Hey everyone... Sorry for the delay in releasing this chapter, I was just caught up with a few things. However, the following week is going to be a bonanza week. I'm going to publish 4 chapters, starting today, in the next 1 week.

Here is Chapter 115! Enjoy!

"Are we absolutely certain that no one knows about the Horcrux situation?" asked Harry.

"Professor McGonagall and Grindelwald are the only ones there who would know about Voldemort's Horcruxes," replied Jane. "Snape knows it as well, but he is no longer in the Order," she added.

"Was he ever?" retorted Harry, distastefully.

"My point is, it doesn't make sense that they found a Horcrux and are safeguarding it there," remarked Jane. "If they knew what they were dealing with, they would have destroyed it by now," she added.

"So, it is just a coincidence that there is a Horcrux in the Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix," retorted Harry, unconvinced.

"Well..." sighed Jane. "Whoever R.A.B was, knew of the Horcrux and stole it. Maybe R.A.B gave it to the Order to safeguard it," she suggested.

Harry nodded his head in agreement.

After a couple of minutes, he spoke up. "How are we going to steal the Horcrux?" he asked.

Jane glanced at Harry, uneasily. "Harry, I am going to suggest something, but please don't take it the wrong way," she began, in response.

"You are not leaving me here," retorted Harry, instantly.

"Harry," began Jane but got interrupted.

"No, Jane... I am not staying here. You have just barely recovered from what happened at the cave. Besides, you know I'll be useful," exclaimed Harry.

"Of course, Harry, you will be more than useful. But hear me out," replied Jane. After a momentary pause during which Harry's expression conveyed a willingness to listen, Jane continued, "How do you think this ends?" she asked.

"I don't understand," replied Harry, confused.

"I have kidnapped you, haven't I? How do you think this ends?" repeated Jane.

"We will destroy all his Horcruxes, and we will kill Voldemort together," replied Harry. "I'm staying with you till then," he added.

Jane stood rooted at her spot. She wasn't anticipating that response from Harry. "I'm flattered, Harry," sighed Jane, with a smile. "All your friends and family believe that you have been kidnapped. They think you are in grave danger, that I'm some monster with sinister plans," she added.

Harry stared at Jane, unsure of what Jane was getting at.

"If you are seen with me, at 12, Grimmauld Place... I don't think it will end quite well, for you," remarked Jane. "You will have a hard time convincing your friends that you were at odds with me all this while," she added. "It is for the best that keep the pretence of kidnap for as long you are with me," she finished.

"I'm sure they will understand, Jane... What we are doing here is important," protested Harry.

"It is not about that," retorted Jane. "Everyone back home is spending a lot of time and resources in trying to find you," she remarked.

"Jane... none of this matters, finding the Horcruxes and destroying them, does," replied Harry. After a moment, he continued, "In fact, if anything, I would have told you to stay back and let me take care of things," began Harry but got shut off.

"Absolutely not," interjected Jane, laughing out loud.

"I knew you wouldn't agree," laughed Harry, in response. "But I do have an idea," he added.

"I'm all ears," said Jane, enthusiastically.

…

There was a cracking sound and Harry apparated in front of the house. He instantly looked around and realised that the street was empty. It was late in the night, quite dark, and the perfect time for the heist. He held out his wand and walked towards the hidden entrance.

Almost immediately, 12, Grimmauld Place appeared, right in the middle of its adjacent houses, almost as if it was shoving them aside. Harry pointed his wand at the door and instantly, the door slowly opened, accompanied by the usual set of mechanical sounds similar to turning gears. He turned around momentarily, looked around and then walked into the house.

A long hallway welcomed Harry, lit with gas lamps and a large overhead chandelier. He felt the familiar gloomy feeling as he walked in, however, the house was in a much better shape than he remembered.

"Good, there is no one here," sighed Harry, in a low whisper.

Carefully, he walked ahead and decided to snoop into the meeting room. He spent a few minutes, examining every nook and corner, but he couldn't set eyes on anything that resembled a locket, or anything that gave him the vibe of being Voldemort's Horcrux.

