Tom Riddle and the Pirets of the Caribbean

Personal invitations and letters

The evening after their food, Tom and Jasmine bid Gilderoy goodbye and went back to the castle.

The dinner had already started, and this tine, the hall was completely filled with all the students who had returned from the holidays.

"And the routine starts again" Jasmine whined as they reached near the entrance of the hall.

"Of course. Anyways, I'll let you know when I get in the Order of Phoenix" Tom sighed, and smirked confidently"

"IF, you get" Jasmine corrected.

"I will...so 'when I get in' it is" Tom giggled and walked in before her.

Jasmine just sighed in annoyance and walked towards the Ravenclaw table as she watched Tom take a seat at the Slytherin one.

The rest of the evening went smoothly; except Dumbledore's horrendous welcome back speech.

Tom internally gagged when Dumbledore stood up, but he was also the loudest to clap after. He had to start gaining Dumbledore's trust afterall.

Jasmine cringed at Tom's antics before deciding to focus on the book she was reading.

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The students went back to their respective dorms after dinner.
The Slytherin's, as usual, all gathered in the common room and waited for their head teacher, professor slughorn to greet them personally and invite a few, not so subtly, for his dinner.

The wait for the professor was spent boasting about the wealth of their families and how each of them spent their holidays.

Tom internally scoffed at their attitudes, a bit jealous about their family. But otherwise, he made sure he was completely invisible, god forbid someone asks him about his non-existent family.

Tom internally shuddered. No, he was not yet ready to reveal that information.
But he didn't have to worry too much, as the professor soon came in, his little legs carrying him as fast as possible as he cleaned his nose on the sleeve of his robe.

The happy little jump in the professor's step made Tom happy for some reason. Of course, he wouldn't agree that he liked seeing people happy. So his savory reason was, that having a happy slughorn is like getting a gift, one from a very rich person. It can vary from the most expensive things to just plain money.

For Tom, the gift was gonna be information, that Slughorn will accidently tell him once drunk, and accidently forget about it the next morning.

Tom grinned to himself and stood up to greet the professor.
"Good evening professor" Tom greeted loudly, finally ready to be visible in the crowd. He had to be the life of the party. What's fun otherwise?

"Ah my dear boy, good evening, good evening" Slughron greeted, his eyes twinkling as he looked at his favourite student. Afferall, Tom never disappoints.

"Yes yes, good evening dear students. Hope you all had an amazing holidays with family and friends. As usual, I expect everyone of you to behave and make Salazar Slytherin proud. That will be all. Thank you" Slughron smiled at everyone.

"Have a good night professor" Tom greeted him as he went out the door.

As soon as slughron was out the door, the commotion in the common room began again.

Tom sighed to himself, a bit deflated as slughorn didn't say anything about his usual dinner. This could be a set back for Tom's plans.

Head hanging low, Tom retreated back to his bed. But just as he reached, an owl came in carrying a letter.

Curious, Tom opened the letter and saw the handwriting of none other than Slughron.

Giddy, he opened the letter

My dear boy,
As every year, I'm hosting a dinner at the end of the month. As usual, I happily invite you for the same.
Slughron.

Giggling happily, Tom kicked his feet in air as he read the short letter again. How kind of his professor to she him a letter personally.

Tom decided to write back, instantly agreeing to attend the dinner.

After sending the letter, Tom decided to try and sleep.

So before anyone came in, he did his nightly routine of applying facial and hand cream, and laid in the bed, looking out at the stars as he happily hummed a tune to soothe himself into sleep.
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Ohh I'm back😭

Hii sorry for not posting anything for sooooo long.

I tried keeping the chapter short just like all the others...and I succeeded.
Yayy.
Anyways. The updates won't be consistent, as my exams are going on
But I'll try.

If anyone's still reading, thanks a lot for your patience!!

Not proofread.
(I literally just wrote it)