Harry, Draco and their friends all left to their area of the school. Lucius had used the power he had on the board of governors to get them their own wing in the castle, this meant that they were all together and were not with others. Viktor, Gellert and Poliakoff had also been moved to their wing, since they were all part of the same group they wanted to be close together so Harry had requested the three boys to be moved closer to them, which had been made through some persuasion.
Harry and Draco had the largest room so all of them gathered into the room ready to leave. They had not told their parents that they were coming home that day, Harry wanted to see if he could surprise the feared Dark Lord.
"Are you guys ready to meet Voldemort?" Harry asked the three Bulgarians, who all nodded theirs heads, though a bit nervously. Draco had given the three Bulgarians his port-key as they did not have one and he would be using Harry's with him, all of the others had their own port-key to the manor just in case something went wrong and they needed to make a quick get away.
"Right everyone take a hold of the necklace and think Riddle Manor, then we will arrive in the main room." Draco said. Everyone grabbed their necklaces, with Harry wrapping one of his arms around Draco so he would travel with him, and thought about the manor they had to go to. Not a few seconds later all them disappeared with a crack.
Voldemort and Severus were practicing some spell work when they heard several distinct port-keys activating. They had no idea who it was who had come to the mansion as they had not invited anyone. So they lifted their wands just in case they would need to defend themselves.
They walked to where they heard the cracks and got the surprise of their lives. There standing in front of them was their son, all his friends and three people that they did not recognise.
"Son, Draco what are you all doing here? And who are they?" Voldemort asked his son.
Harry walked forward giving his father and his dad a hug, he hadn't seen them in a few days and if this was how much he missed them after a few days then how much would he miss them after more than 4 weeks. "Well in answer to your second question these are Viktor, Gellert and Poliakoff, they are friends from Durmstrang, they are taking the dark course like us." Harry said. Harry, Draco and all of the others had originally chosen to do the course on both light and dark, but when they went back to their rooms they found that they wanted to do the dark course. They had learned a lot on the light side and knew most of those spells, however they were all on the dark now and they wanted to learn how to be dark, ranging from the torturing to the killing. They all knew what they were signing up for when they joined and took Harry's mark, the twins as well as Bill and Charlie were most looking forward to killing their family, Pansy wanted Hermione as she had picked on Pansy for most of their together, Draco wanted Ginny as she tried everything to get to Harry when he was interested, Neville as well as Luna, Cedric, Fleur, Sirius and Remus wanted Dumbledore's Army and all those who betrayed Harry meanwhile Harry, Voldemort and Severus wanted Dumbledore for all things they but the boy through.
"Oh well it is nice to meet all of you, I am glad you are making friends Harry. But I thought that you were going to do the course on both light and dark magic." Voldemort said. Harry had told his parents that he wanted to learn both, he wanted to be a master at light magic so he could fool others and he wanted to take dark so he could be just like his new parents.
"Well when we chose our subjects they gave a test in light and dark magic to see what we knew the most of. We all had significant knowledge of the light magic, especially me, however we lacked in all dark magic. So it turned out that none of us need to learn anymore light magic as we already know all of the spells, so we decided to change to the full dark course." Harry explained.
"And to be honest it would be great to let them think we are dark, let them simmer for the time being ha-ha." Draco smirked, earning an evil smirk from Harry too.
"And in answer to your first question, well I have changed. Because you blood adopted me, because I am so powerful and because I have found my mate I have changed into something else. In order to find out what I have been turned into I need to go to Gringott's and find out. The headmaster said that we could come and do this now, but starting tomorrow our lessons will begin, as well as trying out for the Quidditch team. When I am on this subject, do you all know that the World Cup had been moved up to a few weeks from now?" Harry asked.
Right at that moment Lucius walked into the room. "Yes I do, I was coming to tell the lord about this change. I'm guessing some of you are still going to be trying out for the team, I know you are all talented and you will not need any more training?" Lucius said.
