When Harry woke up, his first thought was "Today we go to the graveyard." He checked the time- 10:00. Lily was already at school. Ginny was downstairs in the kitchen making breakfast for herself and Harry. Harry, still in his pajamas, sleepily walked down to the kitchen. He gave Ginny a kiss good-morning and sat down at the table.
"Breakfast," she said, carrying a tray of pancakes (Harry's favorite food) to the table. "Eat up."
Harry picked at his food. He seemed to have lost his appetite. It was probably because he was nervous. He didn't really know why he was nervous. Graveyards didn't scare him. Was it because he was afraid they would find nothing? It could be, though Harry had a feeling they would find something helpful there.
"Eat," said Ginny. "You don't want to be hungry while we're searching for the Horcrux. Why are we searching in his dead mother's intestines, anyway?"
"Well, Hermione just said it randomly, so we might as well look there first. It's crazy enough to be a good place to start," replied Harry, weakly stabbing his pancakes with his fork. He put his forkful into his mouth and carefully chewed and swallowed, but it only made him feel worse.
"Harry, do you think you should stay here?" asked Ginny, looking at Harry's face (which was slightly green).
"No!" said Harry forcefully. This was something he needed to do. If Voldemort wasn't destroyed, he could attack the whole country. Of course, Harry's friends could probably destroy him, but they often had trouble. Harry knew what to do and could help them.
"Fine," said Ginny, "but you need to eat something. You don't want to be hungry and have to leave while we're searching. You don't have to have pancakes, you can find something else if pancakes make you sick." So Harry got up and took a pudding (his second-favorite food) out of the refrigerator.
"When I'm done eating, we should Apparate to Ron and Hermione's," said Harry. "Then you all can grab onto me, and I'll Apparate us all to the graveyard. I'm the only one who knows where it is."
"Good plan," said Ginny, scooping large bites of pancakes into her mouth. "I'm almost done, I think you are too- you're a fast pudding eater."
Harry nodded and gave a small laugh. Soon both were done eating. Harry and Ginny, holding hands, Apparated to Ron and Hermione's home. When they arrived, Hermione and Ron were sitting on the couch together, looking at each other nervously.
"Ready to go?" asked Harry. Everyone else nodded and held on tightly to Harry's arms. He Apparated to the graveyard. They all let go of him and looked around.
"Honestly, there's no need to be scared. It might not even be here," said Ginny. She looked around all the headstones. "This one could be it... what was the woman's name, Harry?"
"Merope," said Harry. "Gaunt or Riddle, I'm not sure what's on the gravestone."
"Oh, this one says Marvolo," said Ginny.
"I found it, Harry!" cried Hermione. "Merope! Accio Horcrux," she tried. It didn't work. She must have forgotten that there were charms placed on the Horcruxes so they couldn't be Summoned.
"Do we dig, then?" asked Ron.
"We can use spells," said Harry, "but yes." They all took out their wands and began using Digging Charms to burrow through the ground in search of a horseshoe Horcrux.
They ended up searching for only minutes before Ron's wand refused to dig any deeper. He had hit something! Harry reached down to grab it. It was a horseshoe! They had really found it!
"How do we destroy it?" asked Harry. "We don't have the sword."
"The basilisk fang," said Hermione.
"Why do you have a basilisk fang?" asked Ginny.
"Well, um... I kept it after the war, because... well, we destroyed the cup with it in the Chamber of Secrets and..."
"You thought we might use it again?" offered Harry.
"No, that was where... Ron and I, we... had our first kiss," said Hermione, very red in the face. Ron also blushed and Ginny grinned.
"So you kept the basilisk fang?" asked Harry seriously.
"There was nothing else to keep," said Hermione. Harry burst out laughing. It wasn't really that funny, but Harry was in a good mood because of the newly found Horcrux.
"It's not funny," said Hermione, turning even redder. Ron gave her a kiss on her forehead, which only made Harry laugh harder.
"Well, are we going to destroy this thing or not?" asked Ginny, smiling but sounding impatient.
"Yes, we are," said harry. The four turned on their heels and Apparated to Ron and Hermione's house.