Dark Gifts

*Parseltongue*
“Speaking”
‘Thoughts’

Quote of the chapter!

“Let me have none of your popish stuff. Get away with you. Good morning.” -- Thomas Paine

Chapter 26

Charlie had to practically drag Harry into the Great Hall the next morning. They dressed Harry in some of Charlie’s old clothes, as he didn’t have any of his own. His snake was once again sleeping around his wrist, Harry thought that perhaps it was sick and maybe that’s why it slept so much. He barely got to speak two words into his lecture about protecting him when the snake fell asleep again, uninterested in what Harry had to say.

Everyone looked at them and began whispering. The rest of the Weasley clan, excluding Percy were in the Great Hall. Charlie glared at everyone he noticed eyeing Harry, which was nearly everyone. The girls were giggling, and Charlie strained his ears to hear them.

“…so cute.”

“Who’s he?”

“…dreamy eyes.”

The girls weren’t the only ones. Quite a few boys were eyeing Harry rather hungrily as well. Even though usually stoic Slytherins were licking their lips and talking in hushed voices while looking at Harry. Jealously flared through Charlie.

Harry on the other hand just walked with his head down and allowed Charlie to lead him to a table. He didn’t like so many people looking at him. He had rarely been out of the house, and when he was people never paid him so much attention. It was all rather disconcerting. Harry sat down at a small table next to the head table between Fred, or at least he thought it was Fred, and Bill.

Charlie, grumbled and sat across from him. He really wanted to sit next to Harry.

At this time Headmaster Dumbledore stood and cleared his throat. The hall immediately quieted down. The headmaster only spoke when something of great importance happened, lately being someone’s death.

“Attention everyone, I have a very important announcement to make.” Everyone looked towards the aging headmaster. “Quite a few years ago, a young man went missing. He was dropped off at his relatives house and never seen again.” That caught everyone’s attention. Everyone knew the tragic fate of one Harry James Potter. “Search parties were sent out, unfortunately the boy had been missing for over a decade so no one had any idea where to look. After a few years he was declared dead and a memorial was set up for him in Godric’s Hollow next to his parents.” Dumbledore said sadly. “But today is a joyous occasion…” He trailed off for affect. Everyone was hanging onto the headmaster’s every word. “It is a joyous occasion, because yesterday Harry Potter was returned to us safely.” He turned towards Harry. “Welcome, Mr. Potter, to Hogwarts.”

The students were immediately in an uproar.

“Harry Potter here?”

“Let me see.”

“I can’t believe he’s alive.”

The rumor mill was already starting, speculations of where he has been and why he came back were spreading a mile a minute. Students were standing on their chairs for a chance to see the famed hero of the wizarding world. And a few unintelligent muggleborns were asking, “Who’s Harry Potter?”

The entire time Harry was seething. ‘Returned safely? RETURNED SAFELY! I was freaking kidnapped and then molested!!! I’ll show you returned safely! He just blows it off like its nothing…returned safely. How about if I accidentally castrate Charlie boy here. I’m sure I could make it look like a minor incident. The old man just loves to play with his words.’ Harry fumed.

Fred and Bill who were sitting next to the enraged man scooted away a bit. They could literally feel the anger pooring off of him. They mentally applauded him. If the order and their family kept this up, Harry was going to snap, and all they would do is sit back and enjoy the show.

Dumbledore raised his hands again to shush the loud students, eyes twinkling madly. “Now, now, calm down everyone. I still have a few announcements in regards to Mr. Potter.”

Harry groaned and allowed his head to crash into the table with a loud, thump. Bill just silently patted his back in support. He really did feel sorry for the boy.

“Now, I don’t want anyone harassing him. He has been living with Lord Voldemort,” gasps and shudders went around the hall at the name, “for quite a while now, and I’m afraid he has no wand or formal education. I don’t wish for you to bring up any memories of his time with the Dark Lord. He will be joining you in your classes to learn theory. Now Mr. Potter if you will please come up here for your sorting.”

Harry gave a sigh, and thumped his head on the table before getting up. Not only did the man make it seem like living with Tom was absolutely horrible, he managed to peek the students interests. Of course they were going to ask him about his time with Voldemort now that he has forbidden it. Then he managed to tell the whole school that he was unarmed and not dangerous. ‘Well, he’ll be in for a surprise when it turns out I far exceed everyone else’s intelligence. I may not have had any formal schooling, but that doesn’t make me stupid.’

Harry walked over and Minerva McGonagall placed the hat on his head.

