Hey everyone,
So this chapter will have a timejump, will have Harry summarizing what happened between the first weekend of September and Halloween and will also make the connection between Harry Potter and Kingdom Hearts stronger once again. Also, alongside Tom Riddle are the protagonists of this story going to have another adversary.
Who? Let's find out,

Venquine1990
Co-Author: Kawaii Nate


Chapter 09
Tricking And Deceiving

31st of October 1992
Great Hall, Hogwarts
Harry's POV

The last couple of months have been filled with quite a few ups and downs. One of the ups is that my brother Demyx and the others are settling in quite well, regardless of the downside factor that people just don't like how they keep meeting together and growing their bonds closer, even if they are sorted in all four Houses.
And while part of me thinks: "Can these kids really not realize that this is exactly why the Sorting Hat put them in different Houses, to prove that House loyalty doesn't need to break up family or friendships?" Do I not interfere as I have been getting busier and busier the more the school year progresses on.

Not just in classes as the lessons have been getting harder and the homework has been increasing in lengths of parchment rolls, but also in other things. One of them being that, probably because it was my idea to have the Magical world move to my family's universe, more and more students are coming to me for royal advice.
And one of the things I have noticed people are growing curious over is whether or not I will form my own royal court or something, yet while the idea appeals to me, do I not feel close enough to enough of the student body to make proper choices between them all. And so I spend a lot of time studying all the students, both young and old.

And of course, another issue that just keeps popping up from time to time is Luna and the Darkness that festers inside her. I even managed to get a chance to watch her for a day, Professor Sprout accepting that I will be missing classes for a day in return that I will hand in double the amount of homework the next.
And what Ginny told me the day of the Quidditch Try Outs really proves true and it really makes me worried, both for what could be ailing Luna and how the Darkness could be affecting her as well as Ginny and how this must be confusing and hurting her. And the fact that this makes her distance from Luna, I can truly understand.
Yet what I don't like is how this actually makes Luna smirk slightly in class as well as glare in betrayal when the girls pass each other in the hallway and I think: "What is this Darkness doing to the girl? And is it true what Demyx thinks? That it's not really Darkness affecting her, but that she's just brilliant at Transfigurations?"
This is a theory that has been going around more and more and while Professor Flitwick still keeps a close eye on the girl, do he and Professor McGonagall seem to have their hands full in keeping the peace between the two. And the rumors of a fight ensuing between Luna and her Head of House really worry me as well.

Still, there is one thing that makes me glad that I now have members of the Organization and their friends at Hogwarts at all times as I have actually been growing anxious about the lack of Keyholes and Heartless that has been going on around Hogwarts. Xion definitely agrees with me, yet Demyx seems to think nothing's wrong.
"Demyx, there was a Heartless attack on my first day as a First year. And now two months have passed and nothing! That's just not right!" I keep trying to tell him, yet he constantly retorts: "The reason there was an attack on the first day was because that killer was right inside this school. He's gone now, so no attacks."
And while I have to agree with him on this fact, does it not alleviate my concerns and tonight of all nights I am most worried. "Something's going to happen, I just know it. Xion, keep a close eye on Luna. Report to the Superior the minute you spot her doing something or when her hair changes to black completely, alright?"

The girl nods and the rest of the day passes, Xion having been given permission to skip classes if in return she will report any strange finding with the teachers as well as the Superior. And while Demyx is pissed that his girlfriend could be in danger, do I just know that Xion is the one and only who can really pull this off.
"Which is only better, considering the party that the Potter Alliance is planning to hold tonight, not to mention that I promised Sir Nicholas I would make an appearance on his Deathday party, if only because his deathday is the same as my original birth parents. Heh, oh well, let's just see how I get through classes today."
And with that do I start to head for my next class. Yet as I pass the doors to the Great Hall and turn for the Grand Staircase does something happen that has become quite the random occurrence. I block a strange green light, spot another broken bottle and think: "What is it with Hogwarts and green bottles?" And I walk on, confused.

That night
Tom's POV

"For the last two months I have been testing that supposedly royal brat that, according to rumors, defeated my future self, out and so far he has failed every time. He really is nothing but a spoiled little rich kid that is blind to everything that doesn't interest him. Well, let's see if a giant snake running rampant will interest him."
I think to myself as I stand before the entrance to my ancestor's grandest masterpiece, having already hit my supposed little spy with a curse that will make her need to go to the bathroom with great intensity and I think: "If that dumb little prince thinks he can send his lackeys after me, I will happily just take them off his hands."
And with that, using the magic I have both taught the little blonde I am controlling and that she actually managed to teach me, do I open the entrance to my heritage and I hiss: "Come to me, my sweet beast. I have your meal here, ready for you to devour. All I ask in return, is your servitude in cleaning this school."

