The Horcrux Conundrum

Harry followed the voice and when he found them they were sitting at the table, eating Scotch eggs and sipping tea. They looked up, gave a greeting, and then resumed their meal. The teen joined them, and Winky set a cup in front of him, which he thanked her for, making her blush and pop away. Pouring himself some tea. "So, what are you guys doing today?" he asked as he sipped.

"I've got nothing planned, but Moony's going to the Room to work on his magic," Sirius stated, looking at his old friend with a smile. He was just glad the werewolf finally got it. "Luna said he's finally far enough along that he could probably do what we do, if he doesn't get pigheaded again. Well she said infested, but I knew what she meant." He smirked at his best mate.

"So, Harry, did you discover what animals you are?" the greying-haired man asked, turning the conversation away from him. He hated it when Sirius teased him about how slow he learned this new magic. "I know the twins were going to tell you guys yesterday. They wouldn't stop talking about it."

"Yeah, it's great. I'm disappointed that I didn't think of it first. However, it's okay, because we all found our animal," the multi-Animagus stated, and then proceeded to tell them who was what. He laughed at the shocked look on their faces when he got to his forms.

"You have three forms," Sirius said in awe. He knew the kid was powerful, but damn.

"It's really not that big of a deal," Harry said with a shrug, playing it off as if it were nothing, not wanting the attention. Well, not from these guys anyway. When he was ready, he'd tell whoever he wanted, but for now it might just give him a tactical advantage. "Don't brag about it either, remember you're both under a vow," he said pointedly. "Nothing I do can be told to anyone."

"Alright, Harry, but you do know that it will get out one day," Remus warned with a firm look, and then finished off his eggs.

Winky popped in and with a snap of her fingers, the dishes were gone, leaving only the cups behind. The three then went to sit in the living room, bringing their unfinished tea with them.

"I never would've figured Luna for something that large," the dogman said, complying with Harry's wish and dropping his forms as he stroked his goatee, which he finally could get on his own. All it took was a bit of concentration. He was now able to change his looks to whatever he wanted.

"She didn't either, to hear her say," Harry agreed with a nod.

"I hope you didn't tease Hermione too badly. I'm sure she was hoping for something a bit more noble," Remus fretted a bit, knowing from past experience that kids could be cruel. He liked the bookworm and if the boys did tease her, he hoped she got them back.

"Not really, we may have laughed a bit, but we left it mostly alone," the teen said, waving it away. "Anyway, Padfoot, if you're not busy, I've got something for you." He then pulled out the rubber ball. "Behold, the Great and Wonderful Voldemort," he exclaimed grandly, holding it for all to see.

The two men had no idea how to react to that. They had been trained from a young age to fear the evil man, this small part of him in a rubber ball, well that wasn't scary… much. They went through a series of emotions, and finally settled on cautiously curious. Remus leaned forward to see if he could detect the vileness of the supposedly dead wizard in the child's toy. Nothing. There was nothing Dark coming off the object, which made him glance at Sirius. He gave a subtle shake of his head, indicating that he didn't detect any evil.

"Are you sure, Harry?" Sirius asked, then backpedaled when his godson glared at him. "What I mean is, we can't feel anything 'evil' coming off that." He waved at the toy and squinted his eyes as if that would make the 'evil' appear.

"Well, of course not. It's contained and made to be unescapable, we wouldn't want it to cause problems. That and I don't want it to influence anyone with its negative emotions," the boy explained, bouncing the horcrux against the wall, making the men flinch. "I don't know much about horcruxes, but I know that it had a bad effect on me. So, I figured I'd put it in something that would prevent that."

"That sounds like a good plan. Now that you have it trapped, what do we do with it?" his godfather asked, watching the vicious look on his godson's face as he played catch with the toy.

"Don't know, don't care. I leave it in your hands now. You said you'd check if there were more. I'm going to leave it to you to get rid of any you find. I know that the wanker can't be killed until they are gone. So, I hope you don't find any," Harry replied as he caught the ball and handed it over to Sirius. "Oh, by the way, don't melt it, unless you have it contained. If you do, then it will just escape and who knows what will happen. Just know that fire, unless it's really hot, won't kill it," he warned not wanting them to get caught flatfooted.

"Right," the older man said sheepishly as he held the ball gingerly. "Do you think the soul piece is aware? If I bounce it around, will it feel it?" he asked with a mischievous grin.

"I'm not sure. It seems to have emotions, but I'm not sure on if it has thoughts or physical feelings. When I examined it, it didn't seem to contain any memories, and it didn't communicate. So, either it's being very stubborn or it's just a blank piece of soul. I wouldn't take it out of that container to find out though," he warned again, wondering if he was making the right decision leaving it with the immature man.

"I'll take that," Moony growled, grabbing the ball from Padfoot's hand, making the glamored man pout. "You can't be trusted with something like this. I'll take it to Amelia, maybe she can do something with it." He figured that if they worked together they could put an end to You-Know-Who once and for all.

"Moony," Sirius whined, even though he knew what his friend said was true.

"No," the other man said firmly, putting the ball in his pocket and charming it six ways to Sunday.

"Fine," Black pouted, folding his arms like a petulant child. Then his mood shifted again, and he looked at his godson. "What say you and me go to London and check out the birds""

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