The Will of Gil (Harry Potter)

Chapter 79

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Chapter 79- On the Path.

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Well, this has been an interesting couple of weeks. Especially since I have been in such close quarters with a goddamn Horcrux and I somehow haven't managed to lose my mind... but if I did lose my mind, then I wouldn't know about it, would I, because I need a mind to realise I've lost my mind and... I haven't lost my mind, I don't think. Anyway, enough existential crisis or whatever you call whatever that was. I still have all my faculties after prolonged exposure to a Horcrux, which is the most sickening magic out there, and I've benefited from it.

Now, where to start? I suppose it would be best to start with the actual purpose of this Horcrux, which is the curse it maintains on the Defence Against the Dark Arts position. After I removed the Diadem from the Room of Requirement, the curse disappeared and was no longer in effect. I was surprised to find the insidious effects of the Diadem on my mind no longer there when I went in to do the regular cleaning and stop it from taking hold again, and it wasn't there. Of course, I didn't just trust that, and I kept checking several times a day just in case something was different. I still check it now and again, but it isn't there every time I look.

Now, of course, I had to take measures when it came to actually using the thing and getting what I wanted out of it. Of course, I had months while in this school and searching for it to figure all of that out, and Salazar's Spellbook helped out immensely, the man has done a lot of research on the soul only for me to reap the rewards. I do occasionally wonder what the man was up to, though because you don't invest that much time and effort into something without a specific goal in mind. He was definitely up to something, but it was centuries ago, so it doesn't matter now... I hope.

Anyway, A Horcrux could essentially be termed as a soul container, but the book taught me how to make a soul catcher. Similar, but very different. You see, a soul catcher could be however big you want it to be, and for that matter, I don't see anything restraining you from making a Horcrux something big as well. If I were Voldemort, I would definitely go put a piece of my soul into a very well-guarded national landmark or precious something like the queen's jewels. Lots of free security. The muggles won't know what it is, and no Wizard is about to interact with them. Brilliant really.

Back to what I was saying, I made one of those tents that are bigger on the inside a soul catcher. What this essentially did was make any loose soul inside inert, basically stopping it from doing anything and keeping it sealed. My mind had only clicked after I had entered it that maybe my soul was loose and could be made inert as this wasn't my actual body, but thankfully, whatever put me in this body did a solid job because the soul catcher didn't affect me. And when I took the Diadem out of the bag of holding, it didn't have any effect.

Now, it was only a matter of tapping into the connections between the Horcruxes and following them back to their other pieces. Something easier said than done because I didn't actually have a guide for this. Don't get me wrong, I've learnt a lot from the spellbook, and the stuff in it is definitely going to help me out in my endeavour, but for the most part, I am on my own as I have to do all the legwork now. Well, it's not like I am not used to hard work; after all, I had managed to follow the curse back to the Diadem. Similar, except I am going to have to follow souls that are connected and not curses that are being powered.