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"Are you related to Salazar Slytherin?"

Voldemort considered Harry for a moment and then spoke,

"Yes. I am his direct descendant."

Harry pulled out the locket from underneath his shirt and traced the ornate S carved on it thoughtfully,

"The S stands for Salazar or Slytherin?"

Voldemort's gaze took in the locket around Harry's neck,

"It stands for Slytherin."

Harry rubbed his thumb over the locket's smooth surface,

"This belonged to him, right? I saw him wearing it in one of the pictures in the book."

Voldemort nodded and conjured a drink for himself,

"Yes, it belonged to him."

He sipped it leisurely and waited for Harry's next question,

"Why can't I take it off?"

Voldemort sipped his drink,

"Attempt to pull it off."

Harry tried. He tried to pull the chain off his head but it clung to his skin,

"Talk to it in parseltongue."

Harry looked up at Voldemort in confusion,

"I don't know how."

Voldemort tapped his finger against the glass,

"You do know how. Just speak."

Harry closed his eyes as he attempted to focus on speaking in that language,

"Get off."

Voldemort tsked,

"English."

Harry cursed and attempted again. Somehow, he knew that Voldemort had spoken in parseltongue and it grew extremely easy for Harry to slip into that language,

"Get off."

The chain clinked and Harry felt the locked come alive. He gasped as his fingers closed around it and he felt something akin to a tiny heartbeat inside it. And then he heard the locket hiss back,

"No."

Harry looked up at Voldemort and saw that he was just as surprised as him. Voldemort set down the drink and rose to his feet. He drew closer to Harry and closed his fingers around the chain. Voldemort's touch sent a tingle down Harry's spine,

"Come off the boy."

The locked burned in Harry's hand and he dropped it with a cry. The chain tightened around his throat and began cutting into his skin. He bit his tongue not to cry out,

"Come off him!"

The locket was resisting. It grew tighter around Harry's neck and began to burn into his skin. Harry was suffocating and burning up at the same time. He felt Voldemort's hand on his shoulder and his other hand around the chain, trying to pry the locket off his neck. Harry closed his eyes as the pain and the suffocation grew too much and managed to choke out,

"S…Stop. Just… Just leave it."

Voldemort left the locket and instantly it grew cold and lifeless again. The chain loosened around Harry's throat and Harry slumped back in the seat. He drew in several deep breaths but his skin was still hurting. He felt Voldemort rubbing his back carefully. It was too gentle, too delicate as if Voldemort was worried about shattering him if he touched him the wrong way. Harry heard his voice,

"Breathe….just breathe….."

Harry did just that. He breathed. He breathed as much air as he could and when he had calmed down. He felt Voldemort hand vanish from his back and felt his fingers reappear around his neck. A cry escaped Harry's lips and Voldemort's fingers withdrew,

"Harry, just sit still."

He felt Voldemort's fingers return but this time something cool accompanied them. Harry couldn't sit still. Whatever Voldemort was applying to his burnt skin was stinging like hell and he moved his head away. Voldemort's hand gripped his hair, not hard and rough like he usually did. It was just strong enough to hold his neck in place,

"Relax. I shall not hurt you."

Harry bit his tongue not to let anymore sounds escape his lips but it was becoming increasingly difficult. Voldemort's fingers finally withdrew from his neck and his hand released his hair,

"It shall sting for a while."

Harry opened his eyes and saw concern written all over Voldemort's face. It was so unusual and it looked so out of place on his snake like features. Not out of place in a bad kind of way. On the contrary, it made him look more human. It looked out of place because he didn't like that Voldemort was worried about him,

"I'm alright."

Voldemort conjured a glass of water and held it to Harry's lips,

"Drink."

Harry wanted to take the glass in his own hand and drink by himself but the expression on Voldemort's face told him that arguing wasn't an option so he drank silently. Kindness was the last thing he had expected from Voldemort but he was receiving tons of it today. Harry wondered what had changed, When the glass was empty Voldemort vanished it and retook his seat,

"Would you like to rest for a while?"

Harry shook his head carefully. Every movement of his head caused him pain,

"I'm fine. Can I keep asking you questions?"

Voldemort picked up his drink again and signalled him to go on,

"Am I related to Salazar Slytherin?"

Voldemort looked intrigued by the question,

"You might be or might not be. Your parents were not related to Salazar Slytherin but any one of your ancestors might have been."

Harry's head fell and he focused on his clasped hands,

"How will I find out?"

Voldemort's suggestion made him look up,

"A blood test may verify your parentage."

Harry couldn't keep the excitement out of his voice,

"A blood test? Can we do that now?"

Voldemort nodded,

"Yes. A drop of your blood shall reveal your true bloodline. There is no need to get so excited, Harry. We shall not be doing it now."

Harry couldn't hide his disappointment and his impatience showed in his tone,

"But I don't want to wait."

Voldemort waved away his impatience and took a sip of his drink,

"Next question, Harry."

Harry pushed away his impatience and spoke,

"Tell me about my parents."

Voldemort raised an eyebrow at him,

"You do recall that I murdered them?"

Harry nodded silently,

"What on earth compelled you to ask me about your parents?"

Harry lowered his head and unconsciously pulled at the hem of his shirt,

"I need to understand why you murdered them."

Voldemort rose to his feet but Harry made no move to get back. He drew closer to him and forced him to look up,

"I informed you of the prophecy, did I not?

Harry nodded again,

"I'm not asking about the prophecy. I just need to know who my parents were."

Voldemort met Harry's gaze and spoke,

"They were members of a resistance. The sole purpose of that resistance was to kill me and end my reign. When I heard the prophecy, I spared no time in thinking about how logical or illogical it was. I was just spurred into action and sought to kill you."

Harry looked away and sighed. Tears were streaming down his eyes. Voldemort turned his head back to face him and reluctantly reached forward and wiped the tears away. Harry pushed his hand away,

"You gave me these tears. You don't get to wipe them away."

Voldemort withdrew his hand and stepped away. As though all the light had been covered in a blanket of darkness, the ease in the room seemed to leave. Voldemort's smile turned to a hard line. His relaxed shoulders had gone rigid. His Adam's apple bobbed when he looked at him. And then, out of the shadows behind him, something dark slithered out. It slid up his side, over his robes, its tail hooking upward, moving over his taut stomach. A black snake. It coiled around his stomach, moved up his shoulder, wrapped around his neck. Scales shimmered and glistened in the fire's light. When its tail flicked up and touched the edge of his lower lip. Harry stepped back and left the room without a backward glance.

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