Posted originally on the Archive_of_Our_Own at https://archiveofourown.org/ works/14066106. Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Underage Category: M/M Fandom: Harry_Potter_-_J._K._Rowling Relationship: Harry_Potter/Tom_Riddle_|_Voldemort, Harry_Potter/Tom_Riddle, James Potter/Lily_Evans_Potter, Sirius_Black/Remus_Lupin, Others_I_Guess? Character: Tom_Riddle_|_Voldemort, Tom_Riddle, Harry_Potter, Severus_Snape, Bellatrix_Black_Lestrange, Rabastan_Lestrange, Rodolphus_Lestrange, Lucius_Malfoy, Original_Male_Character(s), James_Potter, Lily_Evans Potter, Albus_Dumbledore, others_-_Character Additional Tags: The_Potters_Live, Potter_Twins, Wrong_Boy-Who-Lived, Sane_Tom_Riddle, Seer_Harry_Potter, Powerful_Harry, Magically_Powerful_Harry_Potter, Good Dark_Side, Good_Tom_Riddle, Good_Death_Eaters, Good_Severus_Snape, Bottom Harry, Top_Tom_Riddle, Underage_-_Freeform, Not_a_lot_though, cause wizards_are_adults_at_17, and_Harry_is_like_15, Dumbledore_Bashing, James Potter_Bashing, Lily_Evans_Potter_Bashing, James_Potter_Being_an_Asshole, Spoilt_Brat_OC, He's_an_ass, seriously, Slytherin_Harry_Potter, Soulmates, Fluff, Smut, Fluff_and_Smut, Romance, ?_-_Freeform, idk_how_to tag, read_it_please_-_Freeform, Not_Beta_Read Stats: Published: 2018-03-23 Chapters: 1/? Words: 1111 ****** Little Serpent ****** by Elijah_Avada Summary When Tom goes to kill the Potter brats, he discovers that one twin, Hadrian Lilliandre Potter, is his soulmate. Faking his death and pretending to have fulfilled the blasted prophecy, he takes off and raises his soulmate, and continues to plan. All goes well... until the Order finds his Manor and one Harry Potter, and suddenly his little soulmate is at Hogwarts with his nasty older twin brother, the Boy-Who-Lived, Charles Potter. Notes Wooo this is probably really cliched but yay! I don't really know what to say... heh. Uhhhh this first chapter is weird since its the prologue but also kind of a chapter as well. eh. jut ignore it. and reeeaaaaaddddd! (ok ok I'll stop now 0w0) Prologue & Chapter 1 The Potters were the perfect family. Lily, the sweet, beautiful and loving wife and mother who stayed home to look after her child and house, James, the charming and hardworking husband and father, and Charles Potter, the perfect, well behaved little boy. The Saviour. But of course, nothing could possibly be so perfect… ---(WOOOOOOOOOOOOOP)--- Two boys were curled up beside each other in a cot. One had messy red hair and soft, chocolate brown eyes. The other had longer and slightly wavy black hair, paired with green eyes so vivid it looked as if they were glowing. When a ugly, snake-like man burst into the room, the two baby boys jolted a little. The man looked over the two boys, his ‘lips’ curling into a slight sneer at the redhead, who had started crying loudly, and then his expression softened as he laid eyes on the dark haired boy. He was the one. His soulmate. The snake man’s body shimmered a little, it looked as if light was flowing over it, and then the figure had changed. In place of the sickening, disfigured snake-like man, was a young man of maybe twenty with curly black hair and wine coloured eyes with a ring of red around the pupils. He was tall and slim, but still muscled; his skin was pale, but not unhealthily so, and his features were sharp and aristocratic. While neither of the little boys knew it, this was Tom Riddle, or Lord Voldemort. This was how he truly looked, not the snake glamour he used in battle and when with his outer circle of Death Eaters. The young man took one look at the redhead and flicked his wrist, while hissing, wandlessly casting a Parseltongue Glamour that even Dumbledore and Mad Eye would be unable to see through or remove. The glamour hadn’t done much really, just added a scar to the redhead’s temple. It looked like perhaps a star or a firework. With that done, he lifted the green eyed boy into his arms. the boy hardly reacted, staying calm and simply snuggled his head against his neck. A smile twitched at Tom’s lips. It seemed the boy acknowledged him as well. Footsteps could be heard pounding up the stairs and he