J.K. Rowling is the master of cleverly hiding clues.
Most people remember Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as the book that introduced us to Dolores Umbridge, Thestrals, and a really angsty Harry Potter.
Look at the trio storming through The Great Hall like they own the place. ⚡️❤️
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While all of those things are true, there's something in the fifth book that even the most dedicated of Harry Potter fans may have missed. And it deals with Horcruxes.
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For those who don't know, a Horcrux is created when you place a part of your soul into an object after you've killed someone.
Remember how Voldemort split his soul into seven different pieces and placed each part into something different?
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Now let's go back to book five. There's a passage that reads:
"They found an unpleasant looking silver instrument, something like a many-legged pair of tweezers, which scuttles up Harry's arm like a spider when he picked it up, and attempted to puncture is skin. Sirius seized it and smashed it with a heavy book entitled Nature's Nobility: A Wizarding Genealogy. There was a musical box that emitted a faintly sinister, tinkling tune when wound, and they all found themselves becoming curiously weak and sleepy, until Ginny had the sense to slam the lid shut; a heavy locket that none of them could open; a number of ancient seals;..."
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