5 years old
When I wake up I'm back in the Dursleys cupboard, wearing one of my, thought to be, cousins old shirts.
I looked around for a few seconds and found the portkey. YES!. I quickly grabbed it and immediately felt fresh bruises and wounds. Oh I forgot what fresh wounds felt like. "Bank" I said. It felt like my whole body was being squeezed through a metal straw.
"AHH, Where did you come from?" King Rangok asked, clearly surprised and having jumped in his seat.
Oops, didn't plan this far ahead. Calm down Harry, or am i Harrison? Whatever, just act like a normal, injured kid. Should be easy, the wounds and bruises still hurt. The 'Freak' carving is still fresh.
"Umm, I was given this stone and told to ask for an inheritance test." I said, not even having to pretend to be weak, my 'relatives' already did that.
"Ok, come sit up here and I'll get the stuff." He said. I climbed up onto the chair and watched him pull out the parchment and knife. "By the way, what is your name, young one?" He asked. I didn't know my name until I was 6. "I, don't know." I said. He looked worried. "Ok, please give me your hand." He instructed, putting out his hand. I reached my hand out and placed it into his hand.
"I need you to close your eyes and take a deep breath, I need 5 drops of your blood, so on the count of three. 1, 2,... 3" On three I shut my eyes tightly and held my breath as he used the knife to prick my finger as 5 drops of blood fell onto the parchment. "Ok you can open your eyes now." He said. I opened my eyes and watched him read the results with the same reaction as last time but with more surprise.
"Kid, do you know how to read?" He asked, I shook my head no. I do but most 5 year old's don't.
"Well your name is Harrison Thomas Riddle-Prince. Would you like me to call your mother?" He asked. "Mother? I thought my parents were dead." I replied, finally letting the sadness of this entire situation show.
"You do have a mom and the people you were told were your parents aren't. Let me call your mom, I know he's been heart broken since you were taken from him." He said. "I was taken?" I asked. "Yes, and he will be very happy to know you are alive but he won't be happy with some stuff on this test that I need him present for." He answered. I nodded.
King Rangok called a goblin in and told him to floo my bearer/mom. Thinking about Snape as my mom is weird, but in retrospect it dies seem like he was in pain every time he saw a child, especially in my year. Now I know it's because he had/has a child my age, me, who he thought was dead. Looks like I'll get to see what he would've been like if I wasn't taken from him. Not only that, I have at least one person out there who loves me.
"Hello." A female voice said. I looked up with wide eyes to see a female goblin entering the room. "Oh Stella, this is the young heir I sent for you about. Harrison, can I call you that?" He asked, I nodded. "This is my wife Stella, she is the head goblin healer and will be looking after you until your mom arrives, which should be any minute now." He said.
"Hi little one." She said, crouching in front of me. "I hear your name is Harrison. Would you like some candy?" She asked. I looked up at her and nodded. She pulled out some chocolate frogs, pumpkin pastices, and liquorice wands.
I hesitantly grabbed a chocolate frog. I opened it and jumped back in surprise when it jumped like when I first opened one. Stella chuckled a bit and explained they are enchanted to jump but are completely chocolate. I grabbed it and took a small bite then let a genuine smile grow across my face.
Stella and I ate candy and talked a bit until the door burst open to reveal a very concerned looking Snape in his mid twenties instead of thirties.
He frantically looked around the room then his eyes landed on me. His eyes welled up with tears and he approached me as calmly as possible the knelt down in front of me. "Harrison? Is that you?" He asked. I looked at him for a few seconds. "That's what the guy said the paper said" I replied, looking into his eyes.
"lord Prince, I believe you should take a look at this parchment, it's the young heirs inheritance test, and I would suggest you also taking one." King Rangok said, handing over the parchment.
He took the parchment and looked it over, shock and anger growing on his face as he read farther down. Once he was finished he threw it down then looked at me, all anger leaving his face once our eyes met. "Harrison." He said, putting a hand on my cheek, I melted into the touch, it just felt... right somehow. "Who have you been staying with?" He asked. "Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, and Dudley." I answered.
He looked horrified at that and immediately engulfed and picked me up into a tight hug. I relaxed into him and wrapped my arms around his neck and buried my face into his chest. I felt his magic surround me, lulling me to sleep.
"Harrison, you need to wake up dear." A soft Voice said, bringing me out of my slumber.
