Harry Potter and the Real Dark Lord
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CHAPTER 2-THE START OF IT ALL
Harry was found the next morning by The Keeper of the House.
She was outraged that someone would place such a useless child on her doorstep for her to keep. She did not even notice the crumpled up letter in his still sleeping hand. She screamed for two of her charges to come and take it away and let her know when it was able to start earning his keep. The two, very frightened children, swiftly took the bundle away from their master and hid him in their room. He would stay there as long as one of them was there to care for him. The letter was now completely illegibly after the prior evening's weather. The charges merely threw it out.
It took Harry no time in figuring out that the more he kept his mouth shut-the less he would be hurt. This thinking started at the age of three. As he was too young to go on the streets by himself-he could be used in other ways. The Keeper thought that he made an excellent punching bag when the older children in her care would make a mistake. They quickly realized this and began to create stories just to see how their keeper would deal with it. It was soon known to the other children, that as long as The Keeper had Harry to throw around and brutalize-they would be safe.
Harry soon realized that he was not going to be allowed outside much, as he was the masters favorite torture play thing (She was a very nasty, evil, and vile person-even worse than Aunt Petunia). Harry briefly longed for Privit Drive and the relatives that hated him before they even knew him. So he just kept his head low but his senses wide open. He became aware of The Keepers moods and avoided anything that would bring on her wrath. The worst were the nights when she was in a particularly good mood and would take Harry to her room to "celebrate". Those were the worst nights Harry thought. Even worse than the beatings. Most of all, Harry listened to the other children. Some of them were older and probably be leaving soon for something-anything else than this life. Harry, himself had thought about leaving a year ago as he was about to be ten years old. He, however, thought that there was something for him out there-besides, he could not leave the little ones. As long as Harry was there to protect them and take what would have been their cruelty, he would protect them for as long as he could.
Not so much as week before Harry's 11th birthday a strange man came to visit the orphanage. Harry was out side working blearily on some weeds. There was a garden snake close to him and Harry could be heard muttering something that sounded like a hiss before he simply passed out. The stranger swiftly took Harry into his arms, surprised of the scars he saw and the general, weakened-almost starved appearance of the boy. The boy weighed almost nothing. He swiftly picked him up and carried him inside to what he thought was a sitting room. Lying on the couch was what he considered to be a lazy, evil person who must have the wrong job.
As the stranger placed Harry on a couch, the woman sat up and yelled "WHO IN BLOODY HELL ARE YOU". She glared at the stranger.
"Begging your pardon misses, I was on my way up the walk and this boy simply collapsed." He said this showing no feelings or emotions as he simply watched the woman. She sat up and quickly and said "Harry just wants to help around here-but if I tell him no-he doesn't feel like he's pulling his weight." The stranger made no comment to this. She gave a soft sigh and lay back down on the couch. "I don't know to do, really." She said after a brief moment. "Maybe I could give him more, simpler tasks-he just loves the gardens and the woods-donna understand it me self". "Well, perhaps this is the wrong time to call" said the stranger. "We did however have an appointment for today-if I could be so kind as to remind you." He said this with just the proper amount of scorn and incredulity at this complete waste of a human who had just sat up once again and looked at him.
"Is this a convenient time Madame or should I come back later?" He began to sneer at her. Anger was slowly welling up inside of him. "Perhaps you would like to take this boy to a doctor, or the emergency room?" The Keeper replied at once. "He will be fine here. "Dari! Come and take Harry! He's not well!" An older girl, about 16 or 17 the stranger thought to himself, immediately ran in, took one look at Harry-gave The Keeper a quick, horrified glance and promptly scooped him up into her arms and carried him to her room.
The stranger said nothing, but he observed the responses of every one else involved, he was certain that had he not been there, the boy would not receive any help-or worse, died. This concerned him very much-he knew he had to act swiftly, but carefully at the same time. He stood there and said nothing, thinking quickly. He looked at The Keeper and said "Well, things seem to be back under control so perhaps we could meet now". She replied "But of course-perhaps we could take this, errr, meeting to my chambers." She got up surprisingly graceful and started to strut out of the room beckoning the stranger to follow her thinking that she was in for a surprise herself if she thought he was going to bed her. As he entered her chamber, he noticed immediately that she spent a great deal of money that should have gone to her so-called "orphanage". "You know miss," the stranger continued on, "You may remember me."
