Sorry it has been so long since I updated. I will try to make this chapter extra-long for you guys! I had to deal with school and taking the PSATs. Which were very brutal. I may have more time to update now, but it depends on my grades, which are pretty good except for physics class. Physics class is horrible. I want to hit my teacher with my 5 pound book. But I won't because then he would hate me even more. Which would be very bad, I just don't get why he hates me already...teachers never hate me So if you guys have any advice it would be greatly appreciated!
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Here is Chapter 9
HARRY'S POV:
When I woke up it was sunny and I was happy with where I was, but I could not help feeling that something was going to go wrong today. I decide to just put it to the back of my mind and maybe ask Tom about it later. I get up and get dressed and head to breakfast. When I get down there it's only Tom at the table, everyone else must still be asleep.
"Voldy, have you felt at all like something is going to go bad today?"
"What have I said about calling me that name? Little one!" I hate when he calls me that, it's bad enough that my friends call me it, but the man that I am falling for? Wait! What! Falling for him, when the hell did that happen? I mean sure now that he doesn't look like a snake he's actually pretty hot, but still he's old enough to be my great-grandfather. Wait, he's trying to talk to me. Might want to actually respond to him.
"You call me little one and I will call you Voldy. Now answer my damn question!"
"Yes I have felt that something was going to go wrong. I'm just not sure what it could be, everyone important to us is here right now."
"Could it have something to do with the old goat?" I ask him. I can see that he's thinking about it.
"Maybe, but he doesn't even know where you are right now."
"Yeah, true. But that could end up being a serious issue. He feels he always needs to know exactly where I am at all times." I grumble. I hate being treated like a baby.
Just as I said this an owl swooped in. I go over to it and open the letter.
Dear Harry,
If you get this then please answer immediately. Everyone is quite worried about you. Your relatives refuse to tell us about where you might be. If you ran away or got kidnapped please inform us immediately.
Thank you,
Professor Dumbledore
I can't help but laugh at the or got kidnapped part. Like honestly how am I supposed to answer him if I got kidnapped?
I show the letter to Tom and I can see he is just as amused as I was.
"So now what are we going to do?" I asked him. I'm not sure if I should answer the letter or not.
"I think we should refrain from responding for now. At least until we can think of a good excuse for you not being where you are supposed to be."
"Okay. Maybe we should talk to the others about it. They may have some ideas, especially the twins. They are very good at fooling people."
"Talk to us about what?" Asked Fred and George at the same time as they and everyone else entered the room.
"Dumblewhore sent me a letter. He expects me to answer him even if I have been kidnapped." Really the man is just an idiot sometimes.
Everyone laughed at that, but Fred and George, and the Slytherins all seemed to be contemplating what the next step should be.
"Well I think we should ignore him, he will think you were kidnapped and you won't have to go to Hogwarts." said Severus as he entered the room. "I just came from his office. He's going crazy with the thought that his weapon might be gone. Your best bet would be to let him think you are gone and we can train you here."
"Severus has a good idea. What do you think about it cub?" asked Remus.
"I think it's perfect, but couldn't they trace my magic or wand or something?" I asked worried that they might be able to find all of us.
"Don't worry little one. I have set up wards to prevent that and we will be getting you a new wand. I don't think it is a good idea for us to have brother wands." said Tom.
"Where would I get a new wand? I thought the wand chooses the wizard?" I asked confused.
"Yes, but there is a nice shop in Knockturn Alley which sells wands. They choose the wizard in a different way. More by power mixed with personality. It is actually more suitable than Ollivander's is. I will have someone bring you down there very soon, for now do not worry about it. You are able to do as much magic as you would like." Explained Tom.
"Okay Voldy. But Bubblebut isn't going to just accept that I'm gone. He cares too much about having his precious weapon for that to happen." I said. I just hope someone can find some solution for this. I never want to go back to Dumbledore again.
"We might be able to trick him into thinking you are dead or something." Suggested Draco. All of the Slytherins were now thinking of ways to make it look like I have died.
"That could work actually. I could say that I have learned some new information concerning your whereabouts and lead the old fool to an abandoned warehouse or something." Added Severus.
"Yes, but if I'm not there then won't he be just a bit suspicious?" I asked.
"Not if we put a puddle of your blood there. Don't look at me like that. I'm not suggesting we hurt him. We can take out some blood daily and just use that." Explained Severus. Everyone looked like they were about to kill him before he added the not hurting me part. It is rather nice to be surrounded by such protective people.
