Authors note: Some of you have inquired on which Tom Riddle he is. In
this story, he is the Tom from the diary. I'll explain everything as the
story progresses. As usual, if you notice any mistakes, please inform me
so I can fix them. Please, PLEASE review. I live off reviews, they help
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Disclaimer: Nothing in the Harry Potter Universe belongs to me. I
Rating: PG13
Many thanks to:
Mortania-Thanks! Sorry it took so long for me to update. Please keep reviewing.
RaistlinofMetallica-*bows* hope you enjoy this chapter!
Anisky-read on, I don't know if she'll go back to Hogwarts or if she'll stay home yet. I hope you like this chapter.
Imp-He is the Tom from the diary. See the above authors note. Sorry for the confusion.
Luna-don't worry, that'll be coming up soon. :D
Persephonie-- Thank you! He is the Tom from the diary. See above authors note.
Moonlight152-Thanks for your review! I enjoy reading it.
Aoi-- read on and find out in the later chapters! Please keep reviewing!
Later the next morning, Virginia awoke to find herself in the arms of none other than Tom Riddle. With a contented sigh, she slowly rolled over to face him. She looked into his already wide-awake eyes and smiled.
"Morning." She greeted him.
"Is it morning already?" he teased. His eyes flickered to the window where the noon sun was shinning through.
Her eyes followed his gaze.
"Not my fault you kept me up all night." She replied back good-naturedly.
"Oh, isn't it?" he jibed back, giving her a rare smile.
She studied him thoughtfully for a minute.
"What?" he asked.
"You know," she said. "I doubt anyone else ever sees this side of you, do they?"
He thought for a moment. "I suppose you're right."
She smiled. "I always am."
"Oh really?" he asked. "Then you could tell me exactly how to solve the insufferable problem of the muggle loving fool, Dumbledore." He practically spat the name.
"I suppose I could." Ginny said.
Tom raised his eyebrow.
"Just go over to the school and kill him." Ginny said lightly.
"What a wonderful idea!" he exclaimed sarcastically. "Just wait while I summon my loyal death eaters and tell them of your masterful plan! I'm sure they'll all love it." He made a move as if to leap out of bed, but Ginny caught his arm.
"Nah." She said looking into his eyes. "They'll have to wait. I believe that you have more important things than your death eaters right now."
"Really?" he asked, his eyes shinning jokingly. "What possibly be more important than the death of the muggle loving fools and world domination?"
Ginny smile seductively. "Let's find out." She whispered into his ear as she pulled him under the covers.
Later that evening, when they were once again sitting at the table, eating, Virginia asked the question that had been plaguing her mind for quite some time.
"What about my family?"
Tom stopped, his fork halfway to his mouth. Slowly, he set the eating utensil down on the table and looked at Virginia.
"I must confess, Virginia," he said "I will have to destroy any who come between me and my goals. If they persist to interfere with my, our goals, they will have to be destroyed."
Virginia stayed silent, deep in thought. Despite the path she now chose, she did not wish to see her family destroyed. She knew without a doubt that certain members, like Ron and her father would never accept the winning side.
"Percy might turn." She mused out loud. "He's ambitious enough. It won't be easy, but in the end, we'd have a spy in the Ministry."
Tom nodded his approval.
"This would work perfectly with what I've planned for us." He said. "I'll just have to change some minor details around." He looked at her, measuring. "Would you like to go back to them?"
Virginia looked at him, surprised. "What do you mean?"
"I thought perhaps we should use the spy to our advantage. I'll let my death eaters know you're here, only they'll think you're my prisoner. The muggle loving fool, Dumbledore will surely try to rescue you. Perhaps even that idiot Potter child will come. He defeated my old self before, he'll think he could do it again."
Virginia nodded her understanding. In Potter's fifth year, he had once agin gone up against Voldemort. In that battle, he had defeated Voldemort and killed him. Little did he know, however, that Lucius Malfoy had brought back the Tom Riddle from the diary, now more powerful than the first Voldemort had ever been.
"If you'll consent, you'll be "rescued". Then you can go about turning your brother and gathering information."
Virginia nodded slowly once more, not sure she could trust herself to speak. She wanted to help Tom, and she knew this would be the best way. The only problem was that she didn't want to be separated from Tom.
As if sensing her thought, Tom spoke again. "We are bound, Virginia, we can always contact eachother with the help of the amulets. No one will ever be able to sense our bound."
"Then I'll do it." Virginia said.
"Let's get you ready, then." He said, taking her hand.
He led her once more down to the dungeons and stopped at one of the cell doors. He opened it to reveal rooms devoid of anything save for some dirt and blood on the floor. The room stank of repeated suffering and numerous tortures. Faintly, Virginia could hear some pitiful moans from the other cells.
