I am so sorry to everyone who has been waiting for me to upload, and has been following this story, for taking so long to post a new chapter. I have had some troubles the past few months including working towards becoming a manager where i work and breaking up with my so. as such i haven't had much time, energy, or passion to write for a while but now that my life has hopefully calmed down a bit i can get back to writing and updating this story. thank you to everyone who has been reading and i hope you like this new chapter.

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By the time Draco was heading back to Hogwarts for his second year of schooling, Nathair was already at third year level for work, not that Draco was that far behind him, having been forced by both his father and mother to take the same tutoring sessions together. The spells on Nathair, while they hadn't killed him they had greatly diminished his skill levels, reading and comprehension being the most affected by the numerous potions and spells. With them removed he had taken leaps and bounds, reading though two or more books a day, mastering spells in minutes and hours, not days and weeks. And the personal teaching helped as well, with the one on one teaching he was able to get immediate help with things he didn't understand.

Draco and Nathair had put aside their differences, or really Draco had begged Nathair for forgiveness once he realized that he had to. With Tom, his future lord being Nathair's father, he had to, or felt he did, for fear of retribution for his past transactions again Nathair.

Three days before Draco returned to Hogwarts, Tom received word from the house elves that Slytherin Manor was now ready for them to move into. The manor having been badly damaged over the years from neglect and disuse.

"When will we be moving?" Asked Nathair as he finished his breakfast.

"A few days. I want to go there and have a look around before we move."

"So it'll just be you and me living there?" Nathair didn't mind the thought of living alone, he had lots of work to do, so much to learn, and he didn't want to stop learning, he wanted to make his father proud of him. He didn't want to give Tom any reason to feel that he had made a mistake in choosing to adopt him. While he didn't mind, Nathair felt confused. He had lived the first ten years of his life surrounded by people, not that he wasn't lonely. It wasn't a lack of people that made you lonely, it was lack of caring, lack of love from the people you have around you that makes you lonely. As long as he had at least someone, someone who cared for him, Nathair knew he wouldn't feel that soul crushing loneliness again. But a small part of him knew that he wanted to have lots of people in his life.

"No, Fenrir will be coming and living with us. And I have to get a few house elves of our own, however once I do they'll be living with us as well," Tom said as he got up from the table. He knew that both he and Fenrir hoped that over time Nathair would fall in love with him, without the fact that Nathair was his Mate hanging over him, affecting his decision.

"What about my lesson's f-father? With us moving and Severus returning to Hogwarts how will I continue learning from him and Lucius and Narcissa?" Nathair stuttered over the word father, not being used to saying it yet, let alone having a father to say it to.

"I'll be taking over your potions lessons with help from Severus, and either you will go to Malfoy manor twice a week, or they will come to our manor for your lessons. Either way you will continue with your lessons, speaking of, how are your etiquette lessons going with Narcissa?"

"We've moved on to the finer details of eating with the proper utensils, and she thinks I should learn to play a musical instrument. She thinks I should learn to play the piano, or the violin." Nathair had never had any real exposure to music, of any kind, beyond what little he heard from the Dursley's television, or other people playing it inside their houses or cars as they drove past. Now he heard a lot of classical music while learning to dance with Narcissa.

"Not a bad idea, but for now I think you have enough on your plate to learn. Maybe after Samhain you can start to learn an instrument, until then we have plenty of things to do. If you're done with your breakfast come with me, I have a small lesson on magical creatures to teach you," Tom said as he made his way to the door.

"I'm done," Nathair answered as he stood up from the table and followed Tom to his office, where they had most of their lessons.

"Go and sit down while I get the book I would like you to read after we have our lesson." Nathair went and sat in his favorite chair, the one he always sat in when he had lessons with his father in his father's office.

"Today we're going to talk about magical humanoid creatures. The most well known ones are werewolves, vampires, veelas, drakens, goblins, fea, nymphs, mermaids, centaurus, and incubi. Now all magical creatures have a Mate. A Mate is a person who is magically, and emotionally a perfect match for them. Most Mates when asked to describe their bond say that their Mates is the best person they could ever imagine being with. The Mate of a magical creature doesn't have to be a creature themselves, or even the same type of creature as it's Mate if they are a creature, but if the are they are usually the same type of creature. Most creatures usually have a wizard or witch for their Mate, you might even have one. With how powerful you are, you will most likely be the Mate of a creature," says Tom as he thinks of Fenrir, and his admission the night they saved Nathair.

"Your powerful too, more powerful than me, do you think you have a Mate?" Asked Nathair as he looked up at his father in wonder, as he imagined what it would be like to have a Mate.

"I suppose I could, but if I did I haven't met them, as far as I know. When a magical creature meets their Mate they know instantaneously that that person is their Mate. Most will tell the person immediately, some won't if they have had bad experiences with their Mate, or if their Mate is not of age at the time they meet. If it's someone they've had bad experiences with it was most likely before they were either turned into a magical creature or, came into their magical inheritance.

