The Real Story of Harry Potter -- ON HIATUS

Animal Of Freedom

Hey peeps! Hope you liked the last chapter! This one will be during the last month of the summer, where Sirius has escaped from Azkaban. This will not be a long chapter, but I'm not sure. Enjoy the chapter! I also noticed that I have almost 5.5 thousand reads! Thank you so much guys! It means a lot to me!
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(Hadrian's POV)
"He looks just like Isabella!" I hear Mr. Malfoy breath once I walk into the room. Cissy nods.
"Yes, I know. He went through his creature inheritance this morning an-" Cissy cuts off her sentence. We all look at her strangely.
"And what mum?" Draco asks her.
"And that means that it is a very special day today. You can only go through your inheritance on your 13th birthday. Which means that it's your birthday today Hadrian!" Cissy exclaims. I stare at her, not even realizing the date. It is June 31st, my birthday.
"Honestly, I didn't even remember that that was today! I'm 13 years old and I'm half ROYAL Vampire and half Veela." I say, emphasizing on the word royal. Mr. Malfoy looks to Cissy.
"Do we know who his father is?" He asks her. She nods and pulls out the papers again. Mr. Malfoy looks through them before setting them down on the coffee table in front of him.
"What?! Tom is his father?! I've actually been keeping in touch with him ever since Dumbledore made him go into hiding after he stole you, Hadrian, and then proceeded to kill Lily Evans and James Potter-Snape. I know where he is hiding at the moment but I'm not sure if it's safe enough for him to come back yet." Mr. Malfoy explains. I stare at him, dumbfounded and trying to process what he just told me.
"Wait, Lily and James weren't married?" I ask him. He shakes his head.
"No. Lily was married to one of James' cousins and they were just visiting him that night. James was married to Snape, but Dumbledore obliviated him, only about the romance between him and James all through school. Dumbledore stole you from Tom and Isabella when you were only a few months old, placing a glamor over you so that you would look like Lily and James, obliviating them as well so they would think that you were theirs, and that they married. Dumbledore realized how much power you had at 1 years old and went to go kill you. Tom was there trying to get his son back. Dumbledore killed Lily and James and blamed Tom. Tom tried to kill Dumbledore but somehow, the curse bounced off him, then bounced off you and hit Tom. Dumbledore took you to your "relatives" that night, not knowing what was going to happen in the future." He explains to me. I sit down on one of the couches and just look at my hands. They start shaking with anger and I can feel my face heat up, as well as my nostrils flaring.
I hate Dumbledore so much! I think to myself. I see, out of the corner of my eye, that Draco has moved away slightly. I look up at him with confusion written across my face.
"Hadrian, your wings and fangs are out and your eyes are glowing. You need to calm down a bit. I understand that you're angry but you can't lash out yet." Draco says calmly as he sits next to me, placing his hand on my shoulder and staring into my eyes, searching for something. I feel my hands stop shaking and Draco smiles. I look over at Cissy and Mr. Malfoy, looking slightly scared.
"I'm so, so sorry about that! I guess I can't control it yet." I tell them. I make my wings and fangs retract before walking over and hugging them. As I'm ending the hug, we hear the doorbell ring. Cissy stands up, confusion across her face, and walks out, everyone following, to the front door and opens it, revealing Sirius Black.
"Padfoot! What are you doing here?" Cissy asks, quickly getting him inside before anyone sees him.
"I had nowhere else to go! I couldn't go back to Grimmauld Place. I know that Dumbledore is there! I thought that you could help me. I don't know where Moony is but if I did, I would have gone to him. Please help me, Cissy!" Sirius pleads. Cissy looks at her husband and then at Draco and I, then back to Sirius.
"Fine, but only for a little bit. We don't need Aurors here. Also, would you like to meet your cousin and godson?" Cissy asks Sirius. He nods quickly. I slowly move behind Draco, as this man is an escaped prisoner.
"Let's go into the sitting area." Mr. Malfoy quietly says. Cissy and Sirius walk in front of us while Draco and I walk behind Mr. Malfoy into the sitting area. I feel my wings slowly come off my back, in fear. Draco looks at me in worry but I shake my head at him, telling him not to worry. We all enter the sitting area and Mr. Malfoy leaves Draco and I to sit by his wife. I move back behind Draco again.
"Boys? Can you come closer?" Cissy asks. I shake my head, silently and back away even more. Draco notices this and looks at me with reassurance in his eyes. I slowly walk up to Draco but still hide behind him. Draco slowly walks forward as to not scare me.
"Sirius, this is your cousin, Draco. He's my son. And the one who's hiding is Hadrian, your godson." Cissy explains. Sirius nods before confusion appears on his face.
