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Chapter 10

Voldemort raised his wand and unleashed the killing curse upon yet another squib. The body fell and caused the candles to flash the familiar green as he absorbed another magical core into his. Once the ritual was complete he gave an evil smirk at the body before burning it away with magical flames. The power that filled his veins was amazing and made him feel like now other.

The Dark Lord took a step out of the pentagram and looked upon his follower, Lucius Malfoy. "Lucius, bring in another victim, I will…AHH!"

Lucius rushed over to his master as he collapsed onto the floor clutching his chest. His scarlet red eyes flared with more power than ever and he cringed as he felt the magic burn through his body. Voldemort looked at his faithful servant, "Get Severus."

Malfoy nodded and quickly rushed to the nearest fire place. Throwing in a handful of floo powder he yelled, "Severus Snape, Hogwarts!"

Moments later the face of the potions Master appeared in the fire place, "Lucius, what can I do for you?"

Malfoy kept his political face on, trying to hid his worry, "You are needed by our master right now, it is of the most importance."

Severus let his mind begin to work, "I will be there momentarily Lucius." Malfoy nodded and pulled out of the fire. Severus flooed Dumbledore and told him he was being called and was given the permission to go. Lucius helped Voldemort sit down in his thrown when the fire flared green and Snape walked out. He took one look at his Lord before quickly rushing over.

An hour later, Voldemort was in his bedchambers with Lucius and Severus on his left and right. "Severus what is going on?"

Snape sighed, "My Lord, it would appear that your body isn't capable of handling this much magical intake. Seeing as you have already gone through your magical maturity your core was at its maximum size and capacity. The magic you have absorbed is being released in great waves and that is the pain you feel. I fear that if we don't do something soon, your magic will be released from your core and destroy your body."

Voldemort was silent for a moment as he thought, 'The ritual said nothing of side effects. Even if I lose this body I can always make a new one since my artifacts are still hidden.'

Snape flinched when his Master's eyes looked at him, "Severus, begin researching how to reinforce the core until we find a better solution and I want an oath that the old man will never find out about this."

Severus sighed and gave his oath before going back to Hogwarts. Lucius was sent away to find Bellatrix and moments later she arrived. She bowed deeply, "My Lord, you summoned me?"

The Dark Lord tensed for a moment as more pain shot through him, "Bella, I need you to retrieve two items for me. The first is the cup I gave you to take care of and the second is in a cave that I will show you. Bring me the cup first my dear."

Bella bowed low and kissed her Master's robes, "At once master."

As she left, Nagini slithered over to her bonded, "Master, if you need it, I can give your essence back to you. It would be easier than waiting."

The Dark Lord stroked his familiar's head, "There will be no need for that my dear. I was foolish to split my soul so many times and try this at the same time. I will keep you, the diadem and the ring." His serpent familiar nodded and coiled up around her master, providing strength through their bond.

*HP-HT*

Michael Potter sat in front of a large group of students in the Hogs Head tavern. It was the first Hogsmeade weekend and he and his friends had decided to reform Dumbledore's Army because of their new visitors.

Michael stood up and waited for everyone to fall silent, "As you all know, at the beginning of the year this 'Lord Slytherin' appears and rescues the train from He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. He did this by using dark magic and killing his opponents without offering them a chance to redeem themselves."

Michael paused for dramatic effect, "Then our Headmaster offers this same man a chance to stay in the castle as added security. What does he do then? He goes to America and brings with him American Battle Mages. Now I realize that this doesn't sound all that bad but the American view on magic isn't the same as ours. Many of the curses we see as dark they let fall under the gray category and so there is no punishment if they use such a curse."

Hermione stood next to her friend, "To top all of this off, one of these men happens to be a former Nazi Gestapo Major." The assembled students whispered at this.

"I feel we need to continue our training in order to prepare ourselves if and when Slytherin decides to attack us. The Dark Lord is the heir of Slytherin and yet this guy claims to be his true heir. Seeing that, I don't think it is even a question as to whether or not we get ready." Michael paused, "So who is with me?"

The assembled students rose one by one and signed the parchment that Hermione had provided. After they had all signed, Michael smirked and raised his wand, "Now, those of us that were in the group last year when Umbridge was sent to inspect the school, remember everything. We need to help the newer students to get them up to task. Now, I have gotten help from the best source outside of the Headmaster himself, my dad."

James Potter pulled off his son's invisibility cloak and smiled at the group. "Who is ready to kick some snake arse?"

The group of students started to smile widely as they realized that one of the most powerful aurors in the Ministry was going to teach them extra things.

