A/N: Probably will be the last chapter for a while as I start my second year of college (year 13) in a few days so I need to get my shit sorted out, but it is slightly longer and features a rather popular anomaly.
Enjoy!!!
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Over the next few weeks, Professor Cornwell had his sixth year DADA class running through several different combat scenarios designed to improve the students awareness as well as their duelling ability.
"Very rarely do you get one on one duels when fighting." Said Professor Cornwell. "There tends to be obstacles within your environment as well as other enemies to deal with, you must use these to your advantage."
Harry found many of these tricks to be useful, they were using the room of requirement for lessons like these. On the whole, the student body seemed to like Professor Cornwell much more than Professor Snape as a teacher, even some of the Slytherin's didn't like Snape as a teacher and most of their house was biased towards him.
After there tiring lesson, Harry, Ron and Hermione all trudged back down to the great hall for dinner, Ginny spotted them and waved them over to her spot, the great hall seemed to be packed with nearly every student.
"Hey you." Said Harry as he slid into the seat next to her, giving Ginny a kiss.
"Hey yourself." Said Ginny with a grin as she watched Ron and Hermione sit opposite them. "How was your Defence against the dark arts session with Professor Cornwell?"
"Really tiring but good," Answered Ron. "We've been going over combat situations in different environments and practicing in them."
"What have you been doing with the fourth year class?" Asked Hermione.
"Mainly focusing on the dueling tactics as well as some combat scenarios but not quite at a high level," Explained Ginny. "Though to be honest I have been finding it a bit easier than most people in my year and Professor Cornwell has commented on it."
"It would be great if you were moved up to fifth year." Said Harry as he winked at Ginny who playfully nudged his shoulder.
"You two," said Ron exasperatedly. "You are both sickening at time."
"Shut up Ronald." Said Ginny as she gave Harry a deep and passionate kiss.
"Honestly those two-" Ron was interrupted by Hermione's lips suddenly on his.
Harry and Ginny pulled apart from there quick snog and stared in shock as Hermione kissed Ron out of the blue, and the two didn't look like they were going to stop, Ron's arms wrapped around Hermione and pulled her closer until she was practically in his lap.
Ginny cleared her throat in a similar impression to that of Umbridge, causing her brother and her best friend to split apart.
"Wow!" Exclaimed Ron, his cheeks red but he looked very happy with himself.
"Finally!" Said Harry. "Took the two of you long enough."
"What?!" Said Ron and Hermione in unison as Harry and Ginny shared a laugh at there two friends.
*
Harry had made sure to ask Ginny to the upcoming Hogsmeade trip, just because two people were dating didn't mean that you shouldn't ask your partner to Hogsmeade.
Harry had made a reservation for a table at the Three broomsticks for the two of them in a somewhat secluded booth away from onlookers and Harry wondered what sexy outfit Ginny would be wearing. Even with the cold weather restricting what clothing Ginny could wear, Harry thought she looked beautiful in pretty much anything, or nothing.
At one point they had considered the possibility that there would be no Hogsmeade trips this year due to safety concerns of the students, but thankfully for the student body, they were allowed.
"You looking for me Potter." Said a familiar voice from the top of the spiral stairs that led to the girls dormitories. Harry grinned when he saw Ginny, not able to take his eyes of her in the tight fitting blue jeans and a Gryffindor jumper that seemed a little tight on her, which showed off the outline of her breasts.
She had a scarf wrapped around her neck as well, it was November after all.
"We should get going." Said Ginny and Harry agreed as held out his arm for her to take which she did so.
*
Sometimes to get what you wanted in life, you had to make sacrifices, something Voldemort both knew and used to his advantage.
"It's here my lord." Said Lucius Malfoy, bowing before the great dark lord.
"Excellent work Lucius." Said Voldemort as he made his way down to the basement, he made to shield his eyes a little from the strobe light they had to install, it was needed to contain the anomaly that Voldemort planned to unleash, to keep that old food Dumbledore and the constant annoyance that was the SCP Foundation on there toes.
He crouched down to the plae figure clutching it's face as the strobing light carried out its purpose. "You my friend will be very useful to me, SCP-001."
Or at least, this instance of SCP-001, many other anomalies with the same designation as this anomaly existed, but Voldemort took pride in knowing he had captured the first ever anomaly documented by the SCP foundation, a humanoid creature that was extremely hostile to humans and was known for having an ability to create a singularity that could crush a human inside it.