"But my only godson is Tom's kid and we haven't been able to find him for years." Sirius says.
"Hadrian? Will you stand next to Draco? Please?" Mr. Malfoy asks me. I look at the adults with fear then glace at Draco, who is smiling at me. That smile is what gets me to slowly move beside Draco. Sirius gasps as he gets a good look at me.
"It is him! The hair and the eyes! I'm guessing that you had a glamour on, so tell me, who were you before?" He asks me, his voice soft, as to not scare me even more.
"H-Harry Potter, sir." I mumble. He stares at me with wide eyes, obviously shocked.
"I knew those two didn't have a kid! James and Severus were in love!" He exclaims. Mr. Malfoy just nods.
"Yes Sirius, we were all at their wedding. We know this. Dumbledore erased Severus' memories of their romance, all through school." Mr. Malfoy says. Sirius looks furious.
"He did what now?! Can I kill him?!" He exclaims, loudly. Cissy puts her hand on his shoulder.
"Padfoot, calm down! If you want, I can send a patronus to Moony and tell him to come over tomorrow. Or we can wait a week, if you want." She says. He calms down and nods.
"Y-yeah, let's wait a week." He says. I slowly move towards the couch, Draco right by my side. As we sit, I notice an owl flying through the window. The bird lands in front of Sirius and waits for him to untie the letter. Once he does, the owl flies back through the window, back to it's owner. Sirius opens the letter and quickly reads it, before looking up at all of us.
"I'm not sure that I can stay here much longer. Moony sent this and says that the Ministry has already sent Dementors into his den, searching for me. The Ministry is sending them to where they know that I would go. I would have loved to stay here and get to know these two boys, but I don't want to put any of you in danger." As he finishes speaking, he stands up and quickly transforms. Draco and I gasp, for Sirius has turned into a big black dog.
"You're an animagus!?" I exclaim. The large dog nods and pads over to me, nuzzling his nose into the palm of my hand. I think about changing into one of my forms before deciding on the white tiger form. As I'm thinking about it, I feel my body changing and when I look down, I have fur covered paws! I look around to everyone and see them looking at me with wonder. I look to Sirius and notice his smile.
How are you a natural animagus? He asks me, well, his voice is in my head.
It is part of my inheritance. How come we can talk like this? I ask him.
This is how animagi can talk to each other in their forms. If it is a part of your inheritance, how many do you have? He asks me. So many questions.
I have 5 forms, a Silver Phoenix, a Knight Phoenix, a Knight Dragon, the White Tiger, and a Basilisk. I tell him.
There is a name for each form, just like mine is Padfoot. What will your white tiger name be? He asks me. I think about it for a moment.
I like the name Dash! I say before I change out of the white tiger form, back into my human form, well, Vampire/Veela form. Sirius changes as well and walks over to hug me. I think that I have accepted that this is my godfather, but he is still on the run.
"When do you have to leave, Uncle Sirius?" I ask him as I hug him. He sighs.
"Probably tonight or tomorrow. I can't put any of you in danger, like I said. I don't want my family in danger. I would never forgive myself if any of you got hurt because of me." He explains. I look down, kinda sad that I won't get to know my godfather. He places his fingers under my chin and lifts my head to look into his eyes.
"Hey, I know that look. You will get to see me again, I promise." He softly tells me, as he kneels down to look at me better. I nod and back away, standing next to Draco again. He grabs my hand and I feel my face heat up.
"I'm not really hungry right now so I'm just going to go to my room. Bye Uncle Sirius. I'll see you later Cissy, Mr. Malfoy, Drake." I say, letting go of Draco's hand and slowly walking out of the room and as soon as I'm out, I run to my room. I lock the door before falling on my bed. A few minutes later, I hear a knock at my door.
"Hadrian? Can you open up please?" I hear Cissy call.
"Go away! I don't want to talk right now!" I call back. I hear her leave and a couple minutes later, I hear footsteps approaching the door.
"Hadrian?" My eyes widen as I hear Draco's worried voice.
"Can I come in please?" He asks through the door.
"No! Go away! I don't want to talk to anyone right now! Please!" I yell loud enough that I'm sure everyone downstairs heard it as well.
"Hadrian! I'm not leaving from outside this door! If you just let me in, everything will be alright." He tells me through the door. I quickly run over to the door, unlocking and opening it, causing Draco to fall flat on his face. I start laughing but soon stop once I see the glare he's giving me. I help him up before slamming the door shut behind him and walking away, hearing the click of the lock and feel a small amount of magic leaving me. Apparently, Draco felt the change in the atmosphere as well, as he looks around the room with confusion written across his face. I laugh at his expression.
