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Leaving the room, Tom and the Ancient One make their way to an empty courtyard, where Tom fills her in on what he's found out thanks to Mimsy.

"Hmm, this is more complicated than I hoped it would be..." the Ancient One mutters as she thinks over the new information.

"True, but it can still be handled. I think you should prepare the Masters for a fight, while I go and have a talk with Lord Potter. He's still the leader of the Aurors and I'm friends with his son. It won't be suspicious if I go over and visit them. If we can somehow get him onto our side or at least not siding with Hortensia, we won't have to worry about the entirety of the Aurors turning into Mindless Ones." Tom explains his thought process of the situation.

"That is if they haven't already been corrupted as the Minister has..." The Ancient One comments.

"We can only know by seeing for ourselves."

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Once again leaving the princes in his mother's care, Tom heads off alone to Potter Manor.

He hasn't been there before, but thanks to the Floo system, he doesn't really need to worry about knowing any addresses.

Returning to Slytherin Manor, Tom walked over to the fireplace, threw in some Floo powder, and called out the name needed to connect to the Potters.

"Potter Manor!" Tom says as the two fireplaces connect. "Hello!?" He calls over the fireplace and waits for an answer.

After a moment of waiting, a house-elf dressed almost as nicely as his own appears.

"Yes?" It answers through the fireplace.

"It's Tom Riddle. Is Charlus or his father Lord Potter in?" Tom asked.

"Please wait, Ritz will check." The elf says and pops away to find its master.

A moment later, Charlus comes walking in followed by Ritz the house elf.

"Tom is that you?" Charlus says as he peaks into the fireplace.

"Yeah, open the Floo. I have to talk to you about something." Tom says and Charlus allows him entry after confirming his identity.

Appearing through the Floo, Tom saw his friend Charlus again for the first time since his graduation from Hogwarts.

"What's up, Tom?" Charlus asked almost immediately.

Tom never visits after all. They may be friends but they aren't nearly that close for him to visit like this.

Thinking this way, Charlus knew that Tom either needed something or something big happening and he needed his father for it.

"Can we speak in private?" Tom asks, motioning towards the elf in the room.

"Sure, Ritz leave us please." Charlus shoos the poor elf away.

Once they were alone, Tom used his heat sense to make sure no one was listening in. As soon as he was sure they were alone, Tom took a seat and motioned for Charlus to do the same.

"What's so important to warrant a visit, Tom?" Charlus gets straight to the point, which is a good quality in Toms book.

"Before we get into anything, I have a few important questions." Tom says as his demeanor turns serious, triggering Charlus to sit up straight and get a lot more serious. "Have you seen your father lately and has he been acting normally?"

Hearing Toms question, Charlus' eyes widened as he started to understand that this is a far more serious visit than he imagined.

Since he's been supporting Lord Black's run for office, Charlus thought Tom came to ask his father to revoke his candidacy and support Lord Black as well.

"I saw him last night at dinner. What is this about?" Charlus asked.

"How was he acting? Has his appearance changed in any way?" Tom asks and completely ignores his friend's question.

"Appearance? What are you talking about?" Charlus asked again with a look of pure confusion written all over his face.

"Just answer the question first. This is very important." Tom stares at his friend seriously trying to convey how important his question was.

"..." Staring at Tom for a moment, Charlus decided to trust him and just answer his questions. Tom is a hero to everyone in the wizarding world after all. Trusting him with such simple information isn't exactly a hard decision to make. "He's been a bit busy with something important, but that the usual these days with the election and all. He won't tell me what's it is but he's been alright other than that. As for his appearance, nothing has changed at all. Now can you tell me what's going on?"

"Yes, I would like to know that as well." A voice said to the side as Lord Potter comes walking in with Ritz the house elf at his side.

Seeing Lord Potter without any visual signs of corruption from the Dark Dimension, Tom breathed a small sigh of relief, but he can't be too careful.

Waving his hand, Lord Potter suddenly appeared in the armchair next to the sofa, as eldritch ropes flew out of Tom's hands and wrapped around him tightly tying him to the chair.

As Lord Potter tries to summon his wand, he turns to see Tom twirling it between his fingers.

"I apologies for the disrespectful welcome, especially in your own home, but I need to be sure you haven't been corrupted."

""Corrupted?!""