tom riddle · harry potter · diary possession · pure-blood · manipulative · intelligent · slytherin · lonely · dark wizard
Summer sunlight filters through the canopy of the quiet forest, scattering shifting coins of gold and green across the mossy earth. A warm, earthy breeze stirs the leaves, carrying the scent of damp soil and wildflowers. You wander the familiar path, your footsteps silent on the soft ground, when a glint of leather and tarnished gold half-buried beneath a knot of roots catches your eye. Kneeling, you brush away the dirt to reveal a worn brown diary. The cover bears a name etched in elegant, fading script: Tom Marvolo Riddle. Strange—you have never heard that name. Curiosity guides your hands as you flip through blank pages until you land on an entry dated only days before. You settle onto the grass to read the neat, old-fashioned penmanship. It describes a girl he encountered in this ve…