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Chapter 4

September 5th, 1944

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Gellert tossed and turned all night. Unbelievable! Just freaking fucking unbelievable! Why? Why did I let Dumbledore use this as an opportunity? I should know better than that!

He gave up on getting any sleep, and decided to go up to the common room. Might as well read for a bit.

He went out to the common room, and started to look through all the hundreds of books, trying to find something about Flamel, or at the very least something that could be helpful.

There were a lot of Potions books and several spell books. However, there was nothing about Flamel. He did find an old Potions book that he had never come across before. Taking the old leather bound book Gellert headed for the sofa nearest the fire, sitting down he started reading. He sat there for the entire night, completely absorbed in the ancient book. He read about dozens of obscure dark brews, many of which he had never before seen.

Ha! If old Dumbledore knew about this book, he surely would have burned it a long time ago!

Gellert quickly waved his wand over the book while whispering Geminio, and created a duplicate, which he quickly shrunk down and slipped in the pocket of his borrowed school robes. He got up and returned the original potions book to its spot on the shelf, and returned to his spot on the sofa to await his new classmates. He didn't wait long before Abraxas walked into the common room, followed by the other boys he had met the night before.

"Good morning." Abraxas politely said as he took a seat in the plush arm chair closest to the fire, the other boys nodding their heads towards Gellert as they too sat in the chairs and sofa surrounding the fire.

They were very quiet, occasionally rubbing their eyes or yawning. Gellert got the impression that they definitely were not morning people. Soon the common room was filled with students as they prepared for their day. Gellert hated it. The noise, the strange people, their youthful bantering, he hated it all. He watched as Tom entered the common room, and walked over to them.

"I trust you slept well?" Tom inquired as Dolohov quickly sprung up from his chair allowing Tom to take his place.

"No, actually I didn't. I stayed up all night reading." Gellert answered.

"Didn't you get any sleep?" Lestrange asked as he yawned.

"Nope. Not a wink." Gellert said.

Tom looked at him, straight in his eyes, and Gellert could feel the gentle probing of Legilimency being used on him. He didn't even bother with throwing him out. If Dumbledore couldn't get through his shields, that stupid Head Boy surely wouldn't either.

Tom suddenly lost interest in him, and moved over to a group of girls. Alcina Malfoy included.

"Come on Gellert, let's go to the great hall and get some breakfast." Abraxas said as he rose from his chair and began to walk out of the common room. Abraxas showed Gellert the fastest way to the Great Hall, taking a shortcut that prevented them from running into any hufflepuffs who also had a dormitory in the dungeons. As soon as they entered the Great Hall they were assaulted with noise. Most of the students and professors were already sitting at their tables enjoying their morning meal.

"Is there always so much noise?" Gellert asked, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Yes, indeed there is." Avery said.

"You'll get used to it." Abraxas said.

"How are they so loud? And why is that boy standing on the table? Is he singing? Is everyone at that table obnoxious?" Gellert said as he poured himself some coffee.

"That would be the Gryffindors, they don't know how to be quiet, or apparently how to behave in public. Watch yourself around them, they have a tendency to hex unsuspecting Slytherins in the back." Lestrange said.

"Who are you planning on hexing now?" Alcina said and sat down beside her brother.

"Just Gryffindors, obviously." Avery said.

"I'll just pretend I didn't hear you say you wanted to hex anyone." Alcina said.

"I don't think it would be a bad idea to hex them." Tom said.

"Tom! Your head boy! You shouldn't go around and tell people to hex anyone!" Alcina scolded.

"Oh come on Alcina, you know they do the same." Tom said.

"Your attention please!" the Headmaster said, and everyone stopped talking.

Gellert and the others looked up, and Gellert captured Dumbledore's eye. He had the nerve to wink at him, that stupid old fool!

"Last night we got a transfer student from Durmstrang. He is to take his 7th and final year here at Hogwarts. He was sorted into Slytherin, please welcome, Gellert Atanas." Headmaster Dippet said, and everyone turned to look at Gellert. Please Merlin, just kill me now!

"Please do your most to welcome him and show him around Hogwarts, remember you too were new once." he said and sat down again.

"Oh god, please just kill me now?" Gellert groaned.

"Don't like to be in the spotlight?" Tom teased.

"Actually, I do quite like the spotlight, just not in here." Gellert hissed. He could feel Tom try and use Legilimency on him again.

