Disclaimer: I don't own harry potter...wish I did though

An: So I re-read the story and changed a few things but they are major so you don't have to read it

Chapter 6

Harry groaned when he heard the tell tale signs of an owl tapping on his window, for Christ sake who sends mail this early in the morning?

He threw off the covers and dragged himself to the window; he removed the letter tied to its leg and practically crawled back to bed. Before he could finally reenter the land of dreams a slight rustling started at the foot of the bed.

"How did you get in here Nagini?" he asked the large snake that had just popped out

Nagini slithered up to him and coiled up beside him "After your father came back from the raid he sent me to check on you…I fell asleep on the job" she hissed.

Harry started to understand snakes right after the ritual; it was one of the gifts he inherited from Tom. He could speak to them too; Tom said it was called Parseltongue.

"Aren't you going to check that Harry?" she asked pointing her head at the disregarded letter on the floor

"I don't feel like it. It's too early" Harry whined, he rather liked his bed

"What if it's important? It could be Hermione"

The second she mentioned Hermione he grabbed the letter and ripped it open. He threw it away once he saw who it was from. "It's just my Hogwarts letter…to Harry Riddle it says, ah, the perks of a blood ritual…I'm going back to bed"

"You should decline the offer Harry they might send someone to check on you."

Harry groaned he would never fall back asleep. He hopped out of bed and ticked the decline box on the card and immediately it disappeared.

With a sigh he entered the bathroom and came out a few minutes later dressed in black pants, a green dress shirt and a black cloak. His hair was slightly damp and caught in a low ponytail; he had grown it over the past 2 years.

"Come on Nagini, let's go find father. He needs to know"

He held the door open and waited for her to leave before following. He walked past many portraits; each saying the usual greeting of 'good morning young master' it was quite annoying. He laughed when he remembered how Hermione blew up one of them because it wouldn't stop doing it.

He finally reached a pair of large double doors and pushed them open without a second thought, inside held a mass of death eaters, all watching as some boy requested permission to join their ranks. Tom was seated in his large throne like chair, dressed in his usual all black attire with his inner circle standing behind him. Tom wasn't wearing contacts so the boy must have felt naked in front of his Red orbs

The lad looked like he could lift a building with all those muscles; he had dark shaggy hair and a large scowl built into his face.

Everyone turned when Harry entered but he didn't give them as much as a glance. His eyes held a cold look of indifference and the way he held himself showed he was of a higher status than the death eaters surrounding him. They all bowed and recited the same greeting the portraits had.

"What did I tell you about entering here during meetings Harry?" Tom asked his blood adopted son as Nagini slithered to his side.

"You said, and I quote, do not interrupt my meetings unless it's something important" Harry recited as he stopped beside the confused boy, Harry started to scrutinize the boy, much like Tom was doing before he was interrupted.

"Do you have anything important to speak of?"

Harry rolled his eyes "Of course I do father why else would I be here?"

The boy next to Harry gasped and stared at Harry like he was from Mars "V-Voldemort had a son?"

"Well you're dumb, why else would I have called him father…you're from Gryffindor aren't you?"

The boy looked like he had gone into shock; he hadn't wanted to disclose that information! Yet still this evil spawn comes along and ruins his plan to become rich! What was he to do now? Dumbledore had specifically said not to let them find out.

"N−No! Of course not!"

Harry scoffed "Is that so…well whatever, I didn't come here to inspect obvious spies. Father I got my Hogwarts letter"

Tom smirked "And?"

"I declined. I already got into Dumstrang"

Before they could continue their conversation the idiotic lad who had tried to join the ranks grabbed his wand and pointed it at Harry. Immediately all death eaters aimed at him.

"Stand down or I blow his brains out!" he screamed in obvious terror.

Harry rolled his eyes "Do you really think doing this will ensure your safety? You can't apparate out of here and the wards last for 3 miles. Are you going to drag me with you for three miles and pray to the gods?"

Tom was observing his nails seemingly not worried about the situation, which seemed to unnerve the lad. Harry looked like he was waiting for something.

The boy grabbed Harry's shirt, ready to drag him out. But before he could move an inch the door slammed open and in stepped the Granger family.

Hermione was the only one who changed over the years, she was slightly taller and her buck tooth had been removed. She no longer had bushy hair because her new shampoo took care of it; curly locks now fell freely to her mid-back.

