Chaos' Riddleby HeartfireFirebrand 2ChaptersChapter 1: ConfusedChapter 2: Ponyville IncidentChapter 3: A New Life BeginsChapter 4: SchoolInterlude 1Chapter 5: SurpriseChapter 6: FudgeChapter 1: ConfusedDiscord, Lord of Chaos was bored. He groaned in his chaotic home “What chaos could I possibly cause now!” He pouted “Stupid ponies, making me feel things.” He then start flicking through worlds, something caught his eye. A diary, with a soul piece latched to it. He reached in, pulling the diary in between his claws. He extracted the soul fragment, as he did he noticed a small thread tying it several other objects as well as a few people. Discord saw the biggest string was connected to a much large piece of soul. He shook his head, that wouldn’t do for his plans. He cut biggest string with a talon, then with a wave of his paw the fragment glowed forming into a complete soul. Discord staggered for a moment “I put a bit too much power into that soul, oops.” Discord sat down on the floor, he conjured up a small map of Equestria and placed the wayward soul into the Everfree Forest. In the Everfree Forest, a ten year old unicorn coltwith a dark green coat and a black mane landed in the Everfree Forest. He groaned as he looked around “Where am I?” He staggered to his hooves, he then heard the sound of roar. He turned around to see a Manticore, he was about to start galloping when a yellowish earth pony filly with a pinkish mane leapt forward smashing the Manticore’s head with a mace. Then an orange pegasus filly with a magenta mane cut it with a sword. Finally a white unicorn filly with purple and light rose mane shot a burst of fire out of her horn. The Manticore seeing the armed fillies decided that retreat was the best option. The yellowish filly smiled turning to the colt holding a hoof “Ah’m Apple Bloom. It’s a pleasure meet ya.” The colt took her hoof cautiously “I’m Tom Riddle, it’s pleasure to meet you.” The orange filly sighed “No Cutie Marks on any of us. It would have been so cool to get a Manticore Hunter Cutie Mark.” She then shook her head before grinning “I’m Scootaloo, pleasure to meetcha.” Tom Riddle eyed her warily “Same to you.” The white filly smiled “My name is Sweetie Belle. We are no here to harm you, we had no idea you were even in the forest. May I inquire as to how you ended up in the forest?’ Tom rubbed his hoof through his mane “I don’t know to be honest, the only thing I can remember is my name. I don’t know where I was before I was here.” Apple Bloom frowned “Where are ya parents?” Tom frowned “I don’t know.” Scootaloo smiled “We’ll take you back to town. Follow us.” Tom followed the three fillies, he was not exactly sure where he was. The tree seemed to go on endlessly, some of the tree trunks seemed glare at him with malicious intent.He looked in every direction, searching for danger. As the four of them exited the forest, three mares were glaring at them. Judging from the fact that two of them shared similar colours to Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom the three of them must be their sisters. Apple Bloom’s sister sighed “Ah have told ya the forest was dangerous. Why did ya go in there?” Apple Bloom exclaimed “Applejack, we were going on a Crusade to see of any of us would get a Manticore Hunting Cutie Mark. We even made our own weapons for the Crusade.” The white unicorn lifted Sweetie Belle up with a glow of her horn “Sweetie Belle, you can’t go into the forest seeking out danger like that. Even when the girls and I enter the forest, we try to avoid danger. Also you should inform one of us first and we can escort you to Zecora's’ hut, the only place you are allowed to visit in the forest.” Sweetie Belle pouted “But Rarity, we saved this colt we found lost in the forest. If we weren’t there, he would’ve died.” Scootaloo looked at blue pegasus with a rainbow mane, the blue pegasus sighed looked away “I understand you want to be like me but... you scared me today. The forest is dangerous.” Scootaloo looked up at her idol “Rainbow, I’m sorry.” Rainbow didn’t reply, looking away. Tom frowned “Um excuse me but I am in need of some answers here.” Rarity turned to him with a smile “You are the colt they rescued in the forest?” Tom bowed his head “I don’t remember anything but my name, Tom Riddle. I have no idea how I ended up there in the first place. I don’t remember if I had parents of their names, it’s all blank.” Discord materialised beside them with a grin “I brought him herefrom another world.” Applejack groaned “Discord, ya can’t just bring people into other worlds.” Discord smirked “He was a fragment of someone’s very evil soul, I severed him from that entity and turned that fragment into a full soul.” He then pouted “I wanted him to keep his past memories but it didn’t work out that way.” Tom bowed “Well then I owe you thanks, Discord. You have given me a chance to be more than a puppet for someone evil. I owe you for that.” Discord looked at him, perturbed. He clicked his claws vanishing. Rainbow looked at Tom with a raised eyebrow “How can you take he appearance of someone like Discord so casually? He isn’t a normal creature that turns up everyday.” Tom turned to Rainbow “I only have memories of today, everything is new to me. I don't have enough memories to establish a normal yet.” He then frowned “So what do we do now?” Applejack frowned “We should talk to Twilight, she is our friend. She is also the student of Princess Celestia. That would be our best bet.” Rarity then turned to the Crusaders “I’ll take care of these three while you two go with Tom.” The three fillies pouted as Rarity took them with her. Applejack, Tom and Rainbow headed towards the home of Twilight. Tom raised an eyebrow at the massive golden oak tree in front of him. Applejack knocked on the door with her hoof, a purple unicorn with a tricoloured mane opened the door. Twilight smiled “Applejack, Rainbow, what can I do for you?” Applejack frowned “Discord has done something, it had something to do with souls but Ah am not incredibly good at understanding magic.” Twilight grimaced “I see, I’ll write a letter to Princess Celestia then I’ll start doing some research.” She then saw Tom “That’s him I assume?” Applejack nodded, Twilight frowned “Well then I might have to do some basic tests to see what he is exactly? Can’t be too careful with Discord.” Rainbow yawned “Well I might go, I have to get some napping in.” Applejack rolled her eyes as Rainbow took off. Applejack and Tom entered Twilight's home. While Twilight and Applejack were discussing things as she wrote the letter. Tom examined the shelves. He looked around the library, he found a book that was labelled ‘Magic 101 for young unicorns.’ He opened the book and started reading the first page, on basic levitation. His horn surrounded by a dark green glow, he focused on several books on the shelf in front of him. Twilight looked up to see the books floating around Tom, she watched in awe as he had twenty books flying around him as he looked between them. Author's Note I hope you enjoy this first chapter. Chapter 2: Ponyville IncidentTwilight looked at Tom in astonishment “How are you doing that!” Tom frowned, the books till hovering around him “I don’t know. The feeling of magic just feels so familiar. Still the magic I am using feels different, softer and kinder. I’m not sure why, yet again Discord did mention that the soul fragment I once was, came from someone truly evil.” Applejack frowned “Do ya know who that individual is?” Tom frowned “No, I have no idea who that is. I am not him, but if I ever meet him I will stop him. Hopefully I don’t meet him.” Applejack turned to Twilight “Ya should finish that letter. The Princess should know about this.” Twilight returned to writing the letter, Applejack sat next to Tom “What do ya wish to do now?” Tom returned to the books to their shelves, then he sat down “I’m not sure. I am a clean slate, maybe I should try some new things.” Applejack sighed “Ah can’t believe Ah am suggesting this but ya should hang out with the Crusaders after they are no longer grounded. They do a lot of different things all the time, just try to stay out of trouble. Those three get in trouble and cause a catastrophe wherever they go.” Tom nodded “I’ll think about that.” Before Applejack could speak Twilight called “Spike, could you come here? I have an important letter that needs delivering.” A purple dragon with green spikes exited the kitchen wearing an apron that read fire breathing cook on it in big red letters “Alright Twilight but you will eat my cooking today. You are getting too skinny for my liking.” Twilight pouted as she levitated him the letter “Spike, I was studying.” Green fire bellowed out of Spike’s mouth, the letter vanishing in fire. He sighed “Yes but Princess Celestia has made it very clear to me that on your study days I have to make sure you eat. Especially now that you no longer live with her and she can remind you.” Tom frowned as Spike took a seat at the table “Um, so what are we supposed to do in the meantime?” Applejack frowned “We should wait for word from the Princesses.” Tom nodded trotting over to the table and sat down next to Spike “What is life like around here?” Spike chuckled “It can get quite hectic, Discord was just released but before that we defeated an Evil King of Darkness who was trying to cover the entire continent in his dark influence. Then of course you have the regular chaotic incidents around Ponyville and the Crusaders...” They heard a massive explosion, Twilight and Applejack galloped to the window to see Sugarcube Corner overtaken by a huge cake moving around the town. Rarity galloped towards them “Pinkie ‘borrowed’ the Crusaders saying that part of their punishment. She didn’t inform me that they would be helping her bake.” Twilight raised an eyebrow “What does that have to do with cake?” Applejack frowned “Sweetie Belle is an absolute horror in the kitchen. She can cause disaster in the kitchen with even orange juice.” Tom raised an eyebrow “Is that normal?” Spike smirked “If you’re lucky, this will be worst of it.” Tom watched as Twilight and Applejack galloped out of the Library, Rarity close behind. Ten minutes later a tall pristine white winged unicorn with an aurora flowing mane entered. The soft smile on her muzzle, was comforting but some part of Tom told him to be cautious. The mare in front of him smiled “You must be Tom Riddle. Twilight told me about your unique circumstances, I am Princess Celestia and…” His caution was proved justifiable. He ducked as a battle axe flew over through the space where his head once was embedding itself into the wall. An angry roar bellowed “I will destroy you, spawn of chaos.” A dark blue being similar to Celestia leapt in through the window in full plate armour, a broadsword surrounded by a midnight blue glow that also surrounded her horn. Celestia growled as the new winged unicorn