Soulmates

Meeting their parents was one of the foolish hopes the siblings dared to have. To be able to see them once, or give them a hug. To feel the warmth of their parents at least for one more time. The Riddle siblings were all still too shocked as their father engulfed them in a hug.

Earlier, their father was observing them from afar. They could see his hesitation to come closer. Hadrian could feel the piercing red eyes assess him and his siblings. He felt Tom, his father tightened the hug around them.

Hadrian was shaking, he was on the verge of tears. He looked at his siblings and saw them in the same state. It was moving too fast, one day he and his siblings were orphans living with their abusive relatives. They were used as tools to defeat the dark lord. Turns out, the dark lord is their biological father and they have a little sibling named Kalila. Everything they used to know about their history was a lie. Hadrian would now have to get used to calling the dark lord, his father. God that sounded so wrong but he didn’t care as he and his siblings, Draco and Cassi, were now reunited with one of their fathers.

“Lord Slytherin, I wouldn’t want to ruin the family moment but don’t you all want to know how this happened?” The goblin said as he entered the room, a bunch of parchments in his hand. The goblin sat down at the chair behind the table located in the center of the room. Tom slowly lets go of his children and coughs while straightening his robes. He was quite angry at himself for showing such vulnerability but he couldn’t care anymore.

Tom finally found his darling children. He knew his children were real and back in his arms, that this wasn’t a dream. Draco, Cassiopeia, Hadrian, and Kalila were the very same children he and his beloved, James had loved and doted on since they were in their bearer’s womb. His children’s presence was like a soothing balm to his already broken soul.

The goblin gestured for them to sit at the chairs near the table. Kali dragged her older brother, Draco to one of the chairs and sat on his lap with no hesitation. She was enthusiastic about the fact she had three older siblings. Her siblings were really pretty, they were nice too. Her older brother who she now nicknamed ‘Dray’ had gorgeous blonde hair and blue eyes like hers. She could see the similarities between him and her. Then she saw her older sister, Cassi. She was very pretty as well as her older brother Hadrian. They both inherited their Papa’s messy hair which Kali saw in one of the photo albums, containing the pictures of their young parents. Kali liked her older siblings’ eyes. They shined bright like those emeralds her daddy had in his office. Kali used to wonder what it’d be like to have siblings, she grew up with no companions other than her daddy and his minions.

Sure Nagini was a fun companion but she was a snake. Kali and Nagini couldn’t do much together other than hissing. Her father was busy with his own stuff which left the young girl to entertain herself in her own way. Her daddy never neglected her, No! Her daddy showered her with love and gave her everything she wanted. Her father would kill anyone who’d make the young princess feel any other emotion other than happiness. Kali was excited because now she’ll be able to do all the fun stuff she saw other kids do with their siblings. The 8-year-old blonde girl was sitting on Draco’s lap who was on the left side of their father while Hadrian and Cassi were sitting on the right side of their father. “Father, how did this happen?” Draco asked quite nervously which was unusual. The oldest Riddle heir who was usually confident and arrogant was now showing his vulnerability, something he doesn’t do in front of anyone but his siblings. “Draco, I believe the old coot has something to do with this. I don’t remember that much but we shall ask the goblin.” Tom muttered darkly. Tom diverted his attention from his eldest son to the goblin who was at the table.

“What did you remember on that night Lord Slytherin?” The creature had a smirk on his face. Oh, the goblin was glad he was the one chosen to explain how and who was behind this mess. He knew that whoever was behind this would predicament would suffer. – “This all started after the birth of Cassiopeia and Hadrian. After a few years, your father, James, was pregnant with Kalila.” Tom started slowly. Remembering the night when he lost his mate and his children was painful for the Dark Lord.

All of them were listening intensely, they were finally going to find out about what happened. Hadrian was glad they were letting them know about this, he was tired of being kept in the dark.

“Dumbledore was trying to find a way to defeat me and to kill me permanently as I was becoming to be more powerful than he was and he did not like that. That was when he started his propaganda against me. “Tom continued,

“He targeted the dark families that were following me and killed them. Dumbledore somehow found out about the relationship I and James had. He had gotten a wind that James had given birth to our firstborn, Draco.” Tom said, anger becoming prominent in his eyes as he continued. But he controlled his anger, it wouldn’t do well to get angry in his first meeting with his children.

“James went into hiding ever since the birth of Draco. You see, your father was never the one to get scared easily. But he was so scared, not for himself but for you.” Tom looked at his children as he uttered the last word of his statement. His voice was void of emotion.

“James was scared that if Dumbledore found the three of you plus Kalila who was in his womb that he’d kill you all with no hesitation. We used the Fidelius spell and the keeper was Peter Pettigrew. Your father thought it would be too obvious if it was his twin or Black and Lupin.” Tom hissed the name of the Pettigrew spawn with so much disgust.

“Dumbledore had killed your father’s twin sister and had managed to get his best friends, Lupin and Black, under his wing in the process of trying to find us. The old coot had managed to threaten Pettigrew to reveal our location. He had attacked James when I was at a meeting with my death eaters. That fucking coot had killed your father and took my children.” Hadrian could feel his anger towards the meddling man. The old man had ruined his family. He was sure that his siblings felt the same as he noticed his older brother, Draco, tightening his grip on the chair he was sitting. His twin, Cassi, was tense.

“But Father in the paper, it states that James and his twin is alive?” Cassiopeia questioned from her place, her voice was tense. Tom looked at his daughter with a raised eyebrow. “That is impossible, I saw his body with my own eyes.” He muttered in disbelief as he diverted his attention from his oldest daughter to the goblin who looked like he knew how this happened.

“Yes, apparently she is alive and is hiding somewhere Lord Slytherin while James is hidden somewhere. Dumbledore had altered your memories, one of them making it appear that the Potter twins are dead. He knows that they are still alive. We can track them if you want but it may cost a fortune.” The goblin suggested. Tom gave a nod to the creature, signaling him to do it. Money wasn’t an issue for the Slytherin Lord, he would do anything to find his mate. He needed to find his husband for their family to be finally complete. After years of searching for his husband and his children, Tom finally had his children and soon his beloved. Once he locates where James is, there was no way he was letting go of him or his children. The dark lord needed to act fast and find James and Cassiopeia before the old coot does.

“How did we even end up in the Dursley’s care? Why wasn’t Kalila with us?” Hadrian asked. He and his siblings hated the Dursleys with so much passion. It was a relief their little sister didn’t go through the abuse they had gone through.

“After Dumbledore ‘supposedly’ kills your parents, he handed you off to Lily’s muggle relatives. The idea was to make it seem you all were James and Lily’s children. One of the children would be the so-called prophecy child to defeat the dark lord while they ‘died’ protecting you from the dark lord. Albus had done a very dark ritual to ensure that everyone who knew your fathers forgot that, instead they had remembered what Albus wants them to know. The youngest was handed off to an orphanage, adopted by muggles. We were able to find the youngest Riddle when she was 5 years old.” The goblin explained. The revelation shocked the three siblings. Dumbledore really needed a taste of his own medicine.

Time passed by as they were making plans on how to find James and his twin, as well as trying to find ways to get Black and Lupin in without garnering the attention of the white twinkly-eyed man.

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