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GRIPHOOK THE GOBLIN along with harry and lily were under the invisibility cloak, one of the three deathly hollows, according to ollivander.

there was also the resurrection stone and elder wand, but harry wasn't particularly interested in gaining all three items.

hermione and ron drank polyjuice, disguising themselves as bellatrix lestrange and the chief head of the snatchers.

"ah, mrs. lestrange, may you show us your wand to prove your identity?", the head goblin of gringotts asked.

"I-um...why..why should I?! I'm bellatrix lestrange and I demand you to take me to my vault right now!", hermione said, trying her best to act like how bellatrix would be.

the head goblin obviously didn't buy hermione's statement or act, but with a little charm that harry had used, he immediately did a 180 and hopped off his tall stool.

"follow me this way then, mrs. lestrange".

hermione sighed a breath of relief as her, ron, and the people under the invisibility cloak followed.

as soon as they had reached the inside of where hundreds and thousands of vaults resided, harry took off the cloak, sitting in the cart like the others.

lily thought the ride was quite fun, as it was like a rollercoaster. that is, until the cart flew off the tracks and they all fell onto the ground, nearly smashing their heads if it weren't for hermione's quick thinking.

yet what they never would've expected was a white dragon guarding bellatrix's vault.

"he looks mean", lily mumbled, hiding behind hermione's leg.

"take this. it's trained to stay away from the sound", griphook instructed as he picked up a bell-like item, shaking it and making the dragon whimper as it curled up against the wall.

lily happily shook the bell as she walked away from the white dragon.

using the head goblin's hand, bellatrix's vault opened, revealing piles and piles of gold and other jewelry.

"it's the cup! the hufflepuff cup!", lily exclaimed, pointing at the trophy cup that stood on top of a ridiculously tall pile of galleons.

"hufflepuff cup?", ron questioned as harry was already starting to make his way over.

"mhm! cedric once told me about it when he had to write an essay on it for history of magic", lily briefly explained.

"hm I see..."

ron then accidentally stepped on some coins, making it multiple like bunnies.

that had caused hermione to stumble back, also accidentally touching some coins, that started to increase in number even quicker the more they came in contact with her.

"HARRY!! GET THE CUP! QUICK!", hermione shouted, as the vault was now flooding with gold coins.

harry, who was so close to snatching the cup had brought out godric's sword and reached it with the tip of the sword.

"DON'T FORGET OUR DEAL POTTER! GIVE ME THE SWORD NOW", griphook yelled, to which harry had reluctantly threw the weapon at him.

"HAVE FUN!", griphook cheered as he quickly scurried away with the sword.

"YOU CHEATER!! I HOPE YOU STEP ON A SICKLE!", lily shouted, making ron snort even though they were in a pickle of a situation.

though just before they had truly drowned in the copious mountain of money, the vault's door was crushed open, spilling everything out, including the trio and lily.

the goblins of gringotts were immediately alarmed, arriving at the scene and casting spells to stop the four from escaping.

"I have an idea and it's crazy, but let's take a leap of faith", hermione said, making ron and harry confused.

"get on my back and hold tight lily. no matter what, do NOT let go", hermione instructed as she kneeled down, letting the little girl crawl onto her back.

hermione took a deep breath in as she ran and jumped onto the back of the white dragon, making ron and harry follow swiftly after.

harry broke the dragon's chains, letting it fly free as it shattered through the ceiling and flew across the land.

for a while, the four stayed on the dragon as hermione secured the hufflepuff cup in her bag.

"I see an island! ready to jump?", harry asked.

all nodded as lily went first, cannonballing into the sea.

as the four swam up shore, the boys changed while hermione just put on another one of her shirts.

lily, who didn't have anything to change into, had hermione give her a shawl to drape over her shivering body.

"voldemort knows", harry suddenly said, making lily flinch.

"how? oh my merlin harry. you've got to stop letting him see through your mind!", hermione reprimanded.

"I'm sorry! I can't help it! I mean...maybe I can but..it doesn't matter now. we need to get to hogwarts and find the last horcrux", harry said as he had already started walking away from the three.

"do you know what the last one is?", lily asked, making harry momentarily stop.

"well...not exactly. but I have a strong feeling that it's there", harry said.

"oh..if you say so", lily murmured as she thought about it as they traveled towards hogsmeade, where they knew aberforth dumbledore resided.

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"WHERE IS SHE?! WHO TOOK HER?!", voldemort raged, as his booming voice made even bellatrix slightly flinch.

"m-m-my lord...she..she was taken by harry potter and his friends", lucius meekly replied, clearly scared out of his wits.

"harry potter? HARRY POTTER?! you guys let a seventeen year old take her away from full grown wizard and witches?!", voldemort asked in disbelief.

"m-my lord, the red-headed boy threatened to kill her if any of us moved", bellatrix tried to reason.

"you think that they would've actually done so? please, at least try to get some sensibility through your thick skulls!", voldemort harshly said.

the man's nonexistent brows un-furrowed, deeply breathing in as he closed his eyes, planning his next steps.

he knew harry had broke into bellatrix's vault, and that leaves one more horcrux, leaving him more vulnerable than ever.

"draco..."

draco stiffened at the calling of his name. attempting to kill dumbledore had already stressed him out enough, but now voldemort needed him to accomplish something else.

"draco, go", lucius whispered, pushing his son forward and making him stumble a few steps.

"y-yes my lord?"

"return back to hogwarts and find lily. capture her and bring her safely back to me", voldemort commanded.

"yes my lord".

"also, if you can kill the mudblood and the red-head, I'll consider it a redemption from the last task I gave you", voldemort said.

draco gulped as he breathlessly whispered.

"of course, my lord".

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