We all rode on the dragon for a while.

The dragon flew low over a lake, and we all jumped off.

We swam to shore, and quickly changed out of our cold wet clothes.

"Where do we go now?" I asked Harry, as Hermione poured dittany on our wounds.

"We have to go back to Hogwarts." Harry replied.

"Why? They knew that's one place we would go. It's an instant death wish." I replied.

"Yeah, but we need a basilisk fang to destroy this Horcrux. They are in the chamber of secrets." Ron chimed in.

"There's a Horcrux there, I saw it. Either way we have to go there. I just don't know exactly how to sneak into there." Harry replied.

"Well," I thought for a moment, "Let's go to hogsmeade. Go from there?"

"That's what I was thinking." Hermione smiled, and we all put our hands out.

We flashed out of there, and appeared in hogsmeade, which caused more alarms to sound.

We quickly ran to seek cover.

"Come in!" A voice echoed from a small hut.

We all quickly ran inside, given we had no other option.

The man that stood before us, was tall and had long gray hair, and a long gray beard.

Harry pulled the piece of mirror out of his sock, and placed it on the broken mirror on the wall.

It fit in the hole, like a perfect puzzle piece.

"You're the one that's been helping me. You're Dumbledore's brother, aren't you?" Harry asked him.

"Indeed." He replied quietly.

"Aberforth, isn't it?" I asked him.

"Indeed, me and my brother weren't really on good terms." He harshly replied.

"I'm sorry to hear that, but we really need to get into Hogwarts, sir." Hermione pleaded with him.

Aberforth walked over to the picture of a girl on his wall.

"You know what to do." He told her.

She smiled, before walking away into the distance of the picture.

"Who is that?" Hermione asked him.

"My sister. She died young, because of....." he trailed off.

"Is that why you're angry at him?" Harry pushed.

They argued for a moment, before Aberforth excused himself for a few minutes.

"Why do you always got to keep digging?" I rolled my eyes at Harry.

The girl returned, and gave us a little wave.

The painting opened, just as Aberforth returned.

There was a secret passage revealed.

In the secret passage stood Neville.

He walked us through the passage, and updated us on all the horrible things that Snape had brought into Hogwarts.

He told us how they had a group that was camped out in the room of requirement.

We entered the room of requirement, we were greeted by a large crowd of students.

I went directly to Luna.

"I'm so glad you're on!" I yelled as I hugged her.

They had sent someone out to alert the order, that we were at Hogwarts.

"Everyone, listen. We need your help. We need to find the rest of these Horcrux's and destroy them." Harry announced to the group.

"What do they look like?" Someone asked.

"We don't know." Harry said.

"Where are they at?" Another asked.

"We don't know exactly, but somewhere in Hogwarts. Something that has some sort of significance to Voldemort. We think it has something to do with Ravenclaw. " Harry sighed.

Luna's eyes perked up.

"What about Rowena Ravenclaw's lost diadem?" Luna asked.

"Yeah, but the lost diadem… is lost, Luna. That’s sort of the point." Someone yelled from the back.

"It's been lost for decades." Cho comforted Luna.

"Whats a diadem?" Ron asked us.

"It's like a crown." I rolled my eyes at his question.

A kid came running back quickly.

"Snape knows. He's knows Harry has been spotted in hogsmeade!" He announced out of breath.

That's when the loud speakers clicked on.

"All students report to the great hall, immediately." Snapes voice echoed over the loud speakers.

All of the kids began flooding out of the room of requirement.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and I stayed back.

"I can't keep letting everyone get hurt because of me. I can't keep letting people die. We have to go down there!" Harry yelled out.

In this moment, I was terrified of everything.

I was scared of dying.

I was scared of seeing Draco.

I was scared that I wasn't going to see Draco.

"You coming?" Harry asked me.

I shook my head no, and looked at the ground.

Hermione grabbed my arm, and led me away from the group.

"Whats going on? You've grown quiet after the last few minutes." Hermione whispered to me.

"I'm scared. I'm scared to dying. I'm scared I'm gonna see Draco, and I'm scared I'm not going to see him. What if I die and don't get to say goodbye?" I asked. My voice began to shake as I spoke.

"You're scared that you won't get to tell him how you really feel. You're scared he won't get to tell you how he feels. You're both too stubborn to admit it otherwise." Hermione let out a little chuckle at the end.

I shot her a glare.

"Write it down on a piece of paper, and stick it in a jar on your necklace." Hermione dug in her bag, and pulled out one of my little jars, "so if something does happen, he will at least know."

She handed me my jar, a piece of paper, and a quill.

"I'll be down in just a minute." I told them.

They left the room, and I sat down on the floor.

I began to write.

Dear Draco Malfoy,

I am writing this, in fear that I would die, and you wouldn't know how I truly feel.

The truth is, I knew from the moment we danced at the Yule Ball.

I knew that I loved you, and I always will.

Don't forget about me.

Love, Courtney Stewart.

Tears filled my eyes, as I folded the paper up.

I placed it in the small jar, and attached it to my neck.

"Let's go kick some ass!" I cheered myself on, as I walked out of the room of requirement.