Well people I'm back! I am so sorry for leaving you I feel so bad but... I'm back now and that's what matters right? The next chapter is written and just needs betaing but I won't upload it until the chapter after that is ready for beta! That way there will always be something written and a reason for me to always come back :)

I'm not too happy with this chapter but hey ho you can't win them all and to be honest I think the next chapter makes up for this one anyway that's about :P

- Chapter 8 -

'HARRY!' I winced at the loud shout and all thoughts of death's kiss flew from my mind and were forgotten.

'Wha... Tom! Oh Hey! I'm back!' There was a loud crack and then there was a fuming Dark Lord standing over me.

"What happened?" His voice was low and calm, I knew I had to tread carefully otherwise he might explode.

"Would you believe I died and came back just simply because I missed you too much?" So much for treading carefully, sometimes I swore my head and mouth weren't connected at all. He grabbed my cloak and pulled me so we were mere centimetres apart.

"Tell me what happened. Now." I then began to explain everything that had happened and when I was done Riddle was as close to gaping at me as he would ever lower himself to.

"Oh! Also I've sorted that immortality thing of yours. As I'm your horcrux and I can't... Well I can die but I can come back. So basically you can't 'die' either." A sly smirk spread across Riddle's face. "So... Am I forgiven now?" His smirk seemed to grow as he came closer.

"I've been working since my Hogwarts years to find immortality and although I had my horcruxes, they could still be destroyed. However, you have just secured that with your lunacy. I believe you may be forgiven." He was standing in front of me now with his arms crossed and that sly smirk still on his face. Suddenly, the smirk was gone and he was right in my own face, arms placed on either side of me.

"You try anything like that again and you will wish you could die. Got it?" The Dark Lord's eyes were glowing slightly, showing his rage but his aura was showing worry. Brushing off his conflicting emotions, I decided to have some fun.

I placed my arms around his neck and drew even closer while putting on my best pout. "But Tom, why would you want to kill sweet little innocent me?" I let my pout grow into a grin as I felt Riddle's emotions run wild before settling on irritation.

"Oh, I can think of a few reasons why. For instance-" He grabbed my arms and removed them from around his neck. "-I would kill anyone else for speaking to me the way you do and even more for touching me the way you just did."

"Not one for hugs then are you?" I was answered with a sharp slap up the side of the head. "Ouch! You know what! I'm gonna do everything in my power to piss you off you all the time."

"Don't you do that anyway?"

"Not really, that's just my natural way of acting. I can be way more annoying." I smirked up at The Dark Lord who was now rubbing his temples. "What time is it anyway?"

"It's about 6 O'clock so it's about time for dinner. I will call Severus to give you a quick check over and then we shall join the rest in the dining room." I huffed in annoyance but didn't voice my thoughts as I knew that it was probably for the best. I mean, I don't really want to die so soon after only just coming back. I don't think I could keep going through the pain and not be driven insane eventually. Well... any more insane.

-x-

We entered the dining room and all heads turned. Bellatrix rose from her place near the top of the table. "My Lord, Prince." She bowed and a slight sneer could be heard as she said 'Prince'. "If I may ask, what had angered you so much earlier My Lord?" I could tell she was expecting myself to be the problem and was itching to just have a reason to hex me, but I couldn't let her get away with that.

"If you really want to know, I died and it just so happened to royally piss him off. To be honest, I never knew he cared so much." I replied and ducked at the slap that was aimed to the back of my head. I chuckled as I walked down to my seat with the Dark Lord following.

"I didn't ask you My Prince I asked My Lord. Also I'd rather have My Lord's real answer to your made up rubbish." Bellatrix said as she sat down, a dark glare being sent my way.

"You should watch your tongue Bella, he is your Prince and as such you will speak to him with the respect you would show me. As for his so called 'rubbish', it is, remarkably, actually true." Voldemort held up a hand at the shocked gasps and splutters coming from around the room, silencing them instantly. "I will not be telling you how this all came about or how it is even possible, but just know it did happen and it is none of your business."

Obviously Harry wasn't the only person in the manor with a death wish. Bellatrix rose from her seat sneering at me. "But My Lord! If someone like him can come back to life then maybe people like my filthy, blood traitor of a cousin might be able to as well!" As soon as the words had left her mouth, I was on my feet, my wand pointed at her face.

"WATCH WHAT YOU SAY OR I WILL MAKE SURE YOU ARE SOMETHING THAT EVEN A MUGGLE WOULD PITY!" I could feel my magic crackling around me, bursting from my restraints.

