** I do not own the rights to Harry Potter, the names and original ideas belongs to J.K Rowling.**
Chapter 4
Empty, quiet hallways. Flickering lights and rain hitting the windows; the perfect set-up. Tonight is the night for the deed. Tonight...someone is going to die.
"Kill, kill kill". A hoarse, hissing voice was running through the walls of Hogwarts. Hidden by a thick barrier it slithered around unnoticed, unharmed and murderous. From the long fangs a toxic poison dripped, and left a trail of drops on the cold stone, but the poison would not be used; it was not necessary for this task.
There. It could smell the boy who was not too far away. The boy who was wandering around by himself in the corridors. The boy who knew too much for his own good. The boy who was going to die.
Meanwhile, Tom Riddle hid in the dark shadows, waiting for the murder to be done. From the darkness he watched as ghosts and a few people walked by, like a bird watching its prey. When he looked at them, he already saw them dead. After all, one quick motion with his wand and a silent incantation and they would drop dead on the stone-floor. But that would be radical, it was also not according his plan to do such a thing.
When the corridor seemed empty, he made his way from the shadows to the other side of the hallway where he entered the girl's lavatory. It was also emtpy, and silent except for the faint sound of a leaking faucet.
He walked over to the faucets, and stopped in front of the one in the middle that was dripping.
"Open", he said in a snake-like manner. He took a step back as the faucets rearranged in order to create a hole in the ground and a staircase leading down into the dark pit.
He made his way through the rotting carcasses in the crypt as well as the big flakes of snake-skin drying on the ground. At the end of the crypt he faced what seemed like a solid wall, except for a heavy metal-door with a large emblem resembling a snake. Once again he whispered "Open". The door let out a loud creak as it slowly opened revealing another room. He continued in to the second room where he walked all the way in before he whispered "I demand your obedience, return ".
It did not take long before the sound of moist skin dragged against stone reached the room, and a large basilisk was visible.
The large snake slithered across the floor until it reached the place where Tom Riddle was standing, and stopped with its eyes level to his.
It seemed an eternity had passed before they broke their gaze. The snake slithered away and revealed a lifeless body laying behind it – the boy. Tom Riddle walked over and kneeled beside him. There he sat until he suddenly rose to his feet and started walking back the same way he had come from.
The boy was dead before Tom Riddle reached the staircase.