Unknown Horcrux

[blairb82]

No: HPFGUIDX 143867

Usually I just prefer to lurk, but something caught my eye recently in a re-
reading of HBP. I'm not sure if what I am about to say has been posted before 
so I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes.

We saw in HBP that Voldemort came back to Hogwarts to ask for a job from 
Dumbledore, and that Dumbledore believed that this was not the real reason 
for his visit. Voldemort says nothing about what this might be. Others on the 
list have posted that Voldemort's reason for coming might be to make a new 
Horcrux, which seems possible. But what if Voldemort came to hide a 
Horcrux. We know that Voldemort loved Hogwarts, and knew all about it's 
hidden secrets, so why not hide a valuable piece of his soul  in this revered 
place, plus the last place someone might look would be right under 
Dumbledore's nose.

So the question is what Dumbledore hid and where. It seems fitting that he 
would put it in a place that you had to really be looking for to find - the room of 
requirement. When Harry really needs to hide his potions book that's where 
he goes, and wouldn't it be nice of JK to show us something that would be 
important in a passing casual matter.

Looking at the scene where Harry hides his book, the one thing that stuck out 
for me was the tarnished tiara that Harry uses as a marker to find his way back 
at a later time. It's tarnished as it might have been there for a while and isn't 
said to have any distinct majical powers as other objects are. It's set up to be 
nothing but could be more. Plus when looking at rings, lockets cups and 
swords doesn't a tiara seem like something of Ravenclaw.

As an added bonus we are reminded late in the book of tiara's when Mrs 
Weasley tells Fluer that the family has one that would be lovely for the 
wedding. 

It all seems to fit, something we've seen but don't realize, something that Harry 
has already been close to, but doesn't realize, and something that might pop 
in Harry's head when the wedding occurs. It's just a guess but I like it

Blair