Chapter Four- Hogwarts Year One part one
Tom followed Professor Dumbledore away from the orphanage. Tom didn't know to feel at the moment he was too use to pushing emotions away. He didn't need it but Harrison made him feel and having a weakness was an easy target. Lucky for Tom nobody knew him in this world. It was a fresh shot at being a somebody instead of a lowly orphan.
When the duo got to King's Cross. Tom thought the place looked absolutely normal.
"Okay Tom here's your ticket and you need to be on platform nine and three-quarters." Professor Dumbledore said and disappeared before Tom could ask a question. Tom scowled at the now empty space.
"Stupid man." He growled out and started looking for this platform with the ridiculous name. Tom thought about asking someone but he didn't want to make a fool of himself. He saw a few older kids pushing trunks like his and followed them. They ran straight at the wall and vanished. Tom took a deep breath and followed suit. Tom tensed and waited for a crash that never came. He kept running and when he made it through a red steam train was waiting next to the platform. The area was packed with people, departing from their families Tom couldn't help but wish for Harrison.
The Hogwarts Express train was massive. Tom dragged his trunk on the train and shoved it in an empty compartment. Tom sat down and put his feet on his trunk. This was going to a long trip he could feel it. Tom pulled out his potions book and began reading ahead. The compartment door opened and two richly dressed kids stepped in.
"Hello I'm Casper Crouch and this is Igneous Lestrange and who might you be?" Crouch asked snootily.
"Tom Riddle." Tom answered back stiffly. The two sneered.
"Riddle? You must be a mud-blood." Lestrange said. Tom sneered at them he read that term in a book. Those of dirty blood.
"Well if you don't want to be in my facility I suggest you leave because you came here not the other way around." Tom said coolly. The two raised their wands at him but Tom was quicker and blasted crouch out his compartment and raised his eyebrow at Lestrange.
"This isn't over mud-blood." He hissed but Tom waved him off and returned to his book. So much for a new chapter in his life he would have to make people fear him here to. He will be on top here. He will be powerful and victorious.
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When they finally arrived to the school the first years were greeted by a scruffy looking man.
"First years over here." The man spoke loudly. The group of first years piled up near the man Tom kept his distance from everyone. "Come follow me and watch your step." The man called out. The kids followed the man and Tom walked carefully and kept all emotion off his face. The caught the sight of the castle and many of the first years gasped but Tom let a slight smirk grace his lips. The narrow path came to a stop at a great black lake and perched on top of a mountain on the other side of the lake was Hogwarts
"No more than four to a boat." The scruffy man called out. Tom stepped into a boat followed by three other kids, Tom analyzed their clothing.
'Rich pure-bloods' He said to himself and kept silent and stared at the water.
"Hey you kid I don't know and I met everyone. I'm Nott Ralph Nott." He said and held out his hand. Tom continued to stare at the lake as if he didn't hear or see him.
"You're rude and I don't recognize you. You must be a muggle-born." A girl spoke from beside Ralph. Tom's eyes flashed to hers and the girl caught a chill down her spine. Tom shrugged and turned his gaze back to the water.
"So what if I'm a muggle-born none of you are more important than me." Tom said loudly his voice full of command and nobody dared to put him in his place. The three pre-bloods just stared at the weird mud-blood.
"He's going to be a Slytherin." Ralph said and the other two just nodded and kept their mouths shut.
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Tom fidgeted as he heard the sorting hat sing a song. A singing hat he seriously questioned this schools sanity. Even if it was a magic school who wants to put a talking/singing hat on their heads.
Tom watched as the students before him got sorted and waited for his turn with a blank expression.
"Tom Riddle" Professor Dumbledore called with a smile that slowly disappeared when the hat yelled
'SLYTHERIN' Tom hopped off the stool and made is way over to the Slytherin table he sat at the end where nobody was and looked around the hall memorizing his surroundings. His housemates gazed at him with horrified looks and hatred in their eyes but Tom simply ignored them it was just like the orphanage all over again but he didn't care because he vowed to be the most powerful wizard here.
"A mud-blood in Slytherin unheard of." An older student said rather loudly. When the sorting ended the Headmaster had something to say.
"Good-evening new and old students I would like to welcome you for a fantastic year. First years I'm Headmaster Dippet and I hope you find your house as comfortable as home. Well dig in." The Headmaster said and food appeared on the table.
'Harrison would throw up if he'd seen all this food.' Tom thought but quickly let his brother leave his mind and made himself a small plate and ate slowly while looking at his housemates making sure nobody hexed him. Tom sighed this game is going to get old fast and somebody is going to end up hurt and it won't be Tom. After dinner the prefects led the first years down to their common room in the dungeons.
"Hello I'm Dorea Black and I'm your prefect come to me if you have any problems. Okay rooming I paired you up with a second year so you will be up on time and not make fools of yourselves. In Slytherin we stick together no matter what. What arguments and fights that happen in the common room stays there. I will not cause a public rift because when the other houses sees us at our weakest they will strike, especially the Gryfs they will not hesitate to bring us down.
"Moving on I know some of you were a bit hostile towards one of our new snakes that same rule applies for him he is one of us despite his blood status that none of you know of just assumed.
Tom Riddle you're roomed with Abraxas Malfoy
Lysandra Yaxley you're roomed with Samantha Moon." Dorea Black said and named of the rest to assign their roommates. Tom held some sort of respect for the girl she didn't assume when others did but Tom knew he still wasn't welcome in this house but it's where he belongs not matter what anybody else said.
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