Here is the next chapter. For future reference Tom Senior is Tom Riddle and Tom Junior is Harry Potter. Please read and review thanks, love Angel x

Time skip two years.

Tom woke up in his comfy bed a bit later then he normally would have but as it was so very comfortable he didn't mind waking up at half past ten like this. He looked around the room sitting up in bed admiring the sun shining outside. He stretched his legs and arms before slipping them off the side of the bed and into the slippers waiting there for him. They were nice and heated because Lolly had wanted him to feel heat as soon as he woke up. He slipped on his dressing gown which was again heated and tied it tightly round himself. He walked over to his balcony and walked out the frost of the morning making his breath come out in puffs of smoke. It wasn't time to go swimming yet what with Christmas coming up but the pool still looked inviting none the less. He was very suddenly desperate for a swim so he'd need to check and see if there was a way he could swim today without catching a cold or something like that.

"Lolly! I would very much like to go swimming today but I can't do that!" he said to her as she looked at him in confusion.

"Young master Tom is ten now! Surely he learned to swim?" she asked him almost stunned. He'd been coming to the house every weekend since he'd found it at the age of eight and loved it here. He had plans later today to scour the office for anymore letters and see if he could find any which would be of interest.

"You misunderstand me Lolly. I can swim fine but the water will be cold and I don't want to catch a cold!" he said as she smiled brightly at him.

"Well you did ask Lolly to check out every aspect of the house and I have done so. If you will follow me!" she said leading him downstairs to the music parlour. When they entered she pressed a button on the wall he'd not seen before because he'd not been looking for it. Once she did so all of the furniture moved to the side while the floor slid open to reveal a hidden heated pool for winter time. It would seem the Addlemores loved swimming as much as he did. He thanked her taking off his pyjamas and diving straight in splashing all around him as she collected his clothing tutting. He'd not even had his breakfast yet but she didn't mind it too much. He was soon swimming laps and finding himself calming down a lot. He'd been a bit hyperactive when he woke up. Tom senior himself had been like that as a child so he was used to it but he knew now how to calm himself down when necessary. When he got out of the pool she was waiting for him with a light towel and took him to the nearest bathroom where some clean clothes were waiting for him.

He stepped into the shower washing away the remnants of the pool and sleep. He scrubbed his hair wondering if he'd find any interesting letters. In all the time he'd been coming here he had grown the greenhouses and arboretum exponentially. He loved it here so much. After his discovery about purebloods and squibs he couldn't think of things the way he had been. He may actually be pureblood now but he hadn't been before. Things would seriously need to change. Purebloods had gotten lazy simply relying too much on the fact that they were purebloods and would get anything no matter what so they never truly tried for anything. He'd change that so everyone now had a fair go of things considering that squibs, purebloods and halfbloods were the only real races anymore. Muggleborn people were all technically halfbloods so there was no reason to discriminate against them.

Vernon and Petunia were not fools. They knew he was going away every weekend and returning every week but as he wasn't a bother to them they never cared where he was going when he assured them he was always safe. Dudley was warned against disturbing Tom at the weekend and they always locked his door just in case. The Dursleys were no longer completely terrified of magic. James Potter had been an arrogant jackass cursing Vernon multiple times and laughing at Petunia when she shouted at him for it telling her it was only a prank and she'd need to lighten up. The doctor who had removed the pig tail and duck bill was not happy telling Vernon to stop being so ridiculous when drunk. Petunia herself was stunned as when Lily found out about it she cursed James silly transfiguring him into a suit case which she then kicked. Suffice it to say James never ever re-offended again. Since they'd experienced via Tom the good things magic could do such as instantly repairing or summoning things they were fine. It soon became obvious to them that he wasn't James and had no desire to be James either which they were all relieved about.

After redressing and drying his hair Tom went to the breakfast nook in the kitchen and ate the hearty cooked breakfast Lolly had made for him. He ate it every weekend as he ate healthily during the week. He allowed himself this indulgence two days a week and so far it was going well. Lolly joined him for breakfast as she sometimes did when he wanted her to. After breakfast he headed up to the office. He began looking in the drawers for letters but was annoyed to find none. He flopped into his chair smacking his hand on the desk in rage when his finger smashed against a cleverly hidden button which was disguised as a lump in the wood. As soon as the secret button was pressed many parts of the wall came away replaced by many drawers filled with all of Addlemores correspondence. He grabbed a stack of letters from the pile nearest him and opened them to read them one by one.

