Meet the Relatives.
"BOY, Get up" Marvolo shouted from the other room. Tom Riddle got up and sent off some accidental magic. He got up. Marvolo usually used this tone when he talked to Tom. He was proud of the boy's accomplishment, but wasn't of his heritage.
Tom spoke back angrily, "I'm not my mother nor your servant so doesn't take that tone with me."
Marvolo seemed to like this response so he shut up. Morfin however took special care around Tom. He had done so ever since Tom had beaten him in a dual without a wand. Tom never ceased to amaze them. Marvolo when he got Tom and the letter just couldn't believe that his grandson, the son of his slut of a daughter and the muggle, defeated the Death Lord.
He wasted no time in telling Tom about his heritage and his ability. Tom knew he was a wizard since he was 2 years old. His accidental magic was completely advanced and encouraged by Marvolo and Morfin especially when he used it for revenge. Several muggles in the village had several misfortunes happen to them that sent Marvolo and Morfin into uncontrollable laughter.
Marvolo also told him grudgingly about Hogwarts. He didn't like to talk about the school because he wasn't allowed to go when he was young because of his pureblood status. The real reason was that Hogwarts didn't like to have students that were inbred and could talk to snakes. They would have made an exception if Marvolo and Morfin had just one of these problems not a mixture.
Tom Riddle amazed them some more when they found out he had Slytherin's ability to talk to snakes. He liked snakes and he could sick them onto unsuspecting muggles. Little Hangleton had an increased number of snake bites during the years, 1987 to 1990(I have changed the timeline also.).
Marvolo and Morfin took Tom to the zoo one day to play a prank on some people. Marvolo and Morfin stood outside the reptile house waiting for the screams. They weren't disappointed. A stampede ran out of the house running to get away from the gigantic boa constrictor that Tom had set free. Marvolo and Morfin laughed themselves silly that night remembering the looks on the faces of the muggles.
Marvolo had taken Tom aside when they had got home and said that he was completely proud of him and he forgave him for being Merope's son. They had some real fun the next few months. They played pranks on muggles and Little Hangleton was completely annoyed of all the freak circumstances.
Unfortunately the good times had to end somewhere, and they ended on the yearly grandparent visit. Tom Riddle Sen.'s parents requested Tom to come visit them once a year, a thing the courts had worked out so Marvolo could still keep Tom and the grandparents could see them.
Marvolo Gaunt and Thomas Riddle hated each other but kept things civil for the sake of Tom. Thomas Riddle didn't like his grandson, but the courts had said that it was his responsibility to at least acknowledge his grandson yearly. So Thomas and Margret Riddle walked from their stately home to Marvolo's little shack.
Marvolo was pissed no doubt about that, the thought of his grandson going to live with muggles for a week. A noble wizard with blood of Slytherin and Peverall in their veins going to live with muggles even for a week was disgusting. Marvolo and Morfin completely looked over the fact that Tom was related to the Riddles which was why they never said his last name. Marvolo and Morfin had both just ignored the fact that Tom was a half-blood. They treated him like a pureblood and that's what they wanted. Marvolo only said yes as a tribute to his daughter's memory, which he actually did care for.
"Make sure you through a whopping good prank boy" Marvolo told Tom when he saw the Riddles coming up the yard.
"I will sir." Tom said
Thomas Riddle knocked and Marvolo answered the door. He looked at Marvolo disdainfully and said in a noble voice, "God Save the Queen dear sir may we come in."
"Ah come in yer filthy muggle." Marvolo said angry.
"Ah don't take that tone with me now where's Tom RIDDLE?" He said emphasizing the last word to irk Marvolo some more.
Marvolo looked ready to hit him when Tom piped up and said, "Here I am sir."
Thomas smiled at him. He was looking more like Tom every day. If it weren't for the fact that he was related to the tramp he and Tom could get along well. The smile became forced. "Well get your stuff and let's go Tom" He said coldly looking at Marvolo.
Marvolo looked angrily back. "How is it going Tom," Margret said smiling in a grandmotherly sort of way. Unlike her husband she loved him like a son.
"Very good Grandma." Tom said happily. Marvolo looked angrier still but not at Tom. He directed his anger at the muggles standing before them. Tom threw his clothes into a ragged suitcase and came out ready to go. After that it all went wrong.
"I thought we gave you a nice leather suitcase." Thomas said angry looking at Marvolo.
"You did, but I didn't want my grandson toting round a muggle thing." Marvolo spat at him.
Thomas Riddle raised twice his height in anger. "WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME.?"
"I CALLED YER A MUGGLE." Marvolo screamed in anger.
"WELL AT LEAST I CARE ENOUGH ABOUT MY GRANDSON TO AT LEAST PRESENT HIM WITH GIFTS AND GIVE HIMA GOOD HOUSE EVERY YEAR, UNLIKE THIS RUN DOWN LITTLE SHACK." Thomas roared in anger.
Morfin, who didn't like it when people insulted his father and his house, rose into the fight. "YOU PATHETIC MUGGLE, I AUGHT TO KILL YOU WHERE YOU STAND." Morfin yelled in rage.
Thomas lost his temper with the old tramp and his son and completely laid into them. Morfin and Marvolo promptly returned the favor. Margret grabbed Tom and walked hurriedly from the shack. "They always do this, every year, they do this, why can't they act like men once in a while." Margret said angry.
Tom and Margret reached the Riddle House and Tom said hello to Frank Brice the gardener. "Thomas and the old tramp fighten again." Margret nodded in anger and they went inside.
Margret got to the kitchen and made Tom lunch. Thirty minutes later, Thomas Riddle, sporting two black eyes, a bloody nose, and bruised knuckles from where he had punched Marvolo and Morfin, walked up the lawn. He got some lunch too and then Margret tended his wounds.
Morfin was doing the same with Marvolo down in the shack.
Tom Riddle laughed at the antics of his extended family. He laughed and then said, "Meet the relatives."
He laughed and turned over and fell asleep. Not knowing that in two months time everything would change when a small watery eyed man would some to his house and present him with a letter. Meet the relatives indeed.
Tom get's his wand next.