Chapter 13: The Cup
Harry Potter is at a Defense class when a student shows up with a note from Professor Dumbledore asking him to go at the Headmaster's office. Happy he won't have to endure Snape for the rest of the class, Harry goes to meet Dumbledore.
"Did you want to see me, Headmaster?" Harry asks.
"Yes, Harry." Headmaster Dumbledore answers with a smile. "Based on what your Mother convinced Professor Slughorn to reveal, I'm sure Voldemort created exactly six Horcruxes, other than yourself."
"All of that?" Harry asks, shocked.
"I'm afraid so, Harry." Dumbledore calmly replies. "The diary, the locket, the diadem and the ring were already destroyed, meaning there are only two other Horcruxes to be destroyed."
"The cup and the snake." Harry says.
"Nagini will be a little hard to destroy." Dumbledore says. "The cup, however, is another story."
"Did you get it?" Harry asks, surprised. "But I thought the goblins didn't take any side on what they call human wars."
"True, Harry." Dumbledore replies, smiling. "But I told them about Voldemort stealing that Cup from Hepzibah Smith, they gladly agreed to investigate it."
"Did they let you destroy the Horcrux?" Harry eagerly asks.
"Actually they insisted on having one of their own curse-breakers doing it." Dumbledore explains.
"Bill." Harry says.
"Exactly, Harry." Dumbledore replies. "At this moment, the Smiths must be receiving the good news. And the Lestranges must be getting an angry letter for the goblins don't like helping thieves to keep the goodies they steal."
"But then Voldemort will know we found out about the cup." Harry says. Worry evident on his voice.
"He was already aware we're looking for his Horcruxes." Dumbledore says. "All we have to do is find a way to kill Nagini. I believe we might have a chance his desperation might lead him to commit a mistake that will allow us to have a chance."
Meanwhile, at Malfoy Manor, the Lestranges are told about the Hufflepuff Cup. "Those damn goblins!!!" Bellatrix exclaims. "If the Dark Lord finds out."
"If the Dark Lord finds out what, Bellatrix?" Voldemort asks as he suddenly appears.
The idea of lying to him only lasted for a fraction of a second before she decides to tell the truth. "The goblins found out the cup you told us to keep was stolen from a witch named Hepzi…" it's all she's able to say before Voldemort hits her with a Cruciatus Curse. "Idiots!!!" He says. "All of you!" He then Crucios her husband and her brother-in-law.
"If Dumbledore thinks I'll let him destroy my Horcruxes he's very wrong." Voldemort silently tells himself.
"Any reports from the death eaters I've sent to break the rest of our comrades from Azkaban?" Voldemort asks.
"They must be back any minute, My Lord." Bellatrix dutifully replies.
"When they come, tell them to wait for me at Borgin and Burke's." Voldemort commands. "I'll lead the invasion myself."
"Yes, My Lord." Bellatrix replies.
"And tell Draco Malfoy to have that Vanishing Cabinet fixed before we're ready and to report as soon as he's finished."
"My nephew will be warned, My Lord." Bellatrix replies.
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