"Remember what the papers said this morning? I have Wandless and Wordless magic. I'll need to go get a new wand as we need one for school but I'll worry about that later." I say the last part mostly to myself. I sit on my bed and just stare into my lap.
"Why did you run up here?" Draco asks me. I sigh and think about what I'm going to say, or not say.
I could just say no reason, but then he'll know that I'm lying and keep pestering me. Or I could just keep silent. He would just get more worried then. I don't want that! I really hope that he's my only mate. I need to read up on the type of creatures I am. Oh wait, I think my Dragon is trying to talk, or he just didn't notice that I zoned out. I think to myself, completely ignoring Draco for probably a good 3 minutes.
"-talk to Sirius. Are you even listening?" He asks me as I snap out of my daze.
"What? Sorry! I completely zoned out there! Didn't hear much of what you said, only 'talk to Sirius.' I was just thinking." I tell him. He sighs and stares into my eyes, still searching for something. I look away and into my lap. I just can't handle the intense stare he's giving me. I look up and see his grey eyes glossed over as he stares into space. I take this time to take in his appearance. His hair is falling in his face, his hands are sitting in his lap, it seems like he's staring into my soul as he just stares into space, not even noticing that I'm watching him. I feel a smile creep onto my face. As I start to smile, he snaps out of his trance and looks back at me with his beautiful grey eyes.
"What are you looking at?" He asks me, sounding slightly nervous. I just smirk and stand up, walking over to the bookcase. I pull out the last of the Hunger Games trilogy, sitting in my window seat. As I start reading, Draco walks over, grabs my bookmark, marks my page, page 4, and grabs the book, setting it down on the bed.
"Why did you do that?" I ask him, annoyed that he thought that was a good idea.
"Cause, I want to show you something downstairs. Don't worry, it'll be fun!" He exclaims. I groan, wanting to stay in my room and read. Instead, Draco grabs my hand and pulls me towards the door, looking at me briefly, asking silently if I can unlock the door. As soon as I do, he pulls me through the manor, all the way to the sitting area. The adults all decorated it for my birthday. I gasp as I see all the moving letters on the banners and balloons, the huge stack of presents in the corner, and just the adults watching my reaction with a smile on their faces. I turn to them and run up to them, engulfing them all in a huge hug.
"Thank you for this! I love it!" I exclaim as I pull away. They all laugh.
"We're glad you do Hadrian. We made it extra special today as you came into your inheritance. I can't wait to find out who your mate or mates are." Cissy tells me. I smile even more than I already am.
"I can't wait either! It will most likely be someone at Hogwarts as I will know at the end of September. I have someone in mind that I hope is my mate, or at least one of them, but I don't want to say who." I say the last part a little bit quieter as I feel my cheeks heat up. They all laugh again and I smile through my blush. We move on with the party and during it, Draco and I get to know Sirius better. The three of us all play Wizard's Chess while Cissy and Mr. Malfoy watch. After a few hours, Cissy stops us playing.
"Present time!" She exclaims. I jump up from my seat and run to the presents. Cissy stops me from running into them.
"Why don't you sit down in the center of the room and I'll pass them to you?" She suggests. I nod and run to the center. Cissy passes me the first one. I gasp as soon as I see what it is.
"A new broom!! Thank you so much..." I pause as I look at the tag to see who gave me this.
"Thank you Uncle Sirius!" I exclaim. He smiles down at me as Cissy passes me the next one. Once I open it, I kind of squeal.
"Tickets to The Weird Sisters?! Thank you so much Cissy, Mr. Malfoy!" I exclaim again. They both smile at me.
"Hadrian, I think that you can call me Lucius now, or Uncle Luke if you want and you're welcome. We know how much you like them and you can take one person with you. It is during Christmas break so you should take your mate with." He tells me. I nod while smiling at the tickets. This goes on for about an hour and a half, just me opening presents and thanking everyone. Draco got me lots of candy and a broom cleaning kit. Cissy and Uncle Luke got me posters for my room here and at Hogwarts as well as some books explaining creature inheritances. A couple of the books explain the creatures that I am as well as everything else I need to know. Sirius got me even more candy as well as a brand new Wizard's Chess board and other games. I also got some clothes that will not tear if my wings randomly pop out. I go around and give everyone a hug, hugging Draco the longest. After I pull away, the adults all have knowing looks on their faces. I just glare at all of them before standing up, all of my stuff levitating and following me out of the room. I look back and everyone is watching with awe written across their faces. I smirk and continue walking to my room. Once I'm inside, I make the presents go to their respective places. The few books that are on what my creatures are make their way to my bed. I walk towards my bed and lock the door as I do so. I sit down and think of everything that's changed because of today. I wake up with a whole new appearance, including giant wings that can look like a tattoo when I want them to. I learned that I'm not even a Potter, but a Riddle. I meet one of my godfather's and he's a criminal on the run. I can do wandless AND wordless magic. I figured out how to transform. I also feel a small little pull towards Draco. This day has been crazy. I sit back and grab one of the books titled, "Veela's! What are they?". I open it and look through the table of contents, looking for a chapter on mates. Once I find it, I immediately turn to that page. I pick up the book on Vampires and find the page on mates. Both books say the same thing, If you have more than one creature inheritance, you may have more that one mate. Very rarely would you have the same mate for both creatures. You may have a male or female mate/mates.
