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

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

Arriving to the Great Hall in groups, Dumbledore waited for about ten minutes until the last student had sat down. The old man paid close attention to the fact that the young Malfoy was nowhere near Damien, who sat at the end closest to the exit with a few other Slytherins.

"Welcome back students of Hogwarts, I hope you all had a good holiday. Now please do dig in." Spoke Dumbledore before taking a seat. However, before anyone could even take a bite of their food, the Great Hall doors slammed open. Storming inside with their wands out was five Aurors.

"Dolores Jane Umbridge, you are under the arrest for using an illegal and extremely dark object on multiple students." Gasps from the professors filled the room,

"How dare you accuse me of such a thing! Do you have any idea who I am? I am the Minister's undersecretary!"

"Yeah, yeah." The black Auror continued before turning to the girl to his right, "Auror Tonks, arrest her please."

"Yes, sir."

"Kingsley, I must ask what grounds you have this arrest on."

"Well, Albus it would appear that over the holidays a father found out about the abuse Umbridge has been forcing on his son and many other students." Another Auror walked in, in his hands was a box full of quills…Blood Quills.

"I see…" Whispered the headmaster.

"This is all that boy's fault! It was Riddle's fault! Unhand me you half-blood. It was his fault. I didn't do anything wrong!" Eyes darted to Damien who was sitting with his head down.

"Then what of the others you used it on?" Rhetorically asked Kingsley,

When they had finally dragged Umbridge away and gone, Dumbledore rose once again.

"Well, …that was rather unexpected. Once you have all finished your meals, I would advise that those who have been forced to use…the quill, I suggest you go to Madam Pomfrey for some Murlap and scarring cream. I would also like you to go to your Head of Houses and for them to create a list of affected pupils. Any and all lessons of Defence Against the Dark Arts are cancelled for this week, whilst I try to find a substitute. I do suggest you all take those free periods to study." Damien ate very little after that.

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Walking back to his dorm room, he was followed by Blaise and Theo.

"Can I help you?" He murmured assuming Draco had told them and they were here to tell him to die or something else horrible,

"Well, that's a rude way to greet your best friends." Came Theo's response,

"I…I assumed you'd be hating me like Dra -Malfoy is."

"Pfft. Mate, we worked out that you were.." Blaise paused and put up a silencing charm, "Harry Potter within the first half term."

"Was I that obvious?" Damien exclaimed in worry,

"No. But we were kind of looking for it." Answered Theo, "Your lies were good, don't get me wrong, but there were little bit and bats that didn't add up in our opinion at least."

"Such as your relationship with the Weasley Twins. It was practically a reflection of the relationship you as Harry had with them" Continued Blaise,

"Then there was the fact that you flinched ever so slightly when Draco brought up Harry Potter. Again it wasn't noticeable but we were always watching how you reacted to that name." There was a silence in the air as Damien took it all in, with glassy eyes he looked up at them.

"But…if you knew…why were you my friends? Why are you…you still my friends?" Blaise and Theo took a seat either side of the boy and put their arms around Damien's tense shoulders,

"Because we don't care. By the time we worked it out, we were good friends."

"Plus, you changed. As Harry Potter, you were forced to be what you hated. But here, as Damien Riddle, you had a new chance. You're able to show who you really are and that is why we never brought it up. Why we never looked at you differently." Continued Theo as tears quietly streamed down Damien's face.

"No matter what Draco does, we will be there for you. So will the rest of Slytherin." Blaise comforted the distressed boy.

"Thank you. I…I think I'm going to go to bed now. You..you guys should go downstairs and hang out with the others…" Theo and Blaise shared a look but stood up realising Damien needed to be alone. As they left they heard him whisper another 'thank you'. A sad smile painted on their faces as they turned around and watched as the younger boy they thought of as a brother, curled into himself and hid in his bed.

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Back in Gryffindor, McGonagall had summoned all the students residing in her house.

"I would like everyone who has been subjected to the Blood Quill to step forward so I can make note of it." About a quarter of Gryffindor stepped forward. As Minerva jotted names down with a slightly shaky hand, she stopped and looked at Fred and George. "Messrs Weasley." They looked at her, "I…I am so very sorry, I feel that I have done a terrible job at looking after my house, I am truly sorry for ignoring your pleas of help."

"It's alright Professor-"

"It was Damien Riddle-"

"Who got the worst of it." They replied with a frown and a shrug.

"Still, I am very disappointed in myself." Looking back to the rest of the victims once she had finished her list, she asked them to follow her to the Hospital Wing.

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Within the walls of the Ravenclaw tower, Filius Flitwick was writing a handful of names on a piece of parchment before leading the few victims of Umbridge's punishment to Madam Pomfrey.

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Past the sweet smells of the kitchens occupied by the house elves and into the Hufflepuff common room. Professor Sprout was glad to know that not one of her badgers had been tortured with the Blood Quill and despite this, she still made her way to the Hospital Wing in case help was needed.

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Down the many stairs and corridors of the castle, below the Great Lake. Lay the Slytherin common room. Severus asked if anyone had been subjected to the quill, but no one had. Other than Damien of course, but he not only was in his room, he had also had his scar looked at. Soon Snape was making his way to the Hospital Wing to assist Pomfrey with the potions and salves.

Author's Notes:

Thank you so much for your reviews on chapter 12:
lilyflower101 -OMFG lol, I died reading your comment!
BisexualKitsune -Yay! I did well! Thank you! Also, gonna have to keep you on edge just a little bit longer with the whole Skeeter bit...
aisa.32 -Thank you, Draco will eventually come to his senses!
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Jostanos -Haha, that would've been great, only the whole of Hogwarts can't (yet) know about Damien being Harry.
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fifespice -True, but I kinda want Draco/Damien to happen, so they'll eventually get back together.
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