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Rating: Mature
Archive Warning: Underage
Category: F/M, M/M
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Relationship: Tom Riddle/Severus Snape, Daphne Greengrass/Harry Potter,
Tracey Davis/Blaise Zabini, Sirius Black/Amelia Bones, Lucius
Malfoy/Narcissa Black Malfoy, Albus Dumbledore/Gellert
Grindelwald
Additional Tags: Severitus, Good Tom Riddle, Bad Dumbledore, Genius Harry,
Slytherin Harry, Good Malfoy Family, Good Bellatrix Black Lestrange,
Weasley Bashing, Hermione Granger Bashing, Abused Harry, Tom
Riddle/Severus Snape - Freeform, Political Harry, Rich Harry, Lord
Harry, Elemental Magic, Protective Harry, Harry is Lord Potter, Harry
is Lord Black, Powerful Harry, Wizengamot, Pureblood Harry, Good
Slytherins, First Kiss, First Time, rebellious Harry
Stats: Published: 2017-03-12 Updated: 2017-11-14 Chapters: 9/? Words:
18925

A Genius Grows
by Slyther1nM1nds

Summary

Hadrian Potter had a hard life, until he was four and then his world changed!!
 Gringotts
Chapter Summary

Hadrian finds something in the Dursley's attic.

CHAPTER ONE - GRINGOTTS

Four-year-old Hadrian Potter stumbled as the portkey dumped him on the marble floor of
Gringotts Bank. His mind was swirling, five hours earlier he had been cleaning the Dursleys attic
when he had found his mothers school trunk, inside he had found a letter from his parents,
informing him that he was a wizard and a Lord to boot, he had found a book which explained
about the basics of the wizarding world, and about how they thought that he had defeated a
wizard called Voldemort, in the letter his parents had explained that they were in the process of
joining Voldemort when Albus Dumbledore found out and killed them framing Voldemort and
enacting a curse which separated Volemorts body from his soul. At this point Harrison was
furious and was wondering how to get in contact with the wizarding world when he found a
portkey which his parents had told him would take him to Gringotts bank, apparently his mother
had been a seer and had foreseen when Hadrian would find the trunk, Gringotts would help him
prepare for his actual entrance to the wizarding world when he was eleven.
He looked around, knowing that he was in Ragnok’s office but not knowing where the goblin
was, he stood and waited, anyone looking at the boy would have thought that he was younger
than four, he was malnourished and wore clothes that swamped him. Hadrian startled when
Ragnok came into the office and sat behind his desk. Hadrian bowed like the letter had said before
saying “Greetings Ragnok Nur, I am Hadrian James Potter.”
Ragnok stared at the skinny boy in front of him, he had known the child would come today and
had cleared his schedule, however he had hoped that James and Lily had exaggerated when they
said the boy would have been abused, he could see that the child was in pain from how he held
himself and pressed a button under his desk which would summon Goblin healers to his office.
“Hello Lord Potter, before we begin the meeting I would like some Goblin Healers to heal your
injuries and reverse the malnutrition, when your parents came to me before their deaths they
informed me that you would be have been severely abused, I had hoped that would have been an
exaggeration.” Hadrian nodded and shuffled awkwardly.
“Yes Uncle Vernon has a bit of a temper.” He said clearly.
Ragnok snorted at the understatement as three goblin healers came through the door, he
introduced them to Hadrian and they started the diagnostic charm. When the head healer finished
the charm a long piece of parchment appeared in front of him, listing Hadrian’s current injuries.

Name – Hadrian James Potter

Age – 4 years 11 months
Weight – 32 pounds
Height – 38 inches
Injuries – Welts on back and buttocks
- 3 broken ribs
- Fractured Ankle
- Broken Wrist
- Skull Fracture
- Bruised liver
- Broken tibia
- Bruising to 90% of body
- Curse Scar on forehead … residual dark magic

The head healer gasped and led Harry to the sofa in the room, he guided Hadrian to lay down and
began chanting, Hadrian fell into a deep sleep and the healer began to explain the results of the
scan. Ragnok was furious, how could anyone do this to a child, he told the healer to fix the broken
child and went back to sit behind his desk. He had to find a way to get Lord Potter away from that
house without Dumbledore knowing, he couldn’t think of anything, maybe Hadrian would have
an idea, he turned to the healers who had healed everything except the malnutrition and the scar.
He watched as one of the goblins tipped a potion down the boys throat, Ragnok winced and was
immensely glad that they had put the child to sleep, this would undo any negative effects on
Hadrian’s height and weight, he watched as Hadrian grew taller and filled out a bit. By the time
the potion had done its work Hadrian was just above average height wise and was lithe, built for
speed. The healers than began to work on the residual dark magic in the scar, as the goblins
chanted a black mist rose from the scar and dissipated without a force to support it. Once this was
done the healers left and Ragnok woke Hadrian.
Hadrian ached as he woke up, he felt like he had been stretched in his sleep he had had the most
wonderful dream he had been a wizard. He slowly opened his eyes but startled when he saw
Ragnok staring at him, he quickly stood up, immediately realising that he was a lot taller than
before. Ragnok explained what had happened while he was asleep and conjured a mirror for
Harrison so he could see the changes, he now stood at 45 inches and his whole body had
changed, his hair had grown to halfway down his neck and had become tamer and his scar had
disappeared. He smiled at his reflection feeling healthier than he had in a while, Ragnok explained
that they had been unable to get rid of the older scars on his back because they had been left too
long.
Hadrian sat down opposite Ragnok and said “I thank the Goblin Nation for their help.” Ragnok
smiled which was kind of scary with those sharp teeth.
“You are most welcome Hadrian, however now it is time to talk of the future, I have been unable
to think of a way to get you out of the Dursley’s care without alerting Dumbledore.” Hadrian
hissed at the name before sitting back in his chair and contemplating the problem. Ragnok
watched as Hadrian’s mind worked around the problem and was surprised when the boy smiled
and leant forward.
“I take it you have a solution Hadrian?” he questioned.
“I have, however it depends on a few factors, in my parents letter it said that we were very
wealthy, that the Potter’s were Lords in both the magical world and the muggle world, to what
extent is this true?” Hadrian asked as he quirked an eyebrow.
“Your family are our richest clients, this is due to the fact that they work in both the muggle and
wizarding worlds, you are the richest person in the wizarding world and hold a lot of political
power, this doesn’t even take into account the families that we don’t know you are heir to.”
Hadrian smiled “What you have to understand Ragnok is that the Dursleys abuse me for the sole
reason that they don’t want me there in their lives, so if I enrolled myself in a private boarding
school which had a summer programme, they wouldn’t have to see me again until I was eleven
and it would only be a short amount of time then, by then I hope to have people to aid me against
Albus Dumbledore.” Ragnok almost choked, it was genius, there was no need for Albus to know
the boy was enrolled in a private school and the man had no access to the Potter accounts.
“That is a very good idea … we will sort that out momentarily, there is also the matter of your
parents wills, you cannot unseal them until you are seven.”
“That is fine, the letter also said something about an inheritance test and an abilities test?” Hadrian
questioned.
Ragnok nodded and pulled out two sheets of special parchment “We will complete the inheritance
test first, just prick your finger and allow three drops of blood to fall onto the first parchment.
Hadrian did so and gasped when writing appeared.

Hadrian James Potter

Parents – James Charlus Potter (Deceased)
- Lillian Rose Potter nee Evans (Deceased)
Godparents – Severus Tobias Snape-Prince (1st Godfather)
- Sirius Orion Black (2nd Godfather) Incarcerated
- Narcissa Elizabeth Malfoy nee Black (1st Godmother)
- Bellatrix Margaret Lestrange nee Black (2nd Godmother) Incarcerated
Lordships - Heir to the House of Potter
- Heir to the House of Black
- Heir to the House of Ravenclaw
- Heir to the House of Gryffindor
- Heir to the House of Peverell
- Heir to the House of Evans
Normally when Ragnok was handed the results of inheritance tests, he wasn’t surprised, however
when he saw Hadrian’s his jaw dropped, these were six of the most powerful houses, “Very well
Heir Potter, do you wish to claim your heir rings, when you turn thirteen you will become Lord to
any of the houses which do not have a current Lord.”
“Yes please Ragnok.” Ragnok brought a box out of his draw and tapped it with his finger, inside
was a plain platinum signet ring. Hadrian slid it on his finger and it resized to fit him, Ragnok
explained that he only had to think of the House crest he wished to display and it would appear on
the ring. Hadrian thought of the Potter crest and a stag appeared on the ring, he smiled absently
and fingered it. “Is it the same for the abilities test?” he asked. Ragnok nodded and Hadrian picked
up the knife and pierced his thumb letting the blood drip onto the parchment.

Hadrian James Potter Intellegence Quota - 200

Water Mage 100% blocked by Albus Dumbledore
Air Mage 100% blocked by Albus Dumbledore
Parseltongue 75% blocked by Albus Dumbledore
Magical core 95% blocked by Albus Dumbledore
Metamorphagus 100% blocked by Albus Dumbledore
Mind Magics 100% blocked by Albus Dumbledore
Animagus 100% blocked by Albus Dumbledore
Wandless Magic 100% blocked by Albus Dumbledore
Eidetic Memory
Increased Reading Speed (30,000 WPM)
Ragnoks jaw hit the floor when he saw the results, the boy was a genius obviously from Rowena
he thought ruefully, when he reached the section about his magical core, he nearly fainted, he
could feel the boys magic even now and that was with most of his magic blocked Dumbledore
obviously saw the boy as a threat. He looked at Hadrian who was obviously deep in thought and
cleared his throat. Hadrian started before smiling and Ragnok was suddenly seeing how young the
boy was, he wasn’t even five had only been attending school for a year and he came across as so
intelligent he shook his head before saying “All you have to do to get rid of the blocks is to drink
this potion, it will probably hurt a bit. “ Hadrian didn’t look phased and just drunk the potion
offered to him without pre amble. Ragnok watched as Hadrians face screwed up in pain and the
room became saturated with magic, he saw Hadrian battling to control the extra magic, which
happened almost instantaneously.
Half an hour later after discussing his estates they came to another subject Hadrians Godparents
“In my parents letter it explained that Severus, Narcissa and Bellatrix had been obliviated by
Dumbledore as had anyone who had known they were my Godparents, now I think the best thing
to do about that is to wait until I can unlock my parents will, which states my Godparents and that
Severus should be given custody, I will not attend the will reading and you can break the
obliviates and any compulsion spells, I will obviously pay you for your services. The harder part
will be getting Sirius and Bellatrix out of prison, Narcissa should be able to order trials for both of
them after she has been treated as she is their closest living relative. You said that there is a truth
potion, my guess is that she will be able to order the use of it.” Ragnok nodded and handed
potion, my guess is that she will be able to order the use of it.” Ragnok nodded and handed
Hadrian some brochures for the top boarding schools in the UK. Hadrian sat for an hour looking
through the brochures until he decided on Riddale Preparatory school, it was a school that didn’t
accept children until they were five which would mean that Hadrian would not be the ‘new’ kid, it
specialised in preparing children for the political world which would aid Hadrian later in life and
also was the top preparatory school in the UK. Hadrian whistled when he spotted the price fifty
thousand ponds per year, it didn’t matter though because it wouldn’t even make a dent in his trust
vault. One requirement for the school was that the child had their own horse but that didn’t matter
as apparently there was a choice of horses available at Potter Manor and Hadrian could just pick
one of those, he informed Ragnok that he should enrol him in the school, and with the aid of
magic Hadrians name was added to the newcomers within the hour, it would be fine as any school
would love to have he future Lord Potter. “Ragnok I will need to go shopping for some supplies
in the muggle world tomorrow, I can get supplies from the wizarding world on my own today,
however the muggle world would think it weird if they saw a five year old on their own, I was
wondering if I could pay the bank for a human escort.” Ragnok was once again surprised by the
boys forethought, because of all the wards children often went through diagon alley on their own
as parents felt they were safe, this was not the case in the muggle world. If he chose the right
person it could start the rumours of Lord Potters son before he reached the school. He could dress
the person up a body guard for the boy, it would have to be someone trustworthy and who knew
the Muggle world, then it clicked, Joseph Alzondo had just recently started working for them,
before that he had been a security guard for a royal family, he would be the perfect candidate and
he was good with children. When he stated all of this to Hadrian the boy agreed and even went as
far to say that it might be good for it to become a permanent arrangement, according to the school
brochure a lot of the students had bodyguards and they were given separate quarters, in the end
though they decided that Joe would be called upon when needed, he would be permanently
employed by Harrison but would only be called upon when necessary. They spoke more about
the next day when Joe would pick Hadrian up, they agreed that Joe would first go to buy a car for
the Potter Family, Hadrian looked through some models and stated that they should get the newest
Range Rover Sport in black, he made sure to get all the extra’s added including a privacy screen.
Hadrian then collected all of his paperwork including his school list that had come while he was
there and left the bank, heading into Diagon Alley.
 Shopping
Chapter Summary

