Wish One - The Devil's spawn meets Harry

Hogwarts School might as well be identified as a small kingdom in its own right for its castle like structure and extensive grounds that practically reaches out to the terrifyingly dense forest and the infamous Black Lake to boot. Even within the school grounds, students are housed with an incredibly large library enough to make academic scholars weep, a remarkably diverse greenhouse, and an enormous field befitting for competitions such as a world cup.

But despite its majestic and bewildering domain that does not mean that the school doesn't have its own fair share of troubled students.

"That evil twerp!"

Sirius Orion Black, Hogwarts' gym teacher, coach of the football team, and self-proclaimed 'sexiest man alive', ran like a madman to reach a certain room, the very room that the evil twerp marked as his and called it as the 'Room of Requirement'. As he opened the room with a resounding bang, he glared at the boy who sat like some regal prince near the window.

"You brat!" Sirius pointed at the boy, "Just how many bleeding times do you have to send your minions to invade the school before your satisfied, hah?!"

The said brat is none other than, Vladimir Sebastian Riddle-Gaunt, who is rather well known for his boyish good looks, messy black hair and dark brown eyes, the boy practically made the women (and even some men) drool at his presence. Unfortunately, he is also the school's most notorious delinquent. Short tempered, arrogant, and a playboy, hell of a combination.

"Why, Mr. Black, I have no idea what you're talking about," Sebastian said in a haughty voice. "Right darling?" he added after a few moments.

Realizing that they were not actually alone, Sirius glared at the girl who has kneeling on the floor facing the evil twerp in such a compromising position indeed.

The girl merely nodded at whatever Sebastian said like a dog in heat.

Sirius then couldn't help but to grit his teeth in irritation when the young boy proceeded to make out with the foolish girl right in front of him! Of him!

"Riddle! I have no patience to deal with you but someone actually got hurt from your skirmishes today! So you better take me seriously or else!"

The handsome boy sighed as he forced the nameless girl off of his lap and quite rudely told her to leave. The girl began to sneer at Sirius and muttered something about her only time with the hot guy and left.

"As always, Mr. Black, you ruin my fun," he then smirked, "But you have no actual evidence to prove that I was behind the invasion of the school. Why should I be bothered of such trivial matters?"

"Luna Lovegood."

"Hmm… So?" Sebastian said nonchalantly but it was clear to Sirius that he finally caught the boy's attention.

It was painfully obvious to the older man that the young boy fancied the girl especially after he repeatedly helped her from bullies when no one else even bothered to look twice. Although he did it with so much discretion, the teacher still noticed those subtle hints.

"Your minions dared to-" but before Sirius could even continue another loud bang was heard by the two individuals.

"Black just what in the world where you planning running off like that and accusing one of my students for such treachery?" the intruder sneered.

"Snape!" Sirius glared, "What the hell do you want?"

"As his Chemistry teacher and Slytherin's head of the house, I have every right to defend this brat from whatever you are accusing him of, especially with no physical evidence!" Snape glared right back to the other man.

"My gut's enough as evidence! Not only that, he is the devil's spawn! That should be more than enough reason!"

Snape tsked at Sirius in disgust, "Guts? That's just pathetic, Black. Did that guts of yours helped you in saving your friend?"

"Don't push it, Snivellus!" Sirius said while visibly shaking in anger. His eyes though, Sebastian noticed, shone with pain.

Tense silence reined the room until the young boy decided to break it with a chuckle, "If you two won't decide to stop this," he gestured the two, "sexual tension then I'll be leaving first. I still have Physics class with Professor McGonagall." Sebastian stood and walked out the room, leaving the two frozen teachers in his wake.

Few minutes after his departure, Snape was the first to move whilst shivering in utter disgust as he repeatedly chanted into his mind, 'Never never never never never-'

While Sirius screamed so loud looking as though it was the end of the world. His anger was now directed at the student, "That evil twerp! The next time I see him I will strangle him to death for implying such- such! Ugh! I can already feel goose bumps from just thinking about it!"

Snape couldn't agree even more.

