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Chapter #29: Mortality.

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Hermione could only stare with her eyes wide open as the mist started to come out of Harry’s forehead, but then, something else happened on the other side of the room of requirement, coming out from one cabinet, some kind of tiara was floating in the air.

“Could that be…The famous Ravenclaw Diadem?!” She asked herself with a surprised expression.

Then she was surprised the moment the black mist came out of the diadem too and to say that she was astonished would be a complete understatement, she decided to hug and hold Harry as she watched the two black mists acquire the same form.

“Voldemort!” Hermione said angrily as she saw the two misty figures laughing at her.

“All of you are going to pay!” The mist swore but Hermione didn’t say anything, she neither moved from her position.

And then it finally happened, the diadem fell to the ground just like Harry, it seemed like had had lost consciousness.

“Harry, no!” Begged Hermione with almost tears in her eyes.

However, she then realized something, he was breathing normally and his heart was beating normally too but he was still unconscious which made her feel suspicious about it, she took a look at his forehead and saw that some blood was coming out of the scar, however, upon a deeper inspection, she realized something, the scar was gone.

Hermione couldn’t believe it, Harry would be so happy once heard the news about his car, so, she decided to levitate both her boyfriend and the diadem before she took them to the hospital wing as she thought about what to tell the teachers once they get questioned.

“Miss Granger, what is the meaning of this?” Asked the mediwtich as she saw Harry Potter's current state. “And what is that thing—” Pomfrey was stopped by Hermione.

“No Madam Pomfrey, that thing was cursed, let me tell you what happened,” Hermione said with a serious tone.

She told the nurse a lie, she told her that she and Harry were studying in one of the abandoned classrooms when he suddenly fell on his knees and then, she told her that the tiara was hidden in that room too but it was transfigured into something else, she explained how a black mist came out of Harry’s forehead and the tiara.

“What the—” Madam Pomfrey said as she treated Harry.

She didn’t want to voice what she wanted to say but she had a theory about what happened and it was a scary one, she needed to speak with the headmaster, unfortunately for her, she wasn’t the only one, but in the end, she still managed to send a patronus to him explaining everything that happened.

Meanwhile at Grimmauld Place…

Bill Weasley, Fleur Delacour, Sirius Black, and Nymphadora Tonks were telling Dumbledore what they saw and before the old headmaster could say something, Poppy’s patronus arrived with important news, the mediwtich said something similar to what they went through but in this case, they gasped as the heard that it happened to Harry and one interesting object too, however, they were glad to know that Harry was fine.

“Albus…What’s the meaning of this?” Asked Sirius with a shocked expression.

“That my canine friend is something I can’t say a word about,” Dumbledore said with a nervous tone.

He was playing around with the ring he found at Gault shack, luckily the death of the soul inside the ring killed the curse placed on it so Dumbledore was fine, however, there’s something worse attached to this ring and Dumbledore knows about, something more addicting than anything else, it was the resurrection stone and he was too tempted to use it again, he managed to speak with Ariana before he received a call from his allies.

“He has horcruxes, right?” Asked Bill with a serious tone.

Dumbledore was about to stop the red-haired man, however, it was too late, he was so immersed in the resurrection stone that he was caught off guard by Bill’s words.

“A what?” Asked Tonks with a confused expression.

“Yeah, what is that?” The French witch asked as she hugged one of Bill’s arms.

Dumbledore gritted his teeth, he didn’t want to say anything but even if he thought he had all the knowledge about those things he forgot that he was in the ancestral home of one of the families that are devoted to dark magic.

“It’s a horrible thing, the vilest form of magic, thanks to a ritual done on certain special days where our magic is at its peak, after doing that ritual, if you kill someone you can split your soul and deposit that piece of soul in one object thus technically making yourself immortal,” Sirius explained with a cold tone.

His words caused everyone to shiver, Dumbledore couldn’t help but sigh in defeat, there was no point trying to hold that information any longer.

“However, it’s a very complicated thing to do, my grandfather always told us how our family has tried to create one for centuries but anyone who tried failed, in fact, there was one time in which one of my ancestors lost his body, he disintegrated after trying do it,” Sirius explained before gulping.

“And you’re telling me that not only he made one but five?! And Harry was one too?” Asked Tonks with tears in her eyes.

Everyone stared at Dumbledore, he had been silent this whole time but then, he sighed.

“No, he made seven actually, there’s Nagini but she was mysteriously killed after attacking Arthur, and then…The diary that was destroyed by Harry during his second year,” admitted Dumbledore with a smirk.

Everyone looked at him with concerned expressions, this was no moment for anyone to smirk.

“What’s so funny?” Asked Sirius with a worried tone.

“Oh, nothing nothing…It’s just that, I had the theory that he made seven Horcruxes, and it seems like I was proven right,” the old wizard chuckled.

This terrified most of the people in the room.

“Can’t you guys see it? He’s mortal again, he can be killed!” Dumbledore said trying to cheer up the mood.

It took a while for them to realize the implications of what was going on and then, they smiled too and started to chuckle, Tonks suddenly hugged Sirius while Fleur kissed Bill with such an intensity that made him forget a bit about what they went through.

“But here comes the tricky part,” Dumbledore said with a serious expression. “Now we have to find a way to lure him out of Malfoy’s manor so Harry can kill him and he has to do it in a place with many witnesses, or else the ministry will never leave him alone,” those words were enough to make them come back to reality.

Sirius also wanted to have a talk with Albus, it’s clear that the old wizard knew Harry was a Horcrux but didn’t say anything, they could have found a way to remove it, they were lucky whatever caused this didn't kill Harry, or else, Sirius wouldn’t have been so calm right now.

Meanwhile at Malfoy’s manor.

“Get out!” Voldemort hissed angrily before he kicked Snape out of his room.

“Severus…Is he going to be alright?” Asked Lucius with a fake concerned expression, it's clear that he wanted to earn the dark lord's favor back.

“Yeah, he’s fine he just for some reason became paranoid more than he already was,” Snape explained.

“Severus…We wanted to ask you something, do you know what Draco is doing in the forbidden forest every day?” Asked Narcissa with a confused expression.

“What are you talking about Cissa? You guys know what he did, right? I permitted him to floo back here so you guys could send him to Durmstrange or the States!” Snape couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

“But his wand…The tracking charm shows that he’s in the forbidden forest every time we use it!” Narcissa, Lucius, and Snape were nervous.

They had no idea where Draco was.