It was easily contained as long as constant flashing lights were used as well as being housed in a lead lined room. Even SCP-1853 would struggle against an anomaly of this power.
Very soon, he would rid the world of an asset that was the biggest threat he had ever encountered, only then would he be truly feared once again.
*
Harry and Ginny along with Ron and Hermione made their way past the gates and down to Hogsmeade, they would be parting ways with eachother soon. Now that Ron and Hermione were finally a couple, Harry and Ginny both knew they would want some alone time.
Harry and Ginny once again found themselves just enjoying eachothers company, they would wander the streets of Hogsmeade hand in hand with the time they had to kill before heading to the three broomsticks.
They visited Zonko's joke shop as well as Scrivenshaft and one of the Quidditch stores down the road from there. They stopped at Honeydukes where Ginny announced that she needed to reimburse her sweets supply and Harry asked if he was paying for it.
"You don't have to Harry, I've got money." Said Ginny, genuinely not wanting Harry to splash the cash on her.
"It's fine, you can give me a blowjob to thank me later." Said Harry with an eyebrow raise.
Ginny rolled her eyes playfully. "Hmm rather tempting offer, though you don't have to pay me anything for that."
Harry payed for Ginny's sweet and she shared some of the chocolate she had as they made their way to The Three Broomsticks. They spotted some of the foundation guards patrolling the streets, both holding large muggle heavy machine guns.
"It's nerve wracking to think of all the shit that's going on beyond here." Ssid Ginny thoughtfully as they headed inside the warm pub, making their way to the booth they had booked for the afternoon.
"I've never actually eaten here before." Said Ginny.
"Well there is always a first time for anything." Said Harry with a grin as Ginny scooted over to him.
As they pondered over what to have, Harry noticed that Slughorn was I the pub as well, having some mulled mead at the bar.
"Give me a moment, I'm going to speak to Slughorn." Said Harry.
Before he could even get up however, Harry heard screaming outside and there were gasps from inside the bar, they could hear shouts coming from outside.
"Come on." Said Ginny as the couple rushed outside.
They managed to get through some of the crowd as they saw a huddled pale creature at the end of the long street, its hands seemed to be shaking as it clawed at its head, Harry and Ginny at first thought it was SCP-096 but they soon realised it wasn't, it was s9mething much worse.
The creature seemed to notice the attention and the crowd moved back as foundation soldiers moved in.
"Everyone get out of here now!" Barked one of the muggle soldiers as he aimed his rifle at the creature that was becoming more agitated by the second, it let out a piercing scream and the foundation operatives opened fire on the anomaly.
Harry and Ginny legged it along with the other witches and wizards as they heard cries of pain, gunfire and the sounds of screeching.
They watched as the creature moved swiftly, it was incredibly agile and quick and was striking down innocent civilians with ease, one of the wizards sent a stunner at it, but found himself with a gaping black hole in his chest.
Harry could only look in horror as the man seemed to fold in on himself, his bones cracking and snapping as he was pulled into the dark hole, dissapearing before them.
That was when they saw its eye, a glowing orb hung by a strand of flesh, the light coming from it was glaring and seemed to pierce them.
It roared and dashed away, attacking more people as Foundation operatives moved in with heavy machine guns.
"ALL CIVILLIANS ARE TOO MAKE THERE WAY TO THE HOGWARTS GATES NOW!" Came a voice from a loudspeaker. "THIS NOT A DRILL, SCP-001 IS LOOSE!"
Harry and Ginny could see the Hogwarts gates in sight as they watched a grey blur dash behind them, taking out a third year student who had tried to run from the chaos.
Harry spun round and fired a blasting hex at the anomaly, sending it flying in the air as it collapsed into one of the shops.
The creature stepped out from the smoke, its head twitching as Harry noticed that the glowing orb for an eye it had was glowing brighter, and getting brighter by the second as well.
A figure leapt from what seemed like the sky, landing infront of the creature as a huge blast of light came from its eye, disintegrating many of the shops and causing more damage and chaos.
Harry and Ginny kept running as the figure they recognised as SCP-1853 had leapt infront of them and had taken the brunt of the blast, shrugging it off as if it was nothing before firing its shotgun at the anomaly.
