A Destiny I Never Wanted

by Tenchi Malfoy

Harry is transported to an alternate dimension. He settles in not as the boywholived but as a innocent bystander with more mysteries then one child should hold. He goes back to school knowing what will happen, question is what shall he do about it?

8. Dinner and Riddle

A Destiny I Never Wanted

By Tenchi Malfoy

Disclaimer: Obviously, the things you recognize are not mine or I would be rich! Well the only thing that is mine is a few select characters and mannerisms as well as the plot to the story.

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Chapter 7: Dinner and Riddle

Harry awoke at once to the shaking that was being issued to his shoulder by someone and laid there a minute to remember all that had happened. Memories of Rico and the accident ran through his mind and he could not help but groan involuntarily. He muttered to whoever was shaking him to bugger off but the shaker persisted.

"Fine, I'm up," Harry muttered before throwing his legs over the edge of the bed and sliding off. Harry then took notice that Rico was no longer next to him and Trebel had been the one to awaken him.

"Master Harry, Trebel was just coming to wake young Harry for dinner tonight with Mister Black and Lupin," explained Trebel with a ghostly smile on his brownish face.

"Oh what time is it?" asked Harry as he noticed that Rico had not one clock in his large room.

"Almost 6:30 sir and Mister Black and Lupin shall be arriving at 7:00," told the small house-elf as he left with a small snap of his fingers.

Harry stood there for a moment before putting his shoes back on from where he had slipped them off. After, he quickly left Rico's room and headed toward his own to get ready for the dinner party that was for sure going to be a treat. There was one problem; Harry had not a clue as to where to go, before he was so worrisome that he had not paid an ounce of attention to Trebel or the route they had taken.

"Um Trebel," Harry called out a bit embarrassed about not remembering the way around his own house. The house-elf appeared with a small smile and a shake of his tiny head. Without a word, muttered Trebel took hold of Harry's thin arm and transported Harry straight into his room.

"Thanks Trebel you're the best," Harry smiled earnestly at the blushing house-elf before another snap was heard and the elf was gone. "Wish he would stop doing that," Harry muttered and in response, he could have sworn he heard a light high-pitched chuckle.

He waived it off and set about the task of choosing some suitable clothes for dinner. Harry walked into his closet and looked first toward his not so colorful shirt section. It looked like his old self quite liked dark clothes, which he was partial to as well. Black, dark blue, brown and a few dark green shirts with emblems were hung loosely about next to some sweatshirts.

Harry then turned toward another part of his closet, which was filled with pants on hangers from left to right. Jeans of blue and black and kakis of tan, blue and black and a weird dark green one. He smiled slightly at the weird color, which oddly reminded him of his old headmaster.

Under the clothes that hung from above, there were shoes of all kind. A pair of black tennis shoes and a pair of white. A pair of black and white dress up shoes and a pair of quidditch shoes. There was also a pair of black slippers that looked as if they had never been worn before.

He picked out a pair of black kakis and a white button up shirt with a small dragon emblem on the left chest. He picked out a pair of white shiny dress up shoes and walked out of his closet to get dressed.

Harry finished buttoning up his shirt and went toward his dresser that held what seemed to be some kind of manly jewelry box. He opened it hesitantly and raised his eyebrows at the sparkling jewelry in the box. Watches of gold and silver but a black colored one caught his eye. He put that one and closed the jewelry box up; he did not want to be all showy.

Harry took in a deep breath before walking into the bathroom to try to tackle his flop of hair. His reflection showed a young boy with beautiful green eyes that held some sort of hidden darkness and messy black hair. His pale skin shown like moonlight in the darkness.

He still could not get used to the whole being young again but he would fix it soon enough, starting tomorrow. However, he would not dwell on it tonight as he had a dinner to attend to. He brushed his hair down with a brush and gel and let the front stick up a bit. He decided at the last moment that he did not like that so, instead he ran his hand through his hair, successfully messing his hair up once more.

