Disclaimer, Summary, Warnings and Important Notes are in chapter one.

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"speech"
'thoughts'
'letters'
books/information/files/newspaper

It was nearing the end of August, yet Hogwarts was a topic that had not been mentioned…until now that is.

"Dad -I mean father? Sir?" Stammered Damien as he realised what he had called the man, who had yet to reply as he stared at his son with wide eyes, his fork full of breakfast hanging limply in his hand. The three Malfoy's, who were eating breakfast with them, too stared in shock.

"I -no please 'dad' is perfectly fine. I'm not mad, it just surprised me…I'm actually extremely happy to hear that for the first time ever." Which was true, Damien had yet to call the man anything other than 'sir' and 'Tom', "Please, do continue, you were going to ask me something I believe."

"I umm, I was wondering about Hogwarts…will I be going back? Because I got my letter yesterday…" Damien placed a letter on the table.

'Mr D. Riddle
Malfoy Manor'

Read the address -which Damien couldn't help but notice was significantly less detailed than his letter as Harry Potter was.

"I see." Came the tense reply from Tom, "Do you wish to return?"

"…Yes. I miss it. I mean I understand we'd have to make up some stuff but I think I've got a decent idea."

"I see." He repeated before placing his cutlery gently together on his empty plate, "Let's discuss this in my office, I believe it should be a private conversation." Tom turned and looked at the Malfoy's, "Please excuse us. I shall inform you both -" He directed this to the adults, "- on the happenings once Damien and I have come to a conclusion." Then he stood and walked out of the room, Damien followed nervously behind the tall man.

—LINE BREAK—

"Is this letter why you didn't get much sleep last night?" Tom asked gesturing towards the dark circles beneath Damien's eyes as they both took a seat,

"Umm yes…"

"I see." Damien noticed his dad seemed to enjoy repeating that particular phrase… "I take it you know that Dumbledore will be suspicious of your name should you return."

"Yes."

"And you said you had an idea…care to share?"

"Well…I thought that I could say -I mean after all who joins Hogwarts in their fifth year- that I had been homeschooled because my dad enjoyed travelling and had more than enough money to do so."

"That is actually a rather smart idea."

"Thank you." Damien blushed, "I was also thinking that I joined Hogwarts because my dad decided to settle down and let me go to an actual school to make friends."

"Yes. This could work. Alright... you can go, but I expect regular letters -at least once a week- and I shall have Severus watch you as much as he can. You must not tell anyone about who you once were, for obvious reasons and your safety."

"I understand."

"Good. Now, how about we go see if Lucius, Narcissa and Draco wish to join us for your school shopping?"

"Alright, sir -I mean dad." Tom smiled as he and his son walked out to find the three Malfoy's.

—LINE BREAK—

The group of five flooed to the Leaky Cauldron in order to gather their school supplies.

"Hey, Damien!" He heard two voices call and turned towards the noise,

"Fred! George! Hey!" He shouted and ran to his favourite red-heads,

"You're coming to Hogwarts?" George asked after the three separated from their hugs,

"Yep! I managed to convince my dad," Damien then leaned in and whispered to them both, "I'll explain my cover story later." Or not as the rest of the Weasley's appeared.

"Fred, George. Why don't you introduce us to your friend?" Molly practically demanded as the three boys turned to the woman. Behind her, they spotted the rest of the Weasley tribe barring Bill, Charlie and Percy.

"Damien! You can't run off like that!" He heard his dad call from behind him and spotted the Malfoy's too walking towards the group. Silence blanketed the group as the Malfoy's and Weasley's -barring the twins- death glared at one another.

Molly hastily turned away, ignoring them as though they weren't worth her time and began to talk to Damien,

"So dear, what's your name?" She asked with a sickly sweet smile,

"Umm, Damien Riddle…"

"Nice to meet you, dear, how did you meet my boys? I take it you are new as my son Ronald has never mentioned you -you seem to be his age- nor has Ginevra -my daughter, who's a year below Ronald."

"Umm, my dad and I have been exploring the world for the last decade, but he thought I should go to an actual school so we've returned to England. I met Fred and George a few weeks ago, I had gone to Diagon Alley to explore and stuff when I ran into them both. Since then we've been corresponding and all that…"

"Oh, I see, well dear, I suggest you be careful with these two tricksters." Although she seemed to be joking, there was a harsh tone in her voice, "When you go to Hogwarts you must hang out with Ronald here, it is best to have friends your own age" Damien mentally rolled his eyes as Molly tried to push him closer to her son, "Or even Ginevra, you are a handsome young man and Ginny here is single, it would be rather nice and she's only a year below you." Damien's eye twitched as he forced the urge to gag away, this woman had literally just said he should hang out with people his age only to cancel that out by saying he should date the younger sister. What the hell? To make matters worse she was pushing him towards the girl -he didn't even like her as Harry Potter!

"I…umm… I'll take it into consideration." He murmured with a tight smile, unsure of what to say, "It was nice meeting you and seeing you, Fred, George, but we" He gestured to the Malfoy's and his dad, "need to get on with our shopping."

"Oh yes, as do we. I hope to see you seen, dear."

"You too." He lied.

—LINE BREAK—

"I think you handled that quite well." Murmured Narcissa as she wrapped an arm around his shoulders, leading Damien to get his Hogwarts robes at Madam Malkin's.

"That bloody woman didn't deserve any of the politeness Damien gave her. She's so infuriating, nudging my boy towards that slut of a daughter and pig of a son!" Growled Tom to Lucius as they walked around, Draco had long since wandered off with Blaise Zabini, his best friend that they had run into.

"Calm down dad, I've had to put up with them since I was eleven," Damien muttered to the complaining Dark Lord.

—LINE BREAK—

"Albus."

"Hello Molly, how can I help you?" The old man smiled gently at the redhead through the floo,

"Earlier today I ran into a young boy called Damien Riddle, he seems to be good friends with the twins and is joining Hogwarts this year. It would appear that he and his father have been travelling for the past decade and have decided to settle down."

"Ah, yes. Minerva informed me we were getting a new student who will be in his fifth year." Albus murmured to her, curiosity filling his old body as he heard the surname of his old student.

"Well, when I saw him he seemed ever so shy and I couldn't help but worry when I saw him hanging out with the Malfoy's. What I'm trying to say is that I suggest you watch out for him this year, I worry that the Malfoy's might be doing wrong to him." She paused and quietly whispered, "He seems useful for our…cause."

"I see. Thank you for informing me Molly, I shall keep an eye on this young man." They bid farewell and Albus looked out his window, contemplating and thinking.

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