Tris could imagine Lucius falling apart, but he did not care.
All he cared about was the Diary currently inside his storage space.
Voldemort had seven Horcruxes in total.
But the seventh, Nagini, had only been made into one while he was preparing for his resurrection with Wormtail's help. Now that Nagini had gone back to her native Indonesia to revisit old memories, she probably would not become a Horcrux again, which meant there should still be only six.
The Diary, Slytherin's Locket, Ravenclaw's Diadem, the Gaunt Ring, Hufflepuff's Cup, and Harry.
Four of the six had already come onto his radar, and Tris knew where to find the remaining two, the Gaunt Ring and Hufflepuff's Cup.
The cup inside Gringotts would be rather difficult to get for now, but Tris already had his sights set on the ring in the Gaunt Ancestral Home.
He did not know where the Gaunt Ancestral Home was, but that did not matter. Tom Riddle knew! Tris declared that he had nine ways to make Tom spill everything he knew. Nine!
Harry, now familiar with Floo Powder, did not accidentally end up in Knockturn Alley. Lucius, having lost the Diary, did not clash with them at Flourish and Blotts. Nor did Dobby seal off the platform entrance, forcing them to race to school in a car and crash furiously into the Whomping Willow. As a result, Dad's beloved car never got the chance to run wild and free in the Forbidden Forest.
Everything went smoothly right up until the train arrived at Hogsmeade Station.
It felt so strange.
Tris found it rather odd. Nothing had happened the entire way? Was that normal? Well, it probably was. Perhaps he only thought it was abnormal because he himself was abnormal?
Hermione and Ginny had spent the