Authors Note: Ok guy's quick note, I'm really thankful for all of your reviews your all really good people. But for those who choose to criticise my lack of talent of whatever please don't bother to read the story if it bothers you that much find another story which fulfils your needs. Rant Over... Let's Dance
Chapter 18
"Tonks?" Harry called walking into the kitchen of Grimmauld Place
"Wotcher Harry" She said smiling sitting at the table
"Can I talk to you?" He asked
Tonks nodded and gestured for him to sit down.
"What's going on inside that teenage head of yours?" She asked
"Something is confusing me, when I and Hermione first went to Gringotts we were told that we had a 100% Animagus block and 100% natural Occlumency shielding blocked. Why is it that when the Goblins removed the charms that were on us did that ability's not just appearing?"
Tonks put the plate she was eating from into the sink and sat back down
"Harry if you woke up one morning to find that your left hand was a paw of a claw what would your first reaction be?"
"Well Id panic"
"Exactly. It is true that you and Hermione do possess the ability to block legillimency natural but as you have had no practise you need to train your mind to accept the block. Or else you could block your mind so much that you may in fact lose your mind completely" She explained
"What that can happen?" He asked shocked
"Of course it can happen, true it's rare but then again it is rare to have a natural gift of Occlumency you must allow your mind to become use to the concept of blocking before your natural blocks kick in. That's why you haven't noticed them Harry it's simply because your mind and body is protecting itself"
"Is that the same with the Animagus ability?" Harry asked
"Yes and No. See in order to be able to complete an Animagus transformation you must have trained your mind as it takes a lot of concentration. That ability won't manifest itself until you have gained full control over your Occlumency training. But don't worry at the speed of the progress the two of your are making you'll be some random animal in no time at all" Tonks said squeezing his arm
"Your quite good at this mind stuff, anyone would think you're a shrink" Harry laughed
"Nah couldn't stand it but I must warn you if this continues any longer we may have to set up some kind of payment" She said with a stern face before cracking up with laughter. The noise brought Lupin and Hermione into the kitchen
"Did we miss the joke?" Lupin asked
"Yeah but it's alright it could have been an expensive one" Lupin and Hermione looked at each other whilst Harry and Tonks remained laughing. After calming down they all began in light conversation
"So where did the two of you wonder off to yesterday?" Lupin asked
"Closing some chapters in our past. Long story and rather boring. Long story short we came out better for it" Hermione replied whilst Harry smiled at her.
"Fair enough. Now onto the next part of the two of yours plan. Who is next?" Tonks asked
"Were back peddling back onto the Weasley's Dumbledore is going to pay the piper it's only fair that the Weasley's get some kind of just dessert" Hermione said with a devious smiled. Remus observed her
"You two have something else planned don't you"
"No idea what you mean" Harry said looking away.
"Don't worries I won't pry for information I just hope that the two of you know what you are doing"
Hermione took Harry's hand.
"Were certain. The wizards of we are meeting tomorrow are as trustworthy as they are untrustworthy" with that the two of them walked out of the room.
"Understand any of that?" Lupin asked Tonks
"Not even a little bit" She replied.
Harry and Hermione were sat in the living room. Harry gestured for Hermione to lay her head in his lap which she was more than happy to oblige too.
"So what's next for the woman who conquered her past?" Harry asked stroking her face
Hermione contemplated her answer "Right now? Nothing, I don't need anything right now because I have what I need right here. I have you and I have our love. Nothing else is needed. What about you?"
"I swear sometimes you read my mind" he said leaning down to kiss her
The two of them lay there and fell asleep, Tonks and Lupin walked in but seeing them asleep closed the door and went to bed themselves.
The cold winter sunlight broke into the room where Harry and Hermione slept, the light slowly making its way towards the sleeping couple. Both gently woke up in the comfort and presence of each other. They had somehow managed to work themselves so that Hermione was lying fully on Harry.
"Morning" She said stirring from her slumber
"Morning love" Harry said rubbing his eyes.
The two lay there for a while longer but not before long Dobby appeared in the room with breakfast
"Good Morning Master Harry and Mistress Hermy! Dobby has brought you breakfast and also a letter from Gringotts" he said placing a tray on the table in front of them
"Thank you Dobby, make sure you eat as well" Hermione said finally pulling herself up and out of Harry's arm.
"What does the Gringotts letter say?" He asked. Hermione picked the letter up and opened it
Dear Mr. Potter
The goblins at Gringotts have been busy working on the assignment you asked us to carry out and we are writing this letter to give you an update on the current proceedings. We can confirm that we have managed to appropriate 3 horcruxes.
One was found hidden in a gaunt family ring.
Another was found in Helga Hufflepuff cup, this was found in the vault of Bellatrix Lestrange.
