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
Sirius was so happy and excited as he usually was at this time of year and the extreme love he felt from the man was astounding to say the least. He slightly hated to admit it but Dumbledore was right. Love was indeed very powerful. Tom Riddle after all had never felt any love from anywhere being pushed from pillar to post by annoyed people who didn't want him and saw him as an inconvenience to them something he hated so much. Tom Potter however was different and he found that with Sirius nurturing him in any way possible he was hopeful for the first time in his life. He had love and he was wanted here in this timeline. He was no longer Tom Riddle the hated and abused boy who Albus had seen suffering and refused to help but Tom Potter who had Sirius, his love and all that came with it. He had asked Sirius if he could call him dad when Sirius started to cry uncontrollably. He'd not expected this response from the man. Bloody Gryffindors and their emotions. He just knew Sirius had been one not at all surprised when he told him as much one day.
"Yes Tom of course you can and I am honoured you would wish to do so. I am not James but I sure hope I can be a good replacement. I love you like a son pup and I always will. Come on into the living room. I think it's time for presents don't you?" he asked with a smile as Tom looked at him his eyes suddenly shining with tears which didn't fall.
"But you being my dad is my gift Sirius. I don't need anything else. I have all I could ever want in you!" he said as Sirius turned to face him almost fainting at Toms expression he looked so serious.
"Come here pup! I love you more than life itself. I was reckless in my youth choosing vengeance over what mattered most and now I have you I'm not losing you again to anyone. Besides it's only once your son turns eleven isn't it!" he said as Tom gasped. He'd forgotten his birthday as Sirius laughed at him. He'd always been like this forgetting his birthday. He was so used to celebrating it in December. He entered the room gasping at the amount of gifts there and the cake Betty had made for him. He had introduced Sirius to Lolly and said he'd gotten her when the bank recommended he have one and Sirius said nothing after that. Lolly loved her master Tom like no other and he knew no harm would ever come to him. Lolly could be a task master when she needed to be such as getting Tom to eat all of his vegetables and things although he was better at it now than he had been at the start. They headed for the couch when Sirius handed Tom his Hogwarts Letter. Tom however had a plan. He asked Sirius to open it and read it to him claiming to be nervous. Sirius smiled and did a spell for tracking going onto Sirius which Tom wandlessly removed from him. After he was done reading they opened their gifts. He'd gotten him some books and some new quidditch supplies as well as a voucher to use in the Magical Menagerie to get himself a pet with. They left for Diagon Alley by floo and Tom was still awed by it now. He'd been here a handful of times but seeing the beauty of it never got old. Tom Riddle had been so bitter that no one had ever paid him any attention accept Borgin and Burke and they ran a dark shop. It wasn't necessarily a boost for his ego system. Now however he just smiled and enjoyed the alley. He'd never really paid much attention before when he'd been shopping or sent Lolly to get him things now however he would be doing so.
They entered Scrivenshafts Quill Store a shop which was filled with floor to ceiling shelves of different parchment and quill types as well as ink. Tom paid close attention making sure to get only quills with solid silver nibs in them. He also got some pricey ink and self-inking quills too because he could. He bought many different pads of parchment in every variety should he ever need to use them and even requested some scraps for practice which they were happy to give him. Two hundred galleons later and they were finished in there. He went next into Flourish and Blotts and got his school books quickly and quietly not making a spectacle of himself the way a Malfoy would have. Next they went to Madam Malkins where he was unfortunate enough to meet little Draco Malfoy sooner than he wanted to.
"Hello I'm Draco Malfoy obviously who are you?" he all but demanded as Sirius shook his head at the arrogance the ponse was showing.
"Hello heir Malfoy I am Lord Tom Potter yes the one and only. I would appreciate it if you would use proper manners and forms of address next time. You do not know me and your manner could easily scare people. First impressions are everything do try not to forget this in future. I doubt old Lucy would be too happy to hear you slipped up would he?" he said in such a way that Sirius couldn't hear him. Draco groaned loudly his impatience shining through.
"My father will hear about this Lord or not. Now forget that which house will you be in and which Quidditch team do you support?" he all but demanded again as Tom gave a put upon sigh.
"I will be in whichever house I am placed and I will not whine about it. As for quidditch I support the Kenmare Kestrals. They are the fairest team and are currently top of the league at the moment so it would make sense to follow them. Oh thank you so very much ma'am. You were very thorough and I admire your skill a lot!" he said as Marian smiled brightly at him.
"Not to worry Lord Potter and it is an honour to have my talents recognised as something but someone such as yourself. Mr Malfoy if you do not hold still you'll get pins in the leg for goodness sakes!" she snapped at him as she paused his fitting to lead Tom to the till. He paid for the robes handing her five galleons much to her utter shock.
