"Harry I was talking to Lavender earlier and…" Hermione looked at Harry as he watched her curiously. She looked him in the eyes a moment.
"Yes?" Harry grew impatient and gave her a look which clearly meant 'hurry up.' Hermione shook her head and smiled.
"Never mind it's probably nothing." Harry nodded but was still curious to know, he didn't even think about looking for himself, his mind still tired from his blood loss. Hermione looked at The blood seeping though his shirt and gasped, she could now tell it was true. She didn't need to see scars or anything just that blood and she knew for sure. "Harry you're bleeding!" She exclaimed. Harry looked shifty and then shrugged.
"That thestral must have kicked me harder than I thought." Hermione nodded, then looked through her school bag, it was luckily the perfect excuse to give him a blood replenishing potion. She gave it to him and he looked at him confused. "It'll replace the blood you've lost, it looks like a lot and don't ask me why I have it on me, you know what I'm like." Hermione gave a sheepish smile and Harry rolled his eyes. Harry opened the vial and downed it. When he looked at her he glared. "Sorry about the taste… I swiped it from Snape."
"Typical him, you know you can make potions taste better don't you? He just never tells us how and never does it himself. Typical bloke he is."Hermione nodded and looked quite surprised that Harry knew about something before she did. Harry walked Hermione to the edge of the forest and then turned to her. "Hermione I don't mean to be rude but I really need to be on my own right now… I'm just dealing with some stuff and I need some space to think, talk to you later ok. Oh and say 'hi' to Lavender for me okay?" Harry smiled at her slightly. Hermione was having her own inner battle now. Whether to let Harry go off on his own or not. She knew he would anyway so she nodded, smiled and let him go. /I just hope I've done the right thing/
Harry didn't care where he went he just needed to be away from the world he both loved and loathed. His head told him he was stupid to have left without making each and every person forget his accounts of suicide, or at least stop Lavender and Draco from telling anyone. Just to make sure nothing was said to anyone, to make sure no one else could ever find out. He knew his words weren't hard to figure out, people wouldn't believe the stories though. Why would they when they were so content in the world being such a happy place?
Harry listened to his own padding footsteps walk through the deserted forest. He wasn't exactly away from this world but for now it would have to do.
Severus paced outside his fathers rooms, in the Riddle house, hoping that his father would forgive him for him betraying his own father to someone who manipulated everyone, gave his father a bad name and killed the woman he loved.
Tom of course had already forgiven his son already. He had when he had found his son had betrayed him, he had found out about his sons betrayal as soon as Elaine had been killed and when Severus stopped smiling up at him but sneering. He knew that Dumbledore had done something to his son and grandchild so he had given Severus false information to give to Dumbledore, of course, he enjoyed his son panicking because of this which was a rare sight indeed. Severus took a deep breath and knocked on the doors to his fathers chambers. It had been a very long time since he'd felt like such a child.
"Come in Severus." He hissed out. Severus shivered.
"Hello father… please accept my apology. Dumbledore manipulated me, told me you were not my father took away my son and he killed my wife. I never knew father I did not know! Can you forgive me." Severus not looking up didn't see his father smiling at him and chuckling at his sons rambly rant and rave. When he did finally look up he sighed with relief to see his fathers smiling face and smiled back. Another very rare sight.
"Hello Severus, glad to see you have come to your senses at last… Welcome home son." Severus let out his breath which he didn't know he was holding as his father smiled at him. "Severus I know this is good but I am afraid my grandson is in need of me as he is walking through the depths of the forbidden forest and I would much like to visit him now. So good day to you Severus." Severus nodded as his father disappeared.
Harry didn't notice Tom Riddle appeared behind him, Tom watched his grandchild mere moments before he cut in and let Harry know he was there.
"Harry, stop that now." Harry turned and his eyes widened as he faced his, once enemy, and now grandfather. He dropped the knife out of shock and pulled down his sleeves quickly. "I saw Harry, I knew about your cutting anyway, I've been watching you a long time and not in the psycho manic I'm going to kill you kind of way either." Harry glared and Tom chuckled at his own joke and that annoying twinkle normal seen in Dumbledore's eyes was seen in Tom's.
"Great three people in one day… first Draco, then Lavender… Draco again… then you." Harry said more to himself. He then averted his eyes. "Who next? Might as well make a huge banner saying 'Hey look I'm the cutter you've all been reading about!'" Harry complained sarcastically, he then sighed sighed. "This is ridicules." Tom placed a hand on Harry's shoulder. Harry shrugged it off and moved away. "Just because you're now my grandfather does NOT mean I trust you all of a sudden!" Harry snapped. A few stray birds fluttered from the trees in to the sky.
"I know you don't. I will eventually gain your trust though. If you let me try, which maybe not now but someday I hope you will." Harry nodded. "Now Harry go back to Hogwarts, it's not safe for you to be out here no matter how powerful you are." Harry nodded. He collected his things and set off back to the castle. Tom's eyes following him until he could no longer see his grandchild. He sighed and appairated away.
A/n Please please please someone teach me how to spell that damned work! Appairated… or is that right? I don't have the books on me right now, I'm so confused! – cries- anyways what do you think? Any good? I had to totally re write this chapter, it was even worse than it is now! Oh and I had a review saying make Hermione keep the fact she knows Harry is the writer to herself, I liked the idea and I had this whole big thing of Harry finding out she knew, it was crap… I like this way better. Please review:D Also Sorry it took so long again, I'm not going to give excuses… I'm just plain lazy :P
Thanks to my reviewers, oh how I love you all! Mwha! Mwha! Heehee. I shall thank you in the next chapter though as alas my father dearest has screwed up our computor! -Glares- fathers these days!