The smell of death lingered, even then, days later, as if the stench was forever imprinted on him and his blood stained hands. Of course this was nonsense, the blood was long washed away, and the avada kedavra curse left the dead with no such smell, at least- until the corpses rotted, and sure, he carved the heart out, but the only smell was of blood, red rich thick blood, and he held her heart, in the palm of his hands, still warm. Tom Riddle's burgundy eyes traveled to the desk next to his bed in the boys dormitory, where her heart sat waiting the one he had torn out days earlier. He had killed before, the mudblood in the girls bathroom, Eric Bokwus, A few nameless muggles, but no one he had liked. As the life left her eyes, it was exillerating, it stirred something deep inside, something dark, something hungry for more. He looked around the room to make sure he was alone, save the snake around his arms, still a baby. He took out the heart, now cold.

"You stole my heart you know,"Tom said slowly, a finger caressing the bloody muscle. "Then devowered it, so I returned the favor,"hissed Tom and he held it out to the snake.

"Eat,"Tom instructed. the snake's jaw stretched out long, bigger then Tom thought of the little snake and it devowered the heart in one gigantic bite, swallowing it whole. Tom's lips twitched into a smile as he stroked the creature.

"In the scriptures of Ancient Asia, they speak of an entity, a deity, some god like creature with a female counterpart that takes the form of a very large Snake, called Nagini. I think thats what i'll call you,"Tom hissed to the snake, the snake's tail flicked in pleasure blood staining its mouth. Tom smiled darkly.

--The Makings of a Dark Lord.

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Hello, and welcome to my Profile, i'm a huge fan of Harry Potter, and intend to write a story one day instead of just reading them. I live in the United States, go to High School, and have a loveable dog named Shelby, I love reading, and enjoy writing, and thats pretty much it.

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-Anette Aeron

Three quotes I go by:

The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. -Lord Acton

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. -Josh Billings