Disclaimer: Harry Potter does not belong to me. It belongs to the wonderful people at Warner Brothers and Bloomsburg and Scholastic and of course J K Rowling.
Summary: Harry Potter's life is about to change forever when he finds out the truth about his mother and makes a decision that can and will effect the entire wizarding world. TR/OC HP/DM and various other pairings.
Warning: This is Slash, which means two guys in a relationship in case you didn't know. This story will have other lot lines but if this bothers you than leave now. This will also be MPreg, which means that a male character will become pregnant. While I don't plan on going into intense detail this is an element of the story and if this bothers you than you should also stay away.
Authors note: This is my second attempt at fan fiction and my first attempt at slash. Criticism is welcome but if you plan on giving me a review about how wrong male/male relationships are and that is the only problem that you have with the story then please don't write the review. I have given you fair warning about the nature of this fic. SLASH and MPREG.
Chapter two: Could you repeat that?
They landed gracefully, despite their use of a port key, into the sitting area of Riddle Manor. Harry Straightened out his shirt and looked up. He gasped at what he saw – Voldemort exactly as he was the last time Harry had seen him.
They both had their wands out and pointed at each other within seconds.
"Accio wands," Jennifer said impatiently, and Voldemort and Harry's wands flew into her out stretched hand.
Harry turned to glare at her. "You brought me here… how could you? Give me back my wand and sent me home!"
Jennifer leveled Harry with a cool gaze, "You are home."
Harry looked around the room desperately and he spotted a familiar blond woman sitting in an armchair regarding all of them curiously. He remembered her from the world cup. She was Malfoy's mother. Harry turned to glare at his 'grandmother' and then said coldly, "Give Mrs. Malfoy the wands I don't trust you."
Voldemort took a step toward Harry, angry that he would dare speak that way to Jennifer.
Jennifer held a hand up, stopping Voldemort in his tracks. She calmly walked over to a stunned Narcissa and handed her Harry, Voldemort, and her own wands. Then she walked back to where she was previously standing. "Is that better Harry?"
Harry, in a moment of pure fear, tried to run around Jennifer to reach the door, but she grabbed him and with a surprising amount of strength, she stopped his progress. Harry turned around in her arms to speak with Draco, whose face was carefully blank. "Malfoy, you have to get me out of here!"
"I told you to listen to them, Potter. No one here is going to hurt you."
Harry gave him an incredulous look. "The last time I checked that man over there had killing me as number one on his to do list! I know that you aren't friends with me Malfoy, so maybe you don't realize that he tried to kill me in my first year and my second year and last year as well. I'm sorry if I find it a little hard to believe that he's suddenly changed his tune when a few days ago he was telling me to bow to death!"
Jennifer turned to look at Tom, amusement evident in her eyes, "Bow to death, Tom?" She shook her head and turned to Harry who looked like he was bordering on hysterical. "Harry you just have to listen to us. You've been fed lies your entire life. Lily was my daughter, mine and Tom's, she was not a muggle born. Dumbledore took her away from us –."
"You were probably mistreating her." Harry said insolently.
Jennifer reached forward and slapped Harry across the face. Harry, stunned, stumbled backwards with a hand on his cheek.
"We never hurt Lily. She had anything she could ever have wanted; she had anyone she could have wanted. She had two parents who loved her and would have died for her." Jennifer said coolly.
Harry snorted, getting over his moment of shock. "Then why did her father kill her?"
Voldemort stood and stalked over to where Harry was standing. He wrapped his hands tightly around Harry's forearms and said clearly, "I didn't kill my daughter; she stepped in front of the curse that was meant for you." He let go of Harry's arms and Harry collapsed onto the floor.
Harry looked up with deadened eyes and he said tonelessly, "I want to go back to the Dursley's."
Narcissa looked around the room at Jennifer and Voldemort. The latter was staring at Harry as though he were no more than a house elf and the former looked like she was on the verge of tears. "Oh for goodness sake…." She said as she walked over to Harry and knelt down on the floor beside him. She took him into her arms and held him gently.
Harry was surprised at the warmness that she showed toward him. The image of her at the Quidditch world cup and her actions now didn't fit together in his mind. And her hug was nothing like Mrs. Weasley's – who hugged Harry like he was one of her own. It was like Narcissa was comforting him, Harry, and Harry found that he almost liked it as much as Mrs. Weasleys.
"You didn't kill Lily, Harry it was an accident. It isn't your fault she died, but you don't want her death to be in vain right Harry? You can help us like Lily would have." Narcissa said calmly.