SCP-001 shrieked and ran at full speed away from its new enemy, determined not to fight something that could survive a powerful radiation blast like that unharmed.
SCP-1853 gave chase to the anomaly through the streets of Hogsmeade, determined to catch up to the anomaly. It bashed through stores at full speed as SCP-001 dissapeared into thr forbidden forest.
SCP-1853 found itself in an open clearing, it raised its shotgun and scanned the area, trying to find where SCP-001 had scuttled off to.
Suddenly, a small circular black void formed on SCP-1853's chest, it let out a load roar as the singularity began attempting to twist and bend SCP-1853 until it could fit inside the singularity, SCP-1853 stood firm as his body shook with vigour, SCP-001 moved forward and concentrated firmly on trying to destroy SCP-1853.
SCP-1853 growled as he slowly raised his shotgun, his strength from his body as well as the exo skeleton were resisting the effects of the singularity, but it was leaving him vulnerable as he tried to break free. SCP-001's eye began to glow as it charged up a powerful blast of radiation, as well as light and heat now that its attacker was immobilised.
SCP-1853 broke free from the singularity and charged at SCP-001 as it released the charge of energy, the blast of light travelled a short distance as SCP-1853 launched itself at the creature.
The blast still shredded through the surrounding area, trees, grass and any other life in a small vicinity of about twenty meters was completely obliterated, reducing to ash from the intense heat and energy from the blast.
SCP-001 slowly got up, it's body aching all over as it tried to observe its attacker, the blast should've killed it.
From out of the smoke, there was a sudden sheathing of a blade as SCP-001 throat was slashed, it gurgled as its blood spilled out onto the ground, crawling away as a black form moved towards it from the smoke.
SCP-1853 stood in its armour, apart from letting off a distinct burning smell, it had suffered no damage at all, it grabbed SCP-001 by its exposed neck, his other hand reaching for SCP-001's eyeball.
SCP-1853 grunted as in one fell swoop, it ripped out SCP-001's eye and crushed it, the anomaly let out gurgled screams as it began to slow its frantic movements before becoming still, its body hanging before SCP-1853, who still had a firm grip on SCP-001's neck.
SCP-1853 dropped the now deceased anomaly, the first ever anomaly to be discovered was now dead as SCP-1853 used its flamethrower to cremate the body of SCP-001.
With that, it walked away through anothet portal, its fist still clenched with the fleshy remains of SCP-001's eye.
*
The foundation deployed teams to search the town for survivors as magical engineering teams were sent to help repair the damage and find any survivors who may be trapped under collapsed buildings.
The residents of the village as well as shop owners were allowed sanctuary within the great hall for a while as the foundation deployed a forensic analysis team to identify SCP-001's body and to confirm neutralisation of the anomaly if possible.
Harry was sat with his group of friends and girlfriend, all of them were huddled together as they sat at the Gryffindor table, no one seemed to bat an eyelid that Luna, a Ravenclaw, was sat with them.
"Pretty sure a Hufflepuff third year was killed." Said Harry gravely to the somewhat stunned and horrified looks of his friends. "Ginny and I were running away when I saw whatever it was strike them down."
"I thought for a moment it was SCP-096 and that it had somehow returned." Said Ginny.
"Alot of the civilians are being treated for radiation sickness," said Hermione. "The foundation said that most would be treated by their medical team as Madam Pompfrey isn't too familiar with radiation related illnesses and injuries.
Hagrid hobbled over too them, which startled the six of them as he gave a simple wave as he sat down next to them.
"Everything alright Hagrid?" Asked Ron.
"No, it ain't Ron, there somethin' you shoul' see." Said Hagrid.
"How bad is it?" Asked Harry.
When they were led outside and out towards the forbidden forest along with a security team that was stationed at Hogwarts.
"Alot o' smoke comin' from 'em trees." Said Hagrid. "Them foundation lot won't allow me near it."
"That's because," said one of the guards as he pulled out a small wooden looking device and pointed in the direction, it began letting out a loud ticking sound. "There are some lethal radiation levels up ahead."
Thankfully, with the correct magic and shielding used, the group was shown the area.
"Oh my God." Murmured Harry as he saw the large, charred ground, pretty much all the life within a twenty meter radius had been completely obliterated by what looked intense heat with a pile of ash in the middle which was blocked off by tape.