*HP-HT*

While Michael and his band of followers were plotting against Slytherin, said lord was enjoying a day with his girls. Gabrielle was smiling widely as she pulled her lover and sisters into the first clothing store. Harry rolled his eyes as he sat down and watched his two Veela girls go to the most expensive section of the shop.

Victoria sat next to Harry and leaning into his shoulder, "Don't you want to look around love?"

The vampiress rolled her eyes, "You know me love, dark colors and leather." Harry chuckled and put his arm around her, "Which fits you very well, but is even more fun to take off." Victoria smiled and kissed him before continuing to watch the other two pull clothes to try on.

Close to three hours later, Harry walked out with two very happy Veela girls behind him. Even with all his money he still cringed at the amount they had gotten. "Why is it that every change in the season they have to go and get an entire new wardrobe?"

Fleur smiled at her 'sister', "Come now Victoria, true we love to shop but zhe real reason is zat we love showing off for 'Arry. And zis is something zat you enjoy az well."

The black haired girl let a small smile tug her lips, "Maybe a little."

Harry took his girlfriends to a small café and they enjoyed a nice peaceful lunch. Fleur and Gabrielle were ecstatic to find that the café specialized in French cuisine and literally ordered everything on the menu as it had been a long time since they had enjoyed French cooking. Victoria rolled her eyes and settled for a very rare steak with some red wine while Harry ordered a medium rare steak.

As they sat eating, the doors opened and in walked Raven Potter with her mother Lily. Harry saw his girlfriends look at him in worry but he just waved them off and continued eating. Harry half listened to the two as they sat down, "Mommy, why can't I get anything to eat?"

Lily smiled at her daughter and moved a strand of hair away from her eyes, "Because Raven, Uncle Severus is going to meet us for lunch and it is only polite to wait."

The black haired girl scowled and looked at the menu while her mother waited. She spotted Harry and held his gaze for a moment before he turned back to Fleur. Lily took the glass of ice water that had just been brought to the table and took a light drink as she pondered the young lord. Her pondering was cut short when she heard her friend, "Lils!"

Raven was out of her seat like a shot and almost caused Severus Snape to collapse. Those who knew the Potters knew that Severus was made Raven's Godfather at Lily's request and he would do anything to protect her. "Raven Potter, you know better than that!"

Snape smirked without showing much emotion and took the eleven year old girl's hand. "Don't mind her Raven; your mother has never liked public displays of emotion. She is too much like Aunty Minnie."

Snape made a very serious and almost perfect McGonagall face and the little girl started to giggle. Lily couldn't help but smile at her best friend as he turned and gave her a hug, "How are you doing Lily? I haven't seen much of you in the past couple of weeks."

The redhead sighed, "I know Sev, but with how James is it is hard to find time to spend any time with you. I wish he would get past his childish side and realize that you aren't a complete arse."

The Potion's Master raised an eyebrow, "A complete arse?"

Lily chuckled, "Well you are somewhat of an arse but not completely."

Snape smirked and pulled out a package before giving it to Raven, the little girl squealed and ripped the paper off and opened the box. She gasped and pulled out a simple but elegant necklace. The silver chain fell down to a locket with a small emerald in the center of a heart. The emerald was the center of a lily that was clutched in the talons of a raven.

Raven smiled and had her mother put it on before hugging Severus for dear life, "Thank you so much Uncle Sev."

The normally cold potions master smiled at his Goddaughter and then at Lily. She looked at the locket and smirked at the symbols. The lily represented her while the raven was meant for her daughter and the heart represented the love that Severus held for them both.

Severus took a drink from his water and watched his Goddaughter examine the locket with a small but true smile on her face. Their meals arrived and they started eating when Raven looked over Lily's shoulder, "Mommy, there is Lord Slytherin. Can I go and say hi to him?"

Lily looked towards the young Lord's Table and saw him still eating with his girl's. "Raven maybe later. Let him enjoy his meal." The little black haired witch scowled before starting to eat again.

Harry gave his bank note with a generous tip to the waitress before leaving with a smile that would melt any woman.

His girlfriends smiled at him before they continued to enjoy their day in the alley. Students parted way for him as he walked calmly along the main street until he stopped in front of an apothecary to collect some supplies for his potions kit. Harry turned to his girls and gave them his debit card, "Here, go and have some fun while I take care of some business."

Victoria grabbed it before her Veela sisters could get their hands on it, "Sorry girls, but we are going to go to my shop first."

Fleur scowled playfully, "But Victoria, all you ever want to buy is more weapons and other items to enhance your guns."

The vampire smiled, "Not true, I also like to buy leather and other bedroom items for Harry to use on me."

