GUYS! GUYS! GUYS! It's the last chapter! Sorry but I really don't like this fanfic and I rushed this chapter to get it over with, I wanna put a lot more time into the one im writing at the moment so this one's rushed. Oh and this won't make much sense now but It will when you've finished. It's because of Adriana. That is all.

Dippets POV

He knew it was going to happen before it did. A black figure stood up in front of them and stepped out of the shadows. None of them moved. They just stared at each other as Dippet put his hands to his mouth as he realised who it was.

"Y-you!" he stuttered

The figure raised his wand threateningly; his cloak slipped down his arm revealing a tattoo, black against his pale skin and undeniably, unmistakably a dark mark. As If by instinct Dippet raised his wand, pointed it at the figure and screamed at the top of his voice

"REDUCTO!"

The figure ducked behind a branch to avoid the blast.

"Regulus how could you? You were one of us, a good kid, what happened? Why did you do it?"

Regulus came out from under the branch and stood up to face the headmaster. Dippet froze, there wasn't anger in his face like he had expected, or even terror. It was remorse. Remorse so true that ran deep through his veins and crushed like a heavy weight on his very soul. Dippet stopped, his wand raised mouth open, unsure what to do, waiting for someone to make the next move. He had just decided to say something, he wasn't sure what he was going to say but he just opened his mouth and let the first thing that came into his head burst out.

"That owl is one of the schools, why is it in the forest?"

Regulus gave him a bewildered look but choose to ignore the absurd statement.

"Hear me out professor, listen to what I've got to say." then he added rather desperately "Please?!"

Dumbledore's POV

He had panicked when he realised who it was, at first he thought it was a death eater, you never could tell in these dark times. Regulus reminded him of a certain student who used to know who had seemed like a charming young boy but grew up to be a being so evil no one had ever seen a person like him in all of history. He'd always known Regulus was capable of joining the death eaters but he knew there was something wrong when he had ducked the spell without retaliation. Even so this man could be a spy and was a threat to Hogwarts. He had just decided to explain himself before jumping to conclusions when Dippet raised him wand again. Dumbledore calmly rested him hand on Dippets arm and gestured for him to lower his wand.

"The man has the right to speech, let him explain Armando."

Dippet gave him a funny look which Dumbledore answered with a stern, piercing one.

"Just hear him out"

Dippet sighed. Although he was headmaster he knew Dumbledore was a greater, and wiser, wizard then him and listened to his advice. He lowered his wand. Dumbledore smiled at him and turned to Regulus.

Regulus' POV

He knew once he had stood up that it was the right thing to do, but he'd had second thoughts when Dippet had shot the spell at him. He knew he wouldn't fire back just yet though, Dumbledore had complicated the situation. While the two professors talked he'd had a few seconds to dwell over the headmaster's choice of spell. He hadn't been aiming to kill that was the main thing, but would he? If he lost his temper would he aim to kill the only person who knew the dark lord secret? Regulus didn't have time to ponder the question because he realised at that moment that Dipper and Dumbledore had stopped speaking. Dumbledore gave him an encouraging smile and he knew instantly what to do. He pulled out the locket from its place under his clock and held it up for the two to see and proclaimed

"This proffesors….is a horcrux"

Dumbledore looked shocked.

"B-but how did you…?!"

Dippet was standing between the two men looking confused.

"I-erm-I don't mean to be prudent but….well….what's a Horcrux?"

"It's an object where a piece of one's soul is hidden. If something was to happen to the maker's body then they would not truly die meanwhile they would not be truly alive. In a sense they can't die as long as the piece of their soul is safe. There are, of course, some disadvantages to making them as well. It makes the body very unstable and to create one you to commit the worst act of evil, taking another's life. It's very dark magic, very dark indeed. I myself would have all the books on horcruxes removed from the school library but alas…." Dumbledore explained.

"So….so that's a piece of young black here's…..soul" He sounded repulsed at the idea.

"No…" He replied calmly "No, I actually think, correct me if I'm wrong but I think that that is property of a Mr Tom Riddle."

Dippet was as shocked as Regulus.

"H-h-how did you know?"

Dumbledore tapped his nose knowingly.

"I have my sources"

Dippet looked dumfounded. Regulus just stared. "W-well…y-y-yes…b-but…w-well…" He took a deep breath. "How did you know?"

"I believe I just answered that question"

Regulus stood there, gaping at Dumbledore like he'd never seen him before.

"…"

"Please don't just stare at me like that it's very unflattering"

He closed his mouth.

Dumbledore's POV

He wasn't sure how long he had known that the locket had been a horcrux, let alone Tom's. He also why sure the second he saw it he knew he could not destroy it, there was only one person who could. He knew that Tom would have cursed it so everyone felt that way about it but it was something else. Like a… like a… he didn't know what it was he just knew he couldn't destroy it.

He had panicked slightly when then had asked him how he'd known it was a horcrux but being the most respected wizard of the age had its perks.

He lowered his eyes; he had to get that locket. "Armando, Regulus, please forgive for what I'm about to do, it's nothing personal…REDUCTO!"

A wave of guilt rode over him as he aimed the spell at the arm holding the locket, at Regulus. Wait…it hadn't hit...what? He had missed, well that was a first. Plus he had the elder wand. The elder wand doesn't simply (one does not simply miss with the elder wand). He turned to Dippet looking for an answer.

Regulus POV

Dumbledore had shot at him! He had the greatest wizard of all time as his enemy….great, just what he needed! He was utterly dumfounded! But…wait…why has he ok, why had he not been hit by the spell?

He turned to Dippet as well as realisation dawned on him, he noticed he was looking at Dippet through a slight haze, like a heat haze and his suspension was confirmed.

"Y-you blocked it…why?"

Dumbledore still has his wand in the air and looked…he looked full of guilt; like he had stirred some far down memory that he would rather forget.

Dippet finally spoke.

"No matter how much I trusted your opinion Albus I will not let you harm one of my students, even if they are an ex-death eater."

Dumbledore dropped his hands, then his wand. Wait a second he was shaking, like a madman. That wasn't all…he had tears in his eyes. Wait…Dumbledore was crying! He didn't know where to look. Was he losing it? Was he Hallucinating from lack of food? Was this a dream? Dumbledore had, just a moment ago seemed calm and in control of the situation. Yet there he was, standing there silently crying, his shoulders shaking slightly, salty tears running down his ages cheeks leaving cheek tracks where they have been.

He lifted a shaking, knotted hand and once again he pointed his wand at Regulus and said in a quivering voice.

"R-r-r-REDUCTO!"

Dippet was caught by surprise this time and didn't have time to block the spell; luckily the spell missed and hit the branch above Regulus.

Regulus looked up just in time to see the shadow of the falling branch land on his ribs. He gave a sharp intake of breath and his vision went blurry. He saw the dark shadows of Albus and Dippet run towards him and for a second he felt pumped full of adrenalin and momentarily tried to lift the branch but the lack of oxygen getting to his brain dragged his arm down. He felt two pairs of hands try move the branch but it was too late. He coughed blood with his last wavering breath and then fell down into the blackness.

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