1. Harry Potter Promise NR.11


    Date: 9/18/2017, Categories: Fiction Fan fiction, Author: zimbi

    ... have classes tomorrow. Please ensure no one catches you. I would hate to have to take any points from Gryffindor tonight." Harry smiled and nodded, before he and Ginny left. Once the adults were alone, Snape turned back to the others. "Switching topics, that… turn of events I told you about this summer, I believe it might bear fruit." Amelia looked confused, and the others, intrigued. "What's going on?" The Minister asked, looking from the professor to her husband. Snape considered for a moment, before deciding that Amelia should be brought into the discussion, so he spent a few minutes telling her about his thoughts on Narcissa and her possible defection. Amelia stared. "Are you certain?" she asked softly. "Bringing Mrs. Malfoy into our confidence would require a good deal of trust, and to be perfectly blunt, I'm not sure if I am comfortable with that." Snape sighed. "I'm not suggesting anything right now, I am simply telling you that I think she might be willing to jump ship. Black, perhaps this summer we could speak with her together, and you can present your offer to accept her back into your family. That may prove even more persuasive than anything I might suggest. Narcissa has always been about image, and the Black family name holds more prestige than the Malfoy one. Especially after her husband's arrest." Sirius nodded slightly. "It would be a good motivator for her. Continue to work on her, and we'll see where we stand this summer." Snape agreed, and Sirius and ...
    ... Amelia left soon after. XXX That weekend, Harry and his friends all spent Saturday morning in the Room of Requirement, as he and Ginny finally told the others about what they had learned. Predictably, they were all disgusted at the thought of someone actually creating a horcrux. "That's horrible," Hermione scrunched up her nose. "I mean, I know this is Voldemort we're talking about, so I shouldn't be too surprised, I just can't believe anyone would actually send an innocent soul to their death to save themselves." "That's probably a good thing, that you can't picture it," Harry replied grimly. "It speaks to your character. But like you said, this is Voldemort we're talking about. He fears death and would not balk at killing a hundred innocents to keep himself from dying." There was a moment of silence before Blaise spoke up. "So you say that basilisk venom can kill these things? And you want to use the Sword of Gryffindor?" Harry nodded. "After I stabbed the basilisk, it became impregnated with the venom. We're going to make a fake and switch it with the real thing, so Dumbledore doesn't find out." "But how does that work?" Susan asked. "Why do you need something like basilisk venom to destroy these things? Why can't you just smash it?" Harry sighed. "Horcruxes are difficult to destroy. You can't just break the object. You need to destroy it beyond even magical repair. The piece of the soul can't exist without something to anchor it, so when you destroy that anchor, the soul dies ...
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