Chapter Twenty-Three: Eureka!
They passed the afternoon talking merrily with Hagrid then they all went up to the castle together for dinner. When that was over Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny went up to Gryffindor tower; the common room was, as always, deserted. Ron sat down on an old couch, Hermione snuggled up to him he rested his hands on her tummy. Harry sat in a chair and Ginny sat on the floor resting up against his legs. They talked for three hours then Hermione started showing Ron something in her book and Harry absentmindedly started massaging Ginny's shoulders, his mind drifting back to the pensive.
He leant down and said, 'come with me' in to Ginny's ear.
'Where?' Ginny asked she looked annoyed that her massage had ended.
'Upstairs' Harry said.
'Harry, there's no one down here, we can talk about what ever we like' She replied.
'No Gin, I want to look at the memories, you said you'd help,' he said.
'Oh, ok then' She said standing up 'We're going upstairs,' she said to the others.
'Right' Ron muttered ingrossed in the book Hermione was showing him.
Harry and Ginny headed towards the boys staircase.
'Hold on' Ron said as they got to the foot of the stairs 'why are you going up there?' he added.
'That's our business Ronnikins' Ginny said, Ron gave her a dark look 'don't worry Ron, we're going to look at some memories, carry on preparing for fatherhood,' she said with an air of a who are you to tell me what to do when you've already done it attitude, she knew what her brother had been thinking about why they were going upstairs.
'Fine, see you later' Ron replied turning back to the book.
Once they were in his room Harry went straight over to his draw, he'd marked the memories he'd already looked at, memories that were in no way related to Voldemort.
Ginny had joined him at the draw 'what's this one?' She said picking up a vial that had the name of the wand maker Ollivander on it as well as the name Rowena Ravenclaw.
'I'm not sure, but it's worth a look. Are you coming?' Harry answered.
Ginny nodded.
'C'mon then' He said holding out his hand.
Ginny took the hand that was offered to her and Harry led her over to the pensive which now resided on one half of his desk.
'On three we'll stick our heads in to the basin' Harry said emptying the contents of the vial in to the pensive 'one, two, three'
They plunged their heads in to the silvery substance. They were standing in Diagon Alley, still holding hands. This Diagon Alley was very different than the present day one, there were no boarded up shops, in fact there were less shops than there now was and the people were waring older style clothing. Harry and Ginny were standing in front of Ollivander's wand shop, they went in, there was a young man standing at the counter talking to whom Harry recognised as a much younger Ollivander. He also recognised the young man talking to him; it was Ton Riddle, the man who would become Lord Voldemort.
'Can you tell me who this wand belonged to?' Tom Riddle was saying.
'It is not one of my family's. Why do you want to know?' Ollivander replied.
'I inherited an estate recently and this was in the attic, I'm not sure if it belonged to someone in my family or not' Riddle replied.
'Very well, there is a spell to reveal a wands owner, well any things owner really. Could I see it please?' Ollivander said holding out his hand for the wand.
Riddle handed the wand over, somewhat reluctantly; Ollivander pointed his own wand at it 'ownerus revilio' he said.
Blue writing curled out of the wand, spelling out the name Rowena Ravenclaw.
Ginny gasped tightening her grip on Harry's hand.
'She was a distant relative. Thank you Mr Ollivander, you've been a great help,' Riddle said with a look of triumph in his eyes.
Harry and Ginny soared back through nothingness and were once again standing in the middle of Harry's bedroom floor.
'That wand… it's…' Ginny said.
'Yeah… It is… It looked…' Harry said.
'Familiar' they both said together.
'That was the wand that was on the faded purple pillow in Ollivander's window display wasn't it?' Harry said.
'I think it was' Ginny replied.
'Voldemort used to work at Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn Alley, I bet he found it in some poor person's house and pinched it, probably a real descendant of Ravenclaw's' Harry said.
'But how did it get back in to Ollivander's shop?' Ginny asked.
'He probably thought it was the perfect place to hide it, right where anyone could see it' Harry replied.
'Or maybe it wasn't the real wand, just a really accurate copy?' Ginny said.
'I suppose it could have been, maybe Voldemort even made the copy himself to throw any one off the trail of the real thing' Harry said.
'The wand could be anywhere now, Ollivander's is all boarded up and he's missing, how're you going to find it?' Ginny said.
'I think I might have to pay Dumbledore's portrait another visit, he might be able to point me in the right direction' Harry replied.
'You can't right now, everyone will be asleep. Can it wait until tomorrow?' Ginny asked.
'I wasn't going to right now babe. I'll go tomorrow. I'm going to go and see if Hermione and Ron are still in the common room, are you coming?' Harry asked.
They went down to the common room together, sure enough Ron and Hermione were still there talking together and laughing, Harry noticed Ron's hands still on Hermione's belly.
'Did you find anything?' Ron said looking at Harry as he sat down.
'Yes, we did' Harry replied.
'What was it?' Hermione asked.
'The fifth Horcrux, we know what it is' Ginny replied.
'What is it?' Ron asked.
'It's Rowena Ravenclaw's wand, but we have no idea where it could be. I'm going to see if Dumbledore has any ideas about it tomorrow. Now though, I'm going to bed, goodnight' Harry replied standing up, Ginny followed him to the foot of the stairs.
He took both of his fiancé's hands in his 'babe, you understand that when I figure out where the wand is I don't want you to come with me, I'm not even sure I'll take Ron this time what with Hermione only having two months to go, who knows? She might even have the baby by the time we figure it out, I don't want to put anyone in danger, least of all you' he said to her.
Ginny bowed her head 'I know Harry, but I'll help with anything else. I love you.' She replied.
'And I love you, never forget that ok' Harry said.
They kissed, and then Harry climbed up the stairs to his bedroom again. Before climbing in to his bed he sifted through the memories once more in hopes that something would stand out that might lead him to where Ravenclaw's wand might be, nothing did though.