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The day after, Lucius was woken up by Gookey at the crack of dawn with grave apologies and a message that the guest would like to see him as soon as possible. Lucius was at Grindelwald's door as soon as he made himself presentable. They spoke for hours, even argued but by the end of the day they had reached a resolution. Lucius thanked his guest and left for home to put the plans in motion
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It was only a couple of days later that Umbridge was 'rescued' from the forest by professor McGonagall and the other members of the staff. She was disturbed and babbling nonsense. Ms. Pomfrey had managed to heal all her physical wounds but she had given the woman a calming draught and a put up an invisible barrier with cushioning charms around her to ensure she stays safe from herself and doesn't wander off.

Hermione was still horrified at herself for putting a professor in harms way but she had bigger things to worry about. The going away feast was in a week and she was running out of time. She asked Draco and Blaise to meet her Harry and Ron in the Room of Requirement during lunch. When they finally arrived they were surprised to find what looked like the table of King Arthur.

"Really mione, Authur and his Knights?" Harry asked smiling

"You mean Authur and his warlocks…" Ron corrected

"I mean both…" Hermione corrected as the boys took their seats

"Oh, there is a muggle version of Aurthur?" Blaise asked

"Yes…" Hermione said "But this is not about that, I just like the thought of a round table and I have something to tell all of you… So a few days ago my mother sent me a letter… I had mentioned to her in passing about magical lineages, so she thought it would be nice for me to have mine as well… This is the family tree she sent me… I've circled out what you need to see Hermione said keeping a copy of the letter on the table."

Harry and Ron had an instant reaction "Tom Riddle?" Harry said looking at her "Hermione… can it be… I mean how common a surname is riddle?" He asked

Ron just looked at the page and then at her and said "Blimey…"

"Am I missing something?" Malfoy said annoyed, "so Hermione had a great grandfather called Tom Riddle what was the fuss about?"

Harry and Ron looked at Malfoy like he was joking and then realisation dawned on them, they didn't know. They really didn't know. They had no idea that the man that their parents had been following, the reason for their pureblood agenda was actually a half blood!

"Draco… do you know Vol.." Hermione started

"Don't say it!" Draco said suddenly panicking and irritated, what was wrong with these people "Don't you know it's a cursed name! Anyone who says it, their location will be revealed and all their protective enchantments will disappear…" he snapped

"What?!" It was Harry, Ron and Hermione's turn to be shocked and confused "how did he Vol… He-who-must-not-be-named manage that" Hermione finished

"How did he manage to come back from the dead?" Blaise said offhandedly

"Oh, we know the answer to that…" Draco said matter of factly

"What?!" And it was Blaise's turn to be upset

"Okay, wait!" Hermione said taking charge "One thing at a time… he-who-must-not-be-named, his real name is Tom Marvolo Riddle… which becomes…. " Hermione had pulled out a fresh piece of parchment and began to write the letters and then rearranged them to form 'I am Lord Voldemort'

Draco and Blaise were shocked "I don't know any magical riddle family, do you?" Blaise asked Draco who just shook his head

"So he could be a half blood…" Hermione said softly "That explains so much…"

All the boys turned to her for an explanation for what she just said

"Oh come on! Really? He was a half blood, he probably didn't even know about magic, that's why he had to use forbidden magic, that's why he'd not heard of the philosopher's stone until a few years ago, that's why he probably never got into the ministry because he knew he wouldn't get ahead! Also why he probably never claimed his familial magic! He doesn't know! And he, just like me had no access to tomes and other such things in Hogwarts's very tame library, in fact I'm sure the reason our curriculum is so lacking in so many sphere's is because of Dumbledore! This is probably the first time he felt like he fit in and this world failed him!" She finished with an anger she didn't know she had.

Hermione was heaving a bit, then Draco went to her and held on to her and she softly said "He maybe never had anyone like you… and you…" She said reaching out to take Harry's hand "to help him out…"

Draco squeezed her shoulder lightly and said "He was probably very broken before he even got here… you of all people should not be comparing yourself to him…" Hermione let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. Draco somehow always knew exactly what to say. She smiled a little

"So…" Blaise said feeling as uncomfortable as Ron was red "How can we be sure that your Tom is the same as… you know …the evil Tom?"

