Hogwarts: Tom is not the Dark Lord

His mood improved. He waved his magic wand and rolled the powder in the room out of the window. He stared at the old bee whose eyes were swollen from crying with a soft expression.

"If I guess correctly, the Sorting Hat sorted him into Gryffindor at your request?"

"Woo...hiccup..."

Dumbledore wiped away his tears and shook his head sadly, "It's not that... no one can influence the Sorting Hat's choice, but..."

"I did make a small suggestion. The Sorting Hat thinks that Sirius... has the characteristics of both houses."

"And in the end...the Sorting Hat chose to take my suggestion when Sirius was hesitant..."

Tom's disdainful gaze swept over the old bee, and he opened his mouth with a strong sarcasm, "Are you so poor that you want to win over a pure-blood noble?"

"You won't trust him. Even if he devotes everything to you... he still can't gain your trust, Dumbledore... you are much more cruel than me..."

Without any rebuttal, Dumbledore stood up and walked to the window. Magic power gathered in his eyes, looking indifferently at the little wizard who was curled up on the ground and crying silently.

"You have your plan, and I... must have a way to deal with it. No one can guarantee whether the things you create will always listen to you..."

"He was born from your soul, Tom...can you ensure that the other 'self' will not be able to escape the control of others?"

"........."

Tom licked his lips, unable to deny that in his heart, he was still a little worried about the uncertain future, such a future...

"I have some bad news for you...Durmstrang's distinguished guests...will be arriving on Halloween."

"Haaaah??? Isn't it after Christmas!!! Bastard! Come back!!"

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After drinking Polyjuice Potion again, Severus easily slipped into the Gryffindor common room and followed the young wizard to Potter's dormitory without anyone noticing.

"Hey! Have you seen Sirius?"

"That guy will be fine, James! Let me see the good stuff you said!~"

"Okay~ I brought this secretly from my father's study..."

While the stupid lions were lamenting the magic of the invisibility cloak, Severus left quietly, with a malicious curve on his lips.

Potter...enjoy a 'wonderful and fun' night...

Pettigrew - Peter Pettigrew was pushed into a corner by the crowd and complained to Remus dissatisfied, "These guys are so rude..."

"Just stepping on my bed... Remus, what are you looking at?"

Looking away thoughtfully, Remus put on his gentle smile again and responded perfunctorily, "It's nothing..."

"I'm just wondering... James is so excited now, can he still sleep at night..."

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Severus looked at the time and decided to go to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where Mr. Riddle grew many herbs.

Maybe he can collect some for practice~

Running briskly to his destination, Severus heard a rustling sound and drew out his wand and cautiously stayed away from the grass.