Re: Gone... for good?
Simplest explanation? Severus had told Albus first: something's happened to my Dark Mark. I think the bastard got himself killed, but remember he'd told us followers that we couldn't count on him to stay dead? The Mark is gone but not really.
And Albus knew better than Severus (who seems never to have heard the word Horcrux) the only known mechanism by which that might be effected.
So do you think Albus thought Tom was just bragging to the DEs, if he believed Tom was going to make his one and only Horcrux at Godric's Hollow (presumably with James' death)?
And Albus knew better than Severus (who seems never to have heard the word Horcrux) the only known mechanism by which that might be effected.
So do you think Albus thought Tom was just bragging to the DEs, if he believed Tom was going to make his one and only Horcrux at Godric's Hollow (presumably with James' death)?