Darkness // Tom Riddle // Voldemort // (2.2)

Horcrux

'one of these days I'm going to go into the kitchen and make a proper meal.' Lula was telling severus over dinner at the high table. 'elf made food is just... lacking.' Lula told him pushing the food aroud her plate.

'Somethings not right...' lula noted softly, seeing draco running out of the great hall.

Draco stood panting for breath in the back bathroom looking at his reflection in the mirror a pant escaped him as he cried out, facing a mental confliction.

'I know what you did! I know what you are!' harry called after him. Draco threw a spell him outraged but Harry fired back back-and-forth back-and-forth back-and-forth. They broke a pipe and water was spilling out everywhere Lula and Severus heard the commotion pushing open the doors and searching for Draco and Harry. She heard Harry shout out to spell a curse she knew that curse she ran ahead to see harry, a wand clutched viciously in his hand. Lula dropped to the ground before Draco his blood seeping away with the water. Lula did a spell her wand held over dracos body and the blood flowed back into him.

'Its okay.' Lula coed. 'Its gonna be okay.' Draco blinked up at her. once she knew draco was going to be okay she looked to harry a deadly glare, severus saw a burning light in her eyes. She turned her wand at harry a curse on her lips but severus stepped in front of her.

'Get out!' he demanded, pushing harry away. 'Now, potter.' Severus demanded. Lula panted her breath heavy in her chest wand still pointed at harry tears in her eyes. Harry slowly backed up realizing what he did, what would have happened if professor Malfoy wasn't there to stop it. He would have killed Draco. If professor snape wasn't there professor Malfoy would have killed harry too.

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Harry had his liquid luck. He decided he wanted to go for a walk. To much complaint from Hermione and ron he left, finding professor slughorn in the greenhouse before heading to hagrids. He saw professor Malfoy standing there, next to Hagrid her face pinched with disgust. While Hagrid sobbed.

'I hate spiders.' lula said walking off, 'of all sizes.'

'He was my eldest friend.' hagrid told her. 'They are misunderstood creatures.'

'And the pinchers' harry noted acting strangely lula thought walking away.

'I dont mean to be insensitive but could i extra some venom for research purposes.' Slughorn asked

'I suppose its not doing him any good now.' Lula got farther away just barely hearing the spiders eulogy she chuckled at the thought as she made it back to the castle. But then she spun back around. What was potter doing? He was up to something. She started to head back when an owl hovered in front of her.

'come home.' It said the owl quickly flew away as lula waved a dismissive hand.

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'I got it professor!' harry declared, albus rose from his chair and they both stuck their heads in the pensive.

'time flies when you are having fun, doesn't it?' slughorn remarked. 'off to bed.' Their friends headed off but lula stayed with tom. 'Look sharp Tom you don't wanna be caught out of bed after hours...' but tom didn't move. 'is something you mind?'

'You see I didn't know who I could go to the other professors are not like you...' tom informed him sweetly. 'I didn't think they would understand.' Tom went on.

'Go on' slughorn encouraged.

'I was in the library the other night and the restricted section,'

'The restricted section?' slughorn questioned

'quite a lot of fun reads in there.' lula informed him wrapping her arms around Toms waist.

'I read some thing... I was hoping you could help me understand it.'

'Alright,' slughorn agreed.

'I read some thing rather odd about a bit of rare magic is called as I understand it a Horcrux.' Tom told him.

'I beg your pardon?' slughorn nearly choked out.

'Horcrux.' Lula clarified.

'Horcrux, I couldn't understand while reading I couldn't fully understand it.' Tom told him calmly.

'what you were reading Tom is very dark stuff very dark indeed.' Slughorn told him.

'Which is why I came to you.' Tom told him

'A Horcrux is an item in which you can conceal part of your soul.' Slughorn told him

'Yes but I do not understand how that works.' Tom told him getting closer.

'One splits one soul and hides it an object so that way it can be protected and stored.' Slughorn told him cautiously.

'Protected?'

'Protected...' lula thought that through.

'Part of your soul is hidden in the charm. Other words you cannot die.' Slughorn told him, as Tom turned to the fire.

'And how does one split his soul?' tom pondered.

'I think you already know the answer to that' slughorn reminded him.

'Murder?' lula's voice a whisper.

'Murder.' Tom's voice crisp and clear.

'Yes killing rips the soul of the a apart.' Slughorn confirmed.

'Can you only split the soul once? Could you do it seven times?' tom questioned.

'Seven times! isn't bad enough to consider murdering one person but to rip the soul into seven pieces?' slughorn said baffled. 'This is all hypothetical right Tom? purely academic?' slughorn said nervously.

'Of course sir it will be our little secret.' Tom assured. 'Come on lula.' Tom said leading her out.