Hopefully this one's going to be good... it's different from "Magic Works" since we cannot
put Tom as a lovey dovey boy... but i hope you'll like it... :) let me know what you think...
Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling...
Enjoy!
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Rotten Roots
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Prologue
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September, 1938…
The magic world was about to open the doors to the kid who'd become the darkest wizard of all times…
They say that; weed never dies… when something's rotten it'll be a matter of time before it starts rotting everything else… people fear what they don't understand… all of this is true… and it hurts when you are the one on the end of their hatred…
He was eleven years old, he was an orphan; he was a half-blood… He had dark, straight, black hair… haunting golden-brown eyes… pale skin and beautiful features…
"Tom Marvolo Riddle!" professor Merrythought yelled. She taught Defense against the Dark Arts in Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry.
Said boy walked to the front where she was holding an awful looking hat, he sat on the tall stool and waited; she put the hat on his head and waited a bit…
Suddenly the hat yelled…
"Slytherin!"
The students on the table cheered for him and clapped amusedly… Another professor watched with rapt attention to the boy walking to his table, Albus Dumbledore taught Transfiguration…
Professor Merrythought kept yelling names and the first years kept going up to the stool waiting to be sorted into a house…
"Aurelia Calista McAd- Weasley!" she corrected quickly, she received a look from Dumbledore and she blushed ashamed of her mistake.
Aurelia was taller than most girls in her year; she had wine red hair that reached her waist and big green eyes behind her glasses, she was pale and skinny…
She walked up and sat on the stool waiting like the others… she was really shy and given the circumstances she was almost withdrawn…
"Ravenclaw!" the hat yelled.
She walked to the cheering table and was welcomed by other girls and boys…
"My name's Suzanne Davies!" greeted one girl on her right.
Aurelia turned to her and smiled shyly…
"Nice to meet you… I'm Aurelia Weasley…" she said and Suzanne squinted her eyes suspiciously…
They became best friends, maybe because they were utterly different, she was outgoing and loud, Aurelia was shy and quiet. Aurelia liked to read Suzanne liked Quidditch, Aurelia was terrible with sports, Suzanne walked confidently and it was a miracle when Aurelia didn't trip on her own feet…
Aurelia was good in every subject that didn't require magic; soon she learned that she was one step away from being a squib…
Astronomy, Ancient runes, Muggle studies, History of Magic, Herbology, Potions, Care of Magical Creatures, Arithmancy; were the subjects she was excellent at… the second best…
Defense against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Enchantments, and flying lessons were the worst for her…
She had a rough competitor in everything; Tom Riddle was good in every single subject magical or not, he always was the best and teachers loved him…
The almighty Tom Marvolo Riddle…
He was handsome and well mannered, he was a quiet person and even if he was good at flying he spent most part of his time in the library, she knew he was raised in the muggle world, so he probably wanted to know as much as a wizard should…
But the library was her second house… she flinched whenever she'd step inside and was greeted by his devilish smirk…
"Miss Weasley…" he bowed and she clutched her books closely to her chest.
"Riddle…" she greeted back and sauntered over to the farthest table…
She wasn't related to him at all… not until fifth year, he was a prefect when he took a liking on her; she couldn't explain it, when none was watching he'd talk to her as if ashamed of talking to her… after all he had a reputation to keep… Bloody Riddle was the most popular guy in school…
Boys wanted to be like him and most girls wanted to be with him…
:)