Title: Revealed

Summary: Things have changed for the boy-who-lived and hidden truths will come to light. What is Dumbledore's true intention? What is Harry's true parentage and destiny? Will he accept the truth? DarkHarry DMHP

Disclaimer: Not mine and will never be.

Pairings (so far): TRLE, DMHP, FWGW, CWSS

Chapter 10:

- Normal POV –

Dumbledore rocked back and forth in his chair, waiting for his two supporters to come meet him. A knock on the door made him sit upright and pretend to read something.

"Something the matter, Mr Weasley and Miss Granger?" asked Dumbledore, lowering his glasses slightly to peer at them with a huge grandfatherly expression.

They shook their head slightly and Hermione Granger decided to speak up. "We seem to have lost touch with Harry.

First of September came faster than Harry wanted and soon, it that time of the year to board that scarlet steam engine which

would bring them back to Hogwarts.

Harry stood their apprehensively, Draco standing next to him. Their parents stood in front of them, wearing that Slytherin mask which they wore in public. However, Harry and Draco could see that in their eyes, they were reluctant to part from them, especially Tom and Lily who had just found their son.

Giving each of their parent a slight smile, they hurried up the train when the bell sounded, signifying that the train was leaving soon. They found an empty compartment and hurriedly sat down, waiting for their peers to arrive.

They waited for Pansy and Blaise to enter before locking up the door with a few dark spells to keep nosy intruders out. Harry had been taught all the he should know by his parents and was slightly more confident of his ability to stand against Dumbledore.

Harry turned his attention back to his friends. Pansy and Blaise soon became a very close part of him as he gained their respect by treating Draco exceptionally well, even when Draco was a tad unreasonable.

However, he was curious about something. Pansy and Blaise were creatures too, but he never heard anything about their mates?

Harry was jolted out of his thoughts by the scarlet steam train stopping suddenly. Time had flown and they were back at Hogwarts – somewhere Harry was regarded as his safe haven before he found out the truth.

They hurried off to the carriage when they spotted Hermione and Ron. They did not notice Harry initially as he did change physically after the transformation and partially because he was with the snakes as they put it and tried not to associate with them. However, they caught a glint of the emerald eyes Harry had and was trying to hide and they hurried after him.

"Harry, what has happened to you? Why are you with the three snakes? You should come with us. We missed you so much," Hermione said, practically cooing at the last part, trying and failing to seduce him and make Harry come back to him.

Beside him, Draco gave a soft whimper, his submissive side coming into play when he saw someone else flirting with his dominant. Despite being strong and confident as an individual, he felt very bad for torturing Harry and making his life hell for him when they were younger. Draco always felt that Harry is only with him because he pitied Draco and would one day, leave him.

Harry glared at Hermione and took a step back. He then took Draco's hand gently behind his back and gave a soft reassuring smile that was unseen by all but the person it was meant for. He then turned his attention back to Hermione.

"First and foremost, you do not deserve to call me Harry. Call me Riddle and don't you dare insult my friends. As for what has happened to me, that is for me to know and you to find out. It is none of your bloody business anyway. You are asking me what I am doing with the three of them? I am just hanging around with my friends," Harry replied smoothly with a smirk and turned back to his friends.

They prepared to board the carriage and Harry was helping Draco in while Ron and Hermione spluttered around and tried to find something to convince Harry into being their friend again.

"Harry, how can they be your friends? We are so much better than those death eaters. They are probably just making use of you and subsequently bring you to you-know-who. Stick with us. We would probably be so much better than them. We are your best friends, Harry," Ron said confidently approaching Harry as if he was saving Harry from a fate worse than death and that Harry should be grateful.

Harry whirled around and glared daggers at Ron.

"They are my best friends from now onwards and they are better friends than you probably would ever be. They know the real me and mostly, they don't pretend to be my friends. Lastly, please take note that it is Riddle for you, Weasel," Harry spat out before boarding the carriage.

As the carriage sped away in the direction of the castle, the Slytherins and Harry had the opportunity to see Ron and Hermione gaping and spluttering like some sort of idiot and they smirked at each other and congratulated themselves on a job well done.

Hey people! Sorry for the super late update! School's been stressing me out and I have to spend most of my time studying though it was sort of worth it when my report book came back. From now onwards, I can only post like once in like three or four months, I hope you can understand. This applies for both stories, unless there is a holiday.

I have tabulated the scores of whether you want a dark or light Ron from both the poll and the reviews and I have concluded that it will be a light Ron.

One last question: Should I make Harry and Draco's love life rockier and not as perfect as it is now? After all, they are rarely perfect love lives but it is all up to you!

Review and constructive comments are more than welcomed.

Cya,

Xiiaogurlz