*~*~When Darkness Falls Over The Broken~*~*

Authors Note: Hey everyone *author ducks head looking for furious reviewers*…okay I think the coast is clear. I am FINALLY putting the next chapter up for you. My Dad broke down and got me my own desktop connected to the Internet. There should be no more excuses from me dealing with the updates. Thank U's are at the end of the chapter. The next chapter is definitely coming on Saturday. I swear on the holy tablets of Yaoi and Slash.

I Bow Down To:

Frizzy ( The Veela Mistress)and plotbunny

Time To Make Things A Little Clearer:

1- Tom and Harry are not lovers, as you will soon see

2- Someone asked if Tom was going good, or Harry going bad. That gets a complicated answer, read on and you may understand. If you have questions email me at [email protected]

3- Dumbledore connected the Dursleys fireplace to the flow system, temporarily, for Harry and Tom.

4- Let me assure you that there are Hewlett Packard Laptops (hp's)

5- I really want to answer the questions about Harry being blind or not, really I do, but it would ruin something I have planned for the story so just file it away as foreshadowing ;)

6- What type of Tom I'm using for this story is explained in this chapter, and to tell you the truth, I not sure how I thought this up my damn self.

*Check out my other story Defense Mechanism. It's rated R, has MPREG, yaoi (DUH!), and is a Dominant Draco/ Innocent Harry fic. ENJOY!!

**Chapter Four: Explanations and An Ass Load of Shock**

"Headmaster, you do know that Tom Riddle is sitting right across from my bed?" Harry said cautiously, hoping against hope that he was still unconscious.

"Why yes of course child! As always I know about every thing that happens in this school." Dumbledore said with a very uncharacteristic smirk.

"Albus don't start that now. This is not the time." Minerva said chastising the older wizard.

Feeling very annoyed about being annoyed, Tom let an over exaggerated sigh escape his lips.

"Sorry to interrupt your friendly greetings Albus, but there are more pressing *matters* to discuss." The older raven-haired man said.

"That was a waist of breath, because all of you are to leave this ward immediately so that I can do some checks on my patient." Poppy said sternly, "Except for you Tom of course." She said with a soft smile.

"Of course Mr. Riddle, Madame Pomfrey. I'll leave you to talk and tend to Harry. And Tom?"

Riddle finally lifted his head since Harry's awakening, and faced his mentor of so many years.

"Good luck" the old wizard said with a nodding of his head and a sparkle of his eyes saved only for his most loved pupils. Harry included.

Tom smiled feeling that sensation of coming home he gets when he is around that old mad coot of a wizard.

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For the next ten minutes Poppy hurried from the potions chest to Harry's bed giving him potion aftr potion to help him feel better and heal faster. Then finally satisfied with her charges improved health she left mutter to herself about children who have an unhealthy love for infirmaries.

Then For the last five minutes since Poppy left out, Harry has been trying to get the attention of the older man pacing at the foot of his bed. Just when he had given up the other wizard suddenly lunged for Harry's hand and sat right beside him on the gray blankets. As if searching for the answers in his eyes Tom stared into the forest of evergreen that were Harry's darkened orbs.

Transfixed from the feeling of warmth that was radiating off of Tom's body but not in the way he expected, Harry gazed back.

"Were bound Harry. Heart, body and soul." Tom whispered.

And with these words Harry understood all that he was feeling was from something more.

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The silence seemed to stretch for an eternity. Clearing his throat, Harry took the initiative.

" Is that so? Well if that's the case unless you want this to work there is going to be a hellava lot of groveling on your part mister." Harry said eyes turning hard with a hint of something else in its dark green depths.

"Oh that!" Tom said brightly, "The whole ordeal with the chamber was totally my fault. The Headmaster mentioned that something of what occurred down there would make things a bit difficult for us, among other things."

"What the F**K are you talking about. 'A bit difficult, among other things'" Harry mocked with an incredulous dip of his eyebrow. " But…You…how dare…" Harry stuttered.

"Well at least that's what Albus told me. Everything dealing with my memories are a bit foggy after the Ritual Of Purity.

"The Ritual Of Purity?" Harry breathed, trying to take everything in.

"Yes. Headmaster Dumbledore used it to dispel a soul called Lord Voldemort that had some how possessed me when I went with my father to Tahiti during the summer before my seventh year. After that things get a little hard to remember."

"So you remember mostly nothing of your seventh year or after." Harry said with creased brows.

"Actually I know that more than a half of a century has passed since then, and because of my predicament I have been restored to my 17 year old body, but that is about it."

In the background the soft light of a new sun dawned. Harry thought it fit the moment perfectly. A new day, new memories, a new life.

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