"Well needs must." Hadrian thought solemnly.

CHAPTER TWO – SHOPPING Hadrian’s jaw dropped as he saw Diagon Alley for the first
time, he quickly got a hold of himself, he had a list of things to do and only three hours until the
portkey Ragnok gave him would take him back to Privet Drive. First he decided that he needed
some clothes to wear today and tomorrow, he would get clothes that could pass as muggle for
tomorrows outing. He quickly moved towards a custom clothes shop the shop also had a section
of pre made muggle style clothes in the best known brands it wasn’t hard to find muggle clothes in
the wizarding world as people wore them under their robes, this shop only catered to higher class
people and Hadrian knew he would need to look like a Lord’s son tomorrow. It was good that his
appearance had changed so much and he no longer had his scar as it meant that he could shop
without being recognised. He made his way over to the children’s clothes and picked out a white
Ralph Lauren Polo shirt with blue detailing’s, a navy pair of Armani slim fit jeans, a blue Ralph
Lauren cardigan and some white and blue Armani suede high-top trainers to wear in Diagon alley
that day, he paused after picking that up, tomorrows image would be important he had to look like
the heir he was as this would circulate to his future school. He looked at all the racks before
deciding to pay for what he had chosen and to get changed, people were looking at him weirdly
because he was dressed in Dudley’s cast offs, he strode confidently up to the counter and paid for
his purchases with his Gringotts card before asking if he could use the changing room, the shop
assistant agreed and he went to get changed. Hadrian looked in the mirror and smiled, he looked
really nice, he pushed the sleeves of his cardigan up to his elbows and shoved his old clothes into
the bin before heading back out into the shop to choose his clothes for tomorrow, finally he
decided on a plain white Armani T-Shirt, a navy blazer, the jeans he was wearing and some navy
oxford shoes. He also picked up some Calvin Klein underwear and socks before paying at the
counter. He then made his way back into the alley; the next job on his agenda was a trunk, he
glanced around, according to Ragnok there were two trunk shops, he wanted the one that made
custom trunks, as his trunk would need a few tricks. He saw it over to the right opposite flourish
and blots, he ran over, enjoying the feel of clothes that actually fit him and made his way into the
store smiling broadly. The old man who ran the store was sat behind the desk and smiled naturally
when he saw the happy young boy “Hello young man, what can I do for you?” he asked softly.
Hadrian beamed up at the man “I am about to start at a private school until I go to Hogwarts, on
my list it says I need a trunk, my Guardian told me to come here as it needs lots of special
features.” The man hummed before standing up and going to fetch some parchment and a
catalogue “Okay then lad, lets see what we can do.” He sat back down “What is the first thing you
need?” “It needs to be keyed into magic, if a muggle opens the trunk it has to look like a normal
trunk.” “That’s a common requirement, a lot of pureblood families send their children to muggle
boarding schools.” The man notes absently as he wrote it on the parchment “The next?” “I will be
communicating with my guardian via owl but obviously the owl cannot be seen inside the school,
I was wondering if there was a feature to help with that?” Harry asked. “Yes, but only if you have
rooms added to the trunk, in which case I will just add the owl feature to that.” Hadrian nodded
eagerly “What rooms do you require?” “A master bedroom, a guest room, library, study, potions
lab, kitchen with a diner, living room and a room of requirement.” Ragnok had told him about the
room of requirement and said that only people who specifically asked for it could have it and
Hadrian thought that the room sounded brilliant. The old man, startled at hearing the requirements
before looking at the boy, he could tell the boy came from a pureblood family, he looked
aristocratic and could obviously afford whatever he wanted “Would you like the Library to be
filled and if so at what level?” “The highest level available, I will also be collecting books from
my family vault so make sure that there is plenty of room.” The man nodded before continuing,
“What colour schemes would you like?” Hadrian thought for a minute, he would really like it in
the potter colours, but that would give away his identity, but he wanted his family crest printed on
the outside as was traditional for boarding schools “Does your shop provide confidentiality?”
Hadrian asked suddenly and the mans head snapped up to look at him. “Of course young man as
the owner I took an oath to ensure confidentiality.” He said curiously. Hadrian showed the man
his signet ring and showed the Potter crest, the old man gasped and stared at the boy, his eyes
flicking to the boys forehead “Harry Potter is meant to have a scar on his forehead.” He said
warily. “Yes it was from residual dark magic from the curse fired, I can tell you now that there are
a lot of misconceptions about that night.” Hadrian said in a hard voice, he was livid at
Dumbledore and when he found the people he needed to, Dumbledore would wish he were never
born. The old man was taken a back, the child sounded a lot older than four and he wondered
what had happened to the boy other than what happened that faithful night. “I would like the
colour scheme to be that of the Potter family colours, greens, blues, black, white and platinum.”
The man slowly nodded before Harrison continued, “I want it keyed into my magical signature, so
no one can get in without my consent.” Ragnok had recommended that “I want all the protection
charms available to be placed on it and to be able to shrink it at will.” The man nodded adding it to
the parchment. “What material would you like it covered in?” “Black dragonhide, with platinum
fastenings and detailing’s, I want my family crest on top and the initials HJP on the ends both in
platinum.” Hadrian said, he knew he had to come across as the heir to this man, he couldn’t risk
the man blabbing. “Of course young sir, would you like the potions lab fully stocked?” “Yes
please to mastery level, all the supplies I might need.” The man nodded, he could easily get the
things he needed for the trunk and have it ready in a couple of hours, all with the help of magic.
“How many compartments would you like apart from the rooms, to explain, what I mean is that
one compartment will hold the quarters, what would you like for the other compartments?” “Oh
right … I would like one compartment for all my clothes, one for all my schoolbooks and a small
compartment for pens, paper and notebooks etc.” The man nodded again before asking what he
wanted the size to appear like from the outside “Average size that is what the school list says.”
“Okay then Heir Potter, I will have it ready in a couple of hours, it will be §2000.” Hadrian
nodded and paid before leaving to head to flourish and Blots. When he arrived there he asked to
see all the rarest books they had available, and bought them all, his favourite book was on magical
focus making, that book alone cost him §400, he really wanted to make his own wand, if he did
so, it would mean that the ministry could not track his magic. An hour later he returned to the
trunk shop, when he walked in he saw that his trunk, was in the middle of the shop and it looked
spectacular. The man who ran the shop walked out and greeted Hadrian, telling him about how to
use all of the compartments etc. The man then pulled out a matching Black dragon hide satchel
with platinum buckles and the potter crest branded in the corner “This is a present Heir Potter, I
rarely get to make such exquisite trunks and I thought you might like a school bag to match.”
Hadrian beamed up at the man. “Thank you very much sir, it is amazing.” Hadrian then sent a
surge of magic at the trunk to shrink it and slipped it into the satchel before securing the satchel
over his shoulder and paid the man §2000 plus a hefty tip before walking out of the store. He then
made his way back towards his portkey point, he couldn’t wait for tomorrow, it would be a very
busy day. He portkeyed back to Privet Drive and ran through the front door to find his aunt and
uncle, he found them in the living room, “Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia.” He greeted with a nod,
they were both gawping at him, he obviously looked very different. Then Uncle Vernon snapped
out of it “What freakish things have you been doing boy!” the man growled quickly advancing on
Hadrian who stood his ground while focusing on his magical core and raising a shield of magic.
Hadrian sneered “I think it is time we had a word don’t you?” He pushed at his magic and forced
both his aunt and uncle back onto the sofa. “While I was cleaning today I found my mothers old
school trunk which informed me that I was a wizard, I then took a portkey to Gringotts bank
where the healed me from your ‘loving care’. I am not going to argue with you about this, I know
you abuse me because you don’t want me and to be perfectly honest I think that I would
personally rather be anywhere but here. However we have a problem I cant leave without letting
Dumbledore know that I have. SO this is what is going to happen, I am going to be attending a
private school that had a boarding and summer programme, you wont see me again until I am
eleven and even then it will only be for a day or two, I will be leaving tomorrow, I am hoping I
can go straight to school, if not I will go and stay in a hotel.” Both his aunt and Uncle looked
stunned, he just left them, he didn’t care if they hadn’t wanted him, they were despicable people,
all muggles were, they feared what they didn’t understand and sought to destroy it. He went into
his cupboard and returned his trunk to its original size before entering it. He looked around as he
entered the trunk, it was amazing, there was one massive room that housed the dining, kitchen and
living room, from this room there were doors that led off into the other rooms. The kitchen had
white marble counter tops with black cabinets and accessories, he then looked at the sofa which
was a dark bottle green, the leather was soft. He continued looking around appreciating the sound
of his shoes on the hard oak flooring. He then went to look at the master bedroom, his bedroom he
thought giddily. He stepped through and gasped the room was amazing, the room was a decent
size and had a king size oak sleigh bed which matched the floor, it had matching bed size tables
and a beureau in the corner, there was also a matching chest of drawers and a wardrobe. The bed
was dressed in a white fitted bed sheet with navy silk covers which had platinum detailings. He
smiled before looking around the rest of the rooms and putting away his new books. He woke up
the next day dazed and confused, where was he? Then it all came crashing back to him, he was a
wizard, a very rich wizard and he was going to private school. He looked at the alarm clock on his
bedside table, it was only six o clock so he decided to look through his acceptance letter and
school supply list. Heir Hadrian James Potter You have been accepted into Riddale preparatory
school, term begins on September 1st however students can arrive from July 1st. Our school
specialises in preparing you for your future in politics. The school allows you to work at your own
pace, is tailor made to your learning, professors are there to guide you and keep you focused.
Please find your attached supply and uniform list, we look forward to seeing you soon.
Headmaster William Dante Hadrian turned over to the next page and gaped as he read the uniform
list. UNIFORM LIST DAY UNIFORM • Tailored grey shorts, matching waistcoat and suit
jacket with school emblem on the pocket. • White long sleeved shirt • Purple school tie with
school crest • Grey socks with sock garters • Black braces • Black Brogues • Purple flat cap with
school logo OUTSIDE WEAR • Purple school coat with school crest. • Purple and Grey striped
school scarf • Grey gloves • Grey and Purple school beanie with school crest • Grey school
Wellingtons with school crest PHYSICAL EDUCATION UNIFORM • Striped Rugby shirt with
school crest. • Grey sports shorts with school crest • Grey tracksuit bottoms with school crest •
Grey t-shirt with school crest • Purple football socks with school crest. • White Astroturf trainers •
