Toujours [HarryPotterFanFiction] **COMPLETED**

..First Meeting..

A month had passed before Dumbledore had scheduled our first meeting with him. Most of that month was filled with nothing but Quidditch and studying for our exams and classes.

But tonight, Harry and I make our way to Dumbledores office with nothing but a chest full of some unexplained anxiety.

"What do you think he's got planned for us?" I ask Harry, causing him to shrug his shoulders. "I really have no clue" Harry says as we approach the stairs up to his office.

We slowly begin to climb up them, and I feel my chest tighten the closer we get to the office.

Once we reach the large oak door, Harry turns to me, a small smile on his lips. "Well, here goes nothing" Harry says, causing me to nod in his direction.

With one final huff, we both press against the door, and make our way inside.

-

"What you see before you is a-"

"Pensive" I say, staring at the large bowl filled with a dark blue liquid. "Very good, Rose" Dumbledore says. "The only way to look into it is to drop a memory..." Dumbledore pauses, walking over to a rotating cabinet, pulling out a small vial.

I watch in awe as Dumbledore makes his way over to us, spilling the contents into the Pensive. "You want us to go inside the memory?" Harry asks in utter bewilderment.

Dumbledore simply nods as Harry looks to me. "Is he mad?" Harry asks and I bite my lip to hold back my smile. "I can assure you Mr. Potter that I'm simply sane. But you however might go mad" Dumbledore says thoughfully.

"Alright. Let's do this!" I say, stepping closer to the Pensive. Dumbledore smiles in appreciation while Harry stands beside me, groaning aloud.

"Oh, come on!" I say, taking Harry's hand and pulling him to the Pensive. "Rose, I don't know about-"

But before he could finish his sentence, I dunk my head inside the Pensive and begin to fall.

-

Rain. A hard rain began to fall as Harry and myself fall onto the pavement. Groaning, we both stand up, and look at our surroundings.

We were back in London. A thick layer of clouds hover above the city as the rain continued pouring on us. A car passes by, close to our bodies.

I glance around, then my eyes stop on Harry. He's completely dry. I look down to myself and notice I am too.

Odd.

I look up and the large building infront of us. I walk over, Harry following behind me, to get a closer look of the golden rusty plake.

Wool's Orphanage For The Troubled

I swallow the lump in my throat as a tall man aporaches us. I look to him, noticing his half moon spectacles immediatly.

"Dumbledore?.."

The man, Dumbledore, ignores me, but makes his way inside the orphanage. I look to Harry, then back to the large stone door.

"Come on"

-

"He hasn't had many visitors so you may be a bit of a shock to him" A small petite woman says to Dumbledore as we all reach a small door. The woman opens the door, and I peer around Dumbeldore.

A small boy sits on a small wooden bed. His uniform is dirty, and his hair is slightly greasy. At first I thought it was Snape's son, but Dumbledore walks into the room.

"Hello Tom"

Harry and I walk into the room as the woman closes the door behind us. We look to the small boy, as Harry rubs his scar. And that's when it hit me..

Tom..
Tom Riddle..
Aka Voldemort..

I look from Harry to Dumbledore, as he continues smiling to him. "Are you a doctor? They've been trying to lock me up. They say I've gone.. Mad" Tom says, looking at Dumbledore.

I look from Harry, smirking, back to the scene infront of me, holding back the small amount of laughter trying to escape my lips.

"No, I'm not here to put you in a asylum, Tom" Dumbledore says with a small chuckle before continuing.

"I'm here to take you to a place for special people. Special people like you and me" Dumbledore says, as if he's talking to a small child and not a murderous wizard.

"Special? Me?" The boy says, before letting out a small laugh. "You sure it's not an asylum?" Tom says, a small smile on his lips.

"Yes, Tom. It's a school. A school for witches and wizards. It's called.. Hogwarts" Dumbledore says, proudly. Tom seems to think on the name, before looking back to Dumbledore.

"You say you're like me, prove it"

There's a small rattle, then the wardrobe beside me catches fire. I jump slightly, looking from the fire to Harry.

Harry stands there, complete shock on his face. I grin, then look back to Dumbledore. "I think there's something inside your closet that wants out" Dumbledore says as Tom crosses his room, opening the closet.

Three small toys reside inside it, and Tom pulls them out, a small frown plastered on his features. "Theivory will not be tolerated at Hogwarts, Tom" Dumbledore says, as Tom looks up to him.

Dumbledore stands up, heading toward us. He stands right infront of me, when Tom talks to him again.

"I can talk to snakes too. Is that.. Common, for someone like me?" Tom asks, worry clear on his face.

Dumbledore merly smiles, before exiting the room. I look from Harry to Tom, as he looks to me. His features turn from this small boy to Voldemorts face, then it all goes black.

-

"Did you know then?" I ask, looking from the Pensive to Dumbledore. "Know what? That I just met the most powerful dark wizard of all time?" Dumbledore asks, and I give him a soft nod.

"No"

We all stand around the Pensive and I watch as bark blues and blacks swirl around and around.

"Sir, I don't really understand" Harry says what we both are thinking as we both turn to look at him.

Dumbledore smiles to the both of us. "I would of been surprised if you understood" Dumbledore says with a small smile.

"This was the first time I met Tom Riddle. He got very close to a certain teacher here. Can either of you guess who that may be?"

Harry shakes his head as I roll my eyes. "Probably Snape" I say, venom clear in my voice.

"No, but Horace Slughorn" Dumbledore says. Harry and I both look to one another, then back to our headmaster.

"So what you're saying is..."

"I want the both of you to get close to him. Find out as much as you can, while I try and gather more information myself" Dumbledore says, and I look to Harry completely shocked.

"We'll do it" Harry says and I look to him, then to Dumbledore. "Excellent. In the meantime, do continue studying and be extra careful out there. Wait for my owl for our next meeting. You're dismissed"

Harry and I quickly exit his office, with just as much anxiety as before.

Dumbledore wants us to get closer to Slughorn for information? And why's it so important to him?

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