I picked my head up and looked around, noticing we were now in a room that looked like it was used for rituals. "The nice goblins are going to get rid of all of the bad stuff hurting you and your core. It's gonna hurt but afterwards you and I are gonna feel much better, then we're gonna go home. Ok?" He informed me in a gentle voice. I looked up at him and nodded.
He walked over to the middle of the room, sat down, and then sat down right next to me. "I need the two of you to lay down on your backs, but you can hold hands if you'd like." Stella said. Both of us laid down and I wrapped one of my hands around a few of his fingers. My hands are really small.
"Now this is really gonna hurt so, Little one, can you be a brave boy for me and once we're done I'll give you a bunch of candies." She said. I made my eyes and mouth go wide. "Chocolate frogs?" I asked. "Yes, chocolate frogs." She smiled, and I returned.
She and a few other goblins started chanting in a language I couldn't understand. Suddenly I felt unimaginable pain shoot from my chest then to the rest of my body. It took everything in me not to scream but I couldn't stop a few whimpers from escaping. after a while a goblin came to me and gave me some terrible tasting potion. The pain started increasing and moving around faster and faster but after what felt like a long time started focusing on my chest.
After what felt like hours the pain started to go away until it was gone completely and I was just breathing heavily.
"Harrison?" The wizard next to me asked, also breathing heavily. The moment I saw him one.single.thought went through my head, as my 5 year old brain and body took over.
"MAMAAAAA!" I Lunged my self at my mom. I can feel the bond that Ron used to describe he had with his mom. It feels amazing and I never wanna go without it again.
"MY BABY! My Little Harrison!" He exclaimed, wrapping me in a tight hug. "Oh, little snake. Please know I never stopped looking for you. That night you were taken from us almost killed me." I could hear him start crying. "Your father and I looked every where. I never expected you were with the Potters. We thought you were killed... But you're alive. My beautiful baby snake is alive. Alive and back in my arms." He moved me from his chest so we could look at each other and he examined my face before gasping and cupping my face in his hand.
"You are so beautiful, and look just like your father and I." He smiled softly. I tilted my head in confusion. "You have your fathers perfect curls, but black instead of brown, You have my eyes, your fathers high cheekbones, a healthy pale tan, and my mothers small and round nose." He said, playing with my hair then booping my nose, causing me to giggle. "But your nose is small now too." I giggled and pointed at his nose.
Death didn't tell me my mind could actually go back to being 5!
"This is adorable." Stella squealed, catching our attention. "This is a lovely family reunion but there is a few ore things you have to go over with my husband and I have the promised candy and extra chocolate frogs for little Harrison over here." She said with a huge smile that I returned. "Plus I'm sure you two both want a mirror. The young heir looks totally different and Lord Prince has a few minor changes.
Mom stood up, settling me on his hip as I clung onto his robes. Stella led us back to her husbands office.
"Ah, you're back. You two look much better both physically and magically." king Rangok greeted. "Hello Rangok, may your gold ever flow." Mom replied, sitting down and repositioning me in his lap. "And may your enemies tremble before you." He replied. "So all spells, compulsions, and the blood glamour have been removed from both of you and we have healed as many of the young heirs' injuries but all of the deep ones will have to be treated with potions and healing salve and he will have to take nutrient's potions as instructed by a healer." He explained.
"Yes your majesty. I don't trust the healers at St mungo's so I'll be asking a friend to look him over and tell me what's needed then make the potions. Luckily due to his age he should remember little to nothing about the last four years and it hopefully won't cause him to much phycological damage." Mom said, giving e one of the chocolate frogs and rubbing my hair.
"Understandable, Now one last thing, would you like to keep going by Snape or change it to Prince, Riddle-Prince, or Riddle, and What should we call the young heir in front of the public?" He asked. "Yes I would like to change my last name back to Riddle nee Prince but be called Prince in public and keep Harrison's true name, the one my husband and I gave him, but call him Prince in public. My friends and I will come up with a story for the public as well." Mom explained, switching between smiling at me and looking at King Rangok.
Harrison Thomas Riddle-Prince... I like it.
"Good, now all fees will be deducted from the Prince vault and we will start the process on getting the money stolen from your son, just like we discussed." He said. "Thank you your majesty." Mom said, standing up and repositioning me back onto his hip.
"Harrison, can you tell King Rangok 'may your gold ever flow'?" Mom asked. I looked at king Rangok and smiled. "May your gold ever flow." I repeated. "And may your enemies tremble before you, young heir Prince." He replied with a smile.
Mom grabbed the candies Stella packed for me before leaving the bank and flooing to his, now our home.