"Hey Manfred! Who are the little ones? New little freshies?" Manfred laughed along with Toran.
"They are not just little freshies, Toran, this is the guy I was telling you about, Tom, and his best friend, Seymore." Toran stopped laughing immediately and looked straight at Tom. He smiled and then looked back at Manfred after patting Seymore on the back.
" So, the heir has come. About time. We really need some excitement. And Seymore, nice to know you know who the right people are. Well, we need to get on that train. Potter needs to meet our new compadre."
"Well, Toran, that would be nice, but lets wait, Tom needs to know who he is before everyone else."
" You mean, she never-oh lord, that-"
"Come on Toran, we need to show them how to get on the train." Toran had a look of fury on his face and was muttering curse words under his breath. Tom was trying to figure out who he was, Seymore and Manfred were making sure their trollies were latched down.
"Tom, just walk through that wall over there, alright?" Tom was a little concerned, walking through walls was something he had never done before. But he did as he was told and felt as thought he was going to crash, but he went right through and a majestic red and black engine stood above him. Seymore quickly followed along with Toran and Manfred. Seeing Hagrid, Manfred began to wave, he bounded over, and smiled a cheesy grin.
"Well, hello 'er Manfred. Toran. Tom and Seymore, if my mem'ry serves me correct?"
" Yes, Hagrid I believe?" Tom replied. Knowing more about this guy made him a lot less intimidating, but by the look on Seymore's face, he didn't agree. He was still staring at the guy like he was Satan, but Tom was quite confident that he would not harm a fly. Hagrid smiled wider at being known by the boy, he too patted Seymore on the back.
"Want me ter save yeh a seat?"
" That would be appreciated, Hagrid, about five seats to be exact." Tom calculated in his head for about a minute, realizing there were only four of them and decided to question Manfred's ability to perform math.
"Who are we waiting for?"
" My twin brother, Arthur." Toran smiled. He knew that this crew would be a good bunch to get on the rest of the students nerves with. Tom was by no means impressed with the mode of transportation they had to use. Wasn't this school he was going to supposed to be magical?
"Well, what do you know, is it Tom Riddle? Nice to meet you. And you must be Seymore, you have that Snape look about you."
"Hello, Arthur I presume?"
"Yep. Going to get into a great deal of trouble this year?"
"Not Tom, he'll be too busy studying. He wants to be a know it all."
"At least I'm successful, unlike some."
"That was cold, really cold."
He decided to get out a book and began to read about the school(Hogwarts a History). He discovered that there were four founders, the houses were named after them, they each represented certain qualities that they had, and students were sorted by a talking hat that could see into their head. He also learned that the school had been guarded by spells,jinxes, hexes, curses and many other things. Many magical animals lived at the school in the forbidden forest and there was a giant squid that lived in the lake next to the castle. There were hundreds of rooms in the castle, and a rumored secret chamber that only the heir of Slytherin could open. There were many secret rooms and many mysteries to be unlocked in the castle. The current Headmaster was Armando Dippet. Tom read the book over and over, trying to find out more about the Chamber of Secrets. Somehow, he remembered someone telling him that he was the heir of Slytherin, a woman. But who did he remember that knew anything magical other than Seymore and Manfred? They were not women, though Seymore had his strange moments. Could it be his mother that had told him? Could that faint little voice inside his head be the only memory of his mother? Why did it suddenly quit? She was sounding perfectly fine....he could faintly hear a man saying, "Here is your new little boy. What do you want to name him?"
"Tom Marvolo Riddle. The heir of Slytherin and the future of powerful wi-" And that was all he could remember. She was fine, perfectly fine. Then she just died? That didn't sound possible. She must have been... murdered. But who? Would his.... father.... have killed her... just because she was a witch?
"Tom, you okay, mate?" Not at all. He had just realized that he was not the cause of his mother's death. His father had her killed. But why not him? Why did his father not kill his son? Too bad. Because now, his son was going to kill him. Tears were forming in his eyes. He had a death to avenge, and he would do it with hatred, power, and respect. He swore his revenge, and he would take it. The first thing he would do when he graduated from Hogwarts would be to murder his father. The train came to a stop, and all of the students were unloading. Tom was amazed at how comfortable the robes were and glad that his old scraggly clothes were gone. This was his new home, his first home. He had a lot to learn and a lot to plan for. The first thing would be the Chamber of course. Then next would be the Dark Arts. Yes, He had a lot to work for. He would be the most powerful wizard of all time. His mother would not die in vain. He would make her proud. He was the heir of Slytherin, and he could open the chamber, if he could find it.
"Hello, Tom! Earth to Tom! Are you in there?"
"Seymore, answer those questions about yourself, then get back to me." Toran laughed at Seymore, Arthur and Manfred as well. Seymore looked confused, and Tom had the "I just slapped you in the face" look on his face. When Seymore finally caught on, he punched Tom in the arm, and the three older students had to hold them back from killing each other. The walk to the boats was quite tense, that was until the two younger students saw the squid they had to get past while rowing a boat with several students they didn't know. Then two girls walked up to them with the same nervous looks on their face.
"Hello...do you think that thing is poisonous?" The taller girl with calm red hair flowing down her back. Tom didn't know what to say. But thankfully Hagrid walked up and decided to tell them about this monster they were about to meet.
"It ain' poisonous, she jus' seems ter have no 'ere else teh go, So I guess she jus' sits here an guards tha castle from dangerous intruders, non Hogwarts students."
"Do we count as students?" The girl with black hair whimpered.
"Yeh better hope so." The two girls shivered, Tom was trying to remember if he had read anything about how to stun the squid, but could only remember about Flipendo.
"Oh, how rude of us Sicilia, we didn't even introduce ourselves. My name is Rebeckah Nott."
"And I am Sicilia Moore."
"Tom Riddle."
"Seymore Snape." Sicilia started laughing at Seymore when she heard his name.
"Is that a joke? What a dumb name!"Everyone else laughed except for Seymore, Tom, and Rebeckah. They were all frowning at Sicilia, who, in pain from laughter, never seemed to notice.
"Sorry about that, Seymore. Some females are just ignorant and disrespectful." Those who wern't laughing began too, and Sicilia stopped.
"Well, be that way. And I thought you were a friend Beckah. Guess I am ignorant."
"Sicilia! You started it! Hey! Fine, be that way. She'll come back after a while anyway."
