Chapter 18: Chapter 18
A/N: Hey guy's new chapter... I hope you like it.
"Hey guys get ready...we will be leaving in an hour." Tonks said as she peeked into Hermione's room. Harry and Hermione nodded.
"Are you ready to face it, Harry?" Hermione said as Tonk's felt the room closing the door behind her with a 'thud'.
"Hermione, I don't really think I will be ever ready, it's just one of those things that I have to just do it." He told her smiling at her gently.
"Well I am proud of you." She said as she kissed his forehead and got up.
"Hey, where are you going?" Harry asked whining.
"Didn't you hear Tonks... to get ready of course?" She said smiling.
"But we have an hour to do that." He pulled her down on the bed.
"So what are going to do now?" she asked him smirking lightly.
"Well we can do something like this." He said as he kissed her "or this." He said as he nipped her throat lightly.
"Uumm." She moaned.
"So, you think we should do this?" he asked her his lips skimming her throat lightly.
"Harry, well have to get ready-"she was cut off again as Harry kissed her-again.
"Harry umm-"Hermione at last accepted defeat as she closed her eyes, as she started kissing him back. Harry shifted and positioned him over her as she lay down on the bed. He looked into her eyes. "I love you." He whispered to her. "As I love you." She said smiling at him. He placed a tender kiss on her lips, a kiss that filled her with pleasure, a kiss like no other she had ever had, it filled her soul with fire, it was full of love and promise He then put his arm around her waist and pulled her closer than before he kissed her passionately and deepened the kiss as and their tongues tangled before they both had to stop to take a breather. Harry then kissed her cheek, her jaw and placed a series of kissed down her throat. He then came back to her lips. He snaked his hand behind her head and gently grabbed her neck, pulling it closer. His eyes never left hers as he quickly ducked his head in and his lips met hers, again. It wasn't particularly a soft kiss like before. It was needier than she expected, and the passion was such that it sort of swept her up in it. His other hand had come up and tangled itself back up in her hair as did her hand as she gripped his hair in a bunch. Hermione tangled her legs with him. Harry's other hand fingered her shirt she was wearing; he shyly touched her naked waist.
"Harry." She moaned.
"Hmm." He asked as he sucked her throat.
"Harry, this is all so very good...but we have to stop." She said with a sigh as he proceeded to mark her.
"Do you really want me too?" he asked her as he looked into her eyes. He didn't wait for her answer as he kissed her again. She tugged his hair and moaned.
"I really don't want to stop but we have to." She said with a sigh and pushed him away.
"Why?" he whined as he placed a kiss on her nose.
"Because if we don't stop-" she was cut off as Harry kissed her.
"Hey guys." Sirius said as he opened the door and as soon as he saw what was happening, he immediately closed the door.
"That could happen." She finished. Harry groaned and he lay back on the bed.
"Let's just get ready." she suggested as she went to change while Harry went to take a cold shower.
"You ready?" Remus asked as Harry entered.
"Yes." He nodded. He was ready to see where his parents once stayed, where he was born. He was ready to face it. "Harry," Hermione said as she put her hand on his shoulder.
"Yes." He snapped back to reality. "What's up?"
"Nothing, just we are ready to go." Harry nodded and started walking. Remus, Sirius and Tonks were waiting for them. Harry looked at Sirius; he gave him a look which clearly said 'we'll talk later'.
"Well before we go, I want everyone to wear this." Hermione said as she took out five rings from her pocket.
"What are these?" Harry asked as he took one of those and studied it.
"It's an emergency portkey to this house, anywhere you are, even Hogwarts; it's channelled to bring you back here." Hermione explained. "I think that we are doing to Godric's Hollow, there may be some danger and if there is I want everyone to use the portkey's at one go." She said or rather commanded. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"I suspect that their maybe a foul play in Godric's Hollow." Sirius said. "So be at your best."
"Ready?" Tonks asked. Every one nodded and in a flash all of them were gone.
They landed in an alley. Coming to the main area they looked at their surroundings. It was a small community, which centres on a village square with only a church, a post office, a pub, and a few retail shops. The residential streets are lined with quaint cottages. They walked a little when they came across a statue of monument to the Potter family – James, Lily, and Harry.
"Wow." Remus said "I didn't know this was here."
