Chapter 3
Harry rubbed at his scar as the tingling became burning in response to seeing Tom."Come on in then." Tom was staring at Harry as he rubbed at his scar. As the doors closed behind them, Tom dropped the hard, cold stare, and replaced it with a curious expression. The burning in Harry's scar stopped. "Lucian?" He stood and walked over to Harry, who stood somewhat defiantly, though his head was down. "It's really you!"
"Of course it's really him, Tom. Do you think I would play a joke like that on you?" Tom shook his head distractedly as he put a finger under Harry's chin and lifted his head up. Red eyes met two-tone eyes.
"Wow." He whispered and dropped his hand. "I can't believe I tried to kill you!"
"You didn't know." Harry whispered. Tom smiled fondly as Harry lowered his head. "No one did."
"Other than the old fool Dumbledore!" Severus grunted. Tom frowned and stalked back over to his bed and flopped down on it. "Didn't even tell the Potters who his real parents were I wager!" Severus and Lucius joined Tom on the bed to comfort him, leaving Harry standing uncomfortably in the middle of the room.
"Manipulative bastard." Lucius agreed. "Come over here and join us Lucian. We won't bite." Lucius held his arm out and Harry slid into the bed between him and Tom. Tom hesitantly wrapped an arm around Harry, almost as if he were afraid Harry would bite him. Or worse, flinch away from his touch. Harry did no such thing and Tom relaxed after a few seconds.
"So what are we going to do about him?" Tom asked. There was a bit of malice in his voice as he said 'him'. Severus wrapped his arms around Tom and rested his head on the man's shoulder. Harry got more comfortable with them and rested his head lightly on Tom's chest, wrapping his arms around the man's waist. Lucius curled up around him from behind, hands joining Harry's as Severus clamped his hands onto Lucius's arms.
"Lucian and I will be there during the school year. I daresay Lucian will cause enough trouble to annoy the old man."
"Why is he going back there?"
"Because I want to." Harry replied. "I want to finish my education there with Severus." Tom nodded. "I know a few people that could help me annoy him."
"Good. He deserves it." Tom drawled. "Until then, where will you be staying?"
"With me." Lucius spoke up. "That way you both can visit him with no problems." Tom nodded in acceptance. "That okay with you Lucian?"
"Yes."
"Good."
Lucian Severitus Riddle. It was one thing for him to hear it, but it was another thing to actually written on legal papers. Namely, his birth certificate. "Welcome home, Lucian." Lucian (AN: I'm going to refer to Harry as Lucian from now on.) followed his father into the giant mansion, pausing to marvel at the stone archways and sculptures.
"It's beautiful here!" Lucian shrugged out of his cloak and handed it to a house elf that was waiting nearby. Lucius smiled.
"It is, though it can get quite lonely when you're alone in this place. Come, let me give you a tour. You don't have to worry about my other son or my wife for another hour or so." Lucian nodded and followed Lucius around the Manor.
"There is a Quidditch Pitch outside, in the back. The bedrooms and studies are upstairs. You are allowed in any room upstairs, but do not go into the training area without telling me. It can get quite dangerous in there. Downstairs are the dungeons, but you don't have to worry about those. Unless you want to explore them of course. I will tell you when you are not allowed down there. The ground floor is mainly the kitchen, dining room, living room, guest rooms, and the ball room. The room on the top floor is the Potions lab. You'll have to ask Severus if you can go in there. Everywhere else is yours to explore."
"What about Draco?" Lucius sat on a couch in the living room. Lucian sat opposite of him and put his feet up after toeing off his shoes.
"He is not allowed in the training room, my study, Narcissa's study, and yours unless you say he can be in there. He is also not allowed in the dungeons without myself or another adult. He is also only allowed in the potions lab if Severus brings him in." Lucian nodded. "We will be having guests on occasion. Mainly deatheaters. If you do not feel comfortable around them then you may stay in your room or your study."
"Thank you." Lucian leaned his head back and closed his eyes, only to open them minutes later as the fireplace whooshed.
"Lucius, I have another..oh. Hello." Lucian looked towards the fireplace to see an elegant, blond haired woman standing there. This must be Narcissa, Lucian thought. Lucius stood and hugged the woman in greeting, then stood back.
"Narcissa, this is Lucian. It seems that Dumbledore had taken him, changed his appearance, and shipped him off to live with another family after he was born." Narcissa grimaced.
"That man always was a fool. Well it's good to know that you are safe and alive. Poor Severus was heartbroken!" Lucian smiled as Narcissa hugged him gently. "We must talk some other time, I'm curious as to how you discovered this secret." Lucian nodded and Narcissa turned to Lucius. "I have another party tonight. I'll be leaving after dinner, if that's all right?"
"Yes yes, of course." Narcissa nodded and left the room. "Draco should be arriving shortly."
"Does he know about.?"
"Your birth? Yes. He knows that Tom, Severus, and I did what we did. He also was told that you died. Won't he be surprised?" Lucius chuckled. "Can you promise me that you'll try to be civil?"
"I can try, seeing as he's my half brother and I don't really hate him anymore. Never had, he was just a git to my friends and me for a bit." Lucius nodded and the fireplace whooshed for the second time in the past half hour. "That would be him I suppose." Lucian waited as Draco fell out of the fireplace and dusted off his robes.
