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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.