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Sakura Lisel: firstly, thanks for the review! Secondly, To be completely honest, this is my first fanfic. It simply didn't cross my mind to go through that entire thing where James says Slytherins are evil and demanding that Harry be resorted. If you want, I can update the chapter and add that if you want to see his reaction and some more James bashing.

CHAPTER 7:

POTTER MANOR:

James was sitting down for his usual breakfast when he saw Lily come in. a frown appeared on his face. He stood up and asked: "what did you and Harry talk about last night, Lils?" she came up on her heels and wrapped her arms around his neck. James was somewhat stunned and didn't notice the wand at his neck until too late. "obliviate" she whispered, softly into his ear. "you will not remember the talk we had with Dumbledore yesterday morning. Instead, you will think we went to bed early." James's eyes got a little dazed, before he nodded and said, "Last night was great, wasn't it, Lily?" "yes, it was, darling. Now, should we go wake up Matthew?" James nodded, still a bit dazed.

HOGWARTS, NEXT DAY:

Lily walked into the headmaster's office. McGonagall had told her the password, as she was applying for a teaching job. When she entered, she checked to make sure that all of the portraits were in there frames and then said, "Obliviate maximus!" "you will all not remember anything that happened yesterday morning. You will think that I am still a muggleborn witch with no clue of her heritage. Dumbledore, you were about to greet me and allow me to become the assistant DADA teacher" Dumbledore and all of the portraits eyes nodded dazedly. Dumbledore said, "Ah, Lily, my girl. How are you doing today?" "good, professor. I'm here to ask about whether or not there is a slot available to teach defense against the dark arts. I know Professor Quirrell is currently teaching, but maybe for next year, or as his assistant, if need be" "of course, Lily. If you would only sign these papers, we can have you ready as his second teacher. Next year, if Quirrell is not able to come, the job is yours." Dumbledore replied in his grandfatherly voice. "thank you, Professor Dumbledore." Lily replied, startled at how well it worked. It was a spell that she had created herself. Apparently, It was very useful.

Lily was feeling very pleased with herself. She had successfully completed the first task har lord had assigned her. Hopefully this was her first step towards redemption.

SLYTHERIN BOY'S DORM

Harry awoke with a stretch and a yawn. He really hoped that Nott wouldn't bother him. He needed more time to study spells that would make him bow down, such as torture. Maybe he would go to the restricted section tonight.

Nott woke up and loudly said, "what are you still doing here, Half-blood?" Draco stiffened and said, "Nott, if you call my Lord a Half-Blood one more time my father will have your head" Nott paled slightly, knowing that Malfoy's father was much more powerful and influential than his. "thank you, my little dragon. However, there is no need for such drastic action yet. When the time is right, you will learn your place, Nott." Harry said. "Never!" spat Nott. "we'll see about that, Nott. Mind your attitude" Harry said and Draco stared down Nott until he relented, grumbling softly to himself.

He and Draco went down to the great hall for breakfast. It seemed that he was already practically one of his servants. He would have to confront him about an oath soon.

He sat down in between Daphne and Alyssa. Alyssa put a head on his shoulder and started talking. "have you gotten yourself anymore followers from the boy's faction of Slytherin?" "No" Harry replied. "However, Malfoy seems to do whatever I tell him to already. We'll see what he does in the future, but he is a prospect. Nott keeps on ridiculing me for being a half-blood, and I have not decided what to do about it yet. I thought that I might read up on more dark spells over Christmas, but until then I don't know many ways to force him into submission. He is a stubborn boy" Harry finished. Pansy said, "let me get rid of him for you, My Lord. It would be my honor and pleasure!" "no." Harry sternly replied. "I want to do it myself without any assistance." Pansy's shoulders drooped a bit and she pouted. "but pleaaaase? Can I at least watch? No one disrespects you in my presence!" "I said. NO!" Harry snapped. Pansy cowered. "now, if we are done with that discussion…" Pansy nodded meekly so he continued. "I am expecting an owl from my mother on whether or not she finished her duty." As soon as he said that, dozens of owls started flying in. A snowy white owl glided over to their table and landed in front of Harry. It had a letter in its beak. Harry took it from the owl and opened it.

Dear My Lord and Son,

I have accomplished the task you set for me. Dumbledore, James, and the portraits in Dumbledore's office were all obliviated of the memory of our meeting. I have also been accepted as a Defense Against the Dark Arts assistant. You should see me sometime next month. However, James and Matthew will be joining me, as I can't simply leave them by themselves without raising suspicions.

I hope everything is satisfactory.

