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Disclaimer: I don't own Tom or any other Harry Potter stuff, it all belongs to J. K. Rowlings and all the other people who publish her books.

A/N: I hope you all enjoy my very first ever fanfic. I don't really give a damn if you like the plot or not, but if you have suggestions for my writing style or notice any spelling/grammar mistakes let me know. Oh, and this is about Tom Riddle, I think most people will figure that out, but just so you all know going in to it.

Tom was one of the smartest boys to ever attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Respected by teachers, beloved by his peers and worshipped by his girlfriend, Sophie Sands, Tom seemed to have a perfect life. As time went by, Tom and Sophie grew up, but while their fellow classmates started experimenting Tom began to distance himself from Sophie. And, as will usually happen this aroused an interest as to why, and then rumors began to spread. Who knows who started them, but what's really important in this story is that they started. And what only Tom knew was that none of them even came close to the truth.

Tom was born in a small muggle town, his mother died during childbirth, and his father left. Now, people say the reason his father left was because he found out his wife was a witch, this is not quite the whole truth but the truth is what we are here to learn.

Now, like all births Tom's was a miracle, but people quickly noticed that there was something very different about him. Doctors were called in and for the first few weeks of his young life Tom was the source of much controversy. It was eventually decided that Tom was a boy, and things began to die down but amidst all the excitement Toms father had disappeared. No one's quite sure why he left, maybe he was driven mad by the death of his wife, maybe he was just ashamed of his son, and maybe it was a combination of the two. One thing was certain though, he was gone, and suddenly people were faced with the challenge of finding someone to take Tom in. But who would? Because, you see, Tom was born without any "manly parts" not to say he had nothing, no not at all, he did have something, two somethings in fact, horns, protruding from where his "manly parts" should be. Large horns, much like elephants, Tom had learned how to file them down so that they were just bumps, not visible and this is how he managed to keep them a secret from everyone at Hogwarts.

Tom realized at a very young age that he was different form other boys. At the age of five Tom began trying to explore what those differences were. Greatly upsetting the other boys in the orphanage in the process. This eventually led to Tom's explanation of what was different, and his learning the very important lesson of "good touch" and "bad touch." And so began Toms fascination with snakes.

Tom would spend hours everyday roaming the grounds of the orphanage looking for snakes. It was soon decided that Tom was insane, but since he didn't seem to be a danger to himself or others and no one really had the heart to lock him up things were just left alone. So Tom would just roam freely, befriending the snakes. People would often walk by and overhear him hissing, but they would just shake their heads and murmur, "poor little boy, completely off his rocker."

This continued with little change until the day his letter came.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed, and remember this is the first chapter. There are a lot of things I know you would all like to know so stay tuned to find out:

What kinds of rumors are they?

What does Tom finally decide to do?

What makes him evil?

What's Sophie really like?

Why is Tom in Slytherin?

Coming to Hogwarts as a little boy with horns, why did he become so popular?

All these questions will be answered, and if you have anymore, tell me and I'll try to answer them for you. I'll be updating soon, so don't change that channel!