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I arrived a few hundred yards out of the Evans home and prepared myself. It is time to kick some Voldie's ass, but what am I to do with his slaves?

40 What do we do with Tom?

I turned myself invisible and cast another gem of a spell, a hunting spell that made me one with nature, it concealed my presence from my prey. Another spell silenced sound in a radius of four feet around me. Before I moved closer, I opened my Mokeskin pouch and took the anti-Portkey and anti-apparition wardstones out, ten yards behind Tom, I placed the wardstones on the ground.

I froze Tom first and activated the ward stones, then I disillusioned them. Tom felt the spell that froze him and knew I was close, I was in no mood for jokes I disarmed him from his wand and Portkey's. Before he could find a spell to remove his bindings, I took a piece of rock from the ground and smashed him on the head with it. KO. the Muggle way.

Then I turned to the Dead Eaters, those idiots didn't even notice the strange wards going up, they thought it was Tom's work. I froze them from behind, my time in the Zombie Dungeon was well spent, I could freeze them all in three seconds, one by one they turned into statues, when I had the last one, I scanned the surroundings for any unusual action. They prepared this raid well, anti muggle wards, notice-me-nots, they got Lilly's house isolated from the neighborhood.

First I have to take care of Tom, I called out: "Kreacher! Come here, please! Kreacher, this man planned to make me and Regulus into his slaves, I know you don't like me, but you love Master Regulus. Take him to Grimmauld's place and put him in the dungeon with the anti-Magic cuffs. Be careful, this is the one that put a slave brand on Master Cygnus and Druella. Close the house for everyone except me and Lord Black. Not a word to anyone. Go!"

That is one less problem, I sent a Patronus to Lilly that the danger was over, turned to the Death Eaters, and dispelled their masks. We have a wide selection of pure-bloods finest, I started to read their minds to see who was willing and who was forced to come here.

Lilly came outside and rushed to me: "Siri! Thank you for coming so fast, the wards were minutes away from collapsing. What are you doing?"

"Hey love, you could have taken them out yourself, you know. I am doing Legilimence on them to see who is forced to come and who is eager to be here. Help me out, we have to move fast before Gramps is here with Potter and the Aurors. Release the forced ones so they can escape." I answered.

Lilly rolled her eyes: "Taking them out by myself would get those old fogeys upset. I am a Mudblood, remember. It would get me in Azkaban before the end of the day."

We made quick work of our search, we were not exactly gentle about it, most of the younger generation were forced, they had the potions fresh out of their system and were angry about the slave brand. When they heard me say to read their minds, they willingly allowed access to it and presented the memories upfront. It was their ticket out of Azkaban and out of slavery, and they took it with both hands.

From the twenty-one Death Eaters, eight remained, the Lestranges, Dad, Rudolphus, Rastaban, Rosier, Dolohov, Mulciber, Macnair, and Yaxley. The worst ones on the team.

I said to the rest: "Aurors are coming soon, I will take care of Tom, so burn those robes and masks. I removed the anti-apparition wards and anti-Portkey. Remember, you all owe me a debt! Get out!"

I grinned at Lilly and said: "Honey, something terrible happened today, these eight wanted to apparate through my wards and it destroyed their Magic core. I better hurry to make it so. Can you tell our friends the danger is over? I have some work to do."

A few minutes later, eight squibs were bound in ropes on the front lawn of Lilly's house. Too bad those eight had their memories of the last ten minutes scrambled. It must have been an after-effect of trying to apparate through my wards. In fact, that is one of the functions of my anti-apparition ward stones, I just wanted to destroy their cores personally, I have no mercy for enemies that go after Lilly.

Speaking of enemies, I turned to the end of the road and waved at Dumbledore, I spotted him when I took my wards down. I suspected that he was waiting for the right moment to become the savior of the day, maybe by saving Lilly from the Death Eater's claws after she was captured. Without a word, he disappeared with Fawkes. I need to clip that old man's wings somehow.

Xxxxx

The Daily Trash reported:

A kidnapping disaster for the Villains!

Dear Readers!