Love,

Your Mother

Harry smiled, and said, "she succeeded. We're going to have a new DADA teacher by next month" Alyssa said, "that's great, Harry. How much more does she have to prove herself to gain your trust?" "oh, she still has plenty more to do for me. Just wait."

After classes, Harry finally decided it was time for him to use the Diadem of Ravenclaw. He needed to see what knowledge was stored inside. Maybe it would also give him a way to make Nott stop ridiculing him. Harry wanted Alyssa by his side when he acquired all the knowledge. So, at around four o'clock, Harry and Alyssa went to the seventh floor

When they arrived at the tapestry, Harry thought about needing to hide something. After a bit, the door appeared. Harry and Alyssa walked inside. They saw the pedestal with the beautiful tiara on it, and the dark aura that came off it. Harry tentatively touched it and placed it on his head.

"who seeks the knowledge of the Diadem of Ravenclaw?" "I, Harry James Potter-Ravenclaw seek the knowledge" Harry told the silky voice. "Ah! What a surprise. I never thought I would get to meet my defeater. What a surprise!" Harry paused. "who are you?" "me? I am a memory of sorts of Tom Marvolo Riddle, more known to you as Lord VOLDEMORT! And now that you have put me on, your mind is mine!" 'No!' thought Harry. He would not let Voldemort win. It was HIS mind and HE was in control. Harry wrestled with the memory, and then he heard a voice. He recognized it, but it was coming from far off. "Harry, Harry, listen to me! Whatever is happening in your head, control it! I can't lose you, my only friend. Please, please, come back to me!" Harry recognized it as Alyssa's voice, and Harry put all of his power into pushing out the person in his head. Finally, in his mind, he saw the figure crumple in defeat. It was the face of a handsome seventeen-year-old, and it was panting in exhaustion. It raised it's hands up in surrender and evaporated. When this happened, Harry felt a flow of memories into his mind that weren't his own.

He was being beaten by a woman with a pudgy face outside of a place called "Wool's Orphanage". The person who's eyes he was staring out of were calm but furious. Then, the image switched to Harry looking over the body of the same woman who had beaten him. The woman had whip scars all over her back. Harry saw the boy dismember two boys. He saw him talk to snakes and tell them what to do. Then, when this boy finally came to Hogwarts, He was sorted into Slytherin. He was ridiculed by the pureblood boys for being a Half-Blood. Eventually, the tables turned. The boy was now the bully. He had been declared the lord of many Slytherins, including Lucius Malfoy and the Lestranges. Basically, Tom Riddle's brutal life flashed in front of Harry Potter's eyes.

Harry suddenly understood why Voldemort had become Voldemort. He had had a harsh childhood, perhaps even harsher then Harry's. doing this also meant that Harry got all of Voldemort's memories, including those of him learning new magic. Harry saw as Voldemort mastered the darkest aspects of magic, and having an eidetic memory, memorized everything. He now knew everything that Voldemort knew when he was seventeen. He understood that the Diadem had held a piece of his soul, which he had split into six fragments. He had been planning on doing seven, as seven was a very powerful number, but had been thwarted by Harry before he could do it. Harry also felt his aura and magical core expand exponentially. He assumed that it was because not only did he receive 1/6 of Voldemort's power, he also received whatever was in the Diadem, which was apparently a lot.

Harry promptly opened his eyes to Alyssa shaking him awake, and then fainted.

HARRY'S MINDSCAPE

Harry looked around, wondering where he was. He was surprised when he saw Alyssa next to him. A couple of feat away from them sat a beautiful woman who looked to be in her thirties. "thank you for dispelling that disgustingness from my Diadem. I will forever be in your debt. Now, why did you put on my Diadem?" Harry replied, "we seek the knowledge that was stored inside. I was not aware that there was a horcrux. Now, what do you want from me, and who are you?" "I am Rowena Ravenclaw, the creator of this diadem. You must be one of my ancestors otherwise you wouldn't be able to see me" "yes" replied Harry. "my mother was descended from your line. You are something like my great-great-great-great-great grandma" Rowena smiled lovingly. "well then, great-great-great-great grandson, as payment for destroying the vile thing that has been inside of this Diadem for a decade, I believe that it is only fair that I train you, Is it not? After all, you came here seeking knowledge, and knowledge you shall get. If you wish, we can train for three years inside your mindscape. I can teach you how to wield the darkest magics, the lightest magics, the art of the mind, and so much more. So, what do you say, grandson? Are you willing to spend three years inside your mind? We are in your mind, so you can control the time in here. You could make three years in here last only three hours in the outside world if you wished." Harry stared disbelievingly at her. The great Rowena Ravenclaw wanted to train him. This would make him the most powerful Dark Lord to ever walk this earth, except maybe Morgana Le Fey. "of course, I will train with you! How could I say no to such an offer?" "and who is this beautiful lady next to you, grandson?" Ravenclaw asked. "My name is Alyssa Bellisario. Harry must have pulled me into his mind with him before blacking out" ""well then, my apprentices, your training starts… NOW!" she flung an unknown curse at Harry. It hit him, and he cried in pain.

