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"I found some in my old robes." Albus grinned. "Though they are only a few decades old, I'm sure the taste is the same. Just remove the mold growing and it will taste just fine."

Filius Flitwick scowled and spat out the candy.

"What's so funny?" Perenelle asked when she noticed Apolline was smiling while she sipped her tea.

"I just noticed something, grandmamma." Apolline said. "It's about you and your husband."

"Oh?" Penny raised her eyebrows at the half veela. "What do you find amusing about us, dear?"

"Ever since Harry came into our lives, I noticed that you and Nicholas are happier. You have started to attend our parties again, and stopped your habit of living like hermits."

Penny smiled and looked at her 'great grandchildren' that were lounging around in the garden. "Having to outlive our children and great grandchildren is painful, and Nicky and I decided to refrain from having contact with our descendants."

"We know." Apolline said. "What made you change your minds?"

"Harry... and all of you." Penny said. "Our family is growing, and Nicholas and I felt that it will be a waste not to share our lives with the children."

"Aren't you afraid that it will happen again?" Apolline asked.

"Not anymore. We have stopped drinking the elixir." Penny smiled. "Nicky and I thought that we should live the rest of our natural lives peacefully"

Penny looked around looking for her husband. "Where is Nicky?"

"He's talking with Harry and Julian." Apolline said. She looked at her daughters and found them happily picking flowers while Harry's friend Tonks walked across the shore of the small lagoon, her feet submerged in ankle deep water.

"It's almost time for lunch." Apolline stood up and adjusted her skirt. "I think it's a good idea to have a picnic outside, it's a beautiful day."

Penny agreed and waved her wand, making a picnic table and chairs materialize out of thin air.

"This diary is a Horcrux." Nicholas said as he prodded the small book with his wand.

"Whore what?" Harry asked.

"A Hor-crux." Julian said slowly. "Are you sure Nicholas?"

"I'm sure." Nicholas said, his face dead serious. "This is how Lord Voldemort managed to live after you vanquished him Harry. It's very dark magic."

"How?" Harry asked, eyeing the diary warily.

"A Horcrux is a vessel to contain a part of his soul." Nicholas said. "It is the darkest of magics, designed to cheat death by anchoring one's soul to earth."

"Can we destroy it?" Julian asked.

"There are only two ways to destroy a Horcrux." Nicholas said. "The first is to summon a Fiendfyre."

"That's dangerous." Julian said. "Summoning a fire elemental is extremely difficult, and the caster can get consumed by his own elemental. Very few wizards can control a Fiendfyre, and even they have a hard time maintaining control over it."

"I can summon a Fiendfyre, but I'm afraid of the destruction it will cause." Nicholas said. "There is another way, and I am grateful that the sorting hat gave you that sword Harry."

"Gryffindor's sword?" Harry asked. He barely played with the sword, since he didn't like its design. He wanted a samurai sword, like that of his favorite toy Snake Eye's.

"It's a metal made by Goblins." Nicholas said. "The property of this extremely rare metal makes it virtually indestructible, and it only grows stronger and absorbs the properties anything it can contact with."

"Absorb?" Harry scratched his head. "How does a metal 'absorb'?"

"I'll explain." Nicholas smiled. "There are very few substances on earth that can destroy a Goblin wrought metal, that's why they are so valuable. If I submerged the sword in a concentrated cauldron of some unknown and powerful Acid for a prolonged period, the metal will eventually dissolve. However, if I pulled out the sword after exposure, the properties of the metal will make it immune to the acid, and obtain the acid's corrosive properties."

"So acid can destroy a Horcrux?" Julian asked. "Is that the other way aside from Fiendfyre?"

"No, a Horcrux can be protected from corrosive substances. There is only one substance on earth destructive enough to kill the soul fragment and its container even with its protective enchantments." Nicholas said. "Basilisk Venom, and we need a good quantity of it too."

"Do you know how rare that is?" Julian said. "The only known Basilisk in existence is in Romania, and that thing has its eyes blinded. It barely produces any venom in sufficient quantities we need."

"I've seen that snake." Nicholas said. "It's barely ten years old, and a Basilisk's venom grows more potent as it ages. Harry here knows of a Basilisk that is at least a thousand years old."

"A thousand years?" Julian gasped. "Basilisks never stop growing! That thing must be huge!"

"It's a big ass snake." Harry said. "It can swallow Hagrid without difficulty."

"Where did you find it?" Julian asked.

"At Hogwarts." Harry explained. "Her name's Georgina."

"Georgina?" Julian asked. He poured a good quantity of brandy into his glass, knowing he would need it as his future son in law began to tell of his adventure.

"I'll go easy on you Harry" Tonks grinned. "Don't worry."

"Harry will defeat you." Fleur crossed her arms. "He is a powerful wizard."

"Thanks Fleur." Harry smiled at his betrothed. "But I've seen Tonks in a duel and she's pretty good. This is going to be difficult."

"Duelers at the ready!" Julian shouted. He looked at the two combatants standing at both ends of the marked dueling area and raised his wand. "Begin!"

Green sparks shot out Julian's wand and the two duelers immediately moved into action.

Tonks fired off a disarming charm and Harry side stepped the attack and at the same time fired a stunning curse in reply.

Tonks eyes' widened when her familiar let out a powerful stunning curse, and a nonverbal one at that. She rolled to the ground and returned fire with a salvo of stunning and disarming curses as she observed how Harry would respond.

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