Yesterday morning, eight men, dressed up like the rumored Death Eaters, attempted to attack the home of Muggle-born Miss Lilly Evans. How could that turn into a disaster you ask?

Miss Evans is the one Heir Sirius Black has set his eyes on, friends said that it was mutual from the moment they first met on the train last year.

Due to that fact, Heir Black had the home of Miss Evans warded with the best Gringotts could offer, a precaution that Heir Black felt was needed after he humiliated their Leader last year at Yule, and exposed the potioning of his followers a few weeks later.

Miss Evans and Heir Black communicate with each other by linking Diaries, that is how he found out about the attack.

Eight notorious Dead Eaters were attacking the wards, trying to get in, all eight are rumored to be very powerful Wizards and are quick to draw their wands. Dolohov, a former dueling champion, Rosier, named in several missing person cases, the Lestranges, three slow-witted but extremely violent Wizards to name a few.

And they were defeated by Heir Sirius Black. How do you ask? We asked that very same question to that brave boy. His answer:

SB: "That was easy, Miss Evans wrote to me of the attack, and that the wards were about to collapse, therefore I could not wait for the Aurors. At that time is was visiting my best friend Heir James Potter, so I asked his father to arrange assistance and left in a hurry."

ML: "Why didn't you bring an adult along, Lord Potter, for example, he is a Veteran from the Grindelwald war."

SB: "I couldn't, I needed him and his influence to alert the Aurors. To be honest, the Aurors are not very fast when it comes to Muggle-born. But they jump when a reputed veteran like Lord Potter demands action, that is why I left for the Evan's house alone, more so, it was a one-person Portkey, I could not bring an extra.

ML: "How did you manage to defeat eight of the most infamous Wizards on your own? Surely not at wand point?"

SB: "Of course not, when I arrived, I used my invisibility cloak and got closer to those Death Eaters, I placed my self-made anti-apparating and anti-Portkey ward stones up, and yelled with a deep voice: Aurors! You are surrounded! Cease all actions, drop your wands on the ground, and put your hands in the air. Then I used a panicked voice: we better apparate to our Lord. They apparated and got what they deserved."

ML: "You can say that again, all eight of them are squibs now after they apparated through your wards. Was that not a bit too much of a punishment? Cases like that hardly get them a few years in Azkaban."

SB: "For the Wizengamot it is, not for me though. They went after Lilly because of me, they told me so themselves after they lost their Magic and screamed that their Lord will finish their job for them by, and I quote: 'Raping and killing your Mudblood'. So squibbing them is not too much of a punishment, in fact, I still find it too light."

ML: "Are you suspecting trouble from the Wizengamot for tricking them?"

SB: "That I tricked them to apparate away? That was their choice, I called out that Aurors were on the scene and they opted to apparate. F… them! Anyone that tries to go after my Lilly will find me in their way."

ML: "A bold statement, Heir Black. What will happen next with them?"

SB: "Lord Black is pressing charges against those eight, for attacking a ward of House Black. Yes, Grandfather made them wards of House Black after I made my intentions clear for Miss Evans."

Dear Readers, it seems this story will get its next chapter in Court, Heir Black made it clear the squibbing isn't enough of a punishment. To be honest, he scares me a bit, I hope we will never face each other on opposite sides.

Miss Evans had only one thing to say: "I wasn't afraid, I knew Sirius was coming. Those eight didn't stand a chance."

As you can read, they are devoted to each other. Could this be the rumored Magic Attraction? Where children can feel the connection from the moment they first meet? Personally, I would not be surprised, the fire in Heir Black's eyes when he talked about Miss Evans made it clear to me. I wish them all the best in the world.

Your reporter, Mouth B. Labber

What will happen with squibs? More on page 3

The dangers of apparating, more on page 4

How good are Gringotts wards and how much do they cost? More on page 5

Heir Black and Miss Evans, a fated destiny or puppy love? Teen Witch Weekly will find out.

12-year-old Heir Black reached the top Ten of the most wanted Bachelor, a record! TWW reports!

Teenage mothers, should we warn Miss Evans? TWW Will try.

