He steps out into the hallway, Tom following him and he watches the area, sending shadows skittering ahead to observe but everyones at dinner. So he walks swiftly through the common rooms and opens the portrait, stepping out into an empty corridor.
Tom follows dutifully and observes the school before they move steadily to the one eyed witch.
"I actually need to drop by Knockturn," Tom murmurs. "Is there any chance you can get me there?"
"I suppose." Hadrian walks quickly up from the dungeons, checking Snape was indeed in the Great Hall- which he was.
He slips out and moves quickly to the back entrance towards the bridge. Tom is quick to follow on his heels and they rush down the stairs, out the back door and across the sketchily built bridge.
"What do you need to go to Knockturn for?"
"Abraxas is trying to hunt you down."
"Moriarty, not me." Tom nods and Hadrian grunts. "Whatever." They cross the wards and stand outside of Hogwarts for a long moment as Hadrian pulls out his wand, glancing back at Hogwarts.
It stood patient and tall- strong.
She would be there when he got back. She wouldn't be destroyed.
He offers his hand to Tom who takes it in silence. He apparates away to Knockturn, arriving in the empty street where eyes immediately focused on the two. Tom walked deeper into Knockturn and Hadrian follows, eyeing anyone who got too close.
They went to a building where Tom leaned in and whispered, "Wait here." Hadrian slips into the dark alley, turning into Moriarty and observing everyone who walked by. He sends a few shadows to sliver inside the building and listened in.
"I found Moriarty." Toms voice sounds slightly distorted and it's likely he's deep within the building. He hears Abraxas's fine voice and leans against the wall, listening to his old friend.
"Of course you did. Did he provide you with an answer?"
"Somewhat. He says we need the elder wand back."
"We're still trying to locate it. I'll talk to Thaddeus and see if he's made any progress. Do we need to head back?"
"We can do yes-"
Hadrian feels a set of eyes on him and stares out of the crag to see a man dressed fully in black, purple eyes glimmering underneath a hood and he freezes.
Impossible-
That heathen smiles a wicked smile- a hand pointed at the building-
Hadrian shoves through the shadows- grabbing a surprised Abraxas's wrist and Riddles wrist right as the building explodes altogether into poisonous purple.
A quick snap deposits all three of them on a roof a few blocks away- the flames licking at the buildings around them-
Hadrian whips around-
"Merlins beard," Abraxas says, dragging himself up and helping Tom. Hadrian peers over the ledge- but there's no figure there. There's no one there.
The purple flames consume the house nonetheless and seemed to laugh at Hadrian-
He's been found.
"Who are you?" Abraxas demands, a hand on his wand and Hadrian glances at Abraxas.
"Abraxas this is Moriarty," Tom says carefully, scarlet eyes turning to the building they'd just been in. "Who was it?" Hadrian clenches his jaw.
"Nobody you need to worry about yet."
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I've returned from the past
FanfictionHarry Potter has already lived one life- gone to the past to live another and has now returned to live his third- or rather redo his first. Except he's not the boy he was and he most certainly is holding darker secrets. Going to the past has also...
