A few years after the Final Battle, Ginny does something foolish, and gets hit with a horrible curse. As a result, she starts having strange dreams about Tom Riddle. Meanwhile, a plot to bring Voldemort back is in motion, but can Harry and Ginny stop it?

Hermione automatically knew that was why both she and Snape were stuck in one place, and she mentally cursed the witch or wizard who had thought that enchanting mistletoe to hold someone in place until they were kissed was a good idea.

She was his marionette, his plaything to do with as he wished. He held the strings that bound and controlled her, and he would never let them-or her-go. Tom/Ginny Dark fic. Mature rating to be safe.

While searching the Riddle House for Horcruxes, Hermione comes across a seemingly normal diary in a bureau. When she writes in it and discovers that it's anything but normal, she becomes consumed with unraveling the enigma that is Tom Riddle, becoming trapped in a game of deceit. Will Hermione Granger manage to best Tom Riddle before he ensnares her with the power of the diary?

Are some people born evil, or do extreme circumstances in their lives make them that way? Maybe Tom could have been saved, could have taken another path, if he only would have had listened to her.... Inspired by Green Day's "Whatsername". Tom/OC