The Chosen One's Battle
By: Neen
Author's Note:
This is merely my prediction and theories…please do not criticize me if you do not believe any of these…as I said before, these are most likely NOT going to be correct!
Please do not give me a long explanation of how you think that so-and-so shouldn't be like that…this is my story that I think is how the seventh Harry Potter novel will turn out vaguely like.
Please read this story with an unbiased (even if you pretend and still call me crazy on the side) view! Thanks.
Please be gentle (like, 'This needs some work' or something of the sort) because this is my first Harry Potter crew story…I've mostly concentrated on Lily and James (Marauder's Era) stuff…but I felt the need to post up this story because I have so many theories and thoughts…Thank you.
Chapter Five: Ravenclaw's Relic
"Harry…" Ginny paused, breaking away from Harry's arms, looking at the now innocent golden Hufflepuff cup, staring up at the pair.
"What is it, Ginny?" Harry glanced at Ginny.
"There's something inside the cup," Ginny was about to place her hand to retrieve it when Harry caught her hand, shaking his head no.
"Waddiwassi," and a wave later, the parchment shot out of the cup. Harry caught it with ease.
"What does it say?"
"You must return to Hogwarts at once. There is something you greatly desire there," Harry read out loud and saw it was the same handwriting that told him to go to the graveyard.
"Is this person trying to help me or what?"
Ginny shrugged. "I dunno. I mean, the hex on that cup was horrid, but it was a horcrux, wasn't it? Hermione destroyed it, so that's one more down. But, placing the note inside the horcrux for you to retrieve it wasn't that nice. What if the hex hadn't gone?"
"I'm pretty sure the hex is gone, because Dumbledore had Marvolo's ring and he was fine then. I'm just not letting you take any chances with it," Harry said.
"So are we going to Hogwarts?" Ginny asked.
Harry nodded. "Yes, not only because of this note though. I need to visit Dumbledore again."
"All right."
Harry stood up and helped Ginny up.
"Ready?"
"What else can I say?" Ginny asked, grinning as she stood up.
A mere minute later, they arrived at the castle again.
"Anyone in there?" Harry shouted across the gate. He watched with a sinking heart as no one came to open the gate.
Finally, when he thought all hope was lost, Aberforth came stumbling to the door. "Harry Potter! You again, eh?"
Harry nodded. "Yes. I need to get inside."
Aberforth grunted, "Fine. Come inside."
Harry and Ginny hurried through the gate and went to the entrance of the castle.
Harry opened it up with a great heave. He ran up to Dumbledore's office and quickly muttered the old password, wondering if it changed already.
It hadn't. The two ran up the spiral staircase and into Dumbledore's office.
"Professor!" Harry said to the portrait, out of breath.
"Good evening, Harry. I cannot give you advice any longer," Dumbledore yawned.
"Yes, yes, I know that, sir. It's just that I've come to inform you that I have destroyed another horcrux—the Hufflepuff cup," Harry said impatiently.
Dumbledore became serious at once. "Have you now?"
"Yes."
"That's good—very good, Harry. I wish I could guide you more, but I believe the time has come for you to lead your own way. Where are Ms. Granger and Mr. Weasley?"
"Hermione—she destroyed the Horcrux, but it had a hex on it and gave her boils that kept squirting her blood out. I told Ron to take Hermione and go to St. Mungo's for treatment," Harry explained.
"That's good of you to do that, Harry. So you have now come back to Hogwarts merely to inform me of this?" Dumbledore gave Harry a knowing look.
"Er—well, actually Professor, someone wrote me a note and it said that I will find something I desire most greatly here at Hogwarts," Harry said sheepishly.
Dumbledore's face sharpened. "You say you do not know who sent you the note, Harry?"
Harry shook his head. "But this person already wrote me once and it led me to the Hufflepuff cup, so I don't think the person is dangerous."
Dumbledore's face relaxed at hearing these words. "I see…it must be."
"What must be, Professor?" Harry asked curiously.
"You will find out this piece of information soon, I daresay. I would like for you to explore the castle now and please take Godric's sword," Dumbledore said with a small smile and promptly closed his eyes, feigning sleep again.
