71. Lily looked horrified
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"I'll call you or send Conqueror with a message once I discuss it with Cissa and we decide on a time."
Severus nodded. Lucius said goodbye to Harry and Lily and then flooed back to Malfoy Manor. Severus returned to living room and sat down in his recliner. "We now have another horcrux, know the definite location of one, and a possible location of two others."
Lily looked horrified. "With Harry that makes six horcruxes."
"I am assuming he intended to make seven as you know from Arithmancy; seven is a very powerful number if not the most powerful."
Harry shook his head. "Why would anybody want to stay alive forever?"
"To somebody of Voldemort's mentality; it's the ultimate power trip," Lily said.
"How will you get the locket, Dad?"
"Kreacher is going to apparate us there because apparently Voldemort was so arrogant he made it so magical people could not apparate or disapparate there, but ignored elfin powers. There is a small boat we can take over to the island the basin is on, but from there I have not discussed this any further with Mad-Eye and Orion."
"You won't be drinking that potion will you, Sev?" Lily asked in alarm.
Severus shook his head. "Since I am a Medi-wizard; I will be immediately treating the one who does drink the potion and after that Kreacher will apparate him to the hospital wing where Poppy will do the rest."
Harry breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm glad because that potion sounds horrible!"
"I have no doubt it is exactly that, Harry."
Harry decided to spend the night with his dad and after he went to bed, Lily returned to her quarters on the fourth floor, saying that she would let Filius know that Harry was spending the night in Severus' quarters.
After breakfast the next morning, Harry returned to Ravenclaw Tower and Severus sent his Patronus, a black panther, to Mad-Eye and Orion. They flooed over to Severus' quarters within minutes. "What do you have, Severus?" Mad-Eye asked as he stepped out of Severus' fireplace. Orion followed him out.
"I have another horcrux and a possible lead on two others."
Mad-Eye and Orion sat down. "Let's hear about it," Mad-Eye said.
Severus explained about the diary Lucius had bought over, the possible horcrux in Bellatrix's vault and his and Lily's suspicions that Voldemort may have hidden another at Hogwarts.
Mad-Eye nodded. "I remember Albus telling us about that. He believed it was then that You-Know-Who cursed the Defense position."
"So Lily told me. Changing the subject; I have done a lot of research on the Drink of Despair and there is no cure for it in the wizarding world. I can try and invent an antidote, but it would take months, however the Muggles do have treatment for it." Severus went on to explain what he would need to do once the potion was swallowed. "The treatment is unpleasant, but effective."
"I'll take the potion," Orion decided. "We can't risk Alastor; he's the best Auror we have."
"That's not the way we do things, Orion," Moody argued. "You have a family and I don't so I'll drink the potion." He saw Orion was about to say something more and added, "It's settled. I'm drinking the potion."
"When do you want to do it?" Severus asked.
"Why not right now?" Moody asked. "There's really no point in delaying is there?"
Orion shook his head. It was obvious he was still unhappy with Mad-Eye's decision.
"Give me a minute," Severus said and hurried into his bedroom. He grabbed three bottles of the ten he'd bought and placed them in the pockets on the inside of his robe. He sent off his Patronus to Lily explaining they were going to the cave to retrieve the horcrux and asking her to let Harry know. He came back out, carrying a bag and a book. "I'll need to stop at the hospital and explain to Poppy what to expect once Kreacher disapparates you here."
They made a quick trip to the hospital wing where Severus cast his Muffliato Spell and informed Poppy about the Drink of Despair, gave her the book which was a Muggle medical textbook which detailed the protocol for treating deadly nightshade and mistletoe poisoning and gave her the bag containing the remaining seven bottles of activated charcoal.
Orion called Kreacher's name and when he popped into the hospital wing, Orion requested that he apparate them to the cave where Voldemort had taken him previously.
Kreacher apparated Severus and Mad-Eye first and then went back for Orion. Severus shivered as the cave was cold and he could hear the waves pounding the rocks outside of it. Undoubtedly, later in the day it would be inaccessible due to the tide coming in.
Kreacher popped back in and pointed to the wall in front of them. "The Dark Lord cut his hand and smeared it there and it opened."
Orion cut his hand and smeared his blood on the wall. Severus healed it with a quick Episky. The wall had opened, revealing the lake and in the distance the island with the basin in the middle of it. They walked in with Kreacher following them and wringing his hands. The room had a greenish cast to it and there was no movement or sound to the water of the lake. There was also no boat in sight anywhere.
"Where's the boat you told us about Kreacher?" Orion asked.
"The Dark Lord used a spell and a chain came out of the water. He took it and pulled on it and then the boat appeared," Kreacher said.
"Do you remember the spell he used Kreacher?" Orion asked.
Kreacher knitted his already wrinkled brow for a few minutes and then said, "Kreacher thinks the words he said were, 'Ego Nutus Vos Riviso'."
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