Have I just transfigured out the Horcrux!Locket?

[mz_annethrope]

No: HPFGUIDX 137872

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "saraquel_omphale" 
<saraquel_omphale at y...> wrote:
> Saraquel:
> 
> Meanwhile in a parallel universe, where Snape is ESG! and Draco 
was 
> never given the task to murder to DD, Harry is sitting opposite a 
> revived Dumbledore. The locket lies open on the desk between them, 
> the scrap of parchment unfolded next to it.  Dumbledore is 
> contemplating them, his elbows on the desk, with the tips of his 
> fingers resting against each other.
> "But Professor, we've failed, it's not the real Horcrux," says 
Harry 
> despondently.
> After a short pause, Dumbledore smiles, and looks at Harry over 
the 
> top of his glasses.
> "You think so, Harry?"
> Harry looks puzzled.
> "Think again, Harry."
> "Are you saying that this is the real Horcrux?"
> "I am absolutely positive it is."
> "Then what about RAB?"
> "Well, that could be Really Any-Body."
> Harry is still looking puzzled.
> "Remember, Harry, Lord Voldemort's skill in persuading others to 
> believe what he wants them to believe, and I rather think he has 
> succeeded with you," says Dumbledore gently.
> "You mean," says Harry slowly, "that this is part of the 
protection 
> of the Horcrux?"
> Dumbledore smiles encouragingly.
> "So in fact, this *is* the real Horcrux, but he has 
 transfigured 
> it to look like a fake horcrux and put that note in it to mislead 
> anyone who found it?"
> "I rather think he has, Harry."

mz_Annethrope:

mz_Annethrope smiles to herself, declares she loves the theory, but 
pokes holes into it anyway. So back into the almost Potterverse 
where Snape is SSSnape and Dumbledore is DDDead:

Harry, Ron and Hermione are sitting in Ron's bedroom examining the 
fake locket and wondering where the real locket might have got to.
"I have an idea!" said Ron, his eyes brightening. "What if this is 
the real locket after all? You Know Who might have faked it being a 
fake horcrux to fool anyone who found it!"
Harry and Hermione look at him dumbfounded. "Naah," said 
Harry. "This isn't the locket I saw in the pensieve. That one was 
heavier and had a snake etched on it."
"But he could have transfigured it to make it look different!" said 
Ron. "And besides, Dumbledore thought it was the real horcrux."
"But Dumbledore was deathly ill when he picked it up," said 
Hermione. "And he needed to escape. He could easily have mistaken it 
for the real one."
"But it's a great idea," said Ron. "If it was the real locket nobody 
would be able to penetrate the disguise."
There was a crack and the twins landed on the bed, Fred on Ron's lap 
and George on Harry's. "Nobody would be able to penetrate the 
disguise but you, little bro," said Fred.
"But you did it, little bro," said George. "Hand me that horcrux." 
"You know about the horcruxes?" said Hermione in astonishment.
Fred transfigured the locket into a snake and George waved his wand 
turning it back into a locket. "Is it the real horcrux or the fake?" 
he said.
"How did you know about the horcruxes?" said Ron hotly.
George pulled a long string out of his pocket. "Extendable ears."
"We were only trying to eavesdrop on you and Hermione snogging," 
said Fred, "and what do we hear but the deep dark secrets of You 
Know Who's soul!"
"But seriously Ron," said George. "You Know Who is far too arrogant 
to ever think that somebody could be clever enough to penetrate all 
the obstacles he set for out for them."
"And besides," said Fred, "that git has no sense of humor. He'd 
never make fun of himself by faking a fake horcrux. You've got to 
understand dark wizard psychology, little bro."
"Nevertheless, it's a brilliant idea," said George, chuckling to 
himself.
"Ahah!" said Ron, his eyes widening. "You faked the fake horcrux!"

mz_annethrope, who is still hoping somebody can figure out how 
R.A.B. could have swilled all that potion under his own volition to 
get the locket when Dumbledore couldn't (assuming it's Voldemort's 
potion and it refills itself).