Stay With Me

Chapter 4

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Harry, face ashen, shivering as he watched the dragon, fifty feet up, swooping down, slurping some water and fly off. Seconds later, Ron and Hermione broke the surface. Olivia broke away from Draco as the trio got closer to the the shore.

Olivia held her hand out and Harry grabbed it, Olivia pulled his out of the water. Ron and Hermione helped each other out of it."He knows."  Ron and Hermione, both dripping wet, eyed Harry.

Harry's chest heaved from the swim to shore. Olivia looked like she was in so much pain, her right cheek was red. Her hands and arms were completely bandaged, how Draco managed do to that so quickly was out of Harry's mind. 

"You-Know-Who. He knows we broke into Gringotts. He knows what we took. He knows we're hunting Horcruxes." Harry was out of breath, and he had to take a breath every other word. The group sat down on the ground, resting for a little bit.

"How is it you --" Hermione didn't want to say the rest of it. She was afraid to speak of his name, not knowing if it would bring him to them. 

"I saw him." The sibling told them at the same time. Draco looked over to Liv with wide eyes, he brought her closer to him. 

"You let him in! Harry, you can't --" As Hermione spoke Draco saw the blood leaking from her wrists. 

"I can't always help it, Hermione!" Harry frowned.

"It's not like I wanted to." Liv whispered to Draco as Harry basically fought with Hermione. Liv was more worried than ever, she had Bill and Fleur watching Lily. 

 "Maybe I can. I don't know." Harry muttered as he looked up to the sky. Draco kept a tight hold on Olivia's wrists, hoping to stop the bleeding. 

"Never mind! What did you see?" Ron asked as he looked between the half siblings. Draco was giving the ground the evil eye as he tried to call his anger, but nothing seemed to work.

"He's angry." Harry started and Olivia looked over to him.

"But he's scared too." 

"He's going to make sure the other Horcruxes are safe." 

"What happens when he finds out four are gone?" Ron asked and the siblings looked at each other. Liv leaned back into Draco's chest as he wrapped his arms around her waist. 

"I reckon he'll do anything to stop us from finding the rest. There's more: one of them's at Hogwarts," Harry said making the other look over to him. Olivia nodded, that would be a good prediction of what might happen.

"What?" Hermione and Ron asked at the same time. They looked over Draco, who shrugged.

"Listen, with you guys anything is possible. So I'm never surprised when something like that pops up." He leaned back on one of his hands, the other still wrapped around Olivia's waist.

"You saw it?" Hermione asked as the shock slowly wore off. Draco looked over to Harry, waiting for him to say something.

"I saw the castle. And Rowena Ravenclaw. I think it must have something to do with her. We have to go there, now."

"Tonight? But we have to plan. We have to figure out what --" Hermione started to say, but Harry cut her off. 

"Honestly, Hermione, when have any of our plans actually worked? We plan, we get there and all hell breaks loose."

"'Fraid he's right. One problem: Snape's Headmaster now. We can't just walk in the front door." Draco's eyes caught Olivia's leg, with a swish of his wand a cast appeared.