I Am Dansmesyeux Riddle

Part Two

TWENTY-FOUR: Hogwarts…Again?

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Previous Chapter: Dan rubbed his cold hands together and then bit his lip. How was he going to get out of this mess without the two men finding out who he really was? Dan looked at the door and then away from it. Well one thing was for sure. He wasn't going back home anytime soon.                      

In the kitchen Remus Lupin and Sirius Black were having a talk about the boy in the room that claimed his name was "Dan Frankfort". Remus believed that there was nothing irregular about the boy, though for some reason he thought he had seen Dan before. Sirius, on the other hand, had a different opinion.

"Remus, think about it!" Sirius exclaimed. "The boy looks like he's going to run away. The only house or home near here is the Dark Lord's base."

"What's your point?" Remus asked. "Maybe he came from thevillage west of here."

"Yeah but we haven't been able to locate Voldemort's base. We're not sure which way it is. But still I believe managed to find one of the Death Eaters' children," said Sirius. When Remus didn't respond he added, "OK. Say that the boy isn't a son of one of the Death Eaters. Wouldn't the Headmaster know?"

Remus thought about the suggestion and said, "Brilliant! We'll take him to the Headmaster. That way if he is or isn't from Voldemort's manor we'll know. And if worse comes to worse we'll just have to leave him with Snape."

Sirius snickered and Remus smiled slightly.

Dan didn't come out of the room until Remus went and got him. The boy had straight out refused to eat any dinner. Even though Remus believed it to be weird, he couldn't say that it was completely un-normal for someone in Dan's position. After Remus had returned his belongings (his snake included), the werewolf had managed to get Dan to fall asleep. Strange enough Dan hadn't take off the glasses that he wore.  

"You just had to let him sleep on the couch!" Sirius accused Remus. "Now where am I supposed to sleep? On the floor?"

"Only if you want to," Remus said, pulling a blanket over Dan' sleeping figure. A brow furrowed when he saw Dan had fallen asleep clutching a small leather book. "Hey, Sirius," he called to the complaining man.

"What?" groaned Sirius. Remus slowly took the book from Dan's arms and showed it to his best friend. He tossed it to Sirius who caught it.

"Check this out!" exclaimed Sirius. "This boy has some serious issues!"

"You shouldn't be looking through that! It's probably private!" Remus snapped.

"But, Remus, it's Snape!" exclaimed Sirius. Forgetting everything he had previously said. Remus joined Sirius in looking. It was indeed a picture of Severus Snape. But why on earth would a kid have a picture of Snape? Remus decided to voice his question.

"I have no idea. But this proves that the git is still working for Voldemort!"

"Sirius, you know Severus quite spying all those years ago. How could he still be working for the Dark Lord?" Remus inquired. Sirius growled but said nothing. "If you're done accusing Severus of things I have a guess at why Dan has these. I believe that your suspicion was right. He IS from the other side. He must be one of the children that Severus once brought to Hogwarts."

"Remus," Sirius said. His face became serious.

"What?" Remus inquired, brows furrowed.

"Do you think that he-that he actually…you know…found someone to breed with him?" Sirius asked. Though his question was funny Sirius managed to keep a straight face.

"Sirius," warned Remus.

"Yeah…you're right. He probably raped someone!"

"Sirius!"

"Only joking. But do you think Dan's dangerous? You know-if he is a Death Eaters' kid?"" Sirius asked, closing the book.  

"Well if he is we'll know in the morning if we don't wake up. Leave the book by his side and let's go to bed," said Remus as Sirius put the book down. As they left Remus saw Dan's pet snake slither down to the ground, no doubt in search of food.

Dan was awoken a bit too late for his liking. He was used to getting up around six in the morning but Remus and Sirius hadn't bothered to get him up until nine. Even though his stomach protested, Dan refused breakfast.

Remus explained to him that they were going to apparate to Hogsmeade (a wizard town near Hogwarts) and afterwards travel to the school. Then they were going to figure out what to do with him. Because of the Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore the Riddle heir wasn't so sure that he wanted to go to Hogwarts, but then again he had always wanted to visit there. After all Draco got to go to school at Hogwarts. Why shouldn't he be allowed to at east visit?

When Sirius and Remus realized that they weren't going to get any food into him, they decided that it was time to back up. Dan (Angina on his shoulder) sat and watched as the two adults argued over who had placed what where and so on. It was actually amusing considering he had never seen adults fight before. It was especially funny because the Death Eaters had images to uphold and didn't see fit to fight in front of their children (they usually took it outside and a few minutes later one of the Death Eaters would come back in with a black eye courtesy of the other).

"Sirius, where is my wand?" demanded Remus.

With an innocent look the man replied, "Oh…I don't know…"

"Sirius!"

"OK,OK. It's underneath the bed. I'll get it." Dan laughed as Sirius bent down to look under the bed and Remus kicked him square in the arse.

In just twenty more minutes Remus and Sirius had apperated with Dan (and his sack of stuff) to Hogsmeade. Dan seemed so amazed at every shop he saw. It made him want to run into each store and start filling up his pockets with sweets that, back at home, he could have never gotten. Remus seemed amused by the way Dan was acting. He had even gotten to the point where he would scold Dan for trying to run off.

In the end Sirius ended up buying a bad full of candy for the begging child. As Dan munched happily on a chocolate frog he asked Remus, "How come we can't just use  apparate to Hogwarts?"

"The school is protected against apparition," explained Remus. "Otherwise we would be vulnerable to attack from the Dark Side."

The two men silently watched as Dan looked away, uncomfortable. The rest of the way was silent. Once Hogwarts came into view Dan forgot all about the "Dark Side" comment and began to fill with excitement. "Wow…" he said. The castle was easily bigger than his Father's manor and twice as impressive. "THAT's a school?"

"Actually, yes it is," said Remus. Sirius was still scowling to himself because of the amount of money he had spent on the boy, all for the reason that Remus had suggested getting him some candy ("What is the harms in spending a bit of money on the boy, Sirius?" "Well, Remus, all I know is that that boy is paying me back!")

Dan looked about the grounds and fell in love with the scenery. With the beautiful lake and forest it was hard not to want to lie lazily in the grass for hours on end and do nothing. Back at home he had always kept himself busy but now…Now he really didn't want to do anything but sit around and eat candy.

"Remus! Sirius!"

Dan's head turned as a man with messy black hair came running toward them. He grinned at Sirius and pushed his glassed up the bridge of his nose before saying, "Why are you back so soon? Did you find Voldemort's castle yet?"

Dan glared at the man. How could he have such little regard for his father, the Dark Lord?

"Hello, yourself, James," snorted Sirius.

"Huh?" James said.

"Never mind," said Remus. "But no, we didn't find his hideout but we did find this guy." Remus pointed to Dan who smiled despite the fact that he already hated the man. James looked him up and down. James's eyebrows furrowed. He appeared to be thinking. That's when he said:

"That's Voldemort's son!"

And Dan's world crumbled beneath him…