Author's note: I don't own Harry Potter, Tom Riddle does…
Hello readers, I am back with another chapter….enjoy!
"Nobody is born evil, even evil villains had heart once"(review if you agree)
Chapter 2 : Not everything you see is true.."
The great hall was filled with laughter and was filled with life that night… everything was normal in every table, every table except Slytherin…
Only in Slytherin table, a single girl sat alone and was avoided by her housemates. The girl has a pretty face which was ruined by her frown and several bruises. She was short, barely reaching the height of 5"4. She had pale skin and was very thin. She had grey eyes and she was in her fourth year…
Her name was Tom Marvolo Riddle. She sat there alone, starring at her folded palm on her lap.
Tom hated herself. She was short, weak and pathetic. However, she promised herself that she would grow strong and prove everyone that she was above them…
Tom was snapped out of her thoughts as the headmaster called for their attention ,
"Children, please welcome Hadrian Peverell, he would be joining the sixth year"
Her fellow Slytherins gasped and Tom got the message: Peverell was from a rich/ influential pureblood family.
She lost interest in announcement, but listened nevertheless, out of politeness, one of her qualities she was proud of.
Peverell was tall, standing at the height of 6"2. He had aristocratic features and was overall handsome.
" Well, let the sorting begin"
Peverell made way to the stool more graciously than the most gracious purebloods and sat on it, with the hat on his head.
He first looked at the Griffindor table and then at Tom, to her surprise..and Peverell's gorgeous green eyes widened for a split of second, but he regained his compose, and kept starring at Tom.
To say Tom was confused was an understatement. She inclined her head to a side, and to her surprised horror, Peverell 's eye ball seemed to follow.
'What the heck' Tom thought as she frowned and looked at her side, to see if anyone else was near her, but there was no one.
When she looked back at Peverell, he was still staring at her, albeit this time looking amused. Her frown grew in intensity and the hat announced " Griffindor"
Tom's heart sank and she looked down at her plate, angry at herself for getting carried away. However, she could not resist and scanned the Griffindor table and her eyes landed at Peverell.
It seemed that he was very social, unlike Tom, as the entire Griffindor table was talking and laughing with him. However, it seemed that he was still starring at her each time after he has answered a question.
To Tom's embarrassed horror, she again inclined her head, when Peverell's eyeball followed her movement, this time with a amused smile and she looked at her side to see if anyone was there, and blushed when no one was there. He had been starring at her all this time!
She looked down at her plate, frowning.
'Come on Riddle, you know better than to fall for a boy's charm, especially a pureblood one's. He must be pulling your leg'. Tom thought as she ate her food silently.
She would have been one of the first to leave the hall, had there been no rule that she was not supposed to leave before everyone.
As she sat there frowning, a voice besides her said "hi"
She jumped at looked at her side to see Peverell.
" Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. I just wanted to talk to you. As you already heard, I am Hadrian Peverell. However please call me Hadrian …."
"Tom, Tom Riddle"
"So Tom, tell me, why are you still sitting here? " Tom could not stop the hope rising in her heart, but it was crushed as fast as it rose when…
"Hadrian, Purebloods like you should not to talk filth. If you want real friends, befriend me" Walburga Black, Tom's constant bully said.
"Well, Tom I didn't know that there where filth here, so why don't we go and continue our conversation somewhere else?" Hadrian asked, stretching his hand for Tom to take it.
As much as Tom wanted to take the outstretched hand, she knew that Black would most likely kill her for that later; she walked away with her head down to the come and go room, as she feared that her bully would not leave her alone.
Yay! I finished a chapter! FYI, I changed a Tom's gender as you can see. Hope you are not angry…. Please review and tell me if you liked it. Namaste.