Satisfied he switched off the light and walked from the bathroom and out of his room. He walked out through the hallway and was not paying attention when he suddenly felt a weight on the back of his legs. Harry turned around and looked down to find a small ball of black fluff. It was a small cat thing and it stuck firmly to his legs in a possessive sort of way.

"Trebel!" Harry yelled for his elf, his voice surprised coming out rather high. Trebel appeared at once with worried expression but it soon changed to understand meant as he too saw the black ball. "What is this, this thing?" asked Harry his voice a bit calmer then before.

"That is your pet," Trebel said with a small laugh, he elaborated though when Harry glared at him. "His name is Riddle and he is a baby Nundu, you found him a month ago in the forest, his mother had abandoned him. It seems as though he has grown rather fond of you, rather unusual though as Nundu's usually are aggressive and territorial," remarked Trebel as he once more left before he was excused.

Harry calmed himself down before he proceeded to look down once more. He did not really know what to do in this kind of situation, the only pet he had was Hedwig who was murdered in his sixth year. In addition, Hedwig was not really the most affectionate creature, just a nip or two of appreciation.

"Um Riddle," Harry said as he cleared his throat and shook his leg a bit. The creature looked up as he got off Harry's leg. Dark green eyes that shown like the forest stared into eyes that shown like freshly cut emeralds. Harry bent down, wrapped his arms around the small creature, and stood back up. The creature was no bigger then a slipper and Harry stared as an unusual white tongue licked his hand affectionately.

With a smile he set Riddle down, not a name he would of chose but it fitted the Nundu well. He would have to look up this breed of creature, as magical creatures had not been his strong suit. He carried the cat down the stairs and into the kitchen where his mom was busy cooking away with the woman he had met at Grimmauld place. Roma was her name if he remembered correctly and her and his mom seemed to be quite the friends.

"Hello dear, oh I see you have Riddle," said Lily with a strained smile, it seemed as though she did not like the green-eyed cat. By the way Riddle was hissing, it seemed the feeling was mutual.

"Yes I though he may be hungry so I was going to feed him," answered Harry as he looked inside the refrigerator for something for the hissing cat.

"His bottle thing is on the lower shelf dear," shouted Lily as she went to set the table. Harry looked down at the bottom and grabbed the large bottle; almost at once, another one took its placed. Harry shrugged it off as magic and went to sit in the living room. His sister was in there humming to herself as she tried to unsuccessfully braid her hair into two French braids.

Harry sat the bottle down on the table and placed Riddle onto the couch before beckoning the small girl over. He lifted her onto his lap and undid her poor attempts at braids. He then proceeded to braid her hair and tie them at the bottom. He used to do Ginny's hair for her but he did not want to think about her at the moment.

"There you go Cyzelena," announced Harry as he set the girl back down on the floor. Harry then picked Riddle back up and grabbed the bottle from up top the table. He cradled the cat in his arms and gently stuck the bottle in the cats open mouth.

"Thanks Harry!" exclaimed the little girl as she ran to go show her mother her new braids. Harry smiled sadly, as he stroked Riddle's fluffy hair; the cat did not seem that bad after all. The bottle was soon finished and Harry then sat the cat up and looked confusedly what to do next. He gently patted Riddle's back trying to burp him like a baby; it seemed to work because he received a small burp.

"Do you need some more milk?" asked Harry to the cat who just stared back at him innocently. Harry took that as a no and set the cat down on the floor. Just as he was about to walk into the kitchen, his brother walked in.

"Time to eat Harry," came Rico's voice before he ran back to the dining room. Harry shook his head amusedly and went toward the kitchen. Riddle followed him obediently staying to the right of him. The cat even at a young age held a predatory look and a graceful walk. He was silent and his ears pricked up at any noise.

Into the dining room, he walked and stopped to observe the table. His father was at the front of one side and was laughing at some joke Sirius had said from the other end. His mom and Roma sat beside one another; Rico sat across from his mom and next to Jake who was Sirius's kid. Cyzelena was next to James and Zykye was on the other side of Sirius. The only seat open was across from Remus next to Roma, he quickly sat down and felt Riddle jump into his lap and lay down.