The owner of the shop started coughing when he heard this. Harry motion for his girls to leave and then walked into the shop. "Sorry about that, she can be very outspoken."

The man smirked, "No offense taken sir, it's better to have a happy woman then an angry one."

Harry nodded, "I need this list of supplies and also would like to sell about a liter of freely given phoenix tears."

The man dropped his armful of phials and looked at Harry with wide eyes, "A whole liter of freely given?" Harry nodded and produced the clear liquid and placed it on the table. "Just sell the tears at the normal rates and keep thirty percent for your shop. Send the money I make to the Goblins with the number 3 on it and they will take care of the rest."

Harry was waiting for his items when he heard one of his favorite voices, "BAH! Why iz it so impossible for zhese English foolz to keep fresh supplies. If I vas in charge zhey vould all be court-martialed and shot for treason!"

Harry chuckled and turned to the black uniformed Major Hochstetter, "Major, is there something that I might help you with?"

The former nazi turned and bowed to Harry, "Nein my lord. I vas just expressing my displeasure at zhe fact that zhere isn't any suitable potion ingredient."

Harry chuckled and pointed to the back room, "The best stuff is in the back but you have to prove that you are adequate at potions."

The Major got a sinister grin on his face, "I vill show more zhen adequate. I am a Gestapo Major and a Potions Master of zhe highest degree!"

Harry nodded, "Have fun." He turned and walked out to find his girls.

*HP-HT*

When Harry finally found them, Fleur and Victoria were sitting at a café table while Gabrielle was talking with a couple of girls her own age. One had brown bushy hair and a flawless complexion and the other was a blonde with a dreamy expression in her gray eyes. Harry sat down and kissed Fleur and Victoria, "So it would appear that I missed something?"

"Not much dear, the brunette is named Hermione Granger and the blonde is Luna Lovegood. Gabby was looking for some books and they pointed her in the right direction. Gabrielle said something in French and Hermione started to talk to her in very fluent French, Luna joined in after she stopped looking at the wall."

Harry chuckled as he watched his youngest girlfriend smile and laugh with her new friends. "It will be good for her. Mama and Papa's deaths hit her zhe 'ardest. She was so lost when she started her change and without mama to 'elp her only made it worse."

Harry nodded and held onto Fleur's hand, "I'm glad she is fitting in, I was skeptical at first because of the Veela allure but so far nothing has gone wrong. The Ravens have been very accepting of her with how smart she is and the Puffs are naturally friendly. The other two have accepted her but don't go out of their way to make contact with her." The girls nodded and sat there as they enjoyed the remainder of their afternoon.

*HP-HT*

Harry moved down the second floor corridor and stopped when he arrived at the girl's bathroom. He squared his shoulders and walked in. The normal occupant, Moaning Myrtle, wasn't anywhere to be seen. Harry stopped in front of the center sink and found the serpent that was engraved into the metal. He smirked and opened his mouth, "Open."

The sink shuddered as the command was spoken and moved backwards to reveal a large opening to the pipes. "Stairs."

Once again there was a shudder and a grinding sound as blocks of cement and rock moved out from the walls and formed a perfect staircase down into the depths of the pipe. Harry walked down and cast a wandless cleansing charm on the air around his head so he could breathe. He continued down into the chamber, moving rocks out of his way as he went. He stopped when he found a large shedding from a large serpent. The shed was close to sixty-five feet long and would bring a nice galleon to the right buyer. Harry turned and looked at a large circle metal door with several snakes moving from the center out to the edge.

He smirked before once again hissing, "Open."

A mechanical slithering sound was heard as another mechanical snake moved around the outside of the door, unlocking all of the other snake heads. The door swung open and hit Harry with a blast of cold damp air. He walked in and found the main hall of the Chamber of Secrets. Harry walked along the black marbled floor with his cloak billowing around him as he moved towards the large statue in the center of the small pond.

The statue was of his ancestor's head and it held something that was of great use to Harry. Harry closed his eyes and raised his hand, "Speak to me, Slytherin, Greatest of the Hogwarts Four!"

There was a loud grinding sound followed by a sharp and powerful his. The mouth of Salazar opened and revealed a large opening. From inside, a low growl and hiss was heard. Harry smiled coldly as a dark green, almost black; nose stuck out and let a fork tongue flick out.

"Greetings Brazil, it has been a long time since I have laid my eyes upon your majestic form."

From within the mouth a large serpent slithered forth and revealed itself in all its glory, the king of serpents, a Basilisk. The creature was close to eighty-five feet in length and its powerful yellow eyes glowed as it surveyed the area before catching the scent of someone familiar. "Harry is that you?"

"Yes it is my friend. I have returned to claim that which is mine."

