Author's note - This is my first Harry Potter fic, and I would really
appreciate any feedback you can give me. If you find anything that should
be changed please tell me, and I'll fix it as soon as possible. This is a
Ginny/Tom Riddle shipper, so if that bothers you, turn back now.
Disclaimer - Nothing in the Harry Potter Universe belongs to me. I own NOTHING.
Rating - PG for now. I don't know if it'll change yet.
Summary - Ginny Weasley thought life was going perfect for her. One Tom Riddle is about to change her whole outlook on life.
Many thanks to:
Ginny riddle
Persephonie
Trina
Midnight
Tiamat Warcraft
Eruesse
Luna
Thank you for reviewing.
2nd AN: Sorry it took so long for me to post this up. My life has been fairly hectic lately. I'll try to update sooner from now on.
Chapter One
"Ginny!" a voice shattered Virginia Weasley's peaceful slumber. "Ginny! Get up! You're going to be late!"
Groggily, Ginny opened her eyes and was forced to blink several times before her eyes were able to adjust to the sudden light streaming out of the window.
Slowly, she turned around to look at the clock on her nightstand. When her mind finally caught up with her actions, and was able to comprehend what the clock was saying, she sat up with a start.
"Bloody Hell!" She exclaimed. "I've only got 5 minutes 'till breakfast!" With that thought firmly in mind, she leapt out of bed and quickly started to change into her school robes. Her mind was still half asleep, so she didn't even notice the strange amulet hanging on her neck.
She ran downstairs to the Gryffindor common room, still trying to comb out her flaming red hair. As she got to the portrait hole, she tossed her brush onto the nearest chair and walked as quickly as she could without running to the hall.
As usual, the hall was filled with students laughing, students talking, students trying to study for a upcoming test they knew was coming. Some students, like Ginny usually was were simply content to finish their breakfast in peace.
Tired, Ginny sat down at the far end of the Gryffindor table and grabbed a few pieces of buttered toast. She wasn't a very big morning person, and she generally wasn't socially inclined, so she refrained from talking to anyone, content to eat in silence . She finished her breakfast fast and hurried over to her first class, Care of Magical Creatures, taught by Hagrid.
"Morning Ginny." He greeted her as she neared the open area where the class was usually taught.
"Hi Hagrid!" she responded cheerfully, even thought inwardly she cringed. Today was the day the class would be covering animals of the Dark Arts, and Ginny was apprehensive about what Hagrid would bring for his usual hands-on lesson.
Slowly, the students were walking up and getting ready for the class to start. As soon as every one was present, Hagrid started.
"As you all know, today we're starting with animals usually associated with the Dark Arts. Now who can tell me which animal is the most associated with dark wizards."
Most of the class raised their hands, including Ginny. Hagrid nodded to her, indicating she could answer the question.
"Snakes."
"Five points to Gryffindor." Hagrid praised. "That's what we'll be starting with today." With that said, Hagrid reached into a box behind him and pulled out a long, green snake with a diamond pattern on it's head.
"This here is Restina," started Hagrid. "She's a Diamond Green Serpent. They usually live in dark forests like that one." He motioned to the forbidden forest.
"Diamond Green Serpents are largely known for being familiars with witches. They are the only familiar that will find and choose the witch which it will be bonded to. Only on rare occasions will a Diamond Green Serpent become a familiar to a wizard. Now everyone line up, I'll pass the snake around for each one of you to hold."
As all her classmates got into a straight line, Ginny made sure that she was in the back of the line, hoping that she would have more time to hold the snake then her classmates. Despite popular Gryffindor opinion when it came to snakes, Ginny was always fascinated with snakes.
When the snake was finally passed to her, it immediately curled up around Ginny's arm and rested its head on her wrist.
When Hagrid came along to take it and put it back to rest in it's box, Ginny raised her arm so Hagrid could take it. As soon as his giant hand came close to lift the snake up, however, the snake reared its head and hissed threateningly at Hagrid, prepared to strike at him.
Quickly, Hagrid withdrew his hand and a frown appeared on his face. He looked at the snake thoughtfully.
"Must be tired." Hagrid said in way of an explanation for the snake's behavior. "Why don't you go and try to put it in the box yourself, Ginny. It doesn't appear to want to bite you, so you shouldn't be in any harm."
