Chapter 6

How to gain immortality

It was in June 1949 when Tom Riddle started reading one of his new books he had bought recently. The topic of these was one he had never before been very interested in – vampires. Although his dark Lady was one he had thought he knew all the basics about her kind so he didn't do any research. But because he had nothing to do right now he had thought why not get to know Katherine's kind better? Another reason for his sudden interest in vampires was that he planned on adding them to his followers.

The first few pages were not of any interest for/to him because that was just a summary of the known facts about vampires Riddle already knew. But after the first chapter a topic came up that attracted his interest. How to become a vampire.

Riddle furrowed his brows. From what he knew you could only be born as a vampire and that was it. But according to the book in his hands you could be turned into one at any point of your life! That was interesting…

About an hour later of reading Tom knew that there was a ritual how you could become a vampire. You had to die with vampire blood in your system which brought you back to life twelve hours later. This state of not being human and not a vampire was called Transition and in this phase you had to drink human blood to complete the process or otherwise you would die.

Riddle sat back, his brain busy with analyzing all this new knowledge that had made a new plan arise in his head. He already had four Horcruxes and he was determined to complete his goal of creating seven but if he would have the immortality of a vampire in addition to the pieces that contained his soul he would be even more invincible!

He took the book and began looking for Katherine in the manor. He had to tell her about his discovery and ask her if it was possible for her to turn him into a vampire! Tom hadn't been in such a good mood for weeks and so it was no wonder that Katherine was slightly alarmed as he approached her from behind and – without a warning – lifted her up and twirled her around.

The brunette started laughing hysterically because of the sudden act and as she saw the happy expression on Tom's face her eyes lit up too. Since the incident with the locket and Regulus Black he had been distant and a little bit cold towards her. Thank god these phase seemed to be over now!

Riddle explained to her what he had found out and Katherine managed to keep a surprised look on her face although everything he was telling her wasn't new to her. And as he asked her if she had known that you could also be turned into a vampire when you were human before a little voice in her head told her that it would be the best if she used a little lie. Not knowing of what use this would be to her later, Katherine obeyed without thinking twice. "No, I had no idea you could become a vampire if you weren't born as one… I was born as one so I thought that was the only way."

The next hours they planned everything for the ritual that would secure Tom absolute immortality. They worked until it was morning and because Katherine didn't need any sleep at all and Tom was used to stay awake three days in a row by now he had no problem with staying up. They had been sitting on their bed all night and Katherine felt the urge to stand up and stretch a little.

Suddenly Katherine pushed Tom on the bed again and hovered above him, her long hair tickling him as she smiled seductively down at him. With a dark glint in her eyes she gave him a quick but yet passionate kiss. With a laugh she suddenly got up from the bed and strolled towards her closet. While she pondered about the question of what to wear she said: "Have you already chosen how you would like to die?" In the mirror she saw how Tom gave her a questioning glance: "I thought that I told you about my desire for immortality?" Suddenly a cushion flew in his direction and hit him square across the face, accompanied with Katherine's joyful laughter that was the world's most beautiful melody in his opinion. "You prick! I was referring to your plan about becoming a vampire."

Now fully dressed in a figure hugging violet dress Katherine strolled back to Tom who was still sitting on the large bed. "Remember? To become a vampire you first have to die with vampire blood in your system and I wanted to know if you'd like to die because of something special?"

Now the heir of Slytherin laughed his ice cold laugh and thought: "Hmm… what do you have in mind, my lady?"

Katherine played with the ribbon on her dress as she named the death options she had in store. "Well, I could break your neck, rip your heart out, drain your body of all blood but I could also kill you with an Avada Kedavra… It's up to you!" She said the last sentence as nonchalant as if she had just suggested various job options he could choose from.

Tom thought about what he had just heard. In fact nothing really appealed to him and to be honest, there was a small part of him that was a little bit afraid of death.

But Katherine knew him very well and in this situation she was able to read him like an open book. "If I break your neck you won't feel so much pain… At least I have been told." Relieved Tom got up as well and went towards her to hug his Lady. "Okay, then it's settled!"

They didn't want to waste time so they decided to start with the ritual immediately. With her teeth Katherine pierced the skin of her arm under which her blood veins were located and gave Tom her blood to drink which he did without frowning. After she waited a few moments to make sure her blood was really in his system Katherine closed her death like grip around Tom's neck. "Ready?" He nodded slowly and she smiled a little. "See you in a bit!" And then it made a terribly loud cracking sound and everything went black.