After a short while, he walked out of the meeting room and looked around. He couldn't see anyone and shook his head, realising the flaw in his plan.

However, suddenly, he heard a noise that alerted his senses. He turned towards the noise and stared carefully. It was such a feeble noise, faint footsteps, but it had vanished immediately.

Cautiously, Harry stepped ahead, taking every step after careful consideration. Just as he was hoping he wouldn't trip or clatter into anything, something jumped at him from the side.

Harry screamed, flicking his wand at the creature that had jumped at him. However, the elf was unaffected and managed to topple Harry.

Harry stared at the elf and heaved a sigh of relief. "Kreacher," he exclaimed. "You scared me," he exclaimed, loudly.

"Kreacher was wondering, why the Young Master was snooping around at this time of the night," said Kreacher, staring at Harry.

"Kreacher... I need your help," replied Harry.

"Blood traitor," exclaimed Kreacher, however in a whisper, barely audible to Harry.

"Kreacher," exclaimed Harry.

"Kreacher said nothing, Young Master," retorted the house elf "Oh, if my mistress knew, oh, how she'd cry," wailed Kreacher, once again, barely audible for Harry to hear.

After thinking for a moment, Harry dashed away, up the staircase. And Kreacher followed him.

"Young Master, stop," exclaimed Kreacher.

Harry decided to run inside Sirius' room and lock the door. He had to search the room, as quickly as he could.

Harry kept his wand pointed at the door while he rummaged through the room hastily. However, to his dismay, there was no sign of the locket.

Within a few seconds, he felt the door opening.

Without thinking twice, he flicked his wand at the door, muttering, "Bombarda Maxima"

Kreacher got blasted away, along with the door, buying more time.

Harry rushed out of the room and went inside the next room. But before he could close the door, Kreacher snapped his fingers at Harry and this time, Harry got smashed into the wall.

"Kreacher, please help me," exclaimed Harry, clutching his ribs.

"You are a traitor, and you are here to steal from the noble house of Black," retorted Kreacher, viciously. He was about to snap his fingers once again, but just as he was about to, he froze and fell backwards.

Quickly, Harry got up and rummaged through the room, once again, with no luck.

Harry exited the room, struggling with every step he took. However, just as he did, he looked up at the sign that hung above the threshold which read, "Do Not Enter Without the Express Permission of Regulus Arcturus Black"

"Regulus Arcturus Black," gasped Harry. "R.A.B.," he exclaimed.

Harry quickly dashed back inside the room, with a renewed vigour to find the locket. The door closed behind him instantly and Harry turned around.

"It is here," exclaimed Harry and started rummaging through the shelves once again.

Suddenly, he felt a hand on his shoulder and he came to a halt. He felt the tip of a wand touch the back of his neck and he relaxed.

There was complete silence in the room for a few seconds. And then came a hissing sound. Harry's eyes opened and scanned the room.

Within seconds, he turned and walked towards the other corner of the tiny room, to an old, rusty box. As he continued hissing, Harry knelt and opened the box. But there was no locket in sight.

Suddenly, a flash of white light hit the box and it shattered into pieces. However, beneath the rubble, a green light shone bright.

Harry came out of his trance and stared at the green light. "Got it," he exclaimed.

Just then, there was a blast and the door to the room they were in blew apart. A wounded Kreacher walked in and cursed at Harry, snapping his fingers. However, to Kreacher's shock, Harry was unharmed. The only thing that seemed to happen, was Harry flinched and ducked.

However, instantly, there was a cry that escaped Harry's mouth. "No," he cried, loudly. Harry flicked his wand once again at Kreacher and the house elf flew back and smashed against the wall.

Immediately, there was a cracking sound and Harry disappeared.

He reappeared outside the Black mansion.

"Jane," exclaimed Harry. "Oh my God," he gasped.

"Keep your voice down, Harry... It's just a gash, I'll survive," whispered Jane.

Right then, there were a lot of cracking sounds around them.

