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Disclaimer - Sadly I don't Harry or any of his friends or places in the Wizarding World. I don't even own the character Brionna Culver seeing as she's based on one of my best mates! I do however own the plot and any other original characters.

Summary - Follow Harry through his seventh and final year at Hogwarts where he has to deal with girl problems, being a teenager and Voldemort and his Horcruxes. HBP spoilers, prequel to One Night Can Change Everything.

We are nearing the end of this story. There's only 2 chapters left after this one. But I am planning a sequel to One Night Can Change Everything to make it into a trilogy so once I've started writing that I'll put it up and you won't be without any of my writing. lol! Also I'm going on a Ghost Hunt/Paranormal Investigation in just under 3 weeks so I'm really busy getting ready for that. I'll try to update this before then.

Also I had 101 hits on the kast chapter but only 4 reviews! What happened to the other 97 people who read it? lol.

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Anyways now onto our feature presentation.

Chapter 15 - Getting Rid Of The Horcruxes

A few days later, the trio set on their journey across the Wizarding world on their own much to Mrs Weasley's dismay.

Once they had appeared in the little village of Godric's Hollow, the three set to work on finding the first Horcrux but they had to be quiet and work by wand light as it was during the dead of night.

"Hermione what object was it again?" Ron asked as he looked around the little square patch of green eyes that they were currently stood in.

"Hufflepuff's Cup. I'm not exactly sure what it looks like but I do know that it will have a picture of a badger on it somewhere," she replied.

Ron nodded then started to move around the grassy area while looking in the long patches of grass.

Harry stopped what he was doing and looked at the other two.

"I'm going to look near where the house stood. I'll send red sparks up when I've found it. If I find it," he said loud enough so the others could hear.

Harry wandered over to the gravesite and started to look around in the grass.

Within a few minutes he had found a cup and just so that Harry knew that it was Hufflepuff's Cup he lit the tip of his wand and looked for the badger.

Sure enough near the rim of the cup there was a very tiny picture of a badger.

Harry sent red sparks into the sky and sat on the grass while he waited for the other two to join him.

Within a few minutes Hermione and Ron had appeared as if from nowhere and sat next to Harry looking at the cup.

"Doesn't it seem weird that we're all touching it and nothing's attacked us yet?" Ron asked.

"Voldemort's probably saving all of the troops till we get to him. Why waste Death Eaters on a cup when they're more needed during the Battle?" Hermione replied.

"Well then let's get this over with then," Harry said as he set the cup down onto the ground and pointed his wand at it.

"Harry concentrate on all the good things that have happened in your life so far then say the words. Think of love Harry," Hermione said to him.

Harry looked at Hermione then said, "I can't. I don't know how to love."

"You do Harry. You know how to love. You know deep down."

"No I don't."

Ron shook his head then shouted, "POTTER! DO YOU OR DO YOU NOT LOVE MY SISTER?"

Harry jumped at the sound of Ron's voice and nodded.

"THEN THINK OF HER, POINT YOUR WAND AT THE BLOODY CUP AND DESTROY IT!"

Harry gulped then pointed his wand at the cup.

With all the strength that he could muster, Harry thought of how happy Ginny and her family made him and shouted, "ERADICO HORCRUX!"

A very high pitched hissing sound came out of the cup which got louder and louder for a few seconds.

Then with a deafening boom the cup exploded into tiny pieces.

Once they had regained the power of speech, Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at each other and tried to decide what to say to each other in their heads.

"Is it destroyed?" Ron asked.

"I think so," replied Hermione.

Harry lay back on the grass and looked up at the now starry sky, which was rather unusual for the month of January.

"I think we should stay here for the night while we owl McGonagall to see if we can go to Hogwarts next," Harry murmured to the other two.

Hermione nodded in agreement before she waved her wand and made two tents appear from nowhere as Harry wrote a letter then called an owl to send it to McGonagall.

Once the owl had flown off Hermione looked at the tents to see which was bigger then said, "you two can have the bigger one on the left and I'll have the small one on the right. I'll conjure a fire too so we can cook something to eat."

Harry and Ron nodded then watched as Hermione conjured a fire that reminded them of the portable fire that Hermione had conjured during their first year at Hogwarts.

As Hermione cooked some sausages and eggs in a frying pan that she had transfigured from a rock, Harry and Ron kept looking at the sky.

Hermione noticed this and said, "a watched pot never boils."

Harry sighed and looked at the sausages that were slowly cooking while Ron looked at Hermione confused.

"A watched what will never what?" he asked quizzically.

Hermione rolled her eyes and turned the sausages and eggs over in the frying pan.

"A watched pot never boils. It's a Muggle saying. It means that if you watch whatever you're waiting for then it will never arrive. The owl won't return if you stare at the sky Ronald," Hermione explained.

"Oh," Ron replied.

Hermione then noticed that the sausages and eggs were done and would burn soon if she didn't take them off the fire and put them on three plates, which had also been transfigured from rocks.

They ate in silence for about twenty minutes and they were so hungry that they ate every last bit of their supper.