And the gorgeous form of a gigantic snake, scales of gorgeous forest-green and eyes that would have been deadly to me, had it not been for my own special magic and some kind of strange power that seems to be protecting my host, comes out of the entrance, swirling around the entrance and gazing at me as I smirk and say:
"She's right there, I hope you enjoy her. After that, search the school for whoever you need to satiate your appetite." And the giant snake eagerly slithers over to one of the stalls, yet it halts as it raises its head above the stalls. This confuses me and I walk over, pulling myself over its gigantic form and slamming the door open.
And when I spot that the stall is actually vacant and that there is only a sliver of dark energy vaporizing like mist, do I feel a terrible rage overcome me and I shout at the monster: "Find her! Find her and silence her! You can feast yourself on her later! Now just leave her there where she can serve as a message!"

And while I can tell that the monster wants to defy me, is my power over its will stronger than its need to overcome me and it slithers out, the magic of the castle actually making me smirk as it makes the door to the hallway stretch itself to let the monster pass. Yet as the monster leaves the stall, do I grimace as I notice something.
Because it is so great and because it is moving so fast in order to complete my order, did it actually leave tracks shaped like its scales on the floor and I think: "No. I can't have that. I won't let them get a chance to stop me from doing what my ancestor wanted and failed to do for generations." And with that do I start searching.
And just like so many years ago, do I hear her and I smirk at this as I use my host's voice and ask: "Myrtle? Shouldn't you be at that failure's Deathday party or something? Then again, who would want someone like you at their party? They don't need a failure like you to prove that their days aren't even worth being dead."
And while I make sure to float slightly above the ground, do I hear that miserable bit of useless afterlife screaming and wailing as it floats through all of the stalls, causing for the plumbing of all toilet pots to overflow and erasing the tracks left by my little beast. And with that do I float out of the bathroom, feeling proud.

Yet at the same time
Behind Tom

"Now that was most enlightening. That person is both a girl and a boy in one. How very interesting. It would seem that that body is hosting two different souls. I wonder if I will have better luck with this dark soul than I did with that other useless brat. Well, let's see how he likes my little gift to help him cover his tracks."
I think to myself as I give a flourish wave of my arm and summon a small group of seven Heartless appear before me out of flames of green and black lights. "See that great beast? Follow it and help it take down a girl that it was targeted. Do not kill or take her heart, just make sure that when she is found, she might not make it.

Now go!" And with that do the seven of them jump through the portal, yet to my surprise do they actually change form as they arrive in the other world. Where I had summoned myself a group of Air Soldiers to send this controlling boy's way, do I now see a whole group of owls with interestingly red-colored eyes instead.
The beings look shocked and confused, yet while I feel intrigued, do I also feel quite sure that this is either thanks to how old that beast was or that it is perhaps just the magic of this strange new world. And so I regain my focus and snap at the owls: "What are you flying there, gawking around? Get going, now!" And the owls fly off.

I then turn around and once more marvel at the fact that, even after all these years, those fools over at the village haven't found out that my castle still exists or that I am very much here, slowly growing an army that will be big enough to head for, overwhelm and seize all worlds in a single go, destroying any possible opposition.
I then stop my trek and think: "Could that be why this portal appeared? Is that strange new world the one where all these magical brats are coming from? Ah, how fortunate. Looks like the fates are in my favor. I must remember to send more of my minions next time, so I can destroy as many of those wretched brats as possible."
And with that do I let out my delightful evil laugh, the knowledge that I get to weed out all these trespassers from where they actually come from and get the chance to limit their growth in numbers before they outnumber my own growing army making me feel more confident of my imminent victory than ever before.


Uh oh, not good!
Maleficent is planning to conquer the entire Kingdom Hearts Universe in a single swoop and Voldemort is planning to kill everyone who is still a Muggleborn and still in the castle. That means that people who are trying to be better like Hermione and even people who help the Organization like Xion are in grave danger.
Also, NO, Xion won't be Petrified by the Basilisk staring at her from a reflection. She will get injured by the Nightmares, but she won't be left like Mrs. Norris. And unfortunately, because Tom used his male voice when he spoke, will Xion not know that it was Luna who was possessed when she ordered the Basilisk to attack.
She will believe that it was someone else, someone male and who thinks she was stalking Luna. Do I like this messing with Xion's mind or the fact that I am purposely putting my main characters on a mislead? No, but the plot does demand it, at least for now. However, I only plan on a few more attacks before the big reveal.
Merry Christmas, everyone,

Venquine1990
Co-Author: Kawaii Nate
PS. Did anyone get my hint. Sure you lot did, you're smart enough to get what I'm getting at. Hihi, hope you enjoyed.