"What in the bloody hell are you taking about sir?" inquired The Keeper.
"I'm saying that I used to attend here, and you haven't improved. In fact you are getting meaner in your old age. You must be what? 50? 60?" proclaimed the stranger.
I have no idea what you're talking about. Honest." said The Keeper. "Oh, I think you do, Minerva, I too, was taken away when I was only 11." At these words the woman gave him a piercing stare, trying to remember. "No, it can't be." The woman stared at Tom for another long moment, "Young Tom Riddle".
"Aye, it is me."
"And now you've come to take Harry away from me."
"Yes."
"No, he's my favorite… plaything."
"Minerva would you like me to report you for all the vile things you do here?" Tom suggested with a smirk on his face.
"You wouldn't do that to me-not after all the 'fun' we had while you were here." She looked at him longingly, remembering the past with a small smile on her face.
"You Damn well should believe that I would you evil old bat!" Tom spat in her face.
"Now I'm going to check on Harry and have a small chat with him. I will be back in one week to collect him and if you have DARED lay a hand on him again-I assure you, you bitch-you will regret it for as long as I let you live". Tom's eyes glowed for a moment, and then returned back to normal. He definitely looked capable of killing her at the moment. "I will return and if one more hand is laid Harry before I get back you won't want to know what will happen to you! Good day!" and with that Tom Riddle stormed out of the 'orphanage', if you can even call this hell hole that.
1 week later
Minerva McGonagall was pacing in front of the door to the orphanage worried sick. She was worried because she hadn't upheld Tom's threat. She had for two days, but she couldn't break out of a very bad habit. Dari was in the other room with Harry as he lay unconscious on the couch. He was barely alive. She had just finished cleaning him up and tended to his wounds as best she could. She was more worried than Minerva. She had tried to wake Harry up but he was not responding to her. Fact was, he was in no condition to respond to anyone at the time. Dari was almost frantic and was considering going for help when suddenly the front door burst wide open.
"Ah! Minerva-how nice of you to greet me at the door." Tom said with a hint of sarcasm.
"Tom! I am ah, happy to see you again." She replied with more than a hint of fear in her voice. It was the look in her eyes that Tom noticed first-not her tone. Her stared at her for a moment, then suddenly it came to him. HARRY! She had done something to him.
"Where is he?" Tom asked quickly, with an almost inhuman tone. He was wondering what she could have done. He felt his chest tighten.
"What, what are you talking about Tom?" Minerva was shaking-you could see the fear in her eyes now, easily.
"Harry-Where is he?" Tom was getting impatient now.
"I uh, think he's with Dari" said the stupid woman.
"Where?"
"In the ahhh, living room." Minerva was terrified now.
When Tom entered the living room he saw Harry lying on the couch and Dari kneeling next to him. Dari looked up and glanced at the look on the strangers face. She suddenly stood up blocking Harry from him.
"Who in the ruddy hell are you?" Dari growled: she was going to protect Harry from now on-no matter what. She had become quite fond of him and had decided that he was like her little brother. She had once had a little brother but the witch had killed him during a particularly bad beating and raping session. Dari refused to let that happen to Harry again-as long as he was still alive, she thought with a shudder. The stranger looked at her, saw her standing fiercely over Harry and knew it was not a good sign.
"Step aside you silly little girl- I came to get Harry"
"YOU ARE NOT TAKING HARRY ANYWHERE!" Dari screamed at him, tears forming in her eyes. "I WONT ALLOW IT!-NEVER AGAIN! NEVER AGAIN!"
Suddenly Tom realized that this girl loved Harry and was afraid of him. He could tell that something was very wrong for her to react that way. This was not good.
"What is your name?" Tom quietly inquired to the girl, his voice growing softer and gently. His eyes stilled narrowed a bit. He felt fearful for the boy-and himself.
"Dari" the girl replied still eying Tom suspiciously. "Who are YOU and why are you here?"
"My name is Tom Riddle, I lived here a long time ago although it has changed somewhat" Tom said with a hint of regret and something else in his voice. "I came here today to pick up Harry and take him to school."
At these last words Dari snorted and eyed him contemptuously. "Think you're a little late for that"
"What do you mean?" Tom's eyes narrowed and glittered.
