“No!” Ginny cried. “Why didn’t you stop her?”
“I tried,” I said. “ But she was going to turn Layla into a Horcrux instead! I couldn’t let that happen. We’ve been friends for as long as I can remember. She would never forgive me!”
I sat down next to Hermione.
“It’ll be okay, Izzy,” Harry said. “I was a Horcrux for over 16 years, and I didn’t die.”
“You almost did,” Ron said.
“Ronald!”
“Sorry, babe.”
Hermione rolled her eyes.
“I’ve still got the Horcrux books. In fact,” she said reaching into her bag, “I’ve got one right here.”
She opened the book, and read a part out loud.
“‘Destroying a Horcrux required that the object containing the soul fragment be damaged to a point beyond any and all physical or magical repair. When a Horcrux was damaged to that point, it may appear to "bleed" and a scream may be heard as the soul fragment perished. However, as a safety measure to protect one's immortality and precious soul fragment, the creator would usually place powerful enchantments onto the artifact to prevent damage. It was unknown if the creator of the Horcrux would be able to sense that their soul fragment was destroyed,’ although Dumbledore stated that in the particular case of Voldemort, he would not feel their loss because his soul had been split too many times and had been in that state for too long. ‘All known methods of Horcrux destruction required the "receptacle" to be damaged beyond repair (which, in the case of living receptacles, meant that they must be killed).’”
“Wow. Thanks for the information,” I said.
That I didn’t need, I thought.
“I know that the Horcrux part of me will show in the things I do every day, Con, so I want to sing you a song before the Horcrux takes over.”
“Fire away,” Connor said..
I took a deep breath.

‘“There's a place that I know
It's not pretty there if you have ever gone
If I show it to you now
Will it make you run away

Will you stay
Even if it hurts
Even if I try to push you out
Will you return?

And remind me who I really am
Please remind me who I really am

Everybody's got a dark side
Do you love me?
Can you love mine?
Nobody's a picture perfect
But we're worth it
You know that we're worth it

Will you love me?
Even with my dark side?

Like a diamond
From black dust
It's hard to know
It can become
If you give up

So don't give up on me
Please remind me who I really am

Everybody's got a dark side
Do you love me?
Can you love mine?
Nobody's a picture perfect
But we're worth it
You know that we're worth it

Will you love me?
Even with my dark side?

Don't run away
Don't run away
Just tell me that you will stay
Promise me you will stay

Don't run away
Don't run away
Just promise me you will stay
Promise me you will stay

Will you love me? Ohh

Everybody's got a dark side
Do you love me?
Can you love mine?
Nobody's a picture perfect
But we're worth it
You know that we're worth it

Will you love me?
Even with my dark side?

Don’t run away
Don’t run away

Don’t run away
Promise you’ll stay.’”

“Wow!” Ginny said in awe. “That was amazing!”
“Thanks,” I said.
I started to feel strange.
“Guys go!” I yelled. “She’s taking over!”
“Izzy-”
“Go!” I said. “Before it’s too late!”
“No!” Connor said. “Izzy, I’m not leaving you!”
“Fine,” I said, my violet eyes turning blood red once again. “Have it your way.”
I drew my wand and pointed it at Connor’s heart.
“AVADA KEDVRA!”
“SHIT!”
Connor dived out of the way.
“Izzy! Please!” he cried, tears streaming down his face. “This isn’t you! Please!”
“It’s me now,” I said, pulling out my knife.
Then Harry and Hermione started to sing, triggering my memories.


“Oh don't you dare tell lies. I see it in your eyes”
I said, "War’s in our midst, "
She said, "The Dark Lord doesn’t exist!"
This teacher is my nemesis
She said, "Potter, The Dark Lord doesn’t exist."

We were teens ready to fight
But Umbridge couldn’t teach us defense right
Helpless in her class and out of spite
Oh, we swore to get together
Swore to get together

She looked at me,
And just couldn’t agree.
Our group was formed and she said,

“Oh don't you dare tell lies. I see it in your eyes”
I said, "War’s in our midst, "
She said, "The Dark Lord doesn’t exist!"
This teacher is my nemesis
She said, "Potter, The Dark Lord doesn’t exist."

A forgotten room waiting to be used,
A few basic spells and they all were bruised.
As Dumbledore’s Army we had been accused
But we had sworn to stay together,
Sworn to stay together

She looked at me,
And just couldn’t agree.
Our group was formed and she said,

“Oh don't you dare tell lies. I see it in your eyes”
I said, "War’s in our midst, "
She said, "The Dark Lord doesn’t exist!"
This teacher is my nemesis
She said, "Potter, The Dark Lord doesn’t exist."

Deep in my skin,
Are five words engraved
As a reminder, they don’t believe in me.

She looked at me,
And just couldn’t agree.
Our group was formed and she said,

“Oh don't you dare tell lies. I see it in your eyes”
I said, "War’s in our midst, "
She said, "The Dark Lord doesn’t exist!"
This teacher is my nemesis
She said, "Potter, The Dark Lord doesn’t exist."

“Don't you dare tell lies. I see it in your eyes”
I said, "War’s in our midst, "
She said, "The Dark Lord doesn’t exist!"
This teacher is my nemesis
She said, "Potter, The Dark Lord doesn’t exist."

"Potter, the Dark Lord doesn’t exist!" [x2]


My eyes teared up for a moment, but then I stopped.
I pointed my wand at Conner's heart, and said the same two words that I used on mt mother;
"AVADA KEDVRA!"
But there was one problem; I was holding my wand backwards.