"Well you do so much good for all in society and I feel like it should be recognised. Use this to get yourself something nice and thank you once again!" he said taking her outstretched hand and placing a delicate kiss on her knuckles. Sirius giggled from behind him and teased him as they left about already trying to get with the ladies like old James would have making Tom sigh. He loved Sirius so much but that man showed his emotions too much all of the time and it was enough to cause a headache sometimes. He'd need to train him in the art of calming down. As they continued down the street he eventually got fed up of Sirius commenting on all the women they passed like a lecherous creep even though he wasn't normally one. Something was very wrong with Sirius as he was acting totally off in every way. He forcefully pushed him into an alleyway and ordered him wandlessly to drink a calming draft which he did immediately feeling better if not confused. It would seem that spell on the letter not only was meant to track Tom but make him act very recklessly too although he'd not obviously seen that before. He knew Sirius and knew he'd never be that reckless normally. Sirius was usually reckless a little bit but nothing like he had been a few seconds ago.
"Sorry dad I thought there was a shop down here but there isn't oh look let's go get me a pet!" he exclaimed running across the street to the Magical Menagerie which he entered with a smile. He could of course get a snake as a pet but had no desire to have that pet plus it would have been very obvious if he'd done so. As soon as he entered a particular isle he was hit with a blue glow two cages soaring at him as Sirius gasped while he attempted to catch them and fell over one in each hand. In one cage was a gorgeous Russian Blue cat and in the other cage was a midnight black coloured screech owl.
"Well pup I guess you are taking two pets to school with you considering they both just bonded with you and became your familiars. What are you going to name them then? We need to put it on the record of the store!" he said as Tom smirked. This had been an unexpected development but he was happy about it none the less. He needed to think about names though as he wanted good strong names. He decided to call his male owl Demios named after the god of terror something he secretly loved because Sirius had no idea what the name really meant. The cat was different though. She looked divine and so he called her Flora after the goddess of love, flowers, divination and magic. It seemed to fit and she told him she liked her name a lot.
"Well the owl I shall call Demios and the cat I'll call Flora!" he said with a smile picking out the various accessories his new familiars pointed out they wanted to him. After that Lolly took both of the pets back to Grimmauld Place and settled them in his room. They moved on entering the potions store. Tom purchased all the ingredients he needed as well as some already prepared potions and a crystal cauldron. Sirius saw him buy it and looked stunned. As he'd also bought whatever else he'd actually needed Sirius didn't say anything to him. Their last stop was in Ollivanders. He was annoyed when he was handed the Holly and Phoenix wand even more so when it reacted well with him. It started to spark but he pushed so much magic into it that it exploded. Ollivander screamed in shock and proceeded to make him a new one. It was a rosewood wand with a dragon heartstring core. It was shaped like a swirling piece of wood swirling on either side all the way down the wand and ending at the silver handle which was emblazed with emeralds something Sirius was amazed at. He was in fact so amazed at it that he couldn't even complain about it even if he did want to.
It had been decided that every second month Tom would live with Sirius and so on the months he wasn't with him he'd be living with the Dursleys and going to Addlemore House each weekend. Arriving home Tom went and found his pets who were thrilled to see him. Not only was Flora his familiar but it meant she had abilities no one would know about except him unless he told someone else. She could sense poisons in his food or things like that and tell him at once. It was indeed very useful for him. As for Demios he could sense evil mail and destroy it for his master without anyone else knowing about it. He was indeed very safe. He giggled when Flora threw herself across his lap purring loudly when he kissed her cheeks and scratched her behind the ears. He loved her so much already. Sirius watched him with a smile. James had never truly cared all that much for pets but Lily had been like this loving her pets as Tom was now and it was beautiful to see.
"Flora says either come in or piss off. She wants to snuggle with you for a while!" he said looking up at Sirius who was laughing as she climbed down from where Tom was sitting rubbing herself against his legs and purring. She seemed to really preen when he held her almost as though she knew she was beautiful and he smirked at that. Typical of Tom to get a vein familiar when he wasn't one bit vein himself. He had since discovered at the bank that he'd need to be marrying two women which had already been chosen for him something he really wasn't happy about as he would have liked to have the choice. The fact that Molly Weasley and Albus Dumbledore had attempted to create an illegal contract for him to marry her daughter he was furious. It would seem James was not at all against marriage contracts having signed one for him to marry someone by the name of Nymphadora Tonks whoever that was. He'd shuddered at the utterly vile nature of the name. Who in their right mind named their daughter that? Someone unhinged he'd guess. The next person he'd need to marry was a surprise as it simply stated he'd been contracted to marry Daphne Greengrass however as the text on the contract had severely faded he was free to choose which house name she took. He told Sirius who laughed at him telling him all about the metamorph which he secretly loved. Daphne Greengrass was a surprise however as he didn't know her at all except that the name was a pureblood one. He'd need to see later on. He climbed into bed after wishing Sirius goodnight and was asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.