White football boots • Purple swimming trunks with school emblem • Traditional tennis uniform. •
Traditional cricket uniform • Fencing Uniform RIDING LESSON UNIFORM • Purple polo shirt
with school crest • Jodhpurs • Black calf high riding boots • Riding hat • Traditional competition
clothes ‘Wow’ Harry thought, that was a lot of uniforms; he couldn’t imagine how much it was
going to cost. He turned to the next page to look at his supply list. Once again his jaw dropped.
SUPPLY LIST Stationary • Traditional Calligraphy set. • Fountain Pens • Pencils • Coloured
Pencils • Beginners Art Set • 10 x exercise books • 10 x lever arch files • Geometry set Sports •
Tennis equipment • Fencing equipment • Hockey equipment • Gum shield • Riding equipment
Technology • Laptop • Tablet • Camera Miscellaneous • Trunk • Satchel • Recreational clothes •
Night Clothes • Entertainment • Bed Linen for a double bed. • Toiletries Hadrian gasped, bloody
hell that was a lot of stuff he had to buy. He glanced at the clock again; it was eight o clock so he
still had half an hour before Joe had to pick him up. He got out of bed and stretched languorously.
He made his way to the bathroom and stripped before stepping into the massive shower and
turning it on full blast, it was automatically the right temperature and he wished he could stay
under there for a long time, but he couldn’t so he quickly washed his hair, and then stepped out
before stepping in front of the mirror. He needed to dry his hair and decided that this would be the
perfect opportunity to test his magic. He closed his eyes and tries to feel his magic, it didn’t take
very long and soon it was humming under his skin he opened his eyes and ran his fingers through
his hair, he was shocked when as soon as he had done it his hair was dry. “I love magic.” He said
to the mirror. He then opened the bathroom cabinet which was fully stocked with toiletries, he
needed some hair gel, he needed to style his hair to look very smart with a touch of attitude, he
knew that he had plenty of attitude. He smirked when he found some Hair putty and quickly
styled his hair combing it to one side and messing up the front a bit, the end result made him look
very smart but also portrayed the fact that he was a tad rebellious. He ran through to his bedroom
and slipped on his boxers, relishing in the fact that they fit him properly, he then slipped on his
plain white Armani T-shirt and the jeans he wore yesterday before he slipped on navy socks
before slipping into his navy oxfords. He looked in the mirror while he slipped on his navy blazer.
There was something wrong with the outfit, it wasn’t him, he sighed it was nearly there what was
wrong with it, he smirked before quickly pushing the sleeves of his blazer up to his elbows, that
was much better, he looked smart but it wasn’t geeky it was just the look he wanted. He needed to
be ready when Joe came so he quickly grabbed his satchel and made his way out of the trunk,
shrinking it and placing it in the satchel, he went outside to wait for Joe, he didn’t say goodbye if
his plans went well he would never have to return. Ten minutes later a black range rover sport
pulled up outside number four privet drive and a tall man with grey hair that was receding stepped
out, he was dressed all in black, black t-shirt, black slacks and black suit jacket, he looked like a
typical body guard. He strode up to Hadrian and they introduced themselves before Joe opened
the back door and Hadrian slid in. Sitting in the back of the car Hadrian felt a bit overwhelmed,
his whole life had changed in the space of twenty four hours, he took a deep breath and relaxed
his muscles, it seemed that for now he had to go along for the ride. He did like Joe, the man was
grandfatherly and seemed very nice, he knew about how the Dursleys had treated Hadrian and it
seemed he was already very protective of him. Hadrian rolled down the privacy screen and Joe
smiled at him in the mirror. “Where are we going first?” Hadrian asked shyly, he knew that the
goblins had told Joe where they would need to go. “I thought it would be best to get your uniform
and equipment first, it will take less time than getting your whole wardrobe.” “Is there a certain
shop we go to?” “Yes Riddale students get their uniform from a shop quite near here, they have all
the things you will require for school.” Ten minutes later they were pulling into a car park, and
Hadrian eagerly looked out of the tinted windows, there was only the one shop here, it was simply
called Riddale. Joe opened the door and Hadrian jumped out, he suddenly felt very nervous, Joe
squeezed his shoulder in a comforting manner before leading him into the store, for the next two
hours Hadrian was fitted with the day uniform which was made from the finest materials. He got
five of each of the garments and ten of the socks. He was also fitted for all of his sports gear
including pads and gum shields. He also had been fitted for his riding gear and his outer wear as
well as his fencing and competition wear. He had never been more bored. After he had been fitted
for all of his uniforms he went around the shop and purchased a hockey stick, and two medium
sized duffel bags with the Riddale logo on. He also bought all of his stationary there. By the end
of it he was exceptionally bored and all he could think was that he had to go and buy a whole
wardrobe next. All of his uniform and accessories came to over £2000. Joe piled all of the
purchases in the boot in boxes, and Hadrian flopped in the back seat. He started when he felt the
car pull off “Ugh Joe how long will it take?” Joe laughed and smirked into the mirror “Oh Master
Hadrian are you tired?” he asked mockingly. Hadrian scowled playfully “All jokes aside, we have
to get my electrical stuff and my wardrobe I am actually going to die.” “We are going to the Apple
store next, they make the best electronics, getting your wardrobe shouldn’t be difficult, we will
just go into Harrods and get a ton of clothes you like.” The next thing Hadrian knew Joe was
shaking him awake and they were outside the apple store. Hadrian walked inside and looked
around in awe, there were so many electronics and he was allowed to buy what he wanted. He
looked at all the different laptops and decided on a 13” MacBook Pro, it was the most expensive
but he felt that it would be perfect. He also chose the iPad pro as his tablet and decided to buy the
iPhone 7 as a phone so he could contact people. He then looked at the camera’s these were new,
had only come out that morning they were professional bridge camera’s so Hadrian bought one of
these as well. He then went around the store and much to Joe’s amusement picked out every
accessory available, including a dock and headphones. When they totalled up his purchases it
came to around £7000 and Hadrian left the store with a smile on his face happily setting up his
new iPhone. He added Joe’s number and the number for his accounts manager at Gringotts while
Joe drove them to Harrods. Apparently someone had overheard that Heir Potter was going to
Harrods because the Press were crowded outside the building. Hadrian heard Joe growl as he
parked the car and let Hadrian out putting an arm around him and guiding him into the store while
the cameras flashed and the reporters shouted questions. Hadrian felt very overwhelmed, he knew
that the Potters were quite famous but he never thought that the press would mob him. When they
eventually made it into the shop, Joe pulled him to the side and knelt in front of him with his hands
on Hadrian’s shoulders “Are you okay Hadrian?” Joe asked softly looking directly into Hadrian’s
eyes. “Yes, its just a bit overwhelming.” He whispered, Joes squeezed his shoulders before
leading him off to the children’s section where an assistant followed them around with a trolley
while they chose clothes for Hadrian, everything from suits, to underwear and pyjamas,
everything was designer. They then went to the shoes and he chose his school shoes as well as
about ten other pairs of shoes and some slippers. Three hours later after trying on a ton of clothes
Hadrian was on his way to a magical equestrian centre where a horse from Potter Manor had been
left for him to meet. Joe had explained that magical horses were for life, they started as a blank
canvas, a plain white horse as a foal, it would stay like that until it found a human, when it met its
owner the person would let their magic seep into the horse, it would change its looks to represent
their owner and they would always become the perfect size for their owner and as long as the
person was alive the horse would stay alive as well. Hadrian was really excited to meet his horse,
after he had met it, it would be transferred to the school in a horsebox and Hadrian would meet it
there when Joe dropped him off that night. He and Joe spoke about general things and Joe was
surprised by Hadrian’s exceptional intelligence. After what felt like hours they pulled up outside a
massive building. It was a massive barn and there was a massive sign saying ‘Evan’s Equestrian
Centre’ Hadrian smiled, this obviously belonged to his mothers side of the family. Joe gently
guided Hadrian inside and spoke to a man who pointed to a stall within the barn; Joe nodded
before leading Hadrian to the stall. Hadrian almost shuddered when he saw the horse, it was a bit
disconcerting, the foal was entirely white, no colouring even in the eyes. Joe crouched down and
looked at Hadrian “All you have to do is infuse your magic into your hand and stroke along it’s
flank, find your magical core and allow it to pool in your hand.” He spoke softly. Hadrian closed
his eyes and found his magical core before pulling it up his arm and into his hand, he opened his
eyes and gently stroked his hand along the horses flank. Hadrian gasped as the horse began to
change, becoming into a male and growing to the correct height for Hadrian, eventually the
changes stopped and Hadrian was looking at his new horse. It had grown to be about eight hands
high, and had filled out a bit but sill looked a bit gangly due to him matching Hadrian’s growth.
The colts coat was a mottled grey which darkened to black along his legs, his mane and tail were
pure black, however what struck Hadrian was the colt’s eyes, they were intelligent and staring at
Hadrian expectantly, the forest green eyes spoke of stubbornness and loyalty and Hadrian smiled
broadly before stroking along the horses mane “Hey boy, how’re you? Aren’t you a handsome
boy?” He said softly and the colt preened under his praise, Hadrian beamed as he thought of the
perfect name for his new friend “I think the perfect name for you is Celsus it means proud in
Latin.” The horse nudged Hardian’s hand gently as a green head collar appeared on Celsus with
his name embroidered in silver. Hadrian smirked before stepping back and looking at Joe who
was watching the interaction with sparkling eyes. “We need to leave Hadrian you will see him at
the school later.” Hadrian nodded before stroking Celsus one last time and muttering a goodbye.
Hadrian looked at his new watch on his wrist; it was three o clock in the afternoon and they had to
be at Riddale for five and it was a long drive. “Okay Hadrian we are going to put all the bags in
the back with you so you can put it all in the trunk for when we get there.” Hadrian nodded and
climbed in the back while Joe brought all the bags and put them on the floor at his feet. Hadrian
resized his trunk and started to put everything in his trunk, it was then he realized how much they
had brought from Harrods. They had bought cashmere jumpers in all different colours, slacks,
chinos, shirts, vests, waistcoats and every other article of clothing you could imagine. It took him
the whole journey to sort his trunk out while he and Joe spoke, Joe kept trying to gage Hadrian’s
intelligence, the young boy seemed to know everything. Three hours later Hadrian gaped as they
drove up the driveway to the school, Riddale Preparatory School was set deep in the English
country side and was based in an old stately home, it was the most amazing thing Hadrian had
ever seen, however he quickly composed himself as they pulled up to reception and parked as a
woman dressed in a smart charcoal suit stepped out of the building ready to greet them. Joe
glanced at him reassuringly before getting out the car and holding Hadrian’s door open for him.
Hadrian slid smoothly from the car and allowed Joe to pull his trunk out. “Hello I am the
Headmaster’s secretary Mrs Brisbane.”
 Moving Forward
Chapter Summary

Time moves on ... Hadrian is growing up fast.

