Dear Diary,
Today was better than yesterday. I didn't accidently kill anybody, but something even more bizarre than yesterday happened.
Today is Saturday, so the Head Mistress took us out to spend our allowance and chore money on some things at the strip mall. I didn't have any money, because I spent it on this diary yesterday, so I just sat on a bench, waiting for our hour to be up.
I decided to start drawing in the diary, just random doodles, when I saw a slithering shadow approaching.
The shadow kept coming near me and swirled up the park bench. It sat beside me and raised its head out of the shadows and into the hazy sunlight.
It was a long, great emerald snake with piercing, angular yellow eyes. It looked up at me. When normal children should have been scared, I felt as though I was strangely comfortable.
It wrapped its great length around my torso and gently tightened, releasing my arms so that I could pet it. It looked into my eyes, and said in a hushed whisper, "Alone in this world?"
I looked surprised, and then I quickly hissed back, "Yes, I am."
The snake replied again. "So am I, young master. What is your name?"
"My name is Thomas Marvolo Riddle, but I go by Thoms or Tom." It was another hissed whisper that started to not sound like English and more like a real language.
The great serpent spoke again. "What is my name? I seem to have forgotten."
"Well, are you a boy, or a girl?"
"In my civilization, my race calls me an 'Ume-Noc,' or, a girl."
"Should I name you?"
"Yes, yes I would love that…" The proud serpent hissed.
"Then I shall name you 'Nagini,' the name of my grandmother."
"I love that name, Thoms… I shall use it from this day forth…"
Before I knew it, the hour was up and people were walking towards me on this deserted street. Nagini sadly had to leave, and I'm sure that I would never see my first living friend ever again.
Tom Riddle, 13 August 1936