A/N: Thank you for the reviews the make me write faster. This chapter is sort of a transition into the next chapter which I will try to get out soon


Tom awoke not long after he fell asleep, unsurprisingly it was from his bottom feeling on fire. All he could think was that he would never sit comfortably again. Tom didn't understand why Severus was hard on him, Dumbledore was the reason everything happened not him. Tom was taking out of his thoughts that consumed him by the soft pitter patter of tiny footsteps and the slightly heavier padding of paws. Looking down Tom saw Damien with a Tiger cub that seemed to be almost as big as Damien was.

"Hey sweetheart do you want to come up here and stay with me?" At Damien's nodded Tom lifted up the sheets on the side closes to Damien. Damien climbed in quickly followed by Cerberus who sniffed at Tom. "Damien, who's your friend?" Tom asked a little nervous around the tiger, well and least he was until Cerberus licked his hand and snuggled up to him.

"His name Cerberus, Daddy say he is my guard familiar. I happy you here Tom." Damien said then cuddled up to Tom falling asleep almost immediately. But, Tom still couldn't sleep. His brain was working in overdrive trying to figure out how he was going to protect his little mate.

Tom could feel the power coursing through his veins and he vowed he would use every ounce of it to protect Damien. Anyone that wanted to hurt Damien would have one hell of a fight. Dumbledore wanted to kill Damien for a reason and Tom decided that he would never give up until he knew that reason, and took Dumbledore out.

Lucius arrived back through the floo right as Abraxas apparated into the sitting near the front entrance to the manor. Abraxas went straight to Lucius and tilted his head to the side to get a better look at his nose. As far as Abraxas could tell it was healed completely. When Abraxas got that floo call from Sirius he was livid he thought he had taught Severus better. Ever since Severus' mother died when he was thirteen he had taken him in as if he were another son.

"Where is he?" Abraxas asked curtly causing Lucius to wince. Every time his father got that tone someone was going to be in big trouble. " He's in the third floor sitting room, he should still be in the corner, with his bare bottom still out from the strapping I gave him." Lucius answered. They started walking to the third floor but continued on in their conversation.

"I'm proud of how you handled things. Severus needs to learn that he doesn't always know best. He will learn how to respect people before I let the others return." Abraxas stated simply and Lucius knew that, that was the end of the conversation. Entering the third floor sitting room Abraxas' eyes went straight to Severus' to see he was were he was supposed to be with his bare bottom out. Severus was definitely well spanked if the shade of red his bottom was, was of any indication.

"Severus I'm very disappointed in you. You will learn how to respect others and until you do you will be treated like any teenager would be treated." Abraxas said. As soon as Severus heard Abraxas' voice he silently cursed to himself. He still believed he did nothing wrong, so Severus didn't know why Abraxas was there.

"You can put your pants back on Severus and then you will go to bed. Tomorrow will start you being like a grounded teenager. Now get out of my sight." Abraxas barked out. Severus rushed to get out of the room Abraxas could really be scary when he wanted to be.

Severus truly believed he did nothing wrong and that was what scared Lucius and Abraxas the most. If he couldn't even tell right from wrong this could be a very long process. Severus was as stubborn as an ox and if he wasn't willing to change he could lose his fiancé and son.


Waking up Tom realized that Damien was already awake and he kissed the little boy on the top of the head. Damien's stomach grumbled loudly and Tom chuckled quietly. Knowing it would be difficult but knowing since he didn't know the name of any of the house elves that he could have to walk with Damien down to the kitchen.

Tom stood up on shaky legs pain radiating from his sore bottom. Damien got out of bed at looked up at Tom and smiled when Tom held his hand out to him. Taking Tom's hand Damien noticed for the first time that Tom was having trouble waking. Suddenly Damien didn't think this was such a good idea.

Right as they got to the stair Sirius and Regulus stepped in to the hallway. As soon as they saw Tom the rushed forward. Sirius grabbed Tom's arm that wasn't holding onto Damien's hand and draped it over his shoulder. Shaking his head Sirius looked at Tom's face and saw his sheepish expression.

"What are you doing trying to go down stairs without someone to help you? You could have fell." Tom opened his mouth to retort but Sirius headed him off. "No, Damien doesn't count as someone to help you. If you had fell Damien wouldn't have been able to do anything." Tom pouted but knew that Sirius was right.

"But Damien was hungry." Tom mumbled. Sirius chuckled and shook his head. It was sweet that Tom would struggle along just because Damien was hungry but it was also very foolish. At this point we made it into the ground floor sitting room, Draco was eating breakfast in Fenrir's lap and Remus was sipping on a coffee looking at them with a fond smile.

Settling Tom in on a sofa with him sitting on a big fluffy pillow, Damien sat next to him cuddled into his side. Sirius made up plates for both Tom and Damien. It was good to see Damien so happy and Sirius hoped it could last forever. But, knowing that, that wasn't possible.

After everyone was done eating Damien and Draco were playing with a puzzle on the floor as the adults settled into talk. It seemed as if no one wanted to start the conversation and break the peaceful silence. The peacefully silence couldn't last forever however, so finally it was broken.

"We need to get the Weasley's out of Hogwarts, if Dumbledore finds out Bill is one of my mates they won't be safe." Tom stated looking troubled. It was obvious to all of them that Tom loved his mates and would do whatever it took to keep them safe. Sirius was glad in many ways that Tom was one of Damien's mates, Tom had so much power that he would be able to protect the three of them by himself if need be. But Sirius also knew that Damien had quite a lot of power himself but he was still so young that it was to raw.

