Tom Riddle is one of my brightest students, a brilliant young man - as gifted as Dumbledore. But there is something different about him. While Dumbledore was a guiding light for many around him, Riddle attracts a dark energy.

The first time I met him? It was so long ago I have almost forgotten. Almost.

He was sat in the front row, absorbing the information I could offer. Enthralled in the words themselves. Incantations spilling forth from his lips, ones I hadn't heard in years.

He is obsessed, which makes him far beyond the most captivating student I have ever taught.

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Ravenclaw, HoH, Drabble, Galatea Merrythought, WC: 100