Three instead of four horcruxes left.

[Rebecca]

No: HPFGUIDX 156645

I have never posted anything on any website, but I have been reading
the different, theories, etc. for the last few months.  Also,
forgive me if this subject has already been brought up and
explained.  I searched "horcrux" and received about 2400 posts.

When Voldemort tried to kill Harry and the curse rebounded back on
him, didn't one of the 6 horcruxes have to be used to keep him
alive?  On page 648 of GoF (US), Voldemort asks "And then I ask
myself, but how could they have believed I would not rise again?
They, who knew the steps I took, long ago, to guard myself against
mortal death?".

After finishing HBP, my thoughts were that the seventh piece of soul
left in LV was destroyed by the rebounded curse and that LV had to
use one of the horcruxes to stay alive, which would leave only 5.
The diary and the ring have been destroyed.  That would leave the
locket and the cup for the next two.  The third is either Nagini or
something of Gryffindor's or something of Ravenclaw's.

I may be missing something here, since it has been a year since I re-
read the books.  If so, please let me know what that is.


Rebecca