Harry pulled away and looked at her in disbelief, "Help you kill all of my friends?"
"…Friends that will lie to you?" She said evenly. "…Friends that will put you in danger every year. Harry… if you stay with us you will be safe."
"My friends don't lie to me!" Harry protested.
"Dumbledore has been lying to you for years Harry." Jennifer said quietly. "He never told you that you were Tom's grandson did he?"
"He probably thought it would upset me." Harry said sarcastically. "So what if he has been lying, at least he doesn't kill people."
Voldemort laughed harshly, "Albus Dumbledore doesn't kill. You really are deluded, you foolish boy. That wizard has killed more of Grindelwald's men than I have killed muggles."
"He did it in self defense." Harry said hotly.
"Did he? The light side has a strange definition for self defense. Dumbledore hunted those men, like he has been doing to mine… and all I want is to create a better world."
"If we didn't have muggles the wizarding world would have been extinct a long time ago." Harry protested.
"You know an awful lot about our world for someone who was forced to live with horrid muggles for 10 years of his life. Don't you find it strange that you know everything there is to know about the light side's argument but no one has ever told you anything about our side?" Voldemort said condescendingly.
'I didn't even know about the Death eaters until two years ago.' The thought entered his mind involuntarily. Aloud he said, "I never asked about your side… I don't want to know. It's wrong to kill people because of their heritage."
"Tell that to the muggles who burned us at the stake." Voldemort sneered.
"That was hundreds of years ago, muggles are more tolerant nowadays." Harry said taken aback. "…Besides there were freezing charms that wizards used –."
"At first, yes we were able to perform the necessary charms. Then the muggles figured out that we needed our wands to perform magic… they started snapping wands and burning us with no protection. Something we had no control over, our heritage."
"Has anyone ever tied you to a block of wood and set you on fire?" Harry asked sarcastically.
"…."
"Then why do you care!"
"Salazar Slytherin had a dream and I, as his descendant, have an obligation to fulfill it. I have to gain control before the muggles find out about us again." Voldemort said after regaining his composure.
"Did it ever occur to you that starting a horrible war might gain the attention of muggles?" Harry asked, and noting the surprised look on his face he continued. "And if you plan on taking control you're going to need a lot more men than you had at the grave yard."
Voldemort assessed him for a moment before turning to Jennifer who was smiling. "You were correct Jenny. The boy is good, and he knows what he is talking about. I will definitely have him on my side."
Harry – who had realized that he had just inadvertently gave Voldemort advice on how to gain control – slapped a hand over his mouth and paled. "I won't…."
Voldemort turned to look at him with a frown set in his features. "…Why not?"
"I won't help kill my friends." Harry said while he took a minute to think about it. There really wasn't anything keeping him at Hogwarts… except for Ron and Hermione… and Sirius. If he stayed here Sirius would never talk to him again… the only family he had would disown him. He couldn't let that happen.
"I wouldn't ask that of you, of course."
"…But you would kill them… would kill Sirius?" Harry whispered the last part but it reached Jennifer's ears.
She looked at him curiously. "Sirius… Sirius Black, why would we kill him?"
Voldemort cleared his throat, "Jenny there are some things that he doesn't need to know."
Jennifer smiled down at Harry, "He wouldn't say anything that could get Sirius in trouble… even if he is on our side."
Harry's eyes widened in horror and incredulity, "You're lying… Sirius saved my life he would never…."
"He is on our side Harry… one of our most loyal supporters; he would have been the best if he didn't disagree with killing James Potter." Jennifer said.
Harry shook his head, "No… he tried to kill Wormtail…. He escaped from Azkaban to save me."
"Did you really think that you just had to be an amanigi to escape? It took dark magic to get that done… all of my loyal supporters have the means to do it." Voldemort said.
'How does he know that Sirius is an amanigi?' Harry thought wildly before he calmed down. 'Wormtail must have told him….' Harry looked at Voldemort defiantly, "Then why did he wait so long to escape?"
"There wasn't any point in escaping until he found Wormtail. Remus thought he had betrayed us so he couldn't go to him, or any of our other followers for that matter. He had to wait until he knew where Wormtail was before he escaped."
"Remus isn't on your side… STOP LYING!" Harry yelled. "He said he thought Sirius was the spy."
"…Dumbledore's spy." Jennifer supplied. "Someone betrayed us that night. Tom went to the Potter's house and he didn't come back."
"If he's really your spy, then summon Sirius here." Harry said.
