Harry Potter and the Perfect Stranger: Updated Book 3 - Page 45

EID MUBARAK! EVERYONE 😃😃😃

Kind of confused with the sudden change in direction of the story. Big trench, underground lake?! What is going on ?

Yes this sudden changes in the track??
I had a feeling when Ron and Hermione got into the department so easily that malfoy might have sensed Ron following him, and now both if them are imperiused. This is going very well and dark.

And regarding wattpad, if you own a smartphone android I am not sure if it is on iOS or not mostly it will be I think.
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Harry made straight to his office once Tom left to take his class. He was worried about him and at the same time angry at him. Why couldn't he just take care of himself? He was prone to injuries. Harry wondered how he had survived for 22 years. He was always in some kind of trouble. It was somewhere exactly the way Harry had been. Trouble simply couldn't stay away from him. But then it wasn't Harry's fault that he always fell into troubles. He was destined for it. One prophecy had led Voldemort to think a little boy was danger to him and only to eliminate that threat he had actually arranged it.

And Tom wasn't any different. It wasn't his fault he was born to the two most evil people the face of this earth had ever seen. It wasn't his fault that his brother had decided to step into his father's shoes. On the contrary, it was very unique of him to have turned out this way. His goodness made him different not only from the evil the kind of Voldemort but also from the bad that dwelt in the world. Harry had never seen that kind of purity in anyone he had known, except, of course, for Dumbledore. But as he had known, Dumbledore too had his flaws and his demons. So far, Tom's only flaw was his innocence and his habit of wearing his heart on his sleeve. Harry had begun to wonder, if he would find a flaw in him but he certainly felt that to survive in this world, it wasn't good for him to be so nave as he was.

"Harry, I think we should go." said Ginny the moment she entered his office seeing his face fallen. "What's wrong?" She asked as she sat down opposite him.

Harry had spent the day in the Castle watching Tom limp his way across the corridors. Even as night had fallen, he had taken all his transfiguration classes and then Harry had seen him climbing down to the Dungeons for James' detention. By this time he had lost all speed he had in the morning and his gait had considerably altered with him walking holding walls and fences around him. Harry had been furious until a few moments ago when Dudley had come to inform him that he and James had insisted he sleep a while instead of the detention. It had been a relief to find he wasn't taking all of his schedule seriously. "Tom's not feeling very well." Harry recounted to her what he had discovered in the morning. "And he didn't take the day off even when I told him to."

"What do you expect, harry? After everything you're doing to him." said Ginny rather rudely. She had no idea why Tom had done what he was doing.

Harry nodded. They both left and apparated right outside the Burrow. In the morning Harry had received a letter from Ron and Hermione regarding their venture into the Department of Mysteries. They had found something that they had wanted to share with the two of them.

"So, what did you find?" Harry asked excitedly the moment he sat down in the Weasleys' kitchens which seemed to be busting with activity as Fluer kept rushing in and out making a multitude of things.

"Is everything alright?" Ginny asked before Hermione could answer Harry's question.

"It's Victiore actually. And Bill." Ron answered.

"What do you mean?" Harry asked now concerned himself.

"Victiore's expecting the baby one of these days." Hermione answered. "And this is the week of the moon. Fluer has her hands full taking care of both of them. While Victiore needs proper nourishment, Bill needs keeping an eye on. Since, Victiore's arrival Bill's cravings have become intense. He's been locked up since her arrival here. Turns out, werewolves lose control quickly around expecting women. Two beating hearts are harder to resist than one. Fluer's only just realizing that since at her time, she stayed at her parents' and at my time we stayed at yours.

"You know, Victiore can stay at our place. It's empty. And you guys can look after Bill." Harry suggested.

Ron smiled grumpily. "How will I ever thank you Harry?"

"Don't". Harry answered grinning. "Alright," Harry continued. "Now can we concentrate on what Malfoy's up to?"

"Yes, of course." Hermione answered quickly. "He's brewing up a potion just like we had deduced. The cauldron's in the Prophecy room. But then Harry, that's it. The room just has a cauldron simmering at full heat."

"Nothing else?" Ginny asked.

"Nothing at all." Ron answered.

"No one was there protecting it?" Harry asked rather surprised.

"Not a soul." Ron answered.

"Did you try to remove the contents of the cauldron?" Ginny asked.

"I did." Hermione answered rolling her eyes. "Didn't work, did it?"

"Alright, we need to remove that cauldron from there. Once that potion disappears, all of this comes to an end." Harry said standing up.

"So, when are we going in?" Ron asked.

"Not you and Hermione." Harry answered thinking out loud. "And neither will you and Tom." Harry turned to Ginny who folded her arms stiffly. "We don't need many people anyways." Harry explained. "Ron and Hermione can stay here look out for Bill, you can stay at Hogwarts keep an eye on Tom and well Tom's not feeling very well, I can't pull him into this right now. So, I'll go in with Michael, Terry, George, Sheamus and Dean since Oliver and Angelina are on a tour again."

