Saving You

Chapter 10

A/N:
"This is parseltongue.~~"

Harrison's POV
When Mathew tried to tell Rodolphus, I stopped him because I could feel Dumbledore's magical signature near. "The headmaster is near. The explanations can be done later." I said.

The door of the hospital wing opened, and Dumbledore walked in with his wand pointed at us. "Who are you? Why are you inside my school?" Albus asked.

"Your school? It belongs to the founding families. You are the headmaster. Don't feel that the school is yours." I said as I stood before Mathew, covering him.

"You did not answer my question." Albus said.

"I am Lord Gryffindor-Peverell-Gaunt. My uncle is Lord Slytherin-Lenoir. And this is Lord Lestrange. You should know him, at least. You see him at Wizingamot all the time." I said as I showed Reinhard.

Albus then saw Reinhard. He asked, "May I know what you are doing here, Lord Lestrange?" 

"I came here to see my son." Reinhard replied.

"Why are the both of you here?" Albus asked me while looking at Mathew and me.

"Why, you ask. You should know that yourself. We can come and go whenever we want. This school belongs to me and my uncle until we know who the descendants of the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff lines are." I said.

"You could put your wand down headmaster. We mean no harm." Mathew said as he walked to stand beside me.

Albus looked embarrassed as he lowered his wand.

"Is that all headmaster?" I asked.

Albus nodded. When nothing was said to him, he left the infirmary. 

"Mate?" Rodolphus asked again.

"Yes. I am your mate." Mathew said as he sat beside Rodolphus but left some space between them.

"Where were you until now?" Rodolphus asked. "When did you know I was your mate?" 

"I found out about it today when I went to the bank to see my nephew." Mathew said.

"What were you doing before?" Rodolphus asked.

Mathew didn't know what to tell. 

"Lord Lestrange, we might have to go somewhere. Want to come along?" I asked. We had to tell Rodolphus that Mathew was Tom Riddle without telling him directly. I think taking him to the Chamber would help. Because only Tom knew its location, and everyone knows that. If Albus asks, we can tell him that it was written in Salazar's diary.

Mathew looked at me and then nodded. He knew where I wanted to take us.

Reinhard nodded as soon as Mathew nodded.

When Rodolphus was given the clear from Poppy, we walked to girls' lavatory in the second floor, where Myrtle stayed and haunted after casting very powerful disillutionment charm. 

When we reached the snake engraved sink-tap, Mathew hissed open. When the entrace appeared, he hissed for stairs. We got to the bottom and opened the main door for the chamber. Then we walked inside to reach Salazar's statue. 

Mathew hissed, "Open.~~" When the statue moved to the right, a door opened. Mathew opened it and let us all walk in and walked in himself, and closed the door. 

"Welcome to the Chamber of Secrets." Mathew said.

Rodolphus looked around and then stood still watching Mathew. "My lord?" He asked. He wanted to know if Mathew was Tom or not.

"Yes, Rodolphus. It is me. I have changed my name and have decided to have a political war instead." Mathew said as he looked at Rodolphus.

"Thank you for saving me, my lord." Rodolphus said as he bowed to Mathew.

I was trying my best not to smile at Mathew's face. He didn't want Rodolphus to bow to him. But if he knew I was smiling, he'd have my head.

"Please, rise up, Rodolphus. I don't want you or anyone to bow down or kneel for me." Mathew said.

"But my lord, you..." Rodolphus started.

"Yes, I know. I wasn't in my right mind. The horcruxes destroyed my sanity to a level where I didn't know I was hurting the people who trusted the cause I was fighting for and fought and died for me." Mathew interrupted.

"May I ask why you made them, my lord?" Rodolphus asked.

"I lived during the war of muggles. So many lives were lost during that time, and I thought I would have lost mine, too. When I heard Professor Slughorn tell me about horcruxes, I got interested. He did warn me not to make them, but in the fear of losing my life, the consequences were negligible for me." Mathew said.

"Do you regret them now?" Reinhard asked.

"Yes. If I were sane, I would have fought for magical equality better than I could ever have." Mathew said.

"What were your original goals, though?" I asked. I needed to know. Dumbledore always said that Mathew always fought for the dark, but here he is, saying he wants magical equality. That magic is magic.

"I know what it feels like to be suddenly brought into this world and said that magic exists while there are a lot of kids who grew up knowing about this world or lived here. So, I wanted to introduce children into this world earlier. I had this idea of letting them study in elementary school, where magical theory is taught. Where we explain what magic is, what affinity is, and what a magical core is." Mathew said.

"Not bad. We can try to get the elementary school sanctioned by the Wizengamot. We have quite the number of seats ourselves, and with your followers knowing you are Voldemort, they might support you if they can." I said. Not bad. He had some solid plans for this world. What was the coot's problem?

"Do you have any more, my lord?" Rodolphus asked. "They seem really good."

"Thank you. I wanted to build orphanages for magical children. I was raised in a muggle one, and you Harrison, I think you know what it would be if your parents and relatives do not receive the concept of magic nicely." Mathew said as he looked at me. When I nodded, "So I want to keep a track on all muggleborn or half-bloods so that if the parent or gaurdians do not appreciate their child or ward having magic and abuse them, I want to wipe their memory of the child and take them to the orphanage where magical families that seem to have lost can be brought back."

"How is that possible, my lord?" Rodoplhus asked.

"Magic is not created. It just stays dormant in the muggleborns' parents. They would definitely be descendant of squibs who were cast out by the magical families." I said.

"Harrison is right. So, when we get then a blood inheritence test, they will know that they have magical blood in them and will cope with this world better.

It would be better to teach the muggleborns and half-bloods raised amongst muggles about the magical festivals that happen as we celebrate them.

We are magical people. If we do not protect our customs, who will?" Mathew said.

"I surely will support you, my lord. If there are anyone from my own line, I plan to adopt them back if their guardians do not seem to want them." Reinhard said.

"But why would Lord Peverell-Gryffindor-Gaunt know about abuse if he had magical parents?" Rodolphus asked.

That was a good question. I looked at Mathew, giving him the look, 'Your mate, you explain.'

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