The Life of Amelia Potter (WTM)

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A goblin had been assigned to take Aseop and Severus down to vault 12 while the cleaning room was being prepared.

"Vault 12." The goblin announced.

They entered the "empty" vault and were shut in.

Severus pulled his wand, "Revelio." The door appeared. They walked through to see the statue of Penelope.

"What do I do now?" Aseop asked.

"Say her name." He said.

"Penelope."

The staute cracker to reveal the faux Penelope.

"I see you have returned. Do you remember the password?" She says to Severus.

He nodded. "I do, but I brought the memory instead." He slightly pushed Aseop forward.

She approached him slowly. "Those eyes. Those are my baby's eyes. Aseop?"

"Mom?" He whispered.

She nodded. "I am part of your mother. The love I feel for you is the same as your mother's. Could I possibly have a hug?." She smiled at him. "Look how handsome you are, my baby. You give your father a run for his money. Must just be the Gaunt gene. They do make handsome men."

Aseop actually blushed while his arms were wrapped around her torso. "Mom, you are embarrassing me."

She laughed. "Well, get used to it. Once you find us, we will embarrass you until we are finally gone from this world. But just know we do it with love." She then kissed his forehead. "We will all be together again soon."

He pulled away from her. "We will. I will make sure of it."

Her hand carassed his face. "Now, what is this Dark Lord stuff I hear about? I hope you did not change your name. Your father and I gave you a lovely name."

He couldn't meet her eyes. "Dumbledore. He put me under some compulsions. I have done...horrible things, mother. It was never my intention."

She soother him. "Shh. Oh, my poor baby. If I could leave this place, I would throw Dumbledore in Azkaban myself for whatever has done. Unfortunately, I am only a figure of my real self and was created to protect this vault and a secret you will come to inherit. I know you know the truth, that I am not your real mother."

"Don't say that. You are my REAL mother! You loved me when no one else did. Same as father and uncle Sebastian. You 3 ARE my family." He cut her off.

She smiled at him. "It warms my heart knowing that you feel this way. Ominis and I always wondered if you would leave us to search for your real parents when you became older."

He shook his head. "I don't need them. They didn't want me, so why would I want them?"

"Dumbledore, when he came to our estate that was in the memories, he thought you were biologically mine. He believed that the ability to see traces of ancient magic was passed down through a family, like how you are Parselmouth because the Gaunts inherit that ability. My real self had an appointment to blood adopt you a couple of weeks before we disappeared. I'm not sure if it was ever done, but I'm assuming it was. I see you look around this room in Aww, which means you can see it. You may have inherited some of my abilities, after all. This is surprising. It doesn't normally happen this way. I guess this just shows how truly special you are, my son."

"He must not have found the blood adoption records and thought that his plan had failed. He shipped me off to the orphanage and changed my name back to Tom Riddle to cover his tracks." Tom said.

Severus felt bad to interrupt, but he needed to. "Mrs. Gaunt, you had said that you could track your son, correct?"

She nodded.  "I did."

"Is there any way he could reverse the tracker to find you?" He asked.

"Very smart, you are Professor. Yes, there is." She looked at Aseop. "How old are you?"

"I am posing as a 16 year old. I was gonna try to infiltrate Hogwarts, but Dumbledore will remember what I look like."

She smirked. "I have just the thing then." She pulled out a ring of a green and silver snake. "Even though you may have been blood adopted, your appearance did not change, which is normal. Putting this ring on will make you look more like Ominis Gaunt than Tom Riddle. That way, no one will notice you."

He took the ring and put it in his pocket. "I will put this on after the cleansing upstairs."

"Cleansing?! Baby, those can hurt! Are you sure it must be done?" She cried.

It was now his turn to sooth her. "I will be ok. It must be done."

She wiped her eyes and nodded. "When you get to Hogwarts, find a house elf called Deek."

Severus jumped in. "I already have."

"Perfect. When you call him, tell him you are my son and friend. That I sent you to check on the animals. He will understand."

"I must be heading upstairs, mother. It's time for the cleansing. How do we get out of here?" Aseop kissed her cheek goodbye.

"Be safe, my son. I will transport you to the bank managers office. Aseop?"

"Yes?"

"We ALL love you." She said.

Before he could respond, she and the room faded away, and they were back in Ironclaws office.

He still whispered. "I love you too."

Sirius Blacked sighed. "Well, now I'm jealous of Voldemort! Why couldn't I get a mom like that!?"

"A mom like what? Kind and understanding?" Tom asked.

"Hot too!" Sirius laughed.

Tom charged at him.  "You son of bi..."

Lucius caught Tom mid air. "Down brother. He's a horn dog."