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Marvolo's POV

He couldn't believe that the two boys that were walking to Albus' office were the same ones who disappeared. The two boys walked like they owned the castle. When they had left they were nobodies. Slytherin hated Evans because he was a muggleborn. They shunned Snape because he was friends with Evans. Then on Halloween during the boy's first year both had disappeared.

There had been an investigation made by the professors and the ministry. Despite their best attempts they could find no reason as to why they disappeared. Not a single malicious spell had been cast that night. No tracking or locating spells worked either. It was as if they boys had disappeared.

As the months passed the memory of the two boys faded. The searches were becoming less and less frequent. Until the two boys were nothing more than two more missing children amongst millions.

His time at Hogwarts didn't change with the missing boys. The only time he was reminded of them was when Eileen Prince died. There was an attempt by the father to tell the boy. Then no other messages.

The Halloween feast went as it always did. Children and adults ate too many sweets. Marvolo watched with a frown on his face. Something didn't sit right with him. The magic of the castle was unsettled. Almost like it could sense something was about to happen.

When the feast was over he and the other professors left. They found two teenagers standing in the entrance hall. Both looked extremely confused but happy. From their robes they were Slytherin students.

The stances they had were older dueling stances. Ones that were only taught by the Founders. Who only taught the best students the stances and skills. To see it in two unknown students was disconcerting. Even Marvolo the Slytherin Lord only learned two or three of them.

These two had learned more than that just by the way they carried themselves. If Marvolo had to guess they were students misplaced in time. All the way from the Founder's time period.

When they said their names it made every professor stiffen in shock. That wasn't possible. The boy's may look like fourth years but there was no way they could be the missing students. Yet when he looked at the boys logic flew out the window.

Both of the boys in front of them looked like older versions of the two that disappeared. Evan's black hair was as messy as ever. His green eyes shone like the killing curse. Snape's hair was the exact opposite. It was straight but no longer greasy as it once was. His eyes stared at them in suspicion.

When he began to edge around the professors Evans noticed him immediately. That's when things got interesting. Evans took a more defensive stance. Snape for his part took a open defensive stance that could quickly become an aggressive offensive. Both boys were well trained by an expert dueler.

To his surprise Albus seemed to humor the boys. It wasn't surprising when they refused to allow the professors to stand behind them. No doubt they feared being cursed in the back.

While he would do something like that Albus was too much of a Gryffindor. He didn't have it in him to do a cunning move like stunning someone in the back. The other professors would follow his lead.

Marvolo watched them with a sense of wariness. Whether these boys were really the two missing ones or not they had a lot to answer for. Where had they gone for all this time?

When they reached the gargoyle he had to turn his back on them. They would not allow him to follow them up instead. His hand never left his wand as he walked stiffly up the stairs. Even when he entered the office he turned to face the two as they came in.

Evans took in the room in an instant. Instead of relaxing the boy put himself with his back to a wall. Snape choose the other side of the wall to put his back to. Both of them kept their wands out.

Albus asked looking them over, "If you are Harrison Evans and Severus Snape where have you been all this time? We searched for you after you disappeared."

Snape glanced at Evans who answered coldly, "We have been a little of everywhere. Where exactly is none of your business."

Snape said to Evans, "Easy, Harrison. There's no need to start something here. Given what we know we will be gone again before this time next month."

Evan's eyes searched Snape's. There was something off about these two. To Marvolo it seemed as if they accepted that they would never stay in one spot. It was if they were stray dogs searching for a place to belong.

Marvolo said after a moment, "You boys were gone for three years. I think we deserve to know where you were. Not to mention why you believe that you will be home again."

Evan's made a clicking sound with his tongue but didn't comment. It seemed that the lion in snake's skin was gone. Now there was only a young snake who matured in his time away from them.

Marvolo looked across the professors gaging their reactions. Minerva had a sympathetic look on her face. Slughorn looked like he wanted to question them further. Dumbledore was barely concealing his exasperation at the lack of answers.

The expression he was most interested in was that of Merriman Lyon. It wasn't sympathetic or looking for answers. The expression was almost one of understanding. Like he knew exactly what was happening. Or at the very least suspected it.

