Merope Gaunt did not die that night. She did not even go Borgin and Burkes and sell her locket. No Merope was too scared to enter the wizarding world but her body would not allow her to die. You see she had a destiny far greater than the birthing of one of the darkest wizards in all time. No he destiny was to help raise a new Salazar Emery. She did not know this until years later other then snippits that lead her home to Greater Hangleton.
Merope had given birth to Tom Morvolo Riddle Jr. and then felt she needed to get home and not bring her son. As much as this tore her apart she trusted her instincts as she knew they had kept her safe in years past. Merope using her last remaining strength used a old magic of the Slytherin family called shimmering to the Riddle home before passing out.
The next morning Tom Riddle went to get the paper and saw Merope on his porch passed out. While she had used him he felt pity for her because she had to use witchcraft to get him to love her. No he did not love her but he knew he could see her as a friend that if witchcraft was as powerful as her way of seducing him or stronger he wanted her help to keep himself safe. Deciding this Tom brought Merope into his parent's house and put her onto the couch in the main room.
"Tom who is this" Thomas asked his son seeing the woman worn, beaten, and starved looking sleeping on his couch. "Father perhaps you should get mother in here before I explain to you who this is." Tom said looking grim at the idea of telling his parents.
When Mary Riddle entered the room she spoke. "Tom I am here now; now you will tell us who this is or else." She said calmly but the threat was evident. "Ma'am perhaps I should explain I am who you are talking about as it is." Merope said sitting up tiredly. "My name is Merope Gaunt. I am a witch of weak power due to the fact of my mother's family insistence in incest. I am the reason your son vanished for some time for no apparent reason and never informing you. I used a controlled substance in my world where magic is used know as ammortia the most powerful love potion with the idea in my mind that it could create love which I realize is a lie. I fell in love with your son the first time I saw him about five years ago when I was ten. I was forbidden by my mother and brother from ever pursuing any relationship with your son due to his lack of magic."
"Wait you are trying to tell us magic is real?" Thomas asked rolling his eyes laughing. "Yes sir I am and it is now returning to my tale. After my mother died my father started forbidding me from pursuing your son as to keep his wife's final wish. I was always kept in the house until my brother and father were imprisoned due to harming non magical people such as yourselves. Seeing my chance I took it and used the love potion on your son." Merope paused to let the point sink into their minds.
" So you are telling me you forced my son to fall in love with you?" Mary Riddle said deathly camly. " Yes Ma'am and I realize my error. I kept your son under the potion for seven months and I was six months along with our child. I decided to take Tom off the potion and informed him of him soon to become a father. Tom got mad and rightly stormed away leaving me with nothing but my locket. I wandered the streets until I gave birth to our child two weeks ago a healthy boy." Merope stopped once more expecting Mary to explode.
" And WHERE is he!" Mary screamed at Merope glaring. " Well Ma'am I am part seer and saw that I needed to leave him at orphanage for him to be able to fulfill his destiny. After leaving him with the Orphanage matron with a name of Tom Morvolo Riddle I walked away planning on going to the ocean and dying. As I started walking I saw another glimpse of the future which directed me here. So with my last bit of strength I came here using magic and that's all of the story I know." Merope said honestly.
" So if I understand your story correctly magic exists, your family is dead or in prison, you seduced Tom, you had a child and left him and then you came here. Do I have that correct?" Thomas asked carefully. "Yes sir now I will leave your home and go to my families home." Merope said standing up and heading towards the door. "And where do you think you are going? I have heard rumors since I first moved here as a little girl that the Gaunt's lived in a small shack but once lived in a large castle or a manor that makes ours look small but all of a sudden stopped. No you are not going to a shack you may go and visit it but you will live in my home and be fed and watered by our family" Mary said angrily at the thought of someone living in a shack.
"Thank you Ma'am the rumors are true though. You see my family comes from two old rich families from ancient times the Slytherin and the Pervell families. About seven generations the two homes cast my family out as we no longer worthy to live their with a note saying that for the Pervell Family Castle only the family of the last brother could enter. We do not know for certain what that means. As for the Slytherin Manor it sent us a note that until the power of Emery is restored and the Heir combined the teachers will be allowed into the manor. I have had a vision that me and my father will be the teachers but my brother will only be able to enter the shack. Thank you for your hospitality." Merope said sitting back down on the couch and falling back to sleep.
AN: I got the idea from Sarapha who wanted a story with the Gaunts being main characters. Sorry about not first writing an update to some of my older stories they will come. I love reading Reviews and hope you all enjoy this