Okey, I have to admitt that I still don't have a beta-reader. Isabell896, you are very welcome to do the honor if you feel like it. I would apreciate it very much. I'm very sorry for all the misspellings and grammarmistakes that I have done, but it's hard to get it correct since English isn't my native language. Please leave a review if you like it, preferably with critisism of what I can improve and so on. Hope you enjoy it.
Chapter two: I am Lord Voldemort
Tom yawned and sat up in the bed. The room was completely black and he smirked. He threw a pillow at Cygnus and Abraxas. Cygnus woke up immediately and groaned from tiredness, while Abraxas were still not completely awake, mumbling something Tom didn't quite understand. As usual when Tom was newly awake he was a bit cranky and because of that he poured a glass of water over Abraxas, who flew out of bed from surprise.
"Why in hell are we supposed to be up at this hour?" Cygnus mumbled and lay back down again.
"Come", was everything Tom said and they went down so the Slytherin common room, where the girls awaited them.
"That took some time. It's seven and we start in like an hour. If we want some breakfast we have to hurry", Melinda said and quickly went to the exit.
"Take it easy, Mel. Let us at least wake up a bit first. I have no intentions of falling asleep in the Great Hall again", Cygnus laughed and yawned again.
Melinda didn't seem to care and continued to exit the room.
Tom sat down in an armchair and closed his eyes.
"Wait", he said and Melinda stopped immediately and turned around.
"Where did Rose go by the way? Abraxas suddenly asked and Tom discovered that she was no longer with them.
"Mel, check your dormitory, will you? He said leaning his back. "If she's there, bring her back here. Okay?" Melinda nodded and left.
"What lessons do we have today?" Tom asked Cygnus who checked their schedule.
"Let's see, we have potions in the morning then some free time and astronomy before lunch. Then we have transfigurations and defense against the dark arts, and that's pretty much everything," he said and sighed.
"She's not there," a voice said and Melinda was back. "Maybe she already left?"
"That's what I'm afraid of", Tom said and went for the exit.
For once, he took no detours, but went directly to the Great Hall. He could not see Rose somewhere. He had met her for almost two days and she had been punished on both days. Not that it was unusually. He was accustomed to punish her by now, and she was used to being punished. Often she came directly to him to get it over with. Except for now.
He ate his breakfast and then went to the potions classroom in the dungeons. Slughorn was, as usual, thrilled to see Tom again.
"So, how's my best student doing?" Good I hope? He started and smiled.
"I'm just fine, professor. And you?" He asked with a fake smile.
"I'm fine as well, Tom. Thank you for asking. So what do you think? Time to start the lesson perhaps?
They actually didn't do anything the lesson, but to talk about the summer. Slughorn said that he was very glad to see most of them, even though some had quit the subject. He also told them that next time they were doing a love potion. As usual there was a prize for the best of them. Tom didn't know how many times he had won. He had stopped counting a long time ago.
The lesson ended and they went back to the common room. On their way there, they bumped into Rose. She seemed breathless, as if she had run several miles
"Where the hell have you been? You missed the potion lesson", Tom said and she nodded briefly.
"I was in the library to look one thing up", she said very fast. "I should probably go apologizing to Slughorn. See you guys in the common room later", she continued and walked off to the classroom.
"Relax Tom. You can deal with her later", Cyngus said when he saw Toms expression
"I guess you're right. Come on let's go"
Suddenly he stopped and turned around. He motioned for the others to come with him. That was when they nearly bumped into Rose again. She shook her head, but followed.
At the second floor he suddenly stopped and turned around to see if anyone was stalking them before he went to the girls bathroom.
"Tom what are we doing here? We are not allowed to be here"; Abraxas said worriedly.
"Relax. I know what I'm doing", Tom said and walked towards the basin.
Everyone stared at him in shock. Probably because they thought he was supposed to wash his hands or something like that.
He stopped nearly one step from the basin and started hissing.
"Open", he said and everyone look at him in admiration when the basins started moving.
"Follow me", he said and jumped down the black pit that was now visible. He head Abraxas, Cygnus, Rose and Melinda follow him.
With a great effort he was able to land on his feet. The other ones did not have that much luck.
He sighed and started walking while the others stayed behind.
A couple of seconds later they decided to follow him just to see where he was going. There they saw something there would never forget. It was a very big slough. It was about 82 feet long and very big.
"Is that what I think it is?" Melinda asked and swallowed.
"Yes, come on", Tom said and kept walking.
At the next door Tom stopped and hissed again. The Hall behind it was huge. Probably twice as big as the great hall.
"Wow", Cygnus said. Apparently that was the only thing he was able to say at the moment.
They quickly followed to across the room where he stayed and turned around.
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen, to the chamber of secrets." Everyone took deep breaths and Toms was surprise they had not realized where they were earlier.
"What exactly are we supposed to do here?" Rose asked sarcastic.
Tom had condoned her all morning. He shows her the Chamber of Secrets and she's still sarcastic. He had had enough. He would make sure this would be the last time. But not yet. First, they would know what he had planned.
