The Soul Eater: Chapter 11

"Potter!" stated the high cold voice or Lord Voldemort

"Yes Tom" Harry told him pouring himself a cup of tea and helping himself to a biscuit

"So you have a death wish, who am I to deny you Avada Kedavra" Voldemort hissed firing a jet of green light at Harry, his snake like eyes grew as the light approached he waited for the kill when Harry Potter simply plucked the spell from the air and threw it behind him.

"It's not polite to curse someone if there offering you tea" Harry teased biting into a ginger nut, He stifled a snigger when he saw the pale shocked face, Harry took a drink

"Sit down" He gestured wandlessly summoning a chair, slowly Voldemort sat down, his eyes transfixed on Harry

"No normally the procedure is to knock someone out but that might prove difficult with you so we can talk here" Harry informed him, Voldemort's face morphed into humour

"Try it and you will die" he hissed, the yew wand was still in his hand pointing at Harry,

"Crucio" he cried, Harry sighed and blocked the curse

"A trick I learned a long time ago, if you are more powerful than a curse you can manipulated magic to magnetically attract it" Harry explained smiling at the enraged face

"You think you are more powerful than me, Heir of Salazar Slytherin" he spat, Harry started chuckling

"If only I brought Salazar along, he would have loved to see this" Harry smiled,

"What?" Voldemort asked suddenly interested, Harry looked at him and sighed sadly

"We are so much alike Tom you wouldn't believe it, well thats the idea I suppose" Harry remarked, Voldemort scowled

"What do you mean Potter" he demanded,

"Do you ever wonder why Malfoy, Yaxley and possibly Avery fail in a lot of their missions?" Harry asked abruptly, the flicker of shock proved to Harry he had.

"Avery never went to the Dementors, Dumbledore ordered him not to knowing their allegiance" Harry informed him simply

"What place does that old man have here" Voldemort hissed his wand raising a few centimetres, Harry shook his head

"More than you know, I know he has two of your followers safely under wraps and I suspect a lot more, though I know he was annoyed about Bellatrix" Harry continued

"And why would you tell me who the order has in my ranks, We are enemies Harry" Voldemort spoke slowly as if he was talking to a five year old

"Parseltongue" Harry warned, Voldemort's eyes narrowed somehow even more than slits but he complied

"Why then?" he asked in snake tongue, Harry warded the door

"Not the order an organization using them as puppets, the same ones who want control over this country in the name of Godric Gryffindor" Harry explained, Voldemort looked surprised

"If it is true then why would you not help, you are a Gryffindor and a Mudblood heaven would be ideal for you" he hissed disbelievingly

"Gryffindor was nothing more than a manipulative monster, he created all the stories about Salazar's tyranny and how he and Rowena had an affair, He tried to have Ravenclaw raped in order to drive her closet to him" Harry spat, Voldemort glared at him

"Anyway after Rowena and Salazar went travelling Gryffindor crafted the story of him kidnapping Rowena and cursing the castle however they both willingly left with a friend, a friend who suspected Gryffindor and after he tried to tear magic open to make himself more powerful tore him limb from limb" He continued

"and how do you know this? it sounds like a bedtime story" Voldemort jeered, Harry shrugged

"anyway Helga left and formed a group she christened Templars, in her name they spent years fighting Rowena and Salazar's rival group the Unity. Then the king of France purged them and Helga was executed... however they went underground and the Templars and Unity fought a lot more over the last few hundred years. Their friend known as the Soul eater made Rowena and Salazar immortal and after finding the spirit of Helga continued the war" Harry told Voldemort

"This is nonsense" Voldemort roared

"Now anyway the Templars were taken over by Dumbledore not long ago and the Unity leader the soul eater poisoned died, he chose a successor and left the Unity to him" Harry summarised

"What!" Voldemort asked in disbelief, Harry smiled

"Anyway that successor was me and I noticed you seemed to be essential but unaware to Dumbledore's plans so I had Rita dig up a man called Tom Riddle" he told him, the snakelike face of Voldemort twisted into a frown, Harry gave him a vial

"A memory" Harry told him, Voldemort frowned and summoned an pensive, he growled at Harry before emptying the contents and placing his face inside

