Not My Life
Chapter Four
Life Now
Alex sighed sadly as he looked at his watch. It was time to go back to the manor for his afternoon round of lessons. He was still getting used to everything, but only a month had passed since the accident. A few days after he had first woken up after the accident he was told about magic and more about Tom's position.
He had been mesmerized by magic and he loved it. It was amazing what you could do. He learned, after he had begun his lessons again, that he still remembered the basics of magic. But he also learned new things every day.
He had a class on defense and loved it. He also had potions lessons, history lessons (he didn't like history very much) and curse lessons.
In the curse lessons he was specifically taught curses. He had mixed feelings about curses and dark spells. He didn't want to hurt anyone and didn't like seeing anyone hurt. When he had asked why he had to learn these he had been told it was necessary. Tom explained his business and what he did and why.
Tom told him that he worked as the leader of the Death Eaters. He was called 'Lord Voldemort or the Dark Lord.
Those that were in the Death Eaters wore a tattoo on they're left arms that was called a Dark Mark, which Tom had shown Harry.
Tom told Alex that his goal was to rid the world of 'Mudbloods' as he called them. Tom told Alex about Muggles and Mudbloods and what they were like.
Alex didn't really like Tom's views on this. He didn't think all Muggles and mixed-blood people were evil. They couldn't be. When he had commented on this he had been punished.
He shuddered as he thought about his punishment. It had not been pleasant and he hoped to never go through that again. Tom had apologized after it was over, but had also explained that it was a punishment that would be used when ever he stepped out of line. Tom didn't like his reasoning being questioned, Alex had learned.
For the most part he was happy with things here. He liked his lessons (most of them anyway) and he liked riding his horse, Curse. Curse was a large black horse that he rode when ever he could.
But he hated punishments and he hated what Tom did. He didn't want anything to do with Tom's business or the Death Eaters. But Tom had also told him of his wishes to one day have Alex work with the Death Eaters during they're raids and missions. He really didn't want to, but he also feared what would happen if he told Tom that.
Sighing he began the walk back to the manor. It was a rather large manor and it looked very old. It was well decorated on the inside, but the grounds looked as though they weren't taken care of very well. There were woods surrounding the property and Alex knew it was very remote.
Finally he entered the manor and found his teacher, Mr. Lee, standing there waiting for him impatiently. Mr. Lee was average height with short black hair and light brown eyes. He taught Alex potions and history. He was a nice man who was very patient and took the time to explain things, which helped with potions because it was easier to understand when he knew how and why each ingredient reacted to another.
Mr. Ralph taught Alex all his defense and curse lessons. He was a muscular man with sandy blonde hair and dark blue eyes. He wasn't a very nice man and Alex didn't like him much. He had little patience for questions. The only thing Alex could really say that was good about the man was that he knew what he taught and he was a very good teacher.
"Are you ready, Alexander?" Mr. Lee asked breaking him out of his thoughts. Alex nodded and followed his teacher.
After dinner in the overly large (in Alex's opinion) dining room he went to his room. Mr. Lee had given him a three foot paper on the crucatious potion. The crucatious potion was a potion that worked the same as the curse, but it had to work its way out of the persons system. It couldn't be lifted like the curse and the dosage and a person's pain threshold would determine the damage done to the victim. Alex hoped he never would be forced to take the potion; it sounded horrible.
"Alexander," Tom's voice said from the doorway. Alex turned to face him. "We need to discuss your education." Tom moved to sit on the bed and motioned for Alex to join him.
"I thought my lessons were my schooling," Alex commented. He knew some people went to normal school and he had also been told about magical school before, but never a specific school.
"It is, for now," Tom answered. "But, if you want to, I will agree to letting you go off to school for the year. There are morning and afternoon lessons, like you have here. There are three houses, Slytherin, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw." He explained the characteristics a person needed to get into each house. "Do you want to go?"
Alex thought a moment before nodding. "Yes," Tom smiled and pulled him into his side. "Why are you allowing me to go?" Alex asked curiously. Tom had kept a very close eye on him since he woke up and always knew where he was and what he was up to. He didn't think he'd ever be allowed to leave the property of the manor.
"You need to experience being around kids your age and normal schooling," Tom answered in a quiet voice. "I will register you in Hogwarts soon and have someone gather your supplies." Tom informed the boy who nodded.
End of Chapter Four
A/N: Hello everyone! I hope you like the latest chapter!
Alex's punishment: I did not go into details on what his punishment consisted. Mostly it was the cruciartus curse.
I hope you like how Tom is better in this one. I hope he's more realistic.