The Basilisk hissed in pleasure before letting its massive head fall and touch its nose against Harry's strong chest. "It has been too long young one; it feels good to smell your scent again."

Harry stroked her scaled on her chin and looked at her eyes seeing that she had her third and second eyelids down. This would stop the power of her deadly gaze from killing of petrifying.

"I need you to fulfill your purpose in protecting the school. I fear that the one called Voldemort will be planning something and he might try to destroy this sacred place."

The Basilisk hissed and bared her fangs, "Let him try, I will show him what a true serpent is able to do."

Harry smiled and stroked her head, "I have missed you too."

"What of the one with your face?"

"Michael doesn't recall what truly happened; the charm that I used is so powerful only a parselmouth can remove it. Even if Dumbledore finds out, he won't be able to remove the charm from Michael or the Weasley girl."

Harry spent a few more minutes with the massive serpent before letting her go and hunt in the forest.

He turned and called out, "Dobby."

There was a pop and Harry's over excited house elf appeared and bowed low, "Master Harry is calling Dobby? What can Dobby do for his Master?"

Harry smiled, "Dobby I need you and some of the other elves to start cleaning this chamber and any other rooms that might be found. Remove the skins that Brazil has shed and talk to Warlord Ragnok. He will be able to contact any potential buyers of the skins. Tell him he can keep fifty percent of the profits for the goblin nation."

Dobby bowed again, "Master Harry is most generous. Dobby will be getting to work now."

The elf snapped his fingers and disappeared. Harry looked at the chamber once more before whistling for Sol to bring him back to his quarters.

*HP-HT*

The next morning saw the students eating and then hurrying off to finish their weekend homework. Harry was sitting in the library with Gabrielle as she worked on her essay for potions. Harry smiled at her as she kept brushing her beautiful silver locks away from her eyes as she wrote. "Arry, can you look zis over?"

Harry nooded and quickly scanned her essay. "Almost love; you just need to switch the counter-clockwise to a clockwise turn. The other way would end up with your potion color being off a slight degree. It is still usable but better in pure form."

The veela girl smiled and made the change before switching to her Ancient Runes homework. Harry sat back and looked out the window and saw Sol and Hedwig flying around. The Slytherin Lord smiled and grabbed Gabrielle's hand and pulled her along. She looked at him with a questioned look but saw where his eyes had drifted and broke into a smile as well.

Harry quickly summoned his broom from his quarters and mounted it with Gabrielle holding onto his waist before launching into the air. Many students where outside since it was a nice October day and the sight of the young Lord on a broom caused a little gossip. Harry started to speed up as he felt the wind moving through his hair. Gabrielle started to giggle and laugh as Harry took a sharp turn towards the ground at high speed. The gathering crowd of students gasped and looked on in awe as Sol and Hedwig joined their bonded in his dive at the ground. Seconds before they would hit, Harry pulled up sharp and felt his feet lightly touch the grass as he executed his favorite move in the air. The students started clapping loudly as they saw the perfectly executed Wronski Feint.

Michael Potter and his side kick Ron Weasley sneered as Harry and Gabrielle came in for a landing. Ron glared as he saw the title Firestorm on the side of the broom.

"How did you get a Firestorm?"

The Firestorm was the next broom in the Fire broom series. First had been the Firebolt, then the Firebolt 2. The Firestorm easily outclassed both brooms in every way shape and form as it was the best broom used for Seekers. However, the price kept most Quidditch fans from buying it and even Professional teams had to negotiate with the manufacturing company to get them onto their team.

Harry smirked as he handed the broom to Gabrielle who quickly mounted it and took off. "It helps when your vaults have been collecting interest over the years."

Ron went red in the face, "So this is just your way of showing off the money your ancestor got from killing the innocent."

Behind him there was a gasp from the collected students. Harry had expected someone to say something stupid so didn't really react. He smiled and looked at Gabrielle as she took a sharp dive, "Pull up quick love."

He turned back to Ron, "For the record Mr. Weasley, I don't appreciate people speaking foul of my ancestry. Salazar Slytherin was a brilliant man and great with money. He was a potions master of the highest degree and could do things with magic that our esteemed Headmaster could only dream of."

Ron glared, "Dumbledore is the greatest wizard since Merlin and would walk circles around Slytherin or anyone in his house."

Harry's eyes flashed with power as his anger started to appear. His face was still emotionless but his eyes told another story. He was about to speak when a cold yet beautiful voice came from the group of students, "Really Weasley, I knew you were dumb, but to insult not only Salazar himself but Dumbledore and the entire Slytherin house."