Flashback

Miss Cole walked down the halls of the orphanage, she smiled to the children and frowned at others, then a young Tom Riddle appeared, Miss Cole grinned at him and waved as the doorbell rang and she hurried to get it, she opened the door and outside was a badly dressed Albus Dumbledore

"Hello?" Miss Cole asked frowning at the oddly dressed man, He smiled with fake warmth

"Miss Cole, I heard a new boy has arrived" he said bluntly,

"Tom, Yes we have a family looking into him so if you want him please make an appointment" she told him sternly, Dumbledore drew his wand

"Confundus" he muttered, the woman's face went blank, Dumbledore smiled

"You will not allow Tom to be adopted, you instead will keep him away from the other boys and will treat him with suspicion" he ordered changing the woman's mind, her eyes were blank and unfocused as the spell took effect. She then regained composure

"I'm sorry the boy is not up for adoption ever" she snapped, Dumbledore bowed and turned away, a sly smile on his face as he assured himself a powerful enemy in the future.

Voldemort emerged from the memory with something Harry had never expected to see on his enemy's face, regret.

"I killed her, I killed her the moment I was able and all this time" he spluttered, Harry nodded

"It was Dumbledore all along" Harry ended kindly, he saw not the man who had killed so many including his parents but instead a confused man who had just been told his whole life was built by a man before he even began. Then Harry gave him the next memory

Flashback

A boy and girl stood side by side watching the sunset, it was in the Hogwarts grounds, the boy had an arm around the girl's shoulder, she was crying

"It's ok Myrtle, if Olive tries to bully you again I'll curse him" he soothed, the handsome face of Tom Riddle coming into view, the girl sniffled as Tom smiled at her. The two continued talking, Tom mainly comforting the girl while in the background Dumbledore glared, this would not do! he was supposed to hate muggleborns not help one. His wand was already in his hand, he moved quietly to behind a statue and waited until Tom walked back into the castle

"Confundus" he said, Tom's eyes unfocused,

"The chamber of secrets is located in the girl's bathroom that you heard the girl crying in, you will unleash the monster within and use it to destroy all Muggleborns in this castle" he ordered. The spell released and Dumbledore crept into the shadows.

Before Voldemort or Harry could react another memory morphed into place

Flashback

A young Tom Riddle walked quickly along a narrow road, his father's house was less than ten meters away, he had no idea what he intended to do other than confront the man who left his mother to die when a shadow figure emerged from the shadows

"Confundus" came a voice and Tom Riddle'e eyes went blank again

"You are angry at your father, he is a muggle and must die" the figure said morphing back into the shadows, Tom Riddle emerged from the spell drew his wand and marched towards the house.

"Rita must of raided his memory cabinet, she never ceases to amaze" Harry muttered as Voldemort looked at him, then he took out a dark black ring

"Was it him?" he asked knowing the death of Moaning Myrtle was the one to make this Hocrux, Voldemort looked at Harry with fear

"Yes, how do you" he began fearful of his immortality

"Do you regret it?" Harry asked again hoping to see a flicker of Humanity, to his relief Voldemort nodded. The power of remorse suddenly took effect and the ring suddenly shone a deep gold, Voldemort screamed in pure agony as the hocrux began undoing the magic it had been woven with and reattached to his body. It took less than a minute but the result was a more humane looking man. The snakelike features were less exaggerated and thin hairs grew on his head

"Don't try that again, the distance is what hurts as your forcing your soul back, do not think of those you killed until we find the Hocruxes" Harry warned, Voldemort swallowed

"The locket is in a cave , a cup in Bellatrix's vault, Nagini, a diadem in Hogwarts" he told him "Harry I'm...". Harry gave him a fleeting look

"Tom Riddle, what you did was a result of enchantments and a desperate bid for control. The death of my parents was something that I now see was the fault of another, and no not Pettigrew" Harry informed him neutrally

"Then who?" Voldemort no Tom Riddle asked, Harry nodded at him

"You will need to meet with us in a week, a team of knights will be in this room and nine o'clock exactly in a week, oh and bring Pettigrew with you" Harry requested, Riddle sighed

"I will do as you say but I need to know more" he told Harry who sighed

"Well I suppose it started with a letter..."

