The Unexpected

Harry Potter isn't the Chosen One. No one's a Chosen One. The prophecy was never made. In fact, Voldemort doesn't exist. And Tom Marvolo Riddle, he understands love.

Chapter 1

"Tom, wait a minute!" yelled Serena Parkinson, a beautiful Slytherin girl.

Tom Marvolo Riddle looked back. "Oh come on, Serena! Come faster! I'm way ahead!" he yelled, grinning.

I should explain. Tom Marvolo Riddle is a boy who lived in an orphanage. He never knew anything about his parents. He was a wizard, and he was soon taken to Hogwarts, the School of Wizardry and Witchcraft. He was a Slytherin, and he had stunning looks. He had curly dark hair and dashing eyes. His best friend was Serena. No, they aren't dating. Tom couldn't understand why people would want to date their best friends. Serena was a Pureblood, and Tom was a Half-blood. And did I mention he was a Parselmouth as well? Serena had blonde hair which was almost like gold in the sunshine. They were friends since their first year at Hogwarts. This is a story of their fifth year.

Tom was gathering speed as he ran around the castle. The panting girl could never catch him.

"Tom Riddle! Wait!" Serena yelled, running after him. She stopped to take a deep breath. "I can't do this!" she said.

Tom walked over to her. "Aw Serena, that's too bad, isn't it?" he grinned.

Serena glared at him. He backtracked at once. "Um, shall we go to lunch then, malady?" he asked, still grinning.

"Tom!" Serena giggled. They held hands as they walked to the castle.

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After lunch, the two of them parted ways. Serena was going to go see her friend in Gryffindor, Riley Anderson. Tom, of course, didn't mind and was casually walking back to the Slytherin common room.

He sat down on one of the couches and stared at the fire. Moments later, Rochelle Zabini walked over.

"Hey, Tom!" she smiled brightly.

"Rochelle! Hey!" Tom smiled back at her.

"So where's Serena?" Rochelle asked.

"Taking a walk with that Riley girl."

"Oh, um, Tom?" Rochelle asked nervously.

"What?" Tom asked, his smile still in place.

"You know the, um, well, dance, that's coming up in fall?" Rochelle was shaking. "Ur, wouldyoupleasegowithme?"

"Pardon?" Tom asked politely – what a gentleman.

"Would you, um, like to, ur, please go with me?"

"I was thinking of asking Serena, but sure, we should go together," Tom said, smiling brighter than ever.

"Great," Rochelle smiled, blushing nervously. "Um, I'll see you, in a few weeks at the fall dance. Ur, bye, Tom!" She quickly ran away to tell all her friends.

Tom watched her telling her friends.

"Tom, HEY!" Tom turned around to look at Serena. "You're going with her?"

"How'd you know?" Tom asked.

"It's spreading around Hogwarts like Fiendfyre, Tom," Serena said, feeling incredibly grumpy. "I'll see you around, then." With that, he disappeared.

What did you think? Is it epic? Is it weird? Is it creeping up on you? Are you craving more? I've got plenty more stories for you! If you ship Jily – of course you do – I urge you to go check out my story, Fire to Ice. So anyways, I'm off to write more! See yah!