attacked Tom “Luna!” Tom’s eyes widened as Luna leapt at him, he moved but in a strange way. Strange fuzzy orbs and weird pulsating masses of something. He found himself standing upside down on the outside of the Library holding a barrel. Luna teleported behind him. He turned around, throwing the barrel at her as he moved sideways. Her sword cut into the barrel, tree sap exploded out of the barrel coating both himself and the Princess in tree sap. Celestia teleported out, she sighed “Luna, I told you we were going to be civil about this.” Luna complained “But Discord made him to cause trouble.” Celestia frowned “Sister, I have chosen to put my faith in Discord. I understand you have some concerns but he hasn’t cause any trouble yet. He is just a colt who doesn't have any idea of where he belongs.” Spike deadpanned as he walked out “He belongs in Ponyville, he’s a Crusader. On his first day here he got covered in tree sap, it’s the Crusader guarantee. Twilight invented an anti-tree sap spell to protect her books from Crusader incidents.” Celestia and Luna blinked, Celestia recovered turning to Tom “I suggest you stay with Twilight. Maybe you can make some friends.” Tom nodded “Yes, I will meet the Crusaders at some point. Applejack recommended it to me.” Just then Twilight galloped over, she panted “Tom ...We just … finished … getting … Sugarcube Corner ... back to ... normal. Applejack took … Rarity … to the … spa.” Celestia smiled “Twilight, if you would be so kind. Would it be too much trouble to allow young Tom here live with you. You did mention he had nowhere else to go.” Twilight looked up panic visible on her face “Ah, Princess. Your here, I was expecting you to take longer to get here.” Celestia giggled “Well I was going to come by a bit later but Luna here was a little bit impatient.” Twilight bowed “I will make sure Tom is taken care of properly.” Celestia smiled “Well then we’ll take our leave.” Tom looked back with a frown, something felt off. He couldn’t quite place it. He shook it off, he followed Twilight inside. Meanwhile as Celestia and Luna Trotted away, heading for their carriage. A slight green flash of light glowed in Celestia’s eyes. Author's Note I hope you enjoy this chapter. Chapter 3: A New Life BeginsTom Riddle entered the Library once more. Twilight rubbed the back of her head “We don’t really have a lot of room in the Library, I have already converted the spare room into a bedroom for Spike. Do you mind sharing my bed until I can make some better arrangements?” Tom shrugged “I don’t mind.” He then frowned “This feels strange, I can’t remember anything but I get feeling of familiarity to many things but the fact that you are caring for me. As if you were my mother.” Twilight had conflicted look on her face “Tom, I…” Tom smiled “Relax Twilight, I doubt you are expecting such a burden to be placed on you.’ Twilight trotted over to him “I’d love to be your mother, to give you the love you need. It’s just that I’m not sure if I’m ready for such a commitment, I have little experience in the area.” Spike rolled his eyes “You did a pretty good job with me.” Twilight frowned “You cook and clean for me, you take care of me then I could ever could for you.” Spike frowned “Tom is capable of great things, learning skills isn’t the problem. He needs someone to love him, to care for him as a mother would. You gave me that as nopony else could, everyone else looked at me as a monster but you didn’t. You can do this.” Twilight smiled “Thanks Spike.” She then turned to Tom “Would accept me as your mother.” Tom smiled back “Of course mum.” He then giggled “That felt weird to say but a good weird.” He then turned to the bookshelves “Do you mind if I do some reading?” Twilight smiled “Sure, pick what you like. Just remember to return the books to their shelves.” Tom nodded pulling out several books in his magic, one was on Basic Spellcasting, another was on Equestrian History, the third was the History of the Griffons, another was on Basic Potions, the final one was a Standard Book of Science.” Tom levitated the books around him, reading them simultaneously. Twilight pulled out a book of her own, taking a seat to do some light reading. Spike rolled his eyes muttering as he entered the kitchen “Bookworms.” A couple of hours went by as the two read in silence. They were interrupted as Spike placed the food down on the table, Tom turned away from his books and approached the tale. The books hovering in the air around him, most of them half finished. It was a nice Caesar Salad, Tom levitated the fork into the air and taking slow carefully measured bites of food. Spike shook Twilight “You need to eat.” Tom chuckled as Twilight put her book down, joining him at the table. Twilight frowned “It is still surprising you can do that. I couldn’t do that until I was in my last year in school and even then I could only levitate three books at a time.” Tom frowned “Magic feels natural to me but if Discord tried to remove the fragment I once was from it’s prison, it’s possible that fragment tried to stop him by eating part of his magic. That could explain my power output as well as how I was able to avoid Luna’s attacks earlier.” Twilight’s eyes widened “Princess Luna attacked you, why!” Tom shook his head “Mum, calm down. I have got the feeling Discord hasn’t always been the most trustworthy of individuals and Luna deemed me a threat to everypony around us. She seems the type to nip a threat in the bud before it could bloom but Celestia stopped her before she could do anything rash.” Spike frowned “How about you finish eating, what happened has happened. I’m sure Celestia is giving her a proper reprimand.” The two unicorns returned to their food and afterwards they finished reading their books. Tom whispered to Spike before following Twilight to the bedroom “Could you teach me how to cook?” Spike whispered “Sure, I will be happy too.” Tom whispered “Thanks.” He then headed upstairs, following Twilight. Twilight took him into a small bathroom, she started heating up the water to the right temperature. Once the water was ready, Twilight helped him into the hot water. She then started rubbing soap into his coat, Twilight smiled “This was something my parents taught me. It is common for groups of friends to help clean each other in baths, one day you may have to teach this to your own foals.” Tom nodded “I see.” Shortly after the bath Twilight and Tom went to her bed. Twilight helped Tom into the bed, the two unicorns slowly dozing off into slumber. The next morning Tom awoke in, he felt warmth behind him. As his sleep addled brain started to process information, last night’s events came back to him. He slunk away from Twilight, slowly and quietly sneaking out of her room. As soon as he did, he saw Spike yawning. Spike blinked “Tom, your up early.” Tom nodded “I am but I thought that I could help you prepare breakfast.” Spike smiled “Follow me to thew kitchen then, just remember to grab a stool on the way. You will need one in order to be able to see the benchtop.” Tom nodded following Spike down the stairs. Spike grabbed his stool and Tom levitated one in after him. They both hopped on the stools, Spike got some eggs and out of the fridge “Tom could you kindly get me a bowl?” Tom nodded levitating a bowl over as Spike turned on the stovetop, Spike smiled “That will take a couple of minutes to heat up. Now watch.” He grabbed an egg and cracked it on the side of the bowl before pulling the eggshell open dropping the eggs’ contents into the bowl. Spike smiled “Now we just have to wait for the pan to heat up.” Tom frowned “Anything I should know about cooking?” Spike smiled “First rule, before you do any experimentation you must understand the basics of cooking. Once you do that, it makes experimentation easier because you know what works and what doesn’t.” Tom smiled “That’s good to know, thanks Spike.” Half an hour later the smell of coffee drew Twilight out of her bed, Tom caught her in his magic as she stumble down the stairs. He then levitated her over to the table. Tom whispered to Spike “Is Mum always like this?” Spike whispered “She is, it’s worse when she stays up late reading. I have to drag her to the coffee from her bed.” Tom turned to his mum to see she had just gulped down a mouthful of coffee, she yawned. After a she finished her coffee she turned to Tom “What do you want to do?” Tom frowned “I’m not sure what I wish to do. I suppose I could practice magic with you.” Twilight smiled “Of course, we can start after breakfast.” After they ate, Tom showed that his talent went beyond being a natural. Most spells that were written, he was able to pick up with minutes. Twilight frowned as Tom teleported around the room “You are very capable for a foal your age. Too capable. My talent is magic and I didn’t learn how to do it that fast.” Tom frowned “This could because my past self was already a talented magician, part of that memory is ingrained in me subconsciously. It doesn't help my pool of magic is unusually large, I can feel so much power I’m actually unsure of how to use of all of it. It’s terrifying.” Discord then materialised himself “Well your soul fragment stole quite a bit of my power, I don’t have that much left in the tank right now. I took a nap after I returned form the last time we talked, I haven’t been this drained since when I tried to create my own universe when I was little.” Twilight frowned “Did you succeed?’ Discord chuckled “I wish, I didn’t even come close.” He then frowned “I haven’t tried again since, I have been too scared to.” Discord then vanished as fast as he came. Tom shrugged “Well that was interesting.” Twilight nodded “I’m surprised he hasn’t cause any disruption, yet again if he is as drained as he claims he might leave us alone for awhile.” Their conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door. Author's Note I hope you enjoy this chapter. Chapter 4: SchoolTom watched as Twilight opened the door only to see a cerise mare with mane that was two tones of light pink. The three smiling flowers on her flanks was quite strange to the colt. Twilight smiled “Miss Cheerilee, it’s a pleasant surprise. I wasn't expecting you to visit.” Cheerilee smiled “I am here to speak with you about Tom attending the School, it would help bond other foals his own age. The Crusaders informed me about his presence here.” Twilight smiled “Come in.” Cheerilee joined the other two ponies in the room at the table, she smiled “So Tom Riddle was it. I am here to learn what you know.” Tom frowned “I don’t know much, just what I have read today and a bit of magic practice. I am a largely clean slate.” Cheerilee nodded “I see, then you will have a lot to catch up on. I believe that Twilight will be able to help you catch up. There are plenty of books in the Library on all the topics I teach.” Tom smiled “When would I be able to start.” Cheerilee smiled “Officially tomorrow but today we can do an orientation. Help you to get to know your classmates before you attend proper classes.” Tom turned to Twilight, she smiled at him “I think it would do you some good to meet some foals at around your age group.” Tom turned to Cheerilee and nodded. Cheerilee guided him out of the door, he waved to his mum as he left. Twilight waved back with a smile. Cheerilee smiled as guided him through the town, he saw Applejack at one of the stalls. He raised an eyebrow as he saw a rainbow tail hanging over the side of a cloud. Tom frowned as they approached the school, two fillies were staring at him. One with magenta coat and the other with a dark silver coat. The first had a tiara on her flanks as well as her head and the other had a silver spoon on her flanks. Soon Cheerilee let him into the school house to fill out some paperwork, after that was done she smiled “Go and hang out with some of the foals outside. I need to fill in some gaps from my side and then file your forms.” Tom smiled “Yes, Miss Cheerilee.” Tom left the schoolhouse to see the two fillies from earlier approaching him. He noticed the one wearing the Tiara approached him first, the other behind her “I am Diamond Tiara and this is Silver Spoon, I hear you’re the new colt in the school and a blank flank no less.” Tom raised an eyebrow down at the tow fillies “What do you two want from me?’ Diamond Tiara smirked “We are just here to inform you that we are the top fillies here. You do understand that don’t you?” Tom shrugged “It doesn’t matter to me who’s in charge here, besides we are too young to care about that kind of thing.” He realised that he was taller than most of the foals around him including the Crusaders and then ones in front of him. He frowned “How old are you anyway?” Silver Spoon glared at him “We are eight! Still hasn’t anypony told you it is rude to ask a lady their age!” Tom frowned “Answer to your first, no and second you two aren’t ladies. Besides I am ten and have no interest in being told what to do by those younger than me.” His horn lit up with a dark green aura before disappearing in a flash of light. Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle jumped as he appeared beside them, Tom rubbed the back of his head “Twilight taught me how to teleport.” Sweetie Belle pouted “You can teleport on your first day of magic training and I still can’t levitate anything larger than an empty box half my size.” Tom smiled “I am not exactly from here and I technically was once part another being who had a formal magical education. In a weird way this is my second life, one I will make use of better than I did the first time. Even if I can’t remember my first life. So it does come easier, even if the memories aren’t there it feels easier to do magic.” Apple Bloom frowned “Ah think Ah get it.” Scootaloo frowned “Ah don’t.” Sweetie Belle gave Tom a small smile “That makes me feel a bit better, thanks.” Two friendly voices come from behind them “Hi.” Tom turned around to see a lanky colt carrying a camera and a colt with brownish patches across his light coat trotting over. The colt with the brown patches smiled “I’m Pipsqueak and this is Featherweight, we wondering if you four wanted to play some tag with us?” Tom blinked “What’s Tag?” Featherweight looked at him like her grew another head “You don’t know what tag is?” Apple Bloom rubbed the back of her head “He doesn’t have any memories since he arrived a couple of days ago. Still can we show him what tag is, then he can join in when he’s ready.” Tom watched as the three fillies and Featherweight were running away from Pipsqueak. Tom was enjoying watching, observing how the others moved. After an hour he decided to give it a try. He ran over to the group, Apple Bloom who was now chasing the others saw him and beelined for him. He started to gallop away from Apple Bloom. He was able to keep his distance but Apple Bloom was persistent, always just a couple hooves behind him. Apple Bloom smirked “Ya are pretty fast Tom but ya can’t outrun me.” Tom reacted almost on instinct, he leapt forward onto his front hooves. He then pushed back leaping over Apple Bloom landing on his hind legs. Apple Bloom skidded to a halt, turning around galloping at him. He leapt sideways, using bipedal motion he was able to keep a distance from Apple Bloom by taking tighter turns. Eventually Apple Bloom decided to go for Scootaloo instead who was closer. Tom decided to take a breather, being chased was fun but exhausting. Author's Note Now the next chapter will be about something else, an interlude of sorts. Interlude 1In the world where Tom had come from, Molly Weasley was in the kitchen when she heard an explosion. She ran out only to see her twin sons Fred and George sitting there stunned, smoke on their faces. Molly frowned “What happened?” Fred turned to George “It appears that….” George finished “...Ginny got into our pranking supplies.” Molly heard Ginny giggling to herself up the stairs. Molly shouted “Ginny, get down here!” She frowned as she saw a saw a sheepish Ginny carrying a couple of Bombtastic Bombs. She shook her head “Ginny, those are your brother’s not yours and are dangerous. Not to mention it is not a ladylike thing to do to play pranks and cause mischief.” Ginny complained “I have said multiple times that I don’t want to be a lady.” Molly took a deep breath “I believe that is a poor choice but I’ll drop that.” She then looked at Ginny with a frown “Detonating an explosive in the house is highly irresponsible, you are grounded for the rest of the week. You are going to attend Hogwarts soon and you need to set a better example for your little brother.” Ginny pouted as she headed up to her room. Meanwhile far from the Weasleys, Harry Potter groans as he feels someone poking his face. He sits up to look at twin sister, Hailey. She was wearing a sky blue dress and a pair of matching heels, clothes that Aunt Petunia instead she wear.Hailey whispered “We need to go start on breakfast before uncle comes.” Harry and Hailey head down the stairs and started making breakfast for the others. By the time they finished making the plate for everyone, their horsefaced Aunt Petunia, their big beefy Uncle Vernon and their very overweight cousin Dudley entered the kitchen. Their Aunt and Uncle ignored them completely, Dudley however glared at them. They made themselves a smaller portion and took their seats at the table. Petunia asked them “How is school going?” Hailey commented “We’re getting pretty good grades.” Petunia smiled “Good.” Vernon was trying to ignore their presence at the table, what bothered Harry was that Dudley was glaring at Hailey. Usually he glared at him, which resulted in him being beaten by Dudley and his Gang. At the end of such beatings, Hailey had to carry him home as he was unable to stand. After their meal Petunia took Hailey into a room and started brushing her hair, Petunia smiled as she brushed Hailey’s messy long hair placing it in a simple ponytail. After that that they got ready and headed to school. While their time at school was fairly uneventful, they had noticed that Piers Polkiss, Dennis, Gordon and Malcolm were all together. They knew them as Dudley’s Gang but Dudley wasn’t with them. Harry asked Hailey “Any idea where our cousin is?” Hailey shook her head “No idea.” The fact that Dudley’s gang looked at them with worry rather than the usual contempt was very concerning. They had to be extra careful on the way back home. They tried to sneak through the local park, hoping to avoid him in the trees. Much to their surprise Dudley was there and saw them. Dudley made a beeline for Harry, Hailey got tried to get in the way but Dudley turned around punching in the jaw sending her reeling backwards. He then punched Harry in the gut, Harry gasped as he collapsed to the ground. Dudley then turned to Hailey who was still recovering from the punch. He stormed over to her and pinned her to the ground by the neck. She kicked him in the gut, causing him to stagger backwards. She forced herself to her feet, she then raised her hands preparing to fight him. He looked at her and back to Harry, he backed over to Harry and put his boot on his head “You go over to that tree, turned around and don’t move or I will crush his head.” Hailey looked at Harry and sighed “Fine.” She muttered to herself as she faced the tree, Dudley dragged Harry over to the Tree. Hailey heard his approach but didn’t turn around, he then put hand on her shoulder she turned around only to see that his pants were laying on the ground. Before she could say another word he ripped her dress off, he then pulled off her panties. She tried to kick him but he was too close. Hailey let out a shriek of pain as Dudley roughly shoved his slimy dick between her legs. Tears started to form in her eyes as Dudley kept going, her cried of pain were muffled by the Dudley’s fat hand. Hailey screamed as she felt something sticky liquid filling her insides. Dudley wicked smirk as he looked like her was going to continue, he suddenly flinched from a n impact sending him falling forward sending himself and Hailey to the ground. The last thing Hailey saw before she blacked out was Piers Polkiss standing over her. Hailey awoke in her bed, her distraught Aunt Petunia sitting next to the bed. She could hear Uncle Vernon shouting up a storm, louder than any he had to them when she or Harry mentioned anything involving magic. She sat up and Petunia looked up, leaping over to her wrapping her in a hug “I’m so sorry!” Hailey shook her head “It’s not your fault Auntie.” The door opened as four people entered the building, Piers Polkiss sighed “This is our fault, we went along with his plans. He started getting jealous of you two for the attention you were taking away from him, that was what led to his escalating violence towards your brother. We should have said something. I am going with him.” Hailey blinked in confusion “Going where?” Petunia frowned “I am sending Dudley to boarding school, I have been remiss in disciplining him. I hope when he returns his behaviour is corrected.” Hailey winced as she tired to stand “Where’s Harry?” Petunia smiled “He is sleeping in Dudley’s room. You should try to rest, we will handle everything.” Hailey laid back down, she laid down and tried to sleep as best she could. Author's Note This was originally just going to be a chapter to show a few minor changes but it turned into more. This bit will have some ramifications later on. Chapter 5: SurpriseIt had been a week of attending the school for Tom Riddle and the Crusaders had finally stopped being grounded. He decided to head to Sweet Apple Acres to meet up with Apple Bloom, as he did so he noticed the clouds shifting around rapidly in the glow of magic. He lit up his horn creating a shield around him, to protect himself from the harsh weather. We he arrives on the farm he blinks