Hadrian had just started his third year at Riddale, and he loved it. He had met his best friend on his
first day, Blaise Zabini was also a wizard, his mother worked away a lot, which meant that Blaise
also stayed at the school over summer, although his Mother did visit every other weekend. Blaise
was about an inch shorter than Hadrian and had olive coloured skin, Blaise had Dark brown hair
and eyes, he made for a striking picture and he and Hadrian had hit it off right away. Hadrian was
the top in all his classes, he loved to learn, however he also tended to get a lot of detentions. He
wasn’t rude to teachers, however he did make it known if he didn’t agree with something. He also
was very gung hoe in sticking up for his friends, which tended to be problematic as Blaise could
annoy people, as he had no filter. Doctor Craven was Hadrian’s personal tutor and half the time he
didn’t know what to do with the boy, it was obvious from his behaviour at the beginning of first
year that he had been badly abused, however when questioned about it Hadrian just said that it
was being dealt with. It was also strange that Hadrian had not had any visitors since he had been
at Riddale. Craven just brushed it off and tried to help Hadrian as much as he could, as a school
Riddale was quite pleased with Hadrian, if only he could control his temper outside of the
classroom.

Currently Hadrian was riding Celsus through the forest that surrounded Riddale, he loved riding, it
felt so natural and he felt so free, he and Blaise spent a lot of their free time riding, however this
weekend was one where Blaise’s Mum Loretta was visiting, she always invited Hadrian to join
them as she knew his parents, however Hadrian often refused feeling that Blaise deserved this
time alone with his Mum. Most of his other friends Silas, Fritz, Samuel and Joshua went home
every weekend, none of them were wizards but Hadrian was close to all of them. Hadrian pushed
Celsus hard jumping over fallen trees and large dikes, he had been out here three hours already
and he needed to head back to the stables if he didn’t want Dr Craven on his back. As he slowed
Celsus to a walk outside the stable he saw Dr Craven walking down from the school with a tall
man with shoulder length Black glossy hair wearing a black jumper and black jeans. Hadrian
shrugged it off swiftly dismounting Celsus and relieving him of his tackle. Hadrian had grown in
the last two years and now stood at 50.6” and weighed around 50lb’s he was tall for his age but
exceptionally lithe and packed with muscle from all of the sports that Riddale encouraged. Today
Hadrian was dressed in and old pair of Henley blue skinny jeans that were faded, a white t-shirt
and an old grey cashmere jumper with his ankle-riding boots. As he stood and fed Celsus an apple
he shed the jumper, it was the tenth of September and still pretty warm, Hadrian was sweating
from his ride and rubbed the jumper over his hair trying to get rid of some of the sweat.

Severus Snape-Prince was still in shock, two days ago he had been called into Gringotts, once
there he had been told that he had several obliviates that pertained to some important information
and that someone had paid to have them removed. Severus had agreed and the goblin healer had
put him to sleep. Three hours later when he woke up Severus Snape was livid, how could
Dumbledore do that? Where was Hadrian? Where was Tom? God Padfoot and Bellatrix were
innocent and in Azkaban what were they going to do? His memories had revealed that he had in
sixth year made friends with the Marauders after they had apologised to him. James and Lily had
made him Hadrian’s Godfather, and that Dumbledore had in fact murdered Lily and James and
had managed to send Tom into a Spirit form when he had tried to protect Hadrian. He had asked
the Goblins about Hadrian and found that just over two years ago the child had been to Gringotts
and had started at a private school to get away from his abusive relatives. Severus felt like
screaming when he found out what Dumbledore and those beasts had done to his precious
Godson. He had wanted to leave then and there to go and see Hadrian, however he was informed
that the children were only allowed visitors at the weekends. The Goblins then proceeded to tell
him that his grandfather had not disowned him and that he was in fact Lord Prince. Severus had
gone home and fallen straight to sleep dreaming of his Godson.

Now it was Saturday and Severus had just arrived at Riddale, he looked around and felt satisfied
that Hadrian was at least in a safe place away from the Dursleys. He made his way to the
reception, “Hello I’m Severus Prince I’m here to see my Godson Hadrian Potter.” The woman
was just about to call someone to fetch Hadrian when Severus said “Actually before you do that
could I talk to someone about his progress?”

The woman nodded “Of course let me see if Dr Craven is free, he is Hadrian’s personal tutor.”
The woman picked up the phone and dialled the extension “Hello Dr Craven, I have a Severus
Prince here to see Hadrian, however he would like to talk to someone about Hadrian’s progress.”
There was a pause as the person on the phone responded, “Okay then I will bring him up, do you
want me to get a spot on Hadrian’s location?” The person on the phone replied and the woman
agreed before hanging up “If you will follow me Mr Prince, I will take you to Dr Craven.”
Severus was led up through the old manor, and he saw children of all different ages running
through corridors, they travelled right up to the top of the manor “All the Professor’s offices are on
this floor.” She led him to the end office and knocked on the door before opening it “Dr Craven I
have Severus Prince for you.” The woman then left leaving Severus with a middle aged man with
golden blonde hair, the man was handsome, 6ft5” he was a bit taller than Severus and the man
was incredibly lithe and dressed in a grey charcoal suit with a white shirt and a purple tie.

“Do sit down Mr Prince, would you like a tea or coffee?” the man asked after firmly shaking
Severus’ hand. After the initial pleasantries Dr Craven started to speak of Hadrian. “Here at
Riddale the children work at there own pace through the curriculum. We believe that by the time
Hadrian leaves Riddale at age eleven he will have university degrees in at least two subjects.” A
this Severus very nearly gaped, just how clever was Hadrian “Hadrian also enjoys sports, he is the
captain of the under eight football team and he has won every riding competition he has entered,
he also enjoys fencing and tennis. Hadrian is very respectful to teachers, however he can become
quite bored in class if we do not keep him on the right track, he can become disruptive in class if
he has been allowed to slack on his work, because as clever as he is Hadrian is also only seven an
he is still ruled by his emotions. Hadrian’s best friend is Blaise Zabini and together they lead a
group of four other boys, Silas Montgomery, Fritz Goman, Samuel Goddrey and Joshua Sever.
As a group they get on well with Hadrian and Blaise spending most of their time together.” It was
only then that Severus recognised the name Zabini, they were a prominent family in the wizarding
world and Lorelle Zabini had been quite close to Lily. “Hadrian gets in trouble quite a lot only
because he is very protective of his friends. Blaise can be quite extroverted and this can rub other
students up the wrong way especially the older ones, Hadrian is often very vocal in his defence of
his friends. I don’t know what you know of Hadrian’s home situation, however a lot of staff have
suspected abuse, I have not pushed Hadrian on this matter because he never goes home anymore,
however when he leaves the school in a few years I might need to reconsider.”

Severus interrupted at this point “I will be taking over Hadrian’s guardianship I the very near
future.” Dr Craven looked surprised at this but brushed it aside for now.

“Okay then, would you like to see Hadrian now?” Severus nodded “Okay then let me see if I can
find him, “All the children at Riddale are given a watch when they arrive, it contains a tracker, we
have such large grounds that it would be easy for them to get lost, also at the weekends they have
free rein as long as they follow the school rules, I usually spend a lot of my weekend with
Hadrian, however I had a lot of paperwork this week so I don’t know what he is up to.” As he
spoke, he was tapping away at his computer “Ah it seems he has been riding, he looks like he is
heading to the stables, if you will wait a minute.” Severus watched as the man shed his jacket and
tie before undoing his top button and putting on a purple cashmere cardigan he pulled from his
drawer “I try not to wear a full suit around Hadrian, he tends to go into political mode when I do,
it puts him on alert which makes it exceptionally difficult to get him to talk to me.” Dr Craven led
Severus out of the building and onto the grounds, nodding to certain students and chastising others
for running inside “At Riddale it is compulsory for students to bring a horse with them and there is
a riding lesson every weekday, the children are slowed to take their horses out as long as it is not
extreme weather and that it is still daylight hours and as long as they wear a helmet. Hadrian is an
amazing rider if not a little over adventurous for my tastes, I think that child has given me
numerous heart stopping moments. Both Hadrian and Blaise ride very well.” As they neared the
stables Severus saw a boy on a horse canter out of the forest before slowing to a stop outside the
stables, he watched as the boy swiftly dismounted “That is Hadrian,, he looks like he has been out
here for a few hours.” Severus watched as his godson expertly removed the tackle from his horse
before stripping out of his jumper and wiping it through his sweaty hair. I watched as he led the
horse into its stable before closing the door and turning round.
 Getting to know you
Chapter Summary

Hadrian and Severus spend time together.

When Hadrian turned around he came face to face with Dr Craven and a man dressed in a black
suit. “Dr Craven” Hadrian greeted formally before turning to face the other man “Sir” he bowed
his head minutely, you never knew who you would meet at Riddale and so it was wise to treat
strangers with respect.

“Ah Hadrian I see you have been riding.” Dr Craven beamed, “however I do not see your riding
hat.” Hadrian squirmed under Dr Cravens disapproving gaze. Hadrian hated having to wear a
helmet and refused to unless in a lesson or competition “We will talk about this later Heir Potter
you have had plenty of wanings.” Hadrian flinched when at Dr Cravens use at his formal title,
“However I have someone here who wishes to meet you, Hadrian this is Lord Severus Prince,
your Godfather.” Hadrian’s breath caught in his throat, how could he have forgotten that the
goblins were telling Severus a couple of days ago, how could he have been so stupid.

Hadrian bowed at his waist, the man may be his Godfather, however he did not know him and he
was a Lord “Lord Prince, it is a pleasure to meet you properly.”

Severus watched as his Godson was rebuked for not wearing his helmet and almost smiled, he
could tell that the child liked Dr Craven and that he disliked the disappointment in the mans tone.
His breath caught as he was introduced to Hadrian and he watched as Hadrian gave the formal
greeting to a lord, bowing at the waist one arm across his back and the other across his stomach.
Severus’ heart clenched, as much as he liked that Hadrian had learnt the proper greetings, he
should have known Severus enough to know that it was unnecessary between them, Dumbledore
had a lot to answer for.

“Hadrian.” Severus said softly, Hadrian immediately met his eyes “Such formalities are
unnecessary, if it were not for a certain individual we would know each other well.” Severus
could see that Hadrian was a bit nervous and quickly searched for something that would ease the
tension “Perhaps you could show me around the school and grounds.”