Ten Tips to Raise Your Baby, published by Obscuros Books, a gift to Miss Evans.

Xxxxx

I read the paper out loud before Tom, no, I am not gloating, that is what you do before you take action, I did it after I took care of him. When I entered the dungeon, I froze Tom again and destroyed his Magic core, something I learned last Layer with Druid Magic. It was the way Druids punished criminals in the old days. There was no way to restore it, the way they do it today can be reversed, my way is final.

After I read the paper, I sat him on a chair and tied him up, I asked him: "Well Tom, now that you are one, do you still hate muggles? No, don't answer me, of course you like them. There is still something I need to know, Tommy, that is where are your Horcruxes? Oh, I forgot I silenced you, there you go."

Tom played the fool: "What are you talking about you bastard! I never heard of it."

I smiled: "Don't get nasty, Tom, my parents were married when they made me, if I recall, didn't your dad divorce your Mum when he was off the Amortentia? Doesn't that make You the Bastard? Slughorn told me you know about Horcruxes, you even said to him that Seven was the optimal number."

Tom's eyes betrayed his rage, he should have killed that slug! "Alright, I heard of them, but I never made one, I was fooling that pig. What can you ever know what I went through because of that slug and Dumbledore."

I shrugged: "Boohoo, I am an orphan, they bullied me in Slytherin, so I must turn into a sociopath and start killing thousands in revenge! Does that make you feel better? Killing Myrtle created your First Horcrux, isn't it? Where is that Diary?"

He paled, how do I know about it? "I did not kill Myrtle, boy, you are delusional. Let me go, you already made me a squib. I can't hurt you anymore."

I shook my head, "I thought about that, but as long as I haven't found those Horcruxes, you are stuck here. There are some solutions though, I can feed you to a dementor, even if your soul is just a fragment, they will eat it anyway. Did you know that the DOM has a room with the Veil of Death? What will happen if I shuck you through that?"

Tom kept silent, those are options he did not want to experience, I added: "The Draught of The Living Death is possible too, I heard it keeps you fresh for a few centuries, you wake up batshit crazy though, believe me, an ancestor of me tried it out with a Gaunt that pissed him off… he could have been crazy to start with."

I sighed, "You know, I am not that good at gloating over an enemy, I just want to get it over with, so brace yourself, Tom, this is going to hurt… a lot."

I invaded his mind and went through it with no mercy. I erased all his memories starting from his eighth year. Year after year I sifted through and erased, Hogwarts was not a nice place for him, bullied until the end of his third year, being a bully for the rest of the years, I erased it all.

After graduating he got bounced by Slughorn and Dumbledore to get a job in the Ministry, one of the girls he bullied complained to them about him a few weeks before graduation. There we have it, politics. Anyway, I found the location of his Cruxes, he put them in the Gaunt shack. Where are his goodies… Got it! I erased the rest of his memories, turning him into an eight-year-old child. Hmm, what to do with him...

Xxxxx

Grandpa said: "We tried to keep him at home, but the grandchildren are bullying him too much, lately they told him he has Magic powers, and the poor boy believes it, he still does. We selected this home for him, so he can live safely. I trust that with this donation all the costs are covered?"

The Director looked at the cheque, swallowed, and nodded: "More than enough, Mister Riddle. We will take care of your nephew, our institution is known to give the best care for our patients. We will do our best to try to get his memories back."

Grandpa stood up and sighed: "I hope he doesn't get them back to be honest, he was a criminal and abused many. He got the head trauma that erased his memories from one of his victims. That was one of the reasons my grandchildren bullied him."

The Director frowned: "I see, we will see to it that he is taken care of, Mr. Riddle."

I waited outside the mental institution for Grandpa, when he came out without Tom, I grinned, "Well, Gramps? Is Uncle Tom comfortable in his new home?"

Gramps nodded: "Are you sure all your precautions are needed? I find them a bit exaggerated."