"Aurors," exclaimed Jane, in a low whisper. And immediately, the pair disappeared. But, before they could disappear, Harry was seen by a few of the Aurors.

…

Harry apparated right outside the Monastery. And after a moment, Jane appeared on sight, removing the cloak she was wearing.

She was bleeding from her abdomen but was able to stand on her feet.

"Why would you dive in front of Kreacher?" exclaimed Harry, shocked and worried.

"You won't survive a house-elf, Harry," retorted Jane, weakly. "Now, I hope you got the locket?" she asked.

Harry pulled out the locket from his pocket and threw it at the ground. "Give me the knife," he exclaimed.

"Harry, let me do it," said Jane.

"You are hurt... Let me do it, Jane," retorted Harry and held out his hand.

Jane handed Harry the knife carefully.

Harry turned around and walked towards the locket, lying on the ground. He knelt and instantly, stabbed the locket with the knife. Almost immediately, he got blasted away and fell to the ground.

"Harry," exclaimed Jane as she rushed to him. However, he was already unconscious.

"Aargh..." whimpered Harry, anguishing in pain, as he got up and stretched his arms and legs. He stared around his room, recollecting the events from the previous evening when they had destroyed yet another of Voldemort's Horcruxes. It still perplexed him how much and why he was affected every time a Horcrux was destroyed.

Putting those thoughts aside, he walked out of the room to find Jane. There was another thought that had struck him the night before, while he was at Grimmauld Place, that was starting to worry him. And he needed some answers, explanation or reassurance to feel better.

"Harry, you are up!" remarked Jane, surprised. "How are you feeling?" she asked.

"Not very well," he replied as he sat down beside her. "And you?" he asked.

"I'm doing much better," replied Jane. After a moment, she patted his back comfortingly and got up to get some of the potion that was being brewed to get Harry better. She came back a couple of minutes later, carrying a goblet full of a dark liquid, and handed it to Harry.

Harry gulped in the contents in one go, without even looking at it, the best way he had realised to drink the disgusting potion.

"There is something I wanted to ask you," began Harry as he kept the goblet down.

"Yeah?" responded Jane.

"It is about the trace," said Harry.

"About the trace?" asked Jane, surprised. "What about it?" she added.

"Do I not have the trace on me? How has anyone not found me yet?" asked Harry, with a look of confusion.

"Ah," sighed Jane, smiling. "I see the confusion here," she remarked. "The trace isn't as reliable and is not as closely monitored. Plus, I don't think the trace works outside the country, definitely not as far as another continent, Harry," she replied.

"So, when we were at Grimmauld Place, and before that, when we were at the cave, the trace didn't work?" asked Harry.

"I'm pretty sure the trace picked you up at Grimmauld Place," replied Jane. "The Aurors came for us at the end, didn't they?" she added, smirking.

Harry nodded in response, though he still looked a bit spooked.

…

A few days went by. Harry spent a lot of time every day honing his duelling skills, practising charms, hexes and curses, advanced transfiguration, etc. He was also getting ready to go under the procedure one last time. They still had the location of 2 Horcruxes to find.

Despite how engaged Harry kept himself, he still had loads of time on his hands, which he spent reading wizarding textbooks from the local library, at least the few that were in English. He also ended up spending a lot of time with Jane, asking her questions about intricate parts of her life from back when she was in her time. Things about the future, the life of wizards and muggles, how the world had evolved, and so on. While Jane carefully avoided all questions about her personal life, largely avoiding spilling anything about Lily's involvement, she did have a lot of fun watching Harry's mind get blown away by many of the evolutions.

One such evening, Harry broached a subject, he had never thought about. They were talking about Jane's life at Hogwarts, back when she was a student, all the stunts she had pulled, everything she and her friends had done for fun.

"... we had done some... interesting things with the Room of Requirement," chuckled Jane, her cheeks a shade of red.

However, Harry wasn't paying attention to that bit of her story. He was staring away, as a thought had occurred to him just then.

