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Harry Potter and the Horcruxes' Dissolution

Chapter 1: Light Shed Where Needed

It had been exactly one month this very day that an old man named Albus had died. Albus was a peculiar man. He wore all kinds of assortments of robes and hats instead of what a normal person would wear. It gave him a magical sort of look. However, that look was also accompanied by real magic. Yes, real magic. Because Albus Dumbledore had been one of the greatest wizards known to the wizarding world. So why, did Albus die? This question had been troubling Harry ever since that fateful day one month ago.

Harry was also a wizard. He was known by every witch and wizard in the nation as The Boy-Who-Lived, or these days as The Chosen-One. These were both names that the Daily Prophet had given Harry for the historic events that had occurred. But they only occurred because a man named Tom Marvolo Riddle made them.

Eighteen years ago, Albus had gone to interview Sybil Trelawney for the position of Divination Teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Dumbledore, who thought Divination was a complete waste of time, went only half-heartedly. After half an hour into the interview, Dumbledore had decided that this woman was not a Seer as her great-grandmother had been and had risen to leave, when Sybil started speaking in throaty tones. She spoke of a boy, who would be born as the seventh month ends. He would be able to rid the world of the most powerful Dark wizard of the day, by using the power that the Dark Lord didn't know. However, when she was done speaking, the owner of the bar and hotel they were currently in, walked in with a man named Severus Snape by the arm. Dumbledore knew Snape was a current Death Eater, one of the Dark Lord's followers. Being a very clever man, Dumbledore concluded that Severus had heard most of the prophecy made by Madam Trelawney, and when released he would tell it to the Dark Lord. So one year later, when Lily and James Potter were murdered, it came as no shock to Dumbledore that they had been murdered. What surprised him was that their son Harry had lived.

Within a year, Dumbledore had learned what had happened that night. After murdering James, Voldemort went after Harry. Lilly, however, stepped in and told him to kill her instead. Deciding that it didn't matter to him, Voldemort murdered Lily, and then turned on Harry. But Lily's sacrifice gave Harry the most powerful protection in the world, the protection of love. This was the power that the Dark Lord didn't have, because his mother died when he was born, and his father had abandoned her before birth, Tom Riddle had become accustomed to not getting attached to anyone or loving anyone.

So because Dumbledore knew all of this, he decided to help Harry along his way until he became of age and was ready to start a life in the wizarding world. He made sure that Harry attended Hogwarts so that if Voldemort returned to this world, Harry would be ready. And during Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts, that terrible time came. And Dumbledore started giving Harry lessons about Tom Marvolo Riddle's past, so that they could discover his weakness. And they did. His Horcruxes. A Horcrux is an item in which a Dark wizard has planted a piece of their soul. To do this, they must murder and then take advantage of the rip in their soul. Voldemort created not only one Horcrux, but six. He had divided his soul into seven pieces, seven being the most magical number in the world. He had made these as his Horcruxes:

His diary from when he was 16, a ring that belonged to his uncle Marvolo Gaunt, a locket that belonged to Salazaar Slytherin, a goblet that belonged to Helga Hufflepuff, His snake Nagini, and something that belonged to either Rowena Ravenclaw, or Godric Gryffindor.

But towards the end of Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts, Professor Albus Dumbledore had been murdered by none other than Severus Snape. Snape had been a teacher ever since Harry's parents had been murdered and was later found out to be a loyal Death Eater through and through. So why, did Dumbledore have to die?

Yes, he was the one man Voldemort ever feared, but why then? And the it hit Harry. Wasn't it obvious? Dumbledore had obviously told Snape of the Horcruxes, because it had been Snape who had helped heal, or rather stop the spread, of Dumbledore's injury earlier that year. So Snape had obviously told Voldemort that Dumbledore was helping Harry in his quest to murder the Dark Lord, so he had Draco Malfoy take the job of killing Dumbledore before more damage could be done. But Narcissa Malfoy knew Draco could never do it, so she had Severus make the Unbreakable Vow. Severus swore to assist Draco in killing Dumbledore, even if he had to do it himself, and he did.

A/N: I finally got around to making that edit to the horcruxes. I know, it was my fault, but I wrote this chapter entirely from memory, which I have learned not to do ever again. Thanks to all the people who kept reminding me. Look for chapter 6 soon, it's been delayed due to arguments and a huge school workload. And as you will read in later chapters, I give credit to Faith Fulthincin. I was wrong to put that in there, because she no longer contributes anything to my work. I have to tell you that these chapters are not beta'd, so you will see errors. Deal with them or leave a kind review pointing it out. Anyone whines and I'm not going to post chapters for a while. As it is I am working on an original novel and producing a student film based on PhoenixFirebolt's "Heirs of Hogwarts". If you want to read it, I believe it is finished over on I must warn you that there are 48 long chapters.