Halloween isn't for everyone
By the time the first day ended, people had started believing that Hadrian Potter and Ron Weasley were geniuses. Ron wasn’t exactly happy with that outcome but as long as he stayed in the background. He might be safe from getting involved with drama… Yeah no, who was he kidding, he’s so screwed.
There were also rumours of Molly Weasley suppressing Ron so that he could go into Gryffindor which somehow ended up making it onto the Daily Prophet. Ron was fine with that, but what he wasn’t fine with? The stares he keeps getting from across the hall. He looked up a little bit more on wizarding laws and found out that in this universe. Due to the low birth rate, children are known as blessings and having many children means that fate has taken a liking to you.
Children were known as the next generation and suppressing kids was almost unheard of, so when people heard that Molly Weasley was suppressing her own son, that quickly became all people could talk about. Hadrian’s been talking to him a little bit more, Ron tries to avoid him but it seems like his efforts remain futile.
A good thing about this entire ordeal is that he finally got Pettigrew a cage, a small cage that he leaves in the dormitory along with Pettigrew. Leaving him small bits of food, now all he had to do was find a good time to prove that Pettigrew is an animagus. Anyways, classes have been going fine, he’s stopped trying to do the wrong incantations and wand movement. So things have been going well. No more random bursts of magic except for that one time in Charms where he levitated the professor…
Yeah he’s never getting over that.
Enough of him, Hermione, with Ron pushing her a bit, has tried to make friends with her roommates, she’s also been making friends with some people from other houses and has recently been talking to Daphne Greengrass. Neville has been learning Potions as he wasn’t exactly confident with it. He’s gotten okay with answering questions but still needs a little bit more work on the actual practicals, he’s been getting help from Theodore Nott who tells Neville that with just enough practice, he might just have a Potions lesson without having his points being taken away.
Samuel and Lucas are being tutored by him, despite him saying they can just read. Alongside the study group, they are also being taught by him in History of Magic and Defence. Both of which are taught by incompetent teachers, and Hadrian… Yeah there's alot to unpack.
So one of his titles as “heir of Slytherin” has been revealed to the public, and his dad, Marvolo Riddle has taken a seat at the Wizengamot or whatever it’s called. So he’s been getting congratulated by Slytherins and so many people are trying to suck up to him to meet with his dad, because he's literally the Lord of Slytherin. Ron thought he might be safe because of this if he were to just stay away. But no, Hadrian still insists on clinging onto him every chance he gets, people started giving him weird looks whenever Hadrian tags along beside him. But at least now he’s sure it’s a Drarry Fanfic.
If the glares he gets from Draco say anything about that
The Gryffindors are giving him a hard time. There is this random Gryffindor who Ron is sure is an original character, because from his memory, there is no one named Duncan Taylor. That guy is the absolute worst, giving Hadrian stares which leads to giving him stares as well. The dude spews ‘he’s a Slytherin, he must be dark’ bullshit every second of every day, to whoever would listen. Which is quite a lot of people, and since he’s related to Hadrian as a ‘friend with benefits’ Duncan and some other Gryffindor’s hate him as well. Which pisses him off whenever he’s studying
He’s been taking normal trips to the library three times a week, which makes the twins fear that he’ll turn into a ‘second Percy’ so they’ve taken the honor of bringing him along for pranks they do on the Slytherins. Very harmless though because Ron told them he’d actually start acting like Percy if they hurt anybody.
Speaking of Percy, he’s actually been going to his Percy for lessons about some classes. History of Magic is such a pain and the books don’t exactly cut it, so Percy’s been giving him extra classes. It’s mostly quiet, but comfortable.
Lastly, he’s been taking errands from the Ravenclaws and saving up for a sewing machine that Hermione recommended him to get after he told her that he wants to try sewing. He’s also planning to stay at the leaky cauldron for Summer if he manages to make enough money. But if he doesn’t manage, Lucas told him that he'd be welcome to stay at his house.
He’s managed to settle into a nice routine and he likes keeping it that way.
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“TROLL, TROLL IN THE DUNGEON!” Quirell ran in screaming, waving his arms like a madman, before falling onto the ground in despair. Normally someone would think Quirrell had just fainted, but he himself has fainted enough times to know that, Quirrell was likely faking it.
He silently continued eating his food while everyone was screaming and panicking. Albus Dumbledore shut everyone up and told them to calm down. That they would return to their common room and finish the feast there. Which was completely idiotic, they didn’t have to do that in the first place, 3 teachers can check on the problem and the other teachers can sit here and watch over the children in the Great hall.
“Why is this school still the top one?” Ron thought absentmindedly, picking at his broccoli and eating it. He stood up and lined up with the rest of the Ravenclaws while checking for Hermione. He luckily found her talking to Neville and Lavender Brown. Then he looked for everyone he could recognize and sighed in relief when he realized no one he knew was missing.
