Extra Ordinary (Riddle Era)

Lucy Steele is extra ordinary. And the space in the middle is important. She's a nobody, a muggleborn Hufflepuff with the sort of passing kindness that people don't ever seem to notice. She is ordinary in every sense of the word. And she likes it that way.

Tom Riddle, on the other hand, is extraordinary - no space - and he knows it. He makes sure everyone else does too. He's a model student, charming, charismatic, perfect. He's spent every moment at Hogwarts convincing everyone else that the mask he wears is real. There are only two people who have ever failed to believe him: Albus Dumbledore and Lucy Steele.

The moment Tom realizes Lucy doesn't believe a word out of his mouth is the moment he makes it his mission to convince her. And it doesn't take long before he realizes that Lucy Steele is a far more difficult and dangerous problem than he thought.