Ginny nodded her head and walked over the box. She crouched done next to the box and tried with her free hand to pry the snake from her arm. The snake wouldn't move. It stubbornly wrapped itself tighter around Ginny's arm.
Perplexed, Ginny looked to Hagrid for help. Hagrid shrugged his massive shoulders. "Maybe someone should go get Harry to see if he can talk some sense into the snake." He suggested.
He sent one of the students off with a note to excuse Harry from his class and bring him down to where the class was.
On seeing Harry walking across the grass to the class, Ginny's face burnt bright red, rivaling even her hair, embarrassed that he had to come all the way out there just to help Ginny get a snake off her arm. While her one time crush on Harry had ended a long time ago, Ginny still felt very uncomfortable around him.
Hagrid quickly explained the situation to Harry. Harry turned to the snake and started hissing in its language to it.
For a few minutes, Harry and the snake hissed back and forth to each other in a language no one else in the class could understand. Surprised, Ginny realized that she was able to pick out some small words that they were saying. Harry appeared to grow more and more frustrated by the conversation with the snake. Finally, Harry ended his conversation with the snake and turned to Hagrid with a confused expression on his face.
"She say's she chosen Ginny as her familiar." He told Hagrid. "She won't leave Ginny, she says, till death."
Hagrid raised his eyebrows and look at Ginny.
"Well," he said, "I guess I should go and get you some books on caring for Diamond Green Serpents."
Ginny's eyes opened wide. "You mean I have to keep it?!" she exclaimed. It wasn't that she didn't like snakes. She loved them. She just didn't want one as a familiar. Only Slytherins had snakes as familiars.
"Sorry Ginny, but Restina here choose you and she won't change her mind. It's like Harry says: she won't leave you till death."
"Ron's going to kill me!" Ginny moaned under her breath. Even in his last year at Hogwarts, Ron still stubbornly kept the opinion that Ginny needed protecting.
Hagrid disappeared into his hut for a few minutes and came out carrying three large books. He handed them to Ginny who stuffed them into her bag.
Hagrid looked down at her and smiled reassuringly. "Just so you know," he said, "Soon you should be able to understand everything the snake says. They have the gift of being able to give the ability of a Parseltongue to their familiars."
Ginny blanched. The new circumstances were coming faster than she could handle.
"Why don't you up to you dorm room and get to know her better?" Hagrid suggested kindly "I'll excuse you from all your other classes for the day."
Ginny nodded her thanks and quickly walked to the Gryffindor common room. As soon as she got there, she collapsed on one of the chairs. She held up her arm and studied the snake as it studied her back.
"Why did you choose me?" she thought out loud, startled at the sound of her own voice.
/Becausssss,/ the snake answered, to the great horror of Ginny. /You have the amulet of my lord./
/What amulet?/ she stuttered.
The snake pointed its tail at her neck. Ginny looked down, surprised. Curious, she lifted it up to her face to examine it. When her palm touched it, the amulet glowed green. Ginny felt a tingling sensation on her palm and dropped the amulet. Startled, she stared at her palm. There was a tiny figure of a snake in the center of her palm. It looked as thought it was an old scar, as if some one had carved it into her skin. Frantic, she tried to take the amulet off, but it seemed to grow smaller and smaller every time she tried to bring it up, over her head. Hysterically, Ginny searched for a clasp but there was none.
/What is this thing?/ Ginny asked desperately.
/It issss the amulet of the greatesssss lord of all./ The snake explained. /You are now bound to him./
/Who is your lord?/ Ginny asked, frightened. /And what do you mean bound to him?/
/You already know our lord/ the snake replied. Ginny felt her stomach sink. She had a bad feeling about this.
The snake continued. /You are bound to him magically. Thisssss meansss you can speak to him at all timessss. He hassss chosen you. It issss a great honor. / /Chosen me for what?/ Ginny asked.
The snake studied her carefully. /It is not for me to tell./ it finally hissed.
/You said that your lord and I can speak to each other. How?/ Ginny asked.
/Put your marked palm on the amulet./ the snake explained.
Ginny took a deep breath and cautiously put her had on the amulet.
* Hello * she called out silently.
* So, you finally decided to use the amulet * a voice replied back.
* Who are you? * Ginny asked, although in her heart, she already knew. It was the same one who she had poured her heart and soul out to in her first year. It was the same person who had been willing to sacrifice her life for the sake of his own. It was Tom Riddle.