Inside the confines of St. Mungo's Hospital can be found in one of its many dull white colored rooms is a beautiful solemn man looking out the window.

"Lovely weather today, isn't it?" he asked to the gentleman in black who was sitting rather elegantly on one of the visitor's chair.

"Indeed, Harry. Although how are you feeling these days?" the visitor responded.

Harry responded with a grin, "Better than last month! Moony and Padfoot wouldn't have to worry much about me getting worse this time!"

All of a sudden his face turned serious, "Although… How much longer do I have, Hades?"

The visitor now identified as Hades smiled bitterly, "My dear, I can never say for sure anymore. You seem to be defying me at every turn."

"Well yeah! I'm not called the Boy-Who-Lived for nothing"

Hades chuckled and stared at the other man who stood in defiance. No longer was he the young boy that he had met in the Gryffindor tower but a grown-up. He noted that at the age of thirty Harry was unusually small for his age due to his stunted growth. But fortunately, he was no longer stick thin like before rather, he had filled out in all the right places. But because he was such a frequent patient in the hospital, his skin was now paler making his brilliant emerald eyes stood out much more. Still, Harry James Potter's beauty had only continued to enhance as he grew older.

"You'll be the first one that I'll say this, Hades, so don't blow me off," Harry looked straight at Hades and said, "I've decided to go back into the working world."

The man in black sighed, "You know you will only make it worse, my friend, and just when you have gotten miraculously better."

Harry shook his head, "We both know that I am still in danger of making it worse no matter what I do…" he looked grim, "But I'm already really tired of running away... I don't want to live in fear any longer, Hades… I- I just want to live my life to the fullest until the time comes," his eyes shone in determination.

"You were never running away nor were you afraid of the possibility of death. Never-" Hades stopped and looked back at the door just in time to hear a knock.

"Mr. Potter? I'm coming in," a woman's voice can be heard outside the door.

"Sure Madame Pomfrey."

Hearing his consent, the head nurse entered the room with a bouquet of flowers in her hand. "Mr. Potter! Just how many times have I told you to stay and rest on the bed!" she scolded.

"Sorry, Madame Pomfrey, but I just can't seem to stay put," Harry responded sheepishly.

The head nurse sighed in exasperation, "Mr. Potter, you'll drive me insane one day!"

Harry laughed in response.

"Oh! I almost forgot. Here you go, Mr. Potter!" she said while handing Harry a bouquet of colorful daisies.

The beautiful man looked quite incredulous at being handed such vibrantly colored blossoms and so decided to ask, "Umm… Who gave this, Madame?"

An amused glint appeared into the older woman's eyes as she grinned, "A man seems to have been captivated by your beauty, Mr. Potter. A very good-looking and striking man if I may add."

"Uh-huh. But that doesn't specifically answer my question."

"Your admirer told me to keep his name a secret for now. Although, doesn't that sound quite similar from the romantic novels that you have been reading lately?" Madame Pomfrey teased.

Harry blushed adorably, "Bloody hell! I was just curious! The nurses made it sound enthralling. Plus it gets boring lazing around this room all day!"

Taking out the note from the bouquet to distract himself, he read,

'Unfortunately, now is not the right time for us to meet

But one day I will personally be the one to hand you these flowers

Or anything that your golden heart may desire.

Get well soon, my dear.'

LV

The head nurse just chuckled at his excuse, "Sure sure, Harry dear. Come on now, I shall be accompanying you to the cafeteria to eat lunch and after that would be your scheduled check-up, okay?"

He responded with a nod whilst trying his best to rid of his blush that was getting redder by the minute, "Yes, Madame Pomfrey."

Choosing not to comment at her patient's reddening face she said, "I'll wait for you near the elevator then," and left the room.

Harry tried to compose himself as he placed the flowers into the vase by his bedside table. Looking back at his forgotten friend who was still lounging on the chair, he apologized, "Sorry Hades. I practically ignored you a while ago."

Meticulously arranging the colorful daisies, Harry kept glancing back to the other man in the room waiting for some sort of response.

