GELLERT GRINDELWALD

gellert grindelwald was not a happy man, he had to hide himself from the world. a world that one's upon a time trembled on the mere mention of his name after all he was the most feared dark lord of the century, he ruled about half of the wizarding world including magical France, Germany and many small countries, oh glorious days those were. but now he was someone who was considered dead to the world and could not walk in the open.

forging his death has been a desperate measure at that time to ensure his safety, his stay in numerangard has weakened him both physically and magically. it was easy for one of his followers to slip him a drought of living death and fake his death. Now he was waiting here biding his time and slowly and subtly rebuilding his network once again but it will need all his patience and manipulation.

At the moment here he was in the heart of London observing the people and undercover British aurors. he came to form his network of followers here after all what's better than to form allies right under the crooked nose of Albus Dumbledore.

he was still sore about losing the unbeatable wand to that manipulating old codger, but will stop at nothing to get it back. It was his wish and ambition in life to unite the deathly hallows and will stop at nothing to achieve it.

As he was heading to the leaky cauldron, he saw a bunch of muggle boys picking on a girl, she looked to be about 5 years and was glaring at boys who dared to pick on her. one of the boys called her a freak and kicked her hard in the ribs and the girl went flying on the ground, but she managed to pick herself up and gellert noticed her eyes they were shining bright green, the colour of his favourite curse avada kedavra and would bet his wand that he saw the girls eyes momentarily turn red.

The girl was undoubtedly a witch and not just any, she was a powerful one if the magic tingling in the air was any proof but who would let a girl as powerful and as beautiful as her out of their site, he looked around for her parents and could not find anyone, then he had a good look at the girl she was wearing cloths three times a size, obviously hand me downs of a giant whale or elephant, he could not guess. so he decided to interfere.

Tom riddle was angry,very angry he still could not find a body to posses and often found himself drifting to the mind of a 5 year old girl through he was not complaining about the second part, the girl was his soulmate, she was born for him and he for her but he could not meet her because he does not have a body and now she was surrounded by some muggle boys who were teasing her, 'how could they' he seethed, he have to get a body, and had to get it quickly for her sake. He will not have his girl treated like that, certainly not by some muggle trash.

Upon seeing Gellert, the boys quickly left the girl alone and ran away calling her a freak. he introduced himself to the girl,in his thick german accent,

"Guten child, I am Garvyn valorix" and it was true, his middle name was Garvyn and valorix was his grandmother's maiden name, and he happens to be the last heir to that name, so what if he was disowned by his grandmother, technicalities he mentaly waved them aside.

the girl looked up at him with piercing green eyes and it felt like his very soul was being read, he was quick to avert his eyes. "you are a wizard," the girl said. she was aware of magic so she was not a muggleborn, good to know he could not stand them, and who might you be? he asked. The girl took her time analysing him then finally said "Harriet, my name is Harriet" she told him. "And where might your parent be Harriet," he asked, the girl again looked at him as if assessing his worth at last she said "I have no parents, I am an orphan." he could not read her face as it was blank and devoid of all emotions but he could not help but ask "how are you then aware of magic?" the girl after some hesitation said that is she was born in a magic family but they abandoned her because of her lack of magic.

Gellert was confused, how can this girl be a squib when it was obvious to any person with even a little bit of in depth in magic that the girl was magic. so he asked the next question he was curious about." which magical family were you born in? I did not mean to offend you but I am merely curious what kind of scum would do this to their own blood" he quickly added. there was a long pause and gellert thought that the girl will not answer but just then the girl said, "the potters, I was born Harriet lily potter."

Gellert was shocked speechless the girl was a potter, he had heard rumours about the famous boy who lived to have a twin but this he did not expect of the prominent light family. this is curious very curious, excuse me but what is curious the girl asked, he looked at the girl hard and said, "I have my doubts about you being magic, u see some children show signs of magic late in life, I myself was one of the late bloomers." the girl looked up at him with wide hopeful eyes and asked in a childish voice "really?" and before he could stop himself he said but i want to confirm it could I perform some diagnostic charms on you. merlin, what was he doing, steven was right he is going soft in his old age. helping a child, pathetic. the girl looked a little hesitant but quitly agreed to his wishes and they both went to a little unoccupied park