Please, Please REVIEW. I value your opinion. If you have any suggestions, I will be happy to hear them.
Disclaimer - Nothing in the Harry Potter Universe belongs to me. I own NOTHING.
Rating - PG for now. I don't know if it'll change yet.
Summary - Ginny Weasley thought life was going perfect for her. One Tom Riddle is about to change her whole outlook on life.
Many thanks to:
Ginny riddle
Persephonie
Trina
Midnight
Tiamat Warcraft
Eruesse
Luna
Thank you for reviewing.
2nd AN: Sorry it took so long for me to post this up. My life has been fairly hectic lately. I'll try to update sooner from now on.
Chapter One
"Ginny!" a voice shattered Virginia Weasley's peaceful slumber. "Ginny! Get up! You're going to be late!"
Groggily, Ginny opened her eyes and was forced to blink several times before her eyes were able to adjust to the sudden light streaming out of the window.
Slowly, she turned around to look at the clock on her nightstand. When her mind finally caught up with her actions, and was able to comprehend what the clock was saying, she sat up with a start.
"Bloody Hell!" She exclaimed. "I've only got 5 minutes 'till breakfast!" With that thought firmly in mind, she leapt out of bed and quickly started to change into her school robes. Her mind was still half asleep, so she didn't even notice the strange amulet hanging on her neck.
She ran downstairs to the Gryffindor common room, still trying to comb out her flaming red hair. As she got to the portrait hole, she tossed her brush onto the nearest chair and walked as quickly as she could without running to the hall.
As usual, the hall was filled with students laughing, students talking, students trying to study for a upcoming test they knew was coming. Some students, like Ginny usually was were simply content to finish their breakfast in peace.
Tired, Ginny sat down at the far end of the Gryffindor table and grabbed a few pieces of buttered toast. She wasn't a very big morning person, and she generally wasn't socially inclined, so she refrained from talking to anyone, content to eat in silence . She finished her breakfast fast and hurried over to her first class, Care of Magical Creatures, taught by Hagrid.
"Morning Ginny." He greeted her as she neared the open area where the class was usually taught.
"Hi Hagrid!" she responded cheerfully, even thought inwardly she cringed. Today was the day the class would be covering animals of the Dark Arts, and Ginny was apprehensive about what Hagrid would bring for his usual hands-on lesson.
Slowly, the students were walking up and getting ready for the class to start. As soon as every one was present, Hagrid started.
"As you all know, today we're starting with animals usually associated with the Dark Arts. Now who can tell me which animal is the most associated with dark wizards."
Most of the class raised their hands, including Ginny. Hagrid nodded to her, indicating she could answer the question.
"Snakes."
"Five points to Gryffindor." Hagrid praised. "That's what we'll be starting with today." With that said, Hagrid reached into a box behind him and pulled out a long, green snake with a diamond pattern on it's head.
"This here is Restina," started Hagrid. "She's a Diamond Green Serpent. They usually live in dark forests like that one." He motioned to the forbidden forest.
"Diamond Green Serpents are largely known for being familiars with witches. They are the only familiar that will find and choose the witch which it will be bonded to. Only on rare occasions will a Diamond Green Serpent become a familiar to a wizard. Now everyone line up, I'll pass the snake around for each one of you to hold."
As all her classmates got into a straight line, Ginny made sure that she was in the back of the line, hoping that she would have more time to hold the snake then her classmates. Despite popular Gryffindor opinion when it came to snakes, Ginny was always fascinated with snakes.
When the snake was finally passed to her, it immediately curled up around Ginny's arm and rested its head on her wrist.
When Hagrid came along to take it and put it back to rest in it's box, Ginny raised her arm so Hagrid could take it. As soon as his giant hand came close to lift the snake up, however, the snake reared its head and hissed threateningly at Hagrid, prepared to strike at him.
Quickly, Hagrid withdrew his hand and a frown appeared on his face. He looked at the snake thoughtfully.
"Must be tired." Hagrid said in way of an explanation for the snake's behavior. "Why don't you go and try to put it in the box yourself, Ginny. It doesn't appear to want to bite you, so you shouldn't be in any harm."
Ginny nodded her head and walked over the box. She crouched done next to the box and tried with her free hand to pry the snake from her arm. The snake wouldn't move. It stubbornly wrapped itself tighter around Ginny's arm.
