Shades of Black

Chapter 20

‘Thomas
M. Riddle married Zaire T. Snape; in 1980 they had a single child Atani Dorian
Riddle. Zaire
had trouble conceiving so when they had Atani it was great cause for
celebration. Atani was born on Year="1980" Day="31" Month="7">July 31, 1980.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> On that same night he disappeared and Zaire
was found dead, killed with a Muggle weapon.’

Harry
stopped reading for a moment. class=GramE>Looking blankly at the page.
His mother was dead, had died on his birthday.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It would have been different if she had died
in childbirth but she hadn’t, a Muggle killed her, at least that’s how it
appeared. Harry had a sinking suspicion
that Dumbledore had something to do with it.
There was one thing Harry was happy about with regards to that
paragraph, he knew his real name now, not that anyone
would be able to call him by it for awhile.

“Atani
Dorian Riddle.” He said softly to himself.
He smiled, “I like the way it sounds.” He smiled and flipped to the
beginning of the book, he had started near the end because he was curious about
more recent events. He glanced over at
the sleeping blonde, smiling lovingly at him.
Softly he whispered to him, “Love you Drac.” He said, going back to the
book, “I guess I should start at the beginning.” He sighed, wasn’t looking
forward to it, “Maybe I can just pick out the important parts.” Slowly he began
to read again, deciding it might be better to just read the whole thing.

‘Salazar
Slytherin was a powerful wizard and one of the four founders of Hogwarts.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> After the founding Salazar and class=SpellE>Godric Gryffindor, another founder, had an argument about
who should and should not be admitted into the school.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Salazar left, leaving behind his legacy in
the House of Slytherin and the Chamber of Secrets.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Only an heir can open the chamber and being
that you’re reading this you must be an heir.
After leaving he married and subsequently had children.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It is unknown what became of him or his heirs
but it is known that at least one had children as the line still continues.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The surnames of the founders have ceased to
exist. Only being used in the names of
the Hogwarts houses and demarking heirs of the lines.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The Slytherin line has always been pure until
it merged with the Muggle line, Riddle, and every member of the line has been
in Slytherin. Not all have had the
Parselmouth ability but it is an ability exclusive to the
line. All members on the other hand have
an affinity for snakes, are able to understand them to a certain degree even
without the ability to speak Parseltongue.
Being that snakes are usually associated with evil the line has been
construed as such.’

He
stopped reading, rubbing his eyes slightly, “Gods I’m tired.” He said softly,
looking at his sleeping partner, “I should just go to sleep with you.” He
yawned, “There’s nothing else interesting.
Well, except maybe about what happened…” He trailed off, flopping back
on the pillows. His eyes closed and he
soon found himself asleep, the book open on his tummy.

Draco
awoke first the next day, stretching absently.
He smiled when he saw Harry asleep, the book open over him.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Gently he brushed a stray lock of hair out of
his face. It was getting long, silky
soft. He smiled, brushing his fingers
over his face, tracing his features.

“You
deserve all the sleep you can get.” He smiled, “I have a feeling something
interesting is going to happen this year and I’m sure you’ll like your
surprise.” He said softly, petting his hair lovingly.