A/N: Welcome to the Slytherin House Fiction's newest addition! I'll be posting one shots for Tom sooner or later as I write this. A bit of background for this fic, so be on the lookout for them!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, the characters, or any of the situations that are factual or fictional according to Harry Potter. I do own Roselyn Selwyn. I am making no money from this, and doing it for my own enjoyment.
Prologue
Albus Dumbledore stared sadly at what was left of Hogwarts. Most would argue that as a portrait, he couldn't really feel or think for himself. He was meant to just be an impression upon the canvas but….he could feel. All the horror, the heartache, and the despair. It had been almost fifty years since the fall of Lord Voldemort by Harry Potter's wand, and there had been peace for twenty of those years. Peace that allowed Harry and all his friends to marry, have children, and make a life for themselves.
But that was all gone now. Muggles had found their world and in fear...all but eradicated it. Now there was nothing that could be done to save their race...the magical community. And it broke his heart. What could have changed that may have saved them all? Voldemort winning? Voldemort never existing? He knew Tom Riddle had ideas….plans for the world. He knew separating their worlds completely was one of Tom's ideas...and if the boy hadn't split his soul and lost himself to madness….he would have succeeded.
He heard a noise and looked up in shock as a small woman stumbled into what was left of his office. She was dirty, wearing an old, ragged robe. He could tell she was a wizarding child and for a moment he could place her...in Hufflepuff. Before the school had been forced to close a few years ago when she was only a third year. Now she was….older. A grown woman.
"Hello my dear," he said gravely.
The woman squeaked and jumped with wide eyes, gripping the edges of her robe. He smiled sadly.
"How are you….Roselyn was it?"
She bit her lip. "Yes sir….I'm sorry. I didn't know where else to go."
He nodded. "You are welcome here…"
As he looked at her, he could see that she was pretty. And a pureblood...or what was left of it. The world as they knew it was over. Maybe this is a sign...a sign to change things. He watched her, his mind trying to make the connections.
"Miss Selwyn?" he asked suddenly, "Could you look in that drawer over there...beneath what had been the Owl Perch. There should be a green time turner in there. Find it, and grab the papers beneath it before bringing it nearby. I must ask you to do something very selfless."
Rose blinked at him….but turned and did as he said. She found the time turner inside the drawer, buried under several years of papers and odds and ends. Something told her the drawer was enchanted to expand on the inside. It was a very old time turner….and larger than what she had imagined. There were no more time turners...only what had been in Professor Weasley's class in History. Well...mention of them anyways.
It was a deep iron color with shiny green sand inside the hourglass. It had several different rings….and if she looked closely, in latin it read days, weeks, months, years, and decades. Her eyes widened and she turned to the portrait.
"You...you're sending someone back in time, Headmaster?" she whispered.
"You my dear….you'll get a proper education….but before you go I want you to study as much as you can. I'll need you to slip into sixth year...make connections and also you will have a main mission."
"And what will that be, sir?"
"I want you to make the boy who couldn't love...fall in love with you."
A/N: So this is a new idea...and my muse is raging for it. It will be Tom Riddle x OFC. And I plan on making this as accurate to the 1940s as I can. It will have WWII, Grindelwald, old fashioned 1940s romance, and of course magic.
I will give you a heads up. I am a slow updater. I am in nursing school, but I am set to finally graduate in March. IT'S SO CLOSE GUYS!
I know I've abandoned stuff before...but only because I lost the muse and it wasn't far enough along for me to feel comfortable offering it to be adopted.
So without further ado, please review!
