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Hermione Granger turned 8 years old when she got the news that the next door neighbors; the Miller's, were adopting a boy named Tom Riddle who was around the same age as her. To say the least, she was ecstatic, she would have a friend to play with. Hermione didn't have a lot of friends growing up because certain things would happen around her and it scare the people enough that they all knew to stay away from the freaky Granger girl.
You see, Hermione may look like a normal girl with big brown bushy uncontrollably curly hair and big front teeth but she and her parents knew Hermione was anything but normal. Her parents would frequently get complaints from the teachers complaining about the strange things that would happen and only when Hermione was around would it occur. It scared the children and even if they didn't admit it, it scared the teachers and even her parents. The last bit hurt her but she tried to not show it.
Nothing Hermione did worked, she tried to control it by counting to ten, when the teacher taught the students when they were mad or to take deep breaths, but it still didn't help her. It only happens when she was in danger, or when the other kids start to pick on her that something bad would happen. After the few times the kids started to pick on her they would trip over themselves and fall; usually ended up with a broken wrist or arm, or the swings would swing too high and go all around the bar and the child would fall out of the swing and get hurt.
The one that really scared everyone the most was the marry go round would spin too fast the kids would get thrown off, ending with having to go to the hospital because of it, a boy almost broke his neck once. The teachers couldn't prove it was her so she got to stay in school, but they watched her every move.
They looked at Hermione like she caused it, like she was the reason all this happens to what they claim to "innocent" children. If only they knew that the children were never innocent.
Hermione stared out her window and sighed with envy when she saw the other kids playing in the park. Hermione then had a thought come into her head, she would try her hardest to stop anything weird from happening.
No, this time Hermione will be on her best behavior even if the kids were mean to her, she'll just ignore them. Now that Tom Riddle was coming to live next door maybe she for once will have a friend. She just hoped nothing strange would happen and scare him away. Its not that she did it on purpose, it just happens, she had no control.
The next morning Hermione went downstairs to have breakfast with her parents, smelling the pancakes and bacon cooking on the stove top, Hermione's stomach started to growl, she loved her mom's cooking. She sat down at the table across from her father who was reading the newspaper. Hermione knew not to bother her father when his nose was in the newspaper so she waiting until he was done to talk to him.
Her mother turned around with a plate of pancakes and bacon to set it in front of Hermione. Hermione said thank you and started to put butter and maple syrup on her pancakes. After her first bite her father mumbled something she couldn't hear and threw the newspaper down on the floor and started eating. Hermione gave him a curious look and he looked up at her and smiled.
"Don't ever grow up Hermione, it's the worst." Her father said in a playful voice and Hermione giggled. "Are you excited Hermione? You going to make a new friend today." Hermione's mother said over by the stove. "Yes, I am." She said excitedly. "If he isn't too tired I was going to take him to the park and play." After Hermione said that she knew it was a mistake because both her parents stopped what they were doing and looked at Hermione with an anxious look.
"You sure you want to do that Hermione? Maybe you two could play out here in the yard." trying not to sound to cautious, but Hermione knew what they both thought silently; So was can watch you. Hermione shrugged her shoulders, trying to keep the hurt look off her face. The accident still fresh in their memory of all the children who were hurt. They wouldn't be around to help the boy if Hermione hurt him, they wanted to be there just in case.
Of course Hermione tried to say they were mean to her and she didn't know what or how it happened, she didn't mean to hurt them but her words went without notice. Her parents took her away after dealing with the children's parents saying she was satin's child and to get the demon child from their children.
"Yes, I guess we can stay here in the yard." Hermione smiled a little to lighten up the mood in the kitchen. She saw both her parent's shoulders relax from the tension. Her mother turned around with a smile on her face and came to the table with her own food and started to eat. The conversation forgotten as they acted like a happy normal family.
After breakfast Hermione sat on the window seat and looked out the window into the yard of her next door neighbors and saw third car was gone. She was started to get excited and butterflies started to fill in her stomach at the same time.
She hoped this would work out, she was so sad and lonely without any friends. Hermione grabbed a book and started reading her favorite book, she got to the second chapter when she yawned and fell asleep on the bench, she missed the car pulling up in the neighbor's driveway.
The neighbor's car pulled up and out came a boy about Hermione's age wearing grey shorts and shirt that did not fit him, they were too loose on him. He was little for his age, the orphanage said he got picked on for it a lot and the neighbors felt sorry for him and adopted him. The orphanage said Tom was very bright but he rarely talks, they said he was a very lonely child. The only thing he talked to was a pet snake he named Nagini; a viper he found behind the building.