"You know that could really work. We will wait about a month to a month and a half. He would expect me to torture the little one first before killing him. And that will give us enough time to collect enough blood without draining him." Said Tom.
"Okay, Voldy." I said just to piss him off after he called me little one. Yepp now he is glaring at me. Oh well at least he looks hot when glaring. Damn I really need to stop thinking about how hot he looks.
"You all go sit down and have some breakfast. The little one and I will be in the training room. When you are all done come and join us. One of the death eaters will show you where it is." Tom told everyone.
"Of course Tom. Have fun little one!" Said Luna.
I hate being called little one, but when Luna calls me it I can't help but smile. She's just so sweet!
I follow Tom to the training room. He has a bunch of training dummies set up and it kind of looks like room of requirement did when we had D.A. meetings. This is going to be awesome. I actually can't wait to see what Tom will teach me.
"Okay Harry today we are going to work on your offensive spells. Hogwarts has always been way too focused on defensive spells. That will not help you in a duel. Everything you will learn in this room is to help you in a fight. Pay attention and work hard it might just save your life or one of your many loved ones lives." Tom lectures me. I know everything he says is the truth. It's going to be nice to actually learn something I can use.
"I do have many loved ones now don't I?" I ask in wonder. It is still hard to remember, after being hated for most of my life.
"Yes Harry you do. Always remember that." Tom says gently and then does something that I think surprises even him, he hugs me.
VOLDEMORT'S POV:
I can hear the amazement at having loved ones in Harry's voice and it makes my heart ache for him. So I do something completely unexpected I hug him. I just hold him for about 15 minutes. It feels so good, so right. Like we are meant to be together. And now I feel like a complete sap, but Harry is really hot and powerful. Everything I would look for in a man, plus he isn't afraid of me or just using me for power.
Okay Harry, you ready to get started?" I ask him after we pull away.
"Definitely. And I promise to always work hard. I don't plan on dying anytime soon. You will have the Dark Prince for a very long time." I can't help but feel happy at that. I don't think words have ever affected me like this, just to know that he plans on staying.
"Good. I have a feeling you will be a great asset in this war. Now most of the spells you will be learning are higher than your level, but I have seen you duel before. You are quite powerful Harry." I can see he is more confidant after hearing that.
"Okay now I will being with some hexes and curses, just watch what I do and try to repeat it. I will try to help you with what I feel you need help with." I explained to him.
I showed him about 10 different hexes and curses and he was able to perform them perfectly after only 1 try. I knew he would be powerful. He will most likely turn out to be almost or just as powerful as I am. For some reason that does not scare me like it used to. I know that he will always be the Dark Prince and I the Dark Lord. It will be nice to know that I have at least one powerful wizard at my side, the idiots following me can only seem to excel at the Unforgivables, which are great and everything but if they can't defend themselves then they die. It sucks to have to keep replacing them.
"That was amazing Harry. Now I want you to practice them on the dummy to see how fast you can take it down and which ones work better one after the other." I told him.
I let him try about 10 different combos until he managed to destroy the dummy in only 15 seconds.
"Great! I think that is enough for today. I would like you to help me with the others once they come in. I saw some of your D.A. meetings last year. You are a natural born teacher." I tell him. He looks surprised and very pleased with himself.
HARRY'S POV:
Tom just taught me some new hexes and curses. I think I have found the perfect combo to take down any opponent. I can't help but feel very pleased with myself when he comments on my instructing skills. I loved teaching the other students. It felt amazing to be able to teach other kids something.
"Of course I will help. I love teaching! Maybe when we take over Hogwarts I can take a teaching position." I suggest.
"That would actually be a pretty good idea. I would want people I trusted. What would you think about Severus or Lucius being the headmaster?" He asks me. I can't believe he actually cares about how I feel about his choices. It's nice to actually have a say in some decisions instead of just being told what to do all the time.
"I think Severus would be best for the position. He has the experience. Though then we would need to find a new potions master, which I think Draco would be perfect for." I suggest, hoping he doesn't think I'm overstepping.
"That sounds perfect. I knew you would a great help in making the decisions. Don't look so surprised that I asked your opinion. It's going to happen a lot more often so you better get used to it. I'm not like Dumbledore, I will not treat you like some weapon that can be destroyed at any time. You are much too powerful and much too precious to be treated like that." I can't help but smile at him and hug him. I tense for a minute but then he is hugging me back. I will never be able to get enough of his hugs, they just make me feel so comfortable.