"Me neither." Sirius agreed. It was a statue of Harry, when he was a year old. He was in lily's arms and next to her was James his arm wrapped around Lily's waste. Hermione took Harry's hand squeezed it in silent support.
"Let's get going?" Hermione asked after sometime.
"Yes, let's see your house Harry." Sirius said as he composed himself. They walked a few minutes and then stopped in front of a broken house. One of the walls was broken into pieces. There were black soot marks here and there. The front door was scratched and holes could be seen all over it.
"Can we go in?" harry asked in a thick voice. Sirius opened his mouth to disagree but Tonks said "Of course." She said as she gave Sirius's shoulder a squeeze. Harry was the first one to enter the house. The door creaked as harry pushed it open. The rooms were dusty, dirty and unused. "This was the family room." Remus said as they entered "and that was the kitchen." Sirius added pointing to the adjacent room. Harry went up the stairs. He came to a stop in front of a room. "Harry." Hermione said as she came and stood next to him.
"Was this the room?" he asked.
"Yes." Remus answered.
"Harry, how did you know?" Hermione asked.
"I can feel it. I am getting this bad feeling coming from this room." Harry struggled to explain.
Hermione gasped "Harry, you don't think their maybe a Horcrux in their?" she asked wide eyed.
"It is possible." He said giving some thought.
"Let's go in and check it out." Remus said as he opened the door. The room looked like as though an explosion had gone off. There was a crater formed at the middle of the room and then all the things in the room were not in a single piece except "Guy's." Tonks called all of them
"What happened?" Sirius asked immediately.
"Look at this." She pointed at a silver goblet, similar to the one harry had made Dumbledore drink at the end of his last year, it was covered in soot lying on the floor.
"Do you think that can be a Horcrux?" she asked.
"Well there is this spell." Remus started "it basically tells the object is dark or not. We can try that spell on it." He suggested. Everyone nodded and Remus cried "Exhibeo Absconditus Acerbus" the goblet was instantly covered in light and then a dark light pierced through the bright and then the bright light slowly converted into black.
"Congratulations, we have a Horcrux." Remus said dryly.
"Anyone has a napkin or something?" Hermione asked as squatted down beside the Horcrux.
"Here." Sirius said as he took out a piece of cloth from his pocket. Hermione carefully covered the cup with the cloth and picked it up. "I think we should cut short our outing for today." Harry suggested as he followed Hermione back, outside of the house, everyone agreed and they used their own portkey's to the house.
"So what do we do with this?" Harry asked as he stared at the Horcrux lying on the table in front of him.
"First, is this even a Horcrux?" Sirius asked as he stared at the ceiling.
"Yes it is it's the Helga Hufflepuff's Cup. And it is on the list, it's definitely a Horcrux."
"So we have to destroy it." Tonks said shrugging.
"Yes, but the question is how?" Remus asked as they all turned towards Hermione.
"Oh!" Hermione blushed as she saw everyone look at her. "Well Dumbledore's diaries say that one of the most foolproof methods of destruction is Basilisk venom, like Harry destroyed the diary in our second year.
"Yes, well we don't have basilisk venom." Tonks said as she paced the room.
"Well there are other ways like magical smelting procedure, like Fiendfyre or the Godric Gryffindor's Sword; that's how Dumbledore destroyed the ring which he wore around last year." She said.
"So what are our options?" Harry asked her.
"The sword is almost impossible to get." Hermione said.
"What about the killing curse?" Sirius asked from the sofa.
"That may work, but I am not sure." Hermione said "and no one of us is using that cure." She warned in a hard voice.
"So Fiendfyre then?" Remus asked.
"Yes." Tonks said."I will do it; I have already used this curse before." She said in a hard voice and everyone agreed.
"When should we do it?" Hermione asked as she looked around.
"Now." Tonks said as she cried "Fiendfyre." What happened next was a shock for everyone. The cup which was surrounded with the fire started melting first. Then it started secreting blood which overflowing over the rim. A pierce of shriek came from the cup as it broke from between and the fire stopped as soon as it did. Tonks sagged and Remus immediately caught her and took her to the sofa while Sirius got water for.
"One Horcrux down." Tonks said as she closed her eyes.
"Two more down." Harry thought in slight relief.
Exhibeo Absconditus Acerbus means Show hidden darkness. (In Latin)