Great Hall

"Where have you been" Ron demanded through a mouthful of toast, Harry had been away since this morning and as he sat down next to Rowena, he was tired at not in the mood for any kind of discussion
"A walk Ron" he replied, Hermione frowned

"What if you'd been caught" she scolded secretly wishing he had, Harry sighed

"A detention I suppose now, what lessons do we have today?" he asked, Hermione sighed

"Potions, ,Charms, Herbology and Defence " she answered, Harry suddenly looked up. Rowena was a master alchemist and knowing her she would be trying to show Snape up all morning something that wouldn't do well for his temper. He sighed and helped himself to bacon as he saw Rowena's smirk grow and his orb pendant turn a luminous orange.

"Now as it is your Owl year at last we will use this lesson to allow you to brew the most advanced potion you can make" Snape sneered as the fifth years sat down at their desks, his eyes paused on Harry and then Rowena, they sat together with their hands meeting under the table. Snape shook his head

"Longbottom that would mean a first year potion and Potter I wouldn't bother" he continued bored with the students already. Harry looked slightly to the left and saw Rowena looking at the cauldron with a gleam in her eye it was the same gleam Hermione had when she saw a book or Ron when he saw money, he supposed two hours to brew a potion was like Snape handing her a tray of sweets and telling her to finish them within the hour.

"What are you planning?" he whispered as she inspected the ingredients, Rowena smiled sweetly

"He said the most advanced and it looks like we don't have the ingredients to create a philosophers stone so we will have to settle for" she paused in deep thought " Felix Felicis".

"That takes six months" Harry warned, Rowena feigned offence
"I suppose if you an amateur but for experts like me two hours tops" she scolded him smugly. The next hour was a blur for Harry, his job seemed to be holding the ingredients or imputing on a spell as Rowena worked her magic on the cauldron, Snape peered at them curiously suspired at the speed the young woman but shrugged it off, he assumed she would be no better than the rest of them".

"Harry expanding charm" Rowena ordered throwing in a handful of shiny objects, Harry obliged as she stirred the potion quickly while casting charms with her wand

"Harry pass me the bottle on the left" she ordered holding out her hand

"Harry stir"

"Harry cleaning charm"

"Harry dragon dust" . By the time they were done Harry was out of breath, every few seconds he would be given an order and that would be followed by another and another. At one point she asked him to grab some more ingredients and told him to run or the dungeon may explode,

"The great Potter out of breath? this isn't practise" Snape commented approaching them with a clipboard

"Professor good timing we just finished Rowena bragged, Snape looked disapproving

"I see and what potion have you got to today, wormwood? or something more simple" he hissed, Hermoine was smirking Harry could see and was still working at her antidote, a sixth year potion which Snape had shook his head at and walked away. Suddenly Snape noticed the golden potion

"This can't be" he muttered, he inspected it again and Harry could see the shock etched into his face as he stood up straight

"What is this?" he asked, Rowena grinned

" Felix Felicis" she replied, the room was silent, some who knew of the potion looked at Rowena with open mouths while some like Hermione were gobsmacked, Ron was oblivious and had no idea what the potion was.

"How on earth did you brew it in less than six months, more than that how did you do it in an hour and a half" Snape questioned, his cold demeanour was gone as he looked at the student who did what he couldn't even imagine doing

"It's easy if you have the skills" Rowena said innocently knowing her words would infuriate Snape

"Miss Fay, this potion requires constant care and attention over six lunar cycles and yet you have brewed the potion to perfection something no Potions master as far as I know could ever do" he spluttered. Rowena grinned

"I must be gifted" she remarked, Snape studied her for several seconds and gritting his teeth he began

"Well done Miss Fay, ten points to Gryffindor and an Outstanding grade" he told her, now the room was in shock, Snape had never issued anything but contempt towards Gryffindor but now he was giving one points and a good grade both things had never been done. Rowena smiled brightly as a flustered Snape walked away to comment badly on Neville's potion. Harry resisted laughing

"That was genius" he complimented and was rewarded by a quick kiss

"I am aren't I" Rowena agreed.