Hadrian quickly darted his eyes to Dr Craven searching for some reassurance in such a strange
and unfamiliar situation. Dr Craven smiled at him and Hadrian instantly relaxed “That is a good
idea Hadrian, perhaps you can show him to your room first and change into some more
appropriate clothes?” Dr Craven said eying the grass stains on his jeans disdainfully.

Hadrian blushed “Of course sir, wearing such clothes would be undignified in the present
company.”

“Off you go then Hadrian, I will make sure that Celsus has food and water.” Hadrian nodded and
started to lead Severus back up to the school when he heard. “Oh and Hadrian, you can report to
me at nine tomorrow morning, I haven’t forgotten about your lack of helmet.” Hadrian nodded
respectfully before leading Severus back towards the school.

They walked for a few minutes before Hadrian said “I had completely forgotten that the bank
would be telling you about the situation.” Being vague enough that any eavesdroppers would not
understand something that he had learned in politics.

Severus chuckled “I had thought so with your look of shock, when I was introduced. I decided
that I wanted to meet you before taking Lucius and Narcissa to Gringotts, the both would have
been impatient to see you and it would have been overwhelming, at least when they do come you
will now at least be familiar with me.” Severus said as Hadrian led him to one of the buildings
adjacent to the main school.

“Yes I had worried about meeting you all at once, most of my interaction with adults, has either
been with teachers or the Dursleys, as I’ve been living at the school for the last two years most of
my interactions are with my peers.” Hadrian said as he keyed in a code to the stone building and
then swiped his student card, “This is the current 3A house, on this floor we have a small Library,
a kitchenette for snacks, a room for studying, a games room, living room and a bathroom.”
Severus looked around, they were currently in the living room, it was decorated in light greys with
accents of purple, “All the communal rooms are decorated with the school colours but our
bedrooms are our own domain.” Hadrian quickly took off his shoes before glancing at Severus
“I’m sorry but I will have to ask you to take your shoes off, there is no tolerance for shoes in the
house, I would get told off.” Hadrian spoke apologetically.

Severus laughed as he slipped off his black oxfords putting them on the available shoe rack “From
what I hear, you do not need help getting into trouble.” He grinned looking down at Hadrian who
smiled shyly up at him in reply as he led them through to the kitchenette.

“No I really don’t, the school would be a lot more bothered by it if I wasn’t doing so well in my
academics. I’m just going to get a drink before we go up, I’ve been out riding for hours and forgot
my water, would you like anything o eat or drink, I’m afraid we don’t have coffee, they don’t
think that allowing seven year olds unrestricted access to caffeine is a good idea.”

Severus chuckled at Hadrian’s disgruntled tone “I can see how that would be a bad idea and no to
the refreshment I had something in Dr Craven’s office.” Severus chose to ignore the comment
about adults until they were in a more private area. Severus watched as Hadrian gulped down two
glasses of water before putting his glass in the dishwasher.

Hadrian led him up a flight of stairs saying “The maximum number of students per year is fourteen
and each year group is split into A and B after a month of being here. In my year group we have
thirteen students six in 3A and seven in 3B. “ They reached the top of the stairs “There are four
bedrooms on this floor and three on the next, Josh, Silas, Fritz and Samuel are on this floor.”
Hadrian said before leading Severus up another flight of stairs “Me and Blaise are on this floor, I
think you know the Zabini’s, Lorelle has spoken of you if only briefly.”

Severus nodded as he watched Hadrian tapping another code and then sliding his student card to
enter his bedroom “Yes Lorelle was four years above me and you’re parents at school.” Severus
looked around the room it was about twelve foot by fourteen foot and had a door, which Severus
assumed led off to an en suite bathroom. On the far wall, there was a double bed made of oak, the
bedding was navy blue with accents of dove grey, there was a car motif on the bedspread. Either
side of the bed there were matching bedside tables on one side there was an alarm clock and on
the other there was a photo. On the wall above the bed there was another photo. In one of the
corners of the opposite wall there was a study area with a large L shaped oak desk currently
housing a pile of books and a laptop, along half of one wall there was an oak bookcase. In the
opposite corner there was a small dove grey sofa with a navy blanket thrown over the back of it.
Severus looked to Hadrian who was in the far corner pulling clothes out of an oak wardrobe.

Hadrian turned to Severus “I hope you don’t mind, but I really need a quick shower, I’ll be like
five minutes tops.” Severus nodded and Hadrian quickly made his way to the ensuite.
While Hadrian was busy Severus decided to have a closer look around, firstly he looked at the
picture on the bedside table, it was a group of six boys all dressed in their school uniform, they
were all stood in front of the main school building, Hadrian was in the middle of the group his arm
slung over the shoulder of an olive skinned boy with dark hair, Severus assumed that this was
Blaise, on Hadrian’s other side their was a boy with short blonde hair who was smiling nervously
at the camera, next to Blaise there was a boy with ginger hair who was laughing, kneeling in front
of the four boys were two boys one with blonde hair and one with brown, they were smiling
cheekily at the camera. All the boys were dressed smartly, but Severus’ eyes were drawn to
Hadrian, Hadrian was laughing his eyes bright with humour as he looked into the camera. Severus
pulled himself away to look at the picture above the bed, it was in black and white, a picture of
Hadrian on his own obviously taken without his knowledge, it was of Hadrian walking towards
the camera obviously lost in his own world, the school behind him was covered in snow, Hadrian
was dressed in grey suit trousers with a white shirt, a black overcoat protected him from the cold
and he wore black oxfords. In the picture Hadrian was looking up at a tree an almost pensive look
on his face. Severus loved the photo and was determined to get one for him. Severus then moved
over to the bookshelf and desk, on the shelf nearest to the desk there were about twenty colourful
ring binders with matching exercise books. On the desk there was another ten ring binders and
exercise books, Severus opened the first book he came to it was full of notes in Hadrian’s perfect
script it was full of chemical equations. Hadrian then came out of the bedroom dressed in a t-shirt
with a motif of a dancing robot, a black bomber jacket and black ripped skinny jeans. Severus
breath caught, he hadn’t truly realised until that moment how young his godson was, he acted so
mature, so in control but now Severus realised that it was a coping mechanism left over from his
early childhood, Hadrian hadn’t had anyone to rely on in those crucial years and so he learnt to
rely on himself, but now, with rosy cheeks from the shower, bare feet and wet hair tousled from
the towel Severus saw that Hadrian was a very young seven. “Hadrian.” He breathed and his
voice shook, Hadrian dropped the towel and ran at him, Severus scooped him up and let Hadrian
cry into his neck, it all must be so overwhelming for his little boy. Severus sat on the sofa, Hadrian
curled impossibly small on his chest. They sat like that for half an hour until Hadrian ran out of
tears. When Severus looked down at him he smiled, it was time to get to know each other.
 A day to remember
Chapter Summary

Hadrian meets the Malfoys.

It had been four weeks since Hadrian had met Severus for the first time and the man had spent
each weekend with him, Hadrian could tell that Severus wanted to ask him about the Dursleys but
that he knew that Hadrian needed more time, Hadrian had never been more grateful he knew that
eventually his reprieve would run out but for now he was quite happy to enjoy his time just getting
to know his Godfather. Today though he was a tad nervous and it had nothing to do with the fact
that he was competing in a riding competition and everything to do with the fact that he was
meeting the Malfoy’s. Hadrian was currently getting himself dressed for the competition and was
stood in front of his mirror in plain white boxer briefs, he pulled out his starched white competition
shirt, it had short sleeves and was fitted to his body when the buttons were done up. He then tied a
white silk tie over it, making sure it was a perfect Windsor knot, just as he was about to pull on his
white jodhpurs there was a firm knock on his door that he immediately recognised as Severus’
“Come in.” he called as he pulled the skin tight trousers over his hips and buttoned the fly. As he
looked up he saw Severus stride into the room and close the door firmly behind him. Severus was
dressed in a tweed suit, a white shirt, red tie and brown brogues and his hair was tied back in a
neat ponytail.

Severus smiled as he looked at Hadrian, the boy looked nervous and Severus doubted it was about
the competition “I left the Malfoys at the entrance they have gone for a look around before the
competition, how are you feeling?” Severus asked as he sat on the sofa.

Hadrian sighed as he pulled on silk white socks “I’m nervous, about the Malfoys more than
anything.” He said as he pulled on his long black riding boots that had been freshly polished last
night. He then strode to his dressing table and picked up his black tie pin and pinned his tie
ensuring it stayed in the correct position, he was concentrating so much on this task that he did not
realise that Severus was behind him until he felt hands firmly on his shoulders. Hadrian looked up
into sparkling black eyes.

“You will be fine, everything will be fine Narcissa and Lucius are of course eager to meet you and
are angry with Dumbledore, and you must remember that the obliviates have been removed, just
concentrate on the competition you will not meet them until after you have ridden, are you almost
ready?”

Hadrian nodded taking a deep breath “Yeah I just need my jacket, helmet and gloves, I tacked
Celsus up this morning and prepared him and my whip is down there already.” Hadrian said as he
pulled on his stark black riding jacket and did up his silver buttons, each button had his initials
engraved. Severus passed him his hat and Hadrian picked up his white riding gloves before
placing them in his jacket pocket.

Severus turned Hadrian around so he was facing him “I know you’ll do great, you’re parents
would be so proud of you Hadrian,” Hadrian hugged the man hard, and then they set off, Hadrian
towards the stables and Severus to find the Malfoys.

Hadrian smiled as he saw Celsus, the horse looked beautiful his coat shining in the sunlight, his
competition tack all shining brightly “Hey boy,” Hadrian said softly his voice quiet “We have to
win today, Severus is here for the first time and so are the Malfoys.” Hadrian put his helmet on
half an hour later as the person before him trotted into the arena, he nodded to Blaise who had just
competed before his slipped on his gloves and picked up his whip before swiftly mounting Celsus
and heading towards the warm up arena, he had about half an hour before he was due to jump.
Half an hour later Hadrian trotted into the arena and started the jumping course, it was quite a high
level of difficulty and Hadrian loved it, pushing Celsus towards the jump, the feel of Celsus’
muscles beneath his body rippling as he steered him round the course, halfway through the course
he saw Severus in the front row sat with two people with striking blonde hair but he quickly
focused his attention on finishing the course, as they jumped over the last jump Hadrian sighed, it
was over and soon the adrenalin rush would fade and he would meet the Malfoys.

Severus sat with the Malfoys watching as Hadrian seemed to effortlessly make his way around the
course, he had of course seen Hadrian ride before but until today he had never really understood
how talented Hadrian was compared to the rest of his age group, they had seen children tumble to
the ground or loose control of their horses. The only child that had neared Hadrian’s talent was
Blaise and even he didn’t seem to be at the same level.

Hadrian sat with Blaise on the stable doors as they waited for the results; Blaise’s mum hadn’t
been able to come. “So are you nervous about meeting them?” Blaise questioned as he stroked his
horse Storm.

“Kind of.” Hadrian replied as he hung off the door from his knees, his jacket had been abandoned
to hang off the door and his hat was on the floor somewhere in the corner “I didn’t have time to
get nervous about meeting Sev, I forgot that the bank was even telling him.” Hadrian swung
himself back up and stood on the door, his head almost touching the top of the frame as he
balanced precariously. “Have you seen where the others are?” Hadrian asked his eyes scanning
the stables for his friends.