Marvolo disliked the man as much as he did the first year. In the three years he stayed at Hogwarts he changed a lot of how the students acted. Those who were in his class didn't fight with other houses. Whether they were in class or outside of class they weren't allowed to fight each other. Those students in turn changed the way their friends acted. It made the school much calmer than it had been before.

That was not why he disliked the man. Merriman Lyon should have found his missing old one. A child born of a seventh son as a seventh son. Magic's chosen child. A seventh of a seventh would be more magically powerful than any other his age. Yet there was not a single in the year that fit that description.

To Marvolo it meant that the child they were looking for wasn't there. It was a logical conclusion. Still the old one remained.

Merriman said suddenly, "Albus I think I should talk to these two alone. It has to do with why I am here."

Albus looked between them his eyes narrowing in contemplation. Then he said, "Only if it's okay with the boys."

Evans shrugged but it was Snape who answered, "I would rather our Head of House stayed, if it's all the same to you."

There was a subtle glance at the other boy. Evans' eyes didn't stray from the old one. There wasn't any trust between them. It wasn't any better between him and the boys. He turned a blind to the bullying that they received. A muggleborn in Slytherin was unheard of. Snape was bullied because he hung around the muggleborn. To Marvolo they had to learn to deal with adversity. Otherwise they would continue to be bullied. So he did nothing to aid them.

They had to wait for the other professors to leave. Each shot a glance at the two boys as they left. Once it was just them Lyon moved from the corner he was in.

The old one said, "Since coming to this school I have been searching for a child. One who was an old one, like myself."

Both boys flinched. If Marvolo wasn't watching Evans so closely he would have missed the way his eyes hardened. Evans knew more than he was letting on.

Evans asked nonchalantly, "What would that have to do with us?"

Lyon said coldly, "There were advanced spells used in an effort to locate you. Spells that first years would not be able to stop. Even if you had been kidnapped it would have taken a powerful wizard to stop the spells. Instead of being stopped they weren't working. It was almost as if you both had been dead. Or lost in time."

Evans met the gaze evenly as he replied, "Or a magical school that is under the Fidelius charm. There are those out there you know."

Spoken like a true Slytherin. However the boy didn't know Albus very well. Or Lyon for that matter. All the schools were checked when the spells didn't work.

Marvolo said before Lyon could, "That would work... If we didn't think of that at the time. Word was sent out to all of the schools under the charm. Not one of them had new students matching your descriptions."

Marvolo saw a flicker of something go across the boy's green eyes. At first he wasn't able to identify it. When those eyes looked at him though he was. Pure anger directed at him.

Evans snarled, "You have no right to call yourself my Head of House. If I am to stay at this school for any amount of time I'll demand a resort. It's people like you who make the world what it is."

Snape said sounding tired, "Harrison you can't. The school has not allowed a resort in almost 700 years."

There was more he was going to say but he was cut off by a glare. They knew more than what they were saying. The three years away certainly improved Evans confidence.

Lyon sighed, "The more the person goes untrained. The wilder their magic will become. Stories have been told of untrained seventh sons of a seventh son. Where their magic killed everyone within 10 miles of them. Is that what you want?"

Evans asked seriously, "How can you expect either of us to be a seventh son? Severus is an only child. His father is an only child as well. I am an orphan who was left on the doorstep of my orphanage almost fifteen years ago."

With that the boy turned on his heel and left them to ponder the question. Snape however hesitated as if he thought of something.

He said looking at both men, "You know despite our travels and being unable to call any place home. There was one place he never wanted to return to. That was here. Not because of the students. He's used to being bullied by kids. It was because neither one of you gave him a chance. Slytherin blatantly ignored him and his pains. Despite the fact that you both share a similar past. Yes I know that you were an orphan. Do you honestly think that the orphanages have gotten better? For you Lyon you disregarded him because of the fact that he was an orphan. Despite the fact that he has more magical power than most seventh years. That was in his first year. It was no wonder that he couldn't use his wand properly. Neither of you saw this however. Instead you saw an orphaned muggleborn who had no idea what he was doing. You couldn't have been more wrong."

With that the Snape boy was gone as well. This left the two professors flabbergasted. They truly messed up with this child. The question was how to fix it?