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Chapter 2

Leaving the Leaky Cauldron Kaden still couldn't believe that Tom had only just graduated from Hogwarts a few weeks ago. In his time Tom had always been the old and friendly barkeeper, now Tom was only a few years older than him. Shrugging those thoughts away Kaden entered Gringotts.

Walking up to a goblin Kaden handed him his key. „I would like to go down to my vault and deposit something there." Nodding the goblin led him to the carts. Ten minutes later Kaden was standing inside of his vault. Smiling slightly he deposited all of his old money (from the future) except of a few thousand galleons. Then as an after thought Kaden pulled out his holly wand and deposited it in the far corner of the vault. It wouldn't be good for his first wand to get damaged somehow and Gringotts was the safest place he could think of.

Exiting the bank half an hour later Kaden went shopping. His first stop was the trunk shop where he bought a trunk with seven compartments much like the one the Moody imposter in his fourth year had had. The best thing about his trunk was that the owner could shrink and unshrink it at will and that it was charmed to be weightless.

His next stop was Madam Malkins, he needed some new robes. Entering the shop Kaden looked around for a while before a young sales girl approached him. „Hello, how can I help you sir?" Smiling at her Kaden motioned at himself and then at the clothes. „I'm in need of a new wardrobe but I'm not that talented when it comes to fashion." Smiling at him the girl began to help him choose some robes and other things he would need. In the end he had a complete set of underwear mostly in black or white, about twenty shirts with and without sleeves mostly in dark-blue, dark green or black, about ten trousers which were a bit like the one he was wearing at the moment and quite a few new robes. In addition he had also bought his Hogwarts uniform. Leaving Madam Malkins shop again Kaden headed towards Flourish and Blotts. Smiling at the huge amount of books he decided to keep true to his word and use his time in the past to train. Therefore Kaden went through the rows of books carefully looking at the titles and picking up a lot of books about Charms, Transfigurations like how to become an animagus, Potions, Occlumency, Legimency, DADA and a book about Obscurre Talents in the wizarding world.

Paying for his books which was quite a lot because all in all he had bought well over fifty books Kaden decided to continue his shopping spree before heading back to the Leaky Cauldron.

A few hours later a very tired Kaden returned to his room again. He had bought e verything he could think of from books and clothes to potions ingredients and even some knifes which he wanted to learn how to use. Maybe they could come in handy in the future.

After he had deposited everything there was a knock at the door. Opening it Kaden came face to face with Michael. „Michael, it's good to see you, why are you here?" Smiling sheepishly at him Michael entered the room. „Well you see I kind of forgot to give you the device I've told you about. Here." With that he handed Kaden a ring. „As soon as you put it on it will turn invisible. As soon as it is tuned to you it will reapear and after you say ‚Take me to the future' it will transport you to a time period closer to your own." Nodding Kaden thanked him before putting the ring on his finger.

After that Michael left him to his own devices again. Smiling Kaden began to read through his books.

The days went by and soon one morning Kaden was woken up by an owl tapping on his window. Rubbing the sleep out of his eyes he opened the window to let the owl in. Grabbing the letter Kaden began to read.

Dear Mr. Vans,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted as a student at Hogwarts. The term starts on 1 September. Please note that although you will be a sixth year you have to accompagny the first years on 1 Septemer.

Yours sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore,
Deputy Headmaster of Hogwarts

Smiling Kaden pulled out his supply list. It was time to go shopping again.

The month at the Leaky Cauldron had done him some good. Due to the regular meals Kaden had filled out a bit and was now looking like a teenager his age should and he had even gained some muscles from the exercises he had decided to do each day. Moreover due to the books he had read since his arrival he had gained quite a bit of knowledge and was just waiting or the day that he could try out some of the spells he had read about.

Putting on a black robe over his other clothes Kaden grabbed a bit of money before heading into Diagon Alley. Walking around for a while he was soon finished with shopping. He was about to return to the Leaky Cauldron when he saw him. There only a few feet away from him stood a small boy of about eleven years of age who was looking around lost. The boy had black hair and green eyes. Tom Riddle. Kaden thought. At that moment the boy looked up and their eyes met. Despite of the fact that Voldemort had killed his parents Kaden was unable to hate this small boy. Tom wasn't Voldemort, yet. Smiling Kaden walked up to the boy. „Hello there, you seem a bit lost. I'm Kaden, Kaden Vans and who might you be?" He asked kneeling down next to the boy to be at eye level with him. „I'm Tom Riddle." The boy said a bit shyly. „Well it's nice to meet you Tom. What do you say I show you around for a bit." Smiling slightly Tom nodded. And this was how Kaden spent the rest of the day shopping with Tom Riddle who would one day become his greatest enemy and whom he would have to kill in order for peace to settle on the wizarding world again. Throughout the afternoon Kaden couldn't help but wonder what would happen to change Tom from the innocent and friendly boy he was now into the cold-hearted monster that was known as Lord Voldemort.

The last month passed quickly and soon it was time for him to board the Hogwarts express. He hadn't heard anything else from Tom since that day in Diagon Alley and wondered how his young friend would react to the beauty of the wizarding world.

A bit into the train ride the door to his compartment was opened. A boy with dark brown hair and brown eyes was standing there. „Hey, do you mind if I join you, everywhere else is full." Shaking his head Kaden motioned for him to enter. „No problem. I'm Kaden Vans by the way. I just moved here from the US." He told him sticking to the alibi Michael had given him as to where he came from. „Nice to meet you Kaden. I'm Alastor Moody, sixth year Slytherin." This was Mad-Eye? And he was a Slytherin. Bloody Hell. Kaden thought. „The pleasure is all mine, so what is Hogwarts like." And so Moody spend the rest fo the train ride telling him about Hogwarts.

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