"tsk, tsk. You want to become a great Dark Lord, but you fall over in pain at a stinging hex? We have a lot of work to do, Mr. Potter" said Rowena.

And with that, they trained. They trained, and trained, and trained, for three whole years. Like she promised, he learned so-called dark magic, so-called light magic, and grey magic. They learned occlumency until they could keep Rowena's legillimency out. Then, they started to learn legillimency. they trained until they could look inside Rowena's very powerful occlumency shields and see her darkest memories that she kept hidden at all costs. One time, he saw her and who he assumed was Gryffindor having an affair, and it would scar him for life. He didn't need to see his grandmother having sex.

Rowena revealed to them that Hogwarts's standards had drastically dropped. A lot from Rowena's time, but even more simply from when Dumbledore took over from Professor Dippet. Harry thought that Dumbledore must be trying to breed a weak and unknowledgeable generation of witches and wizards, so that they could be like sheep and he the wolf putting them in there places. In the past, Hogwarts even had Math, Science and writing classes. Now, the closest thing to math was arithmancy which wasn't taught until third year. The closest thing to science was potions, and the standards of potions had also dropped drastically since Snape took over. Since he was training to be a Dark Lord, Rowena told him that a key to this was flattery and seduction of your targets. If they were so distracted by you, or thought that you could do no wrong, then they would be easy to take out or manipulate into being your obedient servant. Harry was pretty sure that his followers already thought that he was perfect, but to gain new ones he would have to learn flattery and manipulation.

Rowena taught him to master the unforgivables, and he could now hold the cruciatus curse for as long as he needed. He could imperio multiple people at once and be in complete control of their minds. They were in his mind, so he could conjure up anything he needed.

One day when they only had a couple days of training left, Harry and Alyssa sat down on a bench that Harry had conjured. "well, we've been through some adventures together. Won't it be weird coming out of here feeling like were fourteen but still being eleven?" questioned Harry. "yeah" replied Alyssa. "we have practically grown up inside your mind. We have learned so much, been through so much, and lost so much. The one thing that has always stayed the same is that we have always been together, no matter what. You were by my side when my parents betrayed me. I was by your side when you confronted your parents. And we will go on to be the best Dark Lord and Lady that the world has ever known. If we succeed, your dream of a muggle and wizarding world united under one ruler is a dream that will become a reality. Only we have the power to make that happen. Together we can make the world a better place. End violence, discrimination, hunger. Poverty, corruption. All problems will be solved if everyone is under one goal and one ruler. That ruler will be us one day. Side by side, like us and our ancestors before us, Evans and Bellisario will always be side by side making the world a better place." When she finished, Harry finally did what he had wanted to do for a long time. He pulled Alyssa into a searing kiss. At first, Alyssa stiffened, and he was afraid he had been reading her feelings wrong. But then she relaxed and kissed him back. They wrapped their arms around each other and fell onto there backs. They kissed for a long time, but it had been something that they had both been waiting for a long time. Finally, they broke apart, gasping for air. They grinned at each other and kissed again.

"well isn't this a welcome sight" Ravenclaw said. Harry and Alyssa both jumped and broke apart, wiping their mouths looking embarrassed. Rowena just laughed. "Ah, young love. So beautiful and pure. I wish you two well" They were still flustered but nodded. Ravenclaw walked away, and the newly formed couple looked at each other sheepishly. Then they pulled each other into a long and deep kiss.

REAL WORLD, THREE HOURS AFTER ENTERING HARRY'S MIND

Harry and Alyssa woke up on a bed next to each other. they noticed that both of them had grown a lot, and it seemed like the changes that they had gone through in his mindscape transferred into their current bodies as well. Harry got up and looked at himself in the mirror. He stood at about 5 foot 10 and was lean with muscular arms and chest. Alyssa had also gone through some changes. She looked older, and she had grown. She was also lean, and she looked much more fit. She also seemed to be growing into her veela powers easily. Harry thought that they suited her, but he might have been biased, as she was his girlfriend. They looked different enough that Harry realized that they would have to cast glamours over themselves before going out of the room, so that everyone didn't see the drastic changes. So, with that, they cast glamours over themselves and walked out of the room of requirement for the first time in three hours.

POST-AN:

As you guys might have noticed, this story still needs a beta reader. If anyone wants to deal with my bad grammar and spelling and help the story be better, please message me.

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