Charms

There are two main forms to the ice making charm , firstly a simple Glacius to freeze something and the more complex Ixcleno to morph the liquid into a shape and freeze it" Flitwick explained to a bored and unsettled class, Harry noticed Rowena grinning again

"Let me guess you invented this one?" he guessed, Rowena nodded

"First charm I ever made, I believe I used to make a wall to annoy Helga" she smirked,

"Now practise" Flitwick announced, he began walking towards them as bowls of water appeared in front of the students

"Now miss Fay, I'm not sure if you know how to do a charm such as this as you have not practised the basic before" he began worried about Rowena's capabilities

"Don't worry professor" Rowena remarked raising her wand, Harry suddenly noticed most of the class watching them, most hoping to see a repeat of potions he suspected. Rowena pointed her wand at the bowl

"Ixcleno" she said firmly, the water suddenly jumped out the bowl and travelled to the other side of the room, it stopped short of Professor Flitwick's desk and began to morph, when it got the right shape it froze solid. Flitwick cried in delight as he noticed what Rowena had done, in front of his desk was an icy staircase giving him easier access to his chair which he did not have with the piles of books he used now.

"I put on a never melting and never slipping charm as well" Rowena told him smiling, Flitwick beamed at her

"Thank you Miss Ray, but how did you do that, the water can only expand to its mass but you seem to have stretched the water without breaking the charm" he told her surprised, Rowena flashed a smile as a perplexed Flitwick climbed up on to his desk using his new stairs. Harry suddenly had an idea, Rowena had taught him the spell a while ago in the Enclave so he repeated her actions but instead the water formed into a crown. He gave it to Rowena

"Thank you Harry" she smiled lovingly, before realising, the word "Modest" had been inscribed into the crown and a jet of water suddenly hit Harry.

"Sarcasm is the lowest form of comedy" she scolded hitting him with another splash of water.

Herbology

"Ok spill where were you last night" Rowena whispered as Sprout gave her annual induction speech,

"Nowhere" Harry responded too quickly, Rowena frowned

"Where? I will use Legilimency" she threatened, Knowing she was serious Harry explained. Her eyes narrowed as he spoke and as soon as Sprout looked away she punched him on the shoulder

"You risked revealing yourself?" she hissed angrily, Harry took a breath

"Yes, wait I had Rita look into it" he began,

"So she knew but I didn't?" Rowena exclaimed

"No! listen..." he whispered explaining what Rita found out

"Oh? wait you fixed a Hocrux?" she asked shocked, Harry nodded "You made him feel remorse, Dumbledore did a number on him" . Harry looked grim

"He placed a lot of compulsion, memory and confundus charms on him as a boy let's just say after he heard the story he pretty much signed up then and there" he told her, Rowena's face fell

"Poor boy" she muttered "manipulated all his life and moulded to find out he's just a puppet on strings". Harry nodded

"Well it may be a new start for him" he told her, Rowena smiled softly

"And the undoing of Dumbledore" she finished.

Defence Against the Dark Arts

"Harry you need to act like your old self, that means blurting out your thoughts when a ministry woman calls you a liar" Rowena moaned, Harry shrugged

"I realised after you mentally told me and it got me a week's detention so next meetings covered" Harry assured her, Rowena sighed

"I don't want Hermione or Ron finding out, the girl hates me for being better than her and Ron is a fool" she grumbled "Soon we will be able to stand against them but not yet we must be cautious". Harry thought about her warning

"Ok I'll try, so what shall we do know, we have the rest of the day off" Harry asked, Rowena flashed him a knowing grin

"Oh I have some Ideas" she told him wrapping an arm around him.

Staff Room

"Fillius what took so long" McGonagall asked slightly worried about her colleague, the half dwarf smiled

"I was testing a student's charm work" he explained quickly telling her about the events in class

"Amazing, so you couldn't break the charms?" She asked amazed, Flitwick nodded

"Not even a fire curse could melt it, simply amazing" Flitwick said dreamily,

"So, she broke one of the laws of charms and somehow made a charm stronger than you!" McGonagall stated,

"Miss Fay?" came a greasy voice,

"Severus?" Flitwick questioned wondering why a man who hated Gryffindors remembered the new one's name in less than a day

"So it seems there is a lot more to her, she brewed a perfect Felix Felicis in less than two hours" he told them, they both looked shocked

"Surely she should be in Ravenclaw" Flitwick stammered, the two teachers shrugged

"We will have to see how she is in my class and others perhaps there is more to this girl than we think" McGonagall told them suspiciously

"Come Minerva, the soul mate of Harry Potter? souls don't lie about matched" Flitwick chuckled, Snape looked at them both

"Let's keep an eye on them for now, perhaps we will discover where she learnt so much" he decided.