Perplexed, Ginny looked to Hagrid for help. Hagrid shrugged his massive shoulders. "Maybe someone should go get Harry to see if he can talk some sense into the snake." He suggested.
He sent one of the students off with a note to excuse Harry from his class and bring him down to where the class was.
On seeing Harry walking across the grass to the class, Ginny's face burnt bright red, rivaling even her hair, embarrassed that he had to come all the way out there just to help Ginny get a snake off her arm. While her one time crush on Harry had ended a long time ago, Ginny still felt very uncomfortable around him.
Hagrid quickly explained the situation to Harry. Harry turned to the snake and started hissing in its language to it.
For a few minutes, Harry and the snake hissed back and forth to each other in a language no one else in the class could understand. Surprised, Ginny realized that she was able to pick out some small words that they were saying. Harry appeared to grow more and more frustrated by the conversation with the snake. Finally, Harry ended his conversation with the snake and turned to Hagrid with a confused expression on his face.
"She say's she chosen Ginny as her familiar." He told Hagrid. "She won't leave Ginny, she says, till death."
Hagrid raised his eyebrows and look at Ginny.
"Well," he said, "I guess I should go and get you some books on caring for Diamond Green Serpents."
Ginny's eyes opened wide. "You mean I have to keep it?!" she exclaimed. It wasn't that she didn't like snakes. She loved them. She just didn't want one as a familiar. Only Slytherins had snakes as familiars.
"Sorry Ginny, but Restina here choose you and she won't change her mind. It's like Harry says: she won't leave you till death."
"Ron's going to kill me!" Ginny moaned under her breath. Even in his last year at Hogwarts, Ron still stubbornly kept the opinion that Ginny needed protecting.
Hagrid disappeared into his hut for a few minutes and came out carrying three large books. He handed them to Ginny who stuffed them into her bag.
Hagrid looked down at her and smiled reassuringly. "Just so you know," he said, "Soon you should be able to understand everything the snake says. They have the gift of being able to give the ability of a Parseltongue to their familiars."
Ginny blanched. The new circumstances were coming faster than she could handle.
"Why don't you up to you dorm room and get to know her better?" Hagrid suggested kindly "I'll excuse you from all your other classes for the day."
Ginny nodded her thanks and quickly walked to the Gryffindor common room. As soon as she got there, she collapsed on one of the chairs. She held up her arm and studied the snake as it studied her back.
"Why did you choose me?" she thought out loud, startled at the sound of her own voice.
/Becausssss,/ the snake answered, to the great horror of Ginny. /You have the amulet of my lord./
/What amulet?/ she stuttered.
The snake pointed its tail at her neck. Ginny looked down, surprised. Curious, she lifted it up to her face to examine it. When her palm touched it, the amulet glowed green. Ginny felt a tingling sensation on her palm and dropped the amulet. Startled, she stared at her palm. There was a tiny figure of a snake in the center of her palm. It looked as thought it was an old scar, as if some one had carved it into her skin. Frantic, she tried to take the amulet off, but it seemed to grow smaller and smaller every time she tried to bring it up, over her head. Hysterically, Ginny searched for a clasp but there was none.
/What is this thing?/ Ginny asked desperately.
/It issss the amulet of the greatesssss lord of all./ The snake explained. /You are now bound to him./
/Who is your lord?/ Ginny asked, frightened. /And what do you mean bound to him?/
/You already know our lord/ the snake replied. Ginny felt her stomach sink. She had a bad feeling about this.
The snake continued. /You are bound to him magically. Thisssss meansss you can speak to him at all timessss. He hassss chosen you. It issss a great honor. / /Chosen me for what?/ Ginny asked.
The snake studied her carefully. /It is not for me to tell./ it finally hissed.
/You said that your lord and I can speak to each other. How?/ Ginny asked.
/Put your marked palm on the amulet./ the snake explained.
Ginny took a deep breath and cautiously put her had on the amulet.
* Hello * she called out silently.
* So, you finally decided to use the amulet * a voice replied back.
* Who are you? * Ginny asked, although in her heart, she already knew. It was the same one who she had poured her heart and soul out to in her first year. It was the same person who had been willing to sacrifice her life for the sake of his own. It was Tom Riddle.
Please, Please REVIEW. I value your opinion. If you have any suggestions, I will be happy to hear them.