"I hate to say this but the Zabini does have a point, Tom is very common name in Britan Mione" Ron said

"I know, but I just feel it, in my gut you know… also…" Hermione almost told them that the hat had wanted to place her in Slytherin or Ravenclaw but she had asked for Gryffindor. Instead she said "…but… you both are right, we need to research so I was wondering, how can we track down Evil Tom's bloodline and see if it ever reaches me?" She asked looking at Draco and Blaise

There was a moment of silence and then Blaise said "Actually… there might be a way."

—

Once back in Britan, Lucius first went to Rookwood residence.

"Lord Malfoy, what brings you here?" Fiona Rookwood said welcoming him in there parlour with the floo

"Hello Fiona, where is Agustus, I have to speak with him…" Lucius said sternly

"He's not well, I'm afraid his last punishment took quite a toll on him… He's still recovering…" Fiona said as she led Lucius into the house towards the study, she gently placed her hand on his arm and when they arrived, she slid it grazing her fingertips across Lucius's hand ever so slightly. A gesture that she knew didn't go unnoticed.

The Rookwood residence was nowhere as large or opulent like the Manor but it was posh enough. Like her husband Fiona was also an Unspeakable and had somehow managed to stay away from Azkaban. While Lucius was quite aware of her extra-marital machinations, he knew that once released she would play the part of the good wife to her husband. After all, no one said no to the Dark Lord's followers. "I will go ask my husband if he feels up to it, however, if he's too ill, I would be honoured to entertain you…" She said

Lucius in his icy cool voice said "I wouldn't want to impose, besides I'm sure you have other affairs to tend to…" They glared at each other for a moment before Fiona left and returned with her husband shortly

"Lucius, did he send you?" Rookwood said terrified as he rushed into the study

"No, I came because I need to talk to you…" then looking at Fiona Lucius added "Alone…"

Fiona made herself scarce and Lucius magically shut the door behind her as her husband looked at him seriously

"So, I've been in and out of the ministry a few times, I was thinking maybe there is a way for the dark lord to access the prophecy himself…" Lucius said "Do you think it will be a problem if he's polyjuiced?"

Rookwood looked blank for a minute and said "Actually I don't know… I don't remember, maybe we'll have to ask an unspeakable…" he was silent for a moment and said "I know just the guy…"

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Draco's birthday was falling in the middle of the week. He was expected to celebrate it in the common room. He would get cake from his home that day, they would get the elves to bring them fire-whisky in the night. It was all the same and yet, something about this year was different. His book had grown warm around midnight the message read:

Happy birthday
Today is going to be long, I think you should begin with a nice long soak….

Draco read it and then read it again a second time. He had just showered before going to bed. She knew he did that. He read the message a third time with a smirk forming on his face and wrote back

I think that's the perfect way to begin my 16th birthday.

He was about to close the book when a message appeared

The password to the head's bathroom just for tonight is : Caput Draconis

Draco smiled. He had no idea how she'd pulled it off but he thought it was very poetic of her.

When he arrived at the prefects bathroom, door was ajar. Music of the Night from phantom of the opera was playing on the gramophone. Hermione was sitting by the window in an emerald green negligee. Her hair was cascading down to the small of her back in soft wavy curls but she had charmed it to look like it was glittering. The pool was filled with warm water and bubbles that smelt like cherry blossoms.

He stepped in and shut the door behind him. Locking it with a few more charms than necessary. When he turned she had slipped off the window and walking towards him with a smile that seemed to light up his very soul and fill him with desire at the same time. He walked towards her and gathered her in his arms as she said "Happy Birthday" and then kissed him. Her hands wrapped around his neck as his slipped from the curve of her waist to cup her hips.

In a quick seeker move, he lifted off the ground and pressed her against the cold stone wall. She squeaked as her back touched the stone. He feathered kisses down her neck as she fisted his hair. "You look good in green granger …" he said he kissed her cleavage "Hermione…" She breathed. He smirked and gave her a nip on her collarbone then whispered in her ear "her… myyy.. nee…" A shiver ran down her spine.

He lowered her to the ground and she pushed his cloak off his shoulders turning him to lean against wall. As he shook it off. She went to work on the buttons of his silk night shirt. She kissed her way down and kneeled down at the hem of his pants and looked at him though her lashes as he pulled on the drawstrings. When he saw her bite her lower lip shyly as the knot came undone he ached with need. She pushed the pants down and gave a soft kiss to the tip. His eyes closed as took his entire length into her mouth, down her throat. " Fuck Mione…" He moaned as she pumped it with her lips while her tongue did things to it he'd never dreamed of. His hand was tangled in her hair as continued to suck on him. Her hands cupped his jewels and massaged them driving him closer to the edge but he didn't want to spill into her mouth. As she sped up he groaned in pleasure and cursed himself for stopping her and pulled her up as she wiped her mouth.