"Of course we are going to try out father, most of the team have graduated and are no longer on the team so I think most of us here are going to be trying out. The only thing that is annoying to me is that I know the Weasley's have saved up to go to this World Cup meaning that them and Hermione are going to be there too. While I am happy that they will know Harry as a Riddle they met in Diagon Alley, they will know all of us." Draco said, he could deal with the lot of them but he did not want to cause a scene at such a large event.
"Oh do not worry Draco. I think if they have forgotten about Harry we have some fun with them. Why doesn't Harry tell him that his father is called Tom Riddle, make sure you tell it to one of the children so they go back to their parents." Voldemort said, Harry smirking.
"Harry I swear you get more and more like your father everyday." Severus said. "So come on then guys, lets head to Gringott's we will discuss this more when the days comes." Severus told the group.
"I love it when you take charge and share your intelligence." Voldemort said, leaning up and pecking the taller man on the lips.
They all flooed to Diagon Alley and made their to Gringott's. When they arrived the head goblin approached them. "Yes, how may we help you?"
"Yes we would like to speak to someone to deal with identifying a creature." Voldemort said.
"Very well." The goblin said, and then the small creature led them into a large room. "This here is the office of the head goblin, he will be able to help you." The goblin said, pointing to the door in front of the group.
"Thank you." And with that the goblin left them alone. Voldemort was the one to knock on the door.
"Enter." A rough voice said through the door. When they were all in the room the goblin asked them, "How can I help you?"
"Well you see my adopted son was part Vampire and part Veela, he had just been blood adopted and he had just found his mate as well. We were not informed of anything that could come of it, but we recently learned that he had changed into something else, and we are not quite sure what it is." Voldemort explained, and the goblin nodded its head.
"Well step forward son." The goblin said, and Harry did as he was asked. "Before we do any sort of test what are the changes he has had? And can everyone who is not family leave the room." Everyone began to leave the room.
"Draco you will stay here, you are Harry's mate and he will be more calm with you around him. And since he has gone through this new change he will not want to be away from you." Severus said, halting his godsons moves.
"That is true Mr Snape, when this new change does occur then the two mates will not want to leave one another alone as their power to each other had grown stronger. There has only ever been one other case of this type of thing happening, this is stronger than a soul, magic and blood bond which I am guessing you will be doing too?" The goblin asked, earning nods from everyone in the room. "Well I can tell you right now that you are going to be a strong couple. I can tell by looking at the pair of you that both have changed, and in the same ways this did not happen in the other case of this." The explained.
"Oh we thought that this was supposed to happen." Harry said, Draco nodding from beside him.
"Oh no, with the last record it was just the one that changed, while here it is obvious that both of you have changed. Now what are their changes?" The goblin asked.
"Well they are hotter to touch, its like their blood has turned to fire. Their features are much sharper and both of their fangs have lessoned while still there. However the most notable changes are to the hair and eyes, both of their eyes have small flecks of green, amber and light blue in them while both have retained the red and blue eyes that they originally had. With their hair both are longer and both now have dark blue and dark purple strands running through their hair." Voldemort explained, watching the goblin nodding his head.
"Well that does sound familier and when I think about it, it all makes sense. But it is so rare that I am going to perform the test anyway." The goblin said before moving over to the desk and removing a small dish, before walking back to the group and placing it on the table. "Mr Riddle, please place a few drops of blood into this dish." The goblin said.
Harry did as he was told and took the offered knife, he slit his palm carefully and let a few drops of his blood into the dish. The goblin then chanted some ancient words before the blood began to glow and sizzle. The goblin dipped some parchment into the blood and it glowed as if there were some words being printed on it, when Harry looked at the parchment he saw that there was now writing on it.
The goblin then read it and his eyes widened in shock. "Oh Mr Riddle, we have not seen one of your kind in well ever." The goblin said, it was very rare to shock a goblin but whatever was on that paper caused that shock.
"What am I?" Harry asked, a little bit scared if it managed to shock a goblin.
"Mr Riddle you are a Dark Phoenix, or a Shadow Phoenix." The goblin explained, this earned shocked gasps from Voldemort and Severus but confused looks from the two teens.