Dari suddenly felt something very cold wash over her, and felt real fear. "I m, m, m mean" she started to stammer, suddenly afraid for herself and Harry, "that Harry is in no condition to go anywhere"
"WHAT?" Tom bellowed, making Dari start to shake.
Dari stepped aside and Tom got a full view of Harry. He was suddenly afraid.
"What happened to him?" Tom asked her, swiftly heading over to Harry. Dari stepped further away, her fear now growing.
"I'm not really sure, but she did something to him. I tried to wake him up, but he just, just, won't" Dari replied softly, tears welling in her eyes.
"She-meaning that bitch hovering in the entrance way, I'm assuming" Tom growled at her, kneeling at Harry's side, swiftly assessing his injuries. It was not a pretty site.
"You have done a good job in healing him-at least as much as you could-as you are not a hospital" Tom said this quietly to Dari, trying to give her some comfort. Dari started to calm down and fearfully looked at Tom "I did everything I could think of. Can you do more for him? I, I, I, don't want him to die" The tears that had been welling up in her eyes slowly began to slide down her face. She looked at Tom with a pleading desperation in her eyes.
"I will do what I can for him-and you too." Tom said smiling gently at Dari. At these words he reached into his cloak and pulled out what looked like a long stick. Dari thought fleetingly that he was going to kill both of them. Tom was thinking furiously about what spells and charms he could say aloud in front of this girl. After silently sending healing and repairing charms at Harry, he spoke aloud.
"Healus injurious" Tom said, pointing the "stick" at Harry.
Suddenly, Harry's welts and bruises began to heal. Dari looked on with astonishment.
"He will be alright in a little while. Will you stay here with him while he recovers? It will take a few minutes due to the number of them." Dari just nodded at him. Tom quickly rose to his feet and stepped out the door, quietly noticing Dari all ready at Harry's side. He then went to search for the bitch that did all this. It took him several minutes to find her. The more he had to look for her, the angrier he became. He suddenly remembered the look on Dari's face and Harry's substantial, almost fatal injuries. That bitch was definitely going to pay. He finally found her hiding in a small room. He just looked at her with pure hatred all over his face. "You are so going to pay –you fucking bitch" Tom growled lowly at her-his voice almost inhuman.
"Tom, Tom, you don't underst..." she started.
"CRUCIO!" Tom bellowed aiming his wand directly at her. She began to scream.
"SILENCIO!" Tom then said and she immediately became quiet, although she was still silently screaming. Tom briefly lifted the curse from her. He looked at her and said very quietly, in a deadly tone. "I warned you not to touch that child again" She looked at him, shaking from the pain he had just inflicted, unable to speak and she held out a hand in a plea. Tom looked at her with contempt. "I am going to make you feel all the pain that you have inflicted on the boy ever since he came to you" Tom sneered at her. She looked at him total horror in her eyes, just shaking her head in a 'no' gesture.
"Oh, I think you will-maybe I'll allow you to survive-no more than what you did to Harry" The woman tried to move, she wavered on her feet for a moment still in pain from his last curse.
"TORTUOUS RAPEIOUS!" Tom bellowed again.
The woman was thrown off her feet once again. It was not something to witness. By the way she was moving; it was obvious that she was being brutally raped, over and over again.
After a not so short time, Tom lifted the curse off of her. He also lifted the silencing curse off her-he wanted to see what she had to say now. He looked down at her, the pure hate radiating from him almost made him glow. "Well," he spat down at her, "How do think that felt? Kinda like what you did to Harry all these years-I swear, I let you 'get off' easy. That's how you like isn't it isn't it?" His scorn and disgust evident with every word. The woman looked up at him, loathing him for what he just did, but also with terror.
"You, you, you evil, evil Bastard." she stammered out-her voice just above a whisper. "How dare you do this to me?" Tom looked at her with contempt. "How dare I?" he repeated her words to her. "How dare I!" He looked murderous now. "HOW DARE I?-YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF WHY YOU DID WHAT YOU DID TO THOSE CHILDREN AND WHAT YOU TRIED TO DO ME WHILST I WAS HERE!" Tom actually was glowing now, the strong emotions he was feeling were about to take over.
"IF I WAS A KIND PERSON-I WOULD KILL YOU NOW BITCH!" Tom was screaming at her. "BUT YOU AND I BOTH KNOW I AM NOT KIND WHEN THOSE I LOVE ARE HURT!"
