Chapter 4
Meanwhile back in England, Hermione, Fred and George Weasley was in the kitchen at Grimmauld place confronting Mundungus Fletcher. Kreacher had brought him back with the help of Doby.
"I'm sorry" Mundungus whimpered. "I panicked, ok?"
"That's not why you are here" Fred hissed, his wand pointed at the man.
"After Sirius died you came back here and pilfered a bunch of things to sell" George added. "Don't deny it, we already know."
"There was a locket that belonged to Kreacher" Hermione said. "You took it."
"Is that all" Mundungus laughed. "A locket that belonged to a house elf?"
"You still have it" Fred said.
"Wish I did, but I bloody gave it away. There I was, flaunting my wares in Diagon Alley when a ministry hag came up to me and asked to see my license. She was going to lock me up, but then she saw the locket. Said she would let me go if I gave it to her."
"Who was it" Ron asked as he came into the room. George rolled his eyes at Fred. Ron. Always late to the show.
"I don't know. She was dressed in pink and had a face like a toad though."
"Shit" George whispered. "Let him go, Kreacher."
After Mundungus left, George turned to the others. "We all know one person who fits that description."
"We need Harry" Ron said.
"No" Hermione added. "I have an idea. If Umbridge has the locket, we can't go in there. Even with the help of Polyjuice. It would only change our appearance not our voices."
"So who do we get?" Fred asked.
"Do you three trust me?" When they nodded, Hermione continued. "I will be right back then."
Once Hermione closed herself in the library, she hit the coin in her pocket. A reply came almost immediately. "Here goes" Hermione mumbled as she recited the spell. Just as she finished the last word, a bright light appeared and a young woman stood before her. "Rey I assume" Hermione asked.
"Yes" Rey replied. "Who are you?"
"I'm Hermione Granger. Harry's friend. We need your help."
"Master Luke said as much. What is it?"
Hermione motioned Rey to follow her and she led the way back to the kitchen. "Fred, George, Ron. This is Rey. It is time to tell you three where Harry is."
After Hermione explained what she had done to protect Harry, Fred and George were stunned they couldn't even react. Even Ron was dumfounded.
"Rey will go into the ministry and locate the locket. No one knows who she is but with other ministries coming in and out, they will assume she is an aid to one of the ministers. Once she has the locket, she will bring it back here to us."
"I admit it sounds like a good plan, but what if something goes wrong?" Ron asked.
"That's where master Luke comes in" Rey said. "If I am caught, which I assure you, I won't be, he will come in and finish the job."
"Why don't you think you won't be caught?" Fred asked. "No offense."
"I grew up on Jakku as a scavenger before Master Luke and his nephew Ben found me. Trust me. Unkar Plutt never knew I snuck into his place and stole more food."
George was laughing. "This is insane, but insanity has worked before. I'm in."
Fred chuckled as well. "Me too."
"This is mental at its finest" Ron added. "Let's do this."
Three days later Rey was getting ready to sneak into the ministry. Luke Skywalker had arrived just that morning with a full description of Umbridge, thanks to Harry. Sirius had drawn what she looked like and once Luke showed the picture to Rey, she left the four.
After Rey left, Hermione turned to Luke. "Harry doesn't know how to draw."
Luke grinned. "You're right. Someone else drew the picture. He also told me to tell you who it was and that Harry checked him out good."
"Well, who was it?" George asked.
"Sirius Black."
Everyone's mouths fell open which would have been fine, except Ron's was full of food. "How is that possible?" Hermione asked.
"I'm sure it will all be explained soon, but for now you can know that he is very much alive and well informed on what's happening."
"At least Harry has a piece of home with him" Fred said.
Four hours later Rey arrived, sweaty and out of breath. She leaned over to catch her breath as Hermione grabbed a glass of water. Once Rey took her full, she pulled the locket from her pocket and handed it to Hermione. "Is this it?" She asked.
"Yes it is. Thank you."
"How do we destroy it?" Ron asked.
"We don't" Hermione said handing it to Luke. "Can you take this to Harry?"
Luke nodded and took the locket from Hermione. "He will know how to destroy this?" He asked.
"Tell Harry that he needs to remember how he destroyed Tom Riddles diary and how Dumbledore destroyed the Ring, then he will know."
Rey chuckled. "Kriff, you sound like the Jedi of old. Cryptic."
Luke chuckled but nodded also. "That she does. I will tell him. Good luck you four."
Luke then took Rey's arm and Hermione said the words to reverse the spell that brought them here. Once alone they got back to work on trying to figure out what the other Horcruxes were.
Harry and Sirius was sitting near the lake when Luke and Rey found them. "Thank God you all are safe" Harry said. "Did you get it?"
Luke held the locket up before handing it over to Harry. "Hermione told me to bring this to you."
"Why? I don't know how to destroy this thing."
"She also said to remember how you destroyed the diary and Dumbledore the ring" Rey added.
"I used a basilisk fang on the diary and Dumbledore used Gryffindors sword" Harry said with a gasp. "I killed the basilisk with the sword of Gryffindor. It's goblin made. Hermione told me that goblin made things only take in that which makes it stronger."
"But we don't have a fang or the sword" Sirius added.
"You're right. We don't."
"But we do have something else that may work. How about a little trip to mustafar? You can drop it into the lava."
"Worth a shot" Harry said.
Mustafar was at least a two day trip from Ajan Kloss where they were staying but to Harry who carried the locket, it felt like an eternity.
One on Mustafar, Luke led Harry to where he could see the lava. There was some flames shooting up and Harry could feel the sweat starting to pool around his face and neck. "Let me open it" Harry said.
Luke nodded and stood back as Harry spoke to the locket. Once it opened, the voice of Voldemort could be heard but Harry didn't hesitate. He threw the locket as far as he could into the lava. A loud scream pierced the air causing Harry to collapse to the ground. When Luke looked where the locket had gone, he saw what remained melting away into the lava. "Not what I was expecting " Luke said. "But at least it worked. Are you alright?"
"Ya. It's hard to explain, but it felt like a part of me felt his pain."
"Let's get back to the ship then we will go home. Need me to help you?"
"No. I'm fine now. Let's go."
As they headed back to where Han was waiting with the falcon, Luke couldn't stop the thought going through his mind. What was Harry holding back and why did it affect him destroying the horcrux? Maybe he would get some answers soon.
Unbeknownst to Luke, Harry was having the same thoughts and he had decided that he would tell Luke the whole story with Sirius' help. He just wished that he had a pensieve so he could just show Luke his thoughts that way he wouldn't have to tell everything.
Once on the falcon, Han and Chewie was ready to go, so as soon as they all sat down, Han took off.