Scotophase (Light In Darkness Book 3)

Gifts

A/N- quick note this is NOT the Slytherin Locket just a heirloom of the Gaunt family, there is a place for the Slytherin Locket just not yet. Sorry for any confusion. -William Jay  

One morning with the term creeping towards them, Tom (Gaunt) knocked on his door Harry muttered a come in thinking it was Remus due to the fact that he was still half asleep still. "Awake there, Potter?" Tom asked smug.

"Oh, Tom." Harry said hand shooting to his glasses then to fix his hair. "What's wrong?" He asked.

"Nothing." Tom said looking around the messy room he didn't say anything though he didn't want the boy to feel worse. "I've brought you a gift for your birthday." The older man said.

"You didn't have to." Harry started.

Tom held out a box. "I wanted to."

Harry opened the box to find a necklace with emeralds. "It's been in my family for years, but I'll never have children so I wanted you to have it."

Harry gently picked up the jewelry. "Are you sure?" He asked.

"Yes, I never knew my mother so I don't have much emotions attached to it, it also has old protection magic engraved into it. I thought it help you feel safer. Here, I'll help you put it on." Harry didn't say anything just handed the necklace back to Tom and turned his back to him. This was it he could kill Harry Potter, he always kept a knife in his robes, but he didn't instead, he moved the dark red hair out of his way and hooked the chain to itself. "The book under your pillow, where'd you get it?" Tom asked.

"Oh, Christmas last year, it's just a journal I haven't wrote in it since you and Remus.. umm helped me out."

Tom would notice his magic anywhere, Harry had a piece of his soul, but he wasn't worried. "Take care of your gifts Potter, both of them, objects have a way of protecting us if we protect them." Tom said, he went to leave when Harry grabbed his hand, Tom raised an eyebrow.

"Can I talk to you? I feel like I haven't really and I'm about to go back to Hogwarts." Harry asked.

Tom debated on saying no but he let out a sigh and sat on one of the chairs in Harry's room. "What did you wish to talk about?" He asked.

"Voldemort." Harry said simply. "Are you one of his death eaters?" 

"No." Tom replied and he wasn't even lying.

"But you know so much about him, how?" He asked putting his hair into a low ponytail.

"MY turn, Potter. Have you ever heard of a Horcrux?" Tom asked looking towards his diary.

"No why?" 

Tom smiled. "That counts as your question. It seems that you have one."

"What is it? No wait how do you know so much about the Dark Lord?"

"One question, I'll pick." Tom said with a smug smile. "It's an object sometimes an animal that holds a piece of someone's soul. What's your plan for the end of the school year you can't return to the muggles?" He asked.

"I'm going to get married." Harry said simply matching that smug face Tom had worn just before.

"You're what? To who?" 

"Only one question." Harry reminded the older wizard. "How would that work with animals they have souls too?"

"It doesn't effect them as much as you'd think they aren't even harmed. "Why are you getting married?" 

"Makes me a legal adult wizards can get married at 13 and up. What's Voldemort planning?" 

"Not sure yet. What are you planning?" Asked Tom.

"Playing both sides, killing who ever did this to me, rising to power alongside the Dark Lord, you know normal teenager stuff." Harry joked.

A/N- I love these two hanging out, it's so sweet until 4th year but we don't talk about that. Sorry for the late update, The Owl House series has me by the throat right now. -William Jay.