A Dragon's Mate.

Chapter 4 - Meeting some Unexpected Friends.

Raphael had been shocked.

Cedric Diggory, who he thought to have died in the Triwizard Tournament. Oliver Wood, captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team and light. Luna Lovegood, an old friend from school that came up with some wild ideas and also light. He expected Marcus Flint, he was a Slytherin and as dark as they come, but the others they were so unexpected.

"Why are you standing here next to us?" Tom asked his son.

"Yeah, they were all from your school and I know you were friends with at lease 3 of them. Why don't you go and say hello?" Severus said, nudging his son into the direction of the four.

"What if they don't like me? They were friends and knew Harry Potter, they know nothing about Raphael Riddle." Raphael asked.

"Raphael, these people were your true friends, just like the Weasley's, Draco, Blaise, Theo and the others. They are nothing like Dumbledore, Granger or the remaining Weasley's." Tom said, kneeling down so he was eye level with his son. "And we will always be here when you need us to be." He finished.

"But when Dumbledore took me from you he changed me so much, I was raised abused and then spent the last 6 years being taught how to kill you. How can you care for me so much?" Raphael asked.

"Raphael firstly it was not Dumbledore that took you from you. It was Sirius's brother Regulus Black, he was once a follower of mine but he betrayed us took you right from your crib. He placed you in the Potter's care, but it was Dumbledore who did all of the mind-modifying, Regulus put the glamour on you and stole you away." Severus explained, they had forgotten to tell Raphael of this when they were talking about it earlier.

"You mean Dumbledore only but the spells on our minds? One of your followers took me away from you, put a glamour on me and then left with a light family?" Raphael asked.

"Yes, then Dumbledore based the prophecy around you, put you with the Dursley family and began moulding you into the perfect weapon." Tom said with a sneer.

"Well that isn't going to happen anymore, I am right where I should be in the first place. What was the second thing?" Raphael asked, this confused his parents.

"What?" Severus asked.

"You said 'Firstly', that usually means that there is something else to add on, so what was it?" Raphael replied, he was quite smart.

"Ah yes. The second part was that we care for you so much even after all of that because you are our son. We didn't remember you, and you never suspected that you wouldn't be someone else, hell we forgot our own mate and we still love one another just as much as before the charms, spells and potions." Tom explained.

"Yes, now get along and see those friends." Severus said. Raphael smiled, hugged each of his parents and then raced of to his friends.

"He is growing so fast. We missed out on his childhood." Severus said, looking out to the place where his son had gone of to.

"Yes we missed a lot love, but he is here with us now. All of the things he can and will do we are going to be able to see them first hand, we get to meet his mate, we get to see him marry and bond, we get to see him or his mate pregnant and we get to be Grandfathers." Tom said, running his fingers through his mates silken black locks.

"Yeah I guess you are right." Severus relented, Tom smiled as it took a lot for the 'dungeon bat' to admit someone else was right other then himself.

Raphael was scared, excited and nervous for what he was about to do. He knew that since they were dark they would have to respect him because he is the son of their lords, but as Harry Potter he was scared to how they would react to him.