"Jane..." he began, confused. "I never thought to ask this," he said, glancing at her. "How did you... I mean, how did we... like how did you get out of Hogwarts?" he asked. Before Jane could respond to the question, Harry continued. "We duelled outside the chamber... And then you made me open it. How long did we hide in there for? How did no one find us?" he added.

Jane looked at him, intrigued. "Why are you asking about it, suddenly?" asked Jane, chuckling.

"No, it just occurred to me, when you were telling me about the apparition rules in the future," said Harry. "Well, you can't apparate out of Hogwarts, can you? And everyone would have covered all exits immediately. So, how did we get out without being seen?" he asked. "We couldn't have possibly used my invisibility cloak, it wouldn't fit both of us," he remarked, sounding increasingly perplexed.

Jane stared at him for a few seconds before she gave in. "Fine, you can know about it..." she smirked. "We didn't actually hide in the Chamber of Secrets," she replied. Harry stared at her, even more confused. "We got out of Hogwarts using the Chamber," she added.

"What?" retorted Harry, shocked. "There is an exit that connects to the Chamber?" he asked.

Jane nodded her head in response.

…

It was late in the evening when Jane finished retelling the escape from the Chamber of Secrets to Harry. He still had a lot of questions, a lot of ideas that had occurred to him hearing the story, that he wanted to pose to Jane. However, just then, they were interrupted by one of the Practitioners.

"Miss Smith, you should see this," said the Practitioner, handing out a newspaper.

Harry caught a quick glance at it. "How do you get the Daily Prophet here?" he asked, surprised.

"They only get special editions that are meant for the world," replied Jane as she glanced at the heading on the front page.

"Voldemort Declares Potter Truce"

"Whoa!" gasped Jane, as she clasped her hands over her mouth, reading the article that was published. A part of Voldemort's speech was quoted directly in the article,

"In the interest of unity, peace and the greater good of our country, I declare that Harry Potter is no longer my enemy!"

"Let's all take a moment towards a harmonious future, where old battles are forgotten and new alliances are formed."

"Jane, what happened?" asked Harry, taken aback by her reaction.

Jane handed Harry the paper and within seconds, his face wore the same reaction.

"What?" he gasped. "What does this even mean?" he asked.

"I... don't know," replied Jane, speechless.

"This has got to be a trick, right?" asked Harry. "That's why it is in the world feed. He wanted us to hear about this," he added.

"Did you read about the part where it says that he is now going to work with Hogwarts to find you?" remarked Jane. "I don't believe this," she added. "They could not have possibly stooped so low," she added.

"Yeah, there is no way the Order is working with You-know-who," replied Harry.

There was a collective silence for a few minutes as the news ruminated in their heads.

"We need to find the location of the rest of the Horcruxes, as soon as possible," remarked Jane, strongly, glancing at Harry.

Harry glanced back at Jane, meeting his eyes with hers. "I am ready, Jane," he replied, confidently.

"Let's start the preparations then," she remarked and got up to speak with the Practitioners.

Harry lay down on the floor and waited for the ritual to begin. It had been a couple of days since they had decided to go through with the ritual for one final time. Jane found herself standing at the far end of the room, impatiently waiting for the ritual to begin.

The Practitioners walked into the Sanctuary and formed a circle around Harry. And soon, the ritual started. Harry felt the familiar feeling of being carried upwards by an invisible force, and he was placed down, carefully, on top of a blazing fire.

And slowly, as the burning sensation grew, he felt his eyes shut.

…

It had been a couple of days since the ritual had started. Jane was sitting right outside the sanctuary, waiting for the results, the locations of the final two Horcruxes, the final two excluding Harry, of course. The Practitioners had informed her just a short while back that the ritual would be completed by the next sun-dawn.

Just then, as she was waiting, one of the Practitioners rushed towards her. However, this Practitioner was not part of the ritual. She was responsible for talking to the visitors of the Monastery.

"Miss Smith," she exclaimed, a little breathlessly, as she rushed towards her.

"Yes, what happened?" asked Jane.

