Disclaimer: In case you haven't noticed by now, I'm Not J

A/N: I am not adding the disclaimer to anymore of the chapters, by now you should know the deal. Otherwise go back to chapter 1.

"Cascading stars on the slumbering hills,

they are dancing as far as the sea

Riding o'er the land, you can feel it's gentle hand

Leading on to it's destiny…" Night Ride Across the Caucasus by Loreena McKennitt

Harry Potter and the Return of A Stranger

Chapter 5: Keys in Destiny's Hands

"Harmony do you believe in magic?"

"Well not really, honestly it's merely smoke and mirro-"

"No, not the stuff on stage, but real magic from the soul?"

"What is this sudden urge to know my beliefs?"

"Well nowhere really. I guess it helped when James explained the situation to me."

"That nut off the street? At first I thought it might be a good idea for you to meet with the guy but now I'm not sure. You never know he could be one of those con- artists."

"Listen we're here, I'll go get James. You need to talk to him before you can come in."

Adia was ready to open her mouth one more time to tell her friends to be quiet again when her mind went dark…

A voice, that's what first broke into Adia's head. Adia wanted to push it away, her head was filled with a horrible ache. An ache that was so mind numbing it hurt her eyes.

"Adia come on wake up. Someone's coming." Silke's frantic voice whispered. Adia groaned and tried to sit up but couldn't make it.

"Oh, she won't be up for awhile. You would be Miss. Weasly wouldn't you?" A short plump man, with a nasally voice replied. He looked oddly enough like a rat, a slimy, ugly rat.

"Who are you, why do you want us here?" Silke stood up defiantly, leaving Adia on the floor. Dario was no where to be seen.

"Who I am is of no concern to you, and why you are here is of no concern to me. I only serve my master." The slimy man smiled.

"Where's Dario, why isn't he here with us?" Silke pleaded. To these words Adia tried to sit up, she was to concerned with the safety of her friends to just lay around.

"Miss Weasly it seems you are a bit too inquisitive for your own good. CRUCIO!"

Adia watched as her friend's knees crumpled to the ground below her. She could see her shaking in pain. And the screams, the screams were the worst. Adia had to do something but she didn't know what. She just did what she thought of first. She stood up, pushed Silke down and tried to grab the man's wand. It burned her hand.

"AAAHHHHH." Adia screamed, her brain ripping in two. She fell to the ground. Her mind went numb once again.

"If you told me that my mum and Hermione were still alive I would say you were a crazy git." Harry said wondering how this man could have the gull to joke about something like this. Just as Harry was about to walk away from the man who he hated, at moments, more then Voldemort, he saw her.

She was slim, with shoulder length red hair. Her eyes were the deepest shade of green. Harry knew this women, knew that she had to be, but how? And if she was alive, what about Hermione?

"Good afternoon, James." Lisa spoke in a calm yet mischievous voice, as she gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Does he know yet?" She asked as she gestured toward Harry.

James looked over at his son, and saw a look of complete awareness cross his face.

"Yeah, I think he does now."

Harry got up and couldn't believe his eyes. How could it be his mother?

"I-I-is," he stuttered unsure of himself, "Hermione alive?" At those words Lisa grabbed Harry and pulled him into a hug. Harry reveled in this feeling of love. Never before had he felt so complete. He had his family.

If anyone were to ask Harmony who she thought was the crazy one she would have thought it was herself.

She could hear voices, and the visions that were assaulting her now were less then comforting. A boy, he couldn't be more then 13 was walking toward another boy with red hair, and a girl, who Harmony recognized as herself. They all looked so happy. Then suddenly it shifted and it was only her and the red head.

"Harry has got to be here Ron. What would have stayed behind? What if something happened to him Ron?" she was crying hysterically as she went into the building.

Harmony tried to shake the voices but the wouldn't stop. She was going crazy and there wasn't anything that she could do about it.

"This is ridiculous, I should be inside…" Harmony raced into the building unaware of what she would find.

