A/N: Hey thanks for the reviews, favourites and alerts :D I'm sorry if this chapter is worse than the others I'm utterly exhausted. Anyway I'm going to stop rambling now as you never came here to read about me! I hope you enjoy it and I'll try and do better next time :)

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"italics" = parseltongue

He was walking down a corridor. It was cold and gloomy, yet the snatches of the moonlight through the grimy windows created an eerie atmosphere and made the hair stand up on the back of his neck. Suddenly the corridor veered off to the right and he found himself in a room confronted by two doors. The doors were pine and looked pathetic yet he knew they were anything but. Part of him felt drawn to the door on the left whereas an other part the right. Turning around he heard footsteps shadowing him.

Harry awoke with a start and groaned as he moved his stiff body. Standing up from the floor he tried to remember what had happened. He had rushed here dazed after performing the cruciatus curse, locked himself in and fallen asleep. No he was missing something.

Tom!

Tom had followed him and tried to get in. This thought was immediately accompanied by a question:

"Why would Tom follow me?"

Seeing he would get nowhere by following this path of thought he sat back down on the settee. He felt weak giving into his emotions as he had last night and yet somehow more liberated. Conjuring a mirror he looked at his reflection for the first time. His eyes looked puffy and his face blotched with patches of red contrasting horrendously with the white. After casting a few charms to fix his appearance he felt his stomach growl. Wondering how long he had been asleep for he cast a tempus. Realising it was after curfew he decided to chance going to the kitchens and then to the common room. Heaving himself off the couch he glanced around at the room that had been his safe haven before exiting and letting it dissolve into nothingness.

As always the House-Elves were more than happy to help and so Harry found himself trudging to the common room dragging a huge sack of food with him after promising to come back soon. Entering the common room he saw that everyone was asleep.

Correction everyone except the livid Tom Riddle sitting at the fireplace.

"Where were you?" he hissed.

"I needed some time to think." hissed Harry back, injecting some venom into his voice to combat that in the heir's.

"Time to think! You missed all your classes and worried me sick!"

"Worried! Why were you worried about me?" asked Harry his curiosity consuming his anger.

"It wasn't you I was worried about! Do you realise how much trouble I'd have been in if you hadn't came back! I'm meant to be looking after you!"

"Well I came back and now if you will excuse me I'm going to bed" said Harry as he walked past him.

Closing the door of the dormitory Harry was puzzled at the disappointment he now felt coursing through his body.

Tom POV

"How dare he! We were in mid discussion!" seethed Tom pacing the common room.

Annoyance aside Tom had to admit that he was impressed at Harrison's defiance. It had been so long since he'd had a real challenge. He had to admit thought that Harrison's dissapearance had worried him but he'd be damned if he let it show. It wasn't like he cared about the boy he was just protecting his project. His annoyance at being unable to do so had manifested itself into worrying that all his efforts would be undone. Yes that seemed the most likely explaination thought Tom as he ascended to the dormitory and his awaiting bed.

Before he closed the hangings he thought he heard a voice say "You are blinded but soon the darkness will cease."

Harry POV

The next week passed with Tom and Harry ignoring each other except in classes and when it was expected of them to acknowledge each other's presence. On Saturday morning Harry had his lesson with Alphard. It had went well, Alphard was now able to produce misty vapour when trying to cast a patronus. Ending the lesson on the promise to continue next week Harry began to tidy up. His work done he noticed that there was another presence in the room. Wheeling round he saw Tom's thin frame leaning against the wall watching him work with a blank expression plastered on his features.

"What are you doing here?" asked Harry.

"I believe I promised to teach you parsel magic" answered Tom curtly.

"I thought you had forgotten."

"I never forget my promises."

"What you going to teach me first?" a tone of interest coloured Harry's question.

"I thought we could start with something simple like the disillusionment charm."

"What is the difference between that and the normal one?" Harry's curiosity getting the better of him again.

"Well a simple finite incantatem will not remove it." Harry smirked remembering his and Tom's first duel.

"Okay lets begin" said Harry not wanting to converse any longer.

"Right I want you to observe me doing it first and then you have a go doing it on some canaries."

Harry watched in awe as Tom hissed "Obscure" and swished his wand in a triangle shape. Harry blinked and then Tom was gone. However it wasn't like he wasn't there it was as if Harry's mind knew he was there but didn't register it. Another hiss and Tom was now sitting next to the fireplace.

Harry walked over to him and Tom's lips formed a smirk at Harry's evident amazement.

"Your turn" Tom's smirk grew at Harry's now pale face.

Harry walked over to the bird cage and withdrew a canary. Placing it on the table he hissed "obscure" and mimicked Tom. To Harry's dismay the bird was still visable.

"You need to say it with more conviction and channel the magic from your core" said Tom lazily putting his feet up on the foot stool he'd conjured.

"Obscure" this time the bird vanished. Harry grinned as he watched Tom's aloofness slip for a minute to reveal a look of amazement. With his mask firmly in place Tom ordered Harry to do it again and watched the bird vanish for a second time. Standing up he walked over to Harry and told him to try it on himself. Harry did as he was told but could only maintain it for a few minutes.

"After practising it a few times you should be able to maintain it for longer. Its like exercising a muscle, you are not used to this magic yet so you can only do it for a short time but with time you will become more adapted to it."

Harry was thrilled that he had been able to do it on his first try. A small voice at the back of his mind was puzzled however as he never had this aptitude in his own time. Muting the voice Harry and Tom began duelling. The room was lit up with jets of light shooting and then being negated or neutralised. Sweat made Harry and Tom almost glow as though their magic was eminating out of them. This effect was cut short as Tom claimed Harry's wand from his rigid form. Releasing him from his invisible binds Tom walked over to the door and left. Harry sat up his back sore from where he had fallen. He knew he was getting better, if he kept going at this rate he could be home before Christmas. A grin spread on his face at this thought as he headed out of the room intent on getting a shower.

Tom POV

He had never seen someone become accustomed to foreign magic that quickly. It had taken him a month to be able to do what Harrison had done in a day! Of course he would never tell him that. Tom knew that he had just scratched the surface and yet he was already taken aback. If he could recruit Harrison he would be unstopable. The combined force of them two alone would be enought to take on most wizards. However it all depended on him playing his cards right. If he let Harrison slip away he could become a threat and Lord Voldemort does not take kindly to threats.

If you have any questions or theories feel free to message or review :D

Random: I got the triangle movement for the spell from the symbol of the invisiblity cloak hallow, man I'm sad.

Oh cool I just realised this was chapter 10 - I honestly never thought I'd get this far!