AN: Aaaand, I'm back, juhuu :D Here is the new chapter, and I must say, I have done some changes in previously chapters, again…. I was reading through the story before I wrote the new chapters, and noted several mistakes and thigs I had forgotten….. So I changed, no, added a little more. I will try to stop doing that from now on. The thing is that I make the story up as I write, and suddenly realise that I must add something I forgot because I want to write something into a chapter… If you don't want to read the whole thing again, I can tell you short that Hermione retrieved the Locket-Horcrux when she stayed at Grimmauld Place. Not much more of importance, but I will recomend you to read the ending of the last chapter to understand wtf is going on in this.

I will not promise regular updates, as that basically is a promise from me to not update for six months… So maybe I'll be regular now? *three knocks on the wood, spit behind shoulder*

Please read and review, I love to hear you thoughts on the story!

Dumbledore's eyes opened wide and the man shot out of his chair with the excitement force of a man at least sixty years younger.

"To kill a Horcrux we need Basilisk venom or fendyefire" he said, before both looked at Godric Griffingdor's sword on the shelf.

"can you retrieve the object tonight?" he asked, and Hermione nodded. "Yes, I have it hidden with my belongings, I can go and find it now?" she answered.

"Yes, that would-be god"

Hemione hurried back and forth to her dormitories as fast as she could. The horcrux was hidden in her jewlery box in a secret pocket. She was back at his office before hardly any time had passed.

"Here it is headmaster" she said as she gasped for air, clinging her hand to the side which was stinging after the long spurt. Dumbledore took the locket from her and inspected it carefully before he but it on his desk. Hermione came further into the room, and followed closely Dumbledore's actions. The sword was carefully placed on the desk next to the locket.

"It will put up a fight" she eventually said.

"Would expect as much of Voldemort" he answered. He looked at her over his half-moon spectacles, his blue glance meeting hers. "Do you want the honour, Miss Granger?" he asked and gestured with a small hand movement towards the locket.

"I-I, I forgot something," Hermione realised with a horrification, "we must open it, but to do so we must speak 'open' in parseltounge", "but, it don't know if we should involve Harry just yet…"

"I can try to it, but it was Ron who did it last", Dumbledore gave her a quizzical look and she elaborated.

"We needed basilisk venom, but Harry wasn't available to go down to the chamber, so Ron and I went without him, we had heard Harry speaking parseltounge previously".

She lifted the sword ready to strike the locket and tried to remember the wheezing sound Ron had spoken when they entered the chamber together. She wheezed out something that sounded like "hrssza", feeling like an idiot. Nothing happened, and she tried again. On the fifth try the locket snapped open. Hermione who had lost faith that it would work was taken off guard, the room was filled with a blinding light a whirvelvind, making it hard to stand on their feet. Suddenly the light disappeared, and was replaced by two people.

"Mum, dad?" Hermione muttered as she stared at them.

When the creature that resembled her mother spoke, it wasn't her mother voice. "Hermione, you will fail again, like you did last time. You are nothing but a failure, pushing us. An egotistical monster who will destroy us. We don't want you in our life anymore, you can take our memories, we're better off without you". Suddenly Harry and Ron appeared, "we only hang out with you to do our homework, it has never been anything else. I don't want your help" Harry said, he felt back into the background and Ron made his appearance "you cheated on me, you WHORE" Ron screamed "do you honestly believe that you'll be able to destroy the dark lord, you pathetic girl". Suddenly Fred appeared, looking at her with hatred so real it made her knees wobble "you killed me and you know it. You should have drowned in the ocean, no one wants you here. You are so pathetic, did you honestly believe I cared for you? It is just a prank, to see how far I could get."

Hermione felt tears deceitfully running down her chin, just as a Dumbledore replaced Fred. "Why are you helping me? You know I will kill all you love ones, more of them than The Dark Lord ever will. Don't you see who the danger is? I will kill Harry, you know I will. The greater good." She heard a sharp intake of breath to her right, and turned to look at Dumbledore. "The Dark Lord will mercy you and your friends for killing him"

"Hermione, you know its lying" he said calm and intense.

"I am just as much your enemy as The Dark Lord, he wants to kill Harry too. You know I'm not lying" the locket-Dumbledore proceeded.

Hermione closed her eyes to gather her mind, who am I, WHO AM I, her mind screamed. She was Hermoine Granger, muggleborn, mudblood, bestfriend of Harry Potter, brightest witch of her age. Voldemort is my enemy. With a scream she lifted the sword again over her head – her arm had fallen limp to the side. With force she smashed the it into the locket, a load scream filling the air.

Thick silence filled the office.

Hermione rose to her feet, and glanced at the headmaster, he looked… thoughtful…

It did not sit well with her, and a sickening feeling filled her guts.

Flashback ends

"Hermione, are you coming down with me to the common room?"

It was Ginny, who'd popped inside to check on her.

"Yeah, I'm coming!" Hermione replied with fake a smile and enthusiasm that she hoped sounded sincere. She quickly tucked her necklace under her shirt and collected her mind to steer away from the dark path they were going.

But she could not help but to think that the locket was right, her family and friend was better off without her and that her decision to trust Dumbledore would come back and bite her in the arse.

Hope you liked it!