Desperation is a state of despair, one that results in rash and extreme behaviour. It is what we resort to in the most precarious times in our lives. It is the year 1998 Hogwarts had fallen. Under Dumbledore's order, Hermione Granger returns back to 1944 to try and prevent Tom Riddle from becoming Voldemort. However she hadn't expected that the young dark lord would have such an impact on her.

The brightest witch of her age must face the most dangerous wizard in the world...completely alone. *** Hermione Granger is sent by Dumbledore to go undercover as a Death Eater for Voldemort. Living every day afraid her true identity will be revealed, Hermione discovers Voldemort has big plans for her. [Hermione/Voldemort] Note: AU - Voldemort looks human. 08/18/22: #1 in Hermione Granger 07/24/25: #1 in Tom Riddle 02/04/21: #1 in Harry Potter 08/02/24: #1 in Snape 10/03/22: #3 in Fanfiction 08/17/22: #1 in Draco 11/11/23: #1 in HarryPotterAU 06/19/23: #1 in Volmione 09/12/25: #1 in Tomione 09/14/22: #2 in Harry Potter Fanfiction 06/03/23: #1 in Voldemort 08/02/23: #4 in Slow Burn 08/12/23: #1 in Dark Romance Content/Trigger Warning: Contains mature sexual scenes, sexual assault, and drinking.

"There are things that you don't need to know, things you couldn't accept. He's a monster, a murderer, that is."

The Battle of Hogwarts did not end how everyone wanted it to. Although it was hard, Hermione had to move on and continue to live her life. Twelve years later, on a very normal day, Hermione found out that she will be having a new colleague. He was no ordinary colleague though. What lies ahead in the future of their relationship is totally unpredictable. [TW: Abuse]

"She can die, Tom." The old man says still looking at him. His eyes widen. "What? No. She can't. She won't. There will be a way to save her!" "Sometimes when people are too broken, nothing can fix them. Not Even the magic." No.

Have you ever wondered what life at Hogwarts was really like for Tom Riddle, known by his darker moniker Lord Voldemort? How did he manage juggling life as a student while simultaneously plotting his immortality and tyrannical reign over the Wizarding world? Corinne Carrow, a shy Slytherin witch with a famous family lineage, was certainly not your typical cunning Slytherin. She was the outcast of her very reputable Pureblood family. Throughout her years at Hogwarts, Corinne wasn't fond of socializing much among her peers. That is, until she reached her 6th year, when fate led her to reestablish a friendship with the notorious and tragically handsome Tom Riddle. A complete opposite of Corinne, Tom was an intimidating and brooding character with expertise in the art of persuasion and manipulation. Though for some strange reason, Corinne found herself quite intrigued by him. While everyone else feared Tom and viewed him as potentially dangerous, Corinne overlooked this and saw straight through his dark ways. You may think you know the tragic story of the troubled orphan boy who would eventually become the most feared and immensely powerful Dark wizard in the world. But what you don't know is that the young Dark Lord happened to have one particular companion; one he may have even loved. So if Tom Riddle inadvertently defied his own loveless nature despite all impossibility, what made him not change his ways for Corinne? What made him instead enter a much darker route in life that led him to become the Dark Lord? This is the alternate story of Tom Marvolo Riddle, before he was Voldemort.

↘︎ ❝ as kids, they believed in magic as teens, they knew magic and as adults, they became magic ❞ ~ - in which a boy finds a part of himself in someone who's been there since the beginning ~ © 2017

#180 in Fanfiction || #1 in Hermione || In the language of literature, there exists a seemingly-concrete, antonymous relationship between good and evil, light and dark, hero and monster. And yet, we often disregard the transition from one to another, in which the 'bad guy' becomes 'good.' Perhaps it was the cruel mistreatment of Tom Marvolo Riddle as a child, or maybe it was the bloodline of Slytherin's heir himself that made the boy into the 'monster' who cannot be named. Or, perhaps it was simply because he did not know that his heart would beat in such a frenzy, that his cheeks would redden like a crimson rose, and that his normally-calm facade would melt under the simple gaze of the time-travelling heroine. If I were to bet, I'd say it's the latter. But it matters not why Voldemort could not love, for this is not a story about Voldemort. This is the story of Tom Marvolo Riddle, and how he came into direct conflict and company with the 'brightest witch of her age' ... fifty-years ahead. This is the story of love's recognition, in which the force does not suddenly develop between two people, but a poignant emotion, different for each individual, is uniquely described to be 'love.' Maybe Tom Riddle never loved, much like that of Voldemort. However, as one chooses to stubbornly believe, love existed for Tom Marvolo Riddle as long as he chose to believe that he loved Hermione Jean Granger. ////// NO TRANSLATIONS ARE BEING ALLOWED AT THIS TIME DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters detailed in this book, nor any of the quotations and plot taken from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." They belong to J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers. I do not own the individual graphics in the cover, although I do own the composition/compilation of the cover. The media I post belongs to its owners. \\\\\\