"There is someone here to see you," she gasped.

"What?" gasped Jane, shocked. "Did you tell them I'm here?" she asked.

"No, of course not... But he is asking for you, and he is insistent that he meet with you," replied the Practitioner.

"Did he tell you his name?" asked Jane, dreading. "Is it..." she began and paused.

"He did... It was... Uh..." began the Practitioner, struggling to say it out loud. "Sev...ver...rass Snapppe..." she replied, after a moment.

"What? Severus Snape?" retorted Jane, stunned.

"What should I do, Miss Smith?" asked the Practitioner.

"You do know that he is working for the Dark Lord now?" asked Jane. "Why did you come here? You should have sent him away, pretended not to know what he was talking about," she exclaimed, annoyed and worried.

"Miss Smith... He threatened to kill me," retorted the Practitioner, shivering.

Jane cried in despair. After a pause, she heaved a sigh, "He found us... I'll handle him now," she remarked and got up.

Jane made her way to the entrance along with the Practitioner. Sure enough, the moment she reached there, her eyes fell on the once Professor of Hogwarts, now a member of Voldemort's Ministry, Severus Snape.

"Jane," exclaimed Snape, a hint of surprise in his expression.

"Severus," greeted Jane, coldly.

"Where is Harry?" asked Snape, concerned. "How is he doing?" he added.

Jane stared at Snape blankly. "He is alive," replied Jane.

"I know that Harry is doing much better than what you would like the world to believe," remarked Snape. "You are up... to something, Jane," he added, his voice dripping with suspicion.

"What do you want, Severus?" exclaimed Jane, annoyed.

"I know what you are trying to do here, the question is, how much have you progressed?" replied Snape.

Jane stared at Snape, blankly, presenting her best poker face.

"Your little stunt at the headquarters... was it worth it?" he asked.

"I have no idea what you are talking about, Severus," replied Jane, coolly.

"You were there, weren't you? Hiding under the invisibility cloak," remarked Snape. "Why did you risk coming back to the country?" he asked.

"I suggest you go back home, Severus... Well done finding us, but if you don't leave... now... there will be consequences," threatened Jane, taking out her elder wand.

Snape stared at Jane and started smirking after a pause. "You found one, didn't you?" he remarked, grinning. "It was with those incompetent fools?" he asked, surprised.

"Severus... this is your final warning," exclaimed Jane.

"Did you destroy it?" asked Snape, sounding a lot more serious and genuine.

Jane stared back at Severus, without a response.

"Good... I hope we have one less to worry about," remarked Snape.

"Drop the act, Severus... Nobody's believing your superspy act," retorted Jane, smirking. "You are a death eater and there's only one thing we do to you lot," she exclaimed, pointing her wand at him.

"I came to warn you, Jane," replied Snape, calmly. "You made a mess at Grimmauld Place, and your reclusive life is coming to an end," he continued. Jane kept her wand pointed at him. "Run... before someone worse finds you," he warned and turned around.

Jane kept her wand pointed at Snape as he walked away. Somehow, she couldn't bring herself to attack him.

…

It was well past midnight, closer to sunrise. Jane had dozed off, sitting right outside the Sanctuary. It was the first few minutes of sleep she had been getting ever since Harry went under the fire.

Right then, the doors to the Sanctuary opened, waking her from her nap.

"Wh... what happened?" asked Jane, her voice coarse.

"We have good news, Miss Smith," replied the Chief Practitioner.

"You found the Horcruxes?" asked Jane, excitedly, getting up.

"Yes, Miss Smith, we have," replied the Practitioner accompanying the Chief.

"Where are they?" asked Jane.

"The first one looks like a... Diadem, encrusted with a precious stone," began the Chief Practitioner. "You will find it hidden in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry," she added.

"What?" gasped Jane. "One of the Horcruxes is at Hogwarts?" she exclaimed, shocked.

"Indeed, Miss Smith, looks like you have struck luck," smiled the Chief.

"And the other one?" asked Jane after a moment.