She turned to look at Tom, questioning.
"Are you sure?" he asked one last time. "We can always turn back and I won't hold it against you."
Virginia gave a small smile and stepped closer to him. She kissed him and murmured in his ear, "I'm sure. I want to do this. Consider this my test."
Tom raised his eyebrow at her. "I do believe you've already passed the test, love." He commented dryly.
Virginia snorted in amusement. "Oh?" she asked, opening her eyes wide in fake innocence. "And what test was that?" She once again leaned in for a kiss.
When they parted, Virginia stepped away. "Well?" she asked, impatiently. "I don't think your little followers will really believe the ruse if I look like this." She turned around for emphasis.
Tom nodded his head. "I have already thought of that." He said. He pulled out his wand and whispered an incantation. With a swish and flick of his wand, Virginia was once more in her school robes. With another flick, they appeared torn and dirty, and quite smelly for that matter.
Virginia wrinkled her nose at the smell. She glared balefully at Tom. "Thanks." She said sarcastically.
Tom mock-bowed. He ran a critical eye over her.
"Well?" Virginia demanded.
He shook his head. "One last thing remaining, love," he said. With another spell, Virginia's face lost all it's color, turning to a sickly color. Her skin sagged and her bones stood out starkly giving her the appearance of one who had not eaten in days.
Virginia looked down at herself, then once again scowled at Tom. "I look as bad as these clothes," she complained.
Tom gave a quick laugh. "That's the idea."
Virginia rolled her eyes.
"What about Restina?" she asked.
"She'll have to stay here," Tom said. "It would raise too many suspicions if they thought I allowed you to keep her. Besides, she will provide suitable blame as to why and how you ended up "captured" by me."
Virginia sighed heavily. "I'll miss you." She said.
"As I, you." Tom replied. "I'll try to make sure you're not hurt, but it will have to look believable."
Virginia nodded. "I know, Tom."
There was a brief moment of awkward silence between the two before Virginia spoke.
"Well," she said, breaking the silence, "I guess you better call your death eaters."
Tom nodded once and slowly walked away, closing and locking the door behind him.
Once he was gone, Virginia went to the corner of the cell and curled up as small as she could on the ground. She then started crying so her eyes would be red. All her years of being the youngest finally helped, she thought wryly.
It was several minutes before Virginia heard the steps signaling someone was coming towards her cell.
"Bring her." She heard Tom command
The cell door banged open and two death eaters fully robed approached. She drew back as if in fear and forced some more tears into her eyes.
Hands roughly dragged her to her feet and practically hauled her to the same room where she had witnesses Draco Malfoy's initiation.
More tears came, leaking to the floor.
She found herself chained to the wall, her arms above her head, facing the death eaters. Many leered unpleasantly at her. She tried to look as scared as possible.
"Well, well, well," Tom mocked, "What have we here?" His hand shot out and grabbed her face to look up at him. While it must have looked painful to the other death eaters, in truth he was very gentle.
He shook her face and stepped away, addressing his followers. "We have a new death eater tomorrow. I do believe we'll have fun with this little muggle lover."
Several death eaters laughed.
"Prepare a way so that Dumbledore can find her mangled body when we're done with her. I imagine her family will be crushed."
More laughs.
"Lucius." Tom commanded.
Quickly the older Malfoy stepped forward and bowed.
"I do believe I offered you an award for your services." Tom said. He gestured to Virginia while at the same time sending her reassuring thoughts through their bond. "Just make sure she's still alive when you're done with her."
Virginia shuddered visibly when his eye raked over her body and a smirk came to his face.
"The rest of you may leave." Tom said, dismissing the others. The other death eaters all left with pops leaving only Tom and Malfoy with Virginia.
Before Malfoy could do anything, Tom quickly went over to Virginia and released her from her bonds.
Virginia glanced over to the shocked face of Malfoy.
"He can be trusted." Tom reassured her. He kissed her lightly on the forehead. He then turned to the confused Malfoy. "This is your queen. We are bonded."
Realization dawned on Lucius's face as he quickly bowed to Virginia. "My lady." He murmured.
"You are not to tell anyone." Tom warned. "As you know, there is a spy in our midst. No doubt as we speak he or she is telling that fool Dumbledore about Virginia and my plans for her."
He turned to Virginia. "There is one last spell I need to perform if this is going to look believable." He told her, regret in his voice. "It will hurt quite a bit." He warned.
Virginia nodded her head. "I don't care she said. It'll confirm what they already believe."
Tom once again chained her up. Only this time, it was with gentleness. He stood back and pointed his wand at her.
Suddenly pain seared through her. Virginia bit her bottom lip in an effort not to scream. Tom quickly came over and comforted her the best he could. When it was over and Virginia looked as though she had gone through several rounds with a herd of lions, he kissed her gently one last time and left.
