They meet at 16. The sweetest age, but they are both anything but. Just two broken children who grew up too quickly, looking for someone to blame for the past and determined to make a better future. A story in which two people with destructive tendencies will either save or break one another, and the world along with them.
Between Hogwarts and the First Wizarding War, there is a time in Tom Riddle's life that no one talks about. There are plots and lies that not even Dumbledore knows. And there is a woman. Yes, there is a woman as deadly as Tom himself, and he cannot wait to wrap her around his finger. Or: How Tom Riddle went off the deep end, and who he took along for the ride.
There was one girl at Hogwarts that Tom Riddle hated with a passion greater than he hated his muggle father or his weak mother – the Head Girl. Tom Riddle is angry and ambitious. Vera Sinclair is spoiled and manipulative. The two collide.
One day, a new arrival at the orphanage captures Riddle's attention. As they grow up, Tom discovers he has deeper feelings for her. However, she is clueless. As he learns to acknowledge his emotions, he begins to become The Dark Lord.
A short story collection on various characters and themes within the Harry Potter universe. First story: Severus Snape has made his choice, now he has to own up to it.