Chapter one

It was the opening of the new school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Tom Riddle the newly appointed head boy sat at Slytherine table as the first years were being sorted. Sorting really bores Tom, he's been witnessing sorting of the new dimwitted students in school for almost seven years. He lazily clapped as the last student Lezzy Verdure was sorted in Slytherine.

Tom saw Headmaster Dippet stands up from the staff table and now silencing the chatter in the crowd. It took him five minutes to silence the crowd. Tom snickered at this, if it was him it would only take a seconds. Just one deathly glare from him would do the trick.

The chatter had died and now Dippet was staring his yearly opening remarks.

"To the new students welcome to Hogwarts and to the old students, welcome back!Tonight will mark as the start of a new journey and I hope we all enjoy our stay here!" Dippet's voice boomed in the hall. "And this year we have new elected head students. I would like you all to meet our headgirl, Ms. Luna Lovegood from Ravenclaw!"

There was a polite applause from the crowd.

"And this year's headboy is Mr. Tom Riddle!"

There was a loud cheers coming from her housemates. A sneer from Gryffindors and a giggles from most all of the girls which makes Tom want to gag. Tom hates the girls in this school who was more interested in getting his attention than their studies. They infuriate Tom. But he had to make his gentleman and polite facade. He had to smile to them, acknowledge their presence. He had to endure their existence.

Headmaster Dippet was about to continue his speech when they hear a loud crack. And then for the first time, Tom was betrayed by his emotions. His mouth hang open as a girl suddenly appeared on his lap. But not just an ordinary girl, the girl was unconscious and was soaked in blood!

The students from Slytherine who was directly sitting from suddenly sprung from their seats. And most girls cry out of fear.

Tom was about to move the girl off from his lap when he heard Dumbledore's voice.

"No Tom, don't move her."

Tom nodded as he saw Dumbledore and Dippet approaching him. They stop in front of him, Dumbledore vanished the Slytherine's table leaving Tom sitting on his chair while the mysterious girl was still on his lap. Dumbledore kneeled in front of Tom and inspected the girl.

"She's alive." Dumbledore told Dippet who was standing behind Tom. "Tom, can you carry her to Hospital wing?"

Tom nodded. He lifted the girl from his lap and carried out of the great hall. He was now walking in the corridors, Dumbledore and Dippet was following him. He took a glimpse at the girl he was carrying. Her head was now resting on her chest, she had a big gash on her forehead and her lips are swollen and blood is oozing from her mouth. He also noticed that the girl had a contusion in her left eyes.

He heard the girl moaned unintelligible. They were now at the hospital wing's door. Tom was about to kick the door but Dumbledore quickly opened it using his wand. Tom mouthed a thank you at Dumbledore.

As he entered, he settled the girl in the nearest bed. Dumbledore and Dippet was now surrounding the girl. Then in a moment, Madame Pomphrey's private room banged open and the Matron came running towards them.

"Headmaster, Professor the school year just opened but here you are carrying students to the hospital?" Madame Pomphrey said sceptically

"She is not a student Poppy." Dippet said

"Then who?" Madame Pomphrey took a look at the girl lying on the bed. "Oh Merlin, what happened to her?"

Dumbledore shook his head. "We don't know. Just heal her and I guess she needs a bottles of blood replenishing potions."

Madame Pomphrey nodded and summoned five vials of blood replenishing potions.

"Mr. Riddle, can you support the lady to sit for her to drink this potion?" Madame Pomphrey asked Tom.

"Yes madame!" Tom said and positioned himself behing the girl. He lifted the girl up into sitting position and he let Madame Pomphrey pours the five vials of potions into the girls mouth. The girl made a gagging sound as she swallowed the potion.

"You can let her lie now." The Matron said to Tom

Madame Pomphrey took her wand out from her pocket and chanted a healing spell at the girls face. Blue lights emanates from her wand and shot directly to the girls wounds. Slowly the girls wounds heals and there was no indications of previous gashes.

"Gentlemen,I need you all to turn around. I need to strip down her dress so I can perform a diagnostic test on her."

Tom turned around and so did Headmaster Dippet and Professor Dumbledore. Tom heard as the Matron vanishes the girls dress and she cried of indignation. Then she chanted some complicated healing spells. She heard the girl groaned maybe from pain. After some time, the matron let them turn around. Tom saw the girl was now wearing a hospital gown.

"Is she fine?" Dippet asked the Matron

"She will be," Madame Pomphrey said. " She was tortured for we don't know how long. Her intestine was tangled by some dark magic and she has the symptom of a person who was under the cruciatus for a long time."

Headmaster Dippet sighed. "Who could have done this to her? And how did she just appeared from out of nowhere?"

"I myself don't know how it happened Headmaster." Dumbledore said, "The school was supposed to be protected by anti apparition charm."

Tom listened as Dumbledore and Dippet keep on talking. He heard the girl groaned and he saw the girl was trying to open her eyes. Dumbledore, Dippet and Madame Pomphrey was busy arguing about the girl so they didn't notice the girl was trying to wake up.

Tom saunter near the girl's bed. And he saw the girl was fully awake now, her eyes are wide open as she saw him.

This time, Tom called the attention of the Professors. "Professors, I think she's now awake!" Tom said abruptly

Dumbledore, Dippet and Madame Pomphrey suddenly sauntered themselves beside the girl's bed.

"Hello my dear, how are feeling?" Madame Pomphrey said gently with a gleam on her eyes.