((Please read this all! Before this fanfiction starts to look like my immortal with how out of character it seems to get, I want to clear one thing up. The two women that he (Voldemort/Tom Riddle) seems to care for still has him in character, I can prove it, simply by how he reacted to Bellatrix's death in the last /book/. He obviously can feel some kind of emotion to those he bonds with..

WARNING: This is going to turn HP UPSIDE DOWN! Like most fanfictions do…. It's a complex story- it both adds characters that are hard to make melt into the original plot without changing some things, and characters that could have existed without problem but just not have been mentioned. Snape will be slightly changed- I am apologizing in advance- especially if you liked the Snape/Lily thing, I cannot pair them, because I feel like it's a bad pairing- not sure why…. So lets stop talking and begin!))

"Don't" Shayla Riddle, Toms younger sister by 3 years (will be explained later) pleaded with him.

"Why not?" the tip of his wand pressed to her throat, her emerald green eyes wide, and filling with tears, Shayla was /very/ pretty, almost creepily so. Full red lips, big green eyes that shined in even the dullest lights, long shiny black hair that fell down at her waist. Well endowed, with curves and skin as porcelain as a vampire.

She lifted her chin slightly, tremors running through her body. "I love you Tommy" was all she said, allowing her bangs to fall over her face to block the tears from his view.

"Shayla.." Tom started softly, nearly lowering his wand. "I- I l-l-l" he had a hard time saying it. "I love you too" he finally whispered "please understand I have too"

He closed his eyes and whispered a soft "Avada Kedavra" catching her small form before it hit the floor, and laying her on the bed kissing her forehead gently before turning and leaving.

"SHAYLA!" The dark lord hissed in parselmouth. Though he preferred to speak in parselmouth – he usually only used it when he was angry about something. Nagini stirred unhappily on his shoulders

A very small raven haired child walked into the room, barely 2, still stumbling a little as she walked and looking up at him with Blue-green eyes.

"Yes daddy?" she asked, she was scared of him sometimes- she hated when people yelled.

"Come here." She continued to walk, a little wobbly to him, stopping right in front of him.

"what did you do?"

she looked up at him, cutely, her hand going into her mouth as she spoke "mmph I pay-da…."
He stopped her and leaned forward, gently pulling her hand out of her mouth, and setting her on his lap

"restart please"

"nuffink"
"Nothing?" he asked in disbelief. "Shayla! Do /not/ lie to me!"

"I pwayed"

"With….." he was getting impatient

Her hand went back in her mouth again. "a mufflessf"

He sighed and held both her hands at her side. "a what?"

"mudbwud"

He squeezed her wrists in his hand, a little harder then he should have his eyes narrowing.

Shay winced and tried to pull her hands back "I'm sowwy!" she said instantly, tearful.

He let go of her wrists and caught a tear on his finger closing his eyes.

"TOM! GIVE IT BACK!" Shayla screamed at her big brother "ITS MY DOLLY!" \

"No, you can't have it, you know why? It's stupid- now come /on/ do something to it!"

"I can't! she's my baby!"

He sighed "You're hopeless Shay" he told her setting her doll down and turning his back to her.. "Goto bed"
She didn't move.

"Shay- goto bed."

"I can't" she replied softly.

"Why not?"

"I'm scared."

He sighed and turned onto his back, holding his arms open for her. She cuddled into his chest instantly with a small giggle. "Night Tommy!"

"Night munchkin" he replied tiredly.

He opened his eyes and gently kissed Shay's forehead. "Don't do it again princess" he himself was surprised at how this little child had changed him, just to herself, anyway. Around others he would never act like this… and other children didn't faze him. But the only regret he had was letting himself murder his baby sister. He didn't understand why himself, but she was important to him.

"tay daddy! Fank yew!" she hugged him tightly around the waist.

"No, don't go Tommy!"

"Shay I have to, I'll be back in the summer, I promise."

"No"

"What do you mean no?"

"You CAN'T!"

