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(Master to Kitten, Kitten to Master)

'Thoughts'

[Kitten speech]

The Dark Lord's Name

(With Kingsley Shacklebolt)

Kingsley had just returned from talking to Trevor Saltz. He had cleared the man. He had been around the correct age but he didn't do it. The man was unable to be the dark lord due to not being able to do magic. Thanks to all the inbreeding the man had been physically deformed. His fingers had never developed fully and had been small and stubby. He was unable to hold a wand properly.

Another thing was that his magic was unstable. He had a hard time controlling it. His parents had his magic sealed. He left the wizarding world and lived in the muggle world. Kingsley felt bad that the man paid for his family's mistakes.

That did mean that they knew who the dark lord was. Now he just needed to look into Thomas Riddle. At least they were getting closer. He just hoped that the dark lord didn't get wind of it. He sent an encrypted message to the minister to let him know.

He went to the records room and began searching. He decided to go back to when he attacked Harry Potter. It took him a while since there was a lot. He had to do it by hand so that it lowered the risk of the dark lord finding out.

"Finally." He said when he finally came across a record belonging to Riddle. It was actually an application for the ministry. It was dated forty six years ago. He found that Dumbledore had black listed him but didn't give a reason. He cursed that man once more. Especially when he saw the proposal the man had written out.

He wanted to monitor witches and wizards in magical homes more closely and have them removed as soon as they are abused. He also wanted to make sure any wizard/witch in an orphanage was removed and placed with a family.

It sounded like a good idea to him. It also made sense as to why Dumbledore didn't want the proposal to go through. He wanted to know what happened to the man. He rubbed his eyes and continued his search. It was thirteen hours later before he had finished collecting everything. He then returned to his office.

"Time for a break." He said after he had locked them in a drawer and warded the drawer.

"I got this." Alastor said.

"Got what?" Kinsgley asked in confusion.

"I'm watching your office. Umbridge was in mine. Didn't take anything since it is all locked up but she certainly tried." He answered.

"That doesn't surprise me. Thank you." He said.

"You're welcome. Go home and get some rest. Don't forget to eat." He said.

"I won't. Here." He handed him what he had.

"What's this?" He asked.

"I narrowed it down to one." He answered.

"Oh." Alastor understood what Kingsley was saying. "I'll give these a look then."

"Thank you." He said.

"Not a problem."

Kingsley left after that. Alastor took the files and went back to his own office. He locked and warded the door before he sat down at his desk. Luckily for him Kingsley had already put them in order. He began reading.

The scarred auror actually felt bad for him. His mum died in childbirth and his father wanted nothing to do with him. She had used a love potion on him and then stopped. The man wanted nothing to do with her or their child. He then grew up in an orphanage. It seemed that there had been reports that the child was abused and used his magic to harm others in order to protect himself.

"If Dumbledore had done his job, Tom probably wouldn't have fallen down such a dark path." He sighed.

It was still hard to know that someone he had thought of as a friend had done all that evil and they were still learning what that man had done. All he had to do was remove the boy. Instead the boy grew to hate muggles more and more. He felt for the child.

He looked through the school records and realized the child had let loose the monster from the chamber of secrets. It stopped when the boy had turned Hagrid in. It was probably to stop the school from closing and being forced to stay at the orphanage all year. He had been an excellent student.

There were a few reports from his professors. It seemed like many were concerned by how obsessive Dumbledore was with the boy. It looked like it was never investigated since it was Dodge who was the auror at the time. They all knew the man was in love with Dumbledore and did anything that man said.

"Again we failed to do our jobs." He sighed. "Dumbledore had gotten away with so much."

He continued reading on and almost scowled. Riddle had applied to be a DADA teacher after he had gotten his mastery and Dumbledore turned him down. After that the records end. That must have been when Riddle stopped using his name.

"Let's see if anyone in the orphanage is still alive." He said.

