Ch-13

August 12th, 1994

Dan-POV

Dan is very stressed and tired, for the past 3 days he had been surviving off such little sleep and having to deal with all these meetings during the day and night made it impossible to focus.

Then tonight he finally slipped up, he didn't do his nightly ritual of his alarms and wards for his meeting with Vox Machina. Don't get it wrong he loved talked with them they were all a well spring of amazing knowledge and were genuinely nice people to speak with.

He looked over to his undead minion that he bound to his service some days ago and it was also very useful as it actually has some intellect as it was once a Cleric to Anubis some 3,000 years ago.

Dan-"πήγαινε και ξεκουράσου, θα σε καλέσω αν σε χρειαστώ." With that his undead moved back into the portal he can through and left me with my wards and my meeting. "Percy, Vex let me introduce my ward and her friend Rose Potter and Hermione Granger. Two of the nosiest children I have ever met."

Vex who was trying and failing to hold in her giggles at the girls sheepish expressions, Percy calm and collected as always gave a polite smile.

Dan-"Now, it seems I have to end this meeting early Percy but I'll send over those kid books for your daughter soon." He then shifted his annoyed and tired gaze to the girls, "Sit….Down" he said in his best dad voice.

"What am I going to do you with the you two, Rose I gave you only 2 rules to follow, 2 that was it. You know I have an ludicrous amount of wards activate at night, and if you thought something was wrong you could have talked to me, Miss Granger I also expected better of you but I know how Rose can be."

Rose started to feel bad now as Dan was right this wasn't Hogwarts she actually trusted Dan, but some small part of herself was still frustrated for some reason like he didn't understand.

Dan then started to give her a weird look as her facial expression shifted rapidly and he silently cast detect thoughts. What he heard made him feel like a idiot and a terrible person, the voice of Voldemort ever so slightly so quiet he almost didn't hear it.

Dan's face then changed into a worried expression "Rose, I'm sorry for what I'm about to do but I didn't expect this to be a problem." With that he force fully dove into the deepest reaches of Roses mind, past the memories of Hogwarts, the Dursley's till he reached that faithful day in October.

Their he found it pulsing like a malignant tumor, the accidental soul shard of Tom Riddle, Where it screamed out not to trust anyone and how evil the world was.

Dan then shot out a bolt of Arcane lightning at the monstrous thing, it then let out a piercing screech and shifted the memory to have a number of death Eaters attack me.

Our numbered I let out a Physic Wail as I forced my own will on the memory having a pack of dogs rip into the death eaters.

With them occupied I sent out a bolt of Physic Energy to weaken the Shard as with it I was able to weaken it enough to remove the "Cursed Scar".

With him weakening I willed myself out of her mid and into my own, their I was able to see rose once again her scar bleeding a black sludge and I could hear that thing out hear now.

I then pored all of my Arcane power and with a deep guttural yell In Draconic ripped the shed from her skull.

Looking down at my hand I saw it pulsing with hatred, I then placed it in a arcane bubble to be or traded with as I knew some demons that would enjoy it taste.

Hermione looks at me in shock at what I had done and before she could even speak Rose came to.

Rose-"What...what happend, Wait what was that thing."

Dan-"Rose do you remember your first year when that shade of Voldemort attacked you, well it seems one of those things had attached it self to you. My Deathlock had said their was a corrupted soul in here and unless Hermione is secretly a necromancer I made a gut reaction which proved to be true."

Hermione-"Wait if Voldemort has been in her head this long what has he been doing to you."

Roses already white face lost any color at that point, Dan-"Ah, yes you should now find it easier to focus and even think without in your head. We will also be going to the Doctor in the morning to be safe but I think you will feel a lot better."

They both stayed in my office till midnight asking questions about what happens and what Voldemort did to her. Which boiled down to me having to explain that he had been whispering in her head to not trust and hate the world and to try and manipulate her into being a vessel for him to inhabit.

August 13th, 1994

I did take her to the local clinic to get checked out to be safe which they said she had mild case of malnutrition and put her on a regulated nutrition menu till they saw her once again.

After that it came the consequences of their actions, as while Voldemort had been influencing her she is still grounded.

During the visit my charges once again appeared as I had changed the world narrative by destroying the horcrux and alerting Rose their may be more.

For my charge I put one into DND Level 8 wizard, one more level till spell jammer ships and for mundane I put it into chemistry.