A big thank-you to all my reviewer's! I had no idea there'd be so much interest in the story when I started it out!
Anyway on with the next instalment!
A Second Chance: Chapter 2:A Weasley Interruption and The Alleys
Xavier got up early on July 31st. he wasn't expecting anything for his birthday but never the less, he felt that today, somehow things would be different. As he changed into a pair of black jeans and a green shirt, he began to mull over his thoughts…
When I get to Hogwarts, I'm going to show the world how fucked up Dumbledore really is! I'm going to make his life a living hell for him, for making me lose my parents! I'll have to talk to Dad when I can, sort things out with him, I hope he can get a new body sometime soon so I don't have to put up with that Professor Quirrel, or, whatever his name is!
Dudley was already up. Since learning he was a wizard, the plump boy wanted to change his image before he got to Hogwarts, and so he had asked Lucius about a training regime to get his weight down. He was just finishing his run on the treadmill that he had made his father get for him, when Xavier walked in
"Morning cousin" Xavier nodded towards him
"Morning Xavier" Dudley panted as he got off the treadmill, he grabbed a towel and turned to him
"I'm just going in the shower, Mums downstairs waiting for you with Draco and his father" he told him
"Oh okay, are we training today or not?" Xavier asked him
"I don't think so, I think it's off to Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley because Lucius wants to get some stuff for your father, plus we need to get our wands and stuff, as we didn't get change to get them before." Dudley replied
"Ah right, well I better get downstairs" Xavier left the room.
He walked down the staircase to find Lucius and Petunia looking at an old tattered book
"Morning Lucius" he said shortly, Lucius' head shot up from the book
"Good morning my Lord" he bowed, "Here are yours and Dudley's Hogwarts letters, they arrived not a moment before you came in"
"Draco, Dudley and I will be going to Diagon Alley today" he told him "I want to get my wand and all that stupid stuff out of the way so I can continue with my training"
"As you wish my Lord" he nodded, Petunia walked round the table
"Xavier is Dudley up?"
"Yes he is, he's just taking a shower at the moment after his morning run" Xavier nodded "Which brings me to my next question"
"Which is?" She asked
"Are there any gym facilities at this Hogwarts place?"
Lucius shook his head
"I'm afraid not my Lord." He said "there's nothing like that there, unless you use the Room of Requirement on the third floor. It's a space you can use to suit your needs for anything at any one time" he explained, "That, I would think would suit you perfectly"
After Draco had finished eating with Xavier, And Dudley was ready for the day; the trio used the fireplace to Floo to the Leaky Cauldron.
"This place is the Pitts" Xavier said with distaste
"I know my Lord, I know" Draco frowned, but quickly schooled his features to neutral, as did Dudley and Xavier.
The boys walked out into the main street of Diagon Alley. Xavier studied everything and everyone with a guarded stare, he didn't really want to be recognised, but he knew it was inevitable. Lucius had explained everything to him about how 'famous' he was for nearly killing his own father.
As the trio walked into Madam Malkins; robes for all occasions. Xavier saw a tall gangly-looking redheaded boy about their age
"Weaselys…ugh" Draco said beside him
"What's wrong with Weaselys?" asked Dudley "better yet, What IS a Weasely?"
"The Weaselys are a pure-blood family, they're Dumbledore's little pets" said Draco. Xavier sneered at the mention of Dumbledore and was about to say something when a plump witch came over
"Hogwarts dearies?" she asked, Xavier nodded
She stood him up on a podium and pulled a black robe over his head, and got to work stitching it down at the bottom
"You going to Hogwarts too?" asked the redhead, Xavier bristled at the blatant lack of respect
"And who might you be to speak to me in that manner?" He asked
"Oh, sorry, I'm Ron, Ron Weasely, I'm going to Hogwarts this year too" he replied
"I see" Xavier replied neutrally, turning to look at Ron better, as his hair fell from his forehead and showed his scar off
"Bloody hell, your Harry Potter!" Ron exclaimed loudly, Xavier bristled
"There is no such person as Harry Potter," he told him sharply "My name is Xavier Riddle!"
"I don't think so!" said Ron "Harry Potter and you know it, you even have, the Scar!" He went on, completely oblivious to the fact that Xavier was now grinding his teeth in an attempt to stay calm.
At that precise moment, Xavier's robes were finished and Draco was telling the woman how many he would need and also being fitted whilst Dudley waited patiently in the corner. A family of redheads appeared from behind a set of children's robes.
"Mum! Look! Its Harry Potter!" Ron shouted to his family from across the side of the room, pointing at Xavier like he was some sort of prize. Xavier's resolve snapped, he jumped down from the podium and grabbed Ron by the neck
"I have told you before Weasely, Harry Potter is Dead! You are speaking to Xavier Riddle, and it would do you well to remember who exactly I am! Now leave me alone" he threw him down to the floor as the rest of the Weasely family approached them
"WHO ON EARTH DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" The woman yelled at him "THROWING MY SON AROUND LIKE TRASH!"