Harry sighed, irritated that Dumbledore would not tell him anymore than that and left the office with Ginny with Godric Gryffindor's sword.
"This is just bloody great! I still don't know how to destroy a Horcrux, let alone where else it could be!" Harry exploded angrily as he paced in the hallway.
"Hogwarts might have some books on how to destroy magical objects," Ginny suggested.
Harry stopped his pacing. "Books. Books. I've almost forgotten! Snape's book!"
"What?" Ginny looked confused as Harry took her hand.
"Come on—we're going to the Room of Requirement."
o.O.o.O.o
"I need a place to hide something," Harry thought out loud and the door rematerialized before his eyes.
He seized it open and walked in with Ginny.
"Place full of rubbish, eh?" Ginny asked casually, turning things over as she walked through the room.
Harry threw open the cupboard and took out the Half-Blood Prince's old potions book. He impatiently blew away the thin layer of dust it had accumulated in recent months and opened it up. There it was.
Harry now realized that the two hints he had been given were from Snape—the handwriting was unmistakable.
"Snape again," Harry muttered rather bitterly. "I owe him by now."
He flipped rapidly through the pages, thinking, 'I need a way to destroy a Horcrux' repeatedly.
"Oh come on, Snape! We all know you know so many Dark arts that they could be flowing from your damn ears!" Hary cried out exasperatedly, flipping through the 500's.
His hands stopped on page 651. There, scribbled at the bottom corner was 'Liberamagic –to strip an object free of its magic.'
Harry silently thanked Snape, however much he still hated him.
"Hey—what's a wand doing in here?" Ginny asked, holding up a wand, puzzled.
Harry froze. "A wand?"
Ginny nodded, showing Harry the red-oak wand. It was unusually thin.
Harry took the light-weighted wand into his hands.
"It can't be…here, at Hogwarts?" Harry murmured, shocked. "But then again, I'm not too surprised…she was one of the founders here."
"What are you talking about, Harry?" Ginny asked.
"I think this is Ravenclaw's wand. I've been thinking a while and since Ravenclaw's known for smarts, I thought a book, perhaps…but I think a wand's more suitable for Voldemort to use as a horcrux. But why it would be here in Hogwarts of all places…" Harry trailed off, apparently thinking hard.
"Should we destroy it?"
"Yes. Time to see if Snape's spell has any use," Harry muttered 'Liberamagic' and waited a minute. The wand glowed red for a few seconds before returning normal.
"Reducto," Harry pointed at the cupboard that had held the potions book and tried a spell, seeing if Snape's spell did anything to the wand. A large hole appeared in the cupboard.
"Damn it! It didn't work," Harry swore angrily, staring irately at the wand.
"Let me try something," Ginny offered and took the wand, snapping it in half.
Ginny smiled in triumph at how easy it was to destroy it, but half a minute later, it automatically mended itself.
"What…?" Ginny's smile disappeared.
"That's strange…how the hell are we supposed to destroy it then?" Harry asked, staring hard at the wand.
"Reducto," Ginny shot at it, but the wand mended once again.
They tried melting, Vanishing it, but it kept returning.
Ginny was thinking hard again when Harry suddenly said, "Seven."
"Harry?"
"Seven," Harry repeated. "Break it into seven parts—seven is a magical number like Voldemort said, so if we break it into seven parts, it won't be magical anymore, right?"
Ginny nodded slowly. "I guess I can see your reasoning. Yes, I suppose that we could try that out."
"We have to hurry…before it mends itself," Harry said and snapped the wand in two, giving Ginny a half of it to break.
Hurriedly, they broke it into sevenths and sighed when after a minute, the wand did not restore itself again. The parts lay strewn across the wooden floor.
"That—was a task straight from hell," Harry shook his head.
"Good thinking though, Harry," Ginny said, looking impressed.
"Thanks," Harry grinned.
Author's Note:
I know, I know…too fast! I hear you guys, but I want to finish this up in seven chapters…and I need to finish up my other stories which might take a while…so, I'm really sorry, but I've decided that. Just blame it on stupid school and stupid vacation in a week...
Harry has destroyed all the horcruxes now except for Nagini and Lord Voldie. Yess!
But, like I said before, the easy part's over.