They got into the common room quickly and after Penelope answered the question. The prefects did a quick head count of the Ravenclaws, after seeing that no one was lost. They went inside where the rest of the feast would take place. Samuel and Lucas were chatting about stuff he didn’t really notice and was just silently eating. He loved food, some people told him he lived to eat, so that was one thing he had in common with Ron Weasley. When the feast was done and the dishes and table were gone. Everyone went up to the dormitories and Ron was about to do the same. Until Professor Flitwick went into the common room and asked to have a word with Ron.
“Yes Professor?” Ron asked, he wasn’t exactly sure why Flitwick asked him outside of the common room. “Professor Dumbledore has asked me to bring you to his office,” Flitwick responded.
Ron understood, Dumbledore must be mad that his pawns aren’t listening to him and the boy who lived is nowhere to be seen and there is a lord of Slytherin. So he must be desperate to bring things back on track. It was kind of hilarious.
He walked to Dumbledore's office and Flitwick said the password, after that he told Ron that he couldn’t go further, and Ron wasn’t going to deny, he wanted Flitwick with him. But he knew that he would have to face this man himself.
He walked in the room and there he stood, face to face with Albus Dumbledore. “Lemon drop?” The headmaster asked, he shook his head politely. He sat down on the chair and then listened to what the headmaster had to say.
“I had heard of your recent showcases of magic, I must say, I am proud of you Mr Weasley.” Dumbledore said, with a fake twinkle in his eye.
“Thank you professor.” Ron said coldly, he wasn’t going to let this headmaster get the better of him, because he had a suspicion that he knew what the headmaster was going to say.
“I have nothing to say on how you are fitting in with your house, I can see that you have made friends in your house and are fitting in well. But I cannot help but worry about the Howler.” Ron was now sure he knew what Dumbledore was about to say.
“I don’t understand what you mean Professor, the Howler hasn’t gotten to me at all.” If Dumbledore wanted him to play dumb, then he’ll play dumb
“Well, I think that being with family is most important so when Molly Weasley told you that you wouldn’t be able to step back into the burrow, I’m just a bit worried because-”
“Professor, if my mother decides to disown me because I wasn’t in a house she thought was good, then I have no reason to think of her as my mother.” He said coolly, but in his head he was screaming in joy as Dumbledore's face twisted from calm to slightly angry.
“Mister Weasley! Your mum has honourably raised you for so long, the one thing you could do for her is to agree to a resorting.” Dumbledore said, Ron raised his eyebrow “My mother disowned me because she didn’t like the house I’m in, I’m not sure her raising could be called honourable.” Ron replied indifferently
Dumbledore took a deep breath and then said. “Even if you do not think about resorting, the matter still stands, where are you going to stay for the Summer?” Ron smirked and said. “Well, I have already been invited to my friend's house for the Summer, but I am sure I won’t need to think about that matter for a while.”
Dumblerdore started getting a bit red. Ron was loving every moment of this, “Professor, this conversation isn’t even appropriate, I should only be called up here because of my work, and the teachers have told me that my work is excellent. So I don’t think this conversation is necessary. Have a good night Professor.” Ron said casually, and then walked out.
By the time left, Flitwick was there waiting for him, they went back to the common room and by that time, everyone in the dorm room was asleep. Then he quietly changed his clothes, brushed his teeth, and went to bed.
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The loud crash of items could be heard in Dumbledore’s office, it was extremely loud as well, it didn’t seem like Dumbledore was trying to keep the tone down. He was pissed, like extremely pissed. Everything was going perfect, until Hogwarts began.
Hagrid had told him he met up with the boy-who-lived and had converted him. But did Hagrid lie? There was not even a single mention of the boy-who-lived, it seemed as if they had forgotten all about the boy. How was he going to sacrifice Harry for the greater good? Everything was for the greater good.
His pawn, Ron Weasley, was so obedient before Hogwarts, did the potions stop working? That couldn’t have been right, Molly should’ve been stocking up on the potions and giving them to Ron. Everything was going Ron, the Weasley boy wasn’t supposed to be talking back to him like that. That boy was just so ungrateful!
Not only that, there was another unknown variable, The Riddle boy, the moment he laid eyes on Hadrian, he knew that nothing good could come out from the boy, he thought of just killing the boy and labelling his death as an accident. But now he knows, now he knows that Hadrian is Tom’s spawn. How did they manage to get that title?!
Dumbledore was pissed, Duncan and Ron were supposed to be Harry’s friends, they were supposed to be impulsively excited, Harry was supposed to be grateful, he shouldn’t even be gone!
the only person he has control over right now is Duncan. Why is it that all of his obedient and loyal followers are slowly turning on them. It’s fine, he still has Sirius Black, when he allows Sirius to escape, he will owe him. It will be fine, as long as he manages to track down Harry, things will go back to normal.
But he just has to be rid of the eyesore in this world.
He didn't notice the emerald green eyes staring at him from the shadows, smirking at the pathetic sight and thinking about how a redhead had caught his eye