This story is based on Harry Potter written by J.K Rowling
Thank you for all of the feedback and i hope you like this chapter, it switches from p.o.v. hermione to p.o.v. tom and back again so i hope you like it.
Enjoy :)
As I'm leaveing the ministry the next morning i give a relieved sigh, adopting a wizard from a muggle orphanage is the biggest hassle i have ever gone through.
First i had to be approved fit to raise a child, very invasive questioning, includeing an explanation on how i knew tom was there in the first place and an extensive search into tom riddle's background to see if he is a long lost heir to a prominent family, he is of course, in my time no one really knew, now the ministry will know, not that i trust them with that information or any information for that matter. I'm going to have to watch them, like hell i'm going to sit back and watch the ministry try and sink their claws into my soon to be son, he is smarter then to let them but i won't let it get there, he doesn't need to deal with that untill he gets to hogwarts at least.
But eventually after all of that they finally approved of my adoption, although once they figured out who he was the heir to they were much more reluctant to allow some nobody Half-blood they have never heard of to have control of an heir to a prestigious family such as Slytherin, but since nobody else even knew he was there i was the only obvious choice to have him, since they would much rather have him within the magical world then to leave him alone in a muggle orphanage untill hogwarts, in their opinion someone should have found him sooner, ungrateful bastards all of them. Not that i expect any different, but it is tireing to be pessimistic about most things when it comes to the wizarding government, hopefully they don't bug me while i'm at work.
Which is the other thing i accomplished, the department of regulation and control of magical creatures accepted my application so fast the were asking if i wanted to start tomarrow, of course i can't since i'm getting tom tomarrow, and want to spend the week with him.
The position i did apply for is field agent, going out and having interactions with magical creatures, i'll have to ask but i will most likely be taking tom with me, can't always have a babysitter on hand. I always have wondered if Parseltongue was effective with dragons or any other reptile besides snakes, we'll see eventually i guess.
But for now i'm on my way to schedual a ward maker from gringotts, hopefully there not booked.
Finally walking up to the goblin after i had waited in line, it's the same goblin from before, Kurgok i believe. This time the greeting went by more quickly, since he was expecting it this time, and less stairing from other goblins. Good stairing can get annoying after a while.
After the greeting was out of the way we got started, "good to see you again miss. Featherwood, what can i do for you today?"
"Like wise kurgok, i would like one of your workers for warding to come to my property and set up wards at their earliest convenience, what levels of strength can the wards be?"
"That depends on the amount you want covered" he explains, "the smaller the area, the stronger the ward."
I think for a minute, "would it be possible to have one layer of wards around the house only and then another that extends over the property? So that the entire property is under average wards, but the house it self is stronger?"
After a minute he says, "yes it would be possible, but if that's the case then i will need to send over two warders and one goblin to supervise, if the wards aren't set correctly they could have a bad reaction to eachother, and cause a type of friction between the two layers. It will require an extra fee for the difficulty level."
I nod, "of course, that sounds fine to me, when will they be available?"
"The earliest would be tomarrow afternoon, i would send them today but one is already on another project untill tomarrow."
Good, i will have tom by then, maybe he will be interested in watching, "thats perfect, just so they know i already have some basic wards in place, nothing they can't take care of but it's better to be prepared."
Kurgok forms a sharp smile on his face, "of course, the warders will collect the payment durring their visit, have a nice day miss. Featherwood."
"You too kurgok, thank you." Then i turn and walk out of gringotts.
I sigh, thats one more thing i don't have to worry about, now i just have to worry about the resistance from the muggle orphanage, probably not much, but you never know. Especially since when adopting a wizard from a muggle orphanage it's not really nesasary to give them paperwork or proof of any kind, you just have to be able to grab the kid and get into the magical world before the authority gets the kid back.
In those situations you can't use magic on muggles, thats illegal, but you can still get away, and since my temporary wand is still unregistered they wouldn't know if i used magic anyway.
Thats only worst case scenario though i should be fine, although wool's orphanage has to be a shity place if living there put tom riddle on the path of becoming a dark wizard, i don't even want to think about what goes on there, i'll find out tomarrow soon enough.
So far it was a normal day at wool's orphanage for tom riddle, woke up, terrorized the boys in the other rooms, not that it really counts when all i need to do is stare them down for a moment, went and had what little breakfast had available, and finally tolerate Mrs. Cole for however long she wanted to keep talking. She probably won't notice if i escape to the yard right? Most likely.
But before i got away completely i heard her say to everyone, "i got a call earlier about an adoption, wasn't said who it was for, or who the person adopting is, keep on your toes this person will be here around noon."
Then i finally went outside, i sat under a tree and thought about this mystery person, who could they be here for, more then one kid, maybe just one.
Definitely won't be me though, that much is for sure. Even when they do come here for me specifically or if they are interested in me, Mrs. Cole shoots that posibility down before it can even really start. Starts telling them about my supposed trouble making ways and my so called freakish nature, has to take it upon herself to ruin every posibility available to me, like she is doing a great service to everybody else by keeping at the orphanage, i think she phrased it once as 'suffering myself so that nobody else has to deal with such a freakish child'.
And i'm obviously not stupid, i know what she means when she says freakish nature, i know i have something special no one around me does, its not like i can change it, not that i would want to if i could. Besides without it the boys and some of the girls would still think its ok to mess with me, they obviously don't think so now after a few years of fending them off.