Hades simply waved his right hand in motion, "It's no problem. Normal people cannot see me anyways." But slowly grinned at his friend's manner of handling the flowers, "I can see that you have a new admirer. Last time I checked it was a bouquet of red roses handed personally by some CEO dude."

"Hades," Harry said menacingly, "He only gave it to me as a token of appreciation."

"Still innocent and pure, I see. Not that it's bad, Harry, since you usually spend your free time either doing something extraordinary or trapped in the hospital… But someday someone would use it against you," Hades said his tone lacing with worry. 'Like that man did to you,' he added to himself.

Finally satisfied with the arrangement, Harry turned to face his friend and smiled, "That may be the case but at least I won't regret not doing anything."

"You never cease to amaze me with your hero complex, Harry," Hades smiled back.

"It's not a hero complex! It is simply being helpful!"

Using the same tone as the head nurse, the other said teasingly, "Sure sure, Harry dear."

Harry left the room in frustration after glaring at Hades one last time. The only retort he got from the man in black was a wave and a wink before he vanished in thin air.

The gymnasium was indeed wide but it cannot even hold a candle when compared to the size of the outdoor field. Starting to feel his own sweat stick on his clothes, Sirius said loud enough for the male students to hear, "Class dismissed. You boys better take a shower before you leave! Oh and evil twerp," he coughed, "I mean Mr. Riddle, please stay behind."

Sebastian looked suspiciously at his gym teacher but decided to wait in silence.

"It gives me the utmost pleasure to inform you that you are going to have a whole week of detention with the glorious me."

"… Is that so…"

Sirius twitched in annoyance at his nonchalant response, "Seriously? That's all you have to say?!"

Sebastian chuckled knowing it was better to annoy his teacher with an apathetic face than having to respond in anger, "Actually, no, because I am rather curious on whether or not you had to beg on your knees for the principal to acknowledge your petty arguments."

"You are truly an evil twerp! But hah! Dumbledore would never trust you Slytherins!"

"That goes to show how biased the school is, Black. You are practically pointing out the oh-so-many faults of this school."

"Am not!"

"Denial? Now you are just being childish, Black."

"Detention starts today, brat! Get going and clean yourself up! You better be in the school's parking lot fifteen minutes on the dot!" Sirius said still flustered at having to lose an argument against a fourteen year old.

Sebastian just smirked and left with no haste.

"Hiya Remus darling!" Sirius immediately said through the phone when he saw the name of his husband flickering on the screen.

"Sirius?"

"Remus, is something wrong?"

"No. Nothing is wrong. It's just Greyback," his tone switched to annoyance, "just gave me loads of work to finish before the end of the week."

"What?! Isn't this like the umpteenth time he did so?!"

"You know his and my family history. He will never let go what happened no matter what."

"Tsk. Shouldn't YOU be the one holding the grudge?"

"This is not why I called, Sirius. The point is I might not be able to accompany Harry this week. Worse, his scheduled check-ups started a while ago. Can you go? Rather, are you busy with school?"

"Now? Not necessarily busy. Just that I have deten-" Sirius paused when he saw Sebastian grin like a madman at having heard his dilemma.

"Sirius?"

"It's alright I'll go. Just come by when you have the time."

"Thank merlin. I'll do my best to finish up as soon as possible."

"Good luck, Remus. Love you."

Shutting off his phone, Sirius frowned at the boy smiling right in front of him.

"I seem to have overheard you talking to your husband about having some sort of an emergency this week, Professor Black. What a shame but then again I can just write a letter of apology instead."

He then gave his most endearing smile blinding the passersby, "Yeah? I shall be going then. Have a great day, sir!" Sebastian said it so politely and smoothly that if Sirius didn't know any better he would have been fooled by his nice façade.

"Who gave you the idea that I'll just let you off from detention, brat?" Sirius suddenly grinned, "You're coming with me."

Sebastian responded with a sneer, "What?! You can't do that. It's outside the school boundaries!"

"It's for educational purposes so all is well. Come on, whelp, we're going to St. Mungo's."

Making a quick knock on the door of room 349, Sirius greeted, "Harry, my dear!" as he then hugged the young man like there was no tomorrow.