"What have we here?" A shrill, cold voice asked mockingly.

Adia's eyes opened to the sound of that voice, her body aching all over and her hand throbbing. She was assaulted by a red glow that seemed to penetrate her soul, making her feel used and sick. The room was a cold, black pit. In front of her was a throne, with well he didn't really look like a man, more like a snake with legs.

"SOMEBODY HAD BETTER GET MS. POTTER TO TALK! NOW!" the shrill voice sound like a siren when it was that loud.

Two men clad all in black robes and hoods rushed toward Adia, getting ready to bind her, when she said something.

"Get your damned hands off me. What the hell do you want?"

Adia had shocked herself with her courage, this man was obviously evil, and she was definitely not as good a wizard as he.

"My, my does your father know you have a mouth like that? Then again he was always one for breaking rules." He looked to the men, and as if pondering something he began talking to a snake. Adia looked around but apparently no one was surprised.

"Naigini, what should we do with this girl? Her friends are of no consequence to me, but she is the key.-"

Adia had always hated being talked about while she was around, and for some reason she didn't fear this man.

"What am I the key to?" She asked defiantly. After she did so she saw a hand coming at her to strike her, but the man stopped him.

He looked around the room, "Everyone out I want to talk to Miss. Potter alone. GO!"

Adia marveled at this man's power.

"So I see that you understand parseltongue. Very interesting, I wonder what house you would be sorted into. Your father was almost sorted into Slytherin. Gryffindor and Slytherin are very admirable houses to be in. Although my followers would never believe that. The one fault of a Gryffindor is his undying devotion. However, if you know how to bend this to your advantage it will always be good."

Adia tried to stand up, but found that she felt lousy. She stumbled back to the floor.

"Poor thing. Repardo Stretago" Adia felt as if she had been placed in a warm bath. She felt much, she stood up and moved closer to this oxymoron of a man. He seemed like he was mean and yet he was being nice to her.

"Who are you?"

"Well I guess you could say I'm an old family acquaintance. My name is Marvolo Riddle."

Harmony walked into the Leaky Cauldron, not knowing what she was going to find.

"Harry Potter managed to escape Lord Voldemort," said Dumbledore. "He risked his own life to return Cedric's body to Hogwarts. He showed, in every respect, the sort of bravery that few wizards have ever shown in facing Lord Voldemort, and for this, I honor him."

That voice, those names…

"See you, Harry," said Ron, clapping him on the back.

"'Bye, Harry!" said Hermione, and she did something she had never done before, and kissed him on the cheek.

Harmony looked up and saw the face of the little boy, except he was all grown up. He was hugging Lisa and when he looked up and met her eyes, her whole world shattered…

Harry knew for sure that she was definitely Hermione. When their eyes met he could tell that something dawned on her. As soon as their eyes met, she fell to the ground.

"So tell me Adia, how is your father?" Marvolo's voice was not as menacing as she thought it was. In fact he seemed kinda nice. There was something about this place, she had forgiven her father but now, she was hurt. She could feel the hatred for her father flowing through her veins worse then the night before. She wanted to kill her father!

"Well, you know everyone asks how he is doing. No one ever asks how I am doing. I was there when that man murdered Mum and no one cares. He told everyone to lie to me. Even my friends."

"I'm sorry to hear that. What do you know about the day your Mum died?"

"I know there was a man ranting about "the truth". Then she told me to run back to the platform. I hid behind a garbage can until I saw Aunt Ginny and Draco. They- I think they took me home. My dad didn't even come for me!"

"Well Adia, I would never leave you behind. I was left behind once, but I vowed never to let any one like my father get away with that. Adia would you like to know what the truth is?" Marvolo was peering into her eyes and Adia knew that this man, was her savior, the one who would treat her like a person, and give her the keys to her destiny. She looked into his eyes, no longer frightened and answered, YES…

A/N:Ohhhhh… Is Voldemort being truly kind or Manipulative?? We will see.

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