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A/N: BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Passed a hundred reviews! Go me! I so rule! Thanks everyone! If I miss anyone, I'm sorry!
n- I thought so too!
DracoLover- Yay! And I'm sorry it's so short, I'm trying to find a way to make it long without seeming like I'm dragging the chapter out..and thank you for that fine compliment!
Snape coolgirl-..-.-;; No, I'm afraid that wasn't just you...
Spiffycool- I was uber afraid no one was going to like the whole anti- climatic scene but I'm glad people actually do. I'm glad you liked it. And that your happy.
HoshiHikari4ever- I'm going, I'm going..
StarlightAngeldust- I could so say something really mean but I won't and just say okay!
Selenium-Rubid- oooookay.. and your welcome???
maruder no.5- LOL! Cute! Alright, I'm trying to get it up!(..Anyone else think that just sounded wrong?
RaistlinofMetallica- I love him too and I think everyone is glad for that...heh.
hemione1992- No I'm not done and I'm going..
HoshiHikari4ever- ^.^ I'm not telling! Read!
L33TPHR33K- ^.^ Glad you thought that was funny. I thought it was rather clever myself * is stroking her own ego*
Lotus Myst- Why thank you. I'll try. Buh-bye!
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A week passed by since the day Harry woke up and had been let out of the hospital. Things more or less went back to the way they were before Tom had made his appearance into Harry's life. Sirius went back into hiding (Peter still has yet to be caught), Harry went to his classes, practiced Quidditch, exchanged insults with Draco, and hung around with Ron and Hermione. But despite all that, inside he was hoping to catch a glimpse of a 5 year old boy with a messed up tie and a wrongly buttoned shirt.
The only people who seemed to take notice of Harry's internal battle was Ron, Hermione, Remus, and the Headmaster. But they left him alone for the most part, if only because he had snapped at them all when they had asked for about the 100th time what was wrong.
To Harry it seemed as if Tom wasn't going to come back, ever since he left he hadn't seen hide nor hair of the ex-Dark Lord. Though he did get a rather pleasant surprise from Tom.
It was that morning of the week that had passed and Harry Potter was doing his normal everyday thing. He was eating breakfast with his friends. Scrambled eggs, bacon, oatmeal, and toast were all lined up and ready to be eaten. But they remained untouched as Harry looked across the Great Hall. Hermione and Ron were having a silly argument, Albus was smiling at him, Snape was glaring at him, and rather strangely he looked towards the Slytherin table and noticed that Draco was smiling happily.
This came as quite the shocker for Harry, for not once had he seen a sincere smile on Malfoys face. He would have thought that with Lucius going to Azkaban, Draco would be sad, or that he would be angry at Harry.
As if sensing someone's eyes on him, Draco turned and smirked at Harry, his eyes having a certain look that rivaled that of Albus Dumbledore's. Then the blonde turned his head to the Great Hall doors and there was an Auror with Peter Pettigrew! With wide eyes Harry turned back to Draco who was now eating with his head down, though traces of a smile were on his face.
The unknown Auror looked familiar, though Harry was not sure where. The man had black hair that matched nicely with his tan skin and muscular body, but it was the bright piercing blue eyes that caught Harry's attention. That's when it hit him, this man looked like Ambrous! The only difference was no tattoo, both eyes were blue, and Harry noticed a scar over one of the eyes.
The man walked over to Harry and smiled. "Well, hello. I know you must hear this a lot, but you're Harry Potter!"
Harry simply gave a nod with a small smile. The Auror pushed Peter forward rather meanly and the little rat had the gull to start crying and begging.
"Eh. Shuddup already, Peter!" The Auror said making a pained expression as if the sight of a grown man crying was hurting him.
"P-please.d-d-don't." but Peter was shut up by a gag and Harry looked up to see the Ambrous look a like whistle innocently, putting his wand behind him.
"You wouldn't happen to be Ambrous' brother" The Auror's eyes snapped over to Harry with surprise written in them.