Lord Addlemore,

I am writing to inform you as standard that upon conducting a raid of your residence the other week nothing nefarious or dark was found. You check and that is indeed a relief to me and my department. I thank you kindly for invite to the Christmas ball and I shall be in attendance with my wife Narcissa.

Signed Minister Austin Spooner head of DMLE, MOM.

He rolled his eyes as that had not been interesting at all. He moved on.

Lord Addlemore, Miles,

I am writing to implore you to please see sense. I am not after all responsible for Gaston but he has come to confide in me and I find I cannot turn him away. It is not my responsibility to house him however and that responsibility should still fall to you. Alas as he tells me you have disowned him something for which I am bitterly disappointed I have had no choice but to send him to reside with Riddle for now. Riddle is fine for now but that may not continue. In a few months Riddle is moving to America as he got a job in MACUSA there. What will Gaston do then? He cannot spend his life going from home to home like that. It will confuse the poor young lad much more than it should. Is he really to believe his father no longer loves him? I have often said love is the key to life and I am right. Eliza would be most ashamed of you disowning her only son. I need you to ask did she give her life for this. Is it worth it for you?

Gaston tells me he has told you of the greater good but I do worry he may not have explained it properly so I will do so for him. The greater good is a term that Gellert and I use which in essence means that it is better to sacrifice one of something for the betterment of everything else whatever that one thing happens to be. We say the greater good because it could be about anything at that time and not specific. Also I have heard again from Gaston that you have bad mouthed Gellert and I cannot take it any longer. Look you and I are friends and hey we're even from the old set too so please don't hurt me by saying bad things about Gellert. Gellert is I will admit emotionally constipated with others but he's a genuinely lovely man when I am alone with him. Please understand that his vision for the world is not a bad one. You just don't want to admit you don't get it. I know because I felt like you at one point myself.

I do not in any way appreciate your last letter at all. I would kindly ask you to reconsider your position because if you don't I can make things very difficult for you. I do not want to do so obviously but you really are leaving me with little to no choice. How dare you? I don't know how you found out about that but I can guess and he will be hearing from me I assure you. Quite frankly Abe could do with some of the things Gellert is doing. I don't think I need to tell you how much he needs help whether he wants to admit it or not. Imagine my bitter disappointment when Abdallah told me he not only knew what yourself and Safia were up to but he even approved of it. That man is seriously unhinged. I had tried to thwart you but he was ten steps ahead of me. Trust me I will have my vengeance one day. I will ask you once again to join Gellert and I. You must understand that we did many months of study before coming to this conclusion. We don't want a repeat of those dreaded witch trials in Hogsmeade and Salem alike. That was a dark and heinous time for all involved. It is merely his wish to remove all muggles of power everywhere on earth to save this planet from self-destruction. I don't want a repeat of world war one. You must see that we won't survive like that.

They have very dangerous weapons we here do not possess and they are a huge threat to us all. It is not pleasant but as Gellert tells me, for our own safety they must all be exterminated. I'd rather be safe than sorry. One blast from one of those gun things they have and we'd all be wiped out instantly I'm reliably informed. This is not a chance we should really be willing to take. We have tried to talk with Minister Evermonde but he merely and stupidly branded us as dark and ordered us to leave the ministry. He's a fool. He will be the first to die of this I am sure. His ignorance is enough to warrant his death. If Abe doesn't agree to follow me I may have to intervene in some way. I cannot lose him because he's fucking around feeling miserable. I really can't believe you will not join with us. Miles you are a stupid man and have just signed your own death warrant. Buck up and deal with Gaston that boy is going places but cannot get there truly without your support. How vile can a father get? At least mine acted even if he is in Azkaban now. Seriously think things over and never threaten me again or it will be the last thing you ever do!

Signed,

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.

As Tom read this he was stunned and the threatening nature of it. How far was Dumbledore prepared to go for Gellert? It sounded like Gellert had him wrapped around his finger and could make him do anything he so desired. Was there love involved somehow he idly wondered to himself? He still had many letters to read but for now he'd be taking a tea break.