A/N: This next week is going to be pretty hectic for me, and I have not finished the next chapter yet. So, next week's chapter might me a little late. Some reviews clogging my email might make me write faster, though…

Oh and today is my friend's birthday, so this chapter is for her.. even though she doesn't read this story...

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Hermione gave a groan and sat up. "Alright, let's get dressed and fetch the boys. We can tell Uncle Tom at breakfast."

Luna nodded and slid out of the bed. The younger girl (by a few months), skipped to her wardrobe to select what she would wear today. She put a finger to her lips, trying to make a decision. Brightening, she pulled out a pair of light wash muggle leggings. Pulling off her pyjamas, she pulled the fabric and pulled out two shirts. The first top was a thin, grey, long-sleeve. The second shirt she chose was sleeveless and reached halfway down her thigh. The fabric was lightweight and light purple in colour.

The light haired girl then chose plain white socks and grey converse. Skipping over to Hermione, she picked up her hairbrush to brush her pale locks.

Hermione, herself, wore dark muggle jeans and a navy blue peasant top. On her feet were converse, like Luna, but in navy blue.

Both girls picked up their black robes with silver trimmings as they left their room. Folding the robes over their arms for the time being, they made their way to the boys' room.

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Loud banging at the door alerted the boys that the girls had finally arrived. Neville opened the door and let the girls inside. So far Neville only wore a pair of dark jeans and black converse sneakers.

"Morning," Neville said before turning back to his closet. Harry poked his head out of the bathroom door, toothbrush in hand, dressed in nothing but the same jeans as Neville. He gave a little wave to the girls and disappeared back into the bathroom.

"Good morning boys!" Luna called as she skipped to Neville's bed. She flicked her wand at it before taking a seat. The blankets immediately fixed themselves and Luna plopped down. Hermione sat down next to the energetic girl as Harry emerged from the bathroom.

"Morning," he replied, running a hand through his messy hair. Harry muttered to himself as he rooted through his clothing, he had never really been a morning person.

Neville stood in front of a mirror and fixed his shirt before running a comb through his hair. He had slipped on a solid green shirt, with a grey button-up over it. The buttons were only attached halfway up and his green shirt stuck out a bit at the bottom. He summoned his black cloak and sat on the other side of Luna to wait.

Harry finally emerged from his wardrobe wearing a grey shirt with a dark green button-up over it. Unlike Neville, he left the buttons undone. The four walked out the door and Harry followed, summoning his cloak as he went.

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When the kids arrived in the dining hall, they found their normal dining group waiting. Tom Riddle sat at the head of the table with two empty places on each side of the table. The four took the same seats they had last night and greeted the others. Beside Luna sat Bellatrix and Rodolphus sat across from her 'aunt'.

"Severus and Remus will not be accompanying us this morning, they had business to attend to last night and are still at Hogwarts castle," Voldemort announced as house elves entered, putting platters of food in the center of the table.

Everyone took their favourite foods and were just biting into their first mouthfuls when Luna spoke. "Yes, I saw that Dumbledore received our letter last night. He was quite surprised when he read Harry and Neville's names." Luna casually scooped up some strawberries as she spoke.

Tom blinked. Harry broke out into a smile, "So he read our letter? What did he say?"

"Well he plans on bringing us all to his office after the sorting feast. The Potters, Longbottoms, and teachers will be there too. The Potters think that there is still 'good' inside you two and are quite eager to see you. Dumbledore doubts it, though."

This sparked an excited conversation between the children, with Luna giving replies in a dreamy voice every so often.

Voldemort broke up the chatter, "Silence." The conversation died instantly. "Luna what exactly did you see in your vision?"

Luna retold exactly what she saw last night as everyone listened with rapt attention. A look of anger was set firmly on Tom's face when she finished her recollection.

"What did the letter that you four wrote to Dumbledore say exactly?" The man's voice was dangerously calm. Hermione bit her lip, Neville looked down, and Harry ran his hand through his hair. Luna looked at her plate, "Well?" he said louder.

Harry summoned a pensieve and pulled out the memory of them writing the letter. He dropped the copied memory into the swirling. The three adults were pulled into the memory.

The four children sat uncomfortable, "Lets hide while we can." Nodding at Hermione's idea, they scattered throughout the large manor. Luna hid in the back of her wardrobe, and Harry hid behind a portrait with a small gap behind it. He looked out through the 'eyes' of the still portrait. From the outside it would just look like a painting, but behind it Harry could see everything. Neville embedded himself in his favourite plant, devil's snare. This particular plant was pampered the most by Neville, for it was his prized possession. The plant, in return was friendly to Neville. However, it would still strangle anyone else that came close. Hermione found herself in the library. She burrowed under a pile of fluffy cushions and bean bags.

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When the adults emerged, they were beyond angry. The children were NOT supposed to write anything other than that they accept. Not only did they confirm their existence early, but they revealed to their biggest enemy that they would be taking over the school!

Voldemort was livid, his plan was supposed to be put into action in September when everyone thought he was still gone. Now they knew that he was alive with Harry and Neville, but that Luna Lovegood was with him!

Snapping to where the children were sitting, his words died on his tongue. They were gone. Summoning Lucius Malfoy, he ordered him to bring Mr Lovegood to Riddle Manor. Hopefully he got to Xeno before Dumbledore and his Order.

Narrowing his eyes, he and Bellatrix went hunting for their children. Rodolphus would accompany Lucius. He was never really involved too much with the children, anyway.

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Harry held his breath when his father and Bella walked down the hall he was hiding in. He watched as they walked past him and turned around the corner.

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Voldemort quietly told Bella to find the girls and bring to them in their room. He would come by when he was finished with Harry and Neville. She nodded and continued down the corridor, calling to the girls in a baby talk voice.

