Chapter 2: Flame of protection

(longer then the first by far!)

Tom woke up, and looked around. "Am I still alive?" he asked, stupidly. "yes, you are alive, in fact" a voice said. Tom yelped, when he heard the voice, then looked up at his would be killer. He found, however, that it wasn't a hooded creature above him, it was a man, In his 30's, that wore a silver lined, green cloak, the man had blond hair, and green eyes, he was holding a wand, yes it had to be a wand, the same thing his mother had showed him, before she had been killed. He was pointing his wand at seamingly nothing, then he noticed them, the hooded creatures from before were all gathered near the door. Then, the man muttered some strange word, and, out of the tip of his wand shot a glowing, white snake, it was almost as tall as the orphanage building, and had huge fans. "AHHHH!!!!!" Tom screamed, turning to run. The man quickly grabbed in though, and held onto him. Tom suddenly noticed that the hooded things were very afraid of the snake, and were running away. After the creatures were gone, the snake vanished. "I am here to bring you to Hogwarts, since you missed the train." The man said. "W-w-w what? , hogwarts? W-w-who are you?!!??" The man looked at Tom as if he was crazy. "You know, the place that sent you the letter, I presume you bought all your supplies, oh how rude of me, I'm Snape, Sabreos Snape, I am head of Slytherin house." "Um...what letter?" Tom looks confused, "supplies? And what is Slerthierine?" "ITS Slytherin!! and if you don't know about your letter well here yah go, I brought an extra just in case!" Sabreos shoves a small envelope into Toms hands, who, wastes no time in opening it.

Dear Mr. Tom Riddle , You have been excepted at Hogwarts School of Witch Craft, and Wizardry. Theses are the items you will need: One pewter couldron One pair of dragon hide gloves One wand The list seemed to go on and on. "um... I still don't understand, what's hogwarts?" Tom questioned. "Only the greatest school of witch craft and wizardry!" Sabreos said, scowling. " You mean they teach that stuff in schools, I just thought mum learned it from, I dunno, herself!" Tom said, a bit to loudly. "Whos their!!!???" Tom suddenly heard the orphanage headmaster scream. "Time to fly!" Sabreos said,as he grabbed Tom and threw him into the fireplace, sprinkling some powdery substance on him, and himself. "Just scream The Leaky couldron!" Sabreos screamed, jumping into the flame, after Tom. "u-u-um ok...THE LEAKY COULDRON!" Tom said, and after a small: pop! He vanished. Then it was Sabreos's turn: "the leaky couldron!" he said, dissapearing just as the orphanage headmaster walked into the room. When Tom arrived in the leaky couldron, everyone turned and stared at him, he, of course, would have none of that. "What are you staring at?" He said, as Sabreos arrived, with a small pop. At the site of Sabreos, everyone went back to their own business. Sabreos quickly grabbed Tom and pulled him out to the back, and tapped the bricks with his wand, before Tom could do, or say anything, Sabreos pulled him into an ally. "Their near I can feel their presence, you must know something To~ he was cut of by Tom. "Who are near? The freaky hooded things?" "yes Tom, now listen, the only reason they could not kill you before is because of a spell that was placed on you by your mother it is called the flame of protection, and it makes it so you can never die, you had to know that, now here take this" Sabreos said, shoving a brown wand into Toms hands. "keep it, I will now be transporting you to hogwarts, I will buy your suplies for you, Good bye!" Sabreos suddenly points his wand at Tom and mutters something, and with a small pop Tom is gone.