I was sitting at my desk, thinking about how I would take my first move. I was ready and I was strong enough, I was not at my full power yet. Of course not. That would take a while. I saw the sky become grey. 'Tom? Are you there?'
'Yes, I am always here for you.' I smirked. Complimenting and saying what people want to hear is one of my good skills. She was delighted and ecstatic. I'd shocked her. She hugged the book. I was her friend. I knew that was exactly what she was thinking.
'Look at what I can do.' I sighed. I can't 'look' at anything! However, she began to draw and colour in the book. I watched, delighted. I staid silent even as I began to wonder what she was drawing… colouring? Ah! I got it! I was watching her paint!
When she was done I took the painting onto my version of the diary. I stared at the greys, the greens, the blacks, the browns, the blues, and the whites. I looked at the lines. She had painted a picture of Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry. I looked up as words began to lay out.
'Tom? What do you think about it?' I put the picture on the left page and then wrote on the right page.
'Is this Hogwarts?' She was happy, I'd gotten it right.
'Exactly! It's Hogwarts. You're so smart Tom. How did you know?'
'Are you outside?'
'Yes, I'm supposed to be studying for Charms. I did and I got bored. Is that bad?'
'No, it is not that bad. You said you studied. I believe you. Besides, you need time to play games don't you?' She sighed. I was slowly slipping into her mind. I wanted to test my power. I waited for her to speak more.
'I just felt like coming out to the grounds and sitting under a tree to read my books. I brought Charms and a book I checked out from the library for DADA. The Potions teacher is mean and McGonagall is also kind of strict but not mean. There's Flitwick for Charms, Sprout for Herbology, and Binns for History of Magic. Snape is Potions and McGonagall is Transfiguration. I'm sorry Tom, I feel sleepy and I'm going to take a nap now.' I was in her head. I'd possessed her but I wouldn't do that for long because I was using the power reserve I had built up.
I looked around and noticed that she was near the lake, in the shade of a clump of trees. She had indeed brought her Charms book. She was a first year and she had a library book. I took a few deep breaths, happy to be able to smell fresh air for once in a long, long time. However, I still need to get my work done. I heard the crow of a rooster, I turned to see where it might have come from. The hut was my only answer. Yesterday she'd told me how she'd seen the game keeper yesterday. I packed up the books, feeling the smooth surface of the library book and the Charms book. I put the bag on her shoulder before walking off to the hut. Where the game keeper usually lived.
When I got there I found fences. One for a garden and a smaller one for chickens. Where's the rooster? I can't have roosters ruining my plans! I walked up to the fence and looked around. I was running short on the strength I wanted to use. I didn't want to use it all up. So I gracefully slid back into the diary but I did place a spell on her, the Imperius.
'Look around and see if anyone's watching you.' She looked around and froze.
'Someone's looking.' She said, in a laid back manner. The Imperius does tend to put them into a trance, one that Dolohov once described as a 'feel good trance' that you don't want to end.
'Who is it?'
'Hagrid, the game keeper… and he's coming this way!'
'Act normal, you are doing nothing wrong.' Yet. She started talking. I tried my best not to try and listen, I needed my strength.
"Hi, my name is Ginny Weasley." … "I'm just exploring the grounds. Those pumpkins are huge. You must be a good gardener." … "Did you get a signed photo from Harry? I don't know if the rumours are true or not." ...I sighed in anger, I want to find the rooster! 'Make him go away or leave.' … "Thank you Hagrid, I can't wait to see what they look like on Halloween. I'm sorry but I have to go study for a test."
She left and I asked her to look back to see if he'd left and she nodded. "Today is Friday and classes are over, he's gone toward the castle. I told him I'm going to retrieve my spell book." I'm going to have her learn a few spells. This cannot happen again.
'Go back, see if the chickens are as beautiful as yours at home.' She'd talked about the chores she did at her house and how sometimes they get in the way. She walked back and just as we reached the fence, the rooster sounded off again.
Now to kill the thing…
It was the next day, seven o'clock at night. She had been talking to me a lot about Lockhart and Harry, worried that Harry didn't like her because she hadn't been offered a photo. 'Ginny, I want you to look at his personality. You said he was brave and courageous, didn't you?'