"Mrs Weasely" Draco drawled "I'm surprised you can even walk into this shop without fainting for lack of money…" he sneered at her, the woman seemed to be outraged at this comment, although Xavier could see a blush tainting her cheeks, he grabbed Dudley and Draco, forcing them to leave the shop before anything else happened.
Once the trio were in the light of the Alley, Xavier turned, looking at the sign for "Olivanders; purveyors of fine wands since 362BC"
"Come on we'll get our wands next" Xavier snapped, clearly still annoyed about the run-in with the Weasleys…
The trio walked into Olivanders and noticed how quiet it was, Xavier scanned the room for any sounds of life, he saw a pair of grey eyes staring at him from behind a large stack of boxes
"Master Riddle…. I was wondering when I would have the pleasure" Said the person, Xavier blinked, looking at Draco for confirmation. No one apart from the Weasely's and the Malfoy's knew his real name.
The man came to the front of the shop and Xavier saw him finally
"I remember every wand Ive ever sold Mr. Riddle" he said "Your mothers was a 14" made of Yew with a dragon heart string core, temperamental and whippy, good for transfiguration, your father on the other hand favoured a 12" made form oak with phoenix tail, very powerful"
"That's interesting but I want to get a wand" Xavier snapped
"Y-Yes of course, please. Put out your wand arm, whichever you write with," said Olivander
Xavier raised his right hand and Olivander waved his own wand in a complex movement that no one in the room understood. Xavier began to glow a brilliant emerald green with a silver outline. Olivander simply watched ad the glow died away
"Well Master Riddle, it seems you won't be getting a wand from here" He said happily
"Excuse me?" Draco cut in
"Why?" Xavier snapped
"You need to go to McGreeks Wand shop in Knockturn Alley Master Riddle," said Olivander "The wands I have here won't suffice for someone with your power." He explained, although Dudley didn't see why this man would be happy with the fact he couldn't supply the Dark Lords Son with a wand.
After Olivanders, Xavier, Draco and Dudley decided to go to "Flourish and Blotts" to get their books. Xavier told Dudley to get his as well, because he wanted to stop off on his own at the Magical Menagerie
"Okay Xavier, don't be too long though, we still have to get your wand" Dudley reminded him
"I know" he said sharply "I will be back in ten minutes"
Xavier walked through the doors to the Menagerie, taking in all the sounds around him, he knew his Hogwarts letter told him he could only have either a Owl, Cat or a Toad but Xavier didn't want just ANY pet, he wanted one fitting for the son of the Dark Lord.
As he walked round, he saw an Owl looking at him through the bars of its cage with a look that clearly told him he would take him
"Ill have that black Owl," he snapped, walking to the desk, as he passed the snake tanks, he heard a voice
"Stupid owner, don't they know we don't eat slugs?"
Xavier looked round to see who the owner of the voice was, he finally saw a long black snake in a tank beside him
"What are you looking at?" The snake seemed to sneer at him
"Thinking of how to get you out of here!" Xavier replied
"You speak the snake tongue!" The snake seemed to look at him in awe
"Well I guess I do, come on, slide up my arm whilst the clerk isn't looking…" Xavier resolved
Knockturn Alley seemed eerie and much darker than Diagon Alley would ever be. Xavier, Draco and Dudley turned down a side street and saw the sign for the Wand Shop
"Excellent" said Xavier with a smile "Now time to get me a wand"
McGreeks wand shop was one of those that people only ever entered once or twice in their lives. Xavier could feel the magic surrounding the shop as they entered; he looked around for a clerk or assistant and found one sitting behind the counter, eyeing him curiously
"Im here to be tested for a wand, Olivander couldn't get one for me so he sent me here" Xavier said coldly
"I see" said the man "And I see who you are… interesting…."
The summer passed quickly for the boys, who stayed mostly at Malfoy Manor learning charms, hexes and curses, Mind control and everything else they thought they would need upon their schooling years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The morning of the 1st September, Xavier Riddle, Draco Malfoy and Dudley Dursely all got up early to make sure they have everything packed and were ready to go when the time came.
"Xavier? Have you seen my black snake cloak?" Draco walked into his room
"On the back of the high-winged chair in the Sun room" Xavier didn't look up at him as he spoke
"Xavier?" Dudley was beside him "Are you okay?" He asked quietly
"Im fine Dud" He replied in a monotone
"Liar! Whats up?"
"Nothing okay? Im just waiting till we get to Hogwarts….then the fun begins" he smirked
