AN: Hey guys! It has taken me a while to pluck up the courage to publish this story because I'm worried about what you guys will think. It is completely AU and has mostly characters I have made up myself a few of them will have the same names as existing characters in Rowling's universe and some are characters from 1942 for example Winky Crockett was an actual student at Hogwarts with Tom Riddle. It also focuses mostly on a character of my own creation. I hope you enjoy it.

I really, really want you guys to review. Whether you like it or not but please do not flame if you don't.

Love at First Sight

Chapter 1

It was an ordinary morning, nearing the start of August. Students from Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, living all across the United Kingdom were waiting for the post, in which they would find a letter from their school which will inform them on the items needed for each individual student for the fourth-coming academic year - text books, cauldrons, etc. They would arrive via owl post. At the Crouch residence the whole family sat around the breakfast table, waiting intently. Their post owl - Larry - appeared on the ledge outside the window.

"I'll get it!" Shrieked the scrawny little boy, who was perched on stool, next to a frail little old lady. He ran to the window, climbed on the window bench and nudged it open, Larry hopped in and the boy ripped the envelope from Larry's mouth. He ran straight to his mother's side and delivered the envelope to the table in front of her. She opened it and squealed with excitement.

"You got in Benny!" She hugged her son tightly and passed her other two children their Hogwarts letters. They were sat beside one another, sarcastically whispering 'great' in sync. The mother stood and walked into the kitchen to make a start on breakfast. The two older children, Evelyn also known as Evie (16) and Barty (18), opened their letters to find the usual list of school supplies.

"I'm going to write to Tom. Ask when he wants to go to Diagon Alley." Evie announced, rising from the table. Her father stood in an instant.

"You will do no such thing young lady. You will stay here until breakfast is over and then we are going to Diagon Alley as a family. You see enough of that retched boy at school. Now sit back down, this instant!" Her father demanded causing silence throughout the dining room and kitchen. Evie sat straight back down. Barty let out a snigger gleefully but stopped due to his father shooting him a rather fatal glare.

"What's it like at Hogwarts?" Benny asked excitement in his tiny, high pitched voice.

After breakfast the Crouch family stood in front of the living room fireplace. It was connected to the floo network. Mr Crouch stepped into the fireplace, took a handful of floo powder and pronounced very clearly 'DIAGON ALLEY' dropped the floo powder and disappeared in emerald green flames.

"You know Tom is going to be really moody with me in September... again. All because dad never lets me write to him. I mean he has like, nearly nobody, he has no family." Evie whispered to Barty as their mother ushered Benny into the fireplace and the two disappeared behind the flames.

"I know you like Tom but he is a bit strange, isn't he? I mean apart from you, Evan Rosier and Zacharias Lestrange he doesn't talk to anyone. I think dad's right. I think you should keep your distance from Tom." Barty said thoughtfully, looking out for his little sister, his only sister.

"Who's side are you on?" Evie shouted before entering the fireplace and disappearing. Barty and their grandparents followed her lead and they all arrived in the Leaky Cauldron fireplace.

"Come on Benny let's go and get your first wand from Ollivander's" Mrs Crouch said leaving Evie and Barty to get their own supplies. Evie was about to say something but Barty saw a friend of his - Maxine Yaxley - and he left Evie alone.

"Stay out of trouble and away from Tom." Barty's parting words to his sister.

"Why do you want her to stay away from Tom?" Maxine asked Barty but he shrugged it off like he didn't hear her. Evie exited the Leaky Cauldron onto the busy London road; she followed the road until she approached an orphanage, the orphanage she knew Tom lived in. She entered and saw a desk with a lady sitting behind it. Evie immediately walked towards her and cleared her throat.

"Excuse me? Can I see Tom Riddle please." She asked the lady who beamed delightfully at the question.

"Of course. Follow me." The lady said and led her all the way to Tom's room before leaving her at the door. She knocked on the open door and Tom looked up abruptly.

"Evie? What are you doing here?" He asked, stunned to see her standing at his door. He got up from his bed and walked towards her. She hugged him as soon as he was within reaching distance. A few other orphans walked past at that moment and jeered at Tom and made snide remarks. 'Oh look Tommy's got himself a girlfriend'. Evie shot them all evil glares and they shuffled away quickly.

"You live with some idiots." Evie said with a giggle but Tom looked very serious.

"Why haven't you been writing?" He asked angrily as they entered the room further.

"My dad won't let me" Evie said taking a worried step away from Tom but he closed the door behind her, causing her to back away into it.

"Why won't he let you? Have you led him to believe I am no good?" Tom demanded moving towards her. She tried to move away from him but he pinned her against the door. She then attempted to push him away from her but he grabbed both her wrists rather tightly, they were beginning to bruise.

"T-Tom you're hurting me. I don't know why he won't let me." Evie was starting to get really scared; she had never been scared of Tom before. She could feel his ice cold breath on her trembling face.

"Are you scared of me?" Tom whispered, suddenly aware of her trembling. He had inner joy; he had finally caused her to be scared of him. She was always the only one at school that wasn't.

"It's ok. Do you want to go to Diagon Alley?" Evie breathed, recovering quickly from the fright. She just watched him as he walked back to his bed and slumped onto it.

"What's the point? I don't have any gold." Tom said coolly. Evie sat next to Tom to try and comfort him. He put an arm around her and she lay her head on his shoulder. The door flew open with a loud bang on the wall causing the two to jump.