"Harry dear why are you allowing an obvious Gryffindor to touch you?" she asked in disgust

Harry glanced at the boy "I don't know"

"…fine, since as no one else wants to do anything−" she grabbed Emma's wand and pointed it at the astonished boy "For daring to touch my Harry with your filthy hands I sentence you to death…Avadra Kevadra!"

"What would you have done if that had hit me Hermione?" Harry asked as the boy fell to the floor.

"Bury you…Uncle Tom I got my Hogwarts letter!"

Tom sighed; his meeting as officially over "You're all dismissed" the deatheaters bowed as one before most of them apparated away, only those keyed into the wards or those that had the dark mark could apparate in or out of the mansion.

"You accepted, correct?" Tom asked Hermione

"Well of course…even though I'm still pissed that Harry and I can't go the same school…I am so getting into Slytherin!"

Tom looked surprised "You didn't tell her?" he asked Emma who was hiding behind Dan

"I couldn't! You tell her! Make her destroy your house!"

"Tell her what father?" Harry asked as he took a seat in Toms lap

Tom sighed "Princess…you can't go into Slytherin"

Hermione looked like you just told her she couldn't eat ice-cream "What? Why not?"

"Dumbledore is already suspicious because your last name is Granger…so you're going to Hogwarts under the guise of a muggle born"

Now she looked like you told her she couldn't do magic

"You will not be going into Slytherin because he suspects your family are the Dark purebloods that had disappeared all those years ago and he would confirm his suspicions if you got in. We can't have the light finding out that the Granger line is alive and well…"

"S-So you want me to get into Ravenclaw?"

He shook his head "Gryffindor"

Harry watched as Hermione fell to the floor in a dead faint, this was definitely a shocker "Gryffindor? Really father! You're putting her with those imbeciles?"

"Would you rather Dumbledore wanting her dead?"

Dan lifted up his unconscious daughter and made his way towards the door "We'll take her home and try to calm her down; we'll see you at Diagon alley next week"

"Goodbye Tom!" Emma shouted, running to catch up her husband

Tom smirked "What a wonderful way to start the morning"

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Harry frowned, Hermione was starting school a day before him so here he was at the Kings Cross station. Hermione looked as sour as a plum; they couldn't tell her goodbye since Dumbledore probably had spies watching her.

Because she wasn't suppose to know about magic she had to stop using her special shampoo, so her hair was a bushy heap on her head. She couldn't speak to Draco at all at school and her parents weren't supposed to be magical so they couldn't pass the barrier.

Harry saw her wipe away a stray tear before boarding, he felt devastated. She obviously hated doing this but if it meant protecting her family she had to.

"Father she's crying! Let her stop! Send her to a different school"

Tom sighed "There's another reason for her being in Gryffindor… she will gain his trust, he will tell her things. She'll be a snake in lions clothing, highly dangerous…she can do this Harry, believe in her"

Harry nodded and lightly gripped his father's shirt, a second later they had disappeared

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Hermione sat quietly in her compartment, content with the quite she was receiving.

"I just hope some idiot doesn't interrupt"

As if by some bout of faith the door slammed open and in stepped a chubby boy and two twins. The red head on the twins was an obvious giveaway that they were Weasleys, they looked a year or two above her and were carrying what looked to be a small glass orb. The other boy looked her age; he had short black hair and was carrying a frog in his hand.

The world was out to get her.

"Hey can we stay in here with you? The others are packed" asked one of the twins, she didn't know which one it was.

She wanted to say no but she had to be civil, she was suppose to make friends, people who she thought she could trust and those she simply wished to manipulate.

"Sure…Um which one are you?"

She asked as they sat, the shy kid still hadn't spoke a word

"Oh! Sorry, forgot my manners there! I'm Fred and he's−"

"−George"

Hermione stared at them for a while, trying to find a way to differentiate, it took her a minute. George had a slightly lower tone.

"And you?" she said regarding the quiet boy

"I−I'm Neville!" he more mumbled than spoke but she still heard

"Well hi Neville…George, you and Fred are in third year right? Can you tell Neville and I about Hogwarts?"

The twins grinned and for the best of an hour spoke about the wonders of Hogwarts. Hermione found she liked the twins; maybe she could convert them to her side. Even though they were Weasleys they had the potential to be evil, especially with those pranks of theirs.