Tom cast a silent disillusion charm on himself and turned back down the hall. He knew exactly where Harry was hiding, he could see through the charms on the painting as Master of the Manor. Slowly he approached the portrait and took off his disillusion charm. He could see Harry press himself against the wall behind him.

"I know you're back there, Harry. Come out now before I come to get you." Harry bit his lip. His father was bluffing. There was no possible way for Tom to see Harry. "One." Harry's eyes widened. Voldemort hadn't counted since before Luna came around. "Two. You know what happens when I get to three, don't you Harry?"

Harry's resolve broke when Tom began to speak the first syllable of the horrid number. The boy burst out from behind the portrait, and stood in front of Tom, eyes downcast.

Tom walked up to Harry and put a finger under the boy's chin, lifting his face to meet his eyes. "What you did was quite foolish. We shall discuss it when I find your brother. Go to your room and sit on your bed. Don't you dare disobey me Harry."

Harry swallowed and nodded before running to his room.

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Bella entered the library; she knew she would find Hermione here. The girl always came here when she was troubled. "Come out, come out Hermione." Bellatrix prowled the room.

Hermione tried to stay as still as possible under the cushions. She wasn't able to see her mother, but she knew the woman was close.

A thoughtful look passed over Bella's face. She walked to the door and opened it. Casting a silencing charm on her boots, she closed the door, again.

Hermione let out a sigh of relief and dug her way out of the hot pillows and cushions. When she finally escaped, she came face to face with her mother. "There you are Hermione Morgan. You should know better than to hide from your mother." Hermione yelped when he mother latched onto her ear and dragged her out of the library to her room.

Plopping the girl onto her bed, she cast a point me for Luna. The dark coloured wand spun and pointed to the wardrobe. Throwing open the doors, she found a muttering Luna.

"Oh rats. Well I suppose my wardrobe wasn't the best place to hide, eh Aunt Bella?"

"It wasn't a good idea to hide in the first place, Miss Lovegood." Bella picked the small girl up and carried her to the bed. "Stay. I'll be back."

Bella warded their door and took the silencing charm off her boots. Skipping down the hall, she barged into the boy's room to find a sulking Harry.

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Voldemort entered the Greenhouse. His other son loved it here and was most likely hiding in his devil's snare. How the boy managed to make friends with that evil plant was beyond him. Tom stopped a few meters from the plant that was moving slightly.

"Neville, I will give you until the count of three before I take the covers off the windows of this side of the room. You know what happens when the sunlight hits the vines. One."

Neville began to rush out of the tangle of vines as Tom began to count. Grabbing the boy by the upper arm, he dragged him to his room.

Releasing Neville, who sat on his bed, he turned to Bellatrix. "Did you speak to the girls yet, Bella?"

"Not yet my lord, I was unsure of what you wanted me to tell them."

Tom paused and brought Bella into the hall.

Closing the door, he spoke to Bella. "When they come back from Knockturn alley they are grounded. They will be on restriction until they begin Hogwarts." She nodded and turned to the girls' room.

Entering the boys' once more, he was pleased to find them still on their beds. Neville was holding one of his pillows in his lap and Harry looked guilty.

"What I saw in that memory was four children disobeying their father. I explicitly told you four to send your individual letters of acceptance, nothing more. And what do you do? You sent a WARNING to the light." Voldemort paced at the ends of the beds.

"Father, I can-"

"You can explain, Neville? Please do. Because I would love to know what was running through your minds when you sent that letter to Dumbledore."

Harry stood up. "It was my idea; I talked Neville and the girls into helping me. I thought we'd have a bit of fun. I didn't think he would actually read the letter! You told us that the letters were only magically checked for confirmation."

Tom took a dangerous step towards Harry and the boy stepped back, stumbling back onto his bed. "Don't take that tone of voice with me young man." He stepped back to face both boys. "You are all grounded until you leave for Hogwarts. You, Harry, have just bought yourself another week. I shall inform Remus and Severus to take care of you for your first week at Hogwarts."

Harry groaned and lay back on the bed. Grabbing a pillow, he held it over his head. Tom snatched the pillow away. "If you wish to act like a child, I can get this over with right now and treat you like one." Harry paled and quickly shook his head. "Exactly. Know that Severus and Remus will not hesitate to correct any of you no matter how childish you think their punishment is."

Harry pouted and Tom left their room. "You know Harry, taking all of the blame was quite Gryffindor-ish." Neville grinned until one of Harry's pillows hit him in his face. He laughed. "Oooh a pillow fight. Now that seems like a Hufflepuff."

Harry growled and launched himself at his brother. Harry froze in mid-air when Voldemort entered the room. Neville had just whipped out his wand to cast a charm at his attacking brother.

Tom levitated Harry back to his bed and held out his hand. "Wands. I almost forgot to collect them. You will receive them back for training only." The boys grudgingly handed over their wands. "Oh and Harry, add another week to your grounding." Neville let out a small laugh. "And another week for you too, Neville."

Tom left the room when both began to laugh. "Looks like we're grounded for another week Harry."

"Yep, another whole week of restriction."

"And planning for our next pranks," both boys said in unison, grins spread across their face.

In the distance they heard a loud yell. Neville and Harry had tears in their eyes, they were laughing so hard. Seems like Uncle Sev finally arrived back at the manor and found what they did to his room.

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Aunt Bella had been gone for several minutes before Luna heard a yell. 'Oops,' she thought, 'I knew there was something I forgot to tell them. Oh well, poor Uncle Severus.'

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A/N: Okay, I better go start to read my books for school now. I have to read I think two of the three for my paper I have to write. At the least the paper is short... Until next week, my dear readers.