"SILENCIO!" Tom aimed the curse at her-not bothering to hear her pitiful excuses again.
"Now you are never going to be allowed to hurt anther child ever again" Tom said with an evil gleam in his eye.
"VAGINUS FINITE!" He bellowed at her. "Now you will never be able to have sex again-you will be permitted to go to the bathroom, however. Nothing more" Tom was grinning sadistically at her now-he wondered how much more she could take. He would just have to find out.
"CRUCIO!" Tom aimed the curse at her once again. "Now you know how those children felt you pathetic bitch" Seeing the vision of Harry's wounds and Dari's pain in his mind. After about 10 minutes he finally lifted the curse and removed the silencing spell off of her once again. "I warned you not to touch Harry again you foolish woman" He spat at her. "I am allowing you to live, in hopes that you have learned what it is like to be raised by someone like yourself. THAT is what you have done to every child that has had the misfortune to become under your so-called care." I hope you have learned a lesson in all of this and remember it well. You will not harm another that comes to be here. If you forget, be assured I will be back to remind you." Tom had his emotions well back under control now and said these words with a look of almost pity at the woman who now lay at his feet, shaking and crying silently. She just nodded. Tom turned away and returned to Harry and Dari.
When Tom reentered the room he had left Dari and Harry in, he was quite relieved to see Harry sitting up, a confused look on his face, Dari trying to keep him still. He smiled softly at both of them. Harry looked at Tom with confusion. "Who are you?" He asked ""Dari said that you somehow healed me with a stick." "It was not a stick, but a wand." Tom said amused at the looks on both of their faces. "I'm a wizard you see." "Ohhhh, bugger off you" Harry replied a smile on is face "You are not serious. Not who are you REALLY?"
Tom smiled right back at Harry. He was pleased to know that he was going to be ok. Physically at least, the rest he'd find out at another time. "I told you, I'm a wizard. I came here today to talk to you and take you to school. A wizarding school by the way." Harry stared at him for a few moments and said "Tell me more" still suspicious of the stranger. Tom glanced over at Dari and said to her: "Could you leave us alone for awhile-there are some things Harry and I need to discuss in private." Dari looked at him, once again very confused and moved over to Harry and put her arms around him in a very protective manner. She glared at Tom even though she remembered what he looked like earlier, even though he had mended Harry with such tenderness. She also remembered before Tom came that she made a vow to protect Harry as she hadn't been able to do for her brother. Tom recognized her feelings and merely replied "I know what you are thinking child, but I promise you I will cause no harm to him-I just need to talk to him in private." He paused for a moment then said "I do, however, believe that Minerva will be in need of assistance". He had an odd look as he spoke the words to her-remembering what led him to react the way he had and the aftermath. Dari paused and after a very long look at Tom slowly released her grip on Harry, hugged him softly, and with a brief nod at Tom left the room.Tom slowly turned and walked to Harry and sat down. "Are you feeling better now Harry?" he inquired. Harry just nodded his head.
"Dari said that you fixed me with a stick-it really was a wand and you really are a wizard aren't you?" Harry looked wondrously at him. "Yes Harry that is correct" Tom replied the first hint of a smile. "I don't know to thank you" Harry said quietly "You just saved my life-what do say to someone who does that?" Tom smiled at the boy and said quietly to him "I think you just did." Tom said, really smiling at him for the first time. Harry just smiled sheepishly back at him.
Tom grinned back at Harry and said to him, "I don't really know where to start so I'll just jump in. You too are a wizard Harry". Harry gave him a look that was like this guy's nuts. He remembered Dari and what she said. He thought about what it felt like to be dying and knew somehow that the man in front of him would always be honest with him and he felt an indescribable sense of trust for him-he wouldn't be able to explain it if you asked him-he just felt it. He nodded at the man. Tom smiled at him sensing Harry's acceptance.
Tom continued, "I actually came here today to take you school. It is a wizarding school named Hogwarts. It is there that you will learn how to use your power, control it and a bunch of other wizarding stuff. You will need many supplies before you go." Tom frowned for a minute then said hesitantly, "I am not sure that you are currently capable of handling the trip given your ahhhh, past day's experiences." He finally finished.