Another was hidden inside a locket which once belonged to one Regulus Black.
Gringotts was able to successfully appropriate these items I am afraid that destroying the soul fragments is not as simple. Put simply if a horcrux is placed into a living host then it is simple to remove however an inanimate object poses a problem.
We know of several different things which would be able to destroy the horcruxes but we are unable to obtain any such item. These available options to destroy the horcruxes are as follows
Basilisk Venom
The sword of Godric Gryffindor which we have records to show was impregnated with basilisk venom
A wizard can curse it with cursed fire (however this is the most dangerous option as fiend fire cannot be easily controlled)
If you know of any ways in which to obtain any items please do so, this will allow the task of killing he who must not be named easier. It is estimated that each soul fragment that is destroyed will weaken his magic but 8.5% per fragment.
May your gold flow endlessly
Griphook
Harry had a massive smile on his face
"We can get those items; we could go into the chamber of secrets and take some basilisk fangs! Failing that we could ask Professor McGonagall to lend us the sword!"
Hermione was already formulating a plan in her head
"Harry your forgetting as well with the horcruxes that will be and have been destroyed his power has already been reduced by 34%!"
Harry was confused "But Hermione there are 5 horcruxes we know about shouldn't it be 42.5%?"
Hermione sat back down
"I doubt it when the diary was destroyed he never actually had a corporeal body so in essence all you did was destroy an anchor. Each time a horcrux is destroyed whilst he has a body he will be affected"
"How many would he have created?" Harry asked
"I don't know, to be able to make 4 is insane enough but with him it could be unprecedented"
"Voldemort is obsessed with power so what if he created 7? I mean after all 7 is the most powerful magical number so it makes sense that he would have 7 soul fragments 6 of which horcruxes" Harry thought
"It's plausible that he would believe that, come on we need to update Remus and Tonks"
The two of them walked to the kitchen where they found Remus and Tonks drinking coffee, they showed them the letter and then explained their theories to them both.
"I'll bet you any money one of the soul fragments in his blasted pet snake" Tonks said jokingly, all three of them looked at her. "Yeah stupid Idea I know" She mumbled
"Actually I think that is a very likely scenario he trusts no one but nagini it makes sense he would do something like that" Remus said kissing Tonks' cheek
"Ok so that still leaves one. Knowing him like I do I'm betting he put his final horcrux into a founder's object, he would haven't chosen Gryffindor because he was too damn proud for that, he used Hufflepuff and Slytherin already so that leaves Ravenclaw. What famous objects of Ravenclaw are there?" Harry asked
"Honestly Harry you will read Hogwarts; A history one day. The item for Ravenclaw was her diadem, but the problem is that it's been lost for centuries. Without talking to someone who would have any idea where it could be were at a dead end" Hermione said recalling her perfect knowledge of Hogwarts.
"Well looks like we need to speak to Luna when we get back to Hogwarts" Harry said looking at his watch
"Hermione we need to get ready or were going to be late"
The two of them got ready and bid Lupin and Tonks goodbye. Calling for the night bus they went to Diagon Alley.
The two of them walked hand in hand to a shop that was quickly becoming the most popular in the entire alley. Walking in they found the owners
"Hello boys" Hermione said
"Bless my soul"
"It's our favourite couple"
"Harry and Hermione"
"To what"
"Do we owe?"
"The pleasure?"
Harry smiled "Tell me something does it ever bother your finishing each other sentences?"
Fred and George both answered at the same time "Nope!"
"Everything ready?" Harry asked
"Oh yes"
"They won't know"
"What hit them?"
Flashback
"We swear on our magic and lives that what we shall say shall be nothing but the entire truth and nothing else" Fred and George both said allowed they both glowed.
"Thank you for doing that normally we wouldn't ask but we don't have any other options at the moment" Hermione explained to the clearly confused twins
"What's going on?" Fred asked
"First things first do you know anything about what your mum, Ron and Ginny have been doing for the last few years?" Harry asked
"Other than Ron being a pray, Ginny being a fan girl and Mum being well whatever the hell she is no why what have they been doing?" George asked
Harry and Hermione both spent the next hour explain everything that they had found out
"What"
"Complete"
"And utter"
"Idiots!" The twins said together
"Preaching to the choir" Hermione added
Fred and George were disgusted how they could consider themselves part of a family that were so void of any type of sentiment of decency was sickening
"So now we don't know how to handle the three of them"
The twins looked at each other and smiled
"Oh don't worry"
"We can help you there"
End Flashback
"Thanks guys we really appreciate this" Hermione said bagging the item
"It's the least we could do, it goes without saying that we are ashamed of them all and we are only too willing to help get them back" George replied
"Besides anyone who gets on the wrong side of Harry and Hermione" Fred started
"It's their funeral" The two finished together
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