"We need to find something," Harry said, "something—something that will help us overthrow You-Know-Who. It's at Hogwarts, but I don't know where. It might belong to Raven Claw's. Has anyone heard of such a thing? Has anyone come across, say, something with the Ravenclaw eagle on it?"

He looked hopefully at the small group of Ravenclaws, from Padma, Michael, Terry, to Cho Chang, when it was Luna, sitting on Ginny's armrest, who answered.

"By the way, her missing diadem. I told you, remember, Harry? Ravenclaw's missing diadem? My dad wanted to copy it."

"Yes, but the missing diadem," said Michael Corner, rolling his eyes, "is missing, Luna. That seems to be the point."

"When did it go missing?" Harry asked.

"It's said to be many centuries ago," said Cho Chang, and Harry's heart sank. "Professor Flitwick said the diadem disappeared with Ravenclaw himself. People have looked for it, but," she pleaded. She looked anxiously at her fellow Ravenclaws, "No one has found a clue, has they?"

They all nodded.

"Excuse me, what's a crown?" Ron asked.

"It's a diadem," said Terry Boot, "that said Ravenclaw's diadem has magical properties and increases the wits of the wearer."

"Yeah, my daddy's molesfly siphon—"

Harry cut Luna off.

"Has any of you seen anything like it?"

They all shook their heads again.Harry looked at Ron and Hermione, and saw the same disappointment on their faces as he had.Something that had been missing for so long, without any obvious clues, seemed unlikely to be the Horcrux hidden in the castle... However, before he could ask a new question, Cho Chang spoke again.

"If you want to see what the diadem looks like, I can take you up to our common room and show it to you, won't you, Harry? It's on the Ravenclaw statue."

Harry's scar was burning again: for a moment the Room of Requirement floated in front of him, he saw the black earth skittering beneath him, felt the snake coiled around his shoulders.Voldemort was flying again, whether toward the underground lake, or here—Hogwarts Castle, he didn't know, but either way, their time was running out.

"He's on his way," Harry whispered to Ron and Hermione.He glanced at Cho Chang, then turned to face them both. "Listen, I know this isn't much of a clue, but I'd still like to see the statue and at least find out what the diadem looks like. You guys wait here for me and keep that one safe—you know .”

Cho Chang had already stood up, but she suddenly saw Ginny's lioness-like eyes, and sat down again, "Sorry, Harry. It just occurred to me that Cedric asked me to meet them here—he and Mad-Eye Han is on his way."

"Maybe Luna can take you to the Ravenclaw common room," Ginny said cheerfully.

"Oh, yes, I'm very happy." Luna said happily. Qiu looked at Gwen and couldn't help laughing, which actually made Ginny a little embarrassed.

"Don't be in such a hurry to leave, Harry." Fred raised his arms high.

"We have some presents for you." George dragged out a big sack behind him.Then they took out several very ugly vests.

"The design is unique," Luna said. "You can draw a cross-section of a horned snorkel or something."

"I'll take it as a compliment." Fred bowed and distributed the vests to Harry and Luna. "Several layers of stinky anti-curse potions—"

"—but we don't think it will be of much use," said George, "mainly by—"

"Voltebat's skin, most spells will be absorbed. The only thing to watch out for is—" Fred began to show the others their work.

"Clamp your arms, don't expose your underarms to the enemy." George assumed an elegant, Snape-style wizard dueling pose.

The two put on their vests and walked towards Neville.

"How do we get out?" Harry asked Neville.

"It's right here."

He led Harry and Luna to a corner where a small cupboard led up a steep staircase.

"It leads to a different place every day, so it never gets caught by them," he said. "The only trouble is you never know where you'll end up coming out. Be careful, Harry, they're always in the corridor at night." patrol."

"No problem," said Harry, "see you later."

He and Luna hurried up the long, torch-lit staircase, with frequent unexpected turns.Finally, they seemed to come to a solid wall.

"Come in," Harry said to Luna, drawing the Invisibility Cloak over them both.He gently pushed against the wall.

