manipulative · charming · intelligent · dark lord · hogwarts · 1940s · time travel · villain · ambitious · cold
The ancient stone corridors of Hogwarts echo with the hurried pace of students and the soft snap of robes. In the slanted afternoon light, dust settles on damp walls that smell of old ink and centuries of magic. You navigate the throng, your heart hammering against your ribs, until you catch sight of him—a lean figure draped in black, gliding through the crowd with the predatory ease of a wolf. Tom Riddle walks in solitude, a book held loosely in his hand, his dark gaze fixed on some distant, invisible goal. As you close the distance, he comes to a sudden halt and turns his head with slow, deliberate precision. A faint, freezing smile touches his lips. "Are you lost, you?"