After breakfast, Tom led Hermione into the central gardens. She walked
alongside him asking him questions once in a while.
"Why are we going outside again?" she asked, looking up at him.
"I'm going to teach you something. Remember when I told you that I would start your training? Well, it starts today."
Hermione looked at Tom out of the corner of her eye.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?"
"I don't know. Why do you have a bad feeling about this?"
"Hmm...I dunno... Maybe it's the fact that my father, whom I just re-met yesterday, is keeping something from me and says that he is going to TEACH me something?"
"And I WILL teach you. You just have to promise to be open to trying new things... Not that I think that you have a problem with that..." Tom said, stopping in the middle of a clearing. Hermione looked around, startled. She hadn't even noticed that they'd left the house! And they were already in the forest?!
"How did we get here so fast?" she asked, looking around.
Tom winked and said, "Magic."
Waving his hand over the ground, dispelling a spell placed earlier, he revealed a black floating... something.
It was covered in black cloth and floated steadily in one place about 3 feet off the ground. Her father bowed to her with a flourish and grasped the fabric in one hand.
"Miss Hermione Alaria Riddle... I present to you..." He drew the cloth off and grinned at her awed gasp.
"Your broom," he finished jokingly.
"Why are we going outside again?" she asked, looking up at him.
"I'm going to teach you something. Remember when I told you that I would start your training? Well, it starts today."
Hermione looked at Tom out of the corner of her eye.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?"
"I don't know. Why do you have a bad feeling about this?"
"Hmm...I dunno... Maybe it's the fact that my father, whom I just re-met yesterday, is keeping something from me and says that he is going to TEACH me something?"
"And I WILL teach you. You just have to promise to be open to trying new things... Not that I think that you have a problem with that..." Tom said, stopping in the middle of a clearing. Hermione looked around, startled. She hadn't even noticed that they'd left the house! And they were already in the forest?!
"How did we get here so fast?" she asked, looking around.
Tom winked and said, "Magic."
Waving his hand over the ground, dispelling a spell placed earlier, he revealed a black floating... something.
It was covered in black cloth and floated steadily in one place about 3 feet off the ground. Her father bowed to her with a flourish and grasped the fabric in one hand.
"Miss Hermione Alaria Riddle... I present to you..." He drew the cloth off and grinned at her awed gasp.
"Your broom," he finished jokingly.