"I told you that Dumbledore has a tag on him, he was there when they attacked Lilly's home. I bet he has a blood tracker on Tom, that is why I stayed outside and put anti-scrying wards and anti-tracking wards up. I saw Dumbledore lurking outside Grimmauld's place, looking for his toy. That Phoenix spotted me every time I wanted to capture him." I explained.

Gramps looked at me and said: "Sometimes you come up with the craziest ideas, Sirius. But this time I don't object, Tom paid for his stay here with the money he robbed. I better not ask how you found them?"

"Ask no questions, then I don't have to tell you lies, Grandfather." I said, "We have his Horcruxes and he can live his life out as a Muggle with a mental handicap."

Xxxxx

Gramps grabbed my arm and apparated us to Lilly's house. Lilly was waiting for me, she glared at me and said: "What did you do, Black? Mary and Marlene are threatening to neuter you. Did you really try to hook them up with Potter? Are you that tired of living? Hello, Lord Black, I am sorry, but I had to get this off my chest."

Grandpa smiled: "I am glad I am not the only one who wants to slap him for being a brat. What did he do this time?"

Lilly answered: "He talked Lady Potter into negotiating a betrothal between my two best friends and James, just to stop James from teasing him about me."

Grandfather said: "I know about the families and quite agree with Lady Potter for trying to get a betrothal for her son. Sirius told me both girls are using Wandless Magic, and are friends with her son, a betrothal is a logical conclusion. Why are you mad about it? Are you not betrothed to Sirius yourself? Don't you want the same happiness for your friends?"

Lilly protested: "That is not the same! Siri and I don't want someone else, James will only know what or who he wants by the time he graduates, until then he will play around. Maybe he will get to love one of them if he doesn't hurt them along the way."

Gramps nodded: "I see your point, Lilly. But the appointments are made and we are expected. Grab this portkey."

Xxxxx

James welcomed us: "Lord Black, Heir Black, Miss Evans, welcome. My parents and other guests are in the parlor, if you follow me I'll bring you to them."

I grinned at James: "Well practiced, James, oh wait. Heir Potter, we thank you for your invitation, will you accept this small present as a token of friendship?"

Lilly rolled her eyes: "Hey James, thank you for inviting me, are Mary and Marlene here?"

James nodded, and opened the door: "They are in here with the parents."

Lord Potter said: "There is the Hero of the moment and Lilly! Arcturus, I must congratulate you on your fine Heir. He is even a good influence on my son and his friends."

Lord McKinnon agreed: "That he is, Charlus, teaching Marlene wandless Magic is priceless. No, Heir Black, they told us that Miss Evans was taught by you so in a way you are their teacher."

Snape and Lupin were here too and are enjoying my discomfort. Snape was here with his Mum, Lupin with his parents. Mary and Marlene however were staring daggers at me.

I said: "Lilly is the better teacher though, and she is as good at Wandless Magic as me. She deserves all the praise."

Aunty Dorea commented: "James demonstrated some to us and told us that Mary and Marlene could do the same. Doing Wandless Magic after one year of school is unheard of. That is why we wanted to secure that talent for our House. The Longbottoms are negotiating for Alice Brown, another talented friend."

Lilly commented: "Alice has a crush on Frank Longbottom and is eager for that betrothal." then she asked: "Are James, Mary, and Marlene eager for a contract too?"

Lord McDonald stated: "That is not important… well it is, but more important is securing the future of our daughters. The Clans are nagging at us to keep the girls in Scotland, we received more than ten offers, although they are concubine contracts for older clan heads."

He turned to the girls and said: "We didn't want to worry you, but there is a lot of pressure on us to sign betrothals for you."

Mrs. Snape commented: "My boy got an offer for Molly Prewitt, she is six years older than him, but I suspect they think we will get accepted back into House Prince."

Lilly and I looked at each other and lost it, we started to giggle until we could not hold it in anymore and roared from laughter.

At the puzzled faces, Lilly commented: "There is no way she will marry Severus, we heard she got pregnant from Arthur Weasley in June, rumor has it that potions were involved."

