Chapter 4

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"We probably should start with the easiest one, which is the one in your scar," Skull explained causing Harry to nod. Skull reached into his pocket and pulled out...a marble?

"What's that for?" Harry asked curiously.

"This is a Soul Stone according to Death. Said it got the name before marbles were invented, though Soul Marble just doesn't sound nearly as catchy. It's how he stores souls in the afterlife that deserve neither heaven or hell. He gave us an empty one until we collect all of Voldemort's soul," Skull explained.

"But how did he know we'd need one?" Harry asked.

"He probably figured out your plan before you did. He's Death so it wouldn't really surprise me," Skull answered shrugging.

"Creepy," Harry muttered. Skull smirked and held the marble against Harry's scar. Harry felt a slight stinging sensation emanate from the scar. It was little more than a tickle compared to when Voldemort was around or in one of his moods. A few seconds later, Skull removed the marble and held it up for Harry to see. A small wisp of black mist was swirling around inside, barely visible unless you were actively looking for it.

"The marble will turn completely black once we've collected all of the soul pieces. The bigger the piece of soul, the more it's filled up. You barely had any of the whole soul inside of you. Maybe a little over one percent of the full soul. That's why you don't see much of it in the marble," Skull explained. Harry nodded in understanding.

"Where's the next one at?" he asked. Skull thought for a moment, doing a count on his fingers as he spoke.

"The diadem and diary are at Hogwarts so they'll be easy to get. I'm not sure if the ring will be there or not because I don't know the exact day Dumbledore took it from the Gaunt House. The cup is in Gringotts, which is another relatively easy one to retrieve. Nagini will be at Malfoy Manor where Voldemort is so we best save her for last. I think we best go after the locket first. It should be at Grimmauld Place right now. If we are lucky we can get it before Mundungus decides to ransack the place and sell it to Umbitch," Skull said cheerfully.

They were only half lucky. The locket was still there, but so was Mundungus. A quick stunner from Skull took care of him though. And once they found the locket, Skull made sure to obliviate Mundungus just to be careful. They both knew he wasn't one that could be trusted. Mind you, they probably would have done the same thing no matter who it was. They were trying to be discreet after all.

"Well that was a lot easier than the last time," Skull said happily after the marble finished removing the soul piece from the locket. "Last time the locket we retrieved from the cave was a fake and we had to steal the real one from Umbitch's neck in the middle of the Ministry of Magic. The locket was definitely the most troublesome of the horcruxes," Skull continued. Harry nodded in understanding. He'd ask for the full story another time, since it wasn't that important right now.

"Which one next?" Harry asked. Skull thought for a moment.

"Probably the cup. I'm gonna try the slytherin approach instead of the gryffindor one I did last time. For now, let's just say it went very badly and I'll tell you the full story later. I don't really know how long it'll take to convince the goblins so you can join me if you want, or you could go shopping for anything you might want to take to the new world," Skull suggested. Harry looked thoughtful at that.

"Are we even allowed to do that?" he asked.

"Yep. Before I went to get you, I went back to my world and made a trip to gringotts. All my gold was converted into muggle money and any object from my vaults were put in an expanded trunk for me to look through later. I still need to shop for things like clothes but I decided to wait until we settled down some. The trunk is currently shrunk and in my pocket," Skull explained.

"That's actually a good idea," Harry said. "Can I come with you and do the same thing you did?"

"It is completely up to you. I only did it because I know how much it cost to raise a kid and figured it would go a long way towards raising three of them," Skull explained. "That, and I've gotten into the habit to always be prepared. You would have gotten a kick at all the things I stored in my pockets."

"I'm sure I'll get to see it soon enough," Harry said taking the arm Skull offered him. A quick apparition later and Harry found himself barely containing his nausea in an alley across from the Leaky Cauldron. Skull patted his back sympathetically.

"It gets better eventually. Took me years before I could side along without feeling sick but normal apparition won't do that to you after the first few times," Skull told him. Harry just groaned in response.

Once Harry recovered a few minutes later, the duo was faced with their next problem. Harry was...well let's go with easily recognizable. Skull too. Even though he was twice Harry's age, Skull and Harry still had a very similar appearance. If they took one step into the Cauldron they'd be recognized immediately and that kinda ruined the discrete part of their plan. Harry was supposed to be at Privet Drive right now and if word got out to the Order or Dumbledore that he wasn't…Harry didn't want to think about it.