"Why.yes, that I would be. The names Brutus" he answered and then smiled "Well, anywho, I just came by to show you that Peter is caught, so ole Sirius is going to be freed! Peter confessed everything when we offered to give him to Remus for questioning. Now, I guess I'll just hand him over to Albus, have a good day Mr. Potter"
Brutus shoved Peter in the direction of the Head Table and Albus rose from his seat "Ah, thank you Brutus"
Everything was taken care of as Albus accompanied with the Heads of Houses left with Peter in tow.
When they were gone and out of sight Harry found himself face to face with a certain blonde Slytherin.
"Surprised?" Malfoy smirked when Harry practically jumped out of his chair.
"Gah!" Harry clutched at his heart as if he had heart problems "Yes! Very surprised! First at having Peter Pettigrew caught and now at having a ferret in my face!"
Ron and Hermione watched the exchanged wary and was surprised when Draco just smiled cheekily back.
"Yea, well, it's not like you're exactly pleasing to the eye Scarboy. Riddle was rather surprised to when I gave him the whereabouts of Pettigrew"
"What?" Once again Harry almost fell out of his chair, he seemed to be doing that a lot over the past year.
"Yup, I'm the one who gave up his whereabouts" Draco looked proud of himself "You see, now that father is out of the way and mother has her own house since dear aunt Bellatrix is in Azkaban and they have no brothers, I get Malfoy Manor all to myself! Wonderful isn't it! But the thing was that Pettigrew was still in my home, I couldn't have that. Not that imbecilic piece of rat trash, had to get him out one way or another!"
"But.I thought.that.you would be mad... at your father being in Azkaban" Harry was definitely confused.
"Well.yea..I do love my father, really. Flesh and blood, all that crap. But the man was becoming more of an idiot. He was going to force the Dark Mark on me! Said it was the only way to become a Dark Wizard. What a load of bull!" "What about..Professor Lupin overheard you.."
At this point Draco rolled his eyes "Do you really think I'm that much of an idiot?" he saw the look on Harry's face "Nevermind, don't answer that. I spoke loudly for a reason, Potter. I couldn't just go up to Dumbledore and tell him without ruining my reputation, so I did it on the sly. Thought you'd learn by now."
Harry gave him another Look "Kinda hard when you keep up with the surprises like this"
It was an even bigger surprise when Draco winked at him "Have to keep you on your toes somehow Potter"
Nothing else was said as Draco swept off to his table where the Slytherins were almost all celebrating.
"You'd think they're happy with not getting to be Death Eaters" Ron said with doubt dripping in his words.
"For some reason, I think they are" Harry replied, and Hermione nodded in agreement. When you think you know people..
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While everyone was having breakfast, Tom Riddle was standing in front of both Albus and Severus. The three men were rather silent, as if saying goodbye to Tom's teenage self. Severus handed Tom the potion vial and stepped back folding his arms in the sleeves of his robes.
"This is permanent, Tom. I'll have to ask, is this truly what you want?" Albus asked him kindly.
Tom simply nodded and uncorked the vial, he gave out a little sigh "To a new life" he downed the bottle in one glup. Albus and Severus watched as Tom began to shrink through the ages. When he reached five, he did not stop, he kept shrinking until they could no longer see him in the pile of robes.
At first the two grown men were alarmed until they heard a rather disturbing noise.
"WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
Severus covered his ears quickly and Albus picked up the small bundle that had been buried in the robes. The crying turned down a couple of notches and Severus got a good look at the package in Albus' arms.
There in the old man's arms, was a baby with bright green eyes, that were filled with tears, black hair plastered to his head, pale skin, and chuddyness on his arms, legs, and tummy. The kind old Headmaster wrapped the baby up in the robes that were on the floor and beamed at Severus.
"I think that if Tom still had his right mind, he'd be mad that you tricked him again" was the dry statement that the Potions Master uttered.
"Maybe" The headmaster shrugged then went to cooing at the baby Tom Riddle.
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Up at the Great Hall everyone stopped what they were doing when they heard a dull roar of-
"WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Which was followed quickly by a "Headmaster! Stop looking at him! That's why he's crying!"
~*~*~*~*~*~ End of chapter!
Don't worry, I'm not done yet! ^.^ Let me know how it is! Review! Review! Review! Review!
Any questions that I haven't answered?
Also, sorry it took awhile, school started and it is hateful. I should be doing my homework but I got this done instead, be proud! What do you think of baby Tom?
