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Changling

"My sweet prince, you are the one."

There was a cool breeze as Harry trudged down the foot path that lead to the forbidden forest that evening. The leaves were browning and the grass was crisp. Harry, however, didn't care for the cold. He wore his school uniform, the red a bitter reminder of what he could have become if he had just listened. But now he was bound to his fate. Harry kicked a pebble, watching as it skidded into the nearby trees, hidden from view. When Harry came to the edge of the forest his scar tingled, a faint indication of the dark energy that resided within the overgrown trees and bushes. He wanted to go in there, face the demons that called him to the edge of the forest in the first place. 

As he did every evening lately, Harry walked away. He dared not enter. If he did he was scared of what he would uncover about himself. He went to bed at the same time as everyone else and fell asleep. But this time it was different. Tom Riddle, the boy he had met four years before, stood next to him. Hand in hand as death eaters apparated in, fighting. Him and Tom leading together. Harry startled awake. It was still dark outside, the moon casting an amber glow over the forbidden forest that called him every night.

Hermione and Ron kept asking him if he was alright the next morning, but he felt sick even looking at them. There was something wrong with him to turn on his friends with such haste and feel such regret for ignoring the sorting hats words. Harry went outside, walking towards the forbidden forest once again. The trees were turning bare now, each step crunching as Harry walked over a mascara of the dead.

"Why did I have to make the wrong choice? Now I don't know what to do!" Harry said aloud, forgetting to notice the tingle in his scar as he entered the forest. He rolled his sleeves up, staring at his blank forearm. Would Tom make him have his branding? Or would they stand as equals, destroying all they hated? "What's wrong with me? Why don't I care that he killed my parents?"

When Harry noticed he was in the forest, he sat down on a bed of leaves. A snake hissed hello at him and Harry picked them up. 'Hello... you understandddd meeeeee' the snake hissed, warming herself against Harry's skin. 'You are so warm, changling...' 

"Changling? Can you sense that I am changing?" Harry said back in pastletoungue. 'Yeesssss, to our sideeee. You will be my masterrr'. Harry and the snake, who he named Lilith, talked for hours before heading back to the castle way past dark. Harry hid Lilith and asked her if she was hungry. She said no and when Harry got to his bed he drew the curtains and let her slither around his bed as he fell asleep.

Tom pushed Harry against the bed, kissing him hard on the mouth. Harry moaned, letting Tom's tongue slip in. Harry struggled underneath Tom, gasping for breath. Their skin felt one with each other and Tom kissed and rubbed Harry in all the right places. Harry whimpered and called out Tom's name in a moan. 

Harry woke up to the sound of his own voice and realised that he had said that out loud. He peaked to see if anyone could have heard him, but everyone was fast asleep. Harry picked up his wand, his curtains still drawn around his four poster bed and cast a silent light spell. Harry picked Lilith up and put her on his shoulder.

"I can't live just in my dreams. Tell me, how do I meet Tom Riddle?" Harry asked, sick of the life he had choose. 'Well, changling, you must find the mirror of erissed. There issss the portal to what you desssire most'. Harry jumped out of bed, got changed and pulled his invisibility cloak tight around his shoulders. 

'You know where it issss, massster?' Harry nodded, taking them to the room of requirements. He imagined the room were everything is hidden and looked around for the mirror of erised. Were once stood his mother and father now stood Tom. Harry wiped away the thick layer of dust and looked on in longing. 

"How do I get in there?" Harry asked Lilith. 'you musst ssmash the mirror and the portal sshall appear but be quick, it will closssse forever.' Harry used a spell to smash the mirror and a dark blue portal appeared, whispering to him and calling him in. A hand reached out of the mirror and Harry took it. He spun around in a whirlpool of emotions before he landed at hogwarts in the great-hall. He was with the first years but he was still sixteen. He was about to go through the sorting ceremony. 

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