Voldermort is Gone Tom Riddle is Here

The Trio's Thoughts

Harry was never one for distrust, or for doubting what his eyes or intuition told him. It was not the way he worked. Those two things were some of the biggest factors that helped him defeat Voldermort all up until fourth year, when he was finally killed. But, for some reason, he was now doubting both his eyes, and his guy feeling. With good reason too. This so called 'Tom Riddle' was an enigma. He shows up two years after Harry defeats Voldermort by killing him in the ritual meant to bring him to life, and all of a sudden his supposed 'son' is found? It seemed too much like coincidence, and Harry was never really a big fan of coincidence. But, the kid seemed real, true, and...rather emotional. Especially about one Draco Lucius Malfoy.

Who, so far, had not caused any trouble. Normally that would cheer him up, but he cannot help but think of what the boy may be planning. For five years Harry had known Draco, and in those five years, the bully had never once given up an oppertunity to deride, degrade, or just attack him, Ron, or hermione in any way, and yet, he had barely spoken to anyone except this Tom Marvolo Riddle. Malfoy was a true Slytherin, and capable of beguiling the best of people. It made him worry if perhaps he was tricking Riddle. But than, something still did not seem right. The whole relationship thing that they had created was too weird. It was complicated. And along with the whole 'Alpha/Submissive' thing that Riddle and Snape had been speaking about, things just got a lot weirder. Draco Malfoy was not the submissive type, ever. He was like the most alpha male character that Harry had ever seen. Harry could barely even think about Malfoy being submissive.
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Ron was not stupid. Okay, he was dumber than Harry, or Hermione, but than he doubted anyone was smarter than Hermione. But he certainly was not a dimwit at the best of times, and especially when times called for it. Unlike Harry, he did not have many reservations about the Riddle/Malfoy relationship. Sure, it was kind of odd, and sort of creepy. Like when Malfoy would sit at Riddle's feet without a second thought, or when they would give each other meaningful glances at each other and seemed to carry on an entire conversation with just their eyes and body language. He wished he could do that with Harry, or Hermione, hell, even his brothers. Fred and George were really the only ones who could do that, and they were twins. Talk about unfair. Totally unfair. In any case, he had seen the two together, and if you put away the weird quirks of their relationship, they both really seemed to care about each other. Malfoy was acting different than he normally did, but, who didn't when they loved someone? He had known Ginny before she fell head over heels for his best mate, and she had changed, drastically. Love was not something that just happened, either. Sure, Ginny had started with a crush, but it had evolved. Well, he said crush, it was more like borderline obsession really. But look at the two of them now? Happily dating, and his best mate, well, he had changed a bit differently too. Love was not one of those things that just suddenly comes to you, unless you're those lucky types and never have to worry about a single thing. It was obvious to him that Riddle and Malfoy held a deep respect, and care for each other. Draco trusted Tom. And that was what had freaked him out at first, because he had never seen the Malfoy heir so...relaxed and at ease. Ever. Sure, he put on a good front, but he was never truly at ease. And he never revealed much about himself.