Insane House Challenge: Character – Tom Riddle
365 Prompts Challenge: Item – Diary
Resolutions Challenge: Write a story in a style you've not used before (first person/second/third, past/present tenses, newspaper article, diary entry etc)
Word count: 332
'Dear diary,
I hate them. Everyone. Today they called me a freak because I talked to snakes. It seemed that they can not understand them, only I can. They told me that they would make them suffer and I accepted. The nanny wanted me to play with them but the other children ignored me. They are all stupid.'
'Dear diary,
I hurt Tommy today. I do not know how it happened, it just happened. I stared at him when he wanted to throw a stone at me again. But somehow his shirt began to burn and burnt him. Did I do this...? But I do not know how. I just stared at him and wished that something happened to him...'
'Dear diary,
today I went to the cave. It was hidden and this stupid Amy followed me. I told her that I wanted to show her something and she was stupid enough to follow me. When we were inside I showed her something she will never forget. I made sure that she will tell nobody about it.'
'Dear diary,
I heard them talking about me. They said that they wanted to get a doctor. They want to get rid of me! They are scared. This is good, right..? Nobody will hurt me when they are scared. They told me that a man will come and talk to me tomorrow. I do not believe them. This will be the doctor.'
'Dear diary,
the strange old man was not a doctor. He told me that he is a wizard and that I am one, too. I did not believe him but he showed me things and told me about this school, Hogwarts. I told him what I can do but he was not afraid. Why was he not afraid...? He was not even afraid when I told him that I can talk to snakes. But he did not answer immediately so I think that this is not normal, even for magical people like me...'