Before - Tom Riddle Love Story

Chapter One - Friends?

"Leave him alone..." A voice said from across the room just as Tom was pinned up against the wall by the orphanage bully his friends laughing and snickering among each other. Toms eyes struck with fear, as blood dripped from his lip "go away Sierra this doesn't concern you, go find a book to read" Jared said, but Sierra stepped forward, challenging him. He quickly dropped Tom and turned towards her.

"Don't make me hurt you Sierra." James said walking closer and closer towards her. Slowly she stuck out her hand and slowly lifted him into the air, "I said leave him alone..." She said as throwing Jared into the nearest wall. all of his friends rushed to his Side and tried to lift him up but he quickly shrugged them off placing his hand on his nose and noticed the small amount of blood coming from his nose.

He began to stare at Sierra " She's a Freak!" He said standing up and running off with his friends, screaming and shouting in the distance. I began to walk towards tom helping him up. I didn't know much about Tom, we had met once or twice in group therapy in the orphanage. He sat by himself in the lunch hall, the rest of the boys teased him, threw things at him. I slowly began to lift him up, placing my hand around his arm.  "Are you okay?" I asked him, but then he pushed my hand off of him standing on his own "Fine, and I didn't need your help, I had everything under control " he said dusting off his trousers. "Sure you did' next time just say thank you" I said as I began to walk off when Tom began to speak. "Ttthhaankks..." he said as i turned around, he said it , i didn't think he would of he's never even said thank you to the Sisters when they've given him something, and here he was saying thank you to me. I had to make sure I heard him right. "What did u say? " I questioned as he placed his arms across his chest. "I don't like repeating myself ..." He said slowly as he began to stared at me.

"Here..." I said handing him a tissue from my pocket to wipe his lip, the blood was dry but he still took the tissue. "Why are you being so nice to me, nobody's ever nice to me..." Tom said slowly as I began to step closer towards him, and smiled
"Because Mr Riddle we are both 6 year old freaks and outcasts from the world and I though that ,maybe you could use a friend..." I said extending my hand as he quickly stepped back  stared at my hand, as if he wasn't sure what a handshake was.

"I've never had one of those before a friend..." Tom said his eyes still fixed on my hand. "Neither have I" I said honestly
Causing Tom to smirk " well there's a first time for everything I guess..." He said extending his hand and shaking my hand as we both smiled
"Friends??" I questioned as he nodded and repeated me "Friends.."

And that's how our story started, but of course there's always something that has to happen that changes everything we've ever known...

"Your leaving..." Sierra said slowly looking at tom as he took a seat on her bed. Over the years tom and Sierra had grown close, looking out for each other and protecting each other, they might of been strong on their own but together they where stronger and they knew it.

Tom glanced out at the door, I began to look at what he was staring at there talking to one of the sisters was a elderly man with long gray hair and a long jacket, tom rolled his eyes and then pushed the door closed.

"This man came to me sierra he said i could attend a school called Hogwarts , he said its a school for special people like me, its not like I want ton leave sierra i don't have a choice if they are sending me away...." Tom said as I began to feel a sadness come over me but then I felt a sense of guilt when tom said what he said next

"Come with me, your just like me Sierra I've seen you how many times , wait right here I'll go ask " tom said smiling he seemed happy excited and just for a second the thought of us not having to part was a possibly. But that's all it was a possibly "Tom.." I began to say slowly grabbing onto his arm his smile slowly started to fade. "Sister Mary came to see me the other day and told me I was being adopted the people stay in France and everything's already been finalized, I leave tomorrow I didn't know how to tell you, I was afraid of hurting you..."  I said as tom turned away from me. "Well maybe you didn't mean for it to hurt but it '' tom said quickly looking away. ''Well what am I supposed to do tom...''I questioned as he linked his hands with mine ''run away with me, your my best friend Sierra I can't loose you we don't need the world just us...'' A tear slowly slipped down my check as I looked him in the eyes. ''Tom I can't ....'' I said slowly as he nodded his head holding back his tears and pulled me into an embrace.

''Promise you'll write...''tom said slowly as I nodded my head ''promise..''I said slowly looking at the door as it opened and tom stepped away from me, every part of me was telling me to pull him back but I couldn't I was frozen. ''Tom , Mr Dumboldore would like to leave...''one of the sisters said as they entered the room she handed him his bag. As Dumboldore placed his hand on toms shoulder guiding him out of the orphanage and into a long with Greg tinted windows. As tom climbed in he looked back at Sierra standing on the front porch waving her hand in the air, she was alone nobody else had come to say goodbye. Not even the sisters who pretended to care.

As the car drove further and further away Tom glanced at Sierra one last time before glaring at Dumboldore , if he really was as special as he said he was he would of convinced them to let Sierra come too, Tom couldn't help but feel an empty ness inside of his chest  a tear fell down his cheek , he quickly wiped it off vowing then and there to never let anyone in ever again.

Sierra and tom wrote back and forth over the years, tom would tell her about Hogwarts and how it was a school for witches and wizards and how he was sorted into slythiern. Sierra would tell him about her new family The Greyback's, and she too attended a magical school
In their letters to one another they felt close, still very much a part of each others lives

But alas , happiness is only short lived in toms 4rd Year the letters stopped and tom became distant and dark he became obsessed with the idea of power that it consumed him entirely. 

But with fate they are destined to meet again
But this time it's different
Things are they know it are about to change....