This is a fictional story that was written for entertainment purposes. I do not take claim over any of the characters in this story and give all credit to Just Kidding Rolling for all story plots and character designs. The rating on this story is started at rating T but there will be points where it will be rated M, Read at your own risks knowing you chose to read it; those points will not be marked M unless it is of certain standard that may need to be, (sewerslides, moida, etc) Don't forget to R&R.
The silence that filled the room was almost tangible. As Harry gathers his fork and a handful of napkins the Dark Lord moves slowly around to the other side of the table where Snape was sitting, his eyes never leaving Harry. The chatter between Luna and Blaize had silenced as Luna had been the first to acknowledge the Dark Lord, A small smile graced her lips as she wished him a,
"Good morning. I hope your bed wasn't full of nargles." The man moved his gaze to look at Luna, seeming to be staring at her as though trying to figure something out before dipping his head in a gentle acknowledgement to her. Blaize, who was seated next to her and two empty seats separating him and Snape moved and started pouring himself some orange juice doing the same for Luna's cup when she moved it closer to his own. He placed the pitcher down on the other side of the table in a silent gesture towards his professor to take if he wanted. Snape, who had somehow found the time to get his own cup of coffee, shook his head lightly in silent decline before nodding once and taking a sip from his drink. Blaize went to do the same but his attention was moved as the living room door opened.
Simultaneously, Blaize and Snape choked on their drinks, bringing the attention to the new joiners. Harry had to put his plate onto the table and cover his mouth with a hand as he shook while Luna politely gasped.
"My goodness.. That's rather strange is it not?" What they were graced went was Neville, looking flustered as his skin and hair was bright yellow, leading two grinning twins who shared red skin and hair, brighter than the normal Weasley red and Draco looking sombre, his skin and hair green with little green strings tangled in his hair. The strings appeared to have a mind of their own as they floated around and wiggle in his hair. It looked like they imitated snakes as at random, the threads would snap out as though attacking the air around him. It would appear that the twins had started their pranking earlier than anticipated and that Dumbledore had supplied them with the means to do so.
Severus shook his head while the Dark lord sat slowly next to Severus leaving a single empty chair to separate him and Blaize. Harry lifted his head as he caught his breath clutching his chest, a smile spread wide on his face. The second he made contact with the four he only bursted into laughter again. It took almost another whole minute before he could look at them without laughing but he still panted heavily, sweat clear on his forehead as he spoke.
"Oh that's bloody brilliant; it's like a traffic light walked in. Oh, I wish I had a camera." He looked up at the group and picked up his plate and stuff as they walked to take seats. Fred and George sat next to Luna who seemed interested in their colour and Draco moved to sit next to Blaize moving hesitantly as he seemed nervous to sit next to the Dark Lord. Fred and George start talking animatedly to Luna about how they woke up to Draco taking a two hour shower and when he came out he was a different colour. They had gotten ready and when Neville came up they splashed him with their water and whatever component they had put into their shower head and he turned yellow before they all came down.
"You should've seen the look on blondie here when he realised he was no longer blonde but green." Fred laughed and Blaize signalled for Harry to come closer before he left.
"What do we do with our dishes afterwards?" Harry seemed surprised but gestured to the other door in the room and mentioned the kitchen,
"If you place your plates in the sink nicely they'll wash themselves and move to dry themselves as well." Out of the corner of Harry's eye, he could see Severus' head flicker up at the mention that the sink washes its own dishes but before he could say anything Blaize nodded and Harry pardoned himself before leaving out the door.
Conversations at the table seemed simple as the group ate what was cooked. Neville told the rest of them that Harry had cooked all of it which made Blaize and Draco shocked, as though they assumed there to be a sort of house elf in the building with them. Luna seemed to have already known and nodded her head stating that he's cooked for her before when she was feeling sad about her mom. She spoke openly about how her mom had left recipes and how The Weasley twins stated having also known saying that when Harry helped their mother cook dinner they would talk about him possibly opening a diner in Diagon Alley after the war ended.
