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"So Tom Riddle is Voldemort," Esdeath said to herself as she read over the letter Najenda had sent her concerning the diary. Whatever had been off about that diary was now gone thanks to the poison from Murasame.

It was clear to her now that Lucius was the one who got the diary into the school from what Najenda went on to write, but her question was what did sending that diary into the school accomplish? It was magical, could there have been some hidden secrets laying inside that book that would only have been revealed over time? It was most likely the case but to know for sure she decided it was best to find out more about Tom Riddle and what he could have hoped to gain from this plot. She decided the best person to ask was one who she had little respect for.

Speaking the password to the gargoyle Esdeath walked into the Headmaster's office. Dumbledore looked up from a book he was reading. "Good evening Professor," Dumbledore said. "I wasn't expecting a visit from you."

"No you weren't so I'll keep this brief," Esdeath told him. "I want to know more about Tom Riddle. Or Voldemort whichever name you prefer."

Dumbledore widened his eyes clearly not expecting Esdeath's demand. "And how if I may ask do you know that name?"

"Well a few days ago I came across a diary of his being in the possession of a first year girl," Esdeath told him. "It appears security is so lax around here that anyone can bring in artifacts radiating with dark energy."

"Do you have it with you?" Dumbledore asked with clear concern in his elderly voice.

"I confiscated it from the student as was my right, but did not give her any punishment. It was likely she was just a pawn in all of this. Once I had it in my possession I sent it to be properly disposed of, which I am glad to report it has been."

"And why did you not send this diary to me before you destroyed it?" Dumbledore asked her.

"Well given all that happened last year and how you intentionally put students in harms way with a rare magical artifact I decided it would be best if you didn't get your hands on this," Esdeath told him. "You probably would have just set up defenses around it that were so easy a first year could get past them. My method proved to be far more effective."

"Still that diary could have proved to hold secrets about Voldemort," Dumbledore argued. "I could have found a way to beat him once and for all."

"You do know that once and for all means killing right?" Esdeath asked as she raised an eyebrow. "And here I thought you were opposed to that idea. It appears that even I can be wrong."

"I do not approve of killing," Dumbledore firmly said. "That does not mean however that I am not prepared to do what is right for the greater good."

Esdeath had a pretty good idea of what he meant by greater good. Most likely a society where everyone has the exact same values and principles as the next person. People who break the laws or intentionally cause harm to others are just given a second chance, and then a third, and then a fourth, and so on. Anyone who went against the flow of ideas would most likely be subjugated to some form of blacklisting. She had met politicians like this before of course, but she wasn't going to call him out on this right now. For now she would just get back to why she came here.

"Were getting off topic," Esdeath said. "I came here to learn more about the enemy and I hope you know that I'm not leaving here until I do. And just keep in mind that I will find out more even if you are not willing to tell me."

Dumbledore just looked at her. It probably wasn't every day when someone came up and asked about the darkest wizard in a century. "What do you wish to know?" Dumbledore asked a bit reluctant.

"I take it he went to school here?" Esdeath asked to which Dumbledore nodded his head. "What was he like?"

"Tom was in Slytherin when he was first sorted," Dumbledore began. "I myself gave him his acceptance letter at the orphanage he was at after his mother died."

"What about the father?"

Dumbledore shook his head. "Tom was named after his father although he never knew the man. Tom Riddle Sr. who was a muggle left Voldemort's mother when she was pregnant with him." So he isn't even pureblood but he preaches their superiority? Pathetic, Esdeath thought to herself.

"It made him quite spiteful. He even thought he could somehow cheat death by using magic. At the orphanage the matron told me that he often bullied the other kids, taking their possessions and whatnot. I thought nothing of it at first, but it was when he told me he could speak to snakes, a trait which is usually associated with the dark arts, that I began to get a bit suspicious of the boy."

"Why is speaking to snakes so evil?" Esdeath asked. She had never been afraid of snakes. She even used one in a torture session once.

"It's known as parsletonge," Dumbledore explained. "Salazar Slytherin himself was one. Slytherin was a firm believer of blood purity and sought to keep Hogwarts teachings strictly to those of pureblood descent. The man supposedly went as far as to build a secret chamber within the school to contain a creature that would purge the school of all unfit to study magic."

"And given how Tom turned out I take it he shared some of those same ideas?"

"Yes," Dumbledore said. "And in regards to the chamber itself there was an incident fifty years ago."

Now Esdeath was getting intrigued. A secret chamber with a deadly creature hidden inside, it would make a good hunt. "What about it?"

"Fifty years ago the chamber was supposedly opened. There was an attack and a girl was found dead in a bathroom."

"And he was behind it I take it?"

"He was never caught in the act," Dumbledore explained. "You see Tom viewed Hogwarts as the home he never had. When he heard that it would be closing if the culprit was not caught, he turned Hagrid in."

"I find it hard to believe that someone like Hagrid would have it in them," Esdeath commented.

"I personally never believed that, but it was Tom's word against Hagrid's and you must understand Tom was everything a student should be, well spoken, suave, brilliant, head boy, and well Hagrid was the sort to wrestle trolls in the forest."

"I take it the attacks stopped after that."

"Yes and ever since then the chamber was just considered a myth."

"Really?" Esdeath asked. "A student is found dead and afterwards it is dismissed as just a myth. Was any sort of investigation put into place seeing as the girl could not be questioned?"

"Actually the ghost of the girl still haunts the bathroom where she was found dead," Dumbledore told her.

"So did anyone ask her what she saw before she died?" Esdeath asked. "Did anyone ask if she saw what killed her?"

"Well er… no," Dumbledore admitted. Esdeath could feel a migraine coming on from the sheer lack of logic these wizards possessed.

"Thank you for your time Headmaster it was most informative," Esdeath said rubbing her temple as she stood and walked towards the door. "It will prove to be most useful I assure you."

"Why?" Dumbledore asked. "What do you plan on doing?"

"Why just talk to a ghost is all," Esdeath told him not even bothering to look back as she exited the room. If there was a hidden chamber within this school that ghost may just have the answers to finding it. And when she did find it, well she supposed that her Jaegers would be more than a match for whatever creature was laying in wait down there.