AN: well here is another update... ;) the Italic text is meant as Parsel.

Tom looked up at the fireplace when Hadrian returned. His eyes widened when he saw the blood on the boy's boots and trousers.

"Uhm, pup, you might want to clean up a little." Sirius said.

Hadrian looked down and shrugged. He waved his hand and the blood spatters disappeared.

"It's about dinner time. Let's go eat something and continue our discussion over some food." Hadrian said and opened the door.

"What the hell?" Tom asked.

"What is wrong?" Hadrian said.

"He means how you can just open the door when just ten minutes ago the most feared dark lord got his hands burned by trying to do the same thing." Sirius explained.

"Oh, Parsel wards." Harry said with a shrug. Tom followed the boy through the halls towards the dining room.

"What was wrong, pup?" Sirius asked.

"Bloody cowards!" Hadrian hissed. "Some of those bloody Death Eaters had been out, probably for of a drinking spree, when he set foot on these shores. Brown was with them and panicked. Instead of coming to me, the fucking bastard went to Dumbles. It was lucky Lucius was in a meeting with Fudge when Dumbledore came to inform him. Our plans have been moved forward and I have a slave."

"Emanuel?" Sirius asked.

"No, I saw in his memories how good his daughter looks in a bikini. She will make a perfect slave." Hadrian stated. "Oh, and I have given the order to start killing off Order members and annoying muggleborns. I gave them Hermione's list."

Sirius whistled loudly.

"I wish I could join them. I have a bone or two to pick with the Order."

"You will get your chance later. I have a few special people lined up for you." Hadrian said and entered the dining room.

"I see you made some changes here." Tom commented. He was slightly annoyed that the boy seemed to ignore his presence but on the other side he was totally intrigued by the whole situation. Commenting on such a trivial matter would ensure that the attention turned back to him.

"Yes, I did. Your throne and gruesome paintings were interfering with my appetite. They are stored in one of the vaults below the castle. All your stuff is, actually."

Tom looked at the boy and once again wondered what had happened in those fourteen years. What in Merlins name happened for this boy to be apparently so powerful that he had Lucius Malfoy and Flint in his pocket? And where was Dumbledore in this?

"So, how far did you get before Tom flew of the handle?" Hadrian asked Sirius. "I felt my scar sting a few times so I take it there were curses exchanged."

"No, your wards kept me pretty safe." Sirius said with a chuckle. It caused Tom to glare at him. Had Sirius not been used to Hadrian's glare he would have cowered but after spending a year with Hadrian not much scared the old marauder anymore. "Managed to tell him about your plans for the magical world and Hogwarts. I left the history lesson for you to explain."

"Oh good." Hadrian said. Small bowls with vegetable soup were placed in front of them. "And what do you think of the plans?"

Tom looked up from his soup and noticed that Hadrian was honestly interested.

"I think overall it is a pretty good agenda. I just don't see the use in leaving Muggleborns alive." Tom stated. Halfbloods he could live with but muggleborns came with muggle-parents and he hated everything muggle.

"That's because we actually need them." Hadrian stated. "I do not know how much you know of genetics, it hasn't really been studied widely by magicals but with all the inbreeding pure-bloods are doing, wizards and witches grow weaker each generation. I mean look at Goyle and Crabbe. The three most powerful wizards alive at this moment are all half-bloods. Dumbledore, I hate the man but he is very powerful, his mother was a muggle-born. You, I did a lot of research in your background, are a halfblood. And then there is me, my mother was the result from a squib-line mixed with muggleblood."

"Without the influx of new blood and magic the wizarding race in England will loose all its power within the next two hundredth years." Hadrian explained. "It wasn't too long ago when Hogwarts stopped teaching elemental magic because there weren't any pureblood student powerful enough to control them. Before that it were the ancient magics, like blood magic, rituals and alchemy that were dropped due to the same reasons."

"Even warding isn't taught at Hogwarts these days." Sirius inserted.

"So we need muggleborns to bring in new blood, it will make the magical genepool stronger."

"And the risk they bring with them?" Tom asked.

"Manageable, if we get to them really young. They need to be removed from the muggle parents and placed in good wizarding families to be raised properly as young as possible." Hadrian said. "But you agreed with the other plans?"

"All in all, yes. Perhaps some fine tuning here and there."

"Good, perhaps we can work together. I hate to focus on two enemies at the same time. Too much trouble." Hadrian nodded. "Cygnus and Lucius will be here tomorrow to discus the plans for the wizengamot."

"Talking about Lucius Malfoy, just how many of my Death Eaters follow you?" Tom asked a little annoyed.

"Cygnus was never a Death Eater and Lucius had that little black spot removed from his person." Hadrian said. "Besides that, Flint is loyal to me, I have the youngest Nott, those of Black blood obviously, Snape will be mine before Halloween, if not he is dead by then. I have Smith but I'm not sure if he ever was loyal to you, Travers is in my pocket and lastly I have Rosier the youngest. Besides that a few grey and light families who are loyal to me but they never had anything to do with you."

"That's about half my inner circle." Tom yelled in surprise and anger.

"Is it?" Hadrian said with a shrug. "Oh well, they were all waiting for the next dark lord to arrive or for your return. They have been useful so far."

