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Summary: Harry is attacked in Private Drive. He wakes with no memory. The Dark Lord is very pleased with this new development. Will Harry ever get his memory back?

Chapter Eight

Alex sighed. He was almost done with his latest potion. His hair was in a French braid going down the back of his head. It kept his hair out of his face, which was good because it got annoying having his hair in his face while cutting and stirring things for the potion. Finally he was done and stepped away from the potion to get away from the fumes.

"Almost finished?" Matt asked from his seat at his desk.

Alex nodded. "Yeah. I just have to let it simmer for ten minutes."

Matt nodded. "Get to your homework in the meantime."

Alex nodded and opened his book bag. Matt had started giving him homework right out of the books. Alex didn't particularly like the homework, but he did it. He knew Tom would be angry if he didn't, and Matt would be disappointed. He wanted neither of these things.

Finally after he'd finished his first work sheet on Defense spells for the Defense Against the Dark Arts subject, he looked up at the clock. It was time to take the potion off simmer and bottle it. After he was done with these he walked up to Matt's desk. Matt looked up as he came closer. Alex handed him a bottle which he examined. After a moment he nodded. "Very good. Color is a little off, but next time get more juices from the leaf." Alex nodded in understanding.

Matt stood up. "Okay, onto the next lesson of the day. Care of Magical Creatures." He said with a smile. He watched as Alex's face lit up. Alex had been looking forward to this since he had told him about the class.

Over the next hour they went though Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them By Newt Scamander. Matt gave Alex an essay on any information he could find out on the Acromantula.

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Later that night Alex was seated at his desk with a stack of books in front of him. His uncle was in a meeting with those who worked for him and Alex was left to do his homework. He was scratching away using his quill and parchment. He had a little less than three pages done when a noise caught his attention.

He stopped writing and listened for the noise again. He didn't hear it, and went back to writing. Then he heard it again, but louder. He couldn't exactly make out the sound. It was too muffled. Slowly he got up, leaving the forgotten homework laying on his desk, and left his room.

Walking down the deserted hallway, and down the stairs and into another hallway, he listened for the sounds again.

Coming to a door he put his ear against it. He could hear shouting, and then screaming. He couldn't make out who was shouting though. He was too shocked at hearing these things to do anything.

The door clicked open and he stood there shocked. One of the men he'd seen around was standing at the door. The man also appeared stunned by his presence. Looking inside, Alex could see Tom standing over a man who he could see was in pain.

He could see that everyone was stunned to see him there. Tom had noticed his presence and dropped his wand and came closer.

"Alex." Tom said as he came to the door.

Alex turned around and ran back upstairs and to his room. He didn't even stop when Tom yell his name to stop.

End of Chapter Eight

A/N: I hope you all like the new chapter. Sorry for the cliffy. I'll post the next chapter within the next day. I'm trying to space the chapters when I post them by one or two days. Please read and review!

Next chapter: Albus and Severus talk.