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Chapter 52

Harry was running towards the front doors to the castle. He had no idea what to expect, but he knew that if he and Dumbledore were successful there would only be two more Horcruxes to hunt down. Even though he didn't trust Dumbledore's word, he knew only a fool would think he wasn't a powerful wizard so he knew he would be safe. Since Dumbledore's plan wasn't to have him die until it was at the hands of Voldemort.

Upon seeing Harry, Dumbledore gave Harry a smile. "Good evening Harry. You were faster than I expected."

"Evening Professor." Harry said.

"Now Harry we will be going on a little journey tonight. I don't want you to disclose the details to anyone. I also want your word that whatever I say you will obey me. If I say hide you hide, if I say leave me and save yourself you will and if I say..." Dumbledore started.

"Jump, I say how high." Harry interrupted.

Dumbledore started laughing. "Nice to see you still have a wonderful sense of humor. It is much like your mother's was."

"You have my word on that I'll follow your instructions." Harry said.

"Oh and one more thing Harry, if you find yourself in a situation this summer where you are forced to be in Mrs. Kaiba's company for a while don't pick another fight with her." Dumbledore said while looking directly in Harry's eyes to convey the seriousness of his request.

"Fine if that vindictive woman and I are in the same room I promise not to curse her." Dumbledore stared at Harry for several moments before Harry added. "Or challenge her to an underground duel."

"Once again, you can't let anyone know where we went tonight, do you understand." Dumbledore said.

Harry nodded his head. "Yes Sir."

"Good now we must head into Hogsmeade so that we can apparate to our destination," explained Dumbledore. "If I'm not mistaken you did successfully apparated during your apparation lessons."

"I did, but Sir I'm underage and don't have my license." Harry stated.

"I'll guide you." Dumbledore said.

The two men walked towards Hogsmeade. While walking Harry was concerned for his friends as well as all the students in the castle. He wasn't really sure if he would get an honest answer from the headmaster but he decided to ask anyway. "Sir, with you leaving tonight aren't you concerned that something might go down. I heard Draco celebrating in the corridors on my way to meet you. Whatever he has been planning this year is about to come to past."

Dumbledore looked at Harry for several moments before speaking. "Harry you have a big problem with Draco almost as big as your problem with Professor Snape. But do you honestly think that I would leave school grounds without making sure there was extra protection on the school. The entire Order will be there before we get to Hogsmeade."

Harry's first thought was if it fit your twisted plan for bringing down Voldemort than yes. However, he repressed his true feelings and replied. "I guess I should have realized that Sir."

The two wizards in no time found themselves standing in the streets of Hogsmeade. Dumbledore held out his hand to Harry. Harry took the headmaster's hand and the two disapparated.

When the reappeared at their destination, Harry found they were standing on the edge of a cliff. "Where are we, Sir?" Harry asked.

"We are at the cave where Tom Riddle tortured those two orphan kids." Dumbledore replied.

"I remember the memory as well as the discussions we had about that." Harry said. "Do you think Voldemort hid one of his Horcruxes here?"

"I do Harry." Dumbledore said while pulling out his wand. He waved it several times over the entrance of the cave. "Surely not that."

"What is it, Sir?" Harry asked.

"We must make payment to enter." Dumbledore replied.

"I take it the payment isn't in Galleons." Harry joked.

Dumbledore snickered at Harry's joke. "No, Harry, it isn't. To enter the cave we must give the entrance a donation of blood." Dumbledore explained while pulling a knife out of his pocket.

Dumbledore was about to cut his hand with it, when Harry's hero complex got the better of him. "Sir, why don't you allow me to do it?" He said while thinking of adding because I'm younger than you are.

"Thanks for the concern Harry, by my blood is far less valuable than yours. And since I am certian that Voldemort did this to weaken but not kill anyone who enters then we can be positive more obstacles will come." Dumbledore cut the palm of his hand. He then spread his blood over the entrance to the cave allowing the two wizards to enter.

Once inside the cave Harry looked around to see they were standing in a cave with a huge lake inside it. In the center of the cave was a small island. "Sir how can you be certain that there is a Horcrux here."

"Because dark magic leaves traces that are detectable," explained the headmaster. "I believe we need to head to that island."

"Why not just try to summon the Horcrux?" Harry asked.

"Give it a try, Harry." Dumbledore replied.

Harry raised his eyebrows. "Seriously."

"Yeah." Dumbledore replied.

"Accio Horcrux." Harry said. When nothing happened, he looked up at the headmaster.

"I suspected it wouldn't work, but it was worth a try." Dumbledore said. "There are several spells one can cast to make summoning an item impossible."

"So how do we get onto the island? If summoning isn't possible, I'd wager apparation wouldn't work either." Harry reasoned.

Dumbledore smiled and nodded his head in agreement. "Correct, Harry, and I wouldn't recommend swimming." Dumbledore pointed to the lake. "Take a look in that lake."