Skull solved their problem by covering the two of them with glamours. Harry now had the appearance of a blue eyed teen with chin length blonde hair styled in a way that it covered one of his eyes. Conveniently, it was the side that had his scar. The longer hair certainly covered it better than his normal fringe did.

Skull's glamour was similar to his normal appearance (which was to say...Harry but older). He simply changed his hair and eye color to brown.

"I've never been good with glamours," Skull told Harry. "But since we just need to get to the bank it'll be fine. Nobody would be looking for Harry Potter this early in the summer so we should be able to get past easily enough." For once, those words weren't the sign that everything was about to go wrong. They didn't have any trouble walking through the pub and Diagon alley until reaching Gringotts. The glamours held up just fine until they made it inside the bank, where Skull removed them.

"Goblins don't take well to anyone in a disguise. They can tell when you are wearing one, whether it be a glamour or polyjuice. If you are caught trying to use the glamour to get into someone else's vault then the consequences aren't pretty," Skull explained. Harry made a noise of understanding.

The duo made their way through the bank. It seemed Skull was looking for a specific desk because when he found it, he made a loud 'Aha!' sound and sped towards it. Harry trailed after him hurriedly. He didn't want to risk being separated from Skull.

"Hiya! I want to tell you guys about a horcrux in one of your vaults. I was hoping you could retrieve it for me so I can fix it," Skull said cheerfully to the goblin at the desk. "And Harry wants to talk to his account manager but he'll need a blood test to confirm his identity because nobody ever gave him his key," Skull continued pointing at Harry. The goblin stared at them. Harry got the impression that he didn't know what to do in the face of Skull's cheerfulness. Harry understood completely.

After a few more seconds of staring at Skull, the goblin snapped out of it and waved a second goblin over. A few words were exchanged in gobbledygook and the second goblin led Skull away, leaving Harry with the first goblin.

It was three hours before Harry saw Skull again. He had just finished getting all his money converted to muggle currency, a variety from various countries just to be safe, and having all objects in his vaults put into a trunk, which was shrunken down to fit into his pockets. It was a surprise for him to learn he had several vaults, not just the trust vault he had used for school. Harry now had three trunks. One for the money, one for the potter family objects, and one for the Black family objects.

Harry hoped Skull would let him take everything from Grimmauld Place as well, since he didn't know if any of the stuff there would come in handy and he didn't want Mundungus to rob the place again. Turns out, Skull was all for the idea. He even looked a little proud when Harry suggested it.

"Did you get the horcrux?" Harry asked curiously once Skull promised they'd pop over to Gringotts before heading to Hogwarts.

"Yep!" Skull pulled out the marble, which had a more noticeable amount of black mist inside. "Pretty easy once I convinced them to listen to me. And as a punishment for putting something so foul in their bank, Bellatrix lost her vault and all its belongings. So I got all the money and non cursed objects from her vault," Skull explained.

"Wish I could be a fly on the wall when she learns about that," Harry smirked.

"If we time everything right, we might be able to. She's at Malfoy Manor with good old Tommy and I ask the goblins to delay sending the notification for a week. Gives us plenty of time to collect the other horcruxes and sneak into the manor," Skull said with his own smirk.

Skull reapplied their glamours before they headed back into diagon. Leaving was just as, if not more so, easier than entering. The duo had passed a couple of familiar faces but none of them spared a glance towards them. That is...until they had left the Leaky Cauldron. Luna Lovegood stood just outside the entrance to the cauldron and smiled at them happily.

"Hello Harry. I see your wrackspurt infection has disappeared," Luna said in that dreamy voice of hers. Harry glanced at Skull, who looked as if he had been struck.

Hey guys! Sorry about how long it's taken to update. I've been a bit busy lately. I've been trying to apply for colleges and a job. That won't stop me from writing but my updates are likely to be a lot slower than usual. Good thing I tend to write more just after I've woken up or just before I plan on going to bed.

Okay! So someone asked me if any Luna's were going to join the Harry's. I will admit I hadn't planned on adding any Luna's but I like the idea. Luna is one of my favorite characters and I can easily adjust a few things to add her. For example, Teenage Harry (he will be renamed Hadrian soon to make things less confusing) and Luna will be a couple if Luna is added to the group, but if not then there won't be any pairings. I decided I would let you guys vote on it. I'll give you all three days to vote before I start on the next chapter, which would be the only time I can smoothly add her into the story if that's what happens. So please vote "Add Luna" or "Only Harry's" before then.

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