The Son of Darkness (Harry Potter Fanfiction)

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Prologue

It was a cold, wet night on All Hallow's Eve. The Dark Lord walked through Godric's Hollow, on his way to kill the Potters. As he walked, he thought to himself, "Sickening, a child, being the downfall of me. As mad as it seems, perhaps I should be more careful. Those Potters were always a nuisance, their son could be just as dangerous. Perhaps... yes, that might work." he snickered lightly as he walked up to the Potter's house and blasted the door down. James yelled up to his wife, "Lily, hide Harry! He's here, I'll hold him off!" the Dark Lord cackled in an amused sort of way saying, "Hold me off? With what? Avada Kedavera!" and with a flick of his yew wand, James Potter fell to the ground, dead. As he made his way up the stairs, he could here Lily screaming in fear and smiled lightly. What he didn't accounted for was that Lily had found her wand and as he opened the door she hid behind, she yelled out, "Petrificus Totalus!" As the spell hit the Dark Lord and petrified him, Lily thought she was safe, but little did she know that Nagini was on the floor, and she was angry. She rose up hissing and with one swift bite to her neck, killed Lily Potter. As Lily's curse began to wear off, Tom rose to his feet and snarled at her dead body and said, "Filthy mudblood. If only you had lived to see what I'm about to do next. It would have satisfied me to no end to see you beg and plead for me not to." as he went over to Harry's crib, he peered over and looked at him. Harry looked up at him and held out his arms as if he wanted to be picked up saying "Dada!" Tom smiled and said, "That's right Harry, I'm dada now. But I shouldn't call you Harry anymore, no, that's not a name befitting the son of the most powerful wizard who ever lived. I shall name you Harrison, Harrison Riddle. As he picked up his newly named son, Nagini flicked her tongue lightly saying, "He seems like he will make a good heir master." Tom nodded and flicked his wand saying, "Geminio." A copy of Harrison appeared in his other arm and he flicked it into the crib, making it seem lifeless. About two hours after Tom and Nagini had taken their leave, a thin old man had entered the wrecked house, with white hair so long it could be tucked into his emerald green cloak. As he saw the seemingly lifeless copy of Harry, he said to himself, "Oh Harry, I'm so sorry."

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Chapter 1: The Adoption

As Tom awoke in the Riddle manor, he walked into Harrison's room. As he looked over his sleeping son, he smiled, "The boy is so peaceful when he's asleep." As Nagini slithered in, she said "The ritual is ready master." as she told Tom the news, Harrison awoke, cooing. Tom picked him up and took him into his chambers, and placed him in the center of a circle of Tom's own blood. As Tom fed Harrison from a bottle and touched his wand to the blood circle, the blood drained into the center and a cloud of green smoke enveloped them. Tom smiled as he said, "The adoption ritual is complete. It is time to show you to my followers son." As Nagini shook her tail for Harrison, he said to her in Parseltongue, "Hi!" and giggled. Tom smiled and said, "Good, good, he is now my own flesh and blood." As he brought him down into the Riddle Dining Room, his Death Eaters looked up from the table and applauded. Lucius, who had brought his wife Narcissa and son Draco smiled and toasted his glass saying, "To the son of our glorious master." and the Death Eaters raised their glasses in agreement to the toast. As Tom set Harrison in his playpen, he said, "Narcissa, why don't you place Draco with my boy? It will be good for the two of them to bond at a young age." Narcissa smiled and said, "What a wonderful idea sir, Draco's been needing some companionship." she put her son in the playpen and the two boys hit it off immediately. Tom smiled and said to Lucius, "Lucius, I would be most grateful if you would agree to be Harrison's godfather." Lucius nodded, "It would be my pleasure master. If I may ask, where is the boy's mother?" Tom sighed sadly, falsely of course and said, "Unfortunately, she was murdered by Sirius shortly after Harrison's birth. Avenging the Potters he said." Bellatrix Lestrange snarled at the mention of her cousin, "That filthy blood-traitor. I'm glad he took the fall for selling the Potters out to you." she said as she walked over to Harrison's playpen and tickled his forehead, "He is quite a cute one. He has your eyes my Lord." Tom smiled and said, "Thank you Bella, now, why don't you sit down and join us for tonight's dinner?"