Harry walked over to the edge and saw numerous bodies lying below the surface of the water. "Those are Inferi aren't they?"

"Yes Harry," said Dumbledore. "But they won't hurt us, not yet anyway."

Dumbledore started pacing the edge of the lake while waving his wand. Soon he found what he was looking for. "Alas." He said as he waved his wand one last time causing a chain to appear. He then pulled on the chain causing a boat to appear.

Harry spent several minutes looking at the boat. It was tiny he couldn't see it holding both of them. "Will that boat hold both of us?"

"I believe the sinkable nation of this boat isn't determined by the weight of the passengers but their magical properties. Voldemort underestimates people and creatures he thinks are beneath him. He would only see a full-fledged wizard as a threat, not an underage student." The old man reasoned.

Harry had a sudden thought that could cause a problem so he asked. "Ah Dumbledore just one quick question would Voldemort use the Trace as the means to determine age? If that is the case we need a new plan. I had my Trace broken almost a year ago."

Dumbledore snickered. "I see Mrs. Kaiba told you that loss of innocence breaks the Trace."

Harry rolled his eyes. "Sir, if you are going to lecture me about my intimate relationship with the woman I love more than life itself save it. I have been seeing Serenity for over a year and a half it only stands to reason that we have progressed our relationship. I may have hated living with the Dursley's but I was raised in the muggle world and have a few of their beliefs that conflict with wizarding traditions and yes Krista did mentioned something about the breaking of the Trace but that was well after Serenity and I consummated our love for each other."

Dumbledore smirked when Harry slipped up saying Krista's first name, perhaps there was hope for Harry to reconnect with all his friends after all. "I meant no offence Harry, but I think Voldemort used a spell to determine chronological age not whether or not the Trace was still on an individual."

"Then let's hope we don't sink." Harry said before getting into the boat.

After Harry was safely seated in the boat Dumbledore climbed in. The boat then started to glide towards the island. It took only a few minutes for the boat to reach the edge of the island the two wizards got out and walked up to a stone basin that was stationed in the center of the island.

Dumbledore and Harry walked up to the basin and looked into it. The basin was filled with an emerald green liquid. "Do you think the Horcrux is in there?" Harry asked.

"Oh yes it is here, but this potion must be drank to get to it." Dumbledore said while using his wand to conjure a mug. He then dipped the mug into the potion filling the mug to the brim. He lifted the glass up. "Now Harry, I'm not sure what this potion will do. It might torture me, or make me forget why I'm here causing me to turn and walk the other direction."

"It could kill you." Harry pointed out.

Dumbledore shook his head. "I don't think so."

Harry had to suppress the urge to laugh at Dumbledore's last comment. "This is Voldemort we are talking about."

Dumbledore laughed. "I should clarify it won't be designed to instantly kill me. Voldemort would want to keep the one who drank it alive long enough to tell him how they got by all his defenses."

"If you say so." Harry said with noticeable sarcasm in his voice.

Dumbledore noticed Harry's sarcasm but chose to ignore it. "Now, Harry, remember the conditions I brought you with me." Harry just nodded his head. "You must make sure I drink the whole thing so that we can get to the Horcrux, even if you have to force it down my throat."

Harry was starting to feel sick to his stomach. He wasn't sure why but perhaps it was because of the nostalgic feelings of loyalty he used to have for Dumbledore, before he found out that he was just a pawn in Dumbledore's game. Or perhaps it was just realization on why Krista spared Dumbledore's soul from being fractured. Or maybe it was just confusion on why Dumbledore would sacrifice himself when he knew that Dumbledore sacrificed others to win the war against Voldemort. Then again it could be he knew that Draco needed to full fill his orders from Voldemort and didn't want Dumbledore screwing that up, causing Draco and Ginny to be killed. Whatever the reason was he didn't have time to figure it out, recomposing his thoughts he said. "I gave you my word and I don't break my word. I'll do as you ask."

Dumbledore held up the glass. "To your good health Harry." He said before taking a drink.

As soon as Dumbledore swallowed the potion he dropped to his knees and started yelling. "No take me, take me!"

Harry knew he had to comply with Dumbledore's request and refilled the glass. He walked over to Dumbledore and started to force feed the potion down his throat. Harry continued to do this until he was finally on the last glass. After feeding the last glass to Dumbledore, Harry walked over and picked up a gold locket that was at the bottom of the basin. He then put the locket in the pocket of his robe. "We got it, Sir."

Harry walked back over to Dumbledore just then Dumbledore looked up at harry and snapped his jaw up and down. "Thirsty...water."

"Water, I can do that." Harry pointed his wand at the glass and said. "Aguamenti!" When nothing happened he tried the charm again. Once again nothing happened. Finally he looked at the lake before giving himself a face palm. "Of course Voldemort would make it impossible to get water by any other means."

