C53 Arrival of Guests

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The next morning, Tom woke up bright and early as usual. He didn't bother doing any of his exercises as he doesn't want to tire himself out before the Princes arrive. After eating breakfast prepared by the house-elves, Tom and Druella returned to the mirror dimension. Tom made sure to open the portal a good ways away from where they left. They also had their wands at the ready as they walked through. Who knows if Lord Rosier would try and ambush them as they entered.

When they arrived, they could see Druellas father sitting on the floor with an annoyed look on his face. He was still extremely sore from yesterday's torture and didn't sleep at all last night. He tried every bit of wandless magic that he knew in hopes of escaping. No matter what he tried, Royce couldn't budge himself from this awful place.

Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Lord Rosier has spent the entire night trying to find a way out. The best way he came up with was to use apparition, so he tried it over and over. With every failed attempt he would try again and again. This continued throughout the night. He even tried to put all of his magic reserves into one overpowered version of apparition. That didn't work either and now he's out of magic and extremely tire.

"Are you willing to serve me or what?" Tom says and he and Druella walk into the mirror dimension.

"No." He answers and doesn't even bother to stand.

"I am the heir to Slytherin, you know? Even if I am a half-blood, I've already taken control of the entire Slytherin house. I could just kill you and have Briar take over if I wanted." Tom says as he keeps his wand at the ready. He won't be caught off guard again that's for sure.

"It doesn't matter. When Lord Prince and his wife arrive they will hopefully kill you." He says with a taunting smile.

"Even if they do kill me, which they won't as I have control of the manors wards, you would be stuck here to starve for the rest of your very short life." Tom says as he looks at the man before him. "Are you sure you want that to happen?"

"Better I die here than ruin my family's name by serving a filthy half-blood." He says as he spits in Tom's direction.

"You do know that when you die Briar will take over, right? Are you going loopy from your night in solitude? It's only been a single night." Tom says as he looks at the spit that landed in his shoe.

After Tom said that, Lord Rosier refused to speak another word. Tom decided to just check on him once a day until he starved to death. If he doesn't accept Tom as his Lord, nothing can be done about it. Tom would feel slightly bad for his friend, but he plans to give the man as many chances as he can. If he can't see where the train is heading, then Tom can do nothing to sway his decision.

With a shrug, Tom leaves the mirror dimension along with Druella. He will check on Royce again tomorrow.

When the time finally came for the Princes to arrive, Tom made sure everything was in place. The Princes were late and didn't arrive until around 1 pm. They called through the floo and asked for passage into the manor. Tom had Francesca, Druella, and Briar waiting by the floo for the past hour. Tom was in the next room with Mimsy waiting patiently like everyone else. Everyone including Tom was starting to get annoyed with the Prince couples lateness.

When they finally called through the floo, Francesca welcomed them with open arms. Thankfully, the Princes didn't bring any other people with them. Just the Lord and Lady arrived as expected. The second they walked through the green flames of the fireplace, the family of three made pleasant conversation with the targets. Except for Druella, who is playing the part of the rebellious daughter.

As soon as the floo closed behind the Prince couple, Tom started activating the wards and setting some restrictions. The house was now in lockdown. No one was allowed in or out without Tom or Francesca's permission. The floo would not open. If someone were to try and walk outside, they would meet an invisible wall. Apparition was blocked as well, so no teleporting was allowed. Tom made sure there was no way out for the Princes.

"Hey, Frances. Where's your husband? Is he napping during the day again?" Lady Elena Prince says as she gives Francesca a quick hug.

"Yes, he wanted to get a quick one in before you arrived. You were late as usual so I decided to let him sleep a bit longer. He's washing up right now and should be down shortly." Francesca plays off her husband's absence beautifully.

"I apologize for our tardiness, but potions are a fickle craft and this one needs a bit more care than the rest." Lord Chester Prince says as he motioned toward a vial in his hand.

"May I see it? It's not every day that I get to see a vial of Veritaserum." Lady Rosier asked and he handed it over easily.

As the Prince and Rosier families were performing their greetings in the living room, Tom opened a portal to the mirror dimension on the floor in front of him. He made sure that the portal didn't lead anywhere near Lord Rosier.

With the portal on the floor, Tom took out his wand and aimed it slightly above it. He then willed the wards to teleport Lord Prince a few feet over the portal. The second Lord Prince appeared over the portal, Tom called out the disarming spell.

"Expelliarmus!" He said and the spell hit Lord Chester Prince in mid-air.

His wand goes flying into Tom's hand and poor Chester goes falling into the portal below. Once he fully enters the portal, Tom closes it behind him to prevent escape.

'Hopefully, he doesn't have a spare wand, but the disarming spell should have gotten it if he had one.' Tom thought as he turned to enter the living room.

Suddenly, while the Princes were being offered a seat, Chester Prince disappeared. His wife gasped in shock and on instinct pulled out her wand. As she pulled it out, the Rosier family did the same. She pointed her wand at her friend, Francesca while all three Rosiers pointed theirs at her.

"Place your wand on the ground. You're outnumbered three to one. Let's not do anything you'll regret." Druella says as she tries to calm the situation.

Seeing her situation, Lady Prince tries to apparate away but the wards block her from leaving.

"Why are you doing this?" Lady Elena says as she stares at her longtime friend in complete and utter betrayal.

"Don't blame her. She's just following orders." Tom says as he walks into the room and takes a seat on the sofa.

"Orders? Whose orders?" Elena asks in confusion.

"Mine, of course."