Voldemort entered the bedroom followed by Severus. He had gotten the dark lord once an hour had passed. Hermione remained a sleep when he had left the bedroom.
"Let us see how the potion preformed." hissed the dark lord, and he pulled out his wand and waved it over the sleeping witch. "The boy's heart is strong but some of the poison is still in his system but it will be completely gone within the next two hours. The potions were very strong. Miss Granger has completely recovered from the effects and her magic has stabilized. She's only in a healing sleep. She'll remain that way until the potion has left the infant's system." He told his death eater and put his wand up his sleeve.
"I owe you a debt my lord. How may I fulfill it?" asked Severus.
"You will marry the Mudblood in the old ways and her dept is to me, and I will use it as I see fit. Take her and go Severus. I'll call for you soon." said Voldemort.
The spy bowed and gently lifted Hermione up into his arms and he returned to Prince Manor. He shuttered at the thought at what the dark wizard had up his sleeve as a life dept.
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Eileen ran up to her son when he entered the manor grateful to see that they were alive. She followed the couple up the stairs and into Hermione's bedroom. Severus gently laid Hermione down on the bed, and he sat down in the chair next the bed.
"What happened Severus? What did he do to Hermione?" asked Eileen in one breathe just as everyone entered the room.
Severus looked down at Hermione and back up at the group that was gathered in the room. "He saved their lives." He shook his head, "I don't see how he could do this form of act when he's suppose to be inhuman. What made him do something to want to save a life instead of killing it?"
Harry looked at his best friend and began to pace in thought. "Maybe Riddle is being controlled. Maybe something happened when he entered the chamber of secrets. What made such a brilliant man turn so dark?" He asked himself, "He of course killed his parents but he was being abused." He stopped asked, "Is that right Professor?"
"Yes he was being abused because he had magical abilities." said Albus trying to understand what Harry was questioning about.
"What if he killed them not out of anger but out of protecting himself? I know you can only handle abuse for so long before your body can't handle much anymore. What if his magic back lashed in order to protect himself? Then that's not murder Professor Dumbledore that was save his life."
Albus sat down in the chair he made appear in the room along with several others for them to sit down and listened to Harry question things about Riddle he never thought about before.
"Something had to have happened at Hogwarts that changed Riddle. The prophecy said vanish the dark lord. If I destroy the dark magic inside Riddle that will be killing Voldemort and saving Tom Riddle."
Tobias sat in thought and spoke up, "You destroyed one of the horcuxes Am I correct?"
"Yes sir." Harry's eyes widen. "Damn, what if the soul that was trapped returned to the man? Then this would bring out human emotion."
Tobias rose from the chair and motioned Harry to follow him to the library. Severus told them he'd send for Ginny to get them once Hermione woke up. They nodded and left the room.
"I believe the young man might be right Albus. Mr. Riddle was a very bright student." said Minerva and looked over at Hermione and sighed heavily.
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Voldemort sat in an arm chair in front of the roaring fire reading a book. He quickly put his hands over his ears when he heard a loud scream from inside his head and his body felt like it was on fire. He fell to his knees in agonizing pain. The screaming and pain stopped just as soon as it had begun.
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Meanwhile in Number 12 Grimmauld Place in a glass cabinet a locket exploded releasing a piece of human soul that had been trapped for years destroying a horcux that was created by dark extremely dark magic.
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Voldemort rolled over onto back breathing heavily. It had been years since that happened. He remembered in happening after Potter had destroyed the diary. He couldn't understand why or what was happening to him. He had spent years in the library trying to find the answers to his questions, but he found nothing to help him understand what was happening to him.
The dark wizard pushed himself up off the floor and he sat back down in the chair. He rested his head against the chair and closed his eyes. He felt his heart still pounding hard in his chest. Something was happening to him and he truly didn't understand, and Lord Voldemort didn't like not having the answers to his questions.
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Hermione slowly opened her eyes and looked around the room. She saw Severus sitting in the chair next to her asleep. She looked and saw Harry, Ginny, Minerva, Albus, Eileen and Tobias all asleep in the bedroom. She noticed it was dark outside. She wondered how she got in the bedroom.
She reached out her hand gently ran her thumb over Severus' hand. She saw his eyes open up and sighed in relief. "Hermione you're finally awake."
The words reached the other witches and wizard's ears that were in the room. Eileen quickly rose from her chair and ran her wand over Hermione examining everything.
"You're just fine Hermione and so is John." said Eileen and she put awake her wand.
Severus placed a finger over her full lips and she closed her mouth. "Don't ask questions now. You just woken up and I don't want to upset you. All right?" Hermione only nodded her.
"Can I have a cup of tea please." said Hermione.
Ginny laughed, "She's going to all right. She's asking for tea."
Minerva rose from her chair kissed Hermione on the forehead. She left the room to go fix her some tea while the other's talked to Hermione but leaving out what happened to her.
Harry could tell that not informing her of the event was starting to get her angry. "Mione not now please."
Hermione sighed heavily, "All right. I won't ask until later," just then Minerva returned with a tray of tea and some biscuits.
She smiled and took a cup of tea and slowly sipped the hot liquid. She grabbed a biscuit and eat it carefully since her throat was a little dry. The only thing she could see clearly was how relieved they were to see her awake. She mentally shrugged her shoulders knowing she wouldn't get answers at lest not yet. She only had to wait for the right time but she would get her answers rather they liked it or not.
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