1944. Tom Marvolo Riddle is in his seventh and final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. As Head Boy and top of his year, Tom is well on his way to achieving all of his goals, with his friends as his followers, the Knights of Walpurgis. Already, they know him as Voldemort, future Dark Lord. He has planned for everything. Except for a new Defense Against a Dark Arts Professor. Hadrian Peverell is everything Tom has always wanted to be - handsome, charismatic, and from an old pureblood family, Peverell seems to effortlessly display the power that Tom has worked so hard for. He doesn't know whether to hate him or want him.