as he sees Pinkie Pie working on the farm, Apple Bloom galloped over to him “Ah have no idea where mah sister is and Pinkie Pie is trying to do Applejack’s job. She even has my sister’s cutie mark!” Tom frowned “Mum must have cast some spell by mistake. We need to figure out what she did before somepony gets hurt.” Apple Bloom nodded “That would be good, Twilight is prone to panic when she makes a mistake and we don’t have any time to waste.” Tom smiled “I’ll teleport us, just close your eyes and don’t move. It make easier to avoid becoming dizzy from the transit.” Apple Bloom closed her eyes and Tom teleported them to the library. Spike was cleaning up the library, Tom frowned “Have you seen Mum?” Spike frowned “She went out a few minutes ago.” Tom walked over to the scroll on the table and read in his head. Tom facehooved “Mum cast a spell by accident and switched her friends Cutie Marks.” Twilight burst in panic evident on her face Tom galloped over “Mum, take a deep breath.” After she calmed down, he continued “Now listen that spell you cast last night by reading it is responsible.” As the panic began return to his mum’s face “Oh no, I…” Tom poked her in the chest “They are your friends Mum, don’t panic and remember that. Remember who they are and you can fix this. I believe in you.” Twilight nodded “Thank you Tom.” Tom nodded “It’s not a problem.” As Twilight galloped out with Elements, Tom turned to Apple Bloom “Mum needs some lessons in adaptability, she panics too often. Especially when she has made a mistake.” Apple Bloom nodded “I agree but we should get to school. Class will start soon.” Tom nodded, the two foals galloped to the school. On their way to the school they bumped into Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. Scootaloo smiled “Because of everything going on around town, School is out for the day.” Sweetie Belle smiled “It mean we can go crusading!” Tom pulled out of one of his saddlebags “Do you want to learn magic?” Apple Bloom turned to him and the book “Pegasi and Earth Ponies can’t learn spells, our magic is natural. I thought you knew that?” Tom smirked as he showed her the book which read Light and Dark Magic Basics for Unicorns, Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Thestrals. Tom smiled “Unlike most of the books I have been reading, from what I skimmed of it’s contents it is extremely simple.” Apple Bloom took a look as Tom placed the book on the dry grass “Light Magic is fueled by positive while Dark Magic requires you to command it into action. As long as you can do this, all the spells in this book are possible for you to use.” Tom stood up on his hind legs “I practised the first two a bit so you three could know what to do.” Tom waved his front legs around as a two orbs of light flowed through the air, they flowed around him surfing over his body. The three fillies watched as he danced, his movements fluid. The orbs then shifted to a dark purple, his movements shifted become fierce and rapid as he commanded the orbs with great ferocity. Scootaloo shouted “That’s awesome! Can I learn!” Tom nodded “All you three can but it will take you more than a day for you to learn it. The dark part came easily to me but the light part took me several days. I am more suited to the dark side than the light but having a balance is more important than raw power. Read about the spells and what they do before trying them.” Tom watched on as the three fillies practised the first two spells. The two were easily able to master the light spell, Tom was envious of that fact but hen they tried the dark spell they struggled. He had to step in to take control of the spell several times. At the end of the day he took the book with him. He arrived back at the library only to here a crashing sound, he blinked in confusion as he saw Twilight laying on the floor wing splayed out. He raised an eyebrow “Where did you get those wings?” Twilight explained everything to him, Tom frowned “You’re an Alicorn now. Does this mean you will live as long as the Princesses do?” Twilight’s looked at him as the realisation dawned on her, tears started to form in her eyes “I’m going to outlive my friends, I’m going to outlive you…” Tom poked her “Mum, don’t dwell on the future. Instead enjoy the time with your friends as much as possible. Form plenty of good memories. Make use of the time you do have with us, all of us and never forget them.” Twilight started to dry her tears “Thank you son.” Tom gave her a hug, Spike watched on from the kitchen with a smile. He returned to the kitchen, ready to make them a late lunch. Author's Note I'm sorry if this chapter isn't very good, my motivation has been low for everything lately. Chapter 6: FudgeA portly little man with rumpled grey hair was staring at his mirror. He put on his lime green bowler hat, he sighed. He stepped into his fireplace and threw the ashes down “Ministry for Magic.” He walked out of the fire, a man at the entry to the main area of the ministry held his hand out “Minister Fudge, may we hold onto your wand while your inside.” Fudge smiled “Of course my good sir.” Fudge gave the wizard his wand, he shook his head. He never wanted this job. Lucius was an incredible thorn in his side and the less to be said about his Undersecretary the better. Playing the fool was hard and today he had no intention of playing the fool. As soon as he entered his office, Lucius was already standing there waiting outside. Fudge grimaced as he entered his office and took his seat. Lucius smirked “Fudge, the Auror Office is an unnecessary expense. The Dark Lord has been defeated.” Fudge frowned “Lucius, the Auror Office exists to maintain Law and Order. The ICW requires every nation to have such an office. Failure to do so would cause the ICW to seize control of the Ministry. I have covered for you quite a bit, and without me being in charge they will come down on you hard.” Lucius paled slightly “I see, thank your for you time Cornelius.” Fudge smirked as Lucius left, he wasn’t very good at being a Slytherin. Fudge had been very good at that, he had worked hard in his youth. He had a perfect record, outstanding in all of his NEWTs but due to being a half-blood he was treated as lesser wizard. Fudge had feigned incompetence to avoid the notice of purebloods and got a cushy job in the ministry. Becoming Minster for Magic threw his plan for a loop but Lucius was an easy pawn to play. He took his bribes which were quite large in exchange for passing laws that cut the budget for Aurors while anonymously donating the bribes to Auror Office so they could continue to run as effectively as they did before. Fudge shook his head as he took a seat at his desk, he took sorted through the papers when he came across a multiple page document. It had multiple stamps on the front page that he recognised, he stood up immediately and bolted out of his office, pausing only to lock the door behind him. Fudge stormed through the ministry with the paper in his hands. He burst into the office of Amelia Bones, slamming the paper on her desk. He looked at her with a grave expression “We need to something about this now.” Amelia Bones eyed him carefully, this was the first time the minister had visited her office and he was usually jovial when she met him. The expression on his face didn’t bode well. She picked up the paper and read it, her eyes narrowing as she read the document “So Sirius has yet to receive his trial after a decade.” Fudge nodded “We will correct the oversight immediately. We will head to Azkaban and get him his trial, the paperwork can be filled out later.” He then frowned “I will go personally. It would make other suspicious if you were to leave.” Amelia nodded “Use my personal floo, it will be faster.” Fudge nodded, stepping into the floo. He appeared in a small building with three aurors playing card at their desk. They turned to him “Forgive us Minister.” Fudge chuckled “Between you and me, if someone was able to get past the Dementors then you probably couldn’t do that much anyway.” He then scowled “Sirius Black needs to have his trial.” He stormed out of the building, pulling out his wand. He winced as he felt the unnaturally cold air surrounded the area. Fudge pulled out his wand and without a word, his wand created a fearsome glowing white snake that slithered along the ground beside him as he walked up the stairs. The snake lashed out at any Dementor that got too close. The made his way to Sirius Black’s cell, he man in the cell looked like a corpse but despite his incarceration he forced himself to his feet. He approached the cell door “Am I finally getting my trial?” Fudge’s wand glowed “Yes, you are getting your trial today. Ten years overdue as well.” He took Sirius out of the prison, several prisoners shouting at him as they went. He then took Sirius through the flew network to Amelia's office. Ten minutes later Fudge was in the office, his undersecretary Dolores was underneath him. Dumbledore was in his spot as Chief Warlock. The two wizarding political parties were on both sides, Amelia Bones was standing there. Lucius was commanding the Pureblood Champions party as he called it. Lucius frowned “Why have you called us here Minister Fudge?” Fudge frowned “After ten years of bouncing around the request for the trial of Sirius Black ended up on my desk. I’m sure both sides can agree that leaving someone locked up in Azkaban for ten years without trial is unacceptable.” He then turned to Malfoy “Your party should be involved to, Sirius Black is a pureblood and if this applies to him then it applies to all of you as well.” Lucius stiffened. Amelia Bones then interjected “Let’s get the trial underway.” A cage emerged from the bottom, Sirius Black bound within. Amelia Bones nodded to Fudge, Fudge looked around with a smile “Here we are to correct an injustice.” He then turned to Sirius “The accusation against you is of the murder of several muggles, the murder of Peter Pettigrew and the betrayal of Lilly and James Potter. What do you have to say in your defense.” Sirius nodded his eyes firmly fixated on Fudge “I swear on my life and magic that I did not betray Lilly and James Potter nor murder nay muggles that day. Peter Pettigrew was the one who betrayed James and Lilly Potter.” The room glowed as a surge of magic filled the room and then silence. Fudge nodded “I see. You are free to go. Still one final question, how did he escape.” Sirius frowned “He was an Animagus like me, we were both unregistered.” Lucius stood up “He just admitted to be an unregistered Animagus, that is a crime.” Fudge glared at Lucius “Sit down, that is not part of this trial. Also that is a crime punished with a fine, not Azkaban. Furthermore as an act of good will for his false incarceration in Azkaban I will wave the fine and provide him with the paperwork to fill his registration.” With that the trial was finished as quickly as it had