Ginny nodded. But when they returned to Hogwarts with Harry's invisibility cloak, she felt unsure. "Harry, Tom wouldn't refuse to accompany you."

Harry put the cloak inside his table drawer and turned back to her. "I know. But I also remember trying to keep him away."

"Last I checked, Harry, that's what I wanted, you wanted him in battle beside you."

Harry blinked furiously. No one knew him better than Ginny and she had understood something was going on that Harry hadn't told her. He sighed. "You're right but I think he's in greater danger than we have thought of. I think, he's the one that Estella and Roy are after. It's not just the influence they have on him, I feel they're trying to lure him out of the Castle somehow."

"That's why you gave him that ridiculous schedule! You want to keep him so buried in work, he wouldn't have the strength to follow them anywhere."

Harry nodded. He sat down. "There's a lot about him that we are only just discovering Ginny. Do you know he's learned to fly like Riddle?"

Ginny shook her head.

"He never even mentioned it to us." Harry said quietly. "May be Estella taught him how to do that. I wanted her gone from his life but there he was with her again on Valentine's.

"You've done the right thing, keeping Dudley and Porch on his tail 24/7."

Harry nodded. "I am calling the DA meeting." Harry said after a moment and left.

Ginny stood staring after him feeling like she had nothing important to do then realised that perhaps, she could do something. As long as she hadn't known what Estella was really after, it didn't matter but now that she did, she had to do something, she couldn't let Tom stay trapped inside the castle only because Estella was out in Hogsmeade waiting for him to come out and lure him away. She decided to make sure she cleared out of Hogsmeade permanently.

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"Mum, Dad will be fine." Victiore said as they settled down in Harry's sitting in Godrics Hollow.

Fluer nodded feeling guilty that she couldn't take care of both her husband and her daughter.

"You can leave you know." Victiore said to her. "I'll be fine." She added quickly as Fluer opened her mouth to argue. "I am about to turn in anyways."

"I love you." Fluer smiled at her baby girl. She had grown up so fast and now was going to have a family of her own. Broken family but yes a family. She couldn't believe Ted hadn't even showed up to take her back. Once she had her baby and this moon passed, she would speak to Ted herself. What had gotten into him?

"Go, don't worry." Victiore said again as Fluer stood up, wished her goodnight, settled her edibles in the Kitchen, her clothes in the wardrobe and left. She had to get back to the Burrow quickly. As an extra protection to Ron and Hermione she had petrified Bill before she had left. The full moon was still 2 days away but Bill could turn at will after years of turning. She couldn't risk anyone's life.

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"What resignation?" Malfoy asked rather dumbstruck staring at Riddle and Voldemort's flickering image beside him. He had only just successfully executed his plan only to return and hear that Tom was leaving Hogwarts because his resignation had been approved, the resignation that he had never received.

"He knows..." Voldemort's hiss sent a chill down their spines. If Tom knew about Estella all of their effort could crumble. None of it would have any significance. "Find out if he has discovered about Lestrange..." Voldemort hissed at Riddle, his angry red eyes piercing his.

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"Where's Tom?" Estella asked holding a note from Riddle in her hand. Riddle had asked if her information had any reality to it. She wasn't used to being questioned like that. Roy stood in her room feeling utterly frustrated.

"He's in his room trying to sleep off the hour he's supposed to take a detention with James. Then he has to return to his game keeping duties."

"I don't care about his pathetic schedule. I want to know why did he lie to me. He told me his resignation had been approved. The resignation that Malfoy never received. Find out if he has discovered the truth about me."

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"Harry's going to the Prophecy Room tonight." Ron told a very happy Malfoy as Hermione stood beside him outside the Burrow, neither of them noticing Harry Potter's godson taking a petrified Bill Weasley out of their house. Although, Malfoy did, he decided to stay out of it. His experience with Greyback had never been pleasant, an experience with Bill Weasley could certainly never be.

"Good." Malfoy replied smirking. "Now, return to you daily lives until you receive a distress summon from Potter. I am certain he will follow Tom to the ends of the earth."

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"Master stops!" a small voice squealed loudly but was thrown away several feet from there and stood cowering under his master. As Twix fell his Master carrying the petrified body of Bill Weasley moved forward with purpose. Twix who stood outside the house where they were headed tried to apparate right inside it. He had known the protection granted by the government did not work on house elves but he hadn't known that this particular house was not protected by the government instead Harry Potter protected it himself. He could not apparate inside. He knew he could not save the woman inside. He had to call someone for help. Perhaps, the man who had caste the apparition blocking spell himself.

Twix knew Ted had a purpose only to hurt. And he couldn't let him do that.

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Roy was about to leave Estella's room when he heard the lock click of her door as did she. He disillusioned himself as the door nearly blasted open and entered none other than Ginny Potter followed by Porch the half giant, Padma Patil and Lavender Brown.

