A Possible Horcrux

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 138695

Am I the only one who thinks The Opal Necklace could be a Horcrux?

Borgin and Burkes is LV's first place of employment.  Some significance to that.  It is also through B&B that he came to acquire the Slytherin Locket and Hufflepuff Cup.  Does that make B&B significant as a hiding place?   B&B had the Locket in their possession for some time although it was an heirloom of Slytherin.  Would it not be possible that they acquired, either previous to Riddle's employment, or that he acquired it himself, a necklace that was an heirloom of Ravenclaw's?  So Riddle acquires the necklace, performs the charm that turns it into a Horcrux, adds a couple of curses for good measure and attaches a note that reads "Do Not Touch. Cursed -- Has Claimed the Lives of Nineteen Muggle Owners to Date" as a ruse to keep people from buying it and it has been sitting in B&B for around 50 years.

Draco acquires the necklace and sends it, via an Imperiused Katie, to Dumbledore.  Katie has a friend who is looking out for her and they argue, the package rips open and Katie is cursed and sent off to St. Mungo's but not until after Snape has a good look at the necklace and did "enough to prevent a rapid spread of the curse."

Where is the necklace now? Snape knows.  Did Snape unknowingly destroy another Horcrux or more possibly just break the curses but not destroy it? 

That leaves the Hufflepuff cup to be hidden at Hogwarts - I'm quite certain something is there.  I'm not sure it is the Award for Special Services as I'm not convinced that it is important enough.  The interview with Dumbledore, coming 10 years after LV acquired the locket and cup, showed he was still on the lookout for items from the four founders.  There was still a lot of time to cover between that interview and when LV was vapourized; he had lots of time to keep looking for the illusive heirloom of Gryffindor to complete the set.  It also leaves the sixth item, the one LV was going to use when he killed Harry.

I'm not hanging on to this theory for dear life.  It just came to me one day while reading.  Harry & Co. have a lot of work to do if they have to find and destroy four Horcruxes and LV before the end of 7th year.  I thought it would be an interesting twist if another had been *unknowingly* found and possibly destroyed.

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