Chapter 14 Right under our nose
It was around nine in the evening Jack was scanning the forest that surrounded their campsite. They had been there since they left the Black's house, almost two months ago. Although Hermione had brought a magical tent she forgot to take some food with them, luckily Jack had gotten some food supplies form Stargate command. Harry grew restless, and spent a lot of time reading Dumbledore's book. While he was occupied with that, Hermione began to worry about the others in Hogwarts. They had gotten word that Ginny tried to steal the sword of Gryffindor from Snape, the new headmaster. Unfortunately, the sword was a fake and she and the others involved were punished. When the other two were not around, Harry took out the Marauder's map and would watch Ginny's dot as she went about Hogwarts.
"Jack why don't you take the night off I will stand watch," said Harry as he walked out of the tent.
"Thanks," said Jack stretched and went into the tent. Hermione was sitting on the couch, reading. Placing his P-90 on the table and removing his body armor, Jack walked over to Hermione. "How are you doing?"
"Fine, I guess," sighed Hermione, closing her book. "I wish we had a clue to where he hid them."
"We can't be thinking about it like that," said Jack as he pulled Hermione close "Besides, tonight is Halloween."
"That would make it two years," said Hermione as she remembered that night, with a smile.
"Sorry I didn't get you anything," said Jack looking away from her.
"That's ok Jack, let's just enjoy each other's company," yawned Hermione.
Outside the tent, Harry sat and felt an overwhelming sense of loneliness, abandonment, and rage. "Damn it Dumbledore, why did you have to die," thought Harry as he slammed his first into the ground. His anger converted into sorrow, and he started to sob. "Why did I have to have this stupid scar, why do I feel like I'm all by myself all the time? Percy's right, I am responsible for what happened to Ron. I'm no good to anyone."
"Hey," said Jack behind him. "What's up?"
Harry wiped away his tears. "Nothing," he said immediately, pulling his legs towards him.
Jack came and sat down by him. "Don't worry," he said in a comforting tone. "We'll figure something out."
"Jack, we've been here for two months, and we haven't done anything," replied Harry. "Meanwhile, Vol… You-Know-Who is still out there, and everyone expects me to be out there to help them."
"We'll think of something," Jack said again. "You're not alone in this, by the way. Hermione and I are here, and everyone else out there is behind you too."
"I know," said Harry as he laid on the ground with his hands behind his head. "I just feel so alone sometimes, even with you guys here to help. I'm feel as though I can't do anything by myself, like I always need other people's help, and that I won't live up to everyone's expectations of me."
"But you are Harry," said Jack, glancing over at his friend. "More so than you think. We helped out a lot of people back there at the Ministry, and we're making some progress on those, soul things."
"Not by much," retorted Harry softly. "We have absolutely no idea where any are, or where to go next. There might be some connection with the founders of Hogwarts but there's nothing…" Harry fell silent for a moment.
"What is it?" asked Jack.
Harry punched the ground. "Of course," he exclaimed suddenly. "The ring that Dumbledore had, it was Slytherin's ring, and as a designate of Slytherin, Tom probably would have made it into a Horcrux."
"Why didn't Dumbledore destroy it then?" asked Jack.
"Maybe he couldn't. When a person finds a Horcrux, but wants to keep it, they can't bring themselves to destroy it," said Hermione as she came out and sat next to them.
"So if he wanted us to destroy the ring, where did he put it?" asked Harry.
"How about the things Dumbledore gave you," said Jack. "Maybe they're clues.
"He hid the ring inside the snitch," said Hermione, as she ran into the tent and brought out the snitch.
"Right," said Harry. "Let's keep it in the Vault until we find the sword."
"Ok," said Jack as he activated the transporter, bringing them to Area 51.
"Hello!" yelled Jack.
"Just a minute," came Carter's voice. A few seconds later Carter walked in. "Hello, sir"
"Carter we may another one of Voldemort's soul things," said Jack.
"Ok let's put it in the vault," said Carter as she walked towards the wall. On the wall were two keypads and retinal scanners and between the pads was a metal door. Jack walked up to the first pad as Harry walked up to the other. Together they opened the metal door. Inside was a small room with selves and the only item in there was the locket. Harry carefully placed the snitch on the selves next to the locket. Suddenly an alarm went off on Carter's computer.
"That's odd," said Carter as she went to her computer.
"What is it?" asked Hermione.
"There's some kind of energy emanating from the two objects," said Carter. "There appears to have been energy coming from them before, but now that they are together they are boosting each other."
"Is there any way that we can use these readings to detect the other objects?" asked Hermione.
"Maybe," replied Carter. "I'll have to come up with an adequate device, but it's possible."
"That'd be great," said Harry, finally smiling.
"I've got a lot of other work to do, so it may be awhile," warned Carter. "And it won't be very precise, it'll just be able to give you a general location."
"Any help would be great," said Hermione. "We better get back to our camp." Jack and Harry agreed then all three beamed back to the camp site.
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