[HPforGrownups] A Horcrux in each book

[Laura Lynn Walsh]

No: HPFGUIDX 144079

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>>This leaves us only one other Horcrux to find, the Hufflepuff Cup. I
>>searched and re - searched the beginning of POA for it, then my neice
>>took it home because it was her copy amd mine is still lent out to
>>someone else :(
>>
>>In the beginning of POA I found plenty of references to Cups and
>>Goblets but none that I could see possibly being "the" cup we are
>>looking for.
>>Valky
>
>I snipped a lot, but I want to say that I find this idea intriguing.  I
>looked through the PoA beginning chapters and the closest thing
>I could find to an object that might fit the parameters was Percy's
>Head Boy badge.  1) It is seen early on in the book.  2)  There is
>some indication that there might be some unusual magic associated
>with it (the sneakoscope).  3) There might be some way to use it to
>explain Percy's later actions.
>
>Just the beginnings of an idea.
>Laura

And, to follow up on my own post, it could explain why James
had to die and Lily didn't when Voldemort tried to kill Harry.
Both James and Voldemort were Head Boys.  Perhaps there
is only one Griffindor Head Boy badge and it gets passed down
from year to year if a Griffindor is Head Boy.  It would therefore
have special meaning to Voldemort, and by using James' death to
make it into a Horcrux, it would have something from Griffindor
in it.  Since the Horcrux was already made before Voldemort
attacked Harry, Lily would not have had to die.  It could have
been just lying around in the rubble when wizards came to clean
up after the disaster and have been reclaimed then.

A bit convoluted, but still might work.
Laura