'Yes I did, but I don't see what that has to do with anything!' Don't you yell at- I gained my composure, happy to not have the power for my thoughts to appear on the page, just barely though. This just proves my point that Gryffindors have no brains.
'Ginny, please calm down? Is he humble? Does he boast about his victories?' She was thinking now.
'No, he doesn't. That's the difference between Harry and Lockhart.' I had to be careful because she wrote her heartache or heartbreak into the book, giving me more power, almost too much for me to handle, considering I'd been feeding on bits and pieces of her emotions tagged along with her promises. She closed the book for a while after that.
When she opened it again she began to write again. 'Dear Tom, I'm sorry for leaving you like that. I know that was mean but I just had to think things through on my own.' She was feeling guilt. I knew being nice to her would be the best way to keep her coming back. Now I had enough power to go see my friend. I was pleased. I tried possessing her, only half way this time.
'It's okay Ginny. I forgive you.' I tried casting ideas into her head. 'Leave your dorm.' She got up and left her room and walked down the stairs down to the common room. 'Leave your dorm.' 'But dinner is going to happen soon.' 'Leave your dorm, you need to go to the second floor. Remember to keep a look out for others.' She obeyed without question. She left the dorm and began her walk down the Grand Staircase. When she arrived at the second floor was when she began to question why she was there.
'Go to the door to your left. Have you been seen?'
'No, I've not been seen.' She opened the door and I could feel her uncertainty and her fear of being caught.
'Don't worry, I won't get caught.' I'd chosen my choice of words cautiously. 'Walk up to the sink. Look for a funny design.' I couldn't exactly tell her to look for a snake. She'd suspect something. She began looking, feeling the facets. When she stopped suddenly, I took possession of her, I'd gotten to where it wouldn't be such a bother.
"Open." The tap glowed with a brilliant white light and began to spin. Next second, the sink began to move; the sink sank right out of sight, leaving a large pipe exposed. I know there were more ways to get into the chamber but this was the fastest way.
I reached a solid wall which two entwined serpents were carved, their eyes set with brilliant, shining emeralds. "Open." The serpents parted as the wall cracked open, the halves slid smoothly out of sight. I made my way inside and, not caring, I ran down the hall and toward the end of the chamber.
I stopped and raised my arm as I had done so many years ago. "Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts Four." Just as expected, the stone opened into a huge black hole. When it opened I saw no sign of movement. I was about to go and climb in when her head stuck out to see why it had opened.
When it saw me… Ginny… she slithered out and raised up, ready to strike. I lifted my hand, ready to pet her. "Hello my sweet. Have you missed me? It is I, Tom." She lowered enough to look straight at me. I didn't meet her gaze. Ginny would die if I did.
"You look nothing like my Tom! I am not stupid!" I quickly placed my hand on the edge of her nose. I gave her images to prove my tale. She spat her tongue out to taste the scent but I shook my head.
"That will not work. I just thought I might come and say hello."
"How did this happen?"
"Possession. I will have to leave soon. I might ask if you want to go for a walk? I'll let you loose for a bit and don't worry. I'll be back very soon. Soon as possible." She nodded and I gave her a kiss on her nose before she disappeared quickly into one of the other pipes. I would miss Nagini for a while, until I could find her. She might be furious with me though. I've not seen her in a long time.
I was working on gathering enough power to remove this memory from her when I heard something I really didn't want to hear her say, I wasn't ready for her to do that yet. "Come… come to me… Let me rip you… Let me tear you… Let me kill you…" I ran as fast as I could in this body. I needed to get to her before she could actually hurt anyone. I climbed into the pipe and saw the tip of her tail disappearing in the corner. I ran faster and climbed on top of her.
"I'm so sorry my sweet but I cannot allow you to hurt anyone yet. I said I would come back and I promise I will, just please don't hurt anyone yet." Very unlike me but I was also dealing with Dumbledore and this girl cannot take him on. And I don't have my body, yet. "I have the perfect idea for Halloween that you will love."
