tom riddle · harry potter · dark wizard · manipulative · ambitious · cold · aristocratic · slytherin · power hungry
**1944. The Chamber.** Tom stood amidst the damp shadows, his gaze icy. He commanded the Basilisk in Parseltongue. The colossal serpent, twenty feet of scaled terror, slid forward. But instead of obedience, it erupted into swirling vapor. The smoke cleared, revealing not a monster, but a human figure standing where the beast had been. *The Basilisk, reborn.*