"Ah Harry how are you?" asked Remus gently with a tired smile. A full moon was probably approaching, not that he was to know that of course.

"Fine thanks," he answered with a nod as he put a little bit of everything on his plate. To be honest he was not really hungry, he just wanted to have an excuse to spend more time with his whole family.

"Is Draco still coming over tomorrow dear?" asked Lily as she finished her conversation with Sirius who was smirking victoriously. Harry nearly spit out his food and the name of his old enemy. He did not know what to say so he said the first thing that came to his mind.

"Who?" Unfortunately, it was not the most intelligent thing to say. Lily seemed to think he was joking though because she chuckled.

"I will just give Narcissa a fire call later," dismissed Lily with a wink as she turned to talk about something in the ministry with Roma.

He was friends with Malfoy. How could he be friends with Malfoy? Well they were kind of a like, well Malfoy and his old-self were. However, who knows maybe Malfoy was not so bad after all, but he doubted it. He finished eating and set his fork down; he absently started rubbing Riddle's chin.

"So Harry what are you going to do this year, now that your not going to Hogwarts?" asked Sirius from down the table. James made some weird sort of gesture but it seemed Sirius did not understand. He was not going to Hogwarts, then where else would he be going?

"I'm not going to Hogwarts?" asked Harry his voice as innocent as the day he was born.

"Of course you are Harry, don't know what this bloke is talking about," said James nervously as he strained a smile at his eldest son.

"It won't so any good to lie to him James, it is time to tell him the truth," whispered Lily but it was silent so everyone could hear exactly what she said.

"Tell me what?" asked Harry with a glare at his father who tried to ignore it and started to whistle innocently.

"Harry you're a squib," said Sirius bluntly, Lily glared at the man but nodded slowly at Harry. He was not a squib, well he did not think he was a squib and he told them that.

"I am not!" Harry yelled in outrage as he stood up, knocking the sleeping Riddle out of his lap. A hiss was heard from beneath the table; Harry picked up the angry kitty and quieted him.

"Harry you have never shown any sign of magic, Albus told us a couple of months ago that you were indeed a squib," answered Lily sadly but she was telling the truth and it broke her heart to do so.

"I'm not and I will prove it to you," said Harry as he set Riddle down on the table, where he stood proudly, hissing at all of the other guests. Harry put his hand out toward his dad who looked confused at just what Harry wanted. "You wand please," Harry said, he would not reveal that he could do wandless magic, they would not understand.

"Harry I don't think that this is such a good idea," voiced Roma but nobody was listening as they watched James hand over his wand to his son. Harry grasped the wand but he did not feel the connection that he did with his wand, this was expected, as he was not compatible with his father's wand.

"Wingardium Leviosa," Harry whispered, he chose a first year spell because a higher spell would make them even more suspicious of him then they already were. He watched the glass of wine slowly hover up and inwardly cheered at the mask of surprise on every ones face. "Told you I wasn't a squib," said Harry as he walked picked up Riddle and walked out of the dining room. He was going to go to his room but he decided to go and researched about Riddle, as he felt like reading at the moment.

He opened the doors to the library and walked in. He did not really nowhere to start but first he had to get Riddle situated. First, he set the cat down on the ground; in return, the cat meowed sadly at him.

"Trebel," Harry once more called, he felt somewhat bad for always calling the elf but Riddle was a handful.

"What kind Trebel do for Master Harry?" asked Treble as he bowed gracelessly, his pointed nose touching the floor.

"If you have the time could you bring some milk for Riddle but first could you show me where some books would be on Nundu's?" asked Harry with a small smile at Trebel who nodded and with a snap of his fingers, milk appeared in a bowl for Riddle. The small cat padded over to the bowl and started licking it up.