"I would however, love it if you would stay out of my mind. You won't be able to penetrate my shields, I can assure you many have tried." Gellert hissed as he forcefully pushed Tom out of his mind, and aggressively forced his way into Tom's mind. Gellert managed to see a flash of a memory with Tom and his friends, studying perhaps, before Tom violently threw him out, his shields slamming into place. Gellert stifled a gasp, his head throbbing from the energy spent on entering Tom's mind, and the force by which he was evacuated.

"And I would appreciate it if you would stay out of my mind." Tom said as he casually inspected his fingernail, his voice calm and eerily quiet. Slowly Tom looked up, his eyes meeting Gellert's, causing the wizard to shudder as he noticed a red sheen in Toms pale grey eyes.

"You do not want me for an enemy, you would do well to remember that." Tom said, his voice barely a whisper.

Everyone around the table had grown quiet and watched, some in awe, others in fear, as Tom and Gellert spoke. No one spoke rudely to Tom Riddle, certainly not at breakfast. They were saved by the owl's as they started to fly in with the post.

Gellert watched as his owl came flying down with a letter, followed by a big horn owl that dropped a letter in front of him.

"You fly along Ares, I'll find you later." Gellert whispered to his owl, who nibbled at his fingers before snatching a bit of bacon of his plate and flying away. He quickly pocketed the letter, and took the one from the horn owl. It was a letter from Dumbledore, asking Gellert to come to his office when his classes were over for the day. Dumbledore had apparently found the time to do the vow.

"Gellert, are you coming?" Lestrange asked.

Gellert sighed and stood up to go with the others to their first class.

"What do we have first?" Gellert asked.

"Charms, we're practicing non-verbal spells." Lestrange answered.

Gellert followed the others to the charms classroom. Apparently they shared this with the Hufflepuffs, because Lestrange was already trying to talk some of them up. Gellert looked at them, there were a few who were quite pretty, and by the looks they were sending his way, he knew they liked what they saw. Catching the eyes of a pretty blond, Gellert winked, causing her to blush and start giggling. It was almost too easy, no one could resist his natural charm. The students all took their seats, and soon a short plump man walked to the front of the room.

Professor Merwyn Finwick was an elderly man, at least 100 years old by the looks of it. He had a short, neatly trimmed white beard and short white fine hair, thinning in the back. He stood on a platform as he addressed the class, magically enhancing his voice so the students in the back could hear his quiet old voice. Abraxas claimed the old fool was quite accomplished at dueling, and very good at charms.

Typical, the only seat available is with Riddle.

Gellert sighed, and went over to sit beside him.

"Ah yes, Mr. Atanas, just sit with Mr. Riddle, we won't need books today, only your wands." Professor Finwick said, he waved his wand, and a box filled with quills flew out and arranged themselves on each student's table.

Gellert pulled his wand out and eyed Tom, he took the quill and pushed it away from him.

"Today we will try to use non-verbal spells to summon the quills. Remember, you have to use Accio non-verbally. The wand movements are the same. Go ahead and practice now." the professor said.

Gellert already mastered that particular spell, so he leaned back and relaxed, smirking as he watched his classmates unsuccessfully summon the quill. Children! He thought.

"You're supposed to listen and do what the professors tells you. Was that not how things worked in yourold school?" Tom quietly hissed to him.

"Oh please, I can do this in my sleep." Gellert snorted.

"Then prove it." Tom said.

"Fair enough!" Gellert said, he pulled out his wand, swinging it dramatically and the quill jerked and landed nicely in his hand. Gellert turned around and smirked at Tom.

Tom flicked his wand and his quill landed in his hand as well.

"Oh how wonderful, look class. Both Mr. Riddle and Mr. Atanas have mastered the spell. Do try again!" Professor Finwick said.

They both did it again.

"Excellent! Ten points to Slytherin!" the professor said.

"Perhaps you should try something larger than a quill, unless you're unable to, that is." Tom said and looked at Gellert.

"Oh, is that a bet? Are you prepared to lose?" Gellert smirked at Tom.

Toms face remained calm and relaxed, his eyes however had taken on a slightly red tinge. Gellert knew Tom was becoming upset, he rather enjoyed angering the wizard. Gellert swung his wand threw the air dramatically and summoned a book from a bookcase near the window.

"Easy." Gellert said as he grinned and looked at Tom challengingly.

Tom continued to glare at Gellert as he barely flicked his wand and easily summoned a book. He raised his eyebrow mockingly as he casually flicked his wand again, sending the book back to its place in the shelf.