Virginia soon fell into a light sleep.
Disclaimer: Nothing in the Harry Potter Universe belongs to me. I
Rating: PG13
Many thanks to:
Mortania-Thanks! Sorry it took so long for me to update. Please keep reviewing.
RaistlinofMetallica-*bows* hope you enjoy this chapter!
Anisky-read on, I don't know if she'll go back to Hogwarts or if she'll stay home yet. I hope you like this chapter.
Imp-He is the Tom from the diary. See the above authors note. Sorry for the confusion.
Luna-don't worry, that'll be coming up soon. :D
Persephonie-- Thank you! He is the Tom from the diary. See above authors note.
Moonlight152-Thanks for your review! I enjoy reading it.
Aoi-- read on and find out in the later chapters! Please keep reviewing!
Later the next morning, Virginia awoke to find herself in the arms of none other than Tom Riddle. With a contented sigh, she slowly rolled over to face him. She looked into his already wide-awake eyes and smiled.
"Morning." She greeted him.
"Is it morning already?" he teased. His eyes flickered to the window where the noon sun was shinning through.
Her eyes followed his gaze.
"Not my fault you kept me up all night." She replied back good-naturedly.
"Oh, isn't it?" he jibed back, giving her a rare smile.
She studied him thoughtfully for a minute.
"What?" he asked.
"You know," she said. "I doubt anyone else ever sees this side of you, do they?"
He thought for a moment. "I suppose you're right."
She smiled. "I always am."
"Oh really?" he asked. "Then you could tell me exactly how to solve the insufferable problem of the muggle loving fool, Dumbledore." He practically spat the name.
"I suppose I could." Ginny said.
Tom raised his eyebrow.
"Just go over to the school and kill him." Ginny said lightly.
"What a wonderful idea!" he exclaimed sarcastically. "Just wait while I summon my loyal death eaters and tell them of your masterful plan! I'm sure they'll all love it." He made a move as if to leap out of bed, but Ginny caught his arm.
"Nah." She said looking into his eyes. "They'll have to wait. I believe that you have more important things than your death eaters right now."
"Really?" he asked, his eyes shinning jokingly. "What possibly be more important than the death of the muggle loving fools and world domination?"
Ginny smile seductively. "Let's find out." She whispered into his ear as she pulled him under the covers.
Later that evening, when they were once again sitting at the table, eating, Virginia asked the question that had been plaguing her mind for quite some time.
"What about my family?"
Tom stopped, his fork halfway to his mouth. Slowly, he set the eating utensil down on the table and looked at Virginia.
"I must confess, Virginia," he said "I will have to destroy any who come between me and my goals. If they persist to interfere with my, our goals, they will have to be destroyed."
Virginia stayed silent, deep in thought. Despite the path she now chose, she did not wish to see her family destroyed. She knew without a doubt that certain members, like Ron and her father would never accept the winning side.
"Percy might turn." She mused out loud. "He's ambitious enough. It won't be easy, but in the end, we'd have a spy in the Ministry."
Tom nodded his approval.
"This would work perfectly with what I've planned for us." He said. "I'll just have to change some minor details around." He looked at her, measuring. "Would you like to go back to them?"
Virginia looked at him, surprised. "What do you mean?"
"I thought perhaps we should use the spy to our advantage. I'll let my death eaters know you're here, only they'll think you're my prisoner. The muggle loving fool, Dumbledore will surely try to rescue you. Perhaps even that idiot Potter child will come. He defeated my old self before, he'll think he could do it again."
Virginia nodded her understanding. In Potter's fifth year, he had once agin gone up against Voldemort. In that battle, he had defeated Voldemort and killed him. Little did he know, however, that Lucius Malfoy had brought back the Tom Riddle from the diary, now more powerful than the first Voldemort had ever been.
"If you'll consent, you'll be "rescued". Then you can go about turning your brother and gathering information."
Virginia nodded slowly once more, not sure she could trust herself to speak. She wanted to help Tom, and she knew this would be the best way. The only problem was that she didn't want to be separated from Tom.
As if sensing her thought, Tom spoke again. "We are bound, Virginia, we can always contact eachother with the help of the amulets. No one will ever be able to sense our bound."
"Then I'll do it." Virginia said.
"Let's get you ready, then." He said, taking her hand.
He led her once more down to the dungeons and stopped at one of the cell doors. He opened it to reveal rooms devoid of anything save for some dirt and blood on the floor. The room stank of repeated suffering and numerous tortures. Faintly, Virginia could hear some pitiful moans from the other cells.
She turned to look at Tom, questioning.
"Are you sure?" he asked one last time. "We can always turn back and I won't hold it against you."