"Follow me sir," said Trebel as he gesture with his hand for Harry to follow. Harry walked on after Trebel who led him over to the right side of the library on the first floor. Down a row of bookcases and all the way to the end Trebel led, him He waited as Trebel picked out a few books for him. "Here these should be of some help, call me if you need anything else sir," added Trebel as he handed the books over to Harry and with a snap left Harry standing there, struggling to hold all the books.

"Definitely starting a workout tomorrow," Harry said to himself as he walked back to his table. All the milk in the bowl was gone and Riddle was sitting down waiting for Harry to come back. Harry sat down in a chair and waited for Riddle to jump into his lap before looking at the titles of books.

Magical Cats of the Wizarding World by Linda Casita. Well that sounded like it held some kind of information about Riddle in it. He opened the tome and went passed a few pages to the index. Griffins 1-37, Kneasles 37-68, Sphinxes 69-94, Nundu's 95-124. It seemed as though there was only four kinds of magical cats in the wizard world.

Harry turned to page 95, which held a whole statistic type page with a drawn out picture of a Nundu. The Picture looked fierce and the black cut seemed to be glaring at him as it pounced around the page. Harry read the first few paragraphs with a keen interest in the subject.

Nundu's are sorely misunderstood creatures that prowl the forests in the night. They are classified as extremely dangerous creatures but they are not illegal due to nobody actually having one. They are born the size of a snitch with their eyes open. The forest green eyes that can see everything and large ears that can hear every sound. Born with fluffy hair it smoothes down as they grow to adulthood. It takes only four months to reach adulthood as the Nundu grows at an alarming rate, Master of the subjects debate about the subject, some say they grow so fast because they are hunted by other creatures, due to their small size. Baby Nundu's drink their mother's milk until two months of age and then the mother introduces them to meat, usually stags and snakes.

At four months, they will stand at roughly two and a half feet at shoulder height. As it grows it temperament does as well, the Nundu has never been domesticated. It usually avoids humans contact and because of its dark color, it is rarely seen. Not much is known about the Nundu's behavior methods, as one has never been captured. The following pages are dedicated to so called tales about the Nundu. As far as anyone knows, nobody has ever survived in encounter with a Nundu.

"Hear that Riddle, I accomplished another impossible task," Harry muttered irritably as he looked down at the now sleeping cat. Harry figured he ought to head up to bed as he was getting rather tired.

He left the books on the table for tomorrow and stood up from the chair. Holding Riddle in his arms, careful to not awaken him, he trudged out of the library. As he made his way up the stairs, he heard someone behind him. He turned and saw Remus standing at the bottom looking at him with an unreadable expression.

"Remus, can I help you with something?" asked Harry from high up on the stairs as he repositioned Riddle in his arms.

"Nope just getting ready to leave, sleep well Harry," called Remus as he turned away from his best friend's son. Harry nodded and climbed the rest of the stairs and headed to his room. He was just about to turn the handle to his door when he heard someone yell his name.

"Harry!" A loud and childish voice reached him from the other hall. Riddle was awake now and was hissing at the small girl who was running loudly toward them.

"What do you want Cyzelena?" asked Harry, he did not want to be rude but he did not feel like talking to his family at the moment.

"I believed you Harry," said Cyzelena as she tugged at her two braids that were a bit messier now. Harry smiled lightly at her, at least somebody believed him, even if that someone was only six years old.

"Thank you but hey sleep tight alright?" said Harry as he ruffled the girl's hair making it even messier then it already was. The girl scrunched her nose up at him but laughed as she nodded her head. Harry watched as she went back down the hall and through a sky blue door.

Harry then opened the door, hoping that he would have no other interruptions but alas, that hope was not granted. A knock came at his door; almost the moment after he shut he had shut it. He tried to ignore the knocking as he took his shoes off and set Riddle down on his bed but the knocker persisted.

"Come in!" Harry yelled exasperatedly as he sat down next to Riddle who jumped into his lap immediately. James walked into the room hesitantly and looked around curiously as if he had never been in there before.

