It had been two weeks since Harry was forced to reveal his secrets to Tom, at every turn Harry was avoiding him, he got up early in the morning ate breakfast, lunch and dinner in the kitchen and he went to be early. Some how he found the time to do his homework in between avoiding Tom, it was hard work.
"Harry how long do you think you can keep this up"
"For as long as I have to"
Hermione grabbed hold of Harry's hand "Harry I'm worried about you, but Harry he keeps staring at me with his huge smirk on his face, he loves that he knows our secret"
Harry looked up at Hermione staring into her worried brown eyes. "I know he does, I know I'm giving him the satisfaction of knowing he got to me but I can't face him"
Hermione smiled "where's that Gryffindor bravery?"
Harry gestured to his robes "Slytherin remember"
"You may be a snake on the outside but you have the heart of a lion"
Harry smiled back at her "Roar"
Hermione giggled "there you go, so now what are you going to do?"
Harry grabbed some treacle tart and put a forkful in his mouth and groaned into the bite. "I'm going to have dessert"
Hermione kicked him from under the table "OW" he rubbed his knee while glaring at her "what the hell was that for?"
She glared right back "be serious Harry"
Harry raised an eyebrow "uh Hermione I have no intention of being my godfather, you know him being dead and all"
Hermione scowled but before she could kick him again Harry moved out the way "I don't know what I'm going to do... Avoid him some more"
"Harry you have faced him in the future when he has more knowledge then we could ever imagine but a sixteen year old Tom is what frightens you"
"The Voldemort from the future only tried to kill me not get in my pants"
"Oh yes because sex is more frightening then dying"
"Uh it is when it's from Tom"
Hermione raised her eyebrow "hmmm, yup... Keep telling yourself that Harry"
Harry went red. "Harry but think about it, the future could be changed in a goo way if we tread carefully, we could stop all the murder and bring peace before there is even a war"
"It's Voldemort Hermione remember that"
Hermione rolled her eyes " he isn't the Voldemort we know yet and maybe we can change that"
"To do that we would need all the luck in the world"
"Good thing you always have some handy" Hermione laughed.
"Don't you want to go home to your parents? What about Ron he must be so worried"
Hermione gave a nod "of course I do, but maybe we could do so much good here"
"The greater good" Harry snorted
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Meanwhile:
"Severus, I know what happened Harry and his friend Miss Ganger"
Severus sneered at Dumbledore "so it was a plot for attention"
"SHUT UP YOU SLIMY GIT! You know it's Malfoy's fault" Ron screeched.
Draco sneered"Excuse me Weaslebee but it's not my fault Potter stinks at potions"
Ron pointed at Draco "why are you even here Ferret... Piss off"
Draco scowled "they need help from someone with a brains and since you have none they came to me"
"Shut up Malfoy or I swear-"
Draco pretended to be scared "what you'll eras lugs again I'm so scared"
Dumbledore glared at the two teenagers "Silence, please"
The room was silent waiting for Dumbledore to speak, he gave him his grandfatherly stare. "They were sent to the past, I remember seeing them"
Everyone stared at him "it seems they have been sent 50 years into the past, it's curious they were sorted into Different houses... Harry in Slytherin and Hermione in Ravenclaw"
"We all know that Granger is a know it all, but Potter a snake?" Draco asked confused.
"It seems the hat believes he has traits for both houses"
"Do they make it back" Severus inquired
" I'm not sure right now I can only remember their first few weeks, Tom Riddle has taken quite the interest in Harry and Headmaster Dippet has just ordered for Harry's health that he reveal his life story to Tom"
Snape stared wide eyed "that's not good"
"He's going to kill Harry" Ron said wide eyed
Dumbledore shook his head "no it could be the best... They could change the future as we know it"
"shit" Ron announced what they were all thinking.
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"Harry! Harry wait! Harry!" Finally Abraxas caught up with him grabbing his arm.
"What's going on with you, I have hardly seen you in between classes"
Harry looked at his feet "Tom"
Abraxas eyebrows rose "what have you done"
Harry looked at "AbraxasI fainted and got made to tell him my whole life story, now he want me to rule at his side"
Abraxas couldn't help it, he burst into laughter, his face going so red he was laughing so hard "oh my god, you must have a really good life story"
Harry shook his head "quite the opposite really"
Abraxas's eyes showed amusement Harry just scowled at him "it's not funny"
"Your right Harry it isn't, it's hilarious... Though now that I think about it you two would make quite the couple"
"Not gonna happen...ever"
Abraxas pouted "aww is Harry scared of big bad Tom"
"isn't everyone?" Harry questioned
He just shrugged "most I guess, but when you get to know him he is just a big teddy bear"
Harry chuckled "oh really, well that big teddy bear is just there" harry pointed behind him.
Abraxas looked around panicked "what where"
Harry laughed "see even your scared of him"
Abraxas shook his head at Harry "he is like a brother to me but he would kill me if I ruined his reputation"
Harry could see Tom emerging from the corner for real this time " I gotta go, see you later Abraxas" Harry ran off, not before seeing the giant smirk that Tom wore when he saw Harry run off.
Harry ran all the way to the room I requirement and requested a place to be alone, as usual it granted his wish. He let out a breath "what the hell have I gotten into" he muttered to himself.
He looked around the room all it had was an armchair in front of a roaring fire. He sat down in the chair and let out a sigh of relief as he got of his feet, he had run up quite a lot of stairs after all. He knew Hermione was right they could do good in this time, change the future.. He was just scared that along the way he would forget himself along the way and became the very thing he was afraid of. How could he change the future? To do that he would have to stop the future from coming true, maybe this was what the prophecy had meant, maybe he had to join Tom, change him before he becomes the dark lord. He knew he had to do something,he knew that Tom was letting him avoid him and it was a matter of time before he put an end to Harry's running.
Harry shook his head before he fell asleep from exhaustion his life was never easy... Why should that change now?
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