"We reckon those are the remains of SCP-001." Said the guard as they were led back to the castle.
"You would be correct." Said SCP-1853.
They spun round to find SCP-1853 standing still, its palm outstretched revealing the fleshy remains of SCP-001's eye.
"Jesus." Said one of the guards.
"That's not all." Said SCP-1853. "I don't believe this is the only SCP-001 instance."
"What do you mean by that?" Asked Harry.
SCP-1853 revealed another portal and instead of travelling through it, he reached and pulled out a corpse of an exact copy of SCP-001.
"Shit." Muttered one of the guards.
*
The outcry among the overseer Council was one that the foundation had never before seen showed that depsite there normal emotionless composure, there were things in the universe that troubled even them.
"You are telling us that Lord Voldemort has somehow managed to replicate an exact copy of SCP-001: The Prototype and it retained all of its anomalous traits!" Demanded one of the shrouded figures.
"I am afraid so." Said SCP-1853 as it stood before the overseer Council. "I have been unable to locate Voldemort, he is hiding somewhere and we don't know how many more instance of SCP-001 are out there."
"We will have to discuss this matter among ourselves before we can come to a decision, but if Lord Voldemort has somehow been able to clone SCP-001, then who knows what other anomalies could be cloned." Said one of the overseer Council members.
*
"May I have your attention please," Ssid Dumbledore from the pedestal up at the head table, hushed conversations and whispers died down instantly as everyone turned to the headmaster. "As you are all well aware, there was an attack on the village of Hogsmeade, despite the security measures we have, Hogsmeade is a village that was not under full protection as much as the castle is, therefore an anomaly was sent by Lord Voldemort in an attempt to kill as many as possible and wreak havoc, we lost many good people that day, including one of our very own."
Many people acknowledged that Ravenclaw had lost one of their third year students, Harry couldn't quite remember their name, bit sadly children were not exempt from the casualties of war.
"Following this recent tragedy, I have convened with representatives of the foundation that all Higsmeade activities and trips should be suspended until further notice," there some groans and outcries but Dumbledore let off a firecracker like noise from his wand which seemed to shut everyone up. "I understand the frustrations of many, however this is no simple magical struggle we find ourselves in, we are at war not just with Lord Voldemort, but with beings powerful enough to destroy this world." Said Dumbledore. "The chief of security Colonel Sumner wishes to make an announcement of his own."
A man dressed in SCP Foundation military gear stepped up to the podium, he looked like he was in his early forties and was lean but had a sense of authority and composure in his stance. "Many of you know by now that these anomalies are incredibly dangerous, seeing and reading the case files, documents and addendums for an anomaly is not the same as facing one in the field."
"Along with increased security measures which have been authorised and signed off by all of thr overseer command at the foundation as well as the minister of magic, we are authorised to perform random stop searches on any students, failure to comply will result in severe punishments, and I'm not talking about detentions or house points, I'm talking about suspension from this school as well as further disciplinary action from law enforcement from the ministry." Said Colonel Sumner.
"There will be mandated curfews, prefects can continue there role of making sure people are in there common rooms by the usual time however, there will only be half an hour before my men will begin patrolling corridors, anyone found out of curfew that haven't received permission from the headmaster will also receive similar punishments." He carried on.
"These measures are here to protect you, but also to make sure that any possible threats that are inside this very castle are nullified, anyone found confiding with potential threats will be prosecuted, and anyone found with the dark mark is subject to termination if not cooperative." Said Colonel Sumner gravely, his sharp yellow eyes piercing everyone before sweeping away from the pedestal, leaving the great hall as he did.
Many were shocked and some of the first and second years were feeling overwhelmed by the attacks, Harry felt alot of sympathy for them, at a young age there were forced to grow up and try and focus on their education whilst worrying about unknown and powerful threats.
That same evening, Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione and Neville were all sat round there usual sofa next to the fireplace, Harry as sat on one of the smaller sofas whilst Ginny rested her body against Harry's leg, Ron and Hermione occupied a larger sofa along with Neville.
"How is your scar Harry?" Asked Neville warily, trying to fill the void of silence.
"Well I've been holding off the desire to cackle for the last half an hour." Said Harry. "Even though that anomaly was destroyed, it feels as if Voldemort has many more for us to deal with."
