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When he was three years old Petunia and Vernon had decided to place both Harry and Dudley into preschool. Harry loved this opportunity to play with many toys and learn. Tom was having a blast seeing all the modern toys. He found the Rubik's cube and Lego blocks the most entertaining. He was in the process of building Gaunt Manor with Lego Blocks when another boy came over and grabbed the Lego from him. He was this close to wandlessly hurting the boy but didn't when the said boy was chastised and told to give back the lego which he did. He even said sorry making Tom smile. He was learning. When no one was looking he slipped off to the toilet.
"Lolly! Do you remember that Master Tom told you he would look different the last time he called you? Well here I am and yes I do look different. I am now and shall forever more be in this body now. In this body I am called Harry Potter and not Tom. I need you to get me the inheritance test I left at the manor in my desk drawer please!" he requested as she nodded.
"Thank you so much Master Tom. I will do so. I understand though and I will call you Master Harry now. One moment please!" she said returning moments later with the document he needed. He asked her to slice his finger which she did and smeared his blood on the silver parchment. With a wandless notice me not charm aimed at the door he watched as the parchment glowed and actually laughed at the results there. Some were genuinely shocking indeed. Yes he could see the Gaunt and Slytherin lines from himself but he could also see the Riddle line there something he'd not seen coming at all. Apparently Tom Riddle senior had been a squib something which truly made him laugh out loud. He'd never known the Riddles were at one point magical.
This inheritance test not only showed him who he'd inherited from but any wealth and properties they owned. The Riddles had Riddle Manor something he knew well having lived there for a while at one point. It was nicer then Gaunt Manor any day. They had fifty million galleons in their account and that was all. The Slytherin line did have a vault but it didn't contain any money which he was stunned to discover. Was the Slytherin line a poor line he wondered but as he read on he saw the vault contained various furniture and things from the dark ages. He also had inherited Slytherin Castle and Slytherin Falls their family mansion.
He looked further on to the list which would pertain solely to Harry himself although it did now appear as though all of it was Harry's. Only he knew better. He saw Potter, Dravens, Addlemore and Peverell. He knew Dumbledore would want in on all of this and would take great pleasure in refusing him entry to any of those accounts. The Slytherin and Dravens line had no Lordship rings. Their lordship was actually declared via a special necklace. They hadn't trusted rings for some reason or other he didn't really care to know what it was. The Dravens family had five hundred and fifty million galleons in all because they had been terrified of investing any of it so it had simply accumulated over the years. They had Dravens Den their manor and a string of holiday homes all around Europe which he wasn't all that interested in for now however when he'd re-established his inner circle being sure to select people which actually trusted him implicitly instead of fearing him he may have a use for them then.
Potter had nine hundred and fifty million galleons and a further two hundred million galleons in assets and investments. They had Potter manor and various castles and properties all around country. He was momentarily stunned they were richer than the Malfoys. Oh Lucius would so suffer later on for lying to him and telling him he was from the wealthiest their world had. Yes he was indeed wealthy no lie but then Tom decided to do something Lucius wouldn't have remembered as it had happened so long ago. He called in all debts any of his death eaters owed him as those amounts flooded into the Riddle account. He saw it rise from fifty million to eight hundred and fifty million and smiled. Game on bitches. He found that he actually liked being called Tom now that he knew that the Riddles had been magical. He asked Lolly once more to get birth certificate for Harry Potter which she did with ease from the official records office in Saint Mungos. If anything about them was changed everything else on every other document made would change too. He saw the name of Harrison (Harry) James Potter there and smirked. That would be changing now. He would still be a Potter but now he would be Thomas (Tom) James Potter. As he altered the birth certificate the way an old death eater of his who had been a healer had shown him he saw it take affect at once. The name tag on his jumped changed from saying Harry to saying Thomas.
He chuckled at that. Albus would check it out and when he saw their birth certificate for him he wouldn't be able to deny the truth. In fact like many others he would assume Lily loved the name Thomas and had included James as the middle name so as to not leave him feeling left out. The inheritance test he had was very different as it was way more expensive than the ordinary ones costing ten thousand galleons a pop. With the more expensive test however he could remotely control his accounts by ticking various things on the parchment. He ticked to make each and every key null and void for all of the houses so money could not be taken by Albus who had done so already but couldn't anymore. At the time he visited the bank himself he would simply say he needed a new key as his other key must have gotten lost. They would then check the system and see that no one else was able to access his accounts and grant him the new key at once. Looking at the birth certificate he could see Albus had already altered it to say he was the boys' magical guardian but he changed it to his own name and added protections on the birth certificate so he could not alter it again and had Lolly return it at once. As it so happened it wasn't missed so it was all good.
At his home however Lucius Malfoy was seriously panicking. Half of his wealth was gone and so was the dark lord's diary. He'd be dead if it was ever discovered that it had gone missing. He'd never thought of course that the dark lord himself could have been the one to take it away. That was a surprise to be sure and he'd freak out when he found out about it. The unnecessary stress would be good for the pureblood fucker. What felt like forty minutes but had actually been five had passed and he was done. He would be calling Lolly later on when he needed her at any point. He had recently heard Petunia and Vernon discussing things about him and Dudley. They were decided that once the boys were five years old plus they could be outside until eight pm each evening but they would need to come inside the house at that point. With this information in mind he would plan accordingly. He'd make sure he was always ready to be inside the house at or just before eight pm each evening. This way he could get things from Diagon Alley via his elf without needing to worry. He would get all of the Hogwarts books he knew would never be changing and study them all from an early age.
Tom couldn't do everything though. He'd need to make himself learn how to write once more with a quill and ink so years of practice were ahead of him. He'd need to learn how to write but in a new way so it didn't resemble too much of his old writing. However Tom Riddle junior may have been excellent at many things but did suck at writing so this time he'd make sure he was way better. It was an embarrassment when he quite obviously so outclassed everyone else at everything else except writing. Never again! He had previously worked so hard at his occlumency shields that they were the magical equivalent of fort knocks. No one had ever been able to penetrate them whilst he could penetrate almost everyone's mind. He could read Albus Dumbledore's mind but not fully. He could not read things he always thought but could read what he was thinking in that moment only which sometimes served to be useful and sometimes not. Sometimes he'd have really random thoughts about food or what outfit he would need to wear to his latest ball which had always made Tom cringe before. At least Dumbledore never knew he was reading his mind so it was all good. He planned to do all he could to make Thomas look the part this time but instead go to Slytherin.
He hoped no one got in his way when he did. If they did they would be dealt with. Thomas James Potter would be a highly influential young man and he wanted to use this influence to push his own ideals in a way which was not at all obvious. So far he'd been treated with indifference from the Dursley's which was ten times better than the hatred he'd received the last time around. Oh yes things were certainly taking shape indeed.