Harry Potter and the Horcrux

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Tom Riddle was an amazing lad upon entering Hogwarts. While he admits some of his feats were vile, not everything the man did was completely of his own will. No, no one took control from him. No one made him do it. To Tom, it may have seemed that fate had given him no choice. Tom did have just that, a choice. Yet, in his poor little mind, he was haunted by this need to survive and make due. It's how he was growing up in the orphanage. Of course this would haunt the boy into his school years! Into his adulthood! What could've gone wrong? Firstly, his conception was under the use of a Love Potion. He was born without the ability to feel love. Most would believe that made it impossible for him to give love back but that was untrue. What tightened his way though was a woman named Mrs. Cole. Mrs. Cole was in charge of Wool's Orphanage, his home since birth. You see, after his birth his mother died. She could have survived if it weren't for his muggle father throwing her out. It was a wonder Tom himself didn't die since she was not given the food needed for most to have healthy children. She, in her last moments, cast a spell to protect him from reaching her father and brother. She knew they'd kill her baby. So as he grew he was often blamed for many feats and eventually Tom knew how to control it, but he still uses it against his fellow orphaned children. Soon in school he felt he had to impress his housemates seeing as he was nothing more than a possible blemish in their eyes. He was not pure, he had tainted blood. Of course over time he was the talk of the school. He started things and did things under the influence need to impress these Pureblood housemates. Soon he grew afraid of his mortality and made a Horcrux. Soon it would escalate. All because he wanted to survive and for once not be alone. He grew to realize though that they didn't love nor care for him. No, not one. So he in his torment, began using those who thought they had him...as his pawns. He grew high in status and eventually he became the next Dark Lord. Soon a prophecy came and he wanted to end its trouble. He seemed to Kill the prophecy child and nearly succeeded. A mother's love was powerful... however a part of him attached to this baby. This poor defenseless boy who planned to kill swiftly, mercifully, was now a Horcrux. However this tore the last part of empathy and mercy the Dark Lord had away.

So as he accompanied Harry from inside the boy he met eyes with a man he had ruined back in fifth year. He carried the baby boy to a muggle neighborhood. The soul fragment had not planned for the boy to be in this situation. Hell, if he saw Severus it would be tragic. He had promised the muggleborn be alive but it had not turned out that way.

As they arrived they came across both Dumbledore and McGonagall. Their presence brought in disgust. Hagrid gave the boy over to Dumbledore and they left the poor boy on the doorstep of his relatives, enchanting the blanket with a warmth charm as to keep the baby safe.

By morning the boy was found and much to their surprise, the Dursley's had to take in their nasty nephew, as they put it. As he grew up now...well he was three when he was first given signs of abuse, not that the neighbors would know. However, as Harry grew, so did his magic and as his magic grew, so did the Horcrux's presence. He slowly began inserting himself into Harry's life by speaking to him about small things, thing the man knew and felt during his time at the orphanage. At this point he knew Harry's relatives and the Orphanage were practically the same thing with a few select detail differentiating them. As each year passed and Harry did accidental magic the world he had changed. Harry was often ridiculed by the family, the whale he called Uncle gave him beatings, his cousin bullied him, his aunt gave him chore list after chore list, and he was isolated. If it weren't for Tom he would have not known his name until Primary.

As Harry grew though...he began to have reoccurring dreams, some not even his. Some of them of a boy talking to a snake. Others of a less then perfectly attractive woman dying. The ones that haunted Harry though...they were of a scream and flash of green light. That however...passed when Tom and Harry met while Harry openly tried escaping these nightmares. Tom, knowing the feelings the boy could be having, did comfort him. He planted ideas such as getting back at Dudley. Of course, he shouldn't try the adults as they never know what they would do. He did become close to the boy, but it made sense to. They were the only company the other could have. There were times when Tom would tease him slyly. Harry would catch the teasing defending how well hidden it was.