"Hello there Harry, um what are you up too?" asked James nervously with a small chuckle. James walked over, conjured a chair with his wand, and sat down, looking toward Harry expectantly.

"Riddle and I were about to go to bed," answered Harry with a yawn to emphasize the fact that he was indeed tired. It was then that James took notice to the cat who was staring at him almost predatorily.

"Oh yes your cat thing, well how is that going?" asked James as he reached out a hand to touch the cat, Riddle snapped at his fingers, James quickly withdrew his touch.

"He is a Nundu dad and he seems to be doing fine, though he doesn't really like anyone else but me," said Harry as he petted the top of Riddle's head lovingly. "Is there something you wanted dad?" asked Harry as he sat back against his pillows.

"Well I wanted to tell you that I was sorry about not believing you but Dumbledore said and who was I to just not believe Dumbledore?" mumbled James as he ran a hand through his untidy hair, just like he used to when he was younger.

"Oh, it's alright but you should have come to me dad," Harry said as he sighed heavily as he pinched the bridge of his nose sadly.

"Yah I should have, well sleep good tonight Harry, tomorrow is Rico's birthday party," announced the aging man as he stood up and made the chair disappear.

"Rico's birthday party?" asked Harry dumbly. Rico had not mentioned anything about this before or at least he did not think he did.

"Don't worry, your mom already fire called Narcissa, Draco should be over in the morning sometime," reassured James with a wave of his hand. He was about to open the door and leave when Harry spoke again.

"Who is all coming over?" Harry was awake now; he would probably see Ginny tomorrow!

"All the Weasleys, Sirius and Roma, Remus and Peter, Dumbledore, I think that is it other then Draco," answered James as he stroked his chin thoughtfully. Dumbledore was coming over; he did not know if he should be happy or angry with the old man.

"Oh well then I better get some shut eye," yawned Harry with a smile, nothing could bring him down at the moment. James opened the door and walked out, he was about to shut it when he heard Harry say something that made his heart stop. "I love you dad," Harry whispered as he got up to shut the door, he stopped as he saw his dad's eyes filled to the brim with tears.

Being a guy, James did not let his tears spill over but he did grab his son into a big hug. It felt like forever since he had heard those words from his son and the feeling was overwhelming to say the least. All Harry could do was pat James's back awkwardly, he had never really had a family and he was not used to the hugs. Well he had the Weasley's but even then; their hugs were not anything compared to this.

"I love you too son," whispered James as if the moment would just end and his son would go back to being heartless and cold. With that James let go, went down the right hall, and disappeared into the darkness.

Harry closed the door with a sigh and quickly changed out of his clothes into some boxers. He lay down in his bed with Riddle curled up at his feet. He was comfortable but he was worried about what tomorrow would bring.

First of all, Draco would be coming over and they were apparently friends. Second, Ginny was coming over and he had not seen her since her death, which he took rather hard. He had to remember though that this Ginny was not his Ginny, she was still a young girl and was not infatuated with him. Here he was not the boy-who-lived, Neville was but he did not know how.

Then Dumbledore was going to make an appearance. He loved Dumbledore and mourned his death but he did not know if he could take his manipulating ways again. He would avoid Dumbledore at all costs and be careful at what he does. Riddle would stay with him, as he needed to be trained.

Especially because the cat had just relieved himself on his carpet. Harry cleaned it up hurriedly before the smell could reach his nose. The cat just meowed sweetly, climbed back on top of his bed, and quickly fell back asleep. He was with out a doubt going to train the small cat to use the bathroom outside.

Then he had to fix his childish body, as it was not very physically fit. He would wake up early tomorrow and go take a run in the back or something. Start doing some pushups and crunches and building his stamina up. He also needed to build his magical stores up because at the moment they were just okay for him.

It would take a while for him to get back to normal but he would work really hard to get there as fast as he could. All the events that happened in his years would undeniably happen here as well. He just was not sure if Neville could handle it, he still had to meet the guy to be able to tell.