started. Author's Note I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Chapter 1: ConfusedDiscord, Lord of Chaos was bored. He groaned in his chaotic home “What chaos could I possibly cause now!” He pouted “Stupid ponies, making me feel things.” He then start flicking through worlds, something caught his eye. A diary, with a soul piece latched to it. He reached in, pulling the diary in between his claws. He extracted the soul fragment, as he did he noticed a small thread tying it several other objects as well as a few people. Discord saw the biggest string was connected to a much large piece of soul. He shook his head, that wouldn’t do for his plans. He cut biggest string with a talon, then with a wave of his paw the fragment glowed forming into a complete soul. Discord staggered for a moment “I put a bit too much power into that soul, oops.” Discord sat down on the floor, he conjured up a small map of Equestria and placed the wayward soul into the Everfree Forest. In the Everfree Forest, a ten year old unicorn coltwith a dark green coat and a black mane landed in the Everfree Forest. He groaned as he looked around “Where am I?” He staggered to his hooves, he then heard the sound of roar. He turned around to see a Manticore, he was about to start galloping when a yellowish earth pony filly with a pinkish mane leapt forward smashing the Manticore’s head with a mace. Then an orange pegasus filly with a magenta mane cut it with a sword. Finally a white unicorn filly with purple and light rose mane shot a burst of fire out of her horn. The Manticore seeing the armed fillies decided that retreat was the best option. The yellowish filly smiled turning to the colt holding a hoof “Ah’m Apple Bloom. It’s a pleasure meet ya.” The colt took her hoof cautiously “I’m Tom Riddle, it’s pleasure to meet you.” The orange filly sighed “No Cutie Marks on any of us. It would have been so cool to get a Manticore Hunter Cutie Mark.” She then shook her head before grinning “I’m Scootaloo, pleasure to meetcha.” Tom Riddle eyed her warily “Same to you.” The white filly smiled “My name is Sweetie Belle. We are no here to harm you, we had no idea you were even in the forest. May I inquire as to how you ended up in the forest?’ Tom rubbed his hoof through his mane “I don’t know to be honest, the only thing I can remember is my name. I don’t know where I was before I was here.” Apple Bloom frowned “Where are ya parents?” Tom frowned “I don’t know.” Scootaloo smiled “We’ll take you back to town. Follow us.” Tom followed the three fillies, he was not exactly sure where he was. The tree seemed to go on endlessly, some of the tree trunks seemed glare at him with malicious intent.He looked in every direction, searching for danger. As the four of them exited the forest, three mares were glaring at them. Judging from the fact that two of them shared similar colours to Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom the three of them must be their sisters. Apple Bloom’s sister sighed “Ah have told ya the forest was dangerous. Why did ya go in there?” Apple Bloom exclaimed “Applejack, we were going on a Crusade to see of any of us would get a Manticore Hunting Cutie Mark. We even made our own weapons for the Crusade.” The white unicorn lifted Sweetie Belle up with a glow of her horn “Sweetie Belle, you can’t go into the forest seeking out danger like that. Even when the girls and I enter the forest, we try to avoid danger. Also you should inform one of us first and we can escort you to Zecora's’ hut, the only place you are allowed to visit in the forest.” Sweetie Belle pouted “But Rarity, we saved this colt we found lost in the forest. If we weren’t there, he would’ve died.” Scootaloo looked at blue pegasus with a rainbow mane, the blue pegasus sighed looked away “I understand you want to be like me but... you scared me today. The forest is dangerous.” Scootaloo looked up at her idol “Rainbow, I’m sorry.” Rainbow didn’t reply, looking away. Tom frowned “Um excuse me but I am in need of some answers here.” Rarity turned to him with a smile “You are the colt they rescued in the forest?” Tom bowed his head “I don’t remember anything but my name, Tom Riddle. I have no idea how I ended up there in the first place. I don’t remember if I had parents of their names, it’s all blank.” Discord materialised beside them with a grin “I brought him herefrom another world.” Applejack groaned “Discord, ya can’t just bring people into other worlds.” Discord smirked “He was a fragment of someone’s very evil soul, I severed him from that entity and turned that fragment into a full soul.” He then pouted “I wanted him to keep his past memories but it didn’t work out that way.” Tom bowed “Well then I owe you thanks, Discord. You have given me a chance to be more than a puppet for someone evil. I owe you for that.” Discord looked at him, perturbed. He clicked his claws vanishing. Rainbow looked at Tom with a raised eyebrow “How can you take he appearance of someone like Discord so casually? He isn’t a normal creature that turns up everyday.” Tom turned to Rainbow “I only have memories of today, everything is new to me. I don't have enough memories to establish a normal yet.” He then frowned “So what do we do now?” Applejack frowned “We should talk to Twilight, she is our friend. She is also the student of Princess Celestia. That would be our best bet.” Rarity then turned to the Crusaders “I’ll take care of these three while you two go with Tom.” The three fillies pouted as Rarity took them with her. Applejack, Tom and Rainbow headed towards the home of Twilight. Tom raised an eyebrow at the massive golden oak tree in front of him. Applejack knocked on the door with her hoof, a purple unicorn with a tricoloured mane opened the door. Twilight smiled “Applejack, Rainbow, what can I do for you?” Applejack frowned “Discord has done something, it had something to do with souls but Ah am not incredibly good at understanding magic.” Twilight grimaced “I see, I’ll write a letter to Princess Celestia then I’ll start doing some research.” She then saw Tom “That’s him I assume?” Applejack nodded, Twilight frowned “Well then I might have to do some basic tests to see what he is exactly? Can’t be too careful with Discord.” Rainbow yawned “Well I might go, I have to get some napping in.” Applejack rolled her eyes as Rainbow took off. Applejack and Tom entered Twilight's home. While Twilight and Applejack were discussing things as she wrote the letter. Tom examined the shelves. He looked around the library, he found a book that was labelled ‘Magic 101 for young unicorns.’ He opened the book and started reading the first page, on basic levitation. His horn surrounded by a dark green glow, he focused on several books on the shelf in front of him. Twilight looked up to see the books floating around Tom, she watched in awe as he had twenty books flying around him as he looked between them. Author's Note I hope you enjoy this first chapter.
Chapter 2: Ponyville IncidentTwilight looked at Tom in astonishment “How are you doing that!” Tom frowned, the books till hovering around him “I don’t know. The feeling of magic just feels so familiar. Still the magic I am using feels different, softer and kinder. I’m not sure why, yet again Discord did mention that the soul fragment I once was, came from someone truly evil.” Applejack frowned “Do ya know who that individual is?” Tom frowned “No, I have no idea who that is. I am not him, but if I ever meet him I will stop him. Hopefully I don’t meet him.” Applejack turned to Twilight “Ya should finish that letter. The Princess should know about this.” Twilight returned to writing the letter, Applejack sat next to Tom “What do ya wish to do now?” Tom returned to the books to their shelves, then he sat down “I’m not sure. I am a clean slate, maybe I should try some new things.” Applejack sighed “Ah can’t believe Ah am suggesting this but ya should hang out with the Crusaders after they are no longer grounded. They do a lot of different things all the time, just try to stay out of trouble. Those three get in trouble and cause a catastrophe wherever they go.” Tom nodded “I’ll think about that.” Before Applejack could speak Twilight called “Spike, could you come here? I have an important letter that needs delivering.” A purple dragon with green spikes exited the kitchen wearing an apron that read fire breathing cook on it in big red letters “Alright Twilight but you will eat my cooking today. You are getting too skinny for my liking.” Twilight pouted as she levitated him the letter “Spike, I was studying.” Green fire bellowed out of Spike’s mouth, the letter vanishing in fire. He sighed “Yes but Princess Celestia has made it very clear to me that on your study days I have to make sure you eat. Especially now that you no longer live with her and she can remind you.” Tom frowned as Spike took a seat at the table “Um, so what are we supposed to do in the meantime?” Applejack frowned “We should wait for word from the Princesses.” Tom nodded trotting over to the table and sat down next to Spike “What is life like around here?” Spike chuckled “It can get quite hectic, Discord was just released but before that we defeated an Evil King of Darkness who was trying to cover the entire continent in his dark influence. Then of course you have the regular chaotic incidents around Ponyville and the Crusaders...” They heard a massive explosion, Twilight and Applejack galloped to the window to see Sugarcube Corner overtaken by a huge cake moving around the town. Rarity galloped towards them “Pinkie ‘borrowed’ the Crusaders saying that part of their punishment. She didn’t inform me that they would be helping her bake.” Twilight raised an eyebrow “What does that have to do with cake?” Applejack frowned “Sweetie Belle is an absolute horror in the kitchen. She can cause disaster in the kitchen with even orange juice.” Tom raised an eyebrow “Is that normal?” Spike smirked “If you’re lucky, this will be worst of it.” Tom watched as Twilight and Applejack galloped out of the Library, Rarity close behind. Ten minutes later a tall pristine white winged unicorn with an aurora flowing mane entered. The soft smile on her muzzle, was comforting but some part of Tom told him to be cautious. The mare in front of him smiled “You must be Tom Riddle. Twilight told me about your unique circumstances, I am Princess Celestia and…” His caution was proved justifiable. He ducked as a battle axe flew over through the space where his head once was embedding itself into the wall. An angry roar bellowed “I will destroy you, spawn of chaos.” A dark blue being similar to Celestia leapt in through the window in full plate armour, a broadsword surrounded by a midnight blue glow that also surrounded her horn. Celestia growled as the new winged unicorn attacked Tom “Luna!” Tom’s eyes widened as Luna leapt at him, he moved but in a strange way. Strange fuzzy