Drabble: Voldemort Finds Out
Voldemort sat in front of the fire, stroking Nagini's head ponderously as he thought about the recent upheaval that occurred from his traipsing through his young annoyance's mind. He was, simply put, shocked. He had a son. A son he repeatedly had tried to murder. A son who was powerful, skilled, and incredibly lucky, if what was in his mind was any indication. That wasn't even the worst of it, oh no. The boy he had went after on the words of a prophecy had very little to no connection to the prophecy whatsoever.
He could admit to being frustrated and aggravated at the complete derailment of his plans at this revelation, but he could already see the potential silver lining. While he could admit he cared nothing for the weakness of the emotional attachments family brought, he had the wonderful chance of bringing a powerful force under his control if he played his cards right. He could also admit, in the depths of his mind, that he was rather possessive of the boy, and that he could now legitimately claim the boy as his in such a tangible way satisfied a dark and primal part of himself.
He always had some form of respect for Harry Potter, he would be a fool not to respect the boy's sheer determination to survive and ability to escape him. To find out the boy was his son? It awoke a deep want in him, a desire to possess and own the boy, to bring him under his wing to mold, shape, and control. It was a pity that the most crucial years for bonding were lost and tainted from past actions, but the boy was only fifteen. The boy was also very, very vulnerable right now, turning to a scruffy, lonely werewolf and the Animagus transformation process for stability while everything else crumbled around him.
Voldemort let a smile of dark anticipation grow on his face as he thought of his 'lost little boy'. He would have to dig out his social masks to be able to manipulate the boy to his side, hell he would probably have to create a genuine connection to keep the boy ensnared to him. It would take an enormous amount of time and effort to catch and trap his son into his net, but the reward would be sweet and heady.
He could just see the tantalizing future if he succeeded. Harry (he would have to think of another more fitting name for the boy if he couldn't learn what the boy's mother named him) would be his most precious possession along with Nagini, a companion for a human conversation. Nagini was a lovely sounding board, but she was only a snake. As intelligent as she was, she just could not understand certain things. Harry would be much better for that kind of interaction.
If the boy still rejected him despite his best efforts, well, Voldemort had already killed or indirectly caused the death of his blood family once, he could do it again. However, he would not fail. He hadn't failed in acquiring the treasures for his soul, he certainly would do everything he could to make sure this endeavor would not fail. Harry could very well become the jewel of his empire, and Voldemort could admit to himself that such a precious treasure was too good of a thing to pass up. It helped that he had an idea on how to get a non-hostile interaction with his son. After all, what orphaned boy wouldn't want to know who his mother was, and Voldemort could only think of one woman he had been with that fit the time frame of the boy's age. Truly, finding out what the woman named the boy would be even better.
The man sat back and stared at the fire as he plotted and planned, the snake just enjoying her master's administrations, and miles away Harry slept restlessly on, unaware of just how much more treacherous his already shaken life was about to become even as he was plagued by nightmares of his tumultuous past.
A/N: Well, this has been sitting in my computer for awhile. I kind of wonder if I should just call this little collection the story and just upload the fragments as I make them to it.
A little explanation about Mr Riddle here: My thinking is that canon Voldy would most definitely kill any potential offspring he knew he had wronged as grievously as he had Harry, or he would trap, ensnare and generally chain the kid any way he could to him if it would be deemed the kid could be molded to his liking and be useful to him. Voldy is a psychotic Dark Lord of an opportunistic Slytherin after all, he would take advantage of something as powerful as a child he sired that had magic. Especially if that kid had a magical connection to him like Harry does.
Next drabble might be written from Remus's perspective, I have some ideas bouncing around to that effect anyway. Enjoy and tell me what you think please.