"I feel sorry for the firsties." Said Ron, glancing over to a group of first year boys and girls who were also in the Gryffindor common room.
"It's going to be hard for them." Said Hermione as her hand found Ron's and they shared a small smile between the two of them.
Minerva McGonagall suddenly entered the common room which caused everyone currently within the room to turn their attention to the head of Gryffi door house.
"Mr. Potter," said McGonagall as she made her way over to Harry and his friend group, she caught the site of Harry and the way he was sat with Ginny reminded her rather much of another couple. "Professor Dumbledore wishes for you to speak with him in his office."
"Very well." Said Harry.
"I believe you should bring Miss Weasley as well." Said McGonagall, to the surprise of the others. "The matter in question concerns her as well."
As they exited the common room, Harry quickly asked if they were in trouble for anything.
"Are you insinuating that you or Miss Weasley have done anything wrong Mr. Potter?" Asked McGonagall with, raising her eyebrows.
"No, I'm just curious that's all." Said Harry, both he and Ginny blushed, their minds on the same wavelengths.
They made their way up to Professor Dumbledore and the headmaster dismissed their head of house as he gestured for the two to take a seat.
"What did you want to speak to the two of us about?" Asked Ginny.
"The matter is rather, sensitive. One might say" Said Dumbledore.
"How come." Asked Harry.
"Well, as you know, Voldemort managed to survive the rebound of the killing curse he cast upon," said Dumbledore, his thumbs twiddling idly as he spoke. "Now I've since been pondering for a while how he did it."
"He couldn't have protections like I could." Added Harry.
"No, but when you came up to my office in your second year, after rescuing Miss Weasley," Dumbledore motioned to Ginny. "You almost reawakened those curious thoughts, as well turning the cogs of my mind."
"The diary?" Said Ginny.
"Precisely, I believe that I have discovered how Voldemort stayed alive on the night of Halloween in nineteen-eighty-one," said Dumbledore as he pulled out an old book with a large puncture in it and a ring. "Tell me Harry, Ginny. Have you ever heard of a Horcrux?"
"No." Said Harry. Ginny however, went ghostly pale.
"I do." She said.
"I thought as much," said Dumbledore as he set the diary and the ring down. "Would you perhaps explain what a Horcrux is?"
"A horcrux is an object in which someone places a portion of their soul in, this allows them to essentially become immortal as when they die, that portion is tied to this realm which then opens up for the possibility of several rituals." Said Ginny.
"And one of those was how Voldemort came back in the Triwizard Tournament." Said Harry. "But how does Ginny know all this, surely its a dark art?"
"It is, however Ginny was possessed by a horcrux." Said Dumbledore as he seemed to be staring at Ginny directly.
"So you have some of Voldemort's memories then?" Asked Harry.
"I do." Said Ginny, not knowing how to feel other then feeling like shit.
"Both of you have a sort of connection with Voldemort, which both concern the soul, Ginny's was tainted when Voldemort possessed her and attempted to drain her life force," Explained Dumbledore. "But he did not consider that Ginny happens to be an incredibly powerful witch."
"Mum said that I was the seventh daughter of a family, which hadn't happened in seven generations." Ginny added.
"Hermione said that seven is considered a powerful magical number." Harry added as well.
"Voldemort had also not realised that originally he split his soul seven times, which would be a balanced amount due to the number, however Voldemort does not realise that he split it one more than seven which would actually leave a person's body more unstable." Expmaiend Dumbledore.
"How come?" Asked Ginny.
"Too many Horcruxes can lead too many changes to a person's body and mental state as well as potentially crippling a person, Voldemort is powerful but has arguably hindered himself by having too many Horcruxes, if all were destroyed then there would be almost nothing left of his soul." Explained Dumbledore.
"You said Voldemort split his soul further than he anticipated, how come?" Asked Harry.
"Your connection with Voldemort is where both yours and Ginny's connection to Voldemort have a key similarity, yours is because a part of Voldemort would be residing within your scar." Explaiend Dumbledore gravely.
"WHAT?!" Ginny practically shrieked, her hands gripping the chair so hard it Harry was worried she would somehow break the arm rest of the chair.
Harry himself couldn't make what to think of it, but it made complete sense, how else would he be able to feel Voldemort's thoughts, his emotions, seeing through his eyes and the eyes of his snake.
