ORDER ONLY: Private Message to Pansy and Sally-Anne

[alt_harry]

Hey, Pans.

So, I'm with Sally-Anne, and Ron, and we're looking at this locket. We described it to Sirius, and he swears it wasn't Regulus's. And it looks familiar.

See, Dumbledore had me look at all these old memories of Tom's, right? Tom Riddle. Before he became Lord Voldemort. And in one of the memories he was in this antique shop or something and there was an old lady there and he really wanted a locket. And the old lady said it was really precious, because it belonged to Salazar Slytherin, and he got this look on his face like he really didn't want to give it up.

I think it's the horcrux, Pansy. You found it. I don't know how you managed it, but you did.

It makes sense. It's the locket I saw from the memory. I'm almost sure of it. Hydra saw the memory too, she can verify it, and he'd want something of Slytherin's, wouldn't he?

There's that "S" on the front, and it's way old. And it's Dark, too. Like it gives me prickles when I get closer to it, just like Professor Dolohov said.

Comments

[alt_sally_anne]

Pansy.

If this is the horcrux, that's a piece of Voldemort's soul. It's Voldemort trying to convince you to kill Padma. Because YOU ARE NOT A MURDERER.

[alt_pansy]

What?

No.

No, it's Regulus's locket. I just can't sort out how to get it open, and once I do, I can find where his body is, and bury him. Kreacher said

No.

[alt_harry]

Sirius told Sally-Anne that his locket was plain and gold and had the hair in it. That's not what this is.

[alt_pansy]

No.

It's not.

It's important.

It's really, really important.

[alt_pansy]

it's

oh

[alt_sally_anne]

What did Kreacher say?

[alt_pansy]

he didn't give it to me.

I lied.

I asked him if he knew about a locket, and he got tetchy like he was hiding something and I sorted out where it was and I stole it.

[alt_sally_anne]

When?

[alt_pansy]

Over Christmas.

I'd wear it when I was remembering Regulus.

To be closer

To be closer to him, when I was going through the rites to remember his name, and I kept trying to find out how to open it only it wouldn't ever open for me, and

And it made me feel so strong, and if it was just a regular locket, it wouldn't do that, would it?

[alt_sally_anne]

No.

Have you ever heard Ginny talk about the cursed tiara she had for a while? It made her feel beautiful, and like she was better than the rest of her family, and like she couldn't trust the people who loved her most and was all alone in the world.

[alt_pansy]

oh.

I thought

Oh.

[alt_sally_anne]

You are strong, Pansy.

You're one of the strongest people I know. You're strong, and brave, and beautiful, and you're my best friend and I'm never giving that up ever.

[alt_pansy]

Oh, Sally-Anne.

I slapped you.

I was going to

It all made so much sense.

[alt_sally_anne]

We're in Myrtle's bathroom.

Professor Dolohov said once that basilisk venom destroys practically ANYTHING. And Harry and Hydra say there's a dead basilisk that's ... more or less straight under us.

Let's go. We'll destroy it, then tell the rest of the Order.

[alt_pansy]

Yes.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry, Sally-Anne.