"That's a good idea we should bring Bill, Charlie, and possible the twins here. They keep Damien calm and we are going to need him calm when we try to figure out what Dumbledore is up to. As much as it pains me to say it James should be made aware. Perhaps some of the Weasley's could stay at Potter Manor." Sirius said and much to everyone's shock Fenrir was the first one to agree. Everyone was staring at Fenrir with there mouths gaped open, well except Tom who didn't know him very well. All the shocked expressions got on Fenrir's nerves very quickly and he snapped.

"What are all of you staring at? You act like I never agree to anything." Fenrir barked out. Remus was immediately up hugging Fenrir and kissing his face to calm him down. Fenrir pulled Remus into his lap and held him close taking deep breaths to calm himself. He knew he couldn't let his temper lose with Damien in the room that would only serve to scare the little boy.

"Fenrir we're sorry, we didn't mean it that way. I'll just go talk to the Weasley's, Remus can you go talk to James?" Sirius asked. Remus nodded and they both left right away.


James was sitting with his head in his hands, he was so lonely. He realized that he had no one to blame but himself. If he wasn't so stupid he would have had two loving mates and not have lost one of his sons. His own fears ruined his life, now he was a single father with a son that was so spoiled by his ex-wife that he didn't even know wrong from right. Sighing James was about to get up to go to his office when the floo in the sitting room activated.

When Remus stepped out James couldn't stop a smile from crossing his face. But getting a good look at Remus' face had James grin fading into a worried expression. Remus looked scared and anxious James could never remember a time when he had looked like that. James wanted to wrap him in his arms but didn't know if he would allow it.

"James we need you help. What I'm going to tell you is going to be hard to believe but I promise it is all true. All I ask is that you let me explain everything before you comment." Remus said while plopping onto an arm chair. James sat in the chair across from Remus and silently nodded his assent.

"We found Damien's mates, he has two of them, both dominants. One is Bill Weasley the other is Tom Riddle. Tom told us some things under a truth spell that were unsettling to say the least. Dumbledore cast a spell on him to create an alternate personality within his mind. That personality was Lord Voldemort." James gasped unable to stop himself but Remus continued as if he hadn't heard anything.

"There never was a prophecy Dumbledore just wanted the strongest magical beings out of the way. He already had control of Tom and Damien was already so magical strong that he set Tom out to kill him. But he didn't know they are mates and mates can't kill mates. Tom is back and it won't take long for Dumbledore to realize this, we have to get the Weasley's out of Hogwarts and the Burrow won't be safe. We want some of the Weasley's to stay here." Remus finished looking deeply into James' eyes. James looked confused and he truly was.

"Why don't they stay at Malfoy Manor? Not that I won't take them in but Malfoy Maor is more then big enough." James said with a slight frown on his face. Remus sighed he had truly hoped that he won't have to tell James what happened. He had no intention to tell him the full truth now but he knew he had to tell him something.

"Sirius and Damien aren't staying at Malfoy Manor, them along with Tom and Regulus are stay with Fenrir and I. We don't have enough room for all the Weasley's as well." Remus muttered hoping that James won't question him about why Severus wasn't there but had no such luck.

"Why isn't Severus there? What happened? I know something happened, please tell me what happened." James was working himself into a panic. Remus knelt down in front of James and pulled him into his arms. For the first time Remus thought about how hard this must all be for James. He had lost his wife and his son, that couldn't have been easy on him.

"Severus is having anger issues and it is for the best that no one he could hurt is around him. Lucius and Abraxas are staying with him. It's hard on Lucius though because he had to send Draco away." Remus answered truly hoping against hope that James would drop the subject.

"Are Sirius and Damien okay? I should go to them, they need me." James finished in a whisper that Remus was fairly sure he wasn't supposed to hear. Remus' head snapped up and he gave James a stern look.

"You can't go to them, remember the custody papers you signed. There was a no contact clause in them and you can't see Damien if Sirius doesn't wave it and he hasn't." Remus said. James' face fell, he really missed his son. He knew it was his own mistakes that drove him away but it still broke his heart.

"Hey cheer up. Just give Sirius time, you know him he will evidently forgive you. You may never be as close as you once were but I'm sure he will evidently have some contact with you." Remus said and James knew it was probably true but it didn't help him to feel better about himself.


Sirius knew that this was going to be hard the Weasley's were so loyal to Dumbledore but it truly wasn't safe. Dumbledore would no doubt use the Weasley's to draw Tom out as soon as he realizes that Tom is back and Bill is his mate. It's to risky to have the Weasley's out in the open or in Hogwarts. It was a risk that Sirius would take.

As soon as he step out of the floo he was usher into the kitchen by Molly and given a cup of tea. Molly called Arthur to join them and Sirius knew that he would have to explain. Taking a deep breath Sirius steeled himself for their reactions.

"You need to get Bill and Charlie out of Hogwarts, it's not safe. Also you need to leave the Burrow the wards here aren't enough. We found Bill and Damien's final mate, he had some information on Dumbledore that was truly disturbing but no less true." Sirius stopped looking up at Molly and Arthur, they looked as if they were actually considering it.

"Alright where would we go? We don't want to be a burden on anyone." Molly said giving in, not wanting to risk her family even if she wasn't sure that Dumbledore was a risk. Sirius nodded understanding Molly's point of view.

"Damien and I are staying with Remus and Fenrir at the moment and we would like Bill, Charlie, and the twins to stay with us. You and the rest of your family will be staying at Potter Manor but the floo's will be connected and you can see your children whenever you want." Sirius said and Molly raised an eyebrow clearly wanting to know why Severus seemed to be absent from all of this. Sirius gave her a look that said later and she nodded.

Tomorrow the Weasley's would be out of Hogwarts and the Burrow. Giving them the advantage that they needed to start searching for what Dumbledore truly wanted. It was obvious that something wasn't adding up and they all wanted to know what.