After they had cleared the things away they lay down on the grass and looked at the stars.

"How long do you think we'll be away from everyone for?" Hermione asked.

"I don't know. This Horcrux was easy to find but they'll probably get harder to find as we progress," Harry replied.

Hermione smiled weakly and continued to look at the stars.

After a few more minutes Ron started to yawn and thought that he was seeing things as he could apparently see an owl shape flying towards them.

Hermione saw the thing also and sat up whilst pointing into the night sky as she exclaimed, "I think that's the owl!"

Slowly but surely the owl got nearer to them and finally after what seemed like a lifetime it landed on the grass right in front of Harry.

Harry took the letter from the owl and quickly read it before saying, "get some sleep, we're going to Hogwarts tomorrow!"

The other two nodded and they all went to bed eagerly awaiting the next morning when they would finally see their beloved Hogwarts again.

The next morning, Harry, Ron and Hermione woke up bright and early.

They sat where they had been sat the night before talking about what might be waiting for them at Hogwarts while they ate breakfast.

"Maybe McGonagall will let us see our friends," Ron said rather excitedly.

"Ronald! If McGonagall makes us do anything then it'll be lessons," Hermione snapped at Ron.

Harry just sat quietly and reflected on the journey that still lay ahead after they had been to Hogwarts.

Once breakfast had been finished, Hermione vanished everything that had been transfigured the night before so there would be no evidence of anyone being there.

When she was satisfied that everything was back to normal she looked at Harry for instructions.

"We're apparating to Hogsmeade then walking to the castle gates. One we're there I have to send my Patronus and McGonagall will send someone to let us in and we go straight to McGonagall's office," Harry explained.

Hermione and Ron nodded then watched as Harry disapparated to Hogsmeade.

"Well um I'll see you soon then," Ron stuttered to Hermione.

Hermione nodded then disapparated before the situation became more uncomfortable than it already was.

A few moments later, they were all reunited in the centre of Hogsmeade.

Together they walked through the village in the direction of Hogwarts.

About fifteen minutes later they reached the gates of Hogwarts.

For a few seconds they took in the sight of the castle as they had only just realised how much they had actually missed it even though it had only been a few weeks since they had last been in it.

Harry conjured his stag Patronus and watched as it galloped away out of sight to go and fetch someone to let the trio in.

Sure enough a few moments later Tonks arrived at the gate and unlocked it.

"Professor McGonagall is waiting for you in her office. The password is custard cream. I trust you know the way," she said as she opened the gate.

Harry nodded and they all walked up to the castle with Tonks.

Once they were inside the Entrance Hall, Tonks bade them goodbye and started the walk back to her office.

Harry and Ron looked at each other and shrugged before Hermione said, "come on. McGonagall's waiting for us."

And with that she started to walk off without a second glance at the two boys.

Once they reached the gargoyle entrance to the Headmistress' office they said the password and slowly made their way up the stairs that had now appeared as if from nowhere.

At the top of the stairs Ron knocked on the door and heard McGonagall say sternly, "come in!"

The trio walked into McGonagall's office and saw that she had already conjured three chairs for them to sit on.

They sat down and looked at their Headmistress and couldn't help feeling a little scared at the prospect of what she was about to say to them.

"I gather you've found one of the Horcruxes," McGonagall said simply.

"Yes," Harry replied.

McGonagall smiled a rare smile then said, "good. Where did you find it?"

This time it was Hermione who spoke.

"In Godric's Hollow. We or rather Harry found it hidden amongst the grass near his parents' graves."

McGonagall nodded to show that she understood.

"Have you destroyed it?"

All three of them nodded.

"So let's get to why you are here," McGonagall said to them once she felt that she knew all she needed to know about the Horcrux.

"We think that there's a Horcrux hidden here in Hogwarts," Hermione explained.

"Do you have any idea of what it could be?"

"Well we think it might be either Gryffindor's Sword or the opal necklace that cursed Katie Bell last year," Hermione continued.

"Well, I'd rather you destroy the necklace first before the sword just in case that's the Horcrux. I think it's still in Filch's office but I'd rather you spend a couple of days resting. What you have done is very dark magic that consumes all of your energy so you need to recharge yourselves," McGonagall explained.

Over the next few days Harry, Ron and Hermione spent their time in the room that Professor McGonagall had made up for them looking for spells and curses that would help them with their search for the Horcruxes and the Final Battle.

After they had been at Hogwarts for seven days, Harry decided that he would much rather destroy the Horcrux residing at Hogwarts then relax for a few weeks before going after the last Horcrux and Voldemort.

His friends however were very concerned about Harry's plans.

"Will McGonagall let us do that though? She might want us to rest for a while longer before we try to destroy it," Hermione said worriedly.

Harry frowned as he looked at her.

"But if I insist then McGonagall won't have any power over us. She'll have to let us destroy it," Harry explained.

Hermione nodded and looked back down at the book she had been reading before the conversation had started.

"We'll talk to her tomorrow," Harry said after he had yawned.

Hermione nodded again and started to pack her things up.