Gellert scowled as he abruptly stood up from his chair, causing it to topple over and aggressively waved his wand, and accio'd a chair over to him.

Tom silently watched Gellert as he summoned the chair, trying to determine just how far he could push the other wizard. Gellert impatiently began tapping his foot, waiting for Tom to also summon a chair. Smirking Tom leaned back in his chair, twirling his wand between his fingers.

"Oh can the great Tom Riddle not even summon a chair?" Gellert teased as he began to laugh.

"I see you have already forgotten our little chat in the Great Hall. Did I not warn you to not make an enemy of me?" Tom calmly said, his voice barely above a whisper.

Gellert leaned in close to Tom stopping just inches before his face and hissed,

"Or what?"

Suddenly Gellert was thrown back, losing his footing Gellert tripped over the chair he had summoned and landed on his ass. Tom had just tried to hit him with a very strong stinging hex, wandlessly and non-verbally. Because of all the protection charms on Gellerts necklace, the spell had mostly fizzled out. Tom looked surprised by that.

"Oh you asked for it!" Gellert said, and sent a hex towards Tom non-verbally. Tom wasn't expecting him to retaliate, and was shocked when he felt a sharp pain tearing into his side.

"Try and remove your stupid charms, and fight like a man!" Tom hissed, barely able to contain his angry magic from lashing out to attack Gellert. Taking a deep breath, Tom relaxed his features, it wouldn't do to let others see him in this state. He was the head boy after all.

"Give me a time and a place, and I'll be there!" Gellert hissed.

"The come and go room, after classes." Tom calmly replied, as he began packing up his things.

"I'll be there!" Gellert hissed, he was becoming unnerved by Toms relaxed attitude. Clearly he wasn't thinking, he had absolutely no idea what or where that room was.

The class was dismissed. Gellert was so lost in thought he was the last student to leave the classroom.


Alcina saw Tom rubbing at his side when they got out of class, and went over to him, a worried expression on her face.

"What have you done now?" Alcina asked, and waved her wand over his side. The pain stopped, and Tom smiled at her.

"Nothing at all." Tom smirked.

"Oh for Merlin's sake Tom, couldn't you just leave him be? He's new, he doesn't need to have to look over his shoulders because you think it's fun to hex him!" Alcina exclaimed.

"There is something odd about him, and I intend to find out what it is." Tom said and went with Lestrange.

"Tom!" Alcina yelled, but he just kept on walking. Alcina shook her head, and started to walk away, when an arm suddenly came out of nowhere and pulled her behind a large stone gargoyle.

"What the hell! Dolohov, let me go!" Alcina hissed and had her wand out and pointed at him.

"You precious Tom can't protect you forever, you know. " Dolohov whispered in her ear, his fingers gently caressing her cheek.

"Let me go, and I won't tell Tom." Alcina said, shuddering.

"Sooner or later you'll be mine, and I won't tolerate your insolent behavior. You should work on that." Dolohov said, a hard glint in his eyes. He pressed his lips to her forehead, inhaling her scent, before he released his hold on her and slipped past the gargoyle, disappearing down the corridor. Alcina stood, frozen in place and tried to get her breathing under control. Her entire body was trembling, her eyes welling up with tears. He freaked her out, she hated him and hated that he could do this to her. Why didn't she hex that stupid smirk off his face?

"Are you alright?" a voice said, and Alcina looked up into Gellert Atanas icy blue eyes.

"I'm fine, thank you." Alcina answered and smiled at the young man.

"I have absolutely no idea how I get to the next class, mind if I tag along with you?" Gellert asked.

"No, not at all. We have Herbology next. That's in the greenhouses." Alcina smiled and started to walk with him.

"Who was that you were just talking to?" Gellert asked.

"Antonin Dolohov, he's just a freak that creeps me out." Alcina sighed.

"Former lover?" Gellert grinned at her.

"Oh god, no!" Alcina quickly said, as an angry red blush spread over her cheeks.

"Hmm, it looked like a rather intimate conversation, forgive me. I misunderstood." Gellert said, as he reached for Alcina's hand, giving it a little squeeze.

"It's okay, you couldn't have know." Alcina smiled. She was a bit startled with his questions about Dolohov being her lover, but she didn't think any more of it.

"Did Tom hurt you in class? I'm sorry about him, he can be a bit difficult sometimes." Alcina said.

"Nah, he has to fight harder than that to actually hurt me, although, he did challenge me to a duel. Can you tell me where I can find the 'go room'?" Gellert asked.