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Chapter 2: Harrison's Childhood

As the seven year old Harrison woke from his sleep, Nagini was slithering into his room. She looked up at him and said, "Perfect timing young master. The Malfoys are here to take you to breakfast." Harrison smiled at Nagini and told her, "Thank you Nagini, I'll be right down." he went into his personal bathroom and took a hot shower before getting dressed in the best clothes that his father bought him. As he made his way down the stairs to meet his godparents and his childhood friend Draco, they greeted him with warm arms. Narcissa said, "Oh Harrison, come here and give auntie Narcissa a hug, it's been so long since we've gotten to see you!" Harrison smiled and hugged his godmother, then smiled at Draco. "Hey Draco, nice to see you again." Draco nodded and said, "Come on Harrison, we're going to Hogsmeade for breakfast and a treat at Honeydukes." As the family made their way to the Hog's Head Inn via Floo Powder, which Harrison was not new to, Harrison smiled, thinking to himself, "My life is great, I have the most powerful wizard as my father, and a great family of caretakers. It would be nice if father took more time to see me though." As they finished their breakfast at the inn and headed to Honeydukes, Draco noticed Harrison's slight sadness and asked him, "Are you ok Harrison?" He whispered back, "Can we keep this a secret? Just between best friends?" Draco nodded and lowered his voice to listen and Harrison told him, "I just wish my father spent more time with me, Nagini's good company, and so are you and your family, but I never get to spend time with my dad." Draco looked concerned and said, "Yeah, but you know how it is, him being a really important person." Harrison nodded back and told him, "I know, you're right." And they continued on their way to Honeydukes. When they got there, they saw someone they never thought they'd see there, Harrison's father. Harrison smiled brightly saying, "Father! What are you doing here?" Tom smiled at his son and said, "I do have a fondness for acid pops, so I decided to pick some up from Honeydukes. I heard from Nagini the Malfoys were bringing you here after breakfast, so I decided to wait here for you." Tom might have been the most dangerous Dark Wizard of all time, but he was a loving father towards Harrison. As the day went on, Tom and Harrison went around Hogsmeade, where Tom instilled fear into people who dared to cross him or his son. When Tom and Harrison returned home, Harrison told his dad, "Father, thank you." Tom looked at his son as they sat down for dinner and asked, "For what son?" Harrison told him, "For taking time out of your schedule to spend time with me, it means a lot to me." Tom smiled lightly and told him, "My son, no matter how busy I am, I will always have time to be your father."

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Chapter 3: Harrison's Letter

As the morning sun entered his window, Harrison woke up from his sleep and put on his glasses. He got himself dressed and went downstairs to get the morning post. He saw a two things addressed to him. One was a package of sweets from his godmother Narcissa, for his birthday, and the other was a letter that had a wax seal on the back. As he handed his father his post, he asked him, "Dad, what's this letter?" he showed him the letter and Tom smiled saying, "Your future, my son. That letter is acceptence into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's the finest magical school. Unfortunately its headmaster is a righteous fool, but you'll have a good Potions Master in Severus." Harrison had known Severus Snape from some of his father's Death Eater meetings, "Will Draco be going as well?" Harrison asked, to which his father nodded and said, "All magical children in Britain go to Hogwarts. Now, I must tell you something. Hogwarts has low standards. They accept students who have no magical blood in them. They are filthy disgraces to the wizarding world. Your ancestor, Salazar Slytherin, put a chamber in the school, with a beast that can only be controlled by his rightful heir." Harrison smiled at this and said, "Me... I'm the Heir of Slytherin." Tom nodded and said "Yes my son, you are. However, I need you to promise me something. Do not open the chamber. It is too dangerous. When I first opened it, and the first mudblood died, the school was almost going to be closed for good. I don't want that to happen again, especially with you controlling the beast." Harrison nodded "I promise father, I won't open the chamber." Tom smiled at his son as he rose back up and said, "I'll send a letter to the Malfoys, they'll come to do your school shopping." A few hours later, Lucius, Narcissa, and Draco arrived via Floo Powder and Lucius said, "Good morning Harrison, are you ready to go?" Harrison nodded saying, "Yes Mister Malfoy." As they left for Diagon Alley, Tom smiled and said to himself, "Excellent, the plan is going perfectly. I wonder if Dumbledore will see the resemblence Harrison holds to the boy he once knew."