More Secrets in the Girls' Bathroom
Luna, Ginny, and Hermione gathered around the sinks in the girls' bathroom, the only place where they would be left alone to talk. "So what are you saying? Is this why you were acting so strangely earlier?" Ginny asked Hermione, wondering exactly what she was implying.
It hadn't been easy for Ginny to get Luna and Hermione's attention without the guys noticing, especially when Hermione was looking as if she had just been hit with a baseball bat, and Dumbledore peering over everyone with those eyes that seemed to notice everything, immune to distraction. That is, until Ron asked where the wizard's chess was kept.
He, Dumbledore, and Harry had been rooting around in the library for probably a full hour before they found it, and immediately began eagerly setting up the pieces. Ron was excited- he'd never played anyone as good as Dumbledore before. Harry, upon watching the first few moves in their game, decided he had better just watch for a little while- maybe Ginny would be up for a game later.
"Well, it's definitely no certainty," Hermione said cautiously, "I'm just saying it could be a strong possibility."
The room was silent, but for a few rumblings coming from the floor beneath them. They could only guess what that might be.
"It's just too awful to believe," Ginny whispered. For Dumbledore to use Harry like that was unthinkable to them.
Luna spoke for the first time in their long conversation, speaking so matter-of-factly, "Well it's all rather tidy isn't it? I mean in one move, he killed Voldemort, and brought back two of the greatest wizards in history."
"And that's probably exactly what he recited to himself every night before he went to bed," Ginny said. "However much good it did, its still terrible, and I for one think he should have at least told Harry."
"That is, if I'm even right," Hermione said. Luna and Ginny rolled their eyes, knowing full well Hermione was never wrong.
"I mean," Hermione continued, "to use him as a tool to make his own horcrux seems a bit twisted- even for Dumbledore."
"Sometimes I find that the twisted in life brings us more joy than anything," Luna said. It was Hermione's turn to roll her eyes.
"But how would he do it?" Ginny said, "I mean use him to make the Resurrection Stone into a-a horcrux."
"Pretty simple really," Luna said, making it look like she was lip-syncing through Hermione's open mouth, "He was responsible for killing Harry all those years ago and so he can use that to split his soul and make a horcrux. Why he chose the Resurrection Stone is beyond me, but obviously that wasn't one of his most wise decisions..."