Nathan walks out of the dungeon with Ron and Harry "Cheer up, Snape's always taking points off Fred and George." Ron tells Harry. "Yeah." Harry sighs. "What I don't get is why Snape was easy on you." Ron tells Nathan. "Don't kn-know." Nathan shrugs in response. The three of them head into the Great Hall, Nathan sitting with Fred and George, Lee having got a lunch detention "Hey Nath." the twins smile. "Hey guys." Nathan responds with a smile. "How was potions?" Fred asks. "Good, Sn-Snape gave me p-points." Nathan tells them, the twins looking at him in shock. "He did?!" they ask making Nathan nod. "Blimey! I've never heard of him giving points to someone other than the Slytherins." George tells him, shock evident on his face. Nathan shrugs "D-Don't know." he responds, beginning to eat his food. The twins shrug and continue to eat their food, the three of them joking around til the end of lunch.
As five to three rolls round, Nathan joins Ron and Harry as they head down to Hagrid's hut. Harry knocks on the door, several booming barks with frantic scrabbling coming from inside. Valour perks up, wagging his tail excitedly "Back, Fang, back. Hang on. Back, Fang." Hagrid says, letting them in while keeping hold of a large black boarhound. Valour wags his tail, snuffling at Fang "Make yerselves at home." Hagrid tells them, letting go of Fang. Immediately Fang and Valour start sniffing each other, going round in a circle. After a second Fang goes over to Nathan and starts licking his ears, Valour joining him as Nathan laughs "This is Nathan, Valour and Ron." Harry introduces. "Another Weasley, eh? I spent half me life chasin' yer twin brothers away from the forest." Hagrid tells Ron. The three boys sit and tell Hagrid about their first lessons, Nathan sitting on the floor and only speaking when spoken to as he strokes both the dogs. All three of them smile as Hagrid calls Filch "That old git. An' as fer that cat, Mrs. Norris, I'd like ter introduce her to Fang sometime. D'yeh know, every time I go up ter the school, she follows me everywhere? Can't get rid of her, Filch puts her up to it." he explains.
Soon they move onto talking about today and their potions lesson "But he seemed to really hate me." Harry tells Hagrid, who told him not to worry about it. "Rubbish! Why should he?" Hagrid asks, not meeting Harry's eyes. "He liked Nathan though, gave him points for answering the questions." Harry adds. "How's yer brother Charlie? I liked him a lot, great with animals." Hagrid tells Ron, changing the subject. Nathan smiles and continues to fuss both dogs as Ron tells Hagrid about Charlie's work in Romania, Harry reading the paper on the table "Hagrid! That Gringotts break-in happened on my birthday! It might've been happening while we were there!" Harry exclaims, Hagrid not responding or meeting Harry's eyes. Nathan smiles as Fang rolls onto his back for belly rubs, Valour watching and copying "Seems Fang's made a friend." Hagrid smiles. "V-Valor's never met a-another dog be-before, but he like F-Fang." Nathan smiles, rubbing both dog's at the same time. "Why's he never met another dog?" Ron asks. "We've n-never met anyone w-with a dog be-before." Nathan shrugs, half lying as he doesn't want them to know about him living on the streets half his life. "Well yer welcome ter bring him down anytime." Hagrid tells the boy, making Nathan smile.
The boys soon head back up to the castle, Nathan going and finding the twins and Lee at the table for dinner "How was Hagrid's?" Fred asks. "G-Good, spent most the t-time fussing Fang and V-Valour." Nathan smiles. "How did we know you'd spend most the time with Fang?" George jokes. "N-No idea." Nathan laughs. Valour snuffles under the table, poking Nathan with his nose. Nathan smiles and fusses him, giving him a small amount of meat from his plate "You want to go exploring tomorrow? We can show you round properly, show you the passages." Fred suggests. "Sounds good." Nathan nods with a smile. Valour moves and starts rubbing his head onto George's leg, George giving him a fuss. "How was Hagrid's?" Lee asks. "Good, Valour made fr-friends with Fang." Nathan responds, smiling slightly. "Well, we'll stop at Hagrid's tomorrow aswell." Fred decides with a smile, George nodding in agreement.
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A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
FanficNathan Salazar Riddle, Tom Riddle's aka Voldemort's, son and his only heir. Having grown up on the streets of the magical world, after his mother was killed in front of him by his father's followers, having his Uncle turn up out of the blue was not...