Harry walked over to the edge of the lake and dipped the cup into the water. As soon as the cup made contact with the water a slimy hand grabbed Harry's arm. Harry realizing he was in trouble threw a spell at the Inferius to get him to let go. Harry then scrambled back to the center of the island. He was starting to feel panicky as hundreds of Inferi started moving towards him and Dumbledore.

Harry wasn't sure what to do so he started throwing every curse and spell he could think of at them but none seemed to work. Just when Harry was about to think it was the end a massive fire erupted around him.

The fire illumined the entire cave, Harry turned to see Dumbledore back on his feet waving his wand sending the fire at the Inferi. Harry continued to watch in awe as Dumbledore continued his spell. Soon the Inferi were gone and Dumbledore collapsed on the ground.

Harry walked over to Dumbledore and helped him up. He was overcome by a wave of compassion for the headmaster. He wasn't sure why perhaps it was just his hero complex and a deep compassion for human life. "Let's get out of here; we got what we came for."

Dumbledore nodded and the two wizards climbed into the boat and sailed back to the other side of the lake. When they reached the exit Dumbledore was trying to pull out his knife again. "Allow me this time, Sir." Harry said while gesturing to a gash on his left forearm. "I seemed to have gotten cut somehow."

Harry wiped his cut over the exit and the two men soon found themselves standing on the edge of the cliff. "You did good tonight Harry. That Horcrux couldn't have been retrieved without two people one victim one survivor."

Harry smirked. "But we both made it out alive, Sir."

"I always knew that Voldemort underestimated what he can't comprehend." Dumbledore took a few moments to look at Harry. While looking at the young man he had watched over the last six years, he was hit with a revelation. "Harry, when Mrs. Kaiba judged me she made a comment about not trusting me and then added none of her friends trusted me either. When did you lose your full trust in me?"

Harry snickered while he debated whether to tell Dumbledore the truth. After a few moment of consideration, he decided to be truthful. "When I found out you lied to me about the Blood Wards."

Dumbledore nod his head. "Thanks for trusting me enough to come with me tonight."

"Only a fool would deny you are a powerful wizard." Harry stated. "And even though your methods I don't agree with, I want Voldemort destroyed and to do that I need to destroy Horcruxes. I also knew you wouldn't let me die tonight."

"Do you think I'm evil?" Dumbledore said.

Harry shook his head. "I wouldn't define you as evil, manipulative yes, secretive absolutely, a pain in the ass sure, but not evil." Harry said. "Krista was correct in her judgment of you, as you are truly sorry for all the consequences caused by your actions. I just don't blindly trust everything you say anymore and haven't for a long time."

Dumbledore wanted to know more, but wasn't sure if Harry would answer him or not. "Harry, how long have you been a master of Occlumency? Only a true Occlumens could fool me into thinking I still held their complete trust?"

Knowing Dumbledore knew his end was nearing and didn't want too many things left unsaid and undone Harry said. "I mastered it over this summer, with the help of my friends. I was sick of seeing visions of Voldemort and frankly sick of you penetrating my mind. Without Snape yelling at me every two seconds progress went very well."

Even though his gut feeling was Harry wasn't being totally truthful, Dumbledore decided not to pry further. "I see." Dumbledore then groaned. "I must be weaker than I thought."

"I'm sure that potion wasn't good for you," reasoned Harry. "Let's just apparate back to Hogwarts and I'll go get Madam Pomfrey."

"I need, Severus." Dumbledore demanded.

"Fine I'll get Snape." Harry grumbled then inwardly smirked as he saw that Dumbledore bought the fact that he still didn't like Snape. He knew that there were just some things that Dumbledore couldn't know even if his end was near and his changed feelings towards Snape was one of them. "Don't worry Professor Dumbledore, I'll get you back to Hogwarts safely."

Dumbledore smiled at Harry. "I'm not worried, I'm with you."

Harry took Dumbledore's hand and the two disapparated. Harry knew the apparation was a success when he could no longer feel the salt water in the air. He looked around to see that they were standing right in front of The Three Broomsticks.

The two men stated walking towards Hogwarts when Madam Rosemerta came running out of her pub. "Albus, it just showed up. I think something bad has happened."

"What are you talking about?" The headmaster asked.

Madam Rosemerta pointed to the sky. "Look it's the Dark Mark and it is towering over the castle."

Panic ran down the spine of the old wizard. "Do you have transports that will get Harry and I to Hogwarts faster?"

"I have a couple of brooms in my back room I'll get them." Rosemerta said.

"I'll get them faster." Harry said while raising his wand. "Accio, Madam Rosemerta's brooms." Instantly two broom came soaring into Harry's outstretched hand.

"Looks like it is over the astronomy tower." Dumbledore said while both wizards mounted their brooms. Both were overwhelmed with a sense of panic because when a Death Eaters sends up the Dark Mark it usually means someone is dead.


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