He took the records and gave them to Bones. She promised to keep them secure. He then went off to look into the orphanage. The matron had died and many of the ones still alive didn't have the best memory. They mostly remembered bullying the child and the child somehow getting him back.

He did find the orphanage's old records. He also found the diary of the matron. There he learned a lot about the boy. Turns out she had been a squib and that was why she bullied Riddle. She resented him for having magic. She also spied on Dumbledore and Riddle when the man informed the child he was a wizard. It turned out that he planned to remove the child until he admitted he was a parselmouth. That was when Dumbledore's attitude towards Riddle changed.

"So he figured out Riddle was the heir." Bones said when Alastor told her and Kingsley.

"I believe so." He said.

"He wanted a villain and found one." Kingsley said.

"Yes." He said.

"Damn." She cursed.

"What now?" Kingsley asked.

"Find out all you can about the Riddles." She ordered. "And look into Morfin Gaunt."

"Yes ma'am." They said.

(With Harry and Neville)

"I am seriously going to snap." Neville said as they entered their dorm room.

"I know." Harry said. "You know that people, no matter the species, will have the stupid jealous idiots."

"I know. That doesn't make it any better. They should just mind their own business." He sighed.

"They should but they won't." He said.

"I know. Still, what is it any of their business that our family is living on campus?" He asked, his wings fluttering behind him.

"None but they sure think so." He said, before his tail distracted him.

"That's tru- seriously?" Neville spotted Harry chasing his tail.
Harry didn't say a word. He kept trying to get his tail. Neville shook his head before encouraging him to get it. They did this for a bit until Harry grew tired. The fairy always loved when Harry's feline instincts took over. It was always cute.

"So cute." He cooed.

"Shut it." He pouted. "It's not cute at all."

"It is." He said.

Harry just stuck his tongue out. He climbed onto his bed and curled up. He was soon out like a light. Neville smiled and went to his side of the room, He started on his homework. It wasn't long until someone came knocking on their door. Harry somehow slept through it. Neville answered the door.

"Good afternoon, Headmistress June." He greeted her.

"Good afternoon, Heir Longbottom. I heard that some students were bothering you." She said.

"Yeah. There were a few that thought they had a right to know why my family had moved into the campus apartments." He said.

"I see." She frowned.

"At first they asked and when I told them that I wasn't allowed to discuss it, they demanded to know why." He said.

"Names please." She said.

"Okay." He gave them all the names.

"Thank you. Please let me or another member of the staff know if they continue." She said.

"I promise." He said.

"Good. Tell Heir Potter to do the same." She said, having already spotted the sleeping neko.

"I will." He promised.

"Good. Have a wonderful afternoon." She said.

"Thank you. You as well." He said, before she left.

Neville smiled and went back to his homework. It was nice to have a headmistress that was involved and didn't let students bully other students.

(With The aurors)

"Here you go." Alastor said, handing over everything he had found on the Riddles.

"Hmm." She looked it over.

"Here is what I got from Morfin Gaunt." Kingsley said.

"Just as I suspected." She said.

"What is?" Alastor asked.

"According to our reports Morfin Gaunt killed the Riddles. I suspected that wasn't so. Kingsley was given permission to get access to his mind. It had been altered and when removed it shows that his nephew had altered his memory. I suspect Riddle had killed his grandparents and father and then altered his uncle's memories so that he would confess." She said.

"The ring." Alastor suddenly said.

"What?" The two looked at him.

"I just recalled that the spell mentioned the ring horcrux that was made around the time of Thomas Riddle Sr's death." He said. "He probably made it then."

"And he not only had a scapegoat but a place to hide the ring after Morfin Gaunt was sentenced." Kingsley said.

"Damn." Amelia cursed. "At least all we need is Nigini and that man himself."

"Indeed." Alastor said, grateful for the spell the unspeakable had created.

"What now? The Riddle manor is under a fidelus charm." Kingsley said.

"We need to inform the minister and then we begin practice." She said.

"Yes ma'am." The two said.