"Come and go room? It's in the seventh floor corridor, there is a tapestry with a troll on it. Across from that is a blank wall. That's where you will find the Come and Go room. But you shouldn't duel with Tom, he's very powerful." Alcina said, as they went out the courtyard.

"Don't worry, I won't harm him too much." Gellert grinned.

Alcina chuckled. He was funny.

"Well here it is, let's get in." Alcina said when they arrived in front of a greenhouse. Gellert happily followed behind her.


Standing in the greenhouses was terribly boring. Gellert would much rather be outside, relaxing in the nice weather, reading a book under the big oak tree. It was stiflingly warm in the greenhouse, and Gellert already knew everything their professor said. Stifling a yawn, he looked around again. Studying the faces of the students assembled, he noticed a few students had fallen asleep in the back of the class. Apparently he wasn't the only one struggling to remain awake.

He stood beside a pretty little witch from Rawenclaw. She had long shiny black hair, full heart shaped lips and vibrant blue eyes. She was gorgeous, and Gellert found himself staring at her, imagining what those lips would feel like. The girl noticed he was staring and blushed, but smiled at him. Licking his lips, Gellert winked at her, and knew he had to have her. He waited until the class was dismissed before approaching her.

"Here, allow me to help." Gellert said, and took her backpack, sweet Merlin, how many books does she have in this thing? It weighs a ton!

"Thank you, that very kind of you, , right?" the witch said.

"Just call me Gellert, my father was Mr. Atanas." Gellert grinned.

"Gellert, my name is Rosalié." she said.

"Nice to meet you, Rosalié. A pretty name for a pretty witch." Gellert chuckled a bit when he saw the blush on the young witches face.

"Thank you." she said.

"What on earth do you have in this bag? It weighs a ton!" Gellert asked as he shifted the weight of the bag.

"Just my books, I like to read." Rosalié mumbled.

Gellert took out his wand, and cast a charm on her bag, one of his own creations, and the bag suddenly didn't weigh more than a feather.

"Here, you mustn't hurt your back." Gellert said and handed her the bag when they arrived at the great hall for lunch.

"What did you do?" Rosalié asked surprised as she looked down in her bag to see if all of her books were still there.

"Just a spell I created. No big deal. I hope I get the chance to talk with you some more sometime soon." Gellert said, and took her hand to press a feather light kiss on her knuckles. The girl blushed even more, it was rather cute. Gellert suddenly liked being his younger self, he surely didn't have any problems with girls. He watched as Rosalié sat down with her friends, giggling. When she turned around and looked at him, Gellert winked before going over to the Slytherins.

"Wow, you just got here yesterday and you've already managed to score Rosalié? What's your secret?" Avery asked.

"I just helped her, that's all." Gellert said and took some food.

"Yeah right, I've tried to get into her knickers for two years! Without any luck, I might add." Lestrange said.

"I just helped her with her bag, I doubt I'll get into her knickers just because of that." Gellert grinned.

"What's your secret Gel?" Avery asked.

"I'm not telling you." Gellert grinned.

"Could you please be quiet?" Tom hissed and sat down beside Abraxas. Gellert snorted, and took a drink.

"Someone's pissed today." Gellert mumbled. Tom gazed angrily at him. Avery and Lestrange suddenly were very busy with eating, carefully avoiding the scene going on in front of them. Gellert looked on in interest, it appeared as though Tom was the leader of the Slytherins. Except for Dolohov, he seemed to be the only one who didn't like Riddle very much. Maybe I should have a little chat with him.

Gellert really wanted to know just what this Tom Riddle bloke was like. He could feel his magic, and it was dark and extremely powerful, very similar to his own. For a wizard as young as Tom Riddle that was rather impressive, just how did he possess so much magic? It had taken Gellert decades to acquire and train his magic to what it was now, to think that a student should already possess this, was rather insulting. Perhaps Tom Riddle could be persuaded to join his cause? It was definitely worth looking into.

Gellert was pulled from his musings when he was suddenly reminded of the letter Ares had delivered to him. He took out the letter, touched it with his wand, and then started to read it. It was from Mason, telling him he had found something about Flamel, requesting to meet as soon as possible. Gellert touched his letter again, and every single word disappeared. He pocketed it in his robe, and ate the last of his lunch.

"So, what's the next lesson?" Gellert asked after some silence.

"We have History of Magic, the most boring lesson ever!" Avery groaned.

"Who's it with?" Gellert asked and eyed the Ravenclaw table.