Immediately the wall melted, and they dodged outside.Harry glanced back to see that the wall was sealed again.They were standing in a dim corridor, Harry pulled Luna back into the shadows, fumbled for the Marauder's Map from the leather pouch hanging around his neck, searched carefully close to his nose, and finally found him and Luna Those two little dots.

"We're on the sixth floor," he whispered, watching Filch go down a corridor. "Come on, this way."

They tiptoed away.

Fred and George were handing out "Weasley's Defense Against the Dark Arts vests" to Ron and Hermione, counting on their fingers whether they had enough left over for the others.

"I'm going out for a while," Gwen leaned closer to George and whispered, "Order of the Phoenix mission."

"Lie, when we informed the Order of the Phoenix, they didn't even know Harry was at Hogwarts." George debunked Gwen without looking back.

"Look at me, George." Gwen turned his head away, then let him look at the golden thread on his tongue, held back for a long time, and finally repeated what he had just said, "Do you understand the mission of the Order of the Phoenix? "

George looked at Gwen with great concern, and nodded reluctantly.Then he reached out and patted her upper body: "Are you wearing a vest? I knew we should mass-produce invisibility cloaks..."

"Hey! Be careful, where are you touching?" Gwen knocked off his hand, "I'm still wearing it, don't worry about me."

"Cough." Fred counted, squinting at the two of them. "Even if this is the Room of Response, you can't be too arrogant."

"We are all very solemn wizards." Gwen lied again without blushing, and then took George's hand and pushed him next to Fred. "I leave my fiancé to you, Fred, look after him."

Gwen walked away from the small cupboard step by step and turned her head three times.Before going out, he saw Fred and George shaking each other's hands away in disgust.

She has practiced the illusion spell well, at least she won't expose herself with a big move.

"The only problem is that this is the sixth floor." Gwen was a little disappointed. She thought that the Room of Requirement would lead directly to the principal's office with a turn of the door.

Now she can only climb the stairs softly to the eighth floor.Neville and Ginny had said that the Carrows were always making trouble for Gryffindor students.Therefore, the eighth floor is where they often patrol.

If Gwen was guilty of anything, it was that she had forgotten the portraits in the hallway.

She accidentally came across one of the sleeping, unfamiliar portraits—probably some very aggressive pureblood wizard replaced by the Death Eaters, because his screaming voice couldn't be distinguished from Sirius' mother Down.

Gwen was about to run, but Amycus Carrow was somehow nearby, even coming from the direction of Ravenclaw Tower.

"Who's here?" he yelled, asking the portrait. "Did you see that kid? Harry Potter?"

The portrait was still screaming and cursing.

Gwen didn't have time to think about how the Death Eaters knew Harry would be at school tonight - or even in the Ravenclaw tower?She could only hold her breath, trying to make her body thinner, sticking to the wall without portraits, and moving little by little.

Until her toes touched something, she quickly covered her mouth to prevent herself from screaming, it was a foot.

"It's me." Malfoy, with pale blond hair, walked past Gwen with a pale face and bumped her shoulder.He frowned, as if surprised.

"Little Malfoy." Amycus Carrow was a little angry at first, and then showed some joy, "Do you want to take our credit? Huh? Capture Potter and bring glory to your family?"

"No." Malfoy's face turned even paler, without raising his eyelids, "I have something to ask Headmaster Snape."

Amycus looked at the headmaster's office behind him, and sneered at him again, "Hug Snape's thigh? I'm afraid it's useless, little Draco, the Dark Lord is very disappointed in your family."

"Then, get out of the way." Malfoy stepped forward and stood in front of the wretched Death Eater, looking down at him.

Amycus also seemed to be concerned about the movement of the Ravenclaw tower, and he hesitated for a moment to make way for him.Seeing him walking away, Gwen quickly dodged, half-bent, and kept a few steps away from Malfoy.

He stopped in front of the stone beast at the door of the principal's office.Moving her lips, Gwen didn't hear what the password was.

Strangely, Draco Malfoy turned and left just as soon as he stepped into the door. He snorted coldly as he passed by Gwen, which made her goosebumps in fright.

Gwen, who came back to his senses, hurriedly took advantage of the moment when the stone beast closed the gate.

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