A/N: Everything pertaining to Harry Potter and the World of Harry Potter belongs to JK Rowling. The storyline, and any new character's are in fact mine.
1971 Wales
A small raven-haired girl with a mixture of gray and blue green eyes looked out the window as both of her parents rushed to get her to bed. Her grayish blue-green eyes looking up at her father questioningly as he tenderly pried her away from the bay window, pulling her into his arms before turning and taking her to her bouncy bed.
"Since I am eleven does this mean that I get to go to the special school that mommy and you said?" She asked excitedly, pulling back from his warm embrace.
"We'll see darling. Now get some sleep darling girl." He said kissing her forehead, after he placed her on the bed, gently pushing her back and pulling the soft blankets over her tiny body.
"Alright, but I won't like it." She muttered scowling at her father.
Her father in turn let out a chuckle, shaking his head at her in amusement before smiling down at her. "Goodnight. I love you..." He said kissing forehead once more.
"With all my heart." The little girls muttered sleepily, her eyes beginning to get heavy. "G'night daddy." She muttered, before she sunk into a heavy sleep.
"Goodnight pumpkin. Sweet dreams darling girl." He whispered as he stood up and walked out of the room.
To their excitement, and the little girl's, the next morning as they had breakfast, a letter had arrived for the little girl. To the girl's astonishment the letter was dropped off by a brown and black feathered owl, one that was rather small and had rather bug bright orange eyes.
People always thought of the girl younger than she actually was due to her tiny frame, and stature. She was, actually eleven years old. That along with the fact that she attended a private school of high prestige made her brighter than average children of the same age as her.
Physically she had a good combination of her parents. She seemed to have her mother's same size and stature, her dark rich locks, eye shape and smile. While she also had her father's facial features, and to her mother's dismay many of his habits and mannerisms. Her eyes color stunning both her parents when they realized it was a combination of both of them. Mentally she had both her mother's and father's combined intelligence.
"Annie, look what has arrived for you this morning." Her mother cooed, waving the letter in the air in front of her.
"Is that- is that for the school you told me about? The magical one? What was the name again? Hogwarts?!" The little girl asked, excitedly, letting out a high-pitched squeal as her mother handed her the letter. She handed the letter back to her mother to read out loud as she excitedly finished her breakfast.
"With all the screaming, you'd think she was going to meet the Queen of England... or asked to join the royal court..." Her father muttered, hiding behind his newspaper.
The family then made plans to go buy all of her school supplies later that day. Much to the little girl's excitement included her first wand.
1971 July, Little Hangleton, London
"Leilah! Tom!" The raven-haired woman called from the kitchen.
An eleven-year-old boy appeared next to the table, looking up at his mother as his eyes shinned with mischief. His sister trailing in a few feet behind him.
"Yes, mum?" He asked, standing up straight and holding his hand behind his back.
"Do you two remember my friend, Lucy?" She asked, crouching down to meet the boy's height to look at him in the eye before turning to look at the raven haired girl ,who sat on the table bored
They nodded in response, waiting for their mother to continue. "You've received your Hogwarts letters last week. She called and asked if we would like to come along to Diagon Alley for school supplies. She said she and her husband Johnathon would pay for the supplies if we went along. Would you like to go? You two can meet their daughter Annie, she's about your age, she'll be attending the same school as you." She said, smiling at him.
The young boy's eyes sparkled in delight and eagerness, he nodded his head vigorously. While his sister scoffed mutter under her breath before, nodding innocently too.
"Great. Finish your breakfast and go take a shower, and get clean clothes on." His mother ordered, smiling down at them.
The boy was quick to comply, going to sit down on the table, devouring his oatmeal in minutes. Drinking his orange juice in three big gulps. The girl picking at her food scowling
"Would you like a second serving, dear?" She asked him.
He shook his head vigorously in response, she laughed in response before letting him go get ready.
"Mummy, do we have to go to that school?" The little girl asked, somberly as soon as her brother was out of the room, she watched as her mother grabbed her wand, and began waving it. Within seconds the house and kitchen were spotless. After doing so, her mother went and began to braid her dark ebony locks and helped her change into a different dress. Going to change herself after helping her change into her own clothes.