Neville on the other hand would need some work; she liked him too, even if he couldn't speak without stuttering.

Suddenly Neville flew to his feet "Where's Trevor!" he cried looking around for the frog

"You brought him with you to the bathroom. Maybe he hopped away then…lets go look…George, you and Fred so north and we'll go south" Hermione said, already in boss mode.

The boys nodded and they all left without a moment's notice.

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Hermione went into another compartment, once again asking if anyone had seen a frog and once again they said no.

"It's alright Hermione, you can stop. I−I can probably get another one"

Hermione frowned; it was obvious that he didn't mean that, she could already see the tears prickling at his eyes. She sighed; Neville was too modest for his own safety. She would have to work on him a lot before he was dark material.

Maybe if he met Harry he would gain a bit of confidence. Harry had that kind of effect on people, his aura seemed to draw people in, and it was rather soothing. But that was when he was n a good mood. She remembered the time Blaise had accidently torn Harry's favourite shirt, it was a gift from Tom and Harry treasured everything he got from his adoptive father. Harry had gone into a blind rage, destroying his entire room with magic alone.

Hermione had feared for Blaise, he was the only other child that knew about her or Harry's existence and she hadn't wanted to lose a friend. Luckily Tom had arrived just in time to quell the boys over flowing pot of rage.

She shook her head free of those thoughts and moved unto the next compartment, ignoring Neville's pleas to stop. She knocked and pulled the door open. Inside was a red headed boy, three girls and none other than Joshua Potter. She immediately knew the boy was a Weasleys, who else would Potter congregate with? They were watching the girls, eating a pile of candy, and trying to get the girls attention at the same time. But they completely ignored them; the girls must have known Joshua was the chosen one but his obviously arrogant personality must have shooed them off.

The arrogant git thought that every girl should praise him, it was stupid and repulsive.

Two out of the three girls were twins, both resembling Indians; they had long flowing black hair and deep black eyes. Only one of the twins seemed to be completely engrossed in a conversation with the third girl, the other was reading her book, joining in at different intervals.

The third girl had long curly brownish blonde hair and was slightly on the plump side. She was the one chattering the most. Hermione immediately knew she could use each of them. The blonde one seemed to know a lot, she was definitely a gossiper. The twin that was talking most was probably one too and the last twin would probably be the most deadly. She spoke lightly but still heard everything spoken around her, she would have the most info.

They all looked up when they entered

She crossed her arms and pointed at Neville "Have you seen Neville's frog? He's called Trevor"

The red head scoffed "No! Why would a stupid frog come in here?"

"Hermione? You got into Hogwarts?" Joshua asked in obvious shock, "Blimey! I would have never guessed!"

She ignored him and faced the girls "Have you?"

They shook their heads "Sorry but we haven't…I can help though if you like, I'm heading to the restroom anyways" replied the silent twin

"Hey Hermione, I was speaking to you!" Joshua shouted, clearly offended she hadn't answered

"Well I don't feel like speaking to you Joshua" she turned back to the twin "The more the merrier"

The other two girls stood the same time the twin had,

"We'll come too!" said the blonde haired girl, giving the red head an uncomfortable glance. She obviously wanted to leave.

Hermione nodded "I'm Hermione by the way…you?"

The twin who was chattering the most stepped forward, she held out her hand, a large smile on her face "I'm Parvati Patil and that's my twin Padma and our friend Lavender Brown"

"AndI'm Joshua potter and he's Ronald Weasley! You've been ignoring us all this time! Yet you suddenly become friends with her?

"And what do you mean by that Joshua?" Hermione asked, a frown marring her face

"You of course"

Hermione reallywanted to hex the brat but she had to keep her cover. So she settled for huffing "Let's go before his ego kills him. I don't want to be charged with murder"

With a chuckle they all left. They never went to the bathroom; Padma had just wanted a light walk. They had done the entire south end and had not found the frog.

The girls decided they wanted to stay with Hermione so after they gathered there stuff they moved into her compartment. The Weasley twins had already been there and informed them that they had found nothing. Hermione introduced the newcomers and they got along fine for the rest of the ride.

Hermione was definitely going to rehabilitate her current group of friends, she would turn them all.

She chuckled and everyone turned to her in confusion

"What's so funny Hermione?" Neville questioned

"Nothing Nev, I was just thinking how fun my time at Hogwarts would be"

So yeah that's at least one thing off my check list!