Okay, I've decided since everyone wants me to, I will write one chapter for one of the horcruxes (not this one) and one chapter for the others (that's this one). There's only three since four have already been destroyed. Then two more chappies after that one. And I'm sorry it took me so long, but it's just that I'm not very good at the action/adventure stuff and better at the drama/angst stuff. And any questions will be answered in exactly three chapters (including this one (that includes why Hermione was 'near tears')).

There Lies a Traitor:

"Okay, so we're going to get out of the school with the help of the Order, and sneak off the grounds under my invisibility cloak. From there we'll take a port key to Beuxbatons (A/n: Did I spell that right?), because the next two horcruxes are in France. We will be rendezvousing with Fred, George, Charlie, Bill, Lee Jordon, Angelina, Fleur, and Gabrielle."

"How do we know where Beuxbatons is, though?" asked Ron. We were to leave this night, and everyone was scared out of their wits. That is, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Collin, Denis, Cho, Parvati, Padma, and I.

"And no adults?" asked Hermione incredulously. Obviously this idea did not appeal to her.

"I know where Beuxbatons is, and Madam Maxime knows we will be arriving. And Fred, George, Charlie, Bill, Lee, Angela, and Fleur are adults, Hermione."

"Right. Forgot for a moment." Hermione said. Hermione? Forget?

"Any questions?" Harry asked.

"Ummm…can I go to the bathroom first?" Denis asked timidly.

"Yes. Now, any important questions?" Harry asked again as Denis rushed off to the bathroom.

There were none.

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"C'mon! We've got to move!" We were sneaking across the Hogwarts grounds, heading for the gate. Harry still hadn't told us which horcruxes we were going after, but obviously I knew: I had done all the research, and the horcruxes in France were Hufflepuff's goblet thingy and Ravenclaw's raven (gold statue) (A/n: I don't know if I got that right, because I didn't put them in the last chappie. So live with it!)

We reached the gate, and silently went through. After we were about thirty feet from the gates, we came upon an old boot. The Portkey.

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"Come! We must get to zee castle before daybreak!" Fleur said urgently.

"I know. Hopefully Voldemort won't be there waiting for us. No reason he should be, either." Harry hoped.

We walked through the streets of London, masked by the pitch-black night.

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"Okay, here we are. Hermione, are you sure about this?" asked Harry. We stood in front of zee huge castle, not far from my 'ome. Just outside of London, zere is a small castle, alzough no one goes zere, for eet is said to be 'aunted.

"Yes, Harry! I'm sure. The hardest part will be destroying it, though."

"Okay…erm…"

"Charlie, you and Bill lead Fred, George, Fleur, Gabrielle, Denis, and Colin against the guards. I expect there shall be quite a few, considering four of the horcruxes have already been destroyed. I still can't believe V-Voldemort would be so foolish as to hide two horcruxes in one castle. The security must be strong."

"And us?" asked Ron. I really do like Ron; he's my brother-in-law, now. But I still remember that time when he tried to ask me out in his fourth year…

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"You, Harry, Ginny, and I will all go to find the horcruxes. Once we get there, I'll use this potion I've made and a series of complex spells to quickly destroy each horcrux. These I will need help with."

She sounded so sure of herself. But she wouldn't be for long. I watched them make their plans in the shadows. I just wish they knew it wasn't my choice to join him. It wasn't my choice at all, and at the final battle, I would prove that. But I had no doubt they could defeat this measly security.

We were missing our best tonight, so it looks like Granger picked the right time to come.

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The group stealthily wandered onto the grounds of the dark castle, wands at the ready. That was a good thing, for no sooner had they stepped foot inside the castle, were they bombarded with a series of spells, coming from the seven death eaters guarding the castle.

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"There's only seven!" I shouted above the noise of the battle.

"Yes! I, too, expected more, but I suppose some are gone on a mission, or something!" Hermione shouted back, dodging a spell. Hermione shot her own spell at an oncoming death eater, and hit him directly.

She walked up to him and grabbed his cloak, pulling off his mask. "Where are the rooms you were told to guard?"

"I won't tell you!" yelled the death eater, struggling in her grasp.

"I will ask you again nicely. Where are the rooms?" this time she looked him straight in the eye, and I don't know what made him cower or what made him tell, but he whispered the locations in her ear before falling, unmoving, to the ground.

"He's dead. Harry, Ginny, Ron, follow me!" Hermione called. The others could take care of the rest. There were only four more to take down. But this man – dead? I had not expected to cause any deaths.

"Ginny! Coming?" Harry shouted to me.

"Yes. Yes, I am!" I called back, following Hermione, Ron, and Harry through the gray corridors of the castle. The dead man was still on my mind. But it hadn't seemed to phase Hermione one bit! She acted as though nothing had happened – like it was a daily occurrence. She had taken charge from Harry, who no longer knew what he was doing. She was…stronger…and seemed unable to feel any pain, for herself and for those around her.

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I set up the markings, made of white chalk mixed with dried garlic. It smelled awful, but that didn't matter now. Inside of the large circle was Hufflepuff's cup. After the death eaters were taken down, I had no doubt that more would be on their way. I sent the rest of the group to search for Ravenclaw's wand, which would be the easiest: just break it! But we had to hurry, and so I poured my potion into the cup.

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Ginny, Harry, Ron, and Hermione stood around the cup holding hands, while Hermione murmured an ancient spell. A brilliant light filled the room, and suddenly the cup was gone, shattered into millions of tiny pieces. The pieces turned to dust, and were brushed away by the wind. Hermione collapsed on the ground.

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"We found it! We found the wand! Colin yelled, bursting into the room and waving the wand crazily.

"Colin! Stop waving it around! You're going to poke someone's eye out!" Harry shouted, grabbing the wand from Colin.

"Hermione told me to just break it, and it'll be finished. But it seems to easy. Say, what happened..."

Ginny was kneeling on the ground next to Hermione, trying to revive her friend.

"Must've been overwork. She was the one actually saying the spell." Ron theorized.

Ron theorized.

"You're theorizing, Ron?" Hermione said, groggily standing up.

"You're okay!" yelled Ron. Ginny could tell he wanted to go and hug her, but restrained himself.

"Yes. Just a relapse." Ginny nodded, acknowledging that it had indeed happened many times before.

"From what?" Ron said densely.

Ginny just glared at him. She then said, "Harry, may I do the honors?" Harry handed her the wand.

"I just break it in half, right?"

"Yes."

Ginny took the wand in her hands, and everybody held their breaths as she snapped the wand in two. It immediately burst into flame, and Ginny dropped it, screaming.

Both of Ginny's hands were burned badly, and she was crying because it stung so extremely.

Everyone looked at her. The horcrux was gone. Hermione was the first to act. She pulled out her wand and took Ginny's hands, muttering a spell under her breath. The wounds were healed.

"Come. We're going back to Hogwarts, including everyone here. Apparate outside of the grounds," Hermione said briskly. She then apparated out of the castle with a loud POP and was gone.

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I am broken and bleeding,

Somebody please help me.

I cry to myself in the dark…