We hug for a while until a cough at the door breaks us apart. Everyone is standing there looking at us.
"Okay you guys. Stop standing there like idiots and get in here to start learning something that might help you survive." I demand them. They all seem to be surprised at my demanding tone, but Tom looks pleased that I am being more assertive.
I see Severus and the adults try to back out, but I call them back and tell them that they have to learn this too.
"I don't care if it is just a refresher. You will make sure you have this perfectly. If I feel you are ready then you will be sent to one of the other training rooms with a bunch of dummies. If you are sent there I want you trying to figure out the best combination of the hexes and curses we are practicing to destroy someone the fastest." I love being able to order people around in this way. I love being in the teaching position.
We set everyone up. Tom is working with the younger ones in another room, so I am able to go through the hexes and curses with the adults much faster. I tell them each what they need to improve one. When I think each one of them has it perfect I bring them to a corridor Tom showed me on the tour the other day. I put them in a room each and conjure about 20 dummies each. I tell them to get started on finding the best combination, which works best together. I go from room to room watching them practice and making sure they try new combinations each and every time.
After a while Tom and the younger ones join us. We send them into their own rooms also. Surprisingly the younger ones seem to be able to think of new combinations much faster than the older ones. Once each person had their perfect combination then we sent them to help someone who looked like they needed it.
It was almost dinner time by the time everyone had finished. As we were all sitting down at the table I saw another owl at the window. I open the letter and see that once again it is addressed to me. I open it hoping it's not from Dumbledore again, but this time it's from Ron. That's a surprise since we haven't talked in about 6 months. Should be interesting to see what he needs to say.
Dear Harry,
I know that we haven't talked in a while, but seriously you need me as a friend. We are supposed to be best friends. But no you decided to act like a prat and not write to me or talk to me. You didn't even apologize for endangering my life at the department of mysteries.
-Ron
P.S. oh and if you get this you need to write to Dumbledore, apparently he's afraid you've been killed or something. Personally I think you are being a spoiled brat and have decided you are too good for everyone else.
Wow, I never thought someone could be that much of an asshole. I pass the letter to everyone at the table. I can see that most of them either want to laugh or just kill Ron. His brothers especially look like they want to kill him.
"Well that was an interesting letter. At least we don't have to consider what to do with this one. I'm just not going to answer." Everyone laughs at that, after all the tension from Dumbledore's letter that it is nice not to worry about a letter.
"Well now I know how unbelievably stupid he is. I can't believe I actually liked him at one point." Shuddered Hermione.
"You liked the weasel? Why?" laughed Draco.
"Now Dray, we have all had crushes that we regret completely years later. We really can't blame 'Mione for being a bit stupid when it came to Ron." I told Draco. It really wasn't Hermione's fault. She was blind when it came Ron.
"Okay. How about we all stop talking about my obliviousness when I was younger? To be fair, I was only twelve. I would like to think that I have much better taste now." Exclaimed Hermione.
"So Harry, who was your crush that you now regret immensely?" asked Tom. Damn, of course he had to bring that up, I'm not really sure if I should answer that one.
"Umm, how about we all just have some dinner?" I say quickly sitting down at the table.
Everyone laughs at me and starts to eat, but Tom doesn't want to give up finding this out.
"Come on harry, you know you can tell us anything. We won't make fun of you." Tom said gently
"Okay fine, it was Draco, alright?" I grumbled.
"Seriously, you liked me?" Draco says surprised.
"Yes I did, at least until you opened your mouth. You were adorable. Now you are just my brother so, don't get any ideas." I say teasing Draco.
"Don't worry about that little one. I am completely straight." Draco tells me. Which is something I already knew, because I see how he looks at one of my sisters.
"Call me little one one more time and I will be forced to jump you right now Draco." I threaten.
"Now little one I really don't think that would be necessary." Exclaimed Tom. And he sounds just a bit jealous.
"Jealous Voldy?" I ask just to piss him off.
Though it only makes him start to tickle me. Who told him my one weakness?
"Hah – sto- hah-p!" I try to tell him in between laughs.
Once he finally stops and I calm down enough we finally get to eat dinner. We talk about what to do about Dumbledore. How we are going to manage to talk over the wizarding world. We even discuss ways to do it with less killing. It will take Tom awhile to stop talking about killing all muggles. We all understand why he would want to, but it really isn't all the muggles in the worlds fault.
