Bad Apple

Tom Marvolo Riddle hadn't always been evil, hadn't always aspired to take over the world. He'd been a quiet peaceful boy before his corruption. It was a single act that had deystroyed his placid demeanor and eventually, his downfall.

"There is only power, and those who seek it"

The words had been whispered into his ear by Lucious Malfoy's older brother, Salazar the 5th. His shoulder length blonde hair had brushed against Tom's neck. Lips grazing his ears as he was pushed against the cold stones of the dungeon wall. Salazar was five and a half years his elder. He was taller, stronger, forceful…

He yanked the second year's pants down, boxers too and that had been the first real act of Darkness that Tom had ever experienced. The words haunted him, looped through his mind till they were engraved into his mind like the small scar on his spine from the very same act.

Tom should have been a Ravenclaw. For he was very intelligent and could of gone far. The hat, however, foresaw the great power and dictation, throwing him to the snakes. The cruel nature of his housemates slowly replaced his own and he became bitter. Bitter because his father left him, his mother died, he was alone and abandoned with no power or status or money or.. Anything.

"There's only power and those too weak to seek it"


Author's Notes: So, there you have it. My first Tom!fic

I wrote this quite a while ago but just discovered it hidden in my fiction book. Not sure what inspired it and the title doesn't fit at all but yeah