"Okay, well umm…." Said Harry not quite sure where he was going with his thought, "So this complicated things but we done this before." Hermione spoke up next, "We can't give any hints that someone is after him, we'll have to find a way to destroy them all at once and kill him right after." Harry thoughts went back to when Ron, Hermione and he shared time with the locket on them. It was awful and Harry wasn't at all excited to live any similar experiences. "Any idea how many he has now?" Harry asked mostly to Hermione. Hermione began to think out loud.
"First one we knew of was the diary, then the ring, the locket, Helga Hufflepuff's cup, the diadem, the snake, and then Harry. Obviously the one in Harry isn't created because he's not born yet. The average life span of a snake is roughly 30 years. The snake would have been 28 so it highly unlikely that it is currently one. I didn't see any by Voldemort's side anyways. My guess would be 5." Harry jumped in "Next issue is locating them. The diadem, the ring, and the locket are possibly where they were before. Maybe even the cup, and diary not quite sure what the Malfoy's were up to at this time but we wouldn't know for sure unless we looked."
"We'll start with the locket. Getting into Hogwarts and Gringotts is going to be even trickier then last time." Harry started. Not that any of this was going to be easy. He recalled Dumbledore drinking the liquid in the cave to retrieve the locket and hope that the actual locket would be there and it wouldn't be a waste of time. "Lead the way" said George. That is just want Harry did and an hour later the group was standing in the same cave Harry had just thought about. The liquid in front of them.
"Who drinks?" ask Ron. The group just looked at each other for a moment. "I will" replied George after. "Are you sure?" asked Harry. "Positive", replied George, "for Fred". The last part was said more to himself then to the group. He took the first sip and it began. George drank faster than Dumbledore, though his reaction was much the same. Harry was the one who offered the most support as the rest of the group was set back a little not truly knowing what to expect. Now that the drinking was over Ginny was the main caregiver taking over her mother's role quite well as George slowly recovered.
It was decided that no one would wear the locket, it would remain in Hermione's bag which instead would be past around until it could be destroyed. It surprised Harry how different they now feel to him, it still felt evil, very evil but it was a lot different than before when Harry was himself a horcrux. Once George fully recovered the group set off for a hiding spot. Though the spot was meant for the group to be able to sleep Harry was awake most of the night. Even so the next morning still came too quickly.
Ron, Ginny and George began the morning talking about their parents, wondering if they had yet notice their children were missing, how they would react. They hadn't exactly thought about this before. It would take days or weeks or even months before the entire plan played out. Day, weeks or months that would go by in their current reality. Harry wouldn't exactly be missed by his family, and Hermione's parents didn't quite remember her at the moment. The Weasleys however were a different story.
The next conversation went to the next Horcrux, the ring this time. Dumbledore had found it in Gaunt Shack. The group had not idea were that was or who currently inhabited it. They also had no idea what challenges would be ahead to retrieve it. The group spent a decent amount of the day figuring out their next move. Harry described the picture he had once seen via Voldemort's thoughts of the house. Hermione then used that along with books and came up with a rough idea where the house would be based on different architecture and such.
This is where Hermione and Harry now stood under the invisibility cloak trying to peek inside and see if anyone, and if so who was inside the house and any possible hiding spots for a ring inside. After a while of spying Hermione and Harry believed they had a plan and they headed back to the group to update them and take a little bit of rest before actually going to retrieve the ring. It was about dinner time when they set out again hoping for best but mentally preparing for the worst.
Note: Went with the movie version that Voldemort "feels" when a horcrux is destroyed. Can not totally remember what exactly Harry and the group knew about Voldemort's horcruxes (not even sure the even knew about the ring for starters) so I pretending that they knew the information they did above. Hopefully I did pretty well trying to stay as accurate as I can! (And yes Hermione knows random facts about everything!) & For those that haven't read my other story please be patient with my time in between posting as my school work , chores, and work at the nursing home come first! XD