The orphanage tried to send it to the zoo but when they went into his room to get the snake, Tom refused to give it up. They were just going to grab it from him but Tom made eye contact with the zoo keepers and suddenly they didn't even want to be anywhere near the boy or the snake, they suddenly left the building in a hurry. The tires squealing on the pavement as they peeled out in the parking lot to get way from the building and the boy who live there.
Late at night when everyone was asleep and unaware of their surroundings, Tom would take the snake out and let it eat. He would sit on the swings and wait till she came back and would crawl in his pocket to collect his body heat and sleep peacefully.
During the middle of the day Nagini came slithering into his room and told Tom he was being adopted. Tom felt anger inside of him that he never felt before that Tom's room exploded and everything was destroyed that the ladies had to find a different room for him to sleep in.
Tom did not want to leave the orphanage, yes it might not be the best but it was the only thing he knew. He was going to decline or even try and scare the people who dare try and take him away but then he over heard them talking about a little girl who lived next door, who was lonely as well and thought they could be friends. Tom didn't care about a stupid little girl but the ladies at the orphanage were pushing for them to adopt him that he knew he couldn't win this battle.
The orphanage knew the rules, they had to tell the parents of Tom's 'accidents' but they wanted him gone so they kept their lips sealed. After the finalizing of the papers, the orphanage stood around the parking lot and waved to the car as they left the building. After the car was gone they all sighed in relief and prayed the family could take care of Tom and would never see him again.
Meeting Tom Riddle was not what Hermione expected. His skin was cold, she noticed when they shook hands and was so pallid that his veins in his arms and wrist appeared translucent. His eyes were a very dark, so dark that she couldn't see his pupil from his eye, his black hair was combed to the side and not one single hair was not out of place, compared to Hermione's hair which looked like she took on a hurricane, his clothes Hermione noticed were wrinkle free and were dark grey and black. Not one single bright color on him. It just added to his darkness.
After dinner the parents shooed the kids away so they can have adult talk, Hermione went outside with Tom and towards her home made swings her father made her when she was younger. Hermione took a seat and he took the other and they both started to swing back and forth. Hermione looked around her surroundings trying not to look at him. She was so engrossed in her task she didn't feel a movement on her lap until it crawled up her hand and wrapped around her arm and the rope, holding her there. She looked at what was wrapped around her wrist and saw a snake and screamed.
Tom shot forward and held his hand to her mouth to stop her screaming. His eyes pitch black she couldn't seem to look away from them. She pulled back from his touch and shivered as the snaked moved his tongue out and touched her cheek. Hermione tried to move again but Tom brought his hand to her other arm and held her arm on the other side of her.
"Stop moving, she is just smelling you to remember you scent." Tom snapped. Hermione looked sideways at the snake and saw it move down the swing and into Tom's pocket. He moved back and suddenly pushed Hermione off the swing. She screamed out loud and tried to grab onto the ropes but missed. She knew she was going to hit the ground hard and she felt power escape from her body and pushed Tom backwards. He fell back so hard the wind got knocked out of him, he felt Nagini slither out of his pocket, very upset with him from the harsh movement.
He was beyond shock that a little girl could do that to him and mad that he got bested by this girl. Once he got his breath back he stood and found that she was crying and hugging her knees to her chest. She looked at him and stood up as he came towards her, he stopped right in front of her and grabbed her wrist so hard she cried out and tried to pull her wrist out of his grasp but that only lead him to fall on top of her. The both landed on the ground with him on top of her as Hermione lost her breath because of his weight. She tried to push him off of her but he wouldn't budge.
"How did you do that?" He asked, venom heard clearly in his voice. Hermione cried some more and begged him not to tell her parents. "They're scared of me already, please don't tell them." Hermione said as she hiccupped. Tom looked down at her with disgust written all over his face.
He opened his mouth to tell her to shut up when an idea popped in his head. No, he wouldn't tell anyone, he smirked and looked down at Hermione who would be perfect for his plot. She'll do all the things for him and get in trouble for it. It was a perfect plan. He'd be the perfect child that no one would suspect it was his doing.
Tom got up and dusted himself off, grabbed Hermione off the ground. He turned his back and called for Nagini, she came slithering in the grass towards them. Tom picked her up and put her in his pocket. He turned towards Hermione with a dangerous glint in his eye that Hermione shivered in fear. He smirked at her. "I won't tell, unless you do something for me of course." Tom said in a sweet voice and Hermione knew she was in trouble.
"What do you want?" She hesitantly asked.
"You'll find out." He said with a smirk.
Now Hermione wished she never met Tom Riddle.