"Ravenclaws," Lestrange said grinning.

Gellert eyed them, and winked at Tom who glared at him reproachfully.

"Then I'm off!" Gellert said and went over to the Ravenclaw table. He went over to Rosalié and gently tapped her on her shoulder. She turned around, and got even redder in her face.

"Apparently we have the next class together. Please allow me to accompany you." Gellert said, and bowed slightly.

"Sure, I'll see you later girls!" Rosalié said to her friends who were giggling. Gellert took the girls bag, and offered her his arm. She was blushing, but happily took it and went with him.

"Wow, he surely knows what he's doing." Avery said.

"Do you guys ever stop talking about girls?" Alcina said and looked sternly at them all.

"Nah, where's the fun in that?" Avery said.

Alcina shook her head, and started picking at her food. She really wasn't hungry. She could feel Dolohov glaring at her, and she really didn't like it. Tom scooted a bit closer to her, and look down at her with worry in his eyes.

"Are you okay? I'm sorry I lost it earlier. I was not angry with you, you know that right?" Tom said quietly to her.

"It's okay Tom, there is nothing to apologize for." Alcina said and smiled at him.

"You don't look fine Alcina, what's the matter?" Tom asked.

"Really it's nothing." Alcina said. The last thing she wanted was for Tom to hex Dolohov and then get expelled.

"Please Alcina, tell me. Now." he ordered.

"No, Tom, there is nothing wrong. Please just let it go?" Alcina asked.

"I'm going to found out what's wrong. It would be best if you just told me." Tom said.

Alcina sighed. She really liked Tom, but sometimes, he acted like he wanted to be more than friends. She loved how protective he made her feel, but she really didn't want him to risk getting expelled because of her.

"Can we please just go to the next class?" Alcina said.

Tom stood, and took her bag, and started to walk away.

"Tom please, nothing is wrong. Can we please just forget all of this? I hate it when we fight." Alcina said and pulled at his arm. Tom stopped and turned around, he sighed and nodded. Alcina went over to him, and pulled him into a hug.

"Thank you." she whispered.

"Come, we'll be late for class." Tom said and took her hand in his. They walked together to their next class.

Gellert really like the Ravenclaw girl, she was fun to hang out with. She asked him questions about himself and was very interested in his replies. The entire walk to class she was showing him all of the interesting things the castle was capable of doing, such as the moving staircases, and that trick step. She also pointed out several secrets along the way, hidden classrooms and secret passageways, including one that apparently lead to the cellar of a candy shop, wherever that was. He was rather disappointed when the tour ended and they arrived at their destination.


"Oh god, this class is really boring." Gellert said and sat back in his chair. He had spent the past hour listening to a boring ghost! A fucking ghost!

"This is probably the most boring class there is at Hogwarts. He likes to talk about the goblin wars, and that's about it." Rosalié agreed.

"Can we sneak out? Do something a bit more exciting than this?" Gellert whispered in her ear.

"Like what?" Rosalié asked blushing.

"Well we could go out and enjoy the nice weather, find somewhere nice and quiet? Perhaps we could sit under the large oak tree down by the black lake, we could stop by the kitchens first, get a snack." Gellert said, and placed a small kiss on her cheek.

"I don't know, I never snuck out a class before." Rosalié said as she looked around the class, worried others were overhearing their hushed conversation.

"Please, that old ghost won't even noticed it. Come on, live a little." Gellert whispered in her ear, causing her to blush. Rosalié looked at him, and bit her lip before slowly nodded.

"Good, come on!" Gellert said and took her hand in his. Luckily they sat almost in the back, and could easily snuck out. All the while, Gellert kept on holding the girl's hand in his.

They quickly ran down to the kitchens and nicked a basket of sweets and snuck out of the castle, and started to walk down towards the lake.

"See, you have to agree with me now! This is much more fun than sitting in a classroom!" Gellert grinned and tugged at her hand. She almost lost her footing, but Gellert caught her and held her close. Rosalié looked down, and Gellert tucked some of her black hair behind her ear.

"Are you nervous?" Gellert whispered to her.

"A bit." Rosalié mumbled.

"Hey, look at me." Gellert said.

Rosalié looked up at him.

"We are just having a bit of fun, no strings attached." Gellert smirked.

When Rosalié nodded, he couldn't help but cover her lips with his own. She was sweet, and gentle, but Gellert didn't care. He let his tongue swept over her lower lip, begging for entrance, and when she gasped, he let his tongue met hers. Gellert took advantage, and started to place kisses on her neck.

