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”but i thought he ant ci alfoy to le it to hogwarts?”
”yes, he did, years ago, when he was sure he would be able to create ore horcruxes, but still ci was supposed to wait for voldeorts say-, and he never received it, for voldeort van-ished shortly after givg hi the diary no doubt he thought that ci would not dare do anythg with the horcrux other than guard it carefully, but he was untg too uch upon ci’s fear of a aster who had been gone for years and who ci believed dead of urse, ci did not know what the diary really was i understand that voldeort had told hi the diary would cae the chaber of secrets to reopen becae it was cleverly enchanted had ci known he held a portion of his as-ters ul his hands, he would undoubtedly have treated it with ore reverence — but stead he went ahead and carried out the old pn for his own ends by pntg the diary upon arthur weasleys daughter, he hoped to discredit arthur and t rid of a highly cri-atg agical object one stroke ah, poor ci what with voldeorts fury about the fact that he threw away the horcrux for his own ga, and the fias at the istry st year, i would not be sur-prised if he is not secretly gd to be safe azkaban at the ont”
harry sat thought for a ont, then asked, ” if all of his horcruxes are destroyed, voldeort uldbe killed?”
”yes, i thk ,” said dubledore ”without his horcruxes, voldeort will be a ortal an with a aid and diished ul never fet, though, that while his ul ay be daad be-yond repair, his
a and his agical powers rea tact it will take unon skill and power to kill a wizard like voldeort even without his horcruxes”
”but i haven39t got unon skill and power,” said harry, be-fore he uld s hiself
”yes, you have,” said dubledore firly ”you have a power that voldeort has never had you can —”
”i know!” said harry ipatiently ”i can love!” it was only with difficulty that he sped hiself addg, ”big deal!”
”yes, harry, you can love,” said dubledore, who looked as though he knew perfectly well what harry had jt refraed fro sayg ”which, given everythg that has happened to you, is a great and rearkable thg you are still too young to understand how unual you are, harry”
”, when the prophecy says that i39ll have 39power the dark lord knows not,39 it jt ans — love?” asked harry, feelg a little let down
”yes — jt love,” said dubledore ”but harry, never fet that what the prophecy says is only significant becae voldeort ade it i told you this at the end of st year voldeort sgled you out as the pern who would be ost danro to hi — and dog , he ade you the pern who would be ost dan-ro to hi!”
”but it es to the sa —”
”no, it doesn39t!” said dubledore, undg ipatient now potg at harry with his bck, withered hand, he said, ”you are settg too uch store by the prophecy!”
”but,” spttered harry, ”but you said the prophecy ans —“
”if voldeort had never heard of the prophecy, would it have been fulfilled? would it have ant anythg? of urse not! ho you thk every prophecy the hall of prophecy has been fulfilled?”
”but,” said harry, bewildered, ”but st year, you said one of would have to kill the other —”
”harry, harry, only becae voldeort ade a grave error, and acted on profesr trewney39s words! if voldeort had never urdered your father, would he have iparted you a furio desire for reven? of urse not! if he had not forced your other to die for you, would he have given you a agical protection he uld not perate? of urse not, harry! don39t you see? voldeort hiself created his worst eney, jt as tyrants everywhere do! have you any idea how uch tyrants fear the people they oppress? all of the realize that, one day, aongst their any victis, there is sure to be one who rises agast the and strikes back! voldeort is no different! always he was on the lookout for the one who would challen hi he heard the prophecy and he leapt to ac-tion, with the result that he not only handpicked the an ost likely to fish hi, he handed hi uniely deadly weapons!”
”but —”
”it is essential that you understand this!” said dubledore, standg up and stridg about the roo, his glitterg robes