continued his plans. He dropped a dark robe to the floor, along with some ashes, and added a duplicate of his wand to the pile, before pulling out his own wand and yelling out the killing curse dramatically, aiming his wand at the wall across from the cot. It was in the moment that he was apparating out of the room that the door opened, James and Lily Potter scrambling in, calling out the names of their boys. Well… now boy, he supposed. ————————————— The next week was eventful. The war was declared over. Peter Pettigrew died of a mysterious case of Dragon- Pox. Charles James Potter was hailed as the Saviour of the Wizarding World, the Boy-Who-Lived, the Vanquisher of the Dark Lord. All was not well, however. The Potters, along with Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, grieved the loss of little Hadrian Lilliandre Potter… The Dark Lord, on the other hand, was celebrating finding his soulmate in the young boy. Soulmates in the Wizarding World were strange things, not everyone had one, and even if they did they might not find them. The Dominant soulmate would be anything the Submissive needed, a friend, partner, parent even. And that was exactly what Tom would do. He would lay low for a while, raise his soulmate. When his boy was older, he would go back to his followers, but would still keep him hidden until it was the right time. He would teach him everything he wanted and needed to know, give him whatever he wanted, with boundaries of course, and when he was old enough, he would give him the option of a romantic relationship. ———————15 Years Later——————— “Marvolo…” His soulmate’s soft voice had him looking up from the tome he was studying and across the small, elegant table where he sat. His soulmate got more and more beautiful as he grew. His wavy black hair was long, tied back in a ponytail that brushed the back of his knees with a emerald leather tie. His eyes were still bewitching, molten jewels that shone with magic and power. His skin was a snowy white and he had plump, rosy pink lips. He had grown to be tall, not as tall as himself however, and lithe. He wore fine charcoal robes, a silver top made of silk and pitch black dragon hide trousers, along with boots of the same material. When the younger male saw he had his attention, he tried to speak, but it came out in a stuttered jumble of words. “I… I want to…” Marvolo raised an eyebrow at him. The younger had always been well-spoken and articulate. Recently though, he had been a lot quieter, and had been avoiding him slightly. It was only when he took in the pink blush staining his cheeks did he understand what his little soulmate was trying to say. “I want to be with you, Marvolo!” A genuine, bright smile made its way onto the Dark Lord’s face. He had wanted this for so long… With that thought, he pounced on the younger male, holding him close and scattering kisses over his face. “I will give you whatever you want, Hadrian, my love. Always.” —————————————— The Death Eaters, specifically the Dark Lord’s Elite, had noticed the change in their Lord. He had been a little softer, less… empty and more human. Bellatrix was adamant that the man was definitely in love, claiming that love is the only thing that could change a man so much. The rest of the group had brushed it off, they couldn’t imagine their Lord being in love, let alone who he would be in love with. They had seen his weird behaviour at random intervals, in small but honest smiles, in gentle expressions and soft whispers. None of them could forget one occasion when they had entered the library for their regular meeting, only to stop short at the sight of their Lord smiling a little dreamily, his eyes fixed on a small emerald clasped in between his fingers. Nor the time he had held a delicate white rose in his hand, twirling it and seeming in complete peace. Scenes like these were only found when the man was unaware of their presence, when he felt he was alone and safe to be so open. After seeing him like this, it really shouldn’t have come as a surprise that day… Please drop_by_the_archive_and_comment to let the author know if you enjoyed their work!