A/N: BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Passed a hundred reviews! Go me! I so rule! Thanks everyone! If I miss anyone, I'm sorry!
n- I thought so too!
DracoLover- Yay! And I'm sorry it's so short, I'm trying to find a way to make it long without seeming like I'm dragging the chapter out..and thank you for that fine compliment!
Snape coolgirl-..-.-;; No, I'm afraid that wasn't just you...
Spiffycool- I was uber afraid no one was going to like the whole anti- climatic scene but I'm glad people actually do. I'm glad you liked it. And that your happy.
HoshiHikari4ever- I'm going, I'm going..
StarlightAngeldust- I could so say something really mean but I won't and just say okay!
Selenium-Rubid- oooookay.. and your welcome???
maruder no.5- LOL! Cute! Alright, I'm trying to get it up!(..Anyone else think that just sounded wrong?
RaistlinofMetallica- I love him too and I think everyone is glad for that...heh.
hemione1992- No I'm not done and I'm going..
HoshiHikari4ever- ^.^ I'm not telling! Read!
L33TPHR33K- ^.^ Glad you thought that was funny. I thought it was rather clever myself * is stroking her own ego*
Lotus Myst- Why thank you. I'll try. Buh-bye!
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A week passed by since the day Harry woke up and had been let out of the hospital. Things more or less went back to the way they were before Tom had made his appearance into Harry's life. Sirius went back into hiding (Peter still has yet to be caught), Harry went to his classes, practiced Quidditch, exchanged insults with Draco, and hung around with Ron and Hermione. But despite all that, inside he was hoping to catch a glimpse of a 5 year old boy with a messed up tie and a wrongly buttoned shirt.
The only people who seemed to take notice of Harry's internal battle was Ron, Hermione, Remus, and the Headmaster. But they left him alone for the most part, if only because he had snapped at them all when they had asked for about the 100th time what was wrong.
To Harry it seemed as if Tom wasn't going to come back, ever since he left he hadn't seen hide nor hair of the ex-Dark Lord. Though he did get a rather pleasant surprise from Tom.
It was that morning of the week that had passed and Harry Potter was doing his normal everyday thing. He was eating breakfast with his friends. Scrambled eggs, bacon, oatmeal, and toast were all lined up and ready to be eaten. But they remained untouched as Harry looked across the Great Hall. Hermione and Ron were having a silly argument, Albus was smiling at him, Snape was glaring at him, and rather strangely he looked towards the Slytherin table and noticed that Draco was smiling happily.
This came as quite the shocker for Harry, for not once had he seen a sincere smile on Malfoys face. He would have thought that with Lucius going to Azkaban, Draco would be sad, or that he would be angry at Harry.
As if sensing someone's eyes on him, Draco turned and smirked at Harry, his eyes having a certain look that rivaled that of Albus Dumbledore's. Then the blonde turned his head to the Great Hall doors and there was an Auror with Peter Pettigrew! With wide eyes Harry turned back to Draco who was now eating with his head down, though traces of a smile were on his face.
The unknown Auror looked familiar, though Harry was not sure where. The man had black hair that matched nicely with his tan skin and muscular body, but it was the bright piercing blue eyes that caught Harry's attention. That's when it hit him, this man looked like Ambrous! The only difference was no tattoo, both eyes were blue, and Harry noticed a scar over one of the eyes.
The man walked over to Harry and smiled. "Well, hello. I know you must hear this a lot, but you're Harry Potter!"
Harry simply gave a nod with a small smile. The Auror pushed Peter forward rather meanly and the little rat had the gull to start crying and begging.
"Eh. Shuddup already, Peter!" The Auror said making a pained expression as if the sight of a grown man crying was hurting him.
"P-please.d-d-don't." but Peter was shut up by a gag and Harry looked up to see the Ambrous look a like whistle innocently, putting his wand behind him.
"You wouldn't happen to be Ambrous' brother" The Auror's eyes snapped over to Harry with surprise written in them.