"Now there are more than one type of inheritance. There's the one you will get when you come of age, where you are recognized as an adult and you will have full access to your money, land and what not. Speaking of, while you can't inherit the money and homes yet you can use the votes that come with the lordships of each house you will inherit, but to use them you must use a proxy. Now as I can't be seen in public, or allow anyone to know that I have returned so I will be using Lucius as my proxy for the Slytherin votes I have as Lord of Slytherin. And if you would like to you can have Lucius be a proxy for your votes as well. The wonderful thing about having a proxy is that no one will know who he is being a proxy for, we can remain hidden, and still get important things done."

"Lucius has told me some of the whole voting thing, I didn't realize I would have seats and could vote. But I do agree with you Lucius is the best, he's so good at political stuff like that. I think I will do as you said and allow him to be my proxy as well, so we can stay safe and still use our votes," said Nathair as he commented on his father's out of subject ramble.

"Now where was I... Oh yes, inheritances. Besides the political and familial kind, there is also the magical kind. Most people when they come into their magical inheritance get a small power boost as they now have access to their full magical core. But some people, when their ancestors have had creature Mates, become magical creatures themselves. Sometimes it's not much, with werewolves they are stronger than they should be, or get very touchy around the full moon.

"That's about it, here take this book and if you have any questions just come and ask me," said Tom as he handed over a copy of Magical Creatures and Their Mates. "Did you have any questions now?"

"No, I'll just go and start to read this book. I'll see you later father."

HP/FG-TW

At diner Tom asked Nathair about the book. "Did you finish the book I gave you yet?"

"Yes, it's so fascinating. It reminds me of the muggle idea of soul mates."

"You are right, it's a very similar concept, but where theirs is unrealistic, ours is quite real. Did you have any questions about it?"

"No, it's pretty self explanatory. I did have a question about something else though. I know you gave me a book on them, which I'm planning to read next, but I was wondering what's the difference between dark, light, and neutral magic?" Nathair asked him as he went to grab a piece of his favorite dessert, cheesecake.

"Well magic was originally classified that way because it's based on how a wizard has an affinity towards a type of magic. You know how some people are right-handed, some are left, and some people can use both equally. That's more or less how magic affinity works and why some people can only use light magic really well, and some people can only use dark magic really well, then there are those that can use both. Light magic is easy for people with an affinity towards light magic, and the same goes for dark. There are a few people that can use both without much difficulty. And most people whether they have an affinity towards light, or dark magic they can use neutral magic easily, neutral magic is a go between type of magic that everyone can use regardless of their magical affinity.

"Now I have a strong affinity towards dark magic, as well as Severus, and Lucius. You, I believe, are one of the few people that can have an affinity towards all three so you can use all of them without difficulty. Did that answer your question?" Tom asked Nathair as he finished his mini lecture.

"Yes, thank you for explaining it to me father. I really want to read that book now. Why is it that people hate each other for having an affinity towards one type of magic? It doesn't make sense to hate someone for something they can't control?"

"No it doesn't make any sense, that's one of the things I want to stop. Do you ever wonder why some people have so much trouble doing magic and learning at Hogwarts? It's because they have been, eversense Dumbledore become headmaster, getting rid of the true curriculum. Hogwarts is supposed to teach neutral magic only, because it's the only one everyone can use, to a certain degree. In your third year you are supposed to be allowed to take light or dark magic courses that mirror your core classes as well as the neutral core classes you start out taking when you first start. But they've gotten rid of that too, except for the non magically affiliated classes, like Care of Magical Creatures, Arithmancy and the other classes that you can take after second year. What they teach now is only the light affiliated magic, no dark or even neutral, meaning anyone who doesn't have an affinity towards light magic can't properly learn any magic at Hogwarts anymore. Which is another reason I am having you taught here, where I can make sure you learn properly."

"What about Draco? If the teaching is so bad there, why is he going back?" Asked Nathair, while he didn't care a whole lot about Draco, Nathair wondered why he was going back if they didn't even teach right.

"He is like you, you both can be taught all three kinds of magic. And with the extra learning he gets at home he'll be fine."

HP/FG-TW

The day after Draco went back to Hogwarts Nathair came down for breakfast to see the Daily Prophet sitting on the table and the headline of it caught his eye.

Harry Potter, The-Boy-Who-Lived, Missing?!

Last night at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry it was reported that Harry Potter didn't show up with the other students on the Hogwarts Express. In fact, it's been reported that no one has seen Harry Potter since the end of May.

So where is Harry Potter and why is it that no one has seen, or heard him for over three months? Has anyone reported him missing or, even been looking for The-Boy-Who-Lived? Where is he and what has happened to him? And why is it that the most powerful wizard in our world, Albus Dumbledore Headmaster of the school, either didn't notice Mr. Potter's absence, or did nothing about it and covered it up.

All we can do is hope that he is alive and safe somewhere while the Auror's search for him. Over the next week they will be combing Hogwarts for clues and interviewing it's students, and staff, hoping that one of them might have seen something or have some information that can help them in their search for the missing boy.