He picked her up bridal style and he laughed. He carried her towards the pool and jumped in holding her as she clung to his neck. "Draco!" She shrieked. As they got wet her negligee went from translucent to transparent. Draco took one of her pebbled nipples in his mouth with the fabric still on as she threw her head back in pleasure. She wrapped her legs around his waist as he lavished his attentions on her ample bosom pulling the negligee off her shoulders. She ground her hips against his length.

Hermione had read a ton of dirty literature but this was better than anything she'd ever read. She just followed the cues of her body and moved with him. He seemed to know every sensitive spot on her body. She moaned as the warm water seemed to only amplify the heat coming of their bodies her negligee was off floating somewhere in the pool as their naked bodies pressed up against each other. Draco pushed her against the wall of the pool and kissed her deeply girding against her lower lips. He put his thumb on her clitrois and rubbed it gently in circles making her throw her head back moan. They were in a pool but her feel her wet herself against him. He dug one finger into her and the way she gasped he knew - She was a virgin.

Draco stopped everything he was doing. His finger still in her, his chest heaving with desire, he just looked at her. She was panting, her head thrown back. This was probably the first proper orgasm she had. There chest was rising and falling with his own, he could see feel her desire pulsing against his finger but he just stood there and waited as she ground against his hand. Once she had ridden out her orgasm he said "Hermione… " She looked at him heaving. "Do you want me to go further?" She continued to heave. The haze of pleasure still evident in her eyes. He lead his forehead against her and said "I want you Hermione Granger…"

"Yes…" She said "I want you…. To go further…"

He kissed and pulled his finger out of her. He extended his right hand out and using non verbal magic to accio his wand. Hermione saw that and said "You just got sexier…"

"Nerd" he smiled pointed the wand at her nethers and said "conceptuum impeditionem"

Hermione felt a warm tingle of magic travel up her vagina

"What was that?"

"Contraceptive charm…"

She raised and eyebrow and said "I'll need to borrow that book…"

"Shut up…" Draco said as he kissed her and lifted her once again.

He looked into her eyes as he positioned himself and in one quick motion he thrust into her. "Oh Draco…." She moaned as she threw her head back. There was a little pain as she shuddered but then he moved gently again and it was gone. It took every ounce of control he had to not give into his carnal desires and moves painfully slowly until she was at ease.

She clung to him as drove into her. He turned her over and took her from behind. He laid her down on a towel and twisted her into positions he didn't know she could. He sucked on her breasts and pinched her nipples. She clawed his back and pulled on his hair. She bit on his neck as he bounced her in his lap. He had her on the floor, against the wall and on the bench in front of the mirror so she could watch. They created waves in the pool as he made her scream is name. They did it over and over again till they were completely spent.

After that they stayed tangled up in each other kissing and learning every inch of each others body as the warm water lapped like a comforting blanket against them.

"Happy birthday" she whispered giving his earlobe a nip

"Best, birthday ever…" He said as he kissed her forehead…

She washed his hair for him and they massaged each other with bath oils. They stayed with each other till dawn broke and then it was time to get back to their world.

He kissed her till she pushed him out the door. Draco leaned against it and whispered "I love you…" She didn't hear it…

—

Over the next few days Hermione had been busy practicing Occulmency with Harry but his walls were still weak. He had also speaking to Sirius almost every other day using the mirror. His dreams were a lot less troubled, he was worried it was the calm before the storm. That night after Hermione had told them about her ancestry, the three of them had spoken to Sirius and Lupin asking them if there was any way to find Slytherin's or Voldemort's ancestry. Sirius said there were some tomes lying in the Grimmauld Place library and that he would look them up - which essentially meant that Lupin would look them up. Blaise had also told them that there he had a book of some of the ancient wizarding families that his mother kept so that she could select the right man to marry. He would look into that as soon as he got home, but that would take some time.

It had been a couple of days since Draco's birthday and everything seemed fine but that night Harry's sleep was troubled. He was tossing and turning. He seemed to be going through the floor of a house. It was carpeted and he was moving with great speed. Then suddenly he was standing over a man. He was old and balding and he asked in an unusually deep voice "Tell me? Will it work? Or will it wear off?" Then he screamed "Crucio!" Harry's scar burned hot and he woke up screaming and thrashing in his curtains. Ron got up and went running to him

"Harry! Harry!" He shook him as Harry stopped thrashing and looked at him as Ron shook him saying "Wake up!"