TBC
Harry rubbed at his scar as the tingling became burning in response to seeing Tom."Come on in then." Tom was staring at Harry as he rubbed at his scar. As the doors closed behind them, Tom dropped the hard, cold stare, and replaced it with a curious expression. The burning in Harry's scar stopped. "Lucian?" He stood and walked over to Harry, who stood somewhat defiantly, though his head was down. "It's really you!"
"Of course it's really him, Tom. Do you think I would play a joke like that on you?" Tom shook his head distractedly as he put a finger under Harry's chin and lifted his head up. Red eyes met two-tone eyes.
"Wow." He whispered and dropped his hand. "I can't believe I tried to kill you!"
"You didn't know." Harry whispered. Tom smiled fondly as Harry lowered his head. "No one did."
"Other than the old fool Dumbledore!" Severus grunted. Tom frowned and stalked back over to his bed and flopped down on it. "Didn't even tell the Potters who his real parents were I wager!" Severus and Lucius joined Tom on the bed to comfort him, leaving Harry standing uncomfortably in the middle of the room.
"Manipulative bastard." Lucius agreed. "Come over here and join us Lucian. We won't bite." Lucius held his arm out and Harry slid into the bed between him and Tom. Tom hesitantly wrapped an arm around Harry, almost as if he were afraid Harry would bite him. Or worse, flinch away from his touch. Harry did no such thing and Tom relaxed after a few seconds.
"So what are we going to do about him?" Tom asked. There was a bit of malice in his voice as he said 'him'. Severus wrapped his arms around Tom and rested his head on the man's shoulder. Harry got more comfortable with them and rested his head lightly on Tom's chest, wrapping his arms around the man's waist. Lucius curled up around him from behind, hands joining Harry's as Severus clamped his hands onto Lucius's arms.
"Lucian and I will be there during the school year. I daresay Lucian will cause enough trouble to annoy the old man."
"Why is he going back there?"
"Because I want to." Harry replied. "I want to finish my education there with Severus." Tom nodded. "I know a few people that could help me annoy him."
"Good. He deserves it." Tom drawled. "Until then, where will you be staying?"
"With me." Lucius spoke up. "That way you both can visit him with no problems." Tom nodded in acceptance. "That okay with you Lucian?"
"Yes."
"Good."
Lucian Severitus Riddle. It was one thing for him to hear it, but it was another thing to actually written on legal papers. Namely, his birth certificate. "Welcome home, Lucian." Lucian (AN: I'm going to refer to Harry as Lucian from now on.) followed his father into the giant mansion, pausing to marvel at the stone archways and sculptures.
"It's beautiful here!" Lucian shrugged out of his cloak and handed it to a house elf that was waiting nearby. Lucius smiled.
"It is, though it can get quite lonely when you're alone in this place. Come, let me give you a tour. You don't have to worry about my other son or my wife for another hour or so." Lucian nodded and followed Lucius around the Manor.
"There is a Quidditch Pitch outside, in the back. The bedrooms and studies are upstairs. You are allowed in any room upstairs, but do not go into the training area without telling me. It can get quite dangerous in there. Downstairs are the dungeons, but you don't have to worry about those. Unless you want to explore them of course. I will tell you when you are not allowed down there. The ground floor is mainly the kitchen, dining room, living room, guest rooms, and the ball room. The room on the top floor is the Potions lab. You'll have to ask Severus if you can go in there. Everywhere else is yours to explore."
"What about Draco?" Lucius sat on a couch in the living room. Lucian sat opposite of him and put his feet up after toeing off his shoes.
"He is not allowed in the training room, my study, Narcissa's study, and yours unless you say he can be in there. He is also not allowed in the dungeons without myself or another adult. He is also only allowed in the potions lab if Severus brings him in." Lucian nodded. "We will be having guests on occasion. Mainly deatheaters. If you do not feel comfortable around them then you may stay in your room or your study."
"Thank you." Lucian leaned his head back and closed his eyes, only to open them minutes later as the fireplace whooshed.
"Lucius, I have another..oh. Hello." Lucian looked towards the fireplace to see an elegant, blond haired woman standing there. This must be Narcissa, Lucian thought. Lucius stood and hugged the woman in greeting, then stood back.
"Narcissa, this is Lucian. It seems that Dumbledore had taken him, changed his appearance, and shipped him off to live with another family after he was born." Narcissa grimaced.
"That man always was a fool. Well it's good to know that you are safe and alive. Poor Severus was heartbroken!" Lucian smiled as Narcissa hugged him gently. "We must talk some other time, I'm curious as to how you discovered this secret." Lucian nodded and Narcissa turned to Lucius. "I have another party tonight. I'll be leaving after dinner, if that's all right?"
"Yes yes, of course." Narcissa nodded and left the room. "Draco should be arriving shortly."
"Does he know about.?"
"Your birth? Yes. He knows that Tom, Severus, and I did what we did. He also was told that you died. Won't he be surprised?" Lucius chuckled. "Can you promise me that you'll try to be civil?"
"I can try, seeing as he's my half brother and I don't really hate him anymore. Never had, he was just a git to my friends and me for a bit." Lucius nodded and the fireplace whooshed for the second time in the past half hour. "That would be him I suppose." Lucian waited as Draco fell out of the fireplace and dusted off his robes.
TBC