'Harry, you cannot kill her. Calm yourself before you do something you will regret.' I focused on Voldemort's words and saw the situation I was putting myself in. Something I'd regret? Why would I regret killing this stupid bitch? Wait… I'm not Harry anymore, I'm their prince… I'm not supposed to know Sirius Black… I am most defiantly not meant to be defending him. Shit… Well hopefully she won't…

"Are you defending him?! You don't even know him! He's a blood traitor who deserves whatever pain he's going through behind that veil!"

"That is enough! You will both shut up and eat. Now." With final glares at each other, we sat down to eat our meals.

"Thank you for saving me like that." The small chatter that had filled the room after the outbursts were back to silence.

"Don't thank me, it will not happen again." I stopped listening about half way though the sentence as I saw Bellatrix's aura change and thoughts flicker across the surface.

'That proves... definitely... Harry... Potter.' As soon as I realised what exactly she was thinking I shot the first spell that came to mind.

"Crucio! Tom, she knows! Someone has spoken!" Voldemort was soon out of his chair and ordered everyone to leave.

"Everyone except Lucius and Severus." He hissed threateningly. Bellatrix was still on the floor, her body twitching uncontrollably. I quickly turned towards the retreating figures and called out.

"Also Greyback." At the inquiring look I received from Voldemort, I added. "We can see if anyone has spoken to him also, and either way he might as well know, he is going to be teaching me. Plus... He can be trusted." The Dark Lord just rose an eyebrow at me.

"And how may I ask do you know he is to be trusted?"

"He told me earlier that his wolf tells him to protect me, his wolf probably sees me as one of his pack since I have some werewolf traits. A werewolf will never betray its pack so we... well I have nothing to worry about." I sent a smirk at him as I felt slight jealousy seep into his aura. With a slight sneer he turned back to the other occupants of the room. Bellatrix had by now managed to stand back up, although she was slightly unstable on her feet.

"Fenrir, do you have any idea about the Prince's true identity? Do not lie as both he and I will know." The werewolf just looked up at the Dark Lord then to me and back again before speaking.

"I do not know, he's just Pup to me, My Lord." The slight jealousy that had faded from Voldemort's aura was back full force and I had to hold back a chuckle. He's quite possessive, isn't he?

I wonder how far I could push this before he would break?

He then turned to Bellatrix who seemed to of nearly got herself back together. "To make this easier, and quicker, I'm just going to ask you to tell me who told you Bellatrix." Her eyes looked over to me, but unlike before, instead of anger and dislike, they were strangely filled with... Respect. With her eyes back on Voldemort she spoke.

"You sent me on a mission not too long ago My Lord. You sent me to his home to do the usual checks on the wards. As I was about finished I saw him in his room, I was about to apparate away in case I was seen but to my shock 'The Golden Boy' morphed into that of the Prince here..." He eyes flicked back to me again and her aura filled with slight worry and curiosity. "Although I am sure there were... marks all over him..." How can she so quickly shift from not liking me to being worried about me? Then again she was in Azkaban for quite a while. I suppose I can understand that, I'd be quite a hypocrite otherwise.

"I didn't think to report it since I expected he was just messing about with glamor charms, but then when I saw him here, I just had to see if it was true. So I said anything that would make the Harry Potter I knew angry, even if I didn't mean it, just to make him slip up." A smirk was now on her lips as she obviously succeeded in her personal mission.

"What do you mean 'even if you didn't mean it'?"

"I never really wanted to kill my cousin. He was still family, even if he joined the light. If I really wanted to kill him, I would have used a much worse spell then something that would just blast him back a couple feet." My mind was flickering at a mile a minute trying to take in the information. The person I blamed for Sirius's death, and hated more than anything because of it, didn't even mean to kill him. He was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. It made his death even more pointless. I couldn't even get revenge for him anymore. His life was wasted. He didn't even live long before he was thrown wrongfully into Azkaban then he gets out for two years just to die like that. It was Dumbledore's fault. He could have gotten him out of Azkaban at anytime. He could have saved the both of us!

My thoughts started to slow and I could see I had at some point fallen to my knees and tears were falling down my cheeks. I looked around the room to see everyone had left. Everyone but Voldemort. He turned to me and his body changed back to Riddle once more. Before I knew what I was doing, I launched myself at him. I wrapped my arms around his waist and I buried my head into his chest. I felt him freeze.

I didn't really care if he was uncomfortable. I needed some form of comfort right now and something within me, maybe the horcrux or something else deep within me, was telling me that Tom was the one who I needed right now. I needed his comforting. Else I don't know what would happen.

"You better start hugging me back or I swear I will rip your arms off." With a sigh, his arms came around my slight form in a reluctant manner.

"Don't act like you don't want to, because your aura says a completely different thing." I looked up at his face and grinned at the narrowed eyes glaring down at me. I buried my head back into the folds of his robes, for once in my life i felt content and just... right. We remained that way for a while, our steady breaths and the sound of his heartbeat calming my mind. I moved back and stepped away from him. I wiped away any stray tears left and looked away.

