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The Potter family was known as the most harmonious family. This family consisted of Lord James Potter as the father, Lily Potter as the mother, and their three children. The first born’s Albus, the second child’s Harry, and the last child -and the only daughter in the family- is Ariana.

With the head auror as a father and the charm master as a mother, it was not surprising that their two sons and daughter’re also perfect.

But everything changed drastically when Ariana was six years old.

Ariana was seen practicing magic by a group of Muggle boys. When she was unable to show them how to reproduce the magic, they violently assaulted her.The attack left Ariana emotionally scarred and unable to control her magic.

Angry that the Muggle boys who attacked his daughter were not punished and only obliviated, James than sought revenge by attacked them. Because of this, he was sentenced to Azkaban for life. He refused to reveal the reason for the attack, since Ariana would have sent to St Mungo's if her condition was discovered, as it threatened the Statute of Secrecy.

To keep her daughter safe, Lily moved the family to Godric's Hollow. Ariana was secluded from the outside world and only her mother and brothers took care of her -especially Harry who is Ariana's favorite and always managed to calm Ariana even though Lily and Albus had failed.

Unfortunately, since Albus and Harry entered Hogwarts, only Lily was able to took care of Ariana all the time. Too tired in caring for Ariana alone for years made Lily's condition decline. That’s why, when Ariana lost control of her magic, Lily could not stop her daughter and Ariana’smagic explosion killed her.

Following his mother's passing, Albus then became Harry and Ariana guardian. Harry wanted to drop out so he could help his brother and sister. But Albus did not allow it, as he wanted his younger brother to complete his education. Despite that Harry still wanted to drop out after he saw how often Albus abandoned Ariana in order to dreaming of finding the Deathly Hallows and leading a revolution that would make Muggles subservient to wizards with his new friend and lover, Tom Marvolo Riddle.

One day, Harry and Albus had a big fight about Harry's future. In rage, Harry pointed out that Albus could not be the heroic leader of the revolution with Ariana in tow. Tom became furious and used the Cruciatus Curse on Harry. Albus certainly tried to protect his brother and suddenly a violent duel erupted between the threeboys. Ariana tried to help her brother, but couldn't due to her erratic abilities. In the ensuing chaos, Ariana was hit by a stray curse and died.

No one knew whose curse it was that killed Ariana, but Tom Riddle fled to Germany immediately, so did Albus. Blaming himself for Ariana’s death and because he did not dare to face his only remaining family, Albus then returned to Hogwarts as Professor of Transfiguration. As for Harry, no one knew where he disappeared after the unfortunate events.

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Years Later, Albus kept hearing rumors about Tom. He heard how Tom -now known as Lord Voldemort, the greatest Dark Lord ever- almost succeeded in conquering the whole of Europe with his army, the Death Eaters. He also heard how Tom uncovered the location and managed to seize the Elder Wand.

But the most disturbing rumor for Albus’s that there’re many eyewitnesses who claim that they often saw the Dark Lord accompanied by a young man with dark hair and Avada Kedavra eyes.

Albus knew there’s only one way to confirm the rumor. That’s by facing Lord Voldemort directly. However, Albus’s not sure if he able to face his former lover and brother -both in terms of the magical abilities and mentally- if the rumor’s indeed true.

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Tom knew exactly how risky an alliance is with Harry Potter. Not only he did not know what the main purpose Harry joined him -Well, Harry had already told him. But there's no way Tom would believe that Harry just wanted to use the Deathly Hallows to raise his sister from the death and not because he wanted to become the Master of Death- Tom also had to be on full alert if Harry suddenly betrayed him and tried to kill him to avenge his sister.

But Tom could not deny how beneficial it was to have Harry beside him.

Harry managed to make sure his follower’s image did not drop to the fall by ensuring that children and women were not ‘touched’ even though they were captive. Because Harry always took the time to help the wives and children of his followers, the followers could do their duty as much as possible. For a certain reason that even Tom himself was not sure, Harry's presence beside him had convinced the werewolves and the vampires to be willing to join him. Harry also managed to find the Elder Wand before Tom.

But no matter how useful Harry might be, he should not have made Tom out of England like this, for Salazar’s sake!

In contrast to what people thought -Harry’s included- Tom avoided England not because of Albus. Oke, maybe a part of it’s true. But that’s not because he still loves Albus, quite the contrary, Tom's crush on Albus had gone completely.

The real problem is the possibility that Albus could change Harry's mind if they met again.