"He doesn't have to Harry I'm already here." A voice said from the doorway.
Harry turned around and sighed in relief when he saw Sirius standing there. He brought himself off of the floor and ran over to Sirius. "You have no idea how good it is to see you. We have to get out of here." Harry turned to walk out of the room but Sirius stopped him. "What is it Sirius?" Harry asked nervously.
Sirius walked over to Voldemort and knelt down in front of him, kissing his robes.
Harry sunk to the floor at the sight of his godfather kissing the robes of the Dark lord. When Sirius walked over to him and placed a hand on Harry's shoulder he shrugged it off. Harry turned dead, cold eyes on Sirius, "Don't touch me. I trusted you… and all of this time you were trying to kill me."
Sirius looked like someone had slapped him across the face. "I would never have hurt you Harry - never. Remus wouldn't have either."
Harry ignored him and he turned to look at Jennifer. "Will you take me to my room?"
Jennifer nodded and started to walk out of the room. Harry got up and followed her to the door.
"Harry please you don't understand, let me explain…." Sirius said running a hand through his hair.
Harry turned to look at him, as if seeing him for the first time. "Your time for explanations is over Black." He said quietly and then he walked through the door and he followed Jennifer to his room.
Sirius stood, staring after Harry for the longest time before he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up and saw Narcissa staring at him sadly.
"He'll come around eventually you know. Come on Sirius let's get you up to your room." She nodded politely to Voldemort and she steered Sirius out of the room leaving Draco behind.
"We missed you, Sirius." Narcissa said trying to engage him in conversation.
"No you thought that I betrayed everyone." Sirius said hollowly.
"No we didn't."
"Yes, you did. You thought that because I made Peter the secret keeper that I helped bring about our Lords demise."
"No Sirius you have it all wrong, Lucius misses you and I miss you." She said quietly.
"Let's not get into that Narci'." Sirius said hurtfully.
Jennifer guided Harry along the hallways with a hand on the small of his back. "Sirius means well Harry. He really didn't want to see your parents die… either of them. Your godfather loves –."
"I don't have a godfather." Harry said tightly.
Jennifer dropped the subject. "Tom isn't going to hurt you. He really does want you on our side."
"…Because I'm powerful right? It doesn't have anything to do with my being his grandson. Thanks for bringing me here really." Harry said sarcastically. "I mean, I woke up this morning and I had friends and a family and now I have nothing."
"I'm sure it feels that way now but eventually you'll see that we're your family." Jennifer said quietly.
"I feel like I've been initiated into some sort of cult." Harry muttered.
Jennifer ignored him, "Tomorrow we'll have to take a trip to Diagon Alley… you need new clothing." She said eyeing his clothes warily. "Then we can take a trip into Knockturn Alley and get the supplies for your tutoring."
Harry shivered involuntarily. "I hate that place."
Jennifer raised an eyebrow but kept silent. She opened a door on the right and led him into the suite that Lily had used. She had cleaned it out years ago and redecorated it. "You're sharing these rooms with Draco, I hope you don't mind."
Harry looked at her in shock, "There are like forty other bedrooms in this house, why can't he stay in one of them?"
"It is your first night here and I thought you might like some company." Jennifer said indifferently.
"I don't want Malfoy's company! Where is he going to sleep - there's only one bed?" He asked suspiciously.
"That bed is big enough for the both of you."
"I'll sleep on the floor." Harry said looking at the hard wood floor.
"Nonsense Harry you should give him a chance. Draco is a really nice boy and it would make me happy if you gave him a chance."
"Malfoy is nice! You obviously didn't hear about the time that he tried to kill me." Harry looked at her thoughtfully, "In fact almost every person in this house has tried to kill me at one time or another." Then he looked at the door longingly. "I need my wand," Harry said suddenly realizing that he was completely unarmed.
Jennifer enlarged his trunk and Hedwig's cage. "I'll have Narcissa bring it to you." She looked like she might hug him but her arms fell to her sides and she walked out of the door.
Harry looked around the room and then he settled on sitting down on the bed. "I really have to learn to think before I act."
Draco stood awkwardly realizing that he was left alone in a room with the dark lord.
"Sit down Draco." Voldemort commanded and Draco hurriedly sat down in a chair opposite from him. "You will be joining my service in a few years?"
Draco nodded eagerly, "Yes my Lord." Draco eyed the door curiously.
"Is there something on your mind?"
"I hadn't realized that Black was on our side, Sir."