"Padfoot? I thought Moony would be accompanying me today?"

"Well, he got caught up with work so I came in his stead," he smiled endearingly at Harry and sat down comfortably right next to him.

Sebastian feeling absolutely irritated decided to stand out of the room looking anywhere but his teacher. That was until his eyes were drawn to the stunning man lying on the bed.

"Oh! Who is that boy standing by the doorway, Padfoot, your student?"

When Harry's piercing green eyes made contact with his own, Sebastian couldn't stop stuttering in response, "Vlad- Vladimir…"

"Vladimir?"

"Vladimir Sebastian Riddle-Gaunt."

Harry chuckled, "What a handful name. Can I call you Sebastian then?"

"I don't mind…"

"Well Sebastian, you can call me Harry. It is a pleasure to meet you."

The man's smile was so contagious that if Sebastian wasn't an expert in keeping his face straight then he might have been smiling like a loon.

'What the heck is wrong with me?! It's not as though this is my first time meeting a beautiful person! Damn it! I look at my gorgeous self in the mirror everyday!' the fourteen year old thought but still couldn't help staring at the man.

"He's my student in gym class," Sirius added when his nephew looked at him in question, "I brought him here because he has detention with me for the whole week," he added.

Harry didn't even blink at having discovered that Sebastian was somehow a troublemaker but instead asked him to sit, "Won't it be more productive having him doing his homework then?"

"…"

"…"

"Fine," Sebastian relented after few minutes of silence.

Harry laughed, "I'd be a hypocrite if I were to tell you that I used to be a model student. But to tell you the truth, I was one of those students who always got into some sort of trouble during my time in Hogwarts."

Sebastian looked incredulous and mused to himself, 'Seriously? Hogwarts doesn't just acknowledge a student to be a delinquent just because of petty acts of rebellion. Harry looks way too frail and soft for those kinds of things.'

Spotting his student's skepticism, Sirius said, "He was indeed. Even his reputation can be considered worse than yours depending on whose point of view you're asking. For few he was seen as a rebel but for many he was known as the leader of the Golden Trio."

"Seriously? Any tips on how to successfully rein the school?"

"You brat! I knew you were evil."

"Hmm… You got to have an inside man, a prankster-"

Harry was cut off by his godfather's whine, "Don't literally answer his question! You might actually give him ideas."

"Don't you want an interesting school year, Padfoot?"

In his most innocent voice possible, Sebastian said, "Professor Black is way too uptight to allow pranks in school."

"Pranks? That has got to be the understatement of the year, brat! Stop acting faultless! You're making me look bad in front of my own godson!"

The two began to bicker back and forth until Harry couldn't help himself but burst out in laughter, "Now guys, isn't Sebastian supposed to do his homework?"

Having heard enough from Sirius, the young lad took out his notes and wrote his answers effortlessly for almost an hour.

"He can actually do it if he tries," Sirius muttered. Looking at Harry he asked, "Do you want something to eat from the outside? I'll buy it when I bring this brat home."

"Chocolate frogs…"

"Again? Not that I mind but is that all you want?"

"Pretty much, Padfoot. Thank you."

"You're welcome," Sirius beamed lovingly in response. Nudging the youngest in the room, he then said, "Come on evil twerp, it's already time and I still have to bring you home."

"Tsk. You're so naggy, Black."

Harry giggled, "Come by and visit me from time to time, Sebastian. I would love having you around."

"Don't worry. You'll be seeing his face for quite a while, Harry. His detentions will be done in the hospital since Remus is going to be busy for the whole week."

Sebastian twitched, 'I bet Black must be plotting something ridiculous.'

"I see. Although if you need any assistance in school, then please don't hesitate to pass by and ask me for help no matter the time."

"Harry dear, your hero complex is showing."

"Padfoot!" Harry pouted in annoyance.

"Hmm... I'll think about it," he said but for the first time in a while, Sebastian smiled genuinely, "Good evening, Harry."

"Good evening, Sebastian."

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

— Denis Waitley

A/N: Fear not, Voldemort shall be appearing on the next chapter. However, whether or not the couple will finally meet is classified for now.