Everyone froze. Including Molly.

"What would he want to write for?" Sirius ground out.

Lily looked at the letter, reading it with me, giving the boys some time to think on their own as we processed it.

Dear Alecto,

I've written to warn you of the oncoming threat. I know you are an Order spy, but things are becoming stressful. I will be dead long before you read this as my metal hand is currently trying to strangle the life out of me. Harry Potter is a horcrux and must be killed by the Dark Lord's hand in order for him to fall. If Lily and James were still alive, I'd apologize for what I did. I didn't want them to die. I just did not want to die myself. I fear that I will do little to help. I only joined the war on his side to help the Order effort, but it did not work like I had planned. The Dark Lord knew. You must destroy the horcruxes quickly, Alecto, before the moment Harry Potter kills him. I'm sorry.

Wormtail

"I'm a horcrux?" Harry asked.

I glanced at him, nodding slowly, "I'm sorry."

"You knew?"

"We suspected," I admitted. "We guaranteed it to be possible."

"Why wasn't I told?"

"We weren't sure," Remus said, clasping his hands. "No one was."

"I need some air," Harry muttered, standing up and heading up the stairs.

Lily sighed, "He doesn't really like us, does he?"

"He just is surprised, dear," Molly told Lily quietly. "It's alright. It's to be expected."

"I-I should go talk to him," I said quietly.

"Just let him be for a moment," Sirius said quietly, handing me back my wedding ring. I slipped it on and smiled to myself at the magic it gave me. So warm and light.

"So... you're married," Ginny said looking between Sirius and I.

"Surprise," I tried.

"Since when?"

"As soon as we graduated," Sirius told her. "Didn't want to waste any time."

"More like wanted to shag me as soon as possible," I muttered.

"Same thing," Sirius insisted. "But I knew what she was going to do – Join the Death Eaters. I didn't want any time to waste with her that I could."

"It was the last night of school," I told them. "Siri here took me to the herbology greenhouses and we snuck in, looking at all the flowers that Professor Sprout grows for the summer."

"Showed her the favorite," Sirius rolled his eyes. "And a ring was attached to the center of it."

"He took the flower, took out the ring," I smiled, glancing at Sirius. "And waved his wand so the ceiling glasses became clear -"

"Sprout threw a fit the next day, but we escaped to the train," Sirius laughed.

"It was beautiful. Under the stars. Thank Merlin he took Astronomy," I laughed. "He would have sounded like a fool."

"I would not have!" Sirius insisted. "It's basic knowledge!"

"And," I continued. "He said he saw Venus and that was the planet of love, and how Venus will never be able to measure theirs! It was hilarious when he told me it. It was like a cheesy pick up line!"

"It was romantic!" Sirius insisted.. "You even said so!"

"Whatever. He proposed and she said yes and the morning after was when I found out! I didn't speak to her until after the honeymoon!" Lily laughed.

"But you still were my Maid of Honor," I told her smugly.

Sirius wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me into his chest.

"They are like rabbits," Remus laughed. "Can't keep their hands to themselves when they're around each other. They have to be touching."

"Puh-lease! We are not that bad. You and Cas were horrible when you first got married," I scrunched up my nose as I looked at them. "Walked in on you four times at least."

I rolled my eyes. "Who has the locket?"

"Harry," 'Hermione' answered.

I glanced at James and Lily and then Sirius. The last one sighed, nodding, "Go on."

I transformed instantly and walked quietly up the stairs, searching for my lost best friend.

He was in Ron and his room, staring out the window.

"You know, I used to think I couldn't do it," I told Harry, stepping beside him.

"Do what?" he asked quietly.

"Be a witch," I told him. "I always thought that I didn't know myself enough to be one. Turns out I was born a pureblood witch. At age eleven I was transported twenty years into the future, where I was known as you knew me. Then I sent myself back twenty years. It was fate, Harry. Fate made me a witch. I just learned how to deal with it."

"So you're saying that fate made me a horcrux and I should surrender to it?"

"No!" I gasped. "Never! I'm saying it's not the end of the road for you. It can be removed."

"How?"

I sighed, placing my hand on his shoulder. He tensed and I let it drop, not showing him how much it hurt. "The Dark Lord must remove the horcrux by killing you."

"I'll die?" he choked.

I was quiet a moment, deciding whether to lie to him or not. "Yes."

"There is no other way?"

"No," I told him quietly, "There isn't."

"This locket, it's a horcrux?" he pulled the locket from the inside of his shirt and I nodded. He took it off and handed it to me. "How many more after me and the locket?"

"Your parents, Sirius, Remus, Dorcas, the Longbottom's, and I have destroyed five, including this one. It's you and Nagini that are left."

He nodded to himself, and I clutched my fingers around the horcrux, holding it tight. "So, he's almost dead?"

"Almost," I nodded. "We just need to lure him and Nagini out of hiding."

"And how do we do that?"

I grinned, "Still have that mind connection, Harry?"

He nodded, "Yeah, but I'm not supposed to-"

"You just got to dream up a fake situation," I told him simply. "How does the wedding sound?"

"But the wedding's real."

"Harry," I smirking, shaking my head, "Not the wedding of Dorcas Meadowes – the most sought after healer in the Wizarding UK – and Remus Lupin – the kindest werewolf to grace the earth."

"Aren't they already married?"

I laughed, "The Dark Lord doesn't know that. Now, sit down."

"What? Now!"

"No," I snickered. "You look pale. Just sit down."

He sat down on his bed and I took a seat beside him, "You know, when I was in the Marauder era, I would always wonder what I was changing. If I would have saved any lives? I saved five, but that's not enough. So many people died, Harry. So many."

"How many did you kill?"

"Two-"

"All together," he asked quietly, his eyes on the floor.

I sighed, "Ten. The eight were Marlene, two Muggle girls that happened upon the Riddle estate, three prisoners that were to be disposed of as painfully as possible. And the last two were..."

"Were?" Harry pressed.

"Your grandparents, Harry," I sighed. "James can't even look me in the eye anymore. I wish it didn't happen, that none of it did, but I had to. If I refused... if I refused everything would have … it would have blown up in our faces. James says he understands, that he forgives me, but I can't... I can't forgive myself."

Harry sighed, "You've changed so much."

"I had to."

"When do we do the battle?"

"As soon as possible," I told him. "Keep your occulmens up and we'll be fine."

Harry nodded and furrowed his eyebrows, "Alright. And what are you going to do?"

"Destroy a horcrux," I winked, standing up and walking from the room. I tossed the horcrux to Frank, who caught it swiftly and grinned wickedly.

"Right now?"

"I'd prefer," I nodded.

"Wicked!" he cried, getting up and leaving the house quickly. I shook my head in dismay. Too many fireworks as a kid, that's what's done it.

And the next chapter will be the last! Can you believe it's already been so quick? Review please!