"That one... is quite difficult to locate, seems to be on the move quite a lot," began the Chief.

"I don't understand," interjected Jane.

"Looks like the Dark Lord placed a piece of his soul inside a living creature, Miss Smith," replied the Practitioner. "Another piece of his soul, if I might say," she added.

"What?" retorted Jane, confused.

"The creature you should be looking for, is a snake," finished the Chief.

Jane stared at the Practitioners, spellbound. After a few seconds, she spoke up, "When will Harry be up?" she asked.

"In a few hours," replied the accompanying Practitioner.

"And how long before I can take him out of here?" asked Jane. "For good, this time," she added, cautiously.

"Oh, you are planning on leaving us permanently, Miss Smith?" asked the Chief.

"This place is no longer safe..." replied Jane.

"He should be ready in a couple of weeks," replied the Chief.

…

Harry woke up a couple of mornings later with a familiar aching sensation throughout his body. He slowly made his way out of his room and found Jane, who looked in a hurry.

"Hi, Jane," greeted Harry.

Jane came to a halt the moment she heard his voice. "Hey, you are up!" she exclaimed, softly. "How are you feeling?" she asked.

"Surprisingly, not as bad as before," replied Harry, chuckling. "So, did we find the Horcruxes?" he asked.

Jane filled Harry in on the description and locations of the Horcruxes.

"Nagini," whispered Harry at the end of it.

"Nagini?" asked Jane.

"That's his pet, or that's what I thought. Now we know, that is also a Horcrux," replied Harry. "So, these 2 Horcruxes... one is at Hogwarts and one is with You-know-who?" he remarked, after a moment.

Jane nodded in response, sulking a little.

"So, what's our plan?" asked Harry. Jane remained silent for a minute before Harry continued. "Jane," he called, a look of concern on his face. "Don't worry about Hogwarts and Nagini, we will figure out a way to get to the Horcruxes," he remarked.

Jane smiled at him. "That's not it, Harry... Something happened while you were under the ritual," she replied. "And there is something that I hid from you," she added.

"What happened?" asked Harry, calmly.

"I was contacted by Benjamin White... Grindelwald, I mean... A few days after we destroyed the locket," began Jane and Harry stared at her, a shocked expression spreading over his face. "He offered to help us... help me with the Horcruxes," she said.

"That's perfect, Jane," exclaimed Harry, happily. Quickly, he continued, "But, you don't sound too excited," he remarked, cautiously.

"I don't trust him, Harry. I cannot trust him," replied Jane. "So, I told him to..." she began and paused. "Well, I said no, in a not-so-pleasant way," she remarked.

"Oh," sighed Harry, deflated. "Jane," he began after a moment. "You can trust him... All he has ever done for me... I don't know what kind of person he was before, but he is no longer that person," he remarked.

There was a calm silence for a few minutes before Jane spoke up. "Well, White was the first one who found us. While you were under the ritual, someone else found us too," she said.

"Who?" asked Harry.

"Severus Snape," replied Jane, sulking.

"What?" gasped Harry. "Jane, what did he want?" he asked.

"He came to warn us, that we should escape from here soon," replied Jane. "He also knew what we were doing here," she added.

"Jane, this is terrible," retorted Harry, hastily. "Why did you let him leave? What if he tells You-know-who everything?" he asked. After a few seconds, he continued, "Come to think of it, he knows that we know about Horcruxes. What if he told You-know-who? He will know we are hunting his Horcruxes, and he won't hesitate to create more," exclaimed Harry, nervously.

"I don't know, Harry... Snape could have already told You-know-who, but the way he spoke, it seemed he was on our side," remarked Jane. "I don't know," she repeated.

"We cannot trust Snape," exclaimed Harry.

"Anyway, that's why I was thinking..." began Jane and glanced at Harry. "It's time we went home," she said.

So... The boy-who-lived is coming home! I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

PS - I'm sorry to have teased the Chamber of Secrets, twice now, without delving into it. I promise, in the next chapter, you will get to experience it. So, stay tuned! Ciao!