The Bird - Tom Riddle x Male OC

Diagon Alley

As he entered Diagon Alley, he pushed past many people to get to the wizarding bank, Gringotts. The bank was just like he remembered it, nothing much changed, the goblins all looked the same, and the styles were also the same as he remembered it.

He approached a goblin, who was writing something down. The goblin slowly looked up from his paper and back at him. Henry cleared his throat and looked at him expectantly.

"I'd like to get a blood test done. I do not know which vault I own." He said trying to sound as confident as possible. The goblin simply nodded, got off his chair and came out in front of him. He followed the goblin into an office like room. The goblin sat on a chair by a desk and Henry sat opposite him.

The goblin took out a piece of parchment and Henry held out his hand. Henry pricked his finger and squeezed out a few droplets of blood onto the parchment. The blood vanished and a list formed.

Henry Simmons

Vault(s):

Simmons Vault - 644

It was pretty simple, just the one, not like Henry had expected any more. The goblin looked at him, nodded and then got off his seat. Henry stood and followed the goblin who was already out of the door.

As they arrived at the vault, the goblin gave him a key and Henry opened the vault. What he had inside astonished him. There were about 200 towers of galleons touching the top of the vault effortlessly. They practically took over the vault. Henry took about 20 galleons off one of the towers and left.

Once outside Gringotts, he got excited. This would be an opportunity he couldn't miss out on. It was the first of July, he had about two months time to learn as much as he desired. The first thing he went to buy were a few clothes. Not too much because he had always been very cautious with money. He practically grew up in an orphanage, he learned to use money wisely.

He went to a very good second hand clothing store, and looked through it. He took a beige peacock coat, a grey scarf made of cotton, a couple undergarments, a few white, black and grey t-shirts, a pair of leather shoes, some nice shorts in multiple colors, an emerald green knitted sweater and a fancy robe for nice occasions.

He left the shop having spent 5 galleons, and so he went to the next shop. He'd gotten himself a trunk to put all his clothes in and was headed to Flourish and Blotts next to get the required books.

He decided after getting his cauldron he'd get a pet to keep him company. He really missed out on that in his other ... experience. The store was called 'Eyelop's Owl Emporium/Magical Menagerie'. As he entered he saw a few striking owls, but he knew he didn't want an owl. He wanted something to stay by his side. He didn't want a toad, neither did he want a rat, though he was fond of them. He then went to the cat section and saw a couple pretty cats.

'Yes! Cats!' Henry thought happily. Henry had problems sleeping. At first it was anxiety and grief from his parents' death, but now he just can't. He gets so bored at night. He lies wide awake for hours until the sun choses to rise again.

He decided he'd buy a cat. He looked through the cats, none of which seemed to take much notice of his presence. He then passed by this one cat who started meowing at him. He smiled and approached it. The cat was a tabby cat, a ginger tabby cat. Its paws were white and its snout was also white. Other than that it was orange.

Henry opened the cage and the cat jumped into his arms. He was cradling the cute cat while it was purring, content. He held it with one arm and went to pay for it. As he approached the woman up front, she seemed absolutely astonished.

"How?" Is what she managed to choke out. Henry looked at her confused. "He hates everyone, keeps to himself, we were sure no one would adopt him ... you know what, honey? You can keep him. No need to pay, I'm glad he's found someone." She said smiling. Henry smiled back politely and slipped a few galleons over to her and left.

Henry's next destination was to find a place to stay. And that place would be 'The Leaky Cauldron'. He made his way through the crowd of only a few people, holding a purring cat in his arms, trying to keep people from touching him.

He approached the manager whose name was Tom. Tom gave him a room key and gave him a room for free for his two month stay after hearing his sad backstory which was completely true, as he had only said that after his parents died he went to an orphanage.

Once Henry arrived at his room, he sat on the bed which was very nice and cozy. The cat, which he found out to be a male, curled up on his very toned and defined stomach. Henry got one of the textbooks and was surprised by the differences in the education. They were taught more mature things such as certain spells and parts of the wizarding history.

And so, after a week he had finished all his textbooks and memorized every detail. He was particularly interested in potions and charms. He was very ambitious and wanted to know every spell there is. And so he spent his time buying a book, not all educational, he read some classic muggle mysteries, fantasy and romance novels.

After buying the book he would go to 'Florine Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor'. He pretended not to notice the girls' stares and continued to read.

He had gotten his wand a couple days after first being in Diagon Alley because he wanted to read first and then use a wand. And so, he finally went to Ollivander's wand shop since 342 B.C.

He was incredibly excited to get his wand. Ollivander approached him and smiled. "Mr. Simmons, it is wonderful to see you again." Henry smiled politely, nodding as if to say 'you too'.

It was about thirty minutes later when they had finally found the right wand. The wand was made of Vine and had a Phoenix feather core. Ollivander looked as though he was thinking hard about something.

"Interesting" started Ollivander, " not only do you have Vine as your wand wood, but the Phoenix who gave you your core also gave another feather ... I am curious to see who the owner of that wand will be..." Henry smiled, nodded politely and gave him 7 galleons.

After getting his wand, he decided to try some spells, as they haven't given him any warnings about performing magic outside of Hogwarts since he hadn't been there yet.

He was very excited to go to Hogwarts once more! Suddenly, Henry froze. It was in the year 1941, meaning he would meet the young Tom Riddle...

Tom Riddle was at Hogwarts...