A New Darkness

Disclaimer: Not her,
if I was, I wouldn’t be spending my time writing fake stories about stuff that
doesn’t belong to me.

Chapter 3

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“So, why exactly do you have a room and clothes in my
father’s home?” Harry asked Draco as they walked towards the dining room.

“We’re staying here for the rest of the summer because of
the raids the ministry is conducting,” Draco replied, as they trekked down the
stairs.

“Fucking ministry.
Bunch of incompetent bastards if you ask me,” Harry said, scowling.

“My what language Potter, I’m quite impressed.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Didn’t think you had it in you.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> And I couldn’t agree more,” Draco responded
with a slight smirk playing about his lips.
So far spending time with Potter hadn’t been too bad.

‘Granted it’s only been about twenty minutes, but that’s
definitely more civil minutes then we’ve ever spent in each other’s presence.’

“Again with the Potter nonsense,” Harry sighed as he pusheden ten the doors to the dining room.
There, seated at a large dark table, was his father.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> And the Malfoy’s. “Guess I should have expected that one after the whole ‘We’re
staying here’ bit,” Harry drawled.
“Well Lucius, at least we won’t be trying to kill each other this
time. Quite an improvement, don’t you
think?”

Harry walked over to his father and planted a kiss on his
forehead. “Pops I do believe I need to
go shopping. The poor excuse for a
wardrobe those muggles left me with will hardly do for the son of a great man
such as yourself,” he said as he sat in in the seat next to his father.

Draco ogled unbelievingly at what just happened.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> “You…you…Pops??”

“Well you said it would be amusing, just trying to be
accommodating here,” came the sarcastic reply.

Lord Voldemort burst into laughter at that.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> The entire Malfoy family looked at him fearfully.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> The only time the Dark Lord laughed was when
pain was about to be inflicted.

“My boy, I haven’t been amused enough to laugh like that in
a very long time. Pops you say?style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Surprisingly enough, I don’t hate it.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> It’s almost…nice,” Voldemort gasped, tears
running down his cheeks.

Now the Malfoy’s were looking at both him and Harry as if
they’d gone completely insane. The Dark
Lord didn’t do nice.

“Draco, please have a seat.
As for the shopping Harry, there’s no need for that, my tailor will be by
today to take care of you.” Voldemort said, regaining his composure.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> “Lucius, stop looking at me like that.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> I may have developed something of a soft
spot for my son, but I assure you, I have no intentions of tolerating any
insubordination from my followers.”

“Forgive me, my Lord,” Lucius said, bowing his head.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> “It’s just been a long time since you’ve
truly smiled. Perhaps young Potter here
will give you back some of the joy you once had in your life.”

“Alright people, seriously now. You’ve all heard the story, so what’s with the incessant use of
Potter? Pops, what exactly is my name
now?” Harry asked as they began eating.

“I suppose we shall replace ‘Potter’ with Voldemort.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> As for your first name, your mother and I
were going to name you Raithos. It
means ‘beloved’ in parseltongue. She
loved the language, you know,” he replied, with an almost sad look in his
eyes.

“I wish I had known her Pops. I really do,” said Harry.

“She was a wonderful woman, Harry. My best friend actually,” said Narcissa, speaking for the first
time. “You have her eyes, you
know. Lorelai was so looking forward to
your birth…we were pregnant at the same time.
We had such plans for you and Draco, you were going to be the best of
friends,” she continued with a soft smile.

Harry was taken aback at this new side to Narcissa
Malfoy. He’d met her once before, at
the Quidditch Cup, with the Weasleys.
She had looked so cold and uncaring, yet here she was, pleasant and
smiling. Harry glanced over at Lucius,
who also had a small smile on his face.
Draco was sitting next to Harry, calmly eating his breakfast, with not
so much as a sneer on his face.

‘They are so different away from the rest of the
world. Even Draco hasn’t been as bad as
he was at school. This is the real
them,’ Harry realized.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> He’d known Draco’s school personality had
been an act, just as his own had been.
‘I like this side of them,’ he
thought.

“Raithos, we need to talk
about your training. You will, of
course, be learning much about the Dark Arts in the month you have before
school starts. It wouldn’t be fitting
for my heir to be any less accomplished in this area eve even my most talented
followers. Lucius will be your
instructor, and Draco will be assisting him.
You have much to catch up on, my son,” Voldemort said.

“Raithos, I like it.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> It suits me, I think.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> As for the training, I can’t wait.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> I’ve actually read quite a number of books
concerning the Dark Arts. Of course,
I’ve never actually been able to try any of the things I’ve read about, old
Bumblefuck getting in the way of that and all.
But I’m eager to try them out I must say,” Harry said excitedly.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> He’d been interested in the Dark Arts for
quite a few years now. He’d always
assumed it was because of Voldemort’s Slytherin side, but now he knew it was
his own. His own darkness, that he didn’t
have to try and hide anymore.

“This is going to be so
much fun…”

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A/N:style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Okay, new chappie up.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> In our next episode we’ll skip ahead just a
tad, and get to the interesting stuff.
Like getting ready for Hogwarts.

Jazzylady:style="mso-spacerun: yes"> I agree, Horrus is pretty freaking
gross.

Beth:style="mso-spacerun: yes"> I did enjoy that ‘other ones’ myself.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> I decided if Harry’s going to be evil, he
might as well be experienced evil. It’s
not fair for Draco to be the only sex god.
Plus it’ll make for amazing stuff later on, *wink wink*.