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Harry Potter NR.4
Date: 8/19/2016, Categories: Fiction Fan fiction, Author: zimbi
... Neville, he chose you. Maybe because Tom is a half-blood too, I am not sure, but he tried to kill you, not Neville. There was no doubt after he attacked and marked you that you are the subject of the prophecy. The orb was relabeled after Tom attacked you and your parents that night." "Professor, I should tell you that your timing was lousy tonight. I was just about to kill Voldemort when you showed up." Dumbledore raised an eyebrow and looked at Harry. "Forgive me Harry but as I recall he had you under the Cruciatus curse when I arrived. I thought it prudent to get you released from it as soon as possible." "That brings me to the secrets I need to share with you Professor. I can overcome the Cruciatus. Granted Tom's is much worse than anyone else's I have felt but when you came in I had it under control and was pretending to still be in pain. I was lining up my finger and building up my magic so I could cast a powerful stunner and blow a nice round hole right through him and kill him. Your spell prevented that from happening." "How are you able to throw off the Cruciatus? You already can throw off the Imperius. How do you do it?" "It took a lot of experimenting and practice but it is a combination of my focus technique used in Isshinryu Karate to ignore pain and my healing magic. By putting those two together I can overpower the curse and negate most of its effects to the point where I can function. I imagine if someone less powerful than Tom hit me with it I could overcome ...
... it completely." "So you can do wandless magic and throw off two of the three unforgiveable curses. Actually, we can safely say you have successfully thrown off all three unforgiveable curses. That is amazing Harry but you need to hear the other information I have to share. It is the reason I told you to stay out of it and that it is not your time yet to face him." "I was going to ask you about that." "Harry, the reason Voldemort was able to come back to life was due to him using some very dark magic, some of the darkest ever used. He created horcruxes." "What is a horcrux?" "A horcrux is a powerful object that a dark wizard or witch hides a fragment of his or her soul in as a means of obtaining immortality. While a part of your soul is anchored in this object, your body can be destroyed but your soul will be anchored to the Earth." "How does one go about fragmenting their soul to achieve this, Professor?" "You have to commit murder, Harry. It is very dark magic." "You said horcruxes as in plural. How many did Tom create?" "I am not sure quite yet on the number. Although he may have created as many as seven." "Seven?" "Yes, seven is a magical number and it would be quite difficult to achieve that many horcruxes, however it would be virtually impossible to fragment your soul any further than that. I am working on finding out as much as I can so I can be more certain about the number. Do you remember at the end of your second year when you brought me Tom's diary?" "Yes?" "That ...