Lockets (Was Re: The magically refilling Pensieve)

[Marianne S.]

No: HPFGUIDX 138043

Catkind: <snip>
The replaced locket only makes sense to me if it was replaced
*before* being put in the cave, and before being seen by someone who
knew there was a locket but not which locket. Which would also
remove the problem of self-refilling pensieves - what's the point of
a pensieve that refills after the treasure is stolen?

Marianne S:
I have been thinking along these same lines myself. Although, my
thought has been that Regulus was sent to hide the Horcrux and, upon
realizing exactly what this meant, destroyed the real Horcrux within
the Slytherin locket and planted the fake. However, I see a lot more
holes in what I was thinking than what you wrote. If Regulus had 
destroyed the piece of soul in the locket, I think he could still have
planted the real locket just like Dumbledore was able to wear the
real Horcrux ring after he destroyed the piece of soul. So, I love your
theory that perhaps Bella planted the fake Horcrux without realizing
it was a fake. 

Nevertheless, I do see a point of a refillable pensieve. Perhaps Voldemort
does not expect anyone to actually make it through drinking the entire
potion, so it magically refills itself so that no one will suspect that 
someone may have been killed in the midst of drinking it. Another 
theory is that R.A.B. could have made the potion refill so, if Voldemort 
were to do a rudimentary check on it, he'd be none the wiser. 

Furthermore, I have been pondering this for quite a while... I wonder 
if anyone else thinks that what Dumbledore is "experiencing" when
he ingests the potion is a vision of the DE bloodbath that will occur
at the school... unless he goes back and has Snape fulfill the promise
they both know about -- to kill Dumbledore. Dumbledore does not
fear death for himself... it is but another journey... but he does not 
wish harm on any of his students. I believe that he and Snape have 
known all year that a time would come where Dumbledore would have
to sacrifice himself and have Snape perform the "murder" or the 
consequences would be dire indeed. 

Marianne S. who is also wondering what someone will find if they DO
open the locket that is/was at Grimmauld Pl.