12. The news travel fast

Harry open the door of the flat he share with Ginny. Ginny was in the kitchen. She looked at him when he came through the door and stand up from the chair she was sitting at. The worry she felt all these hours for her husband was understandable.

"Well?" she asked impatient.

"Everything went according to plan." was Harry's answer.

Ginny sigh with relief. "Thank Merlin. Now what?" asked hurriedly.

"Now we are going to destroy it as soon as possible. We will go at my parents' house at 6 the evening and we will talk there."

"Ok. We will take James with us, right?"

"Yep" said Harry. "Let's go rest. It's going to be a long night tonight."

James and Lily were in the sitting soon waiting the members of the Order of the Phoenix to come and to learn what happen with today's mission.

Knock, knock!

James and Lily looked at each other, and then James went to the door.

"Who is it?" he asked the person behind the door.

"July 5th, 1978 " was the answer he received.

James sigh with relief and open the door. "Come in" he said to Remus, Tonks and Kingsley. That was something like a password they used, to do not be tricked by Death Eaters.

They went to the kitchen waiting the others to come. Slowly the kitchen became full with the members of the Order. Last came Harry with Ginny and little James.

They all sit around the table. Dumbledore spoke first. "The mission was a success." he said simply.

Everyone cheered.

Dumbledore turn to Harry. "Did you bring the sword?"

Harry nodded. Ginny take that as a cue and open her bag, inside of which was Gryffindor's sword. She took it out and passed it at Dumbledore.

Everyone was looking with excitment.

"Sirius." Sirius looked at him. "The Horcrux please".

"Oh!" said Sirius. "Yes, of course" his hand when to his pocket and he handed Dumbledore the cup of Hufflepuff.

Dumbledore took the cup and placed it at the table in front of him. He took the sword and with a quick move he cut the cup in to pieces.

A force came out of the cup that moment and all the members of the Order were pushed away from their chairs, hitting the walls or the furnitures of the kitchen.

As they stand up Harry said "It's over. That was just a mechanism."

"Now what?" asked some members.

As Dumbledore open his mouth to apply Severus Snape, who didn't come to the meeting and was in the Malfoy Manor, came bursting through the door. They looked at him.

"The Dark Lord knows. He will attack Hogwarts in a few hours. After he check the other Horcruxes I suppose."

In Malfoy Manor some time previously

"What did you say to me, again?" the small figure in front of him was shaking with fear. "SAY IT AGAIN!" he command yelling at the goblin.

"My L-Lord... B-B-Black came to the… B-Bank today." said the goblin.

"And?" said Voldemort dangerously.

"He went to the… the Lestrange Vault to supposedly ch-check if everything is okay… a- as the Lord and Head of the most Ancient House of Black and... and h-h-he took a cup that was in t-there, my Lord."

Voldemort scream with rage and cast the killing curse which hit the goblin who fell and didn't move again.

The Death Eaters start running, with Bellatrix and Lucious pushing the others away as they were trying to get to the door.

Even after they left, only those who survived the rage of the Dark Lord, heard him saying that he will kill Black, the Order and Dumbledore even if he had to bring down the whole castle.