After dinner we go to the sitting room to just relax before bed. I need to talk to Tom about something so I open the connection we have.
"Tom?" I ask
"Yes Harry?" I can tell he's surprised that I am using the connection, but he doesn't show it outwardly.
"Do we really need to kill and torture people to get our way?"
"I don't know Harry. It is a good way to gain power. Is there a main reason why you do not want to?"
"It's just that I can't bring myself to even think about hurting someone else. It's not who I am. And I don't see why it has to be who you are. People are not going to want to follow you if all you do is hurt them." I can see that he is considering it, I hope he chooses the right thing, I would not want to do something I am not comfortable with.
"Well you actually do have a point Harry, but how am I supposed to make them do what I want and not try to upstage me. I do not want anyone to try to become more powerful than me or take my position as leader."
"Well from what I have seen, the only people that could even try to rival your powers are Dumbledore, Hermione, and I. Dumbledore we will be getting rid of, Hermione is not the leader type. She would rather have an important role in laws. And as for me, I will always be content in being the Dark Prince. I am only a leader when it comes to teacher and as long as you make me a professor when we get Hogwarts then I would be very happy."
"You do make a great point, but if someone tries to take me down I will not hesitate to torture and kill them. Do you at least agree with that?"
"Of course Tom. I think that is a great compromise. Plus if someone even tries I will be right there beside you. Now what about the muggles?" I really do not want to apart of something that discriminates against people just because they are not magical. I am a half-blood after all.
"I think I can stop torturing all muggles, but I have the right to torture child abusers. It's only fair. They do not deserve to be alive anyways. And I will be starting with your muggle uncle."
"Fine. I completely agree with you. I want to be able to take part in the torture of my uncle. I do not want to let him get away with everything he did. Starting with him will be like shedding my defenselessness. Now when are we going to be dealing with Pettigrew?" I cannot deal with the fact that he got away with what he did. He does not deserve to live.
"Prince, you will never be defenseless again, that I promise you! And how about tomorrow after breakfast and before lessons we will deal with the rat problem."
"Great I can't wait! I never thought I would be so excited to hurt someone, even someone who deserves it so much! Now I cannot decide if you are a band influence or a good one? What do you think Tom?"
"I think you are beginning to become the Dark Prince, which is something I am quite happy about. Being the Dark Prince has some requirements. I think you will be perfect. I will never make you do something you are not certain about. Trust me on that. You will be one of the most respected people in the new order. Only lower than me, everyone will treat you like a Prince. You will never have to worry about anything again, I promise you that you will always be safe, happy, and powerful." I love when he talks like that. It makes me feel safe. He is so much better for me than Dumbledore was, I am glad to be following him now.
"Thank you Tom. I can honestly say that this is the best time of my life so far. I never want to leave here. You make me feel like this is where I belong. You have welcomed my family and do not treat me like I am something that can be thrown away at will. I appreciate that very much!"
"You are very welcome my Prince. I want you to feel like this is where you need to be."
"I have a feeling this is where I will always feel like I need to be, you will never have to worry about me leaving you."
"Very good. Now I think it is getting late. I can feel that you are as tired as I am. It's time for bed."
"Okay everyone. I think it is time for all of us to head upstairs. It has been quite a long day and we will most likely be having an even longer one tomorrow. Now is there anyone that would like to see the torturing of a rat?" asked Tom.
Instantly Remus and Sirius perked up.
"We would love to! What time?" exclaimed Sirius.
"After breakfast." I answered. "Now I think we should take Tom's advice and head up to bed. We will be training again tomorrow."
We all head upstairs and as I'm about to fall asleep. I hear Tom and I's connection open up.
"Goodnight my Prince!"
"Goodnight Tom! Sweet dreams!"
I hear him fall asleep. I snuggle into the blanket. I can't wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow I will get revenge on the rat and work on the Dumbledore situation. Neither one will know what hits them.
ME: Who liked this chapter? It was the longest I have ever written.
TOM: Well it was entertaining, but I do have one slight problem.
ME: What could that be? ;)
TOM: You made me seem so sappy and you repeatedly called me Voldy! For punishment you will have to wait until your review total equals 85 before you can update again!
HARRY: Yay! Tom you have stopped using magic against people! I'm so proud of you. And I completely believe in the punishment. 85 Reviews!
ME: Well you heard the little one and sappy Voldy, My total needs to equal 85 before I update! So please review, if you do I promise not to forget about this story again!