Harry sat one the right side of the table in the dining room. He was fidgeting and it was easy to tell that the boy was nervous. Severus and Luna sat on his right, while Hermione and Ginny sat on his left. The potions master and the know-it-all were both trying to get the boy to calm down as they waited for their "guests" to arrive. Meanwhile, Jessica was skipping from the kitchen to the dining room as she carried out random trays of snacks and drinks. Harry just gave the woman an "are you kidding me?" look before taking a deep breath and calming down.
Jessica froze for a minute as she set down the last tray and glanced up at the clock. The woman then turned towards the study and skipped into the room while humming slightly. Harry could just recognize the tune of the muggle kids song she had taught them. It was morbidly titled "What you eat When you are Dead" and the red head had taken to singing it lately. But then again, the red head did a lot of weird things when she was bored out of her mind, which was every passing minute. Harry looked up when he heard the door once again swing open.
He tensed as Jessica led in five people who were all wearing dark robes. "YOU, I knew you were always a traitor." Bellatrix shouted pulling out her wand and trying to cast a crucio at the man. She gasped when nothing but a puff of smoke came out of the end of her wand. "Wha-" She questioned at a loss. "You don't actually think that I'm going to let two enemies sit together with their magic in tact do you?" Jessica questioned putting air quotes around the word enemy. "Now sit your buts down and act like your not half insane." "Well that leaves you out Bella." Voldemort stated in parseltongue as he sat down directly across from Harry. The green eyed boy found himself giggling before he could even register that the man in front of him was the dark lord.
"You can understand me?" The dark lord hissed in awe. "Yes. I've known I can speak since my second year." Harry replied timidly. "But how is tha-" "Enough of talking in a language I can't understand." Jessica quipped before sitting at the head of the table and pulling her mug of coffee closer to her. "Now Mr. Riddle, you have from now until 1:00 to explain your plans because we have a place to go at 1:30 which means you have three hours." Jessica stated as she boredly took a sip of her coffee. "The food and drinks are all here for you guys as well so begin." Jessica stated and relaxed back into her chair as if she didn't have a dark lord feet away from her.
"How do I know this isn't a trap?" "How do I know you aren't just stalling until Dumbledore shows up?" Voldemort asked looking at Harry who was fiddling with the table cloth. "Dumbledore is a manipulative arsehole." Harry stated before his eyes widened and he looked a Bellatrix before turning his pleading gaze to Hermione. Hermione instantly picked up on the gaze and pulled one of Jessica's pieces of paper and pens to herself. After scribbling on it quickly, she handed it back to Jessica. Jessica creased her eyebrows as she read it before chuckling. "Forgot about that." She stated before flicking her wand at Bellatrix and tying the estranged witch to the chair.
The other death eaters jumped up and drew their wands but Jessica just rolled her eyes. "Now you weren't trying to call Dumbles with that little trinket were you?" The red head questioned sweetly as she pulled a coin out of the witches pocket and threw it on the table. "Severus, down in my personal lab is several vials of Veritaserum. If you could please bring one of them up along with the antidote to liquid imperius." Jessica stated as the man nodded and left the room. He came back five minutes later with the two vials in his hands. He quickly handed them to the woman before returning to his seat and noticing that the other death eaters had as well.
Jessica dripped a few drops of the truth serum into her mouth before standing back to allow it to take affect. After she was sure it had, she recapped the vial before starting her questions. "What is your name?"
"Bellatrix Lestrange nee Black"
"Why are you here?"
"To spy on the Dark Lord and make sure that he and Harry Potter do not meet."
"And why must Mr. Riddle and Mr. Potter not meet?"
"The Prophecy."
"Do you know the prophecy?" Tom questioned staring at the witch.
The witch nodded, her curly hair bouncing noiselessly.
"Tell us the true prophecy." Jessica demanded.
"If kept apart the light will conquer all
but if brought together the light will fall
Emerald shall be born to those who have thrice defied Ruby, born as the seventh month dies
their souls connect them as equals but their past separates them as strangers
if brought together tragedy will appear
heaven above, oh so near
but emerald's time is yet to come
he will be saved by the one he thinks as mum"

"That is probably one of the easiest riddles to decipher, minus the end part." Hermione stated. "And what do you believe it means?" Tom asked truly curious. "It means that you and Harry are soul mates torn apart by the light side and your past apart renders you strangers but the last four lines are unclear." Luna stated in her dreamy voice. Jessica nodded before picking up the second potion and feeding it to Bella, watching as the woman's eyes focused more on her surroundings. "What happened?" She questioned. "You've been under liquid imperious since the first war." Jessica stated undoing the ropes. "Oh" the witch stated reaching out and taking her husbands hand for comfort. Rodolphus looked as if he was in heaven at having his wife back to normal again.
"What does it mean that we're soul mates?" Harry hissed at Tom. "It means that we were meant to be together, it means that no matter what, if we were ever to be with someone else, we would fell incomplete." Tom answered back in parsel. Harry's eyes widened and for the first time he really looked at the dark lord. The man looked like he did in Harry's second year except for the crimson- ruby, he corrected himself, eyes. Harry quickly got up and rushed out of the room as his eyes started to fill with tears. "Harry!" Severus called reaching out for his son, but Harry quickly pushed past him. Severus and the to go find him but Jessica stopped them.
Her eyes found Tom's and she gave him and encouraging smile. "Straight out the sliding glass door and the first right in the path. He'll be in the last stall by the black stallion." Jessica stated to the dark lord who nodded before taking off the way he was told. "Lestranges, Mr. Malfoy, you won't be needed here any longer so you may go." Jessica told them. Without thinking, the death eaters nodded and went back through the floo in the study. "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? WHY WOULD YOU SEND THE DARK LORD AFTER HIM?" Severus snarled at the red head in anger. Jessica winced as he screamed at her. "Harry needs to talk to him right now. Tom will not hurt him. I wouldn't have let him go if he would have." Jessica replied meekly. "Luna, when ever you and Hermione are ready to return to your home, just use the floo." Jessica said softly before disappearing from the room in a hurry.
"With Tom and Harry"
"Harry?" Tom questioned as he approached the boy who was staring over the gate of a stall. he boy didn't move but Tom heard the sniffle that Harry tried to hide. Tom felt a stab of pain strike him as he realized his mate was crying. "Harry?" He questioned again placing his hand on his mates shoulder. Said boy spun around quickly and threw himself into the Dark lord's arms. Voldemort was taken aback at first but soon wrapped his arms tightly around his mate and held Harry as he sobbed. After a while Harry finally stopped and just relaxed into Tom's arms.
"I don't get why everything is always chosen for me." Harry mumbled. "Harry, soul mates only appear very rarely in life, and they are meant to match you with the ones that will be the best suited for you." Tom explained as he pulled back slightly and stared into Harry's eyes. "Best suited?" Harry questioned. "But what about having kids and a white picket fence?" Harry asked. Tom searched the emerald eyes of the boy in front of him. "Harry, male wizards are able to have children. To carry them like a woman would." Tom stated and watched as the boys eyes lit up and sparkled with hope.
"Harry, I know that we have been against each other for a long time, but a soul mate bond works in the way that is is not felt until acknowledged. If I knew before then I would have never-" Tom stopped mid sentence and just tightened hi grip on the boy in front of him. "I- I know we don't have a good past but I'm willing to try and get to know you if your willing to get to know me." Harry stated. "I would very much like that." Tom stated with a breathtaking smile.