Well it was true, he had a lot to do in the next few months before he started school but hey was he not the Harry Potter. Couldn't he do anything and everything as long as the Wizarding World said he could? The truth was he was not sure he could…

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AN: Well there you people go! That was a really long chapter for me and I have spent all night yesterday and this morning typing it! I had fun though and I am really excited to start the new chapter. It will have lots of action and stuff in it; I think you will like it. Dumbledore will find out that Harry is not a squib and he will have a nice conversation with Harry. Harry will meet this world's Draco and oh yeah his lost love will be there too. How about Ron, will he be any different?

In this chapter, we met Riddle, who is a Nundu. If any of you do not know what a Nundu is and want to have more information just get the book, Fantastic Beast and Where to Find them By Newt Scamander. It is a really good read and will tell you more about dear Riddle. Anyways we had our discussion about Harry being a squib in this chapter and it well turned out all right for Harry but he proved them wrong eh? Cyzelena and James was in this chapter a bit more and we got to see them and how they are around Harry. Zykye should be in the next chapter and we should start seeing more of him.

Harry is going to start preparing for Hogwarts, which he will be starting in a few months. By the way, it is the end of May if anyone cares to know. Rico's birthday is May 31, Cyzelena's is June 10 and Zykye's is December 24. Well let me just give a big thank you to all of you who reviewed but I could reply too because the new review thing was not up yet.

Ein Dwang, DDwelling, NSW, alwaysariyana, gaul1, Kkwy, twisted-dagger, Ugly Duckling. Thank you guys so much and I hope you like the new chapter! UHUH, Thank you so much and I think it is really important that you people know about his sister and brothers. To everybody, I am sorry but at the moment, I do not think Harry will be friends with Hermione and Ron but he might.

Thank you CHIARA CRAWFORD, that is a really good suggestion and I have been thinking about doing just that! Yes, he will be a Hero in the Shadows type person for a while. FIREDOLPHIN, I do not want them to find out but they will probably find out, it will not be for a long time though. DEAD LUTHIAN, Thank you so much for your enthusiasm, you seem like a real nice girl! YUMIFUKUSHIMA, as you see they were friends in this dimension but as far as if they will be here, I am not sure yet. Yes, Rico will be a bit suspicious for a while; he is not stupid after all. DRAGON'S CRY, Sirius does have a kid, Jake remember but he will be a year under Harry and thanks for the review! ULKSER, I share your views I think he will be friends with some Slytherins but I am not sure about Hermione and Ron. HARM MARIE, at the moment no but later on someone will know but his parents will not know for a long time. IVAN THE TERRIBLE, I am not sure at the moment if he will get back together with Ginny and I didn't leave it out, it will be mentioned very soon! "HINT HINT". AZURE SKY, is this long enough for you because I can't do much longer, I am one of those people who have to sit down and type everything or I completely lose my train of thought. Where did the old Harry go? You people will not know and neither will Harry for a while. SHADOWED RAINS, I just turned thirteen in July and I am 5'6 so it is possible. I know they banned them but I have too respond to you people because I like to keep a close connection to my readers. From now on, I will be replying by that new thing! DAFT ANGELUS, sorry but he will not be in Hufflepuff because to be honest I do not like that house but he may be friends with one. RANMA HIBICKI, many people seem to be wondering that but it will not be revealed for a while. JUNKY, at the moment I do not have a set house for Harry and thank you for the complement. I am sorry if the long reply bothered you but I like to have a close relationship with my readers because it helps me know what they are thinking.

Alright from now on all of the reviews will be answered through the new thing but if they are anonymous then I will still answer them in my AN at the bottom okay? Well thanks once again for all of the reviews, they make my heart soar. The new chapter should be out soon and here is the question of the week!

Question: What house should Harry be in at Hogwarts?

I will talk to you people very soon and most of you in a reply if you review. I hope you like the new chapter but if you do not just tell me why in the review. See you people very soon!

Love,

Tenchi Malfoy