Harry stared at him anger rising up-"You know and have seen for yourself what I've been through! Do you honestly think that I would want to stay here any longer?" Harry's voice rose with each word he spoke, startling Tom. "I only have to say good bye to Dari and a few others and then we will leave. I NEVER want to return to this place!" Harry was shaking now. Tom took a very long and hard look at Harry and simply nodded. He knew Harry had no clue what shape Minerva was in now. He nodded his head and said to him "You are very strong-willed boy- I will go and find Dari for you, we will meet back here and then we will leave-you may say your good-byes to whomever you need too." they left the room.
Tom found Dari outside of Minerva's door. She looked horrified. She couldn't believe what she saw in that small room. She wondered to herself-how could this be the same person whom she had witnessed herself treat Harry with such gentleness and compassion-be the same man who put The Keeper into such a state. Tom walked up to her quietly and looked down at her. "Are you going to be okay?" He knew she was on the edge of shock. Silently he cast a calming spell on her and she seemed to settle down a bit. She nodded slowly at him and then said sadly, "You're taking him with you aren't you?" It really wasn't a question, but a statement. Tom told her: "Yes, I am. It is time for him to leave but he wants to say good bye to you himself. He will be waiting in the sitting room to speak to you and then we are going to leave."
Tears slowly welled up in Dari's eyes and she blinked furiously holding them back. She would not cry, not now, Harry needed her, she would hold off until later. She looked up at Tom nodding and replied, "I knew this was coming. I will go and see Harry. If you EVER do anything to harm him, I will find you and wizard or not, I will kill you with my bare hands. Oh, yes, I know what you are capable of I just left Minerva don't you forget." She suddenly had a look of horror on her face again. Then she suddenly recovered and continued, "If you do anything to harm him, I will hunt you down and make sure you pay. If you hide in your 'wizard world' I will find a way to get there and find you anyway." Her eyes were fierce as she spoke, glaring at Tom.
Tom looked at her trying to figure out if he should laugh or run. Her anger was quite formidable. After a moment he chose neither and looked at her with total sincerity in his words: "My dear, sweet child, I will never cause Harry any harm and have sworn to protect him as best I can. You and I have one thing in common. We both love that boy and want to protect him. Now if you would be kind enough to sheath your claws, he wants to see you before we go. I will try to make sure you see each other again." Tom smiled as he spoke these last words.
Dari gave him a cold, hard, calculated look for a minute and Tom was sure she was doing some very fast thinking. Finally Dari nodded her head at him, making up her mind about this man. She, like Harry, somehow knew that he meant what he said. Together, they went downstairs to meet up with Harry. Harry was impatiently waiting for the as they walked in. Tom looked at the two, feeling the love they shared and simply said to both of them: "I'll be right outside door when you are ready Harry. No, I will not listen; I do respect privacy you know." With this he walked out, closing the door quietly behind him.
About 10 minutes later Dari walked out the door. Tom knew she was going to lose it at any moment. He simply walked over to her, gave a very long hug and slowly cupped her face in his hands so she had to look at him. "I know how you feel child. I want to thank you for showing Harry that not everything is evil and love does exist. Yes, I knew right away that you love him. Be assured that he will be safe and happy for once in his life, other than the times he was with you of course." He smiled sadly at her. He knew it was rough but the look in Dari's eyes made him want to cry. "I will try to send someone to check on you frequently and will keep you informed of Harry. Now, go, you need to settle down-I know it hurts" He whispered these last words to her, held her close for another moment and again silently sent her a delayed, dreamless sleep spell. Dari looked at him, gave him a kiss on the cheek and fled. Tears were streaming down her face. A few moments later Harry walked out of the room. Tom saw the same sadness on Harry's face and in his eyes and just said "Are you ready to go now?" Harry nodded and the two of them walked slowly out the door.
A/N: This story is collaboration. We own Dari's character and have no clue what is going to happen with her-still deciding. Just thought she was cool and we will see her later in the story. We ain't gonna tell ya any more. So there! For the record-we are not sadists ok?
REVIEWS PLEASE!-Should we start chapter 3 or not?
Also-Tom has a very bad temper eh? And we thought he needed a strong character introduction; shows he's a complicated guy. A few of the spells during his time with Minerva were a complete fabrication of own making. (Do you really think JK would be that cruel?) Now you why we rated it M Chapter 3 will be starting very soon-should be interesting.