Tom riddle sat on the stone-like bed provided by the orphanage, a young kitten sat at on the floor nearby, playing with a dead mouse tied to a string that he held. "Your very cute as a cat." Tom commented.
The cat slowly changed back into a girl, her skin was paler than he had thought before, though her dark eyes still shone brightly. "Mum didn't think so..." She mumbled, turning to leave the room.
"Don't leave?" Pleaded Tom. "I didn't mean to upset you."
"I'm not upset," She replied with a smile. "I've got to go brush my hair, and get dressed in those cloths before 'She' comes back and finds me here." the 'she' was said with bitterness. "You know she won't be happy to find me here with you, She'd probably scream – the two strange ones in cohorts!" The girl made an exaggerated fainting motion before leaving with a giggle.
"See you later Eliot..." Said Tom lightly, not feeling brave enough to say it out loud at that moment.
Eliot, as she had remembered that night one year ago, that was her name, walked back toward her own room, shared with two other girls, though she didn't like them much. The girls were Elizabeth and Jenny. Two rather ugly girls who thought that they were the most beautiful things in the world. Elizabeth had a large mole, right above her her left eyebrow, and no matter how hard she tried to cover it, it was always visible, and ugly enough to match her personality.
Jenny was just as bad, and though she was prettier than Elizabeth, the way she acted turned her into a pig. Of course, Elizabeth and Jenny believed the pig to be Eliot, and they rubbed it in her face often enough. Indeed, as she walked into her room, Elizabeth and Jenny looked away from one of there books, pornographic in nature, as Eliot had found through her well known curiosity, they began to make snorting noise.
"Look at the little piggy, Jen!"Called Elizabeth,
"What an ugly duckling..." Said jenny, followed by giggling, before they moved back to their book.
Eliot sighed, and tugged off her dirty clothes, she was going back to Hogwarts this year. She smiled. Another year away from the piglets, and another year getting to know Tom.
Tom was her favorite person to be around, and although people told her to avoid him, she couldn't help but want to be near him. People all thought Tom was evil, though he wasn't. He had been neglected, just as she had. They understood each other, and it was always good to be understood, especially when you were strange to the world that you lived in.
(Okay felluhs sorry it's so short I'll have the next one out in no time!)