orbs and weird pulsating masses of something. He found himself standing upside down on the outside of the Library holding a barrel. Luna teleported behind him. He turned around, throwing the barrel at her as he moved sideways. Her sword cut into the barrel, tree sap exploded out of the barrel coating both himself and the Princess in tree sap. Celestia teleported out, she sighed “Luna, I told you we were going to be civil about this.” Luna complained “But Discord made him to cause trouble.” Celestia frowned “Sister, I have chosen to put my faith in Discord. I understand you have some concerns but he hasn’t cause any trouble yet. He is just a colt who doesn't have any idea of where he belongs.” Spike deadpanned as he walked out “He belongs in Ponyville, he’s a Crusader. On his first day here he got covered in tree sap, it’s the Crusader guarantee. Twilight invented an anti-tree sap spell to protect her books from Crusader incidents.” Celestia and Luna blinked, Celestia recovered turning to Tom “I suggest you stay with Twilight. Maybe you can make some friends.” Tom nodded “Yes, I will meet the Crusaders at some point. Applejack recommended it to me.” Just then Twilight galloped over, she panted “Tom ...We just … finished … getting … Sugarcube Corner ... back to ... normal. Applejack took … Rarity … to the … spa.” Celestia smiled “Twilight, if you would be so kind. Would it be too much trouble to allow young Tom here live with you. You did mention he had nowhere else to go.” Twilight looked up panic visible on her face “Ah, Princess. Your here, I was expecting you to take longer to get here.” Celestia giggled “Well I was going to come by a bit later but Luna here was a little bit impatient.” Twilight bowed “I will make sure Tom is taken care of properly.” Celestia smiled “Well then we’ll take our leave.” Tom looked back with a frown, something felt off. He couldn’t quite place it. He shook it off, he followed Twilight inside. Meanwhile as Celestia and Luna Trotted away, heading for their carriage. A slight green flash of light glowed in Celestia’s eyes. Author's Note I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 3: A New Life BeginsTom Riddle entered the Library once more. Twilight rubbed the back of her head “We don’t really have a lot of room in the Library, I have already converted the spare room into a bedroom for Spike. Do you mind sharing my bed until I can make some better arrangements?” Tom shrugged “I don’t mind.” He then frowned “This feels strange, I can’t remember anything but I get feeling of familiarity to many things but the fact that you are caring for me. As if you were my mother.” Twilight had conflicted look on her face “Tom, I…” Tom smiled “Relax Twilight, I doubt you are expecting such a burden to be placed on you.’ Twilight trotted over to him “I’d love to be your mother, to give you the love you need. It’s just that I’m not sure if I’m ready for such a commitment, I have little experience in the area.” Spike rolled his eyes “You did a pretty good job with me.” Twilight frowned “You cook and clean for me, you take care of me then I could ever could for you.” Spike frowned “Tom is capable of great things, learning skills isn’t the problem. He needs someone to love him, to care for him as a mother would. You gave me that as nopony else could, everyone else looked at me as a monster but you didn’t. You can do this.” Twilight smiled “Thanks Spike.” She then turned to Tom “Would accept me as your mother.” Tom smiled back “Of course mum.” He then giggled “That felt weird to say but a good weird.” He then turned to the bookshelves “Do you mind if I do some reading?” Twilight smiled “Sure, pick what you like. Just remember to return the books to their shelves.” Tom nodded pulling out several books in his magic, one was on Basic Spellcasting, another was on Equestrian History, the third was the History of the Griffons, another was on Basic Potions, the final one was a Standard Book of Science.” Tom levitated the books around him, reading them simultaneously. Twilight pulled out a book of her own, taking a seat to do some light reading. Spike rolled his eyes muttering as he entered the kitchen “Bookworms.” A couple of hours went by as the two read in silence. They were interrupted as Spike placed the food down on the table, Tom turned away from his books and approached the tale. The books hovering in the air around him, most of them half finished. It was a nice Caesar Salad, Tom levitated the fork into the air and taking slow carefully measured bites of food. Spike shook Twilight “You need to eat.” Tom chuckled as Twilight put her book down, joining him at the table. Twilight frowned “It is still surprising you can do that. I couldn’t do that until I was in my last year in school and even then I could only levitate three books at a time.” Tom frowned “Magic feels natural to me but if Discord tried to remove the fragment I once was from it’s prison, it’s possible that fragment tried to stop him by eating part of his magic. That could explain my power output as well as how I was able to avoid Luna’s attacks earlier.” Twilight’s eyes widened “Princess Luna attacked you, why!” Tom shook his head “Mum, calm down. I have got the feeling Discord hasn’t always been the most trustworthy of individuals and Luna deemed me a threat to everypony around us. She seems the type to nip a threat in the bud before it could bloom but Celestia stopped her before she could do anything rash.” Spike frowned “How about you finish eating, what happened has happened. I’m sure Celestia is giving her a proper reprimand.” The two unicorns returned to their food and afterwards they finished reading their books. Tom whispered to Spike before following Twilight to the bedroom “Could you teach me how to cook?” Spike whispered “Sure, I will be happy too.” Tom whispered “Thanks.” He then headed upstairs, following Twilight. Twilight took him into a small bathroom, she started heating up the water to the right temperature. Once the water was ready, Twilight helped him into the hot water. She then started rubbing soap into his coat, Twilight smiled “This was something my parents taught me. It is common for groups of friends to help clean each other in baths, one day you may have to teach this to your own foals.” Tom nodded “I see.” Shortly after the bath Twilight and Tom went to her bed. Twilight helped Tom into the bed, the two unicorns slowly dozing off into slumber. The next morning Tom awoke in, he felt warmth behind him. As his sleep addled brain started to process information, last night’s events came back to him. He slunk away from Twilight, slowly and quietly sneaking out of her room. As soon as he did, he saw Spike yawning. Spike blinked “Tom, your up early.” Tom nodded “I am but I thought that I could help you prepare breakfast.” Spike smiled “Follow me to thew kitchen then, just remember to grab a stool on the way. You will need one in order to be able to see the benchtop.” Tom nodded following Spike down the stairs. Spike grabbed his stool and Tom levitated one in after him. They both hopped on the stools, Spike got some eggs and out of the fridge “Tom could you kindly get me a bowl?” Tom nodded levitating a bowl over as Spike turned on the stovetop, Spike smiled “That will take a couple of minutes to heat up. Now watch.” He grabbed an egg and cracked it on the side of the bowl before pulling the eggshell open dropping the eggs’ contents into the bowl. Spike smiled “Now we just have to wait for the pan to heat up.” Tom frowned “Anything I should know about cooking?” Spike smiled “First rule, before you do any experimentation you must understand the basics of cooking. Once you do that, it makes experimentation easier because you know what works and what doesn’t.” Tom smiled “That’s good to know, thanks Spike.” Half an hour later the smell of coffee drew Twilight out of her bed, Tom caught her in his magic as she stumble down the stairs. He then levitated her over to the table. Tom whispered to Spike “Is Mum always like this?” Spike whispered “She is, it’s worse when she stays up late reading. I have to drag her to the coffee from her bed.” Tom turned to his mum to see she had just gulped down a mouthful of coffee, she yawned. After a she finished her coffee she turned to Tom “What do you want to do?” Tom frowned “I’m not sure what I wish to do. I suppose I could practice magic with you.” Twilight smiled “Of course, we can start after breakfast.” After they ate, Tom showed that his talent went beyond being a natural. Most spells that were written, he was able to pick up with minutes. Twilight frowned as Tom teleported around the room “You are very capable for a foal your age. Too capable. My talent is magic and I didn’t learn how to do it that fast.” Tom frowned “This could because my past self was already a talented magician, part of that memory is ingrained in me subconsciously. It doesn't help my pool of magic is unusually large, I can feel so much power I’m actually unsure of how to use of all of it. It’s terrifying.” Discord then materialised himself “Well your soul fragment stole quite a bit of my power, I don’t have that much left in the tank right now. I took a nap after I returned form the last time we talked, I haven’t been this drained since when I tried to create my own universe when I was little.” Twilight frowned “Did you succeed?’ Discord chuckled “I wish, I didn’t even come close.” He then frowned “I haven’t tried again since, I have been too scared to.” Discord then vanished as fast as he came. Tom shrugged “Well that was interesting.” Twilight nodded “I’m surprised he hasn’t cause any disruption, yet again if he is as drained as he claims he might leave us alone for awhile.” Their conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door. Author's Note I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 4: SchoolTom watched as Twilight opened the door only to see a cerise mare with mane that was two tones of light pink. The three smiling flowers on her flanks was quite strange to the colt. Twilight smiled “Miss Cheerilee, it’s a pleasant surprise. I wasn't expecting you to visit.” Cheerilee smiled “I am here to speak with you about Tom attending the School, it would help bond other foals his own age. The Crusaders informed me about his presence here.” Twilight smiled “Come in.” Cheerilee joined the other two ponies in the room at the table, she smiled “So Tom Riddle was it. I am here to learn what you know.” Tom frowned “I don’t know much, just what I have read today and a bit of magic practice. I am a largely clean slate.” Cheerilee nodded “I see, then you will have a lot to catch up on. I believe that Twilight will be able to help you catch up. There are plenty of books in the Library on all the topics I teach.” Tom smiled “When would I be able to start.” Cheerilee smiled “Officially tomorrow but today we can do an orientation. Help you to get to know your classmates before you attend proper classes.” Tom turned to Twilight, she smiled at him “I think it would do you some good to meet some foals at around your age group.” Tom turned to Cheerilee and nodded. Cheerilee guided him out of the door, he waved to his mum as he left. Twilight waved back with a smile. Cheerilee smiled as guided him through the town, he saw Applejack at one of the stalls. He raised an eyebrow as he saw a rainbow tail hanging over the side of a cloud. Tom frowned as they approached the school, two fillies were staring at him. One with magenta coat and the other with a dark silver coat. The first had a tiara on her flanks as well as her head and the other had a silver spoon on her flanks. Soon Cheerilee let him into the school house to fill out some paperwork, after that was done she smiled “Go and hang out with some of the foals outside. I need to fill in some gaps from my side and then file your forms.” Tom smiled “Yes, Miss Cheerilee.” Tom left the schoolhouse to see the two fillies from earlier approaching him. He noticed the one wearing the Tiara approached him first, the other behind her “I am Diamond Tiara and this is Silver Spoon, I hear you’re the new colt in the school and a blank flank no less.” Tom raised an eyebrow down at the tow fillies “What do you two want from me?’ Diamond Tiara smirked “We are just here to inform you that we are the top fillies here. You do understand that don’t you?” Tom shrugged “It doesn’t matter to me who’s in charge here, besides we are too young to care about that kind of thing.” He realised that he was taller than most of the foals around him including the Crusaders and then ones in front of him. He frowned “How old are you anyway?” Silver Spoon glared at him “We are eight! Still hasn’t anypony told you it is rude to ask a lady their age!” Tom frowned “Answer to your first, no and second you two aren’t ladies. Besides I am ten and have no interest in being told what to do by those younger than me.” His horn lit up with a dark green aura before disappearing in a flash of light. Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle jumped as he appeared beside them, Tom rubbed the back of his head “Twilight taught me how to teleport.” Sweetie Belle pouted “You can teleport on your first day of magic training and I still can’t levitate anything larger than an empty box half my size.” Tom smiled “I am not exactly from here and I technically was once part another being who had a formal magical education. In a weird way this is my second life, one I will make use of better than I did the first time. Even if I can’t remember my first life. So it does come easier, even if the memories aren’t there it feels easier to do magic.” Apple Bloom frowned “Ah think Ah get it.” Scootaloo frowned “Ah don’t.” Sweetie Belle gave Tom a small smile “That makes me feel a bit better, thanks.” Two friendly voices come from behind them “Hi.” Tom turned around to see a lanky colt carrying a camera and a colt with brownish patches across his light coat trotting over. The colt with the brown patches smiled “I’m Pipsqueak and this is Featherweight, we wondering if you four wanted to play some tag with us?” Tom blinked “What’s Tag?” Featherweight looked at him like her grew another head “You don’t know what tag is?” Apple Bloom rubbed the back of her head “He doesn’t have any memories since he arrived a couple of days ago. Still can we show him what tag is, then he can join in when he’s ready.” Tom watched as the three fillies and Featherweight were running away from Pipsqueak. Tom was enjoying watching, observing how the others moved. After an hour he decided to give it a try. He ran over to the group, Apple Bloom who was now chasing the others saw him and beelined for him. He started to gallop away from Apple Bloom. He was able to keep his distance but Apple Bloom was persistent, always just a couple hooves behind him. Apple Bloom smirked “Ya are pretty fast Tom but ya can’t outrun me.” Tom reacted almost on instinct, he leapt forward onto his front hooves. He then pushed back leaping over Apple Bloom landing on his hind legs. Apple Bloom skidded to a halt, turning around galloping at him. He leapt sideways, using bipedal motion he was able to keep a distance from Apple Bloom by taking tighter turns. Eventually Apple Bloom decided to go for Scootaloo instead who was closer. Tom decided to take a breather, being chased was fun but exhausting. Author's Note Now the next chapter will be about something else, an interlude of sorts.
Interlude 1In the world where Tom had come from, Molly Weasley was in the kitchen when she heard an explosion. She ran out only to see her twin sons Fred and George sitting there stunned, smoke on their faces. Molly frowned “What happened?” Fred turned to George “It appears that….” George finished “...Ginny got into our pranking supplies.” Molly heard Ginny giggling to herself up the stairs. Molly shouted “Ginny, get down here!” She frowned as she saw a saw a sheepish Ginny carrying a couple of Bombtastic Bombs. She shook her head “Ginny, those are your brother’s not yours and are dangerous. Not to mention it is not a ladylike thing to do to play pranks and cause mischief.” Ginny complained “I have said multiple times that I don’t want to be a lady.” Molly took a deep breath “I believe that is a poor choice but I’ll drop that.” She then looked at Ginny with a frown “Detonating an explosive in the house is highly irresponsible, you are grounded for the rest of the week. You are going to attend Hogwarts soon and you need to set a better example for your little brother.” Ginny pouted as she headed up to her room. Meanwhile far from the Weasleys, Harry Potter groans as he feels someone poking his face. He sits up to look at twin sister, Hailey. She was wearing a sky blue dress and a pair of matching heels, clothes that Aunt Petunia instead she wear.Hailey whispered “We need to go start on breakfast before uncle comes.” Harry and Hailey head down the stairs and started making breakfast for the others. By the time they finished making the plate for everyone, their horsefaced Aunt Petunia, their big beefy Uncle Vernon and their very overweight cousin Dudley entered the kitchen. Their Aunt and Uncle ignored them completely, Dudley however glared at them. They made themselves a smaller portion and took their seats at the table. Petunia asked them “How is school going?” Hailey commented “We’re getting pretty good grades.” Petunia smiled “Good.” Vernon was trying to ignore their presence at the table, what bothered Harry was that Dudley was glaring at Hailey. Usually he glared at him, which resulted in him being beaten by Dudley and his Gang. At the end of such beatings, Hailey had to carry him home as he was unable to stand. After their meal Petunia took Hailey into a room and started brushing her hair, Petunia smiled as she brushed Hailey’s messy long hair placing it in a simple ponytail. After that that they got ready and headed to school. While their time at school was fairly uneventful, they had noticed that Piers Polkiss, Dennis, Gordon and Malcolm were all together. They knew them as Dudley’s Gang but Dudley wasn’t with them. Harry asked Hailey “Any idea where our cousin is?” Hailey shook her head “No idea.” The fact that Dudley’s gang looked at them with worry rather than the usual contempt was very concerning. They had to be extra careful on the way back home. They tried to sneak through the local park, hoping to avoid him in the trees. Much to their surprise Dudley was there and saw them. Dudley made a beeline for Harry, Hailey got tried to get in the way but Dudley turned around punching in the jaw sending her reeling backwards. He then punched Harry in the gut, Harry gasped as he collapsed to the ground. Dudley then turned to Hailey who was still recovering from the punch. He stormed over to her and pinned her to the ground by the neck. She kicked him in the gut, causing him to stagger backwards. She forced herself to her feet, she then raised her hands preparing to fight him. He looked at her and back to Harry, he backed over to Harry and put his boot on his head “You go over to that tree, turned around and don’t move or I will crush his head.” Hailey looked at Harry and sighed “Fine.” She muttered to herself as she faced the tree, Dudley dragged Harry over to the Tree. Hailey heard his approach but didn’t turn around, he then put hand on her shoulder she turned around only to see that his pants were laying on the ground. Before she could say another word he ripped her dress off, he then pulled off her panties. She tried to kick him but he was too close. Hailey let out a shriek of pain as Dudley roughly shoved his slimy dick between her legs. Tears started to form in her eyes as Dudley kept going, her cried of pain were muffled by the Dudley’s fat hand. Hailey screamed as she felt something sticky liquid filling her insides. Dudley wicked smirk as he looked like her was going to continue, he suddenly flinched from a n impact sending him falling forward sending himself and Hailey to the ground. The last thing Hailey saw before she blacked out was Piers Polkiss standing over her. Hailey awoke in her bed, her distraught Aunt Petunia sitting next to the bed. She could hear Uncle Vernon shouting up a storm, louder than any he had to them when she or Harry mentioned anything involving magic. She sat up and Petunia looked up, leaping over to her wrapping her in a hug “I’m so sorry!” Hailey shook her head “It’s not your fault Auntie.” The door opened as four people entered the building, Piers Polkiss sighed “This is our fault, we went along with his plans. He started getting jealous of you two for the attention you were taking away from him, that was what led to his escalating violence towards your brother. We should have said something. I am going with him.” Hailey blinked in confusion “Going where?” Petunia frowned “I am sending Dudley to boarding school, I have been remiss in disciplining him. I hope when he returns his behaviour is corrected.” Hailey winced as she tired to stand “Where’s Harry?” Petunia smiled “He is sleeping in Dudley’s room. You should try to rest, we will handle everything.” Hailey laid back down, she laid down and tried to sleep as best she could. Author's Note This was originally just going to be a chapter to show a few minor changes but it turned into more. This bit will have some ramifications later on.