They turned to see Daphne Greengrass with her two friends next to her. Harry did a quick up down and definitely liked what he saw. The ice queen was in her Hogwarts robes but had the top few buttons undone which showed a nice amount of cleavage. The hem of her robes fell above her feet but gave enough view of her amazing legs.

"Watch it Greengrass, I don't need the opinions of a slimy snake." Daphne rolled her eyes and waved her hand at him, "Clearly you do, maybe if you were more like your friend Granger and actually studied up on things you would realize that Salazar was a great man."

Ron was about to retort when an aged voice cut him off, "That will be quite enough Mr. Weasley." Albus Dumbledore walked through the group of students and smiled at them all before nodding his head in Harry's direction.

"I would have hoped that you would be able to show the proper respect towards a Founder's heir as well as your fellow student. That will be ten points from Gryffindor for insulting others."

The aged man then smirked, "And for the record, I would not be able to defeat Salazar Slytherin in a duel. He was a brilliant man and his reputation is well earned."

The group of students all stared open mouthed as the Headmaster actually defended Slytherin. "Now I think that there has been enough staring, let's leave our young lord to his day."

Harry nodded his thanks and waited for the others to leave before turning to the only person that had stayed behind, "Couldn't get enough last time Miss Greengrass?"

The girl in question tried to maintain her 'Ice Queen' persona but failed, "You are rather cute when you blush."

She stuttered before clearing her throat, "I'm sorry my Lord, it's not very becoming of a female Slytherin to act in such a way."

Harry stopped her with a finger on her lips, "What is with the high and mighty proper look? Just because I'm the Slytherin heir doesn't mean I want to be treated like royalty. I'm still a teen so that means live life and have fun."

Daphne felt herself go weak from the smile he sent her, "I'm sorry my Lord."

"Harry."

Daphne looked at him, "What?"

Harry rolled his eyes, "My name is Harry, short for Harrison."

The blonde girl scrunched her face up, "Harrison Slytherin? Has a weird sound to it."

Harry laughed out as Gabby took another dive, "I didn't pick my name unfortunately, but we can only move forward and not dwell on the past."

Daphne sat down when Harry gestured to the patch of grass next to him. When she did, he put his arm around her waist and pulled her closer, forcing her head to rest on his shoulder, "Now, I know a thing or two about how girls are and from the look in your eyes I would say that you are troubled by something."

Daphne tried to move her arm to get more comfortable and ended up with it resting on his muscular chest. Her breath caught in her throat when she realized the kind of build he had, "Well you are right about that, I have been troubled about the kiss you gave to my friends and I. You have three girlfriends and yet you openly flirt with girls and the last couple of weeks me more so. I'm not the kind of person to be a one night stand."

She was cut off with a sweet kiss from him, "I told you before Daphne, my girlfriends and I all love each other very much and they realize that there might be another joining our group in the future. Hell, Victoria gave me permission as long as she was the only Vampire. I do not disrespect women and literally worship the ground my girls walk on, seeing them happy is more than enough for me."

Daphne pulled back and looked at him, "I find that hard to believe."

Harry chuckled and looked over to where Gabrielle had just landed, "Gabby my love would please tell Miss Greengrass how you three feel about the idea of adding another girl to our little group?" The young Veela smiled and waved her hand off, "It iz ok with uz. Magic iz a powerful zing and shouldn't be ignored. 'Arry loves uz all zhe same and zat iz what truly matters."

The Veela walked over and kissed Harry hard and passionately, "But remember zat you have to break me in first before we add anozer to our group."

Harry smiled and kissed her back before swatting her behind as she walked back into the castle. Daphne watched the whole thing and saw the love in their eyes and felt a small longing, to be wanted for something other than her looks. "Tell you what Daphne, why don't you spend some time with us and get to know us more. I'm not saying that anything will happen, but spending time with a beautiful girl is defiantly a highlight of anyone's day."

Daphne smiled at being called beautiful, "I will debate on it my Lor…Harry."

She got up and was about to leave when she turned and kissed his cheek before rushing off. Harry smirked and fell back onto the ground with a goofy smile on his face. Maybe he had just cracked the Ice Queen open and for some reason he felt that there was a lot more to her then met the eye.

Wow…just wow.

Here is the next chapter of Hidden truth. It was more of a filler chapter to get me going again. Sorry about the long wait but work is first. Lol

If I made Daphne seem like a school girl that's because she is. I feel that her whole Ice Queen persona is more of a cover up to her life and will be revealed in time.

This is easily the longest chapter I have ever written, so let me know if you would prefer them this long or shorter. Longer will take more time to update but I'm up for it.

As always, send in ideas and reviews.

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