"I'm up…" Harry said panting slightly

"It was just a dream…" Ron said handing him some water

Then suddenly Harry's eyes rolled back in his head and he laughed maniacally like he was possessed and fainted

Seamus and Dean were both up "What the fuck! What did you d to him Weasley!" Seamus yelled

"Nothing!" Ron yelled back and then shook his friend again "Harry! Harry! Wake up!" He shook him again then checked his heartbeat with his ear. He was relieved to hear it. "We need to take him up to the hospital wing…" Ron said

"He's your barmy mate!" Seamus said falling back into bed

"Just levitate him…" Dean said and then turned away hesitantly

Ron went to the girl's dormitory and banged on the door "Mione! Mione! It's Harry… I need your help!" He tried going in but the stairs became a slide

Hermione was fast asleep. Ron's voice sounded like it was going from a distance. The suddenly her brain sparked to life Harry trouble… she got up and pulled the dressing gown over her pyjamas and went down the slide "What's happened…"

"He was screaming and then he laughed and now he won't wake up!" Ron said panicking

"Let's get him to the hospital wing" Hermione said running into the boys dormitory and levitated Harry out of his bed. As soon as they got out of the portrait hole, she turned to the fat lady, tapped on the glass till she woke up and said "Please tell Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape that Harry Potter needs help. We're taking him to the Hospital Wing…"

Thankfully for them the staircases were on their side and the corridors were wide enough to avoid bumping him into walls. By the time they reached the hospital wing both McGonagall and Snape were there. McGonagall helped get Harry into bed and asked "What happened?"

By the time Ron had narrated the events in detail, Madam Pomfrey had finished examining Harry. "I've never seen anything like this minerva… physically he seems fine, but he's not here…" She said

"What do you mean he's not here Poppy! Is this not Potter lying right in front of us…" McGonagall snapped

Snape who had been silently listening all this time walked up to him and went "Legilimens…" His eyes glazed over and then after a moment he blinked and turned to McGonangall and said "He's alive but his soul is not in this body anymore…"

McGonagall look horrified and Hermione and Ron were worried and confused. "Ms Granger, Mr. Weasley, please go back to the tower and stay there… you are not to discuss anything that is happening… " McGonagall started

"Professor please…. What's wrong with Harry? Is he a Horcrux?" Hermione asked wondering if her suspicions were true

"What?! How do you know…" McGonagall started worried

"I told them… but I never said that Harry was one…" Snape said, his eyes boring holes into Hermione…

"No professor, but it's just that despite the occulmency, harry was just picking up on his moods, it's not normal… that shouldn't happen… So I wondered if he… " Hermione said

There was a tense silent moment and then McGonagall conjured a chair and sat down holding her head in her hands. "Severus…" she said rubbing her temple

"I will find out what I can…" Snape said and walked out

Madam Pomfery returned with a few vials of calming draught. "Here, all 3 of you. Ms Granger Mr. Weasley, you can stay if you like…"

—

Harry was laughing as he tortured the man with the cruciatus curse repeatedly. The man kept resisting. He then invaded the mind of the man breaking his mental defences as he saw memories of his wife and children. His daughter was in Ravenclaw. Isobel MacDougal, she was part of Dumbledore's Army. He laughed again at that memory. He poked and prodded until he saw a memory of the man going into a room in the department of mysteries. Suddenly everything went dark and harry was thrown out of the mind.

The man on the floor was seizing and his mouth was frothing up. "Ah, a failsafe… how pitiful…" Harry then walked back to the high chair in the room and took a seat. There were a few death eaters around him. He looked at one and in the same unfamiliar deep voice said "well done Rookwood… even though polyjuice is vile, I think it's the best option…"

"Thank you my lord" Rookwood said bowing deeply

He then turned to Lucius Malfoy and said "We shall go tomorrow during the day… make sure to keep Pius informed… we will also set the other wheels in motion…"

"Yes my lord" Lucius said bowing deeply

Once Rookwood had taken some hair from the man lying on the ground, the death eaters were dismissed. Harry then gestured to the body of the man and said "Nagini… Dinner…"

Harry then walked out of the room to a large bedroom. He put his wand aside and looked in the mirror. He looked exactly like Voldemort but his eyes were green.

"I see you potter…"

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