The girl sat down and watched the breeze go through the trees and their leaves. Turning to watch her mother every now and then. Wondering why her mother was so lost in thought that morning.
Merope was so lost in though she didn't realize her daughter was watching her every move. It had been happening increasingly since the day the letters arrived at Hogwarts.
Lucy had come back and trained her properly in magic. Taught her the basics to magic, even surpassing it, brought her food for her and her children, basically watched over all of them.
She smiled as she realized how much Lucy had in fact helped them, her husband and her visiting every so often. Though she still had yet to get over her heartbreak of Tom Riddle Sr. She was glad her children never asked about their father, then she would be forced to tell them the truth of why he had abandoned them. She was stunned out of her revere when she heard footsteps behind her; turning, to see Tom ready and waiting for her to acknowledge his presence, along with Leilah's
"Are you two ready to go, dears?" She asked the boy, she could probably see him bouncing on the balls of his feet, his arms still held behind him.
"Great let's go. We're supposed to meet Lucy and Johnathon at the Leaky Cauldron. Then we're going to go get the supplies and eat lunch after." Merope said, smiling down at the excitement that shined in her son's eyes.
Lucy was right. They really are worth living for. She thought as they made their way out of small forest and out into the streets to hail a cab to take towards the heart of London.
They stopped and got out of the cab after paying their fair. It was just a couple of blocks down the road. They decided to walk quietly the rest of the way, though the eagerness in the boy's eyes shinned brighter than any start looking around, he wanted to discover what the wizarding world was all about. Ignoring his sister's attempts to get his attention.
Soon as the trio stepped into the wary establishment, they looked around looking for the two people that had been expecting them. Nobody recognized Merope, what with the potion Lucy had given her, it changed her appearance, her once dark eyes became a deep dark emerald color, her hair shined even under the dim lights, her beauty radiated from her; gone was the girl that was physically and mentally abused by her father and elder brother, the woman that stood before them was confident, and held an air of confidence and authority.
"Tom, Leilah. Look there areLucy and Johnathon, let's go. You two can meet their daughter Annie, I believe is her name." She said, leading the two eleven-year-olds slowly towards the family of three. She let down the hood of her dark cloak; as they neared Tom and Leilah took in the appearance of the three.
The woman, Lucy, had gray almost silver eyes, a tender warm smile, and a heart shaped face; she had long brownish black hair that was put in a thick braid, that looked like a crown around her head, she had a slender figure and was shorter than either of them remembered. The man, Johnathon, looked down at him as they approached, a crooked smile on well-proportioned face, his hair was a combination of an ebony color and honey gold, his tall and broad stance gave a wave of strength, power and authority. Tom and Leilah's eyes landed on the small tiny figure next to them. As they approached them, they took in her appearance.
Noting that she had long straight black hair, a small frame like her mother's, and facial features that resembled both of her parents. Her eyes were a combination of both of her parents' eye colors, it was unique. Tom couldn't decide if he should smile in greeting or wait to be introduced to her, seeming forgotten what they went in that place for. Leilah almost jumped in excitement, happy to be possibly making a new friends
"Mer, I'm glad you could make it, how are little Tom and Leilah?" the woman, Lucy, said smiling widely at them.
Tom looked at his mother in wonder, only to find she had lowered her hood and smiled in greeting as the other woman stepped closer to them and brought her mother into a tight hug. He couldn't help the scowl the formed on his face as he watched the little girl look at him with curious interest. Her head tilted to the side, and her lips had a slight pout, though it looked unconsciously formed. Leilah, smiled almost skipping to the girl's side, wanting to get to know her immediately.
"Oh, great. Excellent then let's go." Lucy said, grabbing his mother's hand as she led them out towards the back.
Tom almost crashed into his mother's back as they both suddenly halted. He looked up surprised at the women's actions, rolling his eyes at their sudden shocked faces. Leilah crashing into Tom, who elbowed her annoyed.
"My apologies, where are my manners? Goodness. Annie? Annamarie, come here, darling. I want to introduce you to someone special." She said looking as the girl slowly walked from behind her father's legs.
"Annie, this is my friend Merope Riddle and her son and daughter, Tom and Leilah Riddle. You three will be attending Hogwarts in the same year." Lucy said, introducing them with an encouraging smile.
