After a few impatient hours later, when Severus started to tap his foot, an elf found the horcrux and showed it to Severus. Severus told the elf to send the horcrux to Gringotts to one of the goblins, which the elf did. Severus quickly wrote a note to Lucius and Narcissa that the horcrux in Hogwarts would be destroyed in seconds. He went back to his office, in order to prepare himself for the classes.