Or, Harry would betray him, steal the Deathly Hallows, and run away after they won the invisible cloak from Albus.

In other words, dealing with Albus would end up losing Harry.

(And that's true, though not as Tom had imagined.)

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Harry felt pleased. One more Deathly Hallows and his ultimate dream would come true.

But at the same time Harry felt anxious and frightened and at the same time pleased.

How not? The invisible cloak, which is the last Deathly Hallows, is a family heritage and currently owned by his brother.

...He really did not want to face Albus.

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Finally the dispute is inevitable. Albus could no longer turn a blind eye to Tom and Harry's deeds, and tracked them. Albus lost the battle, and Harry grabbed his invisible cloack.

And that is when all hell broke loose.

Harry stunning Albus and Tom and then performed a ritual to summon the Death. But different from Tom's suspicion, Harry really did not want to be Master of Death.

What he really wanted was to resurrect Ariana, even though he had to exchange his life with his sister's life.

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The advantages of becoming Muggle Studies professor :

1. History should not be changed! So to avoid it, Harry chose the jobs that will not create an impression

(Who will remember the professor of the subject that never taken by most of the students?)

2. Muggle Studies professor were not as busy as another professor.

Since the subject wasn't popular, it meant the number of students was small.

Which meant Harry wouldn't need much time to grading paper, etc

And that’s a good thing because Harry could have more time to do research for a way back to his time.

3. That subject avoided by muggle sympathy pure-blood.

That’s mean Harry would rarely met Death Eaters candidates, especially the soon-to-be-Voldemort.

4. Can you imagine Tom Riddle’s reaction when he learned that the Muggle Studies professor proved to be much more powerful than the headmaster & even Dumbledore?

If that man's so powerful, why does he teach the most useless subject in Hogwarts?!

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Harry is a journalist fresh out of university. Despite his ridicule for the shallowness of the fashion industry, he gets a job as junior personal assistant to Tom Riddle, the editor-in-chief of Slytherin fashion magazine.

At first, Harry fumbles with his job and fits in poorly with his gossipy, fashion-conscious co-workers, especially Tom's senior assistant, Draco Malfoy. However, he does find an ally and help in art director, Cedric Diggory.

Harry gradually learns his responsibilities and begins to dress more stylishly to show his effort and commitment to the position.

Tom is impressed by Harry and allows him to be the one to bring the treasured "Book" (a mock-up of the upcoming edition) to his home. Because of that, Harry then met and became friends with Delphini, Tom’s lonely little daughter.

As Harry spends increasing amounts of time at Tom's beck and call (both for work and for personal matters, especially when it comes to Delphini), Harry slowly fell in love with Tom, much to his horror.

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Harry Potter never realized that his boyfriend, Tom Riddle, was a famous celebrity.

Well, It’s not his fault if he was too busy helping children to watch television and movies, nor browsing internet.

Yes, he had indeed seen Tom's face on billboards and movie posters, but he thought Tom only played a small role in the movie. His own boyfriend said so!

Tom, stop laughing! Why didn't you ever tell me-

Wait a minute, why didn't anyone tell me?

Tom?

Tom!?

That's it. You will sleep on the couch for a month, mister!

Don't give me that look. This is all your fault. You said I had to dress formally because we were going to dinner at a fancy place. The Oscars aren't a fancy dinner place, Tom!

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A school teacher was killed. Based on the results of the investigation, chief Inspector Harry Potter guessed that this murder is because the teacher know that the land used for the construction of school’s new buildings is toxic soil, which is the main cause children to fall ill.

Harry and his best friend, Inspector Ron, then visit the construction company concerned. They were greeted by the owner, Tom Riddle, who then convince them that he was not involved in this case because the perpetrator is the head of development project that turned out to have corrupted the building fund by buying up toxic soil that is much cheaper (The statement is further supported by the discovery of victims’ belongings in the head of development project’s locker).

Finally the murder case was successfully completed with the arrest of the head of development project that tried to escape. However, Harry did not feel that the case has been fully completed. Harry disturbed by the fact that the suspect wanted to escape not because he want to escape from the police but because he did not dare to take responsibility for his mistakes to Riddle. Riddle’s statement about fleeing abroad is not enough for the suspect and the flash of madness that appeared in his eyes bothered Harry too. Harry became suspicious that Tom Riddle is no ordinary man.

(The suspicion is right because Tom Riddle is actually the boss of the largest mafia group in Europe and now interested in Harry).