The little girl's unique eyes began to shine with excitement suddenly as she practically skipped towards the raven-haired boy. His sister almost bouncing in sheer excitement.
"Hi, my name is Sophia Annamarie Riel, but my mommy calls me Annie or Anna when she gets mad. Are you excited about learning magic?" She asked, a smile creeping on her face.
Tom looked down at his feet, nodding his head vigorously before his bright green eyes looked up at her. "My name is Tom, Tom Riddle." He said giving her a half-smile.
"I'm Leilah! Tom's twin sister. Don't mind him. He has always been a sourpuss." Leilah chimed in.
"Nice to meet you Leilah. Can I call you Tommy?" She asked curiously, turning towards Leilah's scowling brother as they began to walk again.
Their parents walking behind them, enjoying listening in on their conversation, occasionally snickering at their remarks.
"Why would you want to call me that? My name is Tom not Tommy, there's nothing special about it. It's a pretty common name." He mumbled, but Annie still heard him.
"Well, I can tell you aren't like all the other Toms I've met, at my other school there were two other Toms and they used to bully me and pull on my hair. they were poopheads." She said, scowling at the ground before them as they walked into Diagon Alley.
"Alright, deal. But I can call you Sophie in return. And only I can call you that." He said, smiling at her, his eyes flashing to his scowling sister.
"Deal." She said, smiling at him.
"Come on let's go see what this Diagon Alley has in store for us." The little girl said, pulling them both as she began skipping towards the first shop to the right to get their books
It took the better part of the day for the children to get everything they would need in the school year. Anna decided she wanted a cat but her mother advised her to get an owl. She got an owl that was covered in white feathers and black and brown spots, large dark endearing yet mysterious eyes. She also got a white and gray cat that had spots all over it; her mother promising to take it home so it would wait for her when she returned in the summer break. Tom's owl was all black with deep, dark yellow, almost orange, eyes. Leilah's brown with black and white feathers with big yellow eyes and a bright yellow orange beak.
"Tommy," Annie called after him as he walked to another book store, feeling disheartened when he ignored her and walked right into the book store.
She scowled at his retreating form, and turned on her heals, heading the opposite direction of Merope and her mother who followed Tom into the book shop.
"Jerk, big dunder head, big poop head, he's bonkers completely bonkers I tell you. Showed me to bloody be nice again to such a poop head. " She muttered as she headed into Ollivander's shop.
"Calm down, Annie, my brother tends to get into his own world every now and then. Don't take it too personally." The raven haired girl said, patting her friends back as they stepped into the shop.
Annie got a 13 ½ inch yew, Phoenix core wand, it was polished perfection and made her feel whole when she first grasped it, it was as if it had been created for her and her hand. A big smile on her face as she left with her father to go find her mother.
Leilah's was a mahogany, swishy, 12 ½ inch wand. It was a marble white, polished to perfection.
Tom had already gotten his wand it was a 13 ½ inch yew, phoenix core wand. His eyes gave off greedy gleam as he grasped it firmly.
They shopped around looking for anything else that the children may need, or anything else. It was around four o'clock in the afternoon. Annie was about to go into another shop when her mother stopped her, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Annie, its getting late we have to home and leave all this stuff. The Riddles do too. We are going to leave this in the car and from there we are all going to grab a bite to eat." Her mother said, guiding her gently to the silver minivan that was parked two blocks away from Diagon Alley.
"Lucy, are we all going to fit in there? It's alright if the children and I take a cab to go back home, it's perfectly fine." Merope said.
"Mer, come on, no need to be silly there is enough room for a small army to fit in there, trust me." Her mother said, scoffing before she rolled her eyes.
The raven-haired woman nodded, smiling reluctantly at them. She was surprised to find the car was enchanted; it looked like a Ariel model on the outside, but inside there were enough seats to sit exactly what Lucy said, a small army.
The group of six ate a small café that was three miles down. Both Merope and Lucy noticed the tension that was going on between her son and her daughter. However, they didn't want to interfere, for they feared it would only make things worse. So, the group ate quiet, before dropping off Leilah, Tom and their mother, Merope, at their house, before heading to their secluded home right after.