Virginia gave a small smile and stepped closer to him. She kissed him and murmured in his ear, "I'm sure. I want to do this. Consider this my test."
Tom raised his eyebrow at her. "I do believe you've already passed the test, love." He commented dryly.
Virginia snorted in amusement. "Oh?" she asked, opening her eyes wide in fake innocence. "And what test was that?" She once again leaned in for a kiss.
When they parted, Virginia stepped away. "Well?" she asked, impatiently. "I don't think your little followers will really believe the ruse if I look like this." She turned around for emphasis.
Tom nodded his head. "I have already thought of that." He said. He pulled out his wand and whispered an incantation. With a swish and flick of his wand, Virginia was once more in her school robes. With another flick, they appeared torn and dirty, and quite smelly for that matter.
Virginia wrinkled her nose at the smell. She glared balefully at Tom. "Thanks." She said sarcastically.
Tom mock-bowed. He ran a critical eye over her.
"Well?" Virginia demanded.
He shook his head. "One last thing remaining, love," he said. With another spell, Virginia's face lost all it's color, turning to a sickly color. Her skin sagged and her bones stood out starkly giving her the appearance of one who had not eaten in days.
Virginia looked down at herself, then once again scowled at Tom. "I look as bad as these clothes," she complained.
Tom gave a quick laugh. "That's the idea."
Virginia rolled her eyes.
"What about Restina?" she asked.
"She'll have to stay here," Tom said. "It would raise too many suspicions if they thought I allowed you to keep her. Besides, she will provide suitable blame as to why and how you ended up "captured" by me."
Virginia sighed heavily. "I'll miss you." She said.
"As I, you." Tom replied. "I'll try to make sure you're not hurt, but it will have to look believable."
Virginia nodded. "I know, Tom."
There was a brief moment of awkward silence between the two before Virginia spoke.
"Well," she said, breaking the silence, "I guess you better call your death eaters."
Tom nodded once and slowly walked away, closing and locking the door behind him.
Once he was gone, Virginia went to the corner of the cell and curled up as small as she could on the ground. She then started crying so her eyes would be red. All her years of being the youngest finally helped, she thought wryly.
It was several minutes before Virginia heard the steps signaling someone was coming towards her cell.
"Bring her." She heard Tom command
The cell door banged open and two death eaters fully robed approached. She drew back as if in fear and forced some more tears into her eyes.
Hands roughly dragged her to her feet and practically hauled her to the same room where she had witnesses Draco Malfoy's initiation.
More tears came, leaking to the floor.
She found herself chained to the wall, her arms above her head, facing the death eaters. Many leered unpleasantly at her. She tried to look as scared as possible.
"Well, well, well," Tom mocked, "What have we here?" His hand shot out and grabbed her face to look up at him. While it must have looked painful to the other death eaters, in truth he was very gentle.
He shook her face and stepped away, addressing his followers. "We have a new death eater tomorrow. I do believe we'll have fun with this little muggle lover."
Several death eaters laughed.
"Prepare a way so that Dumbledore can find her mangled body when we're done with her. I imagine her family will be crushed."
More laughs.
"Lucius." Tom commanded.
Quickly the older Malfoy stepped forward and bowed.
"I do believe I offered you an award for your services." Tom said. He gestured to Virginia while at the same time sending her reassuring thoughts through their bond. "Just make sure she's still alive when you're done with her."
Virginia shuddered visibly when his eye raked over her body and a smirk came to his face.
"The rest of you may leave." Tom said, dismissing the others. The other death eaters all left with pops leaving only Tom and Malfoy with Virginia.
Before Malfoy could do anything, Tom quickly went over to Virginia and released her from her bonds.
Virginia glanced over to the shocked face of Malfoy.
"He can be trusted." Tom reassured her. He kissed her lightly on the forehead. He then turned to the confused Malfoy. "This is your queen. We are bonded."
Realization dawned on Lucius's face as he quickly bowed to Virginia. "My lady." He murmured.
"You are not to tell anyone." Tom warned. "As you know, there is a spy in our midst. No doubt as we speak he or she is telling that fool Dumbledore about Virginia and my plans for her."
He turned to Virginia. "There is one last spell I need to perform if this is going to look believable." He told her, regret in his voice. "It will hurt quite a bit." He warned.
Virginia nodded her head. "I don't care she said. It'll confirm what they already believe."
Tom once again chained her up. Only this time, it was with gentleness. He stood back and pointed his wand at her.
Suddenly pain seared through her. Virginia bit her bottom lip in an effort not to scream. Tom quickly came over and comforted her the best he could. When it was over and Virginia looked as though she had gone through several rounds with a herd of lions, he kissed her gently one last time and left.
Virginia soon fell into a light sleep.