Chapter 5: SurpriseIt had been a week of attending the school for Tom Riddle and the Crusaders had finally stopped being grounded. He decided to head to Sweet Apple Acres to meet up with Apple Bloom, as he did so he noticed the clouds shifting around rapidly in the glow of magic. He lit up his horn creating a shield around him, to protect himself from the harsh weather. We he arrives on the farm he blinks as he sees Pinkie Pie working on the farm, Apple Bloom galloped over to him “Ah have no idea where mah sister is and Pinkie Pie is trying to do Applejack’s job. She even has my sister’s cutie mark!” Tom frowned “Mum must have cast some spell by mistake. We need to figure out what she did before somepony gets hurt.” Apple Bloom nodded “That would be good, Twilight is prone to panic when she makes a mistake and we don’t have any time to waste.” Tom smiled “I’ll teleport us, just close your eyes and don’t move. It make easier to avoid becoming dizzy from the transit.” Apple Bloom closed her eyes and Tom teleported them to the library. Spike was cleaning up the library, Tom frowned “Have you seen Mum?” Spike frowned “She went out a few minutes ago.” Tom walked over to the scroll on the table and read in his head. Tom facehooved “Mum cast a spell by accident and switched her friends Cutie Marks.” Twilight burst in panic evident on her face Tom galloped over “Mum, take a deep breath.” After she calmed down, he continued “Now listen that spell you cast last night by reading it is responsible.” As the panic began return to his mum’s face “Oh no, I…” Tom poked her in the chest “They are your friends Mum, don’t panic and remember that. Remember who they are and you can fix this. I believe in you.” Twilight nodded “Thank you Tom.” Tom nodded “It’s not a problem.” As Twilight galloped out with Elements, Tom turned to Apple Bloom “Mum needs some lessons in adaptability, she panics too often. Especially when she has made a mistake.” Apple Bloom nodded “I agree but we should get to school. Class will start soon.” Tom nodded, the two foals galloped to the school. On their way to the school they bumped into Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. Scootaloo smiled “Because of everything going on around town, School is out for the day.” Sweetie Belle smiled “It mean we can go crusading!” Tom pulled out of one of his saddlebags “Do you want to learn magic?” Apple Bloom turned to him and the book “Pegasi and Earth Ponies can’t learn spells, our magic is natural. I thought you knew that?” Tom smirked as he showed her the book which read Light and Dark Magic Basics for Unicorns, Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Thestrals. Tom smiled “Unlike most of the books I have been reading, from what I skimmed of it’s contents it is extremely simple.” Apple Bloom took a look as Tom placed the book on the dry grass “Light Magic is fueled by positive while Dark Magic requires you to command it into action. As long as you can do this, all the spells in this book are possible for you to use.” Tom stood up on his hind legs “I practised the first two a bit so you three could know what to do.” Tom waved his front legs around as a two orbs of light flowed through the air, they flowed around him surfing over his body. The three fillies watched as he danced, his movements fluid. The orbs then shifted to a dark purple, his movements shifted become fierce and rapid as he commanded the orbs with great ferocity. Scootaloo shouted “That’s awesome! Can I learn!” Tom nodded “All you three can but it will take you more than a day for you to learn it. The dark part came easily to me but the light part took me several days. I am more suited to the dark side than the light but having a balance is more important than raw power. Read about the spells and what they do before trying them.” Tom watched on as the three fillies practised the first two spells. The two were easily able to master the light spell, Tom was envious of that fact but hen they tried the dark spell they struggled. He had to step in to take control of the spell several times. At the end of the day he took the book with him. He arrived back at the library only to here a crashing sound, he blinked in confusion as he saw Twilight laying on the floor wing splayed out. He raised an eyebrow “Where did you get those wings?” Twilight explained everything to him, Tom frowned “You’re an Alicorn now. Does this mean you will live as long as the Princesses do?” Twilight’s looked at him as the realisation dawned on her, tears started to form in her eyes “I’m going to outlive my friends, I’m going to outlive you…” Tom poked her “Mum, don’t dwell on the future. Instead enjoy the time with your friends as much as possible. Form plenty of good memories. Make use of the time you do have with us, all of us and never forget them.” Twilight started to dry her tears “Thank you son.” Tom gave her a hug, Spike watched on from the kitchen with a smile. He returned to the kitchen, ready to make them a late lunch. Author's Note I'm sorry if this chapter isn't very good, my motivation has been low for everything lately.
Chapter 6: FudgeA portly little man with rumpled grey hair was staring at his mirror. He put on his lime green bowler hat, he sighed. He stepped into his fireplace and threw the ashes down “Ministry for Magic.” He walked out of the fire, a man at the entry to the main area of the ministry held his hand out “Minister Fudge, may we hold onto your wand while your inside.” Fudge smiled “Of course my good sir.” Fudge gave the wizard his wand, he shook his head. He never wanted this job. Lucius was an incredible thorn in his side and the less to be said about his Undersecretary the better. Playing the fool was hard and today he had no intention of playing the fool. As soon as he entered his office, Lucius was already standing there waiting outside. Fudge grimaced as he entered his office and took his seat. Lucius smirked “Fudge, the Auror Office is an unnecessary expense. The Dark Lord has been defeated.” Fudge frowned “Lucius, the Auror Office exists to maintain Law and Order. The ICW requires every nation to have such an office. Failure to do so would cause the ICW to seize control of the Ministry. I have covered for you quite a bit, and without me being in charge they will come down on you hard.” Lucius paled slightly “I see, thank your for you time Cornelius.” Fudge smirked as Lucius left, he wasn’t very good at being a Slytherin. Fudge had been very good at that, he had worked hard in his youth. He had a perfect record, outstanding in all of his NEWTs but due to being a half-blood he was treated as lesser wizard. Fudge had feigned incompetence to avoid the notice of purebloods and got a cushy job in the ministry. Becoming Minster for Magic threw his plan for a loop but Lucius was an easy pawn to play. He took his bribes which were quite large in exchange for passing laws that cut the budget for Aurors while anonymously donating the bribes to Auror Office so they could continue to run as effectively as they did before. Fudge shook his head as he took a seat at his desk, he took sorted through the papers when he came across a multiple page document. It had multiple stamps on the front page that he recognised, he stood up immediately and bolted out of his office, pausing only to lock the door behind him. Fudge stormed through the ministry with the paper in his hands. He burst into the office of Amelia Bones, slamming the paper on her desk. He looked at her with a grave expression “We need to something about this now.” Amelia Bones eyed him carefully, this was the first time the minister had visited her office and he was usually jovial when she met him. The expression on his face didn’t bode well. She picked up the paper and read it, her eyes narrowing as she read the document “So Sirius has yet to receive his trial after a decade.” Fudge nodded “We will correct the oversight immediately. We will head to Azkaban and get him his trial, the paperwork can be filled out later.” He then frowned “I will go personally. It would make other suspicious if you were to leave.” Amelia nodded “Use my personal floo, it will be faster.” Fudge nodded, stepping into the floo. He appeared in a small building with three aurors playing card at their desk. They turned to him “Forgive us Minister.” Fudge chuckled “Between you and me, if someone was able to get past the Dementors then you probably couldn’t do that much anyway.” He then scowled “Sirius Black needs to have his trial.” He stormed out of the building, pulling out his wand. He winced as he felt the unnaturally cold air surrounded the area. Fudge pulled out his wand and without a word, his wand created a fearsome glowing white snake that slithered along the ground beside him as he walked up the stairs. The snake lashed out at any Dementor that got too close. The made his way to Sirius Black’s cell, he man in the cell looked like a corpse but despite his incarceration he forced himself to his feet. He approached the cell door “Am I finally getting my trial?” Fudge’s wand glowed “Yes, you are getting your trial today. Ten years overdue as well.” He took Sirius out of the prison, several prisoners shouting at him as they went. He then took Sirius through the flew network to Amelia's office. Ten minutes later Fudge was in the office, his undersecretary Dolores was underneath him. Dumbledore was in his spot as Chief Warlock. The two wizarding political parties were on both sides, Amelia Bones was standing there. Lucius was commanding the Pureblood Champions party as he called it. Lucius frowned “Why have you called us here Minister Fudge?” Fudge frowned “After ten years of bouncing around the request for the trial of Sirius Black ended up on my desk. I’m sure both sides can agree that leaving someone locked up in Azkaban for ten years without trial is unacceptable.” He then turned to Malfoy “Your party should be involved to, Sirius Black is a pureblood and if this applies to him then it applies to all of you as well.” Lucius stiffened. Amelia Bones then interjected “Let’s get the trial underway.” A cage emerged from the bottom, Sirius Black bound within. Amelia Bones nodded to Fudge, Fudge looked around with a smile “Here we are to correct an injustice.” He then turned to Sirius “The accusation against you is of the murder of several muggles, the murder of Peter Pettigrew and the betrayal of Lilly and James Potter. What do you have to say in your defense.” Sirius nodded his eyes firmly fixated on Fudge “I swear on my life and magic that I did not betray Lilly and James Potter nor murder nay muggles that day. Peter Pettigrew was the one who betrayed James and Lilly Potter.” The room glowed as a surge of magic filled the room and then silence. Fudge nodded “I see. You are free to go. Still one final question, how did he escape.” Sirius frowned “He was an Animagus like me, we were both unregistered.” Lucius stood up “He just admitted to be an unregistered Animagus, that is a crime.” Fudge glared at Lucius “Sit down, that is not part of this trial. Also that is a crime punished with a fine, not Azkaban. Furthermore as an act of good will for his false incarceration in Azkaban I will wave the fine and provide him with the paperwork to fill his registration.” With that the trial was finished as quickly as it had started. Author's Note I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
