Headmaster's office, Hogwarts :
Dumbledore opened the letter he received with a complicated look. Henry Lawrence, a genius that graduated from Hogwarts recently. He is a good wizard and powerful one too. He can stand toe-to-toe with voldemort in his teenage in the chambers of secrets.
He graduated last year but now there is a letter of applying for the job of Dumbledore's eyes gradually drifted to the last message on it. P.S. : I discovered something that's related to the diary and similar objects. Burn this letter after reading.
Dumbledore sighed. He is getting older and weaker. The curse has been inflicted on him. Dumbledore took a parchement and his magic started writing a letter automatically. He gave it to the trusted companion Fawkes and it disappeared into fire.
While Dumbledore is contemplating, he remembered Henry saying he'll explore the ruins for sometime. Could it be he discovered something? Doubts filled Dumbledore. He has faith in Henry as he taught Henry few spells during his stay here. Henry pestered him daily about this.
In a few minutes a reply is arrived :
I'll be there in a few hours - an old friend.
Dumbledore sighed and smiled. He met Henry first time at the astronomy tower, Henry is eating sole chocolates while looking at the moon. Henry looked at him and instead of panicking he offered," ah professor what a good view from here don't you agree. Do you like sweets? ".
Dumbledore and Henry met often there at the astronomy tower only as friends. It's weird to think about even now. The next day Dumbledore saw McGonagall leading a young man into his office. Henry is chatting with McGonagall," how are the two troublemakers of Griffyndoor professor?".
McGonagall is explaining about the twins and their outrageous feets of swimming in the lake at night along with pranks with dung bombs. As she led Henry into the office Dumbledore said," Minerva, there is a muggle student who is going to attend Hogwarts. You know what to do?".
McGonagall took the address and nodded. She used the floor network in the principal's office and disappeared. Dumbledore turned to Henry and asked," it's been a while isn't it Mr Lawrence", Henry nodded and said," it's been sometime professor. I heard that ministry is planning to hold the triwizard tournament at this time. Is it true?".
Dumbledore said," leave it at that. I'll give you the defence against the dark arts post. What did you find?", Henry took a deep breath and said," horcruxes. First made by herpo the foul now it's Tom riddle. And that's not all. He split his soul not once or twice he did multiple times ".
Dumbledore nodded while Henry asked," I presume you found one. I can detect a trace of it's magic on you. Perhaps a curse ", Dumbledore sighed. He showed his hand that's started withering. Henry said," that's not looking good. It's draining your life ".
Dumbledore nodded while Henry continued," according to what I gathered. Tom riddle searched for the treasures of the founders. A proud dark lord like him will never set a normal thing for a Horcrux. So we have 3 clues with us. Rowena's diadem, Helga Hufflepuff's cup, and Slytherin's locket ".
Henry then gazed at Dumbledore and said," you can also throw in Harry Potter. He is a living Horcrux. With the dairy and ring it's made six. But you know he won't stop at that", Dumbledore trembled and said," he split his soul into seven parts. Seven is a magical number ".
Henry nodded and said," leaving the unknown Horcrux which Tom riddle will definitely keep by his side, we have four to go since two are already destroyed. But the problem is Harry ".
Dumbledore closed his eyes and said," anyone else know about this?", Henry shook his head and said," no I'm the only one who investigated using different channels and identities. Ag present only you, me and professor Snape over there knows about this ".
Snape walked from the darkness and said," if Mr Lawrence is still in Ravenclaw I would be glad to take 10 points away for your disrespect towards the professors ", Henry rolled his eyes and said," come on, professor we're going to be colleagues soon. Don't say words like that ".
Snape snorted and said," colleagues. I'll be better for that job more than you ", Henry chuckled and said," I'm not the Henry Lawrence you know professor. I fought many dark wizards, vampires, werewolves and other dangerous things in the last year ".
Snape asked with a serious tone," do you know a way to save the boy?", Henry shook his head and said," no. It's very complex and sensitive concept. That soul is lying dormant for more than a decade now. It formed a special bond with his magic. We need to be careful not wake that soul fragment or Harry will be lost and we will have two Tom riddles in magical Britain ".
Dumbledore asked," what do you mean?", Henry sighed," you would've already noticed headmaster. Harry's parseltongue is because of that soul fragment in his scar. We need to be careful, if that man know Harry is carrying a soul fragment he will do anything to manipulate and awaken that thing inside Harry. He can project false memories or deliberately left few details to set a trap. We need to be careful and there is also another thing. Barty crouch Jr isn't dead, it's his mother in poly juice potion that replaced him for the dementor's kiss ".