A True Riddle

Chapter 4 - Allies

The room slowly stops spinning to reveal Draco's green and silver decorations as Hadrian regains his bearings.

"Draco? What are you doing?" Blaise blearily looks up from his bed at Draco. "Is that Harry Potter?" He quickly sits up as he registers the person that Draco is half standing in front of.

"Um..." Draco, for once, doesn't have an immediate reply.

"Tell me you haven't kidnapped Harry Potter. The Boy Who Lived. Dumbledore's Puppet." Blaise stands up.

"Not exactly." Draco says evasively. Hadrian looks around to check that the other boys are asleep, and grabs hold of Blaise, dragging him with them until they reach the Room of Requirement.

"Can we trust you?" Hadrian asks, rounding on Blaise once they are in the room.

"Sure." Blaise replies, looking at Draco.

Hadrian looks at Draco as well, "Can we?" He checks.

Draco studies Blaise, "I think so."

"Great." He drops into one of the chairs that the room has created, pulling Draco with him. "Sit." He gestures for Blaise to sit. Blaise complies, looking slightly confused to see Draco happily cuddling with the person he believes to be Harry.

"What's going on Draco?" He asks cautiously.

Hadrian takes a deep breath, his father had technically implied to not tell anyone, and he probably wouldn't be happy with Hadrian telling someone only 5 minutes after arriving at Hogwarts. But Draco had said that they could trust Blaise, and it would be good to have another ally.

"My name is actually Hadrian Riddle, and I am the Dark Lord's son." Best to just dive in the deep end he figures.

"Uhh." Blaise looks at Hadrian and Draco, searching for some sign that this is a joke.

"My godparents, Lily and James, had been looking after me when they died. When Dumbledore found me, he changed my appearance to this." He gestures to himself. "He made me look more like Lily and James. He then dropped me off at Lily's sister's doorstep and called me Harry, saying I was Lily and James' son."

"Why?" Blaise asks.

"Because he is the true Dark Lord. My father is innocent, he has been framed by Dumbledore." Hadrian spits. "I only found out recently, thanks to Draco." He looks lovingly at his mate, who returns his look just as lovingly.

Draco takes over telling the story, "Something happened, something to do with that pink toad, that meant that Hadrian got his inheritance early, which, since we are mates, half triggered my inheritance, so once I worked out where the mate pull was coming from, I knew that Harry was really Hadrian and took him to his parents, where all blockings and potions were removed. The shock caused Hadrian to go into a deep sleep though, so Lord Voldemort created an illusion of Hadrian, and I've been checking it and keeping it strong for the past few days."

"Oh." Blaise says softly.

"Now we could really do with a friend who knows the truth. So, will you help us?" Hadrian asks, leaning forward.

"So, just checking. You want me to help you destroy Dumbledore because he framed an innocent man and his family, killed innocent people, and practically stole a child?" Blaise asks with a tone of disbelief.

"Yes." Draco replies warily.

"Of course I'm in." Blaise half cries.

"Great." Hadrian says. "Now the plan currently is for me to pretend I'm still Harry and get closer to Dumbledor. Hopefully he'll tell me his plans, but even if he doesn't I can try and direct him away from my Father. Eventually, when my father is ready to fight Dumbledore and his followers I will do a huge reveal of who I really am. Hopefully, at least a few people will join us."

"Okay, tell me if you need my help, and I'll do it." Blaise promises.

"We will. But for now we probably need to go to bed, we have classes tomorrow." Draco says as he stands and the others follow.

"Oh, before you go, you'll probably need to meet my Father at some point. We'll tell Severus, my other parent, and he will tell us when or even if we'll be meeting my Father."

"Okay." Blaise nods and leaves.

"You trust him?" Hadrian asks, turning to his mate when Blaise is out the door.

"Yes, he's my friend, and I doubt he'll tell anyone." Draco nods, going to Hadrian to kiss him.

"We actually should go to bed." Hadrian sighs, "I am not looking forward to class, I probably don't really know what we're doing."

"You'll be fine." Draco soothes. "And we don't need to sleep for a bit." He purrs. Hadrian laughs and kisses Draco, causing a brief, but furious fight for control that Draco ultimately wins.

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A/N: I know it's a boring chapter, but I was stuck, and it's something. The song is ANTI-HERO by SEKAI NO OWARI. I was stuck for a song to choose, so I decided that this sort of works, because Blaise is sort of agreeing to be an anti hero.