"Lay down." he ordered her gently.

Rosalié was trembling a bit, but did what he asked of her. He lay down on top of her, and started to kiss her again. Gellert let his hands wander up and down her body.

"Gellert, what if someone's going to see us?" Rosalié asked, but she couldn't help but moan when Gellert sucked at her pulsepoint.

"No one is going to see us." Gellert mumbled.

"Gellert, please, don't. We will get in trouble for sure!" Rosalié said, and tried to get Gellerts hands away from her skirt.

"Come now Rosy, live a little!" Gellert mumbled.

"I've never done this before." she mumbled.

"Don't worry darling, I'll make sure you get a good time, and the best part is, that there are nothing stopping us. Going in school is supposed to be fun and I would love to be having some fun with you, no strings attached of course. Just a pair of good friends, enjoying each others company. I'm certain you will enjoy it." Gellert said, and cupped her breast.

"Oh god!" Rosalié moaned and trembled under his hands.

"Shh, I guarantee you are going to love this." he mumbled and kissed her neck. He started to unbutton her blouse, and when he could, he let his hands cup her breast, flicking her nipple under his thumb.

"Oh," she moaned, and Gellert loved the way her body responded to him.

"It's okay darling, let it all go, don't hold back." Gellert said and moved his head down to her breast. He pushed the cup of her bra down, and took her breast into his mouth. Flicking his tongue over her nipple, he smiled as he watched the girl underneath him shudder and moan in pleasure.

"Oh god, oh god!" Rosalié moaned, she tossed around under him, and arched her back up from the ground to get closer to him.

He took her other breast into his mouth, before he started to kiss down her stomach. He reached her skirt and hooked it up around her waist. She was trembling under him, and Gellert loved it. Blue knickers, she sure was a Ravenclaw.

Gellert dipped his head and kissed her, and by the way she moaned, he knew she liked it.


"Hey Avery, do you see Rosalié or Gellert anywhere?" Lestrange asked.

"They snuck out an hour ago." Abraxas said with closed eyes.

"What? They didn't! Rosalié never snuck out of classes!" Avery said.

"They did, I'm not lying." Abraxas yawned "Sweet Salazar, does this class never end?"

"Hey Abraxas, when was the next meeting?" Lestrange asked.

"Tonight, before Tom's duel with Gellert." Abraxas said. The class ended, and Abraxas quickly got up to hurry out.

"Oh right I forgot about his dueling." Lestrange said.

"Well, I'm off. I've got a gorgeous Hufflepuff waiting for me in the Library." Lestrange grinned.

"Dolohov, want to go play some Quidditch?" Avery asked the Russian.

"Sure, anything to get out of here." Dolohov said.

"Are you coming Abraxas?" Avery asked.

"Nah, you go on ahead, I think I want to relax a bit before tonight." Abraxas said, and watched as his friends went to fly for a bit.

Abraxas went to the common room, and waited for Tom to arrive. Tom had asked if they could meet, and talk before their meeting later. He didn't have to wait for too long before Tom came into the room.

"Abraxas, I hope I haven't kept you waiting for long." Tom said and sat down beside him.

"Not at all my lord!" Abraxas said.

"I want to talk to you about this Atanas. There is something odd about him. He's a skilled Occlumens, I wasn't able to look inside his mind at all. He threw me out the moment he knew I was looking. And then, in Charms, he has some kind of Protections charm around him, not a single one of my hexes hit him. They rebound, why should a seventeen year old student have so many protection charms on him? And how can he master Occlumency like that? You of all people knew how long it took me to be able to hold my shields up." Tom said and looked at him.

"I agree, my lord, something's not right. Do you want me to keep an eye on him?" Abraxas asked.

"Yes, please do, you share a dorm with him. Try to gain his friendship, get close to him. I want to know all of his secrets and why he's trying to hide them like this." Tom hissed angrily.

"I'll keep an eye out for him, and try to get close to him. I did warn him to be out of your way and keep his hands off my sister." Abraxas said.

"Has he tried anything with Alcina?" Tom asked angry.

"No, not what I'm aware of." Abraxas said.

"Good, that's good. Well I'm off to patrol before dinner, please let me know the minute you know anything about him." Tom said.

"Of course, my lord." Abraxas said and bowed his head in respect, he watched as Tom exited the common room and sat back. Tom was right, something was off about this new student, and Abraxas would make sure to do his best to find out his secret.