Harry sighed. He still couldn't believe that Dumbledore was dead. It seemed like

only hours ago that he stood in his office talking with him. It was then that they

left to recover the horcrux. The initials R.A.B. Whoever he was, Harry wanted to

hurt him. Dumbledore had risked his life for no reason because of him.

Many miles away...Fawkes the Phoenix sat in the former office of Professor

Dumbledore. Well, former was a bad way to put it. Dumbledore was alive, but no one

but Fawkes knew it. Fawkes was a horcrux. A horcrux of Albus Dumbledore. Dumbledore

was not a murderer, and the idea of having to kill another to split his soul didn't

appeal to him. In fact, he was against horcruxes. However, in a battle with a Death

Eater long ago, he overcame his opponent and finished him. It was enough to split

his soul. Dumbledore used this horrific event to his advantage. He knew that

there were people trying to kill him. Lord Voldemort had wanted him dead for a long

time.

He transferred a bit of himself into Fawkes; he knew his soul would be safe.

It was a good thing Dumbledore had decided to create a horcrux, and in his last year

as headmaster, he knew his work had paid off. Snape had told him about the

unbreakable vow he had taken with Malfoy's mother. Dumbledore knew that Malfoy

wouldn't be strong enough to kill him, and that Snape would have to do it himself.

Poor Severus Snape, he actually thought Dumbledore was dead, and that he had killed

him. Albus hadn't told anyone about the horcrux. Dumbledore had told Snape that if

it came to the point where Severus would have to kill him, he should. If Snape had

broken the unbreakable vow, his life would have been taken.

Dumbledore had told him that Snape's life was more important than his own.

Dumbledore was

growing old, and his body was getting tired.

But that was all over. Now, Fawkes had to find a way to tell Harry Potter that

Dumbledore was alive. Albus had written Harry a letter explaining everything, and

Fawkes was to deliver it to him after Dumbledore's death. As Fawkes stared out into

the night sky, he realized that tonight was a good time to go find Harry.