If I have more than one mate, who would they be? Hopefully not someone I hate. That would not be fun. The next few sentences are different in each book. In the Veela book, it says, If your mate(s) reject you, you will not die but you will never find love in anyone else until you have reached your life limit.
Well, that's stupid, why not just let me die? I move to the Vampire book that says, If your mate(s) reject you, you will die 24 hours later.
So basically, I die quicker if my vampire mate rejects me but I just don't find love if my Veela mate rejects me? This is stupid and really hard to understand. I think to myself. I notice the last book titled, "Vampire/Veela mixes: What changes?". I look for the page on mates and read the first few sentences. You will most likely not have the same mate for both, as that is very rare. You find out who your mate(s) are two months after your inheritance happens. If you are rejected by your mate or either mate, you will die 48 hours later as your creatures are in agreement that you need all your mates to survive. The vampire side cannot live if their mate rejects them, as that is their main focus, keeping their mate safe. The vampire cannot help but think that it is their fault their mate does not want them and does not want to live with the guilt. The Veela side it more submissive than the vampire side and does not die if rejected but as the vampire side does, the Veela side just make the time to die longer. You may have male or female mates and if you are a male and so is your mate(s), you can impregnate them. I stop reading as a house-elf pops into my room.
"Mistress Malfoy has told Zaldy to get Mister Riddle for dinner in the dining room." The house elf states.
"Ok, I'll be down in a minute or two. Leave." I tell the elf with no emotion in my voice. I quickly set my my books on the desk and unlock the door as I walk towards it. I head downstairs for dinner and meet everyone else in the dining room. As soon as I sit next to Draco, everyone's plates appear in front of them. I once again have red meat and blood. Everyone starts digging into their food. As we all eat, everyone asks Sirius questions. One of them stood out to me.
"Are you a registered animagus?" Uncle Luke asks.
"Um, no. That's kinda how I escaped. Dementors can't see animals and I was thin enough to slip through the bars of my cell and made a run for it." Sirius tells us.
"I just got an idea!" I exclaim. Everyone looks at me expectantly. I take a deep breath.
"Well, if the Ministry doesn't know that you're an animagus, you could stay here." I say. Sirius has a look of confusion.
"What do you mean, 'I could stay here.'?" He asks me. I slightly laugh.
"In your animagus form, you look like a dog. Today's my birthday and in front of anyone that's not in this room, save the elves, you could be the dog that I got for my birthday." I explain to everyone. Everyone's face goes into one of recognition.
"That's really smart Hadrian. A few people that I went to school with will recognize my form but other than that, we should be good." Sirius says. I smile and continue eating. After dinner, Cissy shows Sirius to his own room. Cissy then comes to my room.
"Hadrian, you need to know something. Everyone who was obliviated all those years ago got their memories back today. That is what happens with inheritances. Lots of people that were close to Tom and Isabella, as well as James got their memories wiped, for example, Professor Snape and one of Sirius' best friends, Moony. You'll get to meet him next week and I'm sure that Severus will come by tomorrow to officially meet his other godson. We may have a busy day tomorrow so get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning." She finishes with a hug.
"Ok, Cissy. See you in the morning." I reply. She leaves my room and I roll over, closing my eyes and falling asleep quickly. The next morning, when I wake up, I quickly get dressed and run to Draco's room to wake him up. I open his door and jump on his bed.
"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! It's the first of August! We always play Quidditch today! Wake up!" I yell at him. He groans before sitting up, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"I'm awake! I'll meet you downstairs in about 5 minutes." He tells me. I nod and run downstairs, into the dining room and clapping my hands as I sit down, making my food appear in front of me. I start digging into the meat and drinking some of the blood every once in awhile, when my mouth gets a little dry. As I'm cutting part of the meat, Draco comes up behind me and tries to scare me. With my "ultra" hearing, I could hear him coming down the stairs.