“Silas and Josh fell of so they are in medical and Fritz and Samuel are with their parents.” Blaise
said as he slid off the stable door where he had been sitting and turned to look Hadrian in the eye.
“Severus would kill you if he saw you standing like that.” Blaise said quietly.

“It would be a close call Mr Zabini.” Hadrian gulped as he heard the low rumble of his Godfathers
silky voice. He jumped down quickly landing in a crouch and swiftly straightening to meet his
Godfather’s eyes, behind Severus stood Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy. Lucius was dressed in a
dove grey three-piece suit with a white shirt and pale blue tie, while Narcissa was dressed in a tea
length pale blue dress with a white cardigan.

Severus stared down at his Godson whose face was lit up mischievously, from spending time with
the child he knew that the boy was very rarely still and when he was it was in the most peculiar
positions, but when he had walked round the corner and had seen Hadrian stood on the stable
door his heart had ended up in his mouth. He crouched down to Hadrian’s level and sighed “At
least try to be careful Hadrian.” He said softly, he knew that the child was nervous and this was
likely to exacerbate how Hadrian normally acted. He stood back up to his full height and walked
around so that he was behind the boy, he then placed his hands atop the boy’s shoulders and
steered him towards Lucius and Narcissa.

Lucius stood next to his wife, just observing his long time friend and his Godson, both he and
Narcissa had been furious when they had found out the extent of Dumbledore’s manipulations,
and both of them had wanted to rush and see Hadrian immediately. However Severus had calmed
them and had explained that Hadrian’s boarding school only allowed visitors at the weekend.
There had been long discussions away from Narcissa about how the Dursleys had treated
Hadrian, both Severus and Lucius knew that Narcissa would be distraught if she even saw the
goblins examination. Lucius looked at his Godson, the boy had a light skin tone with midnight
black almost blue hair, his hair had been cut recently according to Severus and no was about two
incher long on the top and about an inch on the sides, it was parted on the right so the boys fringe
sat to the left. As Lucius looked at the boy he could see that the boy had been given lessons in
politics, a blank mask in place as their eyes met, the boy bowed at his waist an arm in front and
one behind “Lord Malfoy, Lady Malfoy, it’s a pleasure to meet you eventually.” Now Lucius had
personally trained Draco in politics, but his son didn’t have the art to a tee like this boy obviously
did. He and Narcissa had wanted to send Draco to a muggle private school however they hadn’t
found one suitable, as Lucius looked around Riddale he thought that they may have finally found
the perfect place. As Lucius observed everything Narcissa was already telling Hadrian to relax,
and Lucius could tell that she was dying to hug the child. For the next half an hour they all spoke,
even Blaise, about school and friends. That day Hadrian won first place but it was also the start of
a new family.
 Good Days and Bad Days
Chapter Summary

Bad people don't always hide in the shadows.

Tears and blood streamed down Hadrian’s face as he pushed Celsus forward, the previous day
had been amazing, two weeks since first meeting the Malfoys they had brought their son Draco to
meet him. Draco was a couple of months older than Hadrian though he was half an inch shorter;
the boy had striking blonde hair like his parents. He and Hadrian had hit it off straight away and
the Malfoys had decided that Draco would start to attend Riddale next term, both boys had been
ecstatic, Hadrian had then introduced Blaise to Draco and it seemed that those two got on
famously as well. ‘Yes’ Hadrian thought the day had been perfect, now though it seemed like the
calm before the storm.

This morning Hadrian and his friends had bounced into their Latin lesson all of them discussing
what they could do once Draco arrived next term. As Hadrian had looked towards the front of the
classroom he realised that they had a new teacher, Hadrian suspected that Mr Graves had retired
and privately thought that it was about time, the man was ancient. As the lesson progressed though
Hadrian decided that he would give anything to have Mr Graves back, Hadrian knew that he was
an annoying student, he found it hard to concentrate and completed his work in a matter of
minutes. At Riddale teachers would set individual wok for each student at their own level,
currently Hadrian was studying for his Latin GCSE and he completed his assigned work in ten
minutes, because of this he was bored, most teachers knew that Hadrian worked exceptionally
quickly and tried to provide him with something that would hold his interest, however the new
teacher Mr Lofter seemed irate that Hadrian had completed the work so quickly and even accused
him of cheating. The man had quickly cut off Hadrian’s defence and proceeded to assign him
detention and sent him to Dr Craven’s office. Hadrian had been furious and grabbed his satchel
before storming out of the classroom. He refused to go to Cravens office and so he ran through the
corridors and fled outside, he had spent the next hour sat on a bench in the remembrance garden,
tears of frustration sliding down his face. He had then proceeded to Dr Craven’s office to try and
explain the situation to the man, however it seemed that Mr Lofter had gotten there first and by the
time Hadrian arrived Dr Craven was already furious with him insisting that Hadrian attend the
detention and adding his own for the next day. Hadrian left the office feeling betrayed, the man
hadn’t even listened to his side of the story.

At five o’clock that evening he had made his way to the Latin classroom gritting his teeth thinking
that all he would have to do was some lines. As soon as he had entered the classroom the man had
locked the door and Hadrian’s heart rate had sped up the man was holding a cane. “You are in
need of some proper discipline, this school has let you run riot but I wont allow it anymore.” Mr
Lofter snarled as he yanked Hadrian’s Blazer off of his shoulders, Hadrian had taken his waistcoat
off before coming so his top half was only covered with the thin material of his school shirt.
Hadrian’s brain shut down as he felt the first lash upon his back the sound of the cane whistling
through the air bringing back memories of the Dursleys. Hadrian was brought abruptly back to
earth as the cane caught his cheek on a particularly brutal lash, he gasped as the pain hit his body
all at once. Then his instincts kicked in and he ran towards the door his accidental magic rendering
the lock useless, he ran through the school his back dripping blood through his ripped shirt, the
waistband of his shorts was becoming saturated. Hadrian barely registered as he ran past Dr
Craven, he wanted Severus. He automatically ran towards the stables, as he reached Celsus who
was out in the paddock grazing he used his momentum to mount the horse in one fluid motion, he
quickly urged Celsus to jump the fence of the paddock and took off towards the forest.

Arthur Craven had had a difficult day, first thing this morning he had a phone call about one of his
upper year students had been caught stealing from a nearby village shop, he had been so angry,
and then the new Latin teacher Mr Lofter turned up and stated that Hadrian had been cheating,
this just increased his ire and when the young boy turned up he didn’t even have the energy to
listen to the boy and had quickly dismissed him telling him that he better attend the detention that
evening and that he had another one the next day for not coming straight to him, later that
afternoon as he thought about it his hands scrubbed at his hair as he groaned as he thought more
about it the whole situation made no sense. Firstly Hadrian found Latin easy he would have no
need to cheat, secondly Hadrian had never been one to hide from his sins, the boy admitted when
he had done wrong and lastly like a punch in the gut he remembered Hadrian’s eyes flashing with
betrayal as he had turned the boy away without listening to him. He felt sick to his core, it had
taken such a long time to gain Hadrian’s trust and there was every chance he had just thrown it all
away in a moment of frustration. He quickly looked at the clock it was quarter past five, Hadrian
would be in his detention he shot up out of his chair and threw on his suit jacket hoping to meet
the boy on his way back to the dorm, he needed to sort this out.

As he strode briskly down the corridor of the east wing he heard fast steps and ragged breathing,
he saw Hadrian rush round the corner and gaped, the boys face was covered in blood and he was
dripping blood behind him ‘What had happened!!’ As Hadrian sped past him barely glancing in
his direction he saw the problem, the boys shirt was torn and his back was bleeding, it looked like
he had been lashed. Once he got himself moving again Hadrian was well ahead of him. He ran
through the corridors barely catching glimpse of the boy, luckily he knew where the child was
headed. As he neared the stable and paddock he saw Hadrian swiftly mount Celsus and jump the
fence. He swore softly as the child rode bare back into the forest. He quickly looked around trying
to find a big enough horse so that he could follow.

Celsus’ hooves hit the ground as Hadrian urged him on the horses shoes would clip tree roots as
they stampeded through the forest jumping over fallen trees and dikes, Hadrian didn’t know where
he was going until he saw a large tree in the distance, while he and Blaise had waited for the start
of first year they had tried to build a tree house but it had only ended up as a platform high in the
canopy. Hadrian pushed Celsus to his limits urging the horse to go even quicker, his ripped shirt
flapped in his wake and the welts stung as the cool air whipped around him, as they reached the
tree Hadrian pulled back hard on the reins causing Celsus to rear up before coming to a complete
stop at the bass of the tree. Hadrian slid off his breath coming fast and hard he quickly tied the
reins around the trunk before he hurried to climb the tree up to the platform, he sat there for ten
minutes before he hear rustling in the forest as someone neared his destination he could only hope
that Lofter hadn’t come to finish the job he thought with a shudder.

Arthur pushed his borrowed horse hard as he rode through the forest, he hadn’t a clue where
Hadrian would go and he needed to find him quickly, just as he was about to turn around and go
to check Hadrian’s tracker he saw Celsus tied up in the distance, he pushed forward again eager to
reach the child he felt he had wronged. He came to a stop at the foot of the tree and quickly
secured the horse as he looked up into the canopy of the tree and saw a platform. Arthur sighed
internally trust Hadrian to be severely injured but still able to climb a tree.

Hadrian shook as he heard someone start to climb the tree, he daren’t look to see who it was, he
was getting cold, starting to feel numb. Shock was setting in. He nearly scrambled over the edge
of the platform in his haste to get away as Dr Craven climbed onto the platform; normally Hadrian
would be relieved to see the man but after today he didn’t know if he should trust him. The man
crouched in front of him and started to speak, but Hadrian couldn’t hear him, the mans lips were
moving but Hadrian could hear nothing, his vision was starting to fade around the edges and his
last thought before he passed out was ‘Come on Severus.’

Arthur ran through the school Hadrian limp in his arms blood soaking into his sleeves from the
boys back, he ran straight to the infirmary his heart beating out of his chest as he threw the doors
open. An hour later Hadrian’s torso was wrapped tightly as he lay unconscious on the infirmary
bed his pale skin looking grey against the stark white of the bed linen. Arthur sat next to the bed
stroking his fingers through the tousled hair, luckily the cut on Hadrian’s face was not deep, it had
bled a lot as facial wounds do, but hopefully it wouldn’t scar. While Hadrian was being patched
up Arthur had called the police and Lofter had been arrested, he then contacted Severus Prince
informing him of the situation, the man had informed him he would be there as quickly as
possible. Arthur felt so guilty, why hadn’t he listened, he had no excuse it was his job to listen to
the children of this school and he hadn’t done it, but it was worse because it was Hadrian, he had
spent so much time with Hadrian since he had started school here, the boy had been so alone and
now Arthur had let him down, he continued stroking the child’s head until he heard a door open,
he looked back ready to defend Hadrian until he saw a pale Severus Prince stumble through the
door.
 Puzzle Pieces That Don't Fit Together
Chapter Summary

Some things need more than a plaster to heal.

Chapter Notes

Just a short chapter to get us back on track from yesterdays surprise.