Both Snape and the Dark Lord remained silent throughout the conversations seeming to just be taking in the words but not saying anything of their own. The piles of food disappeared throughout the eight of them and soon they started piling the empty plates and cups and gathering the silverware bringing them to the kitchen. They did as Harry told them before seeming to not know what to do.
Silently they stood in the dining room before Luna decided they should explore the house,
"It would be good to see what else is here so we can map out the house. We could do it in groups so that none of us get lost" They agreed with nods and words before going silent again as they seemed to try and figure out who was going with The Dark Lord and the professor. Luna, again raised her hand.
"How about Blaize and I go with Professor Snape and Voldemort," Snape flinched and the Dark Lord seemed to look over at him gently confused while George and Fred frowned lightly, "And Neville and Draco can go with George and Fred. That way when you four go upstairs you can get the antidote for the colour." Slowly the teenagers nodded and agreed and started dispersing as the small group went upstairs.
This left Luna, Blaize, Snape and the Dark Lord standing in the room together. Snape stood up first and the Dark Lord seemed to follow with Luna leading them out of the dining room back into the living room. Luna seemed the most into the looking as she had somehow gotten papers and pencils and had started drawing floor plans to the rooms she found. Blaize wasn't too far behind her calling out what rooms they would find while the professor and Dark Lord followed slowly behind the two.
She seemed to be walking rather quickly as he moved around the room opening doors and drawing at surprisingly quick speeds; it wasn't too detailed from what they could see, rather more like just simple shapes to establish where things were. When they reached the door that goes upstairs she seemed to pause, flipping the page and writing something down before flipping back to the first page and moving to the door left of it. Opening it, there appeared to be stairs that lead downwards but instead of her walking down them she moved to sit on the railing and slid down into the room below. Professor Snape looked over to Blaize who shrugged and followed after her silently walking down the stairs, the two menacing men walking silently behind him.
Once at the bottom of the stairs they were in what appeared to be a hallway leading down into an open area, it wasn't close enough that they were able to see it but there was a door directly to the right of them that had been opened. Luna stepped out from the door drawing in her note book before briskly walking down the hallway.
They seemed to have found the potions room as the second they entered Severus started bustling around the room looking in the cabinets and the second door, which they found out led to a storage room for the ingredients, as he mentally took inventory of what they had in stock and started to reorganise everything on the shelves. The Dark Lord watched him in what seemed to be confusion and Blaize slipped out the room out of boredom. Not long after he left the two men heard a great shouting of,
"Holy Shit!" The two stopped what they were doing, with Severus moving two jars at once while the Dark Lord seemed to be leisurely flipping through a textbook he found and wasted no time to briskly walk out. They could make out the end of the hallway where Blaize seemed to be standing, his hands pushing his hair back while Luna walked briskly in the background.
"Now Mr. Zabini I'm sure whatever you found is not wor- damn." Severus had to cover his own mouth as he had slipped up at what they caught sight of next. The hallway led to one of the biggest pools the three of them have ever seen. Luna bustled up to them excitedly, an odd look in her eyes.
"Twenty by forty feet. This pool seems to be water with chlorine and everything. No salt or anything extra. The room must have been forcefully expanded and made so that it would accommodate the pool while also not allowing the house to spontaneously come down, with the lack of support beams. I'm surprised it hasn't but then I found out the support beams are in the walls, Isn't that amazing?!" The three watch and seem intrigued at the random spouting of information that came from the younger girl. The dark lord seemed to be staring at her, baffled at her sudden spouting of knowledge.
"How did you even figure that out?" Blaize seemed to gently jump, not hard enough to everyone but enough that Snape glanced at him from the side of his eye before Luna spoke again.
"Well Mr. Riddle you can tell by the wall widths and width and length of the pool," As she spoke the Dark Lord looked shaken at being referred to by such a title but it quickly turned to anger and he cut her off.
"Listen here girl, I don't know who told you to call me that but-" She cut him off by smiling at him or rather, through him.
"Well You told me. Or rather your Horcruxes did." He stumbled back gaping at her.
"What did you say.." he spoke but his voice seemed more of a whisper than anything else. He almost couldn't speak at all for once and even Snape seemed startled.
"Your Horcruxes? They're all in the closet on the floor above."
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