"Why.yes, that I would be. The names Brutus" he answered and then smiled "Well, anywho, I just came by to show you that Peter is caught, so ole Sirius is going to be freed! Peter confessed everything when we offered to give him to Remus for questioning. Now, I guess I'll just hand him over to Albus, have a good day Mr. Potter"
Brutus shoved Peter in the direction of the Head Table and Albus rose from his seat "Ah, thank you Brutus"
Everything was taken care of as Albus accompanied with the Heads of Houses left with Peter in tow.
When they were gone and out of sight Harry found himself face to face with a certain blonde Slytherin.
"Surprised?" Malfoy smirked when Harry practically jumped out of his chair.
"Gah!" Harry clutched at his heart as if he had heart problems "Yes! Very surprised! First at having Peter Pettigrew caught and now at having a ferret in my face!"
Ron and Hermione watched the exchanged wary and was surprised when Draco just smiled cheekily back.
"Yea, well, it's not like you're exactly pleasing to the eye Scarboy. Riddle was rather surprised to when I gave him the whereabouts of Pettigrew"
"What?" Once again Harry almost fell out of his chair, he seemed to be doing that a lot over the past year.
"Yup, I'm the one who gave up his whereabouts" Draco looked proud of himself "You see, now that father is out of the way and mother has her own house since dear aunt Bellatrix is in Azkaban and they have no brothers, I get Malfoy Manor all to myself! Wonderful isn't it! But the thing was that Pettigrew was still in my home, I couldn't have that. Not that imbecilic piece of rat trash, had to get him out one way or another!"
"But.I thought.that.you would be mad... at your father being in Azkaban" Harry was definitely confused.
"Well.yea..I do love my father, really. Flesh and blood, all that crap. But the man was becoming more of an idiot. He was going to force the Dark Mark on me! Said it was the only way to become a Dark Wizard. What a load of bull!" "What about..Professor Lupin overheard you.."
At this point Draco rolled his eyes "Do you really think I'm that much of an idiot?" he saw the look on Harry's face "Nevermind, don't answer that. I spoke loudly for a reason, Potter. I couldn't just go up to Dumbledore and tell him without ruining my reputation, so I did it on the sly. Thought you'd learn by now."
Harry gave him another Look "Kinda hard when you keep up with the surprises like this"
It was an even bigger surprise when Draco winked at him "Have to keep you on your toes somehow Potter"
Nothing else was said as Draco swept off to his table where the Slytherins were almost all celebrating.
"You'd think they're happy with not getting to be Death Eaters" Ron said with doubt dripping in his words.
"For some reason, I think they are" Harry replied, and Hermione nodded in agreement. When you think you know people..
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While everyone was having breakfast, Tom Riddle was standing in front of both Albus and Severus. The three men were rather silent, as if saying goodbye to Tom's teenage self. Severus handed Tom the potion vial and stepped back folding his arms in the sleeves of his robes.
"This is permanent, Tom. I'll have to ask, is this truly what you want?" Albus asked him kindly.
Tom simply nodded and uncorked the vial, he gave out a little sigh "To a new life" he downed the bottle in one glup. Albus and Severus watched as Tom began to shrink through the ages. When he reached five, he did not stop, he kept shrinking until they could no longer see him in the pile of robes.
At first the two grown men were alarmed until they heard a rather disturbing noise.
"WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
Severus covered his ears quickly and Albus picked up the small bundle that had been buried in the robes. The crying turned down a couple of notches and Severus got a good look at the package in Albus' arms.
There in the old man's arms, was a baby with bright green eyes, that were filled with tears, black hair plastered to his head, pale skin, and chuddyness on his arms, legs, and tummy. The kind old Headmaster wrapped the baby up in the robes that were on the floor and beamed at Severus.
"I think that if Tom still had his right mind, he'd be mad that you tricked him again" was the dry statement that the Potions Master uttered.
"Maybe" The headmaster shrugged then went to cooing at the baby Tom Riddle.
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Up at the Great Hall everyone stopped what they were doing when they heard a dull roar of-
"WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Which was followed quickly by a "Headmaster! Stop looking at him! That's why he's crying!"
~*~*~*~*~*~ End of chapter!
Don't worry, I'm not done yet! ^.^ Let me know how it is! Review! Review! Review! Review!
Any questions that I haven't answered?
Also, sorry it took awhile, school started and it is hateful. I should be doing my homework but I got this done instead, be proud! What do you think of baby Tom?