“Ah, Harry Potter, I had wondered if I would ever get the chance to see in your head.” A voice said. Harry knew that it was the hat.

‘Interesting, so you’re involved with the Dark Lord? And what’s this, bearing his child? Now that is different. I see you are rather intelligent, you would fit in wonderfully with Ravenclaw. Then again, you are fiercely loyal to those you love, Hufflepuff would do you good. Courage of a Gryffindor with the mind of a Slytherin. But where to put you?’ The hat said in Harry’s head.

‘Oh Merlin, anyplace but Gryffindor! Tom would kill me, and I just know that that house would swamp me with questions.’ Harry thought.

‘Not Gryffindor? The headmaster seems to disagree, he told me to put you there.’ The hat informed him.

Harry seethed. ‘He did, did he? Well if you put me in Gryffindor I might just slit their throats while they are sleeping, or I could just stick Tom on them. Whichever comes first, the loss of the rest of my sanity, which is definitely wearing really thin right now, or Tom busting me out of this hellhole, take your pick. Murder of the house of red and gold, or placing me elsewhere. You decide.’ Harry thought viciously.

The hat made a choking sound that sounded suspiciously like a laugh. ‘Oh I know where exactly to put you now!’ It said. It’s voice then blared out. “SLYTHERIN.”

The hall was absolutely silent for once. You could here a pin drop if you were trying. No one could believe Harry Potter had gotten placed in Slytherin. Then all at once the whole Slytherin house stood up and wild cheers were shouted, led by Draco, which was rather unusual from the calm collected house. He looked over at the Weasleys to see Fred and George giving each other high fives and Bill smiling at him and giving him a thumbs up. Harry smiled and walked over to the table with the green and silver banner and sat down next to Draco. “Welcome to Slytherin.” He said before he began eating.

“I CAN’T BELIEVE IT! ALBUS YOU MUST DO SOMETHING! HE HAS BEEN BRAINWASHED INTO THINKING THE SLYTHERIN HOUSE IS GOOD! IF HE STAYS THERE THOSE AWFUL CHILDREN WILL DO SOMETHING TO HIM, I JUST KNOW IT!” Mrs. Weasley screamed at the headmaster. Mr. Weasley and Charlie backing her.

“Calm down. He will only be attending classes and meals with them. There is no need to be upset. He will still be sleeping in your quarters for his own safety. Nothing to worry about.” Dumbledore said.

Harry’s heart sunk. He would still have to stay around Charlie.

The bell rang and Harry was about to leave the hall with Draco when someone linked arms with him and began steering him away form Draco.

“Hello, I’m Hermione Granger. Headmaster Dumbledore arranged for me to be your guide today. I’ll be showing you to all of your classes and explaining the rules to you.” The bushy haired girl said quickly. She began leading them down the hall. “It must have been so awful staying with You-Know-Who. I bet he did all sorts of horrible things to you. And now, to top it all off your in Slytherin, the absolute worst house you could be in. There’s no need to worry though. Everyone in Gryffidor has agreed to stay around you 24/7 to make sure none of them do anything. We are here to protect you.” She said smiling sweetly at him.

Harry looked behind him to see if Draco was nearby to save him. What he saw instantly had him angry. He was being followed by a horde of Gryffindors, all of who were pushing Draco back away from him, telling him to stay away. They said that their ‘savior’ didn’t need influenced by anymore Slytherins. It was going to be a long day.

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Harry shut the door to the Weasley rooms in Hogwarts and ran a frustrated hand through his hair. The day was absolutely horrible. The Gryffindors just wouldn’t leave him alone! They walked him down the halls. They sat next to him in class. And they never shut up. Always going on about slimy Slytherins, and how he should be in Gryffinor. They all decided to ask him questions despite the headmaster’s warning.

“What did he do to you?”

“Was he all scaly like everyone said he was?”

“Were you tortured?”

And of course his favorite was, “How did you escape the dark?” He seriously thought of telling him. “You know the usual. Sitting calmly on your bed, awaiting for your lover, who’s happens to be the big bad Dark Lord, but I like to call him Tom. Then you have to make sure a psycho woman who hates you polyjuices herself as a friend stuns you. I then waited in a whore house for my kidnapper to arrive who would later proceed to molest me after you save yourself from a vampire. You know the usual. If you ever need to escape the Dark Lord, just do what I did.” Yeah, he didn’t think that would work out to well.