"What's a Dark Shadow Phoenix?" Harry had liked the Shadow and the Dark name of the Phoenix, he thought that they would join them together to make the name cooler.
"Fantastic new name for it Mr Riddle. In answer to your question a Dark Shadow Phoenix is the opposite of a regular Phoenix. They will look similar but the colours are very different, Headmaster Dumbledore has a regular Phoenix, it is red and yellow in colour with purple eyes, however a Dark Shadow Phoenix is black, purple, green and light blue with amber eyes. They are the rarest creature in the wizarding world, none have been seen since the time of the founders. Your animagus will be that of a Dark Shadow Phoenix, and one of them will most likely come to you as your familier." The goblin then turned to Draco. "Because you and your mate are so strong and compatible with one another then you have become part as well, you are not at the level Mr Riddle is, but you are still a Dark Shadow Phoenix. You will also have one come to you as a familier." The goblin said, this caused Harry and Draco to go into shock, they were so rare and powerful that no one had seen one or been one in many, many years.
"Well Harry is the heir of Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Merlin." Voldemort said to the goblin, who nodded.
"Well that maybe how then, one of them was obviously a Dark Shadow Phoenix, I think it would be Merlin, who is one of the most powerful Wizards in history. I am honoured that you came here and let me be the one to discover this. And I am glad that Harry Potter finally found the place where he belongs." The goblin said, earning shocked looks from the others in the room.
"How do you know that?" Harry asked.
The goblin smiled. "I am a goblin, I am made to know these things. Do not worry, we goblins have always been with the dark and we were wondering when you were going to change as we knew you would. Now if you don't mind I do have a lot more work to do." The goblin said, Harry and his family got the idea.
"Thank you sir." Harry said, earning a grunt of acknowledgment.
When they told the rest of his friends and family outside they were shocked by the news, but the same thing was running through all of their minds, including Harry's, they are going to be the ones to win the war with him on their side.
By the time they had gotten back to the manor it was only around 8pm, meaning that they all had 2 hours before they had to head back to the school.
An hour later Harry got another shock. Bursting into one of the open windows were two large and majestic birds. One of them was black in colour with small patches of blue and green around it's body, it had purple tips on the feathers of the wings, it had sapphire blue eyes with flecks of green, light blue and amber in them. The other bird was a dark purple in colour with small patches of blue and green around the body, it had black tips on the feathers of the wings, this birds eyes were ruby red in colour with flecks of green, light blue and amber in them.
Masters, we have sensed you both and have come to be your familiars. The black one said.
'Hello there. My name is Harry and this is my mate Draco.' Harry said, pointing to himself and then to Draco.
You two are the ones that are giving us our names. I am the familiar of Draco, and my brother here is the familiar of Harry. The purple one said.
Harry and Draco walked over to their respective familiars and stroked their soft feathers. 'I think I am going to call you Night.' Harry said. He had seen how the flecks of colour on the dark feathered body looked like stars in the night sky, this is where the name came from.
Draco looked at his new familier. 'And I think that I am going to call you Midnight.' Draco said. He had seen that the purple of his familiars feathers looked like that of a midnight sky, as well as this he was the brother of Night so he thought it was a suitable name.
They are perfect! Both birds said at once chirping happily.
Once the two birds had been introduced to everyone and shown around they all decided that it was time for them to leave. Harry hugged his two fathers for the last time for 5 weeks while Draco and his other friends hugged their own parents. Voldemort, Severus, Lucius and Narcissa all stroked the birds goodbye before they port keyed to the school.
When they arrived they all went to bed, Harry and Draco went to the headmaster to tell him that they had found familiars and that they were going to stay in their room with them, the headmaster had no problems with it.
Harry and Draco conjured up two perches for their two friends, who fell asleep almost instantly. Harry and Draco then went to bed themselves, they knew that their lessons began tomorrow and that they were going to try out for the Quidditch team. They both bid one another goodnight before they snuggled together and fell asleep even more happy than they had been.