"Thanks..." I didn't get much further before a hand on my chin brought my face back to Tom's.

"Your lips are still grey." I blinked a few times.

"I'm sorry what?" He conjured a mirror and gave it to me so I could see for myself. He was right. My lips had grey tint to them. But why would...

"You were like it when you 'woke' and I assumed it was just an effect of being dead for however long you were gone and the lack of circulation. Obviously I wrong. Did something happen? Did he activate any of your creature traits? I'm sure the Vampire or Changeling could do this to you." I thought back to my meeting with death and couldn't think of anything.

"No, he said that I wouldn't get any traits until my birthday and he didn't do..."But he did. The kiss. That must be it. I smirked up at The Dark Lord and couldn't wait to see his reaction.

"Let's just call it Death's Kiss shall we?" I let out a small laugh before walking out the room in a brisk pace. I felt the aura I left behind change through emotions. It started with confusion and morphed into other things before it ended with jealousy and anger. I laughed again and made my way back to my room.

It had been quite a day.

Right!First of all thanks to GinHanelle, Savy13 and for lovely reviews :) And thank you for all the great comments on my artwork for this fic :D

Purple Pallbearer said: Wow DeathxHarry? That's something new and oddly apealing...

Answer: I had to add this because it really brightened up my day!

Melikalilly said: i love this story it is so good :) are the ywins going to stick with harry?

Answer: I believe this is something you guys will have to find out in the further chapters... Although, I have hinted that they were on Harry's side earlier.

Rabid Kitsune o.0 said: I was wondering one thing though- if you had him die many times then the original story line from J.K.R. really happened? Then he went back? Wouldn't that make everything the exact same as the first time if he didn't have his memories?

Answer: I don't really understand what you're saying but I think I might slightly get it. Harry might of been reborn all those times but his life would never be completely the same as he is always reborn in different situations. for example, in one life he might be born as a werewolf or a vampire or even born to a loving family meaning he grows up knowing love unlike other times where he might of been born to a hateful family.

Melikalilly: are the twins going to stick with harry?

Answer: Oh come on people! You will have to read and find out! They should be coming into the story pretty soon so you don't have to wait very long.

sousie: hehe can harry be shocked enough to blurt out that he was kissed that should be funny

Answer: Hmm you will have to wait and see but I will contemplate the possibility.

Yami Ookami: Is Harry going to finish Hogwarts or is he just going to stay by Toms side.

Answer: I'm not sure myself what's going to happen but I was planning to have him stay with Tom as he would hate to go back to his Golden boy mask.

Dewfrost314: Has Harry still got long hair? If he does will it go back to short? I really dont like boys/men with long hair. But this is your story. So do what you want. I was just interested to know.

Answer: Harry still has his long hair and I am planning to keep it that way as to me its what makes him unique in my story, you know along with everything else :P
Marble Meadow : Holy crap. Lol. I would love to see an artist draw your dark!Potter. This is
awesome.

Answer: I have drawn him myself! You can see some of my drawings here: www . axelsfavgirl . deviantart . com (Just remove the spaces) I should be uploading some more drawings soon aswell :)

CodyAHM: What happened to Remus? Will you let harry bring back seri, after all he is the master of death. Is he going to torment Peter and bella, for what they did to him(betraying his parents, killing seri.)another thing, i read Darkserpentcats review(we are all looking forward to new updates "Hint") Fin/Voldi/hary is a workable idea. greyback ia a alpha, so he probably gives to a harder time taking orders, if he was mated to harry, he would be very protective of him, so much so he would to as tam asked in order to keep harry (toms horcrux) safe from harm. see it the benefit?

Answer: To be honest all I can really say to most of that is that I'm afraid you're gonna have to read and find out! However I can answer on the Fenrir/Harry/Voldemort thing. I'm sorry to say that this will not be happening here, but maybe I could write a side story where this happens or if anyone reading would like to take a shot of writing it within my stories universe then please go ahead! Just tell me about it so I can have a read! :D

Q3APo: will harry get complimented about his look in front of voldemort? coz i want to see a jelaous voldemort. he...he... hope you won't kill remus.

Answer: Oh ho ho what an evil thing to do to! Hmm... I may have to add that in! Thank you!

mao-nii: why does tom wear glamors cause i dont think it would matter much even with all the "have to look imtimidating to death eaters looking human is weak" thing right he could be scary in human form without looking lile a snake ?

Answer: To be honest this is just my personal preference with Tom and I don't really know how to explain it. I like the fact that he has a persona that he uses for work and then another for his private life. I don't really know how to explain it, sorry!