"All this time." Said Harry quietly to himself.
Ginyn gripped his arm. "This doesn't change anything about you, you are still the same Harry to me."
Harry looked at his girlfriend but couldn't feel anything, he didn't know what to say, do or react to her statement.
"I believe that when Voldemort qas hit with the rebounded killing curse, a fragment of his soul broke off from the impact and latched onto the only living thing left in the room." Said Dumbledore. "Harry."
"What about me the?" Asked Ginny. "You said mine was similar, I can't be a horcrux."
"You can't, but your soul was still tainted and likely will be until Voldemort is defeated, you were possessed and the effect of it would be permanent if you weren't as strong at fighting back," Explained Dumbledore. "You would have acquired his memories which would be up until the diary was destroyed, menaing in essence you are a living memory bank fo Voldemort's past."
"Oh my God." Said Ginny to herself. "But we can use that knowledge."
"We might." Said Dumbledore. "Pulling a memory like this might be tricky, however if you concentrate on the memories I may be able to acquire some important information."
Ginny was feeling overwhelmed by it all, but she stood firm and agreed that Dumbledore could attempt to gather some of her memories.
Dumbledore presses his wand into Ginny's temple and muttered an incantation as he strained, before slowly pulling a memory strand, Harry watched as a black, almost misty strand came out.
"That is not normal." Said Dumbledore, his voice normally calm now held slight concern within it. He took the memory and placed it within a small glass vial.
He pulled out another vial containing a random memory. "A memory strand should normally appear white and glowing slightly, it appears that these memories must be very dark in nature."
"Perhaps it could be because they aren't memories of her own either." Harry pointed out.
"Indeed." Said Dumbledore as an ornately carved bowl floated from a small cupboard, which Harry recognised as Dumbledore's peniseve which he had stumbled upon in his fourth year. Dumbledore attempted to place the memory within the pensive, as it began to touch the surface, there was a loud bang as the memory seemed to vaporize.
"What in merlin's name?" Said Dumbledore in astonishment.
"So we can analyse the memories I have from the diary?" Asked Ginny.
"The only other option I can think of is that Legillimency may work," said Dumbledore after thinking for a moment. "If I have your permission Ginevra, I would like to attempt to navigate through your mind into the section where Tom's memories would be."
"Go ahead." Said Ginny with no hesitation.
"Legillimens!" Dumbledore cast the incantation as he felt himself enter Ginny's mind, navigating and ignoring her own memories, he could feel darkness coming from somewhere in her mind, he foudn a section that seemed rather dark, the memories were eblurred and after a few minutes of rummaging through some of them, he found nothing conclusive.
"Unfortunately, the memories seem to appear blurred in my vision when trying to analyse them using legillimancy." Said Dumbledore.
"So I'm the only one who is able to have a recollection of these memories?" Asked Ginny.
"I am afraid so." Said Dumbledore.
"So in terms of the Horcruxes," began Harry. "We know that I'm a horcrux," Ginny shuddered at this and Harry felt the feeling was mutual. "And that the ring and the diary were Horcruxes, what else could be a Horcrux."
"I know what they are." Said Ginny suddenly before Dumbledore could speak as she tried to focus on the memories.
"Fascinating," said Dumbledore. "Despite the unfortunate circumstances you were able to retrieve those memories Ginevra, you will know exactly what every Horcrux Tom made are."
"Well I've been trying to block out the memories as not only are they rather dark, it's overwhelming just how much Voldemort has done up until the diary was destroyed," Said Ginny, after focusing for a few more minutes, she spoke again. "I have them, Ravenclaws diadem, The Hufflepuff cup and a locket of Slytherin's are the only ones he has."
"Where are they located?" Asked Harry.
"I don't know, they are blurred to me." Said Ginny in a dissapinted tone.
"It is remarkable Ginevra that you have been able to ascertain what they exactly are in the first place." Said Dumbledore.
"So how do we get rid of the one in my head then?" Asked Harry.
Dumbledore sighed and rubbed his eyes, to Harry and Ginny, it seemed liek the headmaster had aged fifty years overnight. "So far, I only have found one possible option, for you to be struck by the killing curse."
A/N: More exploration into the horcruxes, Voldemort now being able to clone anomalies, this will all be important later on.