This seemed to surprise Voldemort greatly, "Really… your parents have never spoken about him?"
"Not in front of me. I asked my father about Sirius when he escaped from Azkaban but the only thing he told me was that Sirius turned on the Potters and he was Harry Potter's godfather." Draco said thoughtfully, "In fact he hasn't mentioned his Sirius' name since then."
"That is curious," Voldemort murmured.
Jennifer found Sirius and Narcissa a hallway over from Harry's room. She got their wands back and headed for the sitting room.
"I've got your wand," She said smiling at Tom and Draco when she walked in. Jennifer pulled out Harry and Tom's wands and stared at them in confusion. Though the wands were different lengths and made of different wood she felt a connection between them. It was almost as if… but that couldn't be right. She continued to stare at the wands until Tom interrupted her.
"Is there something wrong with my wand?" He asked annoyed at not having it back in his possession.
Jennifer turned her attention to him. "I think that your wand is connected to Harry's. It feels almost as if they're brother wands…."
Voldemort stalked over to her and grabbed the two wands. Holding them in his hands he too felt the connection. He raised his own wand and summoned a book from the desk. It worked as it should have and he banished it across the room. Then he held Harry's wand in his hand and repeated the action which worked perfectly. Though you could work magic with another person's wand it shouldn't work as well. He absentmindedly handed Harry's wand back to Jennifer, while he stared at his own in amazement.
"I'm going to show Draco to his room Tom, and then we can talk."
Draco who was looking at Jennifer with curiosity and confusion snapped his attention back to Voldemort. He bowed his head, "My Lord." Then he followed Jennifer out of the sitting room and into the hallway. She handed him Harry's wand and started to walk forward before Draco could question her. They reached the outside of the room, after what felt like hours because of the oppressed silence. She ushered him into the room and closed the door behind him. Draco looked around the room and was vowing with every ounce of magic in his system that he would get Jennifer back for this.
For on the bed, the only bed, sat Harry Potter who was staring at him in disgust.
Draco walked forward calmly and handed Harry his wand. Then he began to get undressed ignoring Harry's new look of revulsion. Once he had stripped down to his boxers and climbed into the bed.
Harry, very reluctantly, got undressed and slipped under the covers as far away from Malfoy as he could get.
Malfoy smirked, noticing Harry's obvious discomfort. He inched closer and closer to Harry until he was only a few inches away from him. Draco reached forward with his left hand and began to trace patterns on Harry's hip.
Harry turned around and grabbed Draco's wrist in a death grip. "What do you think you're doing?" He hissed.
Draco didn't bother wiping the smirk off of his face – Harry didn't seem like the type that would fall for his innocent act. "I'm having fun."
Harry dropped his hand and climbed out of the bed. He grabbed his pillow and put it on the floor. "I would rather drown in my own vomit."
"Where are you going Potter?" Malfoy asked obviously amused.
"I'm sleeping on the floor Malfoy," Harry said very slowly as though he were speaking to a young child.
"Why? There is plenty of room on the bed."
Harry ignored Draco and dropped down to the hard, uncomfortable floor and put his head on the pillow.
Draco sighed after a few minutes. It seemed like Potter was going to seriously sleep on the floor. "I was just joking… come back to bed. That floor has got to be awfully uncomfortable…."
Draco was surprised at what he hard next:
"I've had worse."
Draco leaned up in bed and saw that Potter was caught between being awake and sleeping. 'This could be fun,' Draco thought. 'He'd tell me anything right now.' "What could possibly be worse than a hard wood floor?"
"…Cupboard…."
"Why would you sleep in a cupboard?" He asked suspiciously.
"…My room…."
"Those muggles had you sleep in a cupboard."
"…Not that bad…." Harry murmured.
Draco decided that he would find out more about that latter. "What do you really think of Draco Malfoy?"
"I think that he is an arrogant idiot who should stop trying to get inside of my head and my pants." Harry said with amusement sitting up and staring at an outraged Malfoy.
"You were awake!" Draco said in annoyance. He picked up the only thing that he had besides his wand and threw it at Harry's head.
Harry grabbed the pillow and put it under his head, "Thanks."
Authors note: I was so surprised at the response that this got. I got this chapter out really fast and I'm kind of nervous about it living up to everyone's expectations. So please tell me what you think of it, even if you've decided that this is the worst piece of literature that you have ever read! If you haven't figured it out from the text another pairing involved in this story is Sirius/Lucius/Narcissa, but I don't know if I'm going to get them back together again. It is a past reference pairing.
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