Chapter 2

Voldemort and Horcruxes

Eventually, I went back to bed, though the dream I had didn't help my exhaustion. It came into focus slowly and it wasn't something I expected. "Aunt Circe?" The black haired woman screeched in delight.

"I reached you!" She smiled, showing me her white teeth. "I wasn't sure I could with you so far away and with the magical barriers surrounding that school of yours. Did you like my present?" That's when I realized the Aunt C.C. was standing on Mount Olympus.

"Yeah, I got rid of it. How did you find it?" Circe giggled.

"Now don't expect me to reveal to you all of my secrets. Let's just say that the snake-faced bastard couldn't hide from you family." I smiled. I couldn't help it: Aunt Circe always put me in a good mood.

"Thank you."

"Oh dear, you know there's no need to thank me, but your welcome."

"Aunt Circe, I know this wasn't the only reason for this visit." Aunt Circe's eyes glinted in anger, though it wasn't directed at me.

"She did it at my request." I turned to find myself talking to Hephaestus.

"Sir," I started to bow but he stopped me.

"We have no time for that boy. One of the Horcruxes is Nagini so you just have to figure out what the other one is." He sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "Something's brewin' boy, and we have no idea what it is. I think it's the reason Hecate froze you in time. Good luck." I began to object but I was already awake, looking up at Ron's freckled face.

"Hey Harry, are you okay? You were muttering in your sleep again." I nodded.

"I'm fine Ron, I just had trouble sleeping." Ron nodded. I had given him that excuse for years. A few weeks went by and I decided to search for the last Horcrux on Halloween. Halloween was on a Friday, so they had given us the day off, and we never had class on the weekends. It was the perfect time. So early Halloween morning, I grabbed Riptide, my wand, my dagger, my Invisibility Cloak, and some provisions and I left school grounds. I followed false leads for two days. I returned to Hogwarts at three PM on Sunday. Tired and disappointed, I donned my Invisibility Cloak and slipped into the castle. Hoping to get some sleep, I went to the Room of Requirement.

I entered a room full of random, lost objects and not the bed I so kindly asked for. I knew help when I saw it, so I looked around. There were many evil objects in that room. I could feel their energy thrumming through the air. Horcruxes, however, had a peculiar "taste" and I was able to detect it with a few minutes of concentration. It was some kind of diadem and it noticed me as soon as I stepped into the hall. I ran down the hallway and pulled my dagger. I jumped upon the thing, stabbing it quickly as I crashed to the ground. It died quickly and I breathed a sigh of relief. Then I felt it. "He's coming," I whispered.

Quickly shoving my dagger in my belt, I bolted out of the room of Requirement. I scared several first years in my run through the castle. I stopped briefly a couple floors down and pointed my wand up the stairs. "Accio sword!" No sooner had I yelled then I was off again. I burst through the front doors as the sword reached me. I caught it without pausing. Many students were out walking, seeing how it was wonderful weather. They were all startled by my mad dash and I heard a few of them call out to me. I ignored them. I was almost at the school boundaries when Nagini slithered through the magical boundaries. When she lunged at my face, I brought up the Sword of Gryffindor and split her in half. I planted the goblin made weapon in the ground and sprinted toward Hogsmeade.

I stopped several yards past the wall that was the physical representation of the castles defenses. This fielded area was partially enclosed by trees and a stream ran through it; a perfect place for a fight. Not that I had any more time to find a place. He appeared out of the forest like a wraith. "Potter." I almost rolled my eyes.

"Riddle." He scowled at me. "They're all dead; I've killed all of your Horcruxes. So it's just you and me now." Voldemort laughed.

"Don't forget about our audience." Out of the corner of my eye, I saw students approaching. I gritted my teeth.

"So Voldy," I said, reclaiming his attention. "Wizard duel or traditional?" If he had eyebrows, he would have raised one.

"Traditional." He started laughing as I whipped out my pen. He stopped when it turned into a sword. "You really think you can defeat me with that Potter?" He seemed unsure though, as if this unfamiliar action troubled him.

"Try me." His eyes narrowed and he shot a killing curse at me. Instinctively, I brought up Riptide. The killing curse rebounded off the celestial bronze to hit a nearby tuft of grass. He stared slightly and I smirked. This was going to be easier than I thought. He started shooting curse after curse at me and I deflected them all with my blade. Eventually, I deflected one of them just right. The green spell hit Voldemort in the chest and he died with a scowl. I breathed heavily as I capped Riptide.

"Harry?" I turned to see Hermione coming slowly towards me, and I realized that through the weekend my fake scar had come off. Shit. I had no time to respond, however, because a bus crash landed on the grass near me, burning the grass as it went.

AN: I'm sorry guys! I had writer's block and now I'm back in school….Anyway, I really have no idea when I'll update this because I have no idea when I'm going to write parts of it and I have other multi-chapter fics I'm writing too….Please read my other stuff in the meantime! You can read other peoples stuff too, because there are other cool fics around too! Please Review!