One girl even had the audacity to shove him in a broom closet and snog him! She said her name was Lavender something and then proceeded to shove her tongue down his throat. Harry had shoved her off and went on his way! At lunch he heard the same girl bragging about how she was his girlfriend and they were planning to get married! She said she was pretty sure she was already pregnant with his babies! Already, so soon she thinks she’s pregnant even though he’s been in the school for a day. And the funny thing is, people believed her!!! He hadn’t slept with her, and he’d only been there for a few hours, and people already believed her. Never mind, he was in classes the entire morning except when he was in the hall going to class, that was when he was pushed in a broom closet.

Anyway, the real fun happened at dinner. Minister Fudge had heard of his appearance and decided to stop by for a visit.

“I knew it! I knew you had him hidden somewhere! I told everyone, but did they believe me! No, of course not, why believe the Minister of Magic when you could believe a crazy old man!” The Minister said.

Harry nearly laughed. He now knew why Tom never killed the man. He was incredibly funny.

“I didn’t keep him Minister! A friend found him in Knockturn Alley and brought him to me for safety.” Albus said in a casual tone.

The Minister huffed and puffed and….didn’t do anything but whine about how he should have been brought to him first. Of course, when he said this, he was looking Harry up and down with a lustful gleam in his eye. That bothered Harry more than he would like to admit. Sometimes he just wished he wasn’t pretty.

The Minister eventually left and Harry went to his rooms. He just wanted to collapse in Tom’s arm and cry. He was so stressed he wanted one of Tom’s massages. They would fell so good right now. He went into his rooms and changed for bed. He was so tired. After he laid down he felt Charlie climb in with him. Like the previous night the man’s hands began to wonder.

Harry groaned. “Charlie, I’m so not in the mood right now.” Harry said sleepily. He didn’t really feel like dealing with the man. He didn’t want to outright refuse him, in fear of him hurting the baby. At least Charlie’s hands stopped.

Charlie sighed. He was really horny too. “Alright baby, maybe tomorrow?” He asked, not getting a response in return.

Like the night before Harry tried to ignore the gentle slapping of a hand on flesh and the pants of the man masturbating beside him. Harry fell asleep, just knowing the rest of the week would be basically the same thing over and over again.


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Alright, next update…I’m not sure when, might be tomorrow or the next day, or the next day…but it will have the raid of Hogwarts!!! So I hope you look forward to that. Also, I have an Harry Potter/Addams family crossover challenge that I want someone to write, so check that out if interested!

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Rhea Clair Riddle: I have someone planned out for one twin, and someone for Bill, but I’m not sure about the other twin. Thanks for the review!

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Dahlias: Yeah…it’s not exactly comfortable when someone you know reads something like that, then knows your into it! It’s so embarrassing! And yes, a bit late to vote, but I see your point. And at least you got the fact that Ron and Ginny died. People are still asking me to have appearances and set them up with other characters! I even made an announcement a few chapters ago saying I killed them off a while ago, but no one seems to listen! Anyway, I’m glad you like the story! Thanks for the review!

Zozobozo: You mean like Apollo did? Hehe…I thought about that. But it will come to use eventually. Thanks for the review!

Varjo: It’ll have its uses later! Thanks for the review!

Shadowama: Castration? That’s what I originally had planned. I might still use it. Thanks for the review!

Eci_Frog: Hmmm…I’m not sure. This story honestly doesn’t have that much longer to go…and there’s not too many girls Harry knows…maybe I’ll add a pair. I’ve even been having trouble incorporating straight couples as I don’t want everyone to be gay. Thanks for reviewing!

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Darkness: Yeah…the snake is being rather stupid at the moment. He will have a use later. Thanks for reviewing!

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blood_red_eyes: I was running on the idea that the snake was a last minute gift to Harry. When he got the snake, it said it was poisonous and it was small so he figured it would fit Harry. He didn’t think the snake would be so stupid. And true he didn’t really cheat. He kind of did, but not really. In his head it was Tom. But it was still technically Charlie in body. Thanks for reviewing!

Tesgura: I would but Fred and George aren’t into necrophilia. I killed Ginny off a while ago. Thanks for reviewing!

TiffanyAK: Like I said before, Charlie’s delusional. He’s going to believe what he wants to, ignoring things that point in a totally opposite direction. And Harry will speak up for himself eventually. Right now, he’s keeping his lips shut, afraid for his baby’s life. All it would take is for one person to get mad at him for them to curse him and his baby to be in danger. Thanks for reviewing!

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