He opened his trunk as a joke, "be my guest"

She climbed into it "okay!"

He sighed "No- Shay you can't come!"

Dumbledore arrived to explain it to him, and to get him there, as the orphanage had no transportation.

"But I'll be alone here! With the mean kids!" she whimpered
Tom would have told her to threaten them with him, normally, but seeing as an adult was present he just hugged her. "Shay please"

Dumbledore turned his back to them, looking around the room, of course he did this on purpose.

Shay climbed into the trunk.
"get out" he whispered

"no"

"fine." He slammed it closed and picked it up.

"I lub yew"

"I love you too" he replied softly.

"Round 'n' round and neva stopss?"

"Yes…."

"Why are you bleeding?"

It had been Tom's second year away, and this time Shay hadn't snuck with him, she had been forced to stay at the orphanage, alone. He returned to his own room to see her sitting there on the bed, blood all over the place, her skirt bloodied up. Tears streaming down her face

"Shayla?" He set his things down and slowly approached her. "Shay?"

Shay didn't answer, she just stared at the wall, holding the fabric of her skirt down, he kneeled in front of her his eyes wide. "Shay I'm gonna help you, but you gotta tell me what happened"

"H-He-"

Toms eyes flashed "Who?"

She fell into tears, he slowly hugged her staring emotionlessly at the wall, rage slowly seeping to consume him

"Who Shay?"

She shook her head, and just snuggled into his chest.

"Are you still bleeding?"

"I don't know."

"Come on, we'll get you cleaned up"

'I-I can't walk"

He lifted her carefully, figuring it was the kid who ran the moment he stepped in the doorway of the orphanage

.

Shay had come with her daddy that night, that night /he/ became "the boy who lived".

Nagini had made sure to sneak her there, to see it, she lead Shay to the stairs and let her go up first, incase she fell so Gini could catch her, the best she could, to keep her from being harmed. Shay saw it happen, she saw her fathers body fall over and she stumbled to him, miraculously managing to not get hit by a thing when the house crumpled around her, she hugged him tightly "Daddy! GET UP! I WANNA GO HOME!"

Gini hissed and her body began to tremble as she became human from the waist up, her legs staying snake, and wrapped her arms tightly around Shay holding her. "No child."

"mummy! Tell daddy to get up"

"shhhh" she stared at the dark lords body, watching it begin to fade like it was never there, disappearing in thin air.

"mawmi"

"be quiet…." Voices, someone was in the house, Nagini hissed and her fangs shined in the light, she covered herself the best she could and slithered into a dark corner waiting for them to leave.

Dumbledore was the one who picked up the screaming child, but his eyes flickered to the corner of the room where Nagini was, and she hid Shay from view the best she could, coiling her tail around the small girl.

"and who might you be?" Dumbledore asked, his blue eyes were the same shade as Gini's were.

She couldn't speak English if she wanted to, she crossed her arms over her chest cocking her head to the side to show she didn't understand.

Dumbledore stared at her another moment before just leaving with Potter

"I should have never brought you here Sweetie" Nagini whispered

"itssakay I wont tell daddy"

Gini looked away from where the dark lord had been, and closed her eyes trying not to let it bother her. "we're going to go away for a little okay?"
"Mawmi where's daddy?"

"Hush…"

"Where are we?"

"It's called the chamber of secrets"

Shay gently touched the basilisk. "that's a big snake"

"indeed she is….."

Shay squirmed, Nagini was coiled around her gently, but firm enough to be protective, one eye opened and she stared at Shay

"What is it?"

"weiwd dweam"

"what happened?"

"guy wif black haiw and dere was a huuuge snake! And den- an' an' den a giwl wif black haiw- I wanna pet snake"

Gini's head lifted "A basilisk?"

"A biiig snakie dat daddy could wide"

"Go back to sleep Shay"

"I want daddy!"

Nagini nuzzled her softly "daddy isn't here sweetie"

"When will he be?"

"Not for a long long time…."