Roy decided not to breathe because none of them seemed to be in the mood to talk. They all had their wands out.

"What is this?!" Estella asked her eyes flashing dangerously at them.

"This, my dear, is called attack and capture. That is what we use on Deatheaters like you." Ginny answered smirking as they all closed in on her.

Both Estella and although disillusioned Roy turned on the spot to find an apparition blocking spell on the room. Estella who looked beyond angry pulled out her wand but Padma tried to disarm her as she moved out of the way and Porch closed in on her covering the rest of them from her target. He knew her curses won't work on him. But before he could stop her, she backed away and jumped right out of her window. As they all ran to the window Roy sneaked out of the door behind them silently. Estella turned in mid air and disapparated to the only place where she knew she could never be captured.

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"Tom!"

Tom awoke with a start at a squeaky little voice piercing his ears sharply.

"Twix!" He focused on the small creature jumping up and down trying to wake him up as he blinked furiously to clear the haze of sleep out of his eyes. "What's happened?" He asked finally getting up, putting on his shoes seeing quite clearly that Twix was trying to take him somewhere.

"I needs Professors Potter!" He was so restless he made to the door before Tom had even stood up. He had lost all his speed during the day. By the time he had made it out of his door Twix had reached the end of the corridor.

"Why do you need Harry?" Tom called out trying to follow his as fast as possible. The pain in his back has increased a lot during the day. He hadn't been expecting that but well, he couldn't fix it right now.

Twix moved on impatiently. He had first pounded on Porch's hut when he had arrived here then he had gone to Harry's office but the Gargoyle had refused him entry as he didn't know the current password. He had then looked for Professors Ginny, Padma, even madam brown but he hadn't found any of them in the Castle. Where was everyone? Only then as a last resort he had reached out to Tom. He had already wasted precious time. He needed someone to help Victiore. Harry had forbidden him to reach out to Tom for matters pertaining to Victiore but right now he had only been able to find Tom, no one else was here. Even now he only intended for Tom to take him to Harry.

A couple of minutes later they stood inside Harry's office finding it quite empty. Twix's heart sank. What would he do now? He started shaking uncontrollably, grabbed a nearby ornament and smashed it on his head.

Tom made to grab his arm but failed as Twix banged his closed fist into his forehead and turned to him. "Twix is now allows to speak---_" He flipped flat out on the floor and banged his head on the floor when Tom grabbed him by his small robes and pulled him off the floor. He held him a few inches above the floor hanging in midair by the scruff of his neck.

"Tell me, everything that you are not allowed to speak." He commanded him seeing thick tears run down his screwed up face. He shook him. "Twix, speak!"

"Harry Potter has forbade I!"

"Harry Potter is not here! Tell me!"

"It is Vic! Ted is going to hurt Vic. At Godrics Hollow, at Professor Potter home! Twix can't apparate! Twix magic is blocked there! And Ted push I out!"

Tom dropped Twix as he felt his head moving. Even he couldn't apparate inside or outside the house. It was being protected by the Elder wand. He would have to get in and face Ted. He couldn't do that not in the state he was in. Where was Harry? But if Ted had meant to hurt Victiore, he couldn't wait for Harry. "Let's go!"

He shuffled out of the castle as fast as he could and the moment he was out of the Grounds he disapparated to Godrics Hollow right outside the Potter House. He ran through the length of the yard with Twix in wake when both of them heard a loud and hungry howl from inside it.

Originally posted by: guy3

Eid Mubarak peri

Originally posted by: guy3

Kind of confused with the sudden change in direction of the story. Big trench, underground lake?! What is going on ?

Originally posted by: i_yatharthk

Yes this sudden changes in the track??
I had a feeling when Ron and Hermione got into the department so easily that malfoy might have sensed Ron following him, and now both if them are imperiused. This is going very well and dark.

And regarding wattpad, if you own a smartphone android I am not sure if it is on iOS or not mostly it will be I think.
Okay it has its app too. You have to make an account over there and then you can publish this work over there by using create option. Once you install and login you will come to know. It also shows the no. Of views per chapter and whole book people can give stars and can comment on it on the part they like in between too. You can have it like a complete book, with book cover and all and chapter wise divided in index of book. You login over there and see it's quite easy and even then if you have any queries you can search and find books published by people to help newbies over there.
Do try it.

Hey Everyone!

OMG! How heartless can Ted get to try harming his own wife and baby! Is he seriously the boy brought up by Harry and Ginny? He feels like death eater material. Why didn't Roy tell Estella that he hid tom's resignation?

Just started reading Harry Potter and the cursed child and I must frankly and genuinely say, Peri, your story is much more superior in terms of plot and characters. How I wish jk Rowling could read your story. You stay true to her characters and introduce your own blending them beautifully. Am so proud of you and so lucky to read your work:)