It would be grand though, Sevvy with Molly, one of them would die in their first year of marriage, I am not sure which one. Lilly, with the memories of Hermione being potioned by Molly, did not like her at all, several times I saw her putting compulsion charms on Molly to let her make out with different boys, giving Molly the reputation of a slut. I could not deny her that revenge, it was what Molly did to her in the first place.

Mrs. Snape smiled at Lilly: "Thank you for the warning, Lilly. I suspected something was off, but not that. There is the offer of Cygnus Black however for his daughter Narcissa. Lord Black, Severus heard them say you let them choose their own husband, why did Cygnus Black offer his youngest daughter to us?"

Gramps sighed: "I will have to talk to him again, that fool is using his girls to get connections. Your boy is good at Magic and will go far in life, he wants to ride along on that fame. Narcissa is a sweet girl, but she is four years older than your son. I doubt she is in love with him."

She could! A lot of Fan Fics had them put a green hat on Lucius. Meh, it is too soon for that.

Mr. Lupin said: "We won't sign any contracts, Remus has to find a girl after he graduates, his education comes first."

That and there are no she-wolves in Hogwarts. And I kick his ass if he ever goes after Tonks.

Marlene and Mary were whispering to each other, then they stood up, grabbed James, Lilly, and me, and pulled us outside of the room.

"Somewhere we can talk in private, James." Demanded Mary.

James led us into the Library, that bastard knows that it is Lilly's weak spot, it neutralized her from the discussion that was to come.

"James, is what our parents say true? Are we going to be pressured to marry some old men? Siri? What do you think? Lilly! Focus on us!" said Marlene while she turned Lilly away from the books.

James shrugged: "It is possible, Marlene, you know the history of the Clans better than me. But that is only for one of you, what happens to the other?"

I commented: "You can have two wives, you know. You can activate the Peverell line. The last one beside you squibbed out. You are the last Heir and can claim it."

James looked at me and asked: "How do you know that? And who was he?"

"Tom Riddle," I answered, "he was the last of the Gaunt line. The oldest brother died childless, the second brother had a daughter that married into the Gaunts. Iolanda Peverell was the only Daughter of the third brother and married a Potter."

I grinned and said: "And guess who squibbed Tom Riddle? I can even get you the Stone."

Lilly sighed and said: "Mary, Marlene, ask for a contract that both sides can cancel when you turn seventeen or one of you get pregnant from someone else, including James knocking someone up. That will secure your time in Hogwarts. I would suggest leaving the fidelity clause out, and getting the option to date others."

Mary asked: "So I would be allowed to date other boys besides James? Won't that make me a slag?"

Marlene agreed: "That would make us sluts, Lilly, if boys find out about that they will treat us like disposable goods."

James commented: "That option will not get in that contract, and I bet our parents will insist on the fidelity clause."

I teased him: "That means no more pining for Bellatrix and her miniskirts."

James shrugged: "No problem, their best friend is a fashion designer. She will think of something, after all, we are too young for that stuff."

Mary sighed: "Let's go back inside and get it over with, I doubt we have a veto right, to begin with."

Xxxxx

I opened Grimmauld place for my friends, Reggie sometimes came along to talk to Kreacher, that elf opened up a bit to me now that we both realized that it was Walburga that made him punish me and it made me hate him for it.

Cygnus got his ears waxed by Gramps, I sent Uncle Cygnus a note.

Dear Uncle Slav… Cygnus.

Can you as a favor to me, let your daughters choose the ones they want to marry? I assure you they have impeccable taste, and won't go for lower quality, be they pureblood or half-bloods.

Even Muggle-born like my Lilly can have a bright future. Sometimes an injection of new blood is needed to renew the old traits.

Send my regards to Slav... Aunty Druella, (I am glad you got rid of those hideous outfits,)

Yours, Heir Sirius Orion Black.

Xxxxx

We managed to meet at Grimmauld Place twice a week during the Holidays, the kids got better at wandless, Lilly and I became interested in our inner animal, according to the old books from the RoR the druid way doesn't require all those silly steps. While the kids were practicing Wandless, Lilly and I meditated to search for our inner animal, it helps when you know what to look for, in my case a big black dog.