"Nice try Drake but you are so loud, I could hear you on the stairs." I tell him with a smirk as I continue cutting the meat. After we both finish eating, we head outside and play Quidditch for a few hours. Once we head back inside, both of notice Snape. Draco runs up to him and gives him a hug.
"Uncle Sev!" He yells as he's running. Snape looks over and braces for the 13 year old boy. As Draco's hugging Snape, I slowly walk over and stand in between Cissy and Uncle Luke. I notice Sirius in his dog form near the couch, but not on it. I pat my leg and he comes running over. I scratch behind his ears and down his back. He looks up at me and licks my face. Everyone laughs, including me before Snape gets down on his knees and Sirius pads over to him.
"Hello Padfoot. You know you don't have to be like this when I'm here, right?" Snape says to Sirius. Sirius walks a little bit away and transforms. He walks back over to Snape and gives him a hug.
"How are you Severus?" Sirius asks as he pulls away from the hug.
"Slightly frazzled, as I just got a lot of memories back yesterday. You sure look like your mother Hadrian. I have to ask this, and I'm sure you're tired of hearing it but, who were you before yesterday?" He asks me. I just look at him like he's crazy.
"Really Professor? Who was Draco's BEST FRIEND?" I ask him, emphasizing on best friend. He closes his eyes and sighs in defeat.
"Mr. Potter, I'm going to kill Albus! He's the reason my beloved James is gone!" He exclaims.
"Uncle Sev! Calm down! Everyone wants to kill the Headmaster but Hadrian, I think, deserves to do it the most." Draco says. Snape nods and takes a deep breath to calm down.
"Hadrian, you only need to call me Professor during class and in the halls at school, otherwise, it's Uncle Sev." He tells me. I nod and smile. We all hang out the rest of the day before Uncle Sev has to return to his house.
~~~Time Skip! A week later!~~~
Draco runs into my room, jumping on my bed, waking me up. I groan as I sit up.
"Drake! Why are you waking me up?" I ask, sleep still in my voice.
"Cause you're going to meet Uncle Moony! He's awesome!" Drake exclaims. I nod at him, acknowledging that he said something.
"Give me like 5 minutes and I'll meet you downstairs." I tell him. I feel him get off my bed and hear him run down the stairs. I shake my head as I stand up out of bed and stretch. I quickly get dressed so that Draco doesn't come back up here to see if I'm getting ready. A few minutes later, I head downstairs and as soon as I enter the dining room, my plate is already there. I smirk and sit down, automatically cutting into the meat. After I finish eating, Draco drags me to the Wizard's Chess board in the sitting area. We play this for a little while before I hear the adults moving around upstairs. Sirius walks down the stairs first, looking at us briefly before going to get food. Cissy and Uncle Luke don't even notice us as they walk by. A few minutes later, I hear the fireplace fire up.
"Someone's here." I tell Draco. He nods and starts to put away the chess set. I roll my eyes before waving my hand over it and everything is back in the container. He smiles sheepishly at me before standing up and running out of the room. I hear him yell as I walk towards the dining room. As I walk in, I see Draco hugging a man, who's hugging back. Cissy sees me and motions me over to her. The man notices me as I stand next to Cissy.
"Who's this young chap?" He asks.
"Hadrian Riddle sir. And you are?" I ask him. His eyes widen as I say my name and he just looks over at Uncle Luke and Sirius before looking back at me and Cissy.
"I'm Remus Lupin, or as others know me, Moony." He tells me. I nod, wanting to know a little bit more information.
"Anything else I should know?" I ask him, my eyebrow raised.
"Well, Sirius and I were best friends with James Potter. I know that I want to kill Albus. And I have a small surprise for you and Draco." He tells me, the last part with a smile.
"What is it Uncle Moony?" Draco asks.
"I will be your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher this year." Moony says.
"Yay! Finally a teacher that is good!" Draco exclaims.
"Is there a reason that your nickname is Moony?" I ask him. He chuckles.
"Smart kid! There is a reason. I'm a werewolf and it's pretty much self explanatory from there." He says. I nod in understanding. After everyone finishes their food, we hang out in the sitting area all day. The rest of the month is quite boring compared to the first week. I just can't wait for school to start!
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Hope you liked this chapter! Sorry it took a little longer than I wanted. I made it extra long and it was all because of stupid finals! I should be uploading more frequently now that I don't have school but I'll probably be getting a job soon as I need one. Anyways, thanks for all the reads! I was totally not expecting that many! I should probably do something productive so I'll talk to you in the next chapter! Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! 5111