Erin sat with Ron and Hermione in the tall tower, Harry was looking out across the sunny day. It shouldn't have been sunny or peaceful, or this beautiful, not after everything that had happened, not after the Dark Mark had shown in the skies. Hermione stood up. "Harry?"
He turned a little showing her the locket he had and held it out to her. "You can open it, it's not a Horcrux."
Hermione took it curiously and opened it finding the note in there. "I know I will be dead long before you read this but I want you to know that it was I who discovered your secret. I have stolen the real Horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as I can. I face death in the hope that when you meet your match, you will be mortal once more. R.A.B." She looked up. "Who's RAB?"
"I don't know." Harry shrugged. "You don't know the initials?"
"I don't think so." She shook her head. "Erin, do you know the initials RAB?"
"Sure," she said nodding.
Harry turned to her. "You know those initials? Who?"
"My uncle Regulus. Regulus Arcturus Black. He was a Death Eater, but he didn't like everything they did. By the time he found out about it he was in too deep. He was killed by the other Death Eaters."
Erin felt something strange when she said those words. She turned looking off into nothing. Down on the grounds near Hagrid's Hut a small white cat was lying on the ground spasming and mewing in pain. His legs began to grow and twist in grotesque movements. His back arched and cracked horribly. His fur fell out of his body leaving just the skin and the bones moving beneath the skin growing longer and changing shape. When it was done a young naked man lay on the ground gasping for breath. Black hair plastered against his forehead. He slowly opened his eyes to a new world.