And now that i got the other kids to leave me alone the next step would to get out of this place, i give a sigh, it would be a lot easier to get out of this place if someone actually wanted me, no mother, and an ass of a father, no one else could want me, right? I dare to hope nothing
Thats why i'm not overly enthusiastic about this adoption visit, even if they don't have anyone in mind already, i would never catch their attention.
So i got comfortable under the tree and waited for the show to start, even if they didn't choose me, it was still entertaining to see the other kids trip all over eachother i hopes it was them. And with that he layed down for a nap.
Today was the day, on my way to get tom i was excited and nervous, excited because i can finally begin the first step to the rest of my life and i'm finally a mother, not something i thought i was going to live to see, and nervous because what if tom doesn't like me? What if i'm just not mother material? It is after all not for everyone.
I released a sigh, i will just get there, meet him, and hope for the best because there is just nothing else i can do, and what kind of food does he like? Drinks? Games? Friends? Colors? Clothes? Education goal? Skills? Hobby of some kind? Alright, breathe, chill, just ask him when you get there.
Then i turned a corner and there it was in all its tarnished glory, an old multiple story house that is known as wool's orphanage, i'm surprised the foundation hasn't crumbled and buried everyone inside, what are these people doing keeping children inside such an old house that probably has termites and rats everywhere? They have to be fucking mental if they think i will stand for these conditions! I understand they don't have enough money for renovations but surely they get some type of funding for this, what the hell are they spending the money on?
Putting my anger away for later, i walk up the front steps and knock on the door to the house. The door is then opened by a haggard looking woman in her mid 40s maybe.
She makes a grimace and says, "you the one who called about wanting one of the kids?"
Well she is definitely as rude as i was expecting, with a woman like this in charge its no wonder tom seemed like he was treated so badly, because he was.
"Yes i am" like hell i'm going to say i'm here for tom, lets see how she acts first.
She leaves the door open for me and walks away, indifferent i guess, i follow her from the entrance to a little living room space, "these are the kids here."
Not seeing anyone that looks like tom anywhere i get angry, does she have it out for him? Why show her a group that dosen't have everyone in it? Maybe tom just doesn't get along with the rest of them? Probably not, looks like sabotage to me.
I look at her with a thinly veiled venomous look and say, "thats alright i already had someone in mind, where is tom riddle?"
As soon as i said that her face screwed up, "why on earth would you be interested in that devil child!" Showing clear disgust.
I keep my face as neutral as possible, and with a severe stare, and cold voice i say, "i would be careful if i were you, if i hear that you have mistreated tom and any of the other kids in this orphanage all it will take is one word from me and you are pulled out of here and put in jail so fast you won't even have time to wash off all that ungodly make up you call a face, but thats for the best since jail is the only thing standing between you and me, i have always had a mean punch."
Mrs. Cole is seething by now but she wisely chooses to keep her mouth shut.
Quickly getting tired of this stareing contest, "i don't like to repeat myself Mrs. Cole, where is tom?"
Gritting her teeth she says, "outside under the tree."
"There was that so hard to say without all the unnecessary comments?" Making it as patronizing a tone as i can make it.
I leave her standing there angry with a living room full of stareing children, with looks ranging from scared to awe over what just happened.
Walking towards to backdoor i sigh and shake my shoulders, that certainly relieved some of my anger, now to get to tom.
I open the door and about 10 feet away i see tom under a tree, not really looking at anything, probably lost in his own thoughts, even so young he could be a good dabate partner, after all age isn't everything, i know from personal experience.
Once i'm halfway to him he looks up and gives me a analyzing look, well here goes nothing.
Once i get there i say, "hello tom" With a smile.
Did this lady just say my name? She is making less and less sense by the second, first when i noticed her walking towards me, of all people, and then she smiled while saying my name, that she already knew before coming here, this is rediculouse and i won't let myself believe that she is the lady adopting today and that said lady already had me in mind. Can't wrap my head around it right now.
Her appearance was weird to, sure she is wearing normal clothes but i haven't seen that many if any ladies that wear pants and have that style hair before, it looks like she doesn't have any products on at all no make up, no hair things just natural tan skin and bushy hair, bushy hair isn't really a thing without lots of products that i know of. This lady is strange.
She sits down and looks at me with the biggest smile i have ever seen, right i should probably say hi, "hello."
She says, "my name is Hermione Featherwood" smile still in place, "what have you done today?"
Making the Decision that a conversation wasn't a big deal i say, "i had a nap earlier, and just thinking, mostly about school" which is true enough, but i was also thinking about other things i could do with my so called freakishness.
She gives a knowing look anyway, i need to work on my lieing skills then, but she goes on anyway with a wistful look, "yes school was always fun for me, do you like reading?"
"Of course" that is no question, i would be reading instead of naping if Mrs. Cole had any books.
"Perfect, we will get along just fine i think, though i don't want to bombard you with questions all of a sudden, i will have time to ask the rest later when you aren't so overwhelmed."
Later? Overwhelmed? What is she talking about? "oh? And why do you want to ask? What are you here for anyway?"
And even though i dared not hope for it, she said the words i never thought i would ever hear.
She smiles a gental loving smile, best i have ever seen and says teasingly, "thats a obvious question to ask" she laughed, "i'm here to adopt you, silly."
And i forgot how to breathe, and thought i never would again, then i took in a breath and said in a shocked whisper/yell, "what?"