Severus had been feeling on edge all day, something was going to happen and he didn’t know
what, he thought that the feeling would pass but it got gradually worse. It was at quarter past six in
the evening when Severus’ wards alerted him to the fact that someone was trying to call him at
Spinners End, he apparated there immediately, the only people that had his number was Hadrian’s
school. Severus was nearly sick when he heard what had happened, he knew of course that it
wasn’t the schools fault but he couldn’t help but feel irritated at them for employing someone who
had hurt his Godson. He told Dr Craven that he would be there as soon as possible; unfortunately
he couldn’t leave straight away because according to the school he lived an hour away. Fifty
minutes later Severus was rushing through school corridors towards the infirmary, as he stumbled
through the door his eyes immediately searched for Hadrian, his little boy looked so small, he
ground his teeth as he saw the gash on Hadrian’s face. He stepped toward the bed slowly, he
didn’t want to wake Hadrian up, he gently pushed the silky locks away from his sons forehead as
Dr Craven once again explained what had happened and apologised for not listening to Hadrian.
But Severus was barely listening as he pushed a little of bit of his magic into his Godson, he
obviously couldn’t give the little boy potions, however he could encourage healing and take away
the pain. He sat there for two hours stroking Hadrian’s hair while the boy lay unconscious, Dr
Craven had left an hour ago to go and give his statement to the police. As hour two came to an
end Severus saw Hadrian’s eyelashes flutter on his cheek as the boy gave a weak groan. Severus
spoke soothingly as Hadrian came round. As soon as the boy came to he launched himself at
Severus and started sobbing into his shoulder. Severus was shocked as he ended up with a lap full
of Hadrian; he was shocked that the boy could move even with pain relief. He sighed as he felt
Hadrian sobbing, “Hush Hadrian it’s okay I’m here now, hush its okay little man.” Half an hour
and lots of soothing words later Hadrian had no tears left to cry. Hadrian’s back felt stiff as he
sniffled into Severus’ chest, he looked up into his Godfather’s dark eyes and saw them brimming
with concern. Severus started to ask him about the day, he wanted to know exactly what had
happened.

When Dr Craven walked into the room an hour later he saw Hadrian sat on Severus’ lap, he
walked closer to the pair but as he neared Hadrian’s eyes met his and the boy flinched. Arthur felt
sick Hadrian was scared of him, but he needed to apologise, needed to explain he couldn’t let
Hadrian think that he didn’t care about him, he knew he had fucked up but he refused to give up
after he had spent so much time gaining Hadrian’s trust, and so he pressed forward not stopping
until he was less than a metre away from where they were on the bed, he crouched down to look
in Hadrian’s eyes and it hurt his heart a little bit when Hadrian refused to meet his gaze “I’m so
sorry Hadrian, I should have listened to your side of the story, I’m so sorry.” Arthur said softly.
Hadrian took a deep breath before meeting Dr Craven’s gaze squarely, deep down he knew he
could trust the man, but he felt betrayed “Then why didn’t you?” Hadrian said his voice quiet and
showing his distrust.

“I have no excuse Hadrian, I had other things on my mind and my priorities were mixed up, I
assumed I could trust a member of staff to tell me the truth, and because of this I have to live with
the fact that someone hurt you when I should have protected you, I can only hope that one day
you will trust me again.” Arthur said his tone soft. Hadrian searched the mans eyes before jumping
into his arms, he knew it was dangerous to forgive people so easily but he needed Dr Craven the
man had meant stability for two years and at the minute when his life kept changing he needed
that familiarity, he loved Severus but he had only recently met the man.

Arthur nearly fell over when he received a lap full of Hadrian, but he welcomed the familiar
weight of the boy in his arms, Hadrian had been so young at the start of first year, most children
saw their parents rather regularly as they were so young and he had automatically been drawn to
the young boy who seemed so alone, he had spent a lot of time with Hadrian and had been woken
by the child frequently when he first arrived, even now Hadrian had regular nightmares. He
breathed in deeply smelling Hadrian’s unique scent, it would take time but eventually Hadrian
would trust him completely. He would make sure of it.

Severus looked on happy, he knew that Dr Craven was important to Hadrian; he knew that the
man had helped Hadrian a lot and he was glad that Hadrian hadn’t held a mistake against the man.

Hadrian spent the next week in the infirmary with frequent visitors. After that he was released as
long as he took it easy. However the staff saw that he was still on shaky ground, like a puzzle that
had been broken and now the pieces didn’t quite fit together.
 Time Skips
Chapter Notes

Sorry it took me so long to update, I had severe writers block and even now I' not
overly happy with this chapter.

Severus smiled as he walked into Hadrian’s room, today was such an important day and he was so
happy that it couldn’t be overshadowed by Dumbledore. Today was Hadrian’s eleventh birthday
and he would be receiving his Hogwarts letter. Hadrian had graduated from Riddale Academy
two months ago with two first class degrees in Politics and Business. It had been the proudest day
of Severus’ life seeing Hadrian stood on the stage with Blaise, Draco and all of his other friends
and he couldn’t help but remember the small scared boy he had first met after Gringotts, so much
had happened since then.

A year after he had reconnected with Hadrian, Severus and Lucius had decided that it was time to
get Hadrian properly under Severus’ guardianship and so they had gone to Gringotts, after many
discussions it had been decided that the goblins would create a false reading of Lily and James’
will announcing that Severus, Narcissa and Sirius were Godparents and that Severus was meant to
have custody, unfortunately they couldn’t release the actual will because it gave clues to the Dark
Lords return and announced Lily and James’ true allegiances. The release of the will definitely
lead to some bad press for Dumbledore who had sealed the will illegally, but he didn’t get
prosecuted because he had too strong a powerbase. Lucius and Severus had known that they
could not get rid of Dumbledore that easily so their only goal had been getting rid of
Dumbledore’s influence over Hadrians life, Dumbledore wouldn’t be able to speak to Harry at
Hogwarts without Severus there because his role would only be that of a headmaster and not of a
magical guardian. This also gave Severus the control he needed to sign a form to get Hadrian
tested for ADHD. When Severus had spoken to Dr Craven the man had mentioned that he
thought Hadrian had mild ADHD which would explain the boys constant need to be moving or
fiddling with things. When Severus got the results he wasn’t surprised to learn that Hadrian did in
fact have mild ADHD, it wasn’t severe enough that he would need medication but it allowed any
teachers to know that Hadrian wasn’t being naughty by fidgeting it was just that he couldn’t help
it. Since Severus had adopted Hadrian both him and Blaise had been coming to Prince Manor in
the holidays and this often led to Draco sleeping over as well as the three were inseparable, and so
the years had passed with a few bumps in the road, Hadrian had pushed the boundaries to begin
with, making sure that he could trust Severus not to hurt him like the Dursleys did.

But in the last year things had settled down and just last month Hadrian had asked Severus if it
was okay to call him dad, the boy had rushed to explain that he wasn’t using Severus to replace
James but that Severus was like a dad to him. Severus had hushed the boy gently as Hadrian
nearly started hyperventilating. Severus had quickly reassured Hadrian that he would be honoured
if he called him Dad.

Severus crept closer to the bed watching as Hadrian’s small puffs of hair ruffled his fringe.
Severus smiled. Since Hadrian had been staying with Severus regularly the boys nightmares had
dwindled considerably and Severus had more than once crept into Hadrian’s room to watch him
sleep. Lucius and Severus had spoken at length about whether or not Hadrian needed to see a
mind healer but both of them had decided that he while there could be problems Hadrian would be
exceptionally reticent to talk to anyone. Both men had also decided to keep the extent of the abuse
from Narcissa until they felt she could handle it, the woman was already exceptionally protective
over her godson and Lucius and Severus worried that it could be overwhelming for Hadrian if she
found out.

Severus sat down on the bed and stroked Hadrian’s hair back from his forehead “Come on
Birthday Boy time to wake up.” He said softly, the young boy sighed and leant into Severus’ hand
without opening his eyes “Come on Hadrian it’s time to come downstairs and eat you breakfast
before everyone gets here to go to Diagon alley.” Sleepy green eyes looked up at Severus.

“’m tired Dad.” Severus chucked at the sleep addled boy who sat up and put his arms around
Severus’ neck and buried his head in Severus neck so the man could feel warm puffs of air against
his neck. Severus smiled and stood up with Hadrian still clinging to him.

“You’re getting too big for this.” Severus groaned as Hadrian’s legs wrapped around his waist,
Severus carried his sleepy charge downstairs and into the dining room of Prince Manor and
plopped the child down on his regular chair “Alright eat up so that you can get dressed, you need
to be dressed smart today because there will be important people around Diagon Alley.” Severus
grinned as Harrison groaned, the boy didn’t mind dressing smartly but he made a fuss every now
and then. “I’ve asked Daisy to lay out clothes for you and I want you to style your hair neatly.”
That was often a point of contention between Hadrian and Severus, Hadrian liked his hair a bit
messy whereas Severus liked him to look smart.

“Why do I have to look smart it’s not like we haven’t been to Diagon Alley before?” Hadrian
muttered as he shovelled bacon into his mouth.

“Because it is your birthday and because there will likely be media present to catch pictures of
young heirs, with you, Draco and Blaise all shopping together it will be quite the spectacle.
Anyway it’s your birthday so no long faces please else you won’t get your presents.” Severus and
Hadrian had agreed that Hadrian could get a familiar for his birthday and Severus had also
promised to get him anything he wanted from Diagon Alley, Severus knew that Hadrian wouldn’t
push it as the child very rarely asked for anything anyway. Severus looked up and knew that
Hadrian was definitely awake now, the boys’ hands were fidgeting and his knees were jumping,
unless Hadrian’s brain was occupied he became very fidgety. Severus finished his breakfast and
put a hand on Hadrian’s shoulder, the boy instantly stilled and Severus pulled a potion out of his
pocket, it was a potion that he recently created especially for Hadrian it allowed him to calm down
without completely turning him into a zombie like some muggle drugs. Hadrian took this potion
every day even though it wasn’t exactly necessary. Severus smiled as Hadrian’s fingers stopped
twitching. “Okay then we have to remember to give you that every day it works like a charm.”
The boy giggled and ran off leaving Severus staring at a half-finished plate of food. That was
another thing they were working on, Hadrian hated having to eat, Severus figured that it was from
when Hadrian lived at the Dursleys.

Severus heard a massive bang from upstairs and sighed yes, Hadrian was definitely awake. Ten
minutes later a young boy came running into the dining room. Hadrian was dressed in navy
tailored shorts, a white long-sleeved shirt with the sleeves turned up and a matching navy
waistcoat, on his feet were brown oxfords. The young boy sat at the table and pulled out a
notebook while Severus read the daily prophet. An hour later Zeus, Hadrians Great Grey Owl
flew though the open window and landed on the table, holding out his leg showing a letter.

Mr H . Potter-Prince
Heir Room
Prince Manor
Scotland

Hadrian jumped excitedly up and down as he tore open the letter.

Hogwarts School
of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Mr H. Potter-Prince,

We are pleased to inform you that, as you have now turned eleven years of age and have the
necessary talents, you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please
find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.

Term begins on September 1. We await your confirmation owl by no later than July 31.

Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress

Hogwarts School
of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Uniform
First year students will require:
1.Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2.One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3.One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4.One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags

Course Books
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)
by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic
by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory
by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration
by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions
by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
by Quentin Trimble
Other Equipment
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring a familiar

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN
BROOMSTICKS
 Rite of Passage
Chapter Summary

Shopping at Diagon and Hadrian gets his familiar.

Chapter Notes

Hadrians familiar at the minute -

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For the next hour Severus struggled not to laugh as Hadrian buzzed around the room waiting for
his friends to arrive. Severus knew that this had nothing to do with Hadrian’s ADHD and
everything to do with going to Diagon Alley with his friends. Severus finally got Hadrian to sit
down and read when he threatened him with cancelling the trip, he would never actually do that
but he knew that it would work to remind Hadrian. Twenty minutes after that as Hadrian was
writing notes on the Latin Homework Severus had set him there was a whooshing sound from the
front hall and Hadrian’s head shot up looking pleadingly at Severus who nodded and before he
knew it Hadrian was out the door.

Hadrian hurried to the entrance hall eager to see who had arrived but as soon as he rounded the
corner he was pulled into a hug where all he could see was bleach blonde hair and all he could
smell was his Aunt Narcissa’s perfume. “Happy Birthday Hadrian.” She said loudly as she let him
go. Hadrian thanked her before walking up to Draco, they high fived as Hadrian took in what
Draco was wearing, he was dressed in a similar fashion to Hadrian only his shorts and waistcoat
were in dove grey and his shoes were black. The two boys kept chatting even as Hadrian hugged
Lucius.

“I can’t believe we are getting wands Draco.” Hadrian said excitedly as they all settled in the
dining room to wait for the Zabini’s to arrive.

“I know I’m so excited, and Dad and Uncle Sev decided we wouldn’t go to Olivander’s, they are
going to take us into a shop in Knocktern Alley where this man makes each wand according to
your magic.” Draco was quite proud at the look of shock on Hadrian’s face. His friends jaw had
hit the floor.

“You mean they are letting us go to Knocktern Alley? The place they’ve been adamant we won’t
go in for the last like four years?” Hadrian said quietly.

Draco nodded “Yep I can’t believe it either, do you think it’s because we’ve left prep school?”
Draco whispered, this was normal for the boys trying to have a private conversation in front of
their over protective parents.

“No, I think it’s because Olivander is as light as they come and that he’s been friends with
Dumbledore since they were our age. Our parents aren’t stupid Draco they know that we are dark
like them meaning our magic will be more attracted to darker wand core. Olivander would report
that straight to Dumbledore, also Olivander will make sure that the ministry tracking spells go on
our wand whereas my guess is that this wandmaker in Knockturn Alley won’t.” Hadrian said as
he rolled a knut between his fingers.

“You are right Hadrian.” Severus said from his place at the head of the table as he stared as his
son intently. “All of your wands will no doubt show your leanings to the dark and so it is best if
you keep them a secret except to those who also have dark leanings.” Both boys nodded knowing
that until the dark was once more in power they would be persecuted for their magic if it was
found out. Ten minutes later the Zabini’s were there and Blaise was dressed in the same outfit as
Hadrian and Draco but in purple. Severus insisted on getting a picture of all three boys in front of
the fire place, Hadrian in the middle because he was the tallest and the others either side of him,
they stood with their hands behind their backs and big smiles on their faces.

The parents apparated their children to the alley and their first stop was Twilfit and Tatterings, this
robe shop only catered to upper class clients and provided the luxury Hogwarts uniform. The boys
were all fitted for silk lined robes, wool trousers and cashmere vests and jumpers along with a
Hogwarts school silk tie. They also bought scarves, gloves and hats which would change to their
house colours when they were sorted. Next, they went to Scrivenshafts where the boys brought
reels of parchment along with parchment notebooks and envelopes. They also bought quills and
sharpening knives. It was here that Hadrian asked for his first birthday present, he wanted an
Eagle feather quill set, which Severus happily bought him before they moved onto the next store.
Sluggs and Jiggers was next where all the boys restocked their potion kits and Severus ordered
some potions ingredients to be delivered to Hogwarts for the store cupboard. The boys were
getting more excited as they got further into the shopping trip and they watched bemusedly as the
boys walked ahead of them and talked animatedly amongst themselves. The bell above the door
rang as they walked into Flouish and Blotts, the shop was already busy now that it was a bit later
in the morning and so they kept the boys close as they made their way to the front of the store and
asked for three premium sets of first year books. The premium sets were of better quality and were
leather-bound whereas the standard books were paperback. The next stop was to get the boys
there scales and telescopes before they could go and get their wands. The boys were now
vibrating with excitement because they knew that the next stop would be for their wands. The
boys were practically bouncing as they walked along the alley towards the entrance to Knockturn
alley. Severus and Lucius called the boys over while the women went to find a small tea shop to
relax in. They looked down firmly at the boys while Severus said “We are trusting you to behave
while we go down here, there are some dangerous people in Knockturn and there are lots of bad
people down there, I don’t mean they are dark, they are just terrible people. So, you need to stay
close to me and Lucius and you’re not allowed to touch anything until we reach the wand-
makers.” The boys nodded dutifully and walked directly in front of the two men as they entered
the dark alley.

Severus breathed a sigh of relief as they reached the wand-makers, neither he or Lucius had been
eager to take the boys into Knockturn alley because he knew that a lot of men congregated here
because of their preference to young boys. He knew that really none of them would touch a hair
on the boy’s heads because of the power behind the Prince and Malfoy names but it was better to
be safe than sorry. The shop was almost completely empty apart from a workbench and a wall of
wand woods and wand cores. Severus felt the boys jumped as a middle-aged man appeared in
front of them, Hadrian pushed back into him and Severus squeezed his shoulder reassuringly.

“Oooh some young heirs how exciting.” The man said gleefully as he rubbed his hands together.
Severus rolled his eyes at the man’s dramatics.

“Yes, three young heirs, let’s get to work, we have more to do after this.” The wand-maker
nodded before going to stand behind the workbench.
“We will start with the Zabini heir.” The man said as he beckoned Blaise forward, Lucius nudged
the boy forward gently and ten minutes later and a spectacular feat of magic on the wand-makers
part Blaise walked away with a ten-inch wand made from oak and Occamy egg and a simple
leather wrist holster. Draco went next and he walked away with an eleven-inch wand made from
willow and with a core of Chimera scale, he walked away with a smile on his face while he
strapped his wand to his arm. Hadrian stepped up nervously and the wand-maker smiled at him
“Heir Prince, your wand arm?” the man said politely.

“I’m ambidextrous sir.” Hadrian returned. The man seemed giddy then and a smile stretched over
his face.

“Very well then.” The man said as he flicked his wand and tape measures started measuring
various parts of Hadrian’s body. The wand-maker pulled a selection of woods from the wall and
put them in front of Hadrian while saying “These are the woods that often work with
ambidextrous wizards, you might need to pick out two different woods and cores because each
hand might have a different preference.” The man explained “If this happens you may need to
pick out a focus stone to balance the ingredients.” Hadrian nodded as he let his magic reach out to
the woods in front of him. His magic crackled ominously as it felt the holly wood so he pushed on
ignoring it completely, soon he found that two woods felt warn and comforting to him. One was
very dark grey and the other was pure white almost like ivory.

“Ooh very good,” the wand-maker said gleefully “The dark one is Black Ash wood and the white
one is Aspen wood, both are very stubborn and biased towards their owners it would be a very
bad idea for anyone else to use this wand Heir Prince. The Aspen also favours charm work. Now
we will move onto wand cores.” The man said as he pulled out all the cores that could be remotely
compatible with the woods, once he was finished Hadrian once again reached out with his magic,
some of the cores felt abhorrent to his magic so he quickly skimmed over those and eventually he
found two cores that made his magic sing through his veins. One was a golden white feather and
the other was a vial of black liquid. “Okay so for cores we have a thunderbird feather and basalisk
venom.” Hadrian heard sharp inhales of shock from behind him but chose to ignore them in
favour of focusing on the stones that the wand-maker put in his view. He instantly felt the stone
that called to him, a bright green emerald matching the colour of his eyes. Hadrian watched avidly
as the wand-maker crafted his wand. When he was passed his wand, Hadrian felt a rush of
warmth run through his body and green and silver sparks shot out of the wand. “There you go
Heir Prince, eleven and three-quarter inch wand made from Aspen and Ash with cores of
Thunderbird feather and Basalisk venom. Hadrian beamed at the man. Before making his way
back to his dad who was looking at him proudly. Hadrian then asked if he could have a dragon
hide holster as part of his birthday present. Severus agreed and went with Lucius to pay while the
boys talked excitedly about their wands. Hadrian if it was possible got even more excited knowing
that the next stop would be to get his familiar His dad passed him the holster and watched him
fasten it and put his wand away before he and Lucius guided them from the store. When they
reached Diagon Alley Lucius, Draco and Blaise went to meet with the mothers at the tea shop to
wait for Severus and Hadrian.

Familiar shopping was a rite of passage in the magical world and it was also a special moment
between a parent and child. Both Blaise and Draco had gotten familiars on their eleventh birthday.
Draco had gotten a grey kitten called Storm and Blaise had gotten an Iguana called Pollux. They
both loved their familiars and Hadrian couldn’t wait to have one of his own. Hadrian and Severus
strode down the Alley while Severus explained the process of getting a familiar. “It really is very
similar to getting a wand Hadrian, you will release a little bit of your magic while you are in the
store and an animal will call out to you, once you have found the animal you wish to bond with,
the store owner will create a small cut on your hand and on part of the familiar and you will touch
cuts and this will allow you’re familiar to live until you die.” Severus’ familiar was a Hawk who
was called Ares, he was vicious to anyone that wasn’t Severus or Hadrian and he followed
Severus around like a sheep.

When they reached the magical menagerie, Severus gave Hadrian a quick reassuring squeeze
before leading him into the shop. Hadrian let a little bit of his magic flow into the shop and
instantly felt a sharp tugging sensation in his chest, he followed his magic up to the counter where
a small crup puppy lay on a cushion. Hadrian hesitantly reached a hand to stroke down the
puppy’s back. The pup opened sleepy eyes before nibbling at Hadrian’s fingers. Hadrian was
entranced, Crup’s were exceptionally rare and it was even rarer to have one as your familiar, they
were fiercely protective. They looked like normal muggle dogs but had magical strength. They
looked like whichever breed of muggle dog the crup had mated with. This one looked like a boxer
but it could only be a week old at the most. As Hadrian was thinking Severus had gone to find the
shop owner, it was obvious that his sons magic had chosen and although he was a bit worried
because the pup was so young he knew that Hadrian would look after him well. Half an hour later
Hadrian and Severus walked out of the shop Severus holding a bag containing essentials like a
bed and toys along with bottles and formula, according to the owner the pup was only a week old
and his siblings had all died on the first day when his mother had died. The shop owner had said
that the pup had taken well to the bottle and that he was 100% he would survive with a familiar
bond. Severus watched as Hadrian cradled the sleeping puppy, his eyes never leaving the small
body huddled in his chest.

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