"How the hell is it possible that a fifteen year old boy has some my most feared death Eaters under his control?" Tom asked angrily. Hadrian laughed but it wasn't a happy laugh, more something you heard in horror movies.

"That's a pretty long story. Maybe I'll tell you the complete story one day." Hadrian said. "but the short version is that after your little stunt in Godric's Hollow I was placed with my muggle aunt and uncle. They lovingly tried to beat the magic out of me for eight years. Sadly, I have eidetic memory so I remembered every minute I spend with my parents and the magic. By the time I turned nine the abuse got so bad that I snapped and just let my magic take control."

Tom nodded.

"My aunt and uncle have never been the same and I honestly can't wait until I can finally end their miserable existence. Though, for now they serve a purpose." Hadrian sighed. "Anyway, I was able to make my way into Gringotts where I met two amazing Goblins. Over a full day of business, heritage tests and claiming titles I became the most political powerful child in the magical world. Also the most magically powerful thanks to all those family magics I gained. Though, of course, Dumbledore is woefully unaware."

"Of course." Tom, repeated him carefully.

"Anyway, I stumbled up on Lucius and Draco the day I was taken to go shopping for Hogwarts. It was lucky actually as Dumbledore had set me up to become friends with Ronald Weasley." Harry spat the name in disgust. "Lucius was interested to see the boy-who-lived with the Le Fay house-ring and being able to do wandless magic. It was the start of a good relationship. He took me in for the rest of the summer and together with Narcissa, they educated me in business, history and magical theories."

"So, Lucius betrayed me?"

"No, not really, he considered it a step towards your agenda and positioning himself even better then before. I hold the veto rights in the wizengamot after all. Though over the last four years Lucius became my most loyal ally. Therefore last winter I removed the dark mark from his arm."

"And my other Death Eaters?"

"Lucius and I brought them in. For me mostly based on what I hear from their children. I do not have any use for stubborn old men and women so I go to their kids. Lucius brings in those who can be useful outside Hogwarts."

"And how do they stay loyal to you?"

Tom found himself impressed with the evilness that crossed the young boy's features.

"Don't think that just because I've just turned fifteen that I can't curse or kill. I made my first kill in the summer before I went to Hogwarts. Lucius witnessed it and he still has nightmares about it." Hadrian sneered. "Also don't make the mistake to think that I somehow fear you. You can be a very useful ally to my plans. You are powerful and still have some loyal followers. You are useful to me but the moment I feel you are crossing me I will put you next to Dumbledore on my shit-list. You don't want to be on my shit-list."

Tom couldn't help but laugh at the boy. This was getting ridiculous. This fifteen-year-old boy was threatening him like he was some low-life muggle.

"and what are you planning on doing if I did?" Tom asked haughtily.

Tom wasn't sure when he realized he made a mistake but it was somewhere between the groan Black let out and the ice-cold look appearing in Potter's eyes. The boy simply raised his hand and Tom felt his airways constricting. Suddenly he couldn't breath anymore. A second later he was slowly rising up in the air and noticed the boy got up as well. Breathing became even more painful when the boy started to close his hand.

A pain started in his legs when Hadrian raised his other hand as well. It felt like the blood was taken away from his legs and his cells were dying.

'I could kill you in more ways then you could even come up with, Tom.' Hadrian hissed in parsel. 'And I could do it so quickly that you wouldn't even have the time to raise your wand. Underestimating me is the most deathliest thing you will ever do. There is a reason the house of Le Fay is known as the darkest magical house in the world.'

Tom started to get really scared when he couldn't breath anymore and started to feel light-headed.

'I was going to offer you to work together. Together we can make the wizarding world the greatest place ever but in the end it is me who is calling the shots. If you cannot live with that it would be better for me to end your pathetic existence now.'

"Pup, he is about ten seconds away from choking." Sirius warned the boy. "You said you needed him for your plans and you know how much you hate it when plans fail due to rashness."

Hadrian sighed and released the curse. Tom dropped to the floor and gasped for breath. He felt the blood rushing to his legs and the dizziness disappeared.

"You owe your life to Sirius here." Hadrian said. "Timmy!"

"Yes, sir?" An elf said as it immediately appeared.

"Show Tom to the guestrooms on the left side of the castle he can stay there for tonight and recover. Make sure somebody keeps an eye on him. He is not allowed to leave the castle before tomorrow."

"Yes, sir." The elf said with a nod.

"I'm going to retire. See you in the morning Sirius."

"Goodnight pup."

Hadrian left the room and Sirius walked over to where Tom was still gasping for air. He held out a hand to help up the shaken dark lord.

"He was going to kill me!" Tom asked incredulous.

"Yes, he was. You are lucky you are vital to a lot of his plans or you would have been dead. Normally he doesn't listen to me all that much."

"But he's…"

"He is the most powerful wizard in the world. He is also the darkest wizard in the world. Hadrian isn't cruel or takes joy out of torturing innocent people but cross him and he will laugh loudly as he dances over your dead body. I almost feel sorry for Dumbledore." Sirius said and hoisted the dark lord up. "You should feel really lucky, the last one to underestimate him was locked up in the dungeons. That was last Christmas and I think he is still there. Dead of course."

With that Sirius left the room as well.