself from falling into Voldemort's rage again: the scars were still aching. "That's it, we - Ron, Hermione and I - need to do one thing and then we'll get out of here."

No more laughing or screaming. Neville looked confused.

"What did you say, 'get out of here'?"

"We can't stay long this time," Harry said, rubbing the scar to ease the pain. "There's something important for us to do—"

"What?"

"I-I can't tell you."

After hearing this, everyone muttered in a low voice, and Neville's brows furrowed together.

"Why can't you tell us? It's about the fight against the mysterious man, right?"

"Well, yeah—"

"Then we'll help you."

Other members of Dumbledore's Army nodded yes, some eager, some serious, and two rose from their chairs, expressing their desire to act immediately .

"You don't understand," Harry seemed to repeat this phrase many times in the last few hours, "we- we can't. We have to- do it on our own."

"Why?" Neville asked.

"Because..." Harry was impatient to start searching for the missing Horcrux, or at least talk to Ron and Hermione individually about where to start, but he found it difficult to concentrate Thought. The scar is still hot and painful. "Dumbledore has left the three of us with a task," he said carefully, "and we can't tell—I mean, he wants us to do it, just the three of us."

"We're his army," Neville said. "Dumbledore's army. We're all together, and we've kept this organization in the absence of the three of you—"

"Man, we're not having a picnic," said Ron.

"I didn't say that, but I don't see why you can't trust us. Everyone in this room has been fighting and they've been driven here because the Carols are after them. Facts Prove that everyone here is faithful to Dumbledore - faithful to you."

"That's it..." Harry started, but didn't know what to say, but it didn't matter, the tunnel door opened behind him.

"We got word from you, Neville! Hey, you three, I knew you were definitely here!"

It's Luna and Dean. Seamus gave a ecstatic shout and rushed over to hug his best friend.

"Hey, everyone!" Luna said happily, "Oh, it's great to be back!"

"Luna," said Harry distractedly, "what are you doing here? How did you—?"

"I called her here," Neville said, holding up the fake Galleon, "I promised her and Ginny that you would let them know when you showed up. We all thought Your return means rebellion, the overthrow of Snape and the Carrows."

"Of course it is," Luna said brightly, "right, Harry? We're going to kick them out of Hogwarts, right?"

"Listen," Harry said, growing nervously, "I'm sorry, but we didn't come back for this. We have to do one thing and—"

"And then leave, leaving us in this dire situation?" Michael Corner asked.

"No!" said Ron. "What we're going to do that will ultimately benefit everyone is about getting rid of You-Know-Who-"

"Then let us help!" Neville said angrily, "We want to do our part too!"

There was another movement behind him, Harry turned and saw that his heart seemed to stop beating: Ginny was crawling in through the hole in the wall, followed by Fred, George and Lee Jordan . Ginny gave Harry a wide smile, and Harry felt—perhaps never fully realized before—how beautiful Ginny was, but he had never been more reluctant to see her. "

"Aberforth is a little fiery," Fred said, raising his hand in response to several people's loud greetings. "He wants to sleep, and his bar has become a train station."

Harry's mouth was wide open. Cedric's girlfriend, Qiu Zhang, was behind Lee Jordan and smiled at him.

"I got the news." Cho Zhang said, holding up her fake Galleon, "Somehow, Cedric asked me to borrow the coin and then gave it back to me."

"I happened to catch the hardest passage today." Gwen came in behind her, panting. She closed the door of the passage, and George caught her firmly below.

"Come on, Harry, what's the plan?" George asked.

"No plan." Harry said that the sudden appearance of so many people still made him feel dizzy, unable to understand what was going on, and the scar on his forehead was still hot and painful.

"Plan as you go, right? I like it the most," Fred said.

"You have to stop them!" Harry said to Neville. "What did you call them all back for? It's stupid—"

"We're fighting, aren't we?" Dean said, pulling out his fake Galleon, "The word says Harry's back and we're going to fight! But I gotta get it to a wand—"

"You don't have a wand—?" Seamus asked curiously.

Ron turned to Harry suddenly.

"Why can't they help?"

"What?"

"They can help," Ron lowered his voice so that no one could hear him except Hermione, who was standing between him and Harry, "We don't know where that thing is, and we have to Find it quickly. We needn't say it's a Horcrux."

Harry's eyes shifted from Ron to Hermione, and she murmured, "I think Ron is right. We don't even know what to look for, we need them. Seeing that Harry was still hesitating, she added, "You don't have to do everything alone, Harry."

Harry was thinking fast, the scar still stinging, and his head seemed to split open. Dumbledore had warned him that no one but Ron and Hermione could talk about the Horcruxes. Secrets and lies, that's how we grew up, and Albus...he's a genius...couldn't he be turning into Dumbledore, keeping secrets in his heart and not trusting others? But Dumbledore trusted Snape, so what happened? Led to the murder on the top of the tower...

"Okay," he said softly to his two companions. "Okay." He announced to all the people in the room, the noise subsided immediately, and Fred and George, who were telling jokes to the people around them, stopped talking, and they all looked alert and excited.