"What do we do about Sleeping Beauty over there?" Hermione asked as she jerked her head towards Ron who was sprawled out on the floor.

"Leave him. It'll teach him about falling asleep in here. Goodnight Mi," Harry replied before he walked into his bedroom.

Hermione took one last look at Ron and sighed before she too went to bed.

The next morning Harry and Hermione were up first and walked into the common room to see that breakfast had already been set up for them.

"Has he moved at all?" Hermione asked when she saw Ron laying on his stomach with his head in a puddle of his own drool. Harry shook his head and prodded Ron in the chest with his foot. Whether he had felt it or not, Ron snorted and rolled over which enabled Hermione and Harry to see a trail of drool streaking down his face.

Hermione laughed at the sight as she knelt down next to him and started to shake Ron while saying, "come on Ron. You have to get up because we're going to see McGonagall."

Ron opened his eyes and smiled when he saw Hermione as though he had just been dreaming about her. Hermione however wrinkled up her nose at her him.

"Go and have a shower! You smell Ron!"

Ron nodded sleepily and got up before smelling himself then running into the bathroom. Hermione laughed as she helped herself to some breakfast before sitting down to eat it.

Half an hour later the trio were sat in McGonagall's office waiting for her to join them. When she did eventually join them, McGonagall sat behind her desk looking at them over her spectacles. Hermione coughed to let Harry know that he should start talking.

"Well, we came here to talk to you today because I would like to destroy the Horcrux here and then stay here to rest few a few weeks before moving onto the last two Horcruxes. Hopefully the last two will then lead into the Battle and it will all be over sooner rather than later," Harry explained.

McGonagall nodded then asked, "would you like me to bring the objects into here so you can try to identify the Horcrux?"

Harry nodded to say yes before McGonagall walked out of the room. A few moments later she returned with the opal necklace carefully wrapped up in a blanket and placed it on her desk. Hermione carefully unwrapped it and motioned for Ron and Harry to come forward. All three of them focused on something that they loved before waving their wands.

"ERADICO HORCRUX!" all three of them shouted while their wands were pointed at the necklace.

The necklace vibrated for a moment but then did nothing leaving Harry, Ron and Hermione staring at it.

"Well obviously that wasn't a Horcrux. Shall we try the sword?" McGonagall asked them.

All three of them stopped staring at the necklace and looked at McGonagall before nodding. McGonagall fetched the sword from the glass cabinet that it has been residing in since Harry had pulled it out of the Sorting Hat in his second year while fighting the Basilisk. She carefully laid it on the table and watched as Harry and the others performed the same spell on it that they had done to the necklace a few moments before. Harry, Ron and Hermione stared as the sword did nothing for a minute before it along with the necklace started to make a very high pitched sound just as the cup had in Godric's Hollow. The sound kept getting louder and louder before finally both the sword and the necklace burst into flames and exploded before their eyes.

McGonagall looked at Harry and said, "well that was interesting. I think we can rest safely in our beds knowing that another two Horcruxes have been destroyed. The trio nodded before McGonagall shooed them to their room for some rest.

Before they knew it July was upon them and all three were thinking about the two final Horcruxes that still hadn't been destroyed.

"I think it's time for us to leave Hogwarts and go to end this war. I've had enough of Voldemort killing innocent people because they have a different bloodline to everyone else but really he's no different to any other half blood out there," Harry said while he was sat on the sofa.

Hermione nodded before getting up to pack whatever they would need for the journey ahead. Less than three hours later they were stood in front of the castle deciding which would be the best way to get to the Riddle House.

"Harry, can you remember what the graveyard looked like from fourth year?" Hermione asked.

Harry nodded then said, "you two hold on to me and I'll apparate us there. The house is just a little way up from it."

Hermione and Ron held onto Harry and he thought of the destination before apparating them away from the castle and to the graveyard where Cedric Diggory had been murdered three years ago. Slowly they walked up to the mansion like house and stepped through the door quietly.

"Right, wherever Voldemort is the snake is. Go for that first then I'll handle Voldemort. This is my battle to fight," Harry said determined.

Hermione nodded before she put her finger to her lips to shush Ron as he opened his mouth to reply, he really could be quite loud sometimes. Together they made their way up the stairs that Harry had been up before in one of his dreams and found the room where Voldemort was occupying. Luckily for them he was asleep in a chair with just Nagini with him. Nagini was coiled around Voldemort's feet and also had her eyes closed as though she too was asleep.

Hermione crept into the room without making any noise whatsoever and gently picked the snake up and crept back out of the room. They all made their way back down the stairs and walked out of the front door before Hermione realised what she had done and gasped as she dropped the snake on the floor. Nagini opened her eyes before she had even hit the grassy floor and lunged for the now frightened Hermione. Luckily Harry had his wand ready and shouted a spell at it.

"ERADICO HORCRUX!"

Nagini seemed to stop in mid-air and exploded without making any noise at all. The trio turned to go back through the door to meet Voldemort when they found themselves facing someone.

"Well, well what do we have here?" the snake like immortal person said as they surveyed the three intruders.

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