"My faithful…can we call it followers? You will know make a promise. A promise about always serving me. Receive the punishments provided and even rewards", he started.
He was satisfied when the four of them kneeled in front of him and did not ask them to rise, as he had done so many times before.
"Will you make the promise or not?"
"I promise to always serve you and be faithful until I die", Abraxas said and bowed his head.
"You will always be my lord and master. I swear to be faithful", Melinda continued and followed Abraxas example.
Tom smiled again.
"I will always be your humble servant", Cygnus said and took a deep breath.
"I promise to be faithful", Rose said and smiled.
Tom looked at her with surprise. He had not expected her to make the promise without any violence involving. But she would be punished. He checked his watch and sighed when he realized they started class in less then forty minutes.
He went to Abraxas and told him to give him his left arr. Tom noticed that he was surprise but did what he was told. He picked up his wand and pointed it at Abraxas forearm.
A couple of seconds later he removed it. Where the wand had been was now mark. A skull with a snake slithering from its mouth.
He repeated the action on Melinda, Cygnus and Rose before ha backed away.
"Thank you. What I have given you is the dark mark. A sigh for the side you're on. The thing you should know is when the mark burns you will be at my side immediately. Understood?"
Melinda, Abraxas and Cygnus nodded but Rose hesitated.
"And now for the actual reason for bringing you here. Rose, where were you this morning, 'cause you were definitely not? You would never go to the library. You hate that place", he stated calmly.
"I was speaking to Dumbledore about what you did to me on the train. He seemed to think it was very interesting." Rose smirked.
Tom went furious. She had gone too far.
"Tom, your eyes", Cygnus said and backed a few steps. Melinda and Abraxas followed him backwards.
Rose notice his wand pointing at her, but this time she wasn't afraid. She knew it would end eventually.
"Rose", he said calmly. "It's not going to end this time. Not for a very long time. You went too far this time."
Rose was still watching him. She couldn't understand how he knew what she was thinking. Another thing that astonished her was how he could be so calm when it was so obvious he was angry.
"CRUCIO!" He roared and Rose fell flat on the floor.
She had never, not in her wildest dreams imagined it would hurt that much. Compared to this, last time was just another punch. She could do nothing but to scream. She was vaguely aware of what was going on in the room, but she noticed that Abraxas, Melinda and Cygnus were very pale. Then everything went black.
"Please stop it", Melinda screamed and threw herself beside Rose.
Tom smiled and turned away, but kept the curse going. He raised his wand once again and started writing in the thin air. The red letters read Tom Marvolo Riddle. With just a flick of his wand, the letters change place and started reforming themselves to another word.
"I am Lord Voldemort", Cygnus said out loud and watched Tom for a second.
"Surprised?" Tom asked and his friend nodded briefly. "You didn't actually believe that I would keep my filthy mugglefathers name, did you? I have been working on it the whole summer and I have to say that I'm pretty satisfied with it.
Suddenly there was a loud hissing and a giant snake slithered into the chamber. Tom hissed something at it and it moved its eyes so it was now drawn to the ceiling.
"Is that what I think it is?" Abraxas asked fascinated
"Yes", Tom answered and smiled again.
He removed the curse from Rose and Melinda almost cried from relief. He started walking out of the chamber. Since they started in fifteen minutes they had to leave now. Be they would be back for sure.
"Come." Melinda barely left Rose laying unconscious on the floor, but did what she was told.
"Can't we bring her with us?"
"It would spoil my plans. We'll be back for her later."
"If you're sure" Melinda sighed
"Kill her", he hissed to the basilisk. "And make sure she suffers."
A couple of seconds later they were back and headed towards the astronomy tower. Tom couldn't understand why they didn't have astronomy at night like it usually was. He guesses they were just talking today. He was also thinking about the fate Rose had received. He raised his left arm he watched the black ring on his finger. There was the proof. Something he would never give away. At least not yet. He looked up en continued walking. They were almost there when a couple of seventh years stopped them.
"What are a couple of sixth years like you doing here at this time", a boy with yellow hair asked sarcastic. Somehow, it reminded Tom of Rose.
"I think the big question is: What are you doing here?" Tom asked from behind the others. The boys twitched, knowing better then to question anything Tom said.
"N-Nothing. Nothing at all", one of the boys said and ran off.
De kept going up the stairs. Only a few steps later they were stopped once again. This time from someone from their own year. Tom thought his name was Michael, but he wasn't sure.
"You can turn around. The lesson has been moved. It's tonight at twelve instead", he said and passed continued down the stairs.
Everyone groaned and sighed. To get to the astronomy tower was not easy. There were many steps in the staircase. They turned around and with a lot o protests Tom made the whole gang stop at the second floor. He kept going towards the girls bathroom and opened the chamber again.
A couple of minutes later they entered the room they left Rose in. Abraxas and Cygnus creamed and Melinda fell to her knees to shocked to do anything. Tom just smiled.
