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Chapter 1

September 1944

Tom Marvolo Riddle was extremely pleased as he entered the Great Hall along with his followers. It was the beginning of his last year at Hogwarts and there was nothing out of the ordinary. Ninety-nine percent of all girls almost fainted as they saw him and giggled childishly when he looked their way. And the rest of the students avoided him as best as they could. If any of the second and third years crossed his path they quickly averted their gaze from his eyelevel to the ground and hurriedly made their way in the opposite direction.

A pleased smile spread across his face – nothing more than an upturn of his upper lip – as he sat down at the long Slytherin house table. Everything was back to normal. After the humiliation of being surrounded by Muggles the whole summer he was desperately in need of some attention in form of obedience and fear.

Like on every welcome feast at Hogwarts Tom paid very much attention as the sorting took place. He wanted to know everything about everybody in the whole school so he watched very closely who of the new first years was a pureblood and who wasn't but of course he also made up a mental list of new Slytherins who could become Death Eaters in the near future. Riddle had the opportunity to smile again because he realized that this list was particularly long this year. There were for example Avery's and Malfoy's two little brothers among other siblings from his circle of followers.

After the sorting was done everybody was just about to pick up their cutlery and waited for the yet empty golden plates in front of them to be filled with delicious food when Headmaster Dipett cleared his throat and suddenly thousand irritated eyes lay on him. "There is one last important announcement for me to make before you can start your meal!", the old man said with an apologetic smile. "This year we will have the honor of welcoming a transfer student from Bulgaria at Hogwarts.", he continued. "She will be joining the 7th grade and her sorting will take place immediately. Please welcome Miss Katherine Pierce!"

Excited whispers filled the Great Hall and all students turned their heads into all possible directions obviously looking for the new girl. That was about when the huge door of the Hall opened and on the threshold stood Professor Slughorn the potions teacher and as he started walking into the Hall everybody could see the new student who followed the professor.

The majority of all males was stunned by her unexpected beauty. Her long dark brown hair fell down in waves and framed her face with aristocratic features. Her pale skin was complimented by the simple black dress she wore. Black tights made her long legs look even more fragile and the exquisite black high heels emphasized her tallness. While she walked her chocolate brown eyes with thick long and dark lashes scanned the completely silent crowd. Everyone thought that it was because she didn't know anybody but all of them were wrong! Katherine Pierce was looking for someone. And as her eyes trailed off to the Slytherin table to where all the 7th years sat her eyes narrowed in on a certain tall and dark haired boy with the Head boy badge attached to his neat school robes.

In return Tom Riddle was looking at her too. Just like the others he couldn't avert his eyes from her but not because of the same reason as his fellow consexuals. He felt a certain aura surrounding her, an aura so strong he had never felt around someone else before. But although he was a master at reading auras he failed with hers. Her aura was so strong and unusual and everytime he started to concentrate on it it seemed to slip out of his mental grip like a fish in the water.

Katherine was very much aware of his attempts to analyse her aura as she looked away from him and focused on the old sorting hat which was being lifted up by Professor Slughorn who came to stand in front of her and sat the black hat on her auburn hair. As soon as the leathery material of the hat had touched her, it opened his 'mouth' and announced the name of the selected house to the completely silent crowd with a voice like thunder: "SLYTHERIN!"

The silence lasted a few more seconds but was broken by the first Slytherins from the table on the far right who started to clap and cheer eagerly. The rest of the house followed suit. Eerily calm Katherine gave the hat back to the professor and made her way to the other end of the Slytherin house table and looked for a place to sit. Two boys looked at each other and almost at the same time they made some room for her to sit between them. Wordlessly she took a seat and took in the other Slytherins around her. With very few exceptions the all stared at her.

This continued also when Katherine was about to start eating but she was annoyed because of the stares. With one eyebrow lifted she snapped: "What are you all staring at?" At first no one answered but after a prolonged silence a handsome guy with sleek black hair and stormy grey eyes gave her a wink and said very self-confident: "We're looking at you, darling!" He then extended one hand: "Jason Avery. Pleasure to meet you." As Avery spoke/said the last sentence his gaze trailed from Katherine's face down her body and his eyes glittered.

Katherine gave him a sexy smile, leaned herself a bit forward and Avery did the same. Now the two had the attention from the whole Slytherin table. Katherine said in a soft tone: "Well Avery, I hope you keep in mind that a woman's face is still up here! And I'm not your darling – you prick!" With her last words her smile disappeared and she looked Avery dead in the eye. "And for the record: if you believe that I am willingly going to do everything you wish like some brainless girl-toy of yours then let me be perfectly clear here" – Katherine lifted up her index finger – "Stay the hell away from me! And if you don't then let me warn you: when I am pissed off about someone there is nothing in the world that would change my mind of not killing this particular person."

With a warning look from her brown eyes she looked up and down the house table. "And this warning goes for everyone who thinks his looks grant him some extra privileges!" After that statement you could have heard how a needle would have hit the ground near the Slytherin house table. Now really every single Slytherin was staring at the new girls but this time Katherine didn't care. She tossed her long brown waves over her shoulder and started to eat.

One after one/another seemed to wake from his or her stupor and slowly the bustling noise at the table on the far right in the Great Hall increased immensely. But one pair of eyes still lay on Katherine for the rest of the evening. And the onlooker didn't know that she realized that. She smiled a little to herself.

Perfect!, she thought.


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