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Death came to claim the souls of mister and misses Potter. She glanced at the crib in the room and found herself pitying the child , who before becoming her master would have to suffer greatly. Cursing her aching heart, that would once again break fate’s rules; Death thought of a way to ensure that the child prosper not having to bare the task of defeating Voldemort. If only riddle didn’t want to kill Harry, what if he viewed him as an ally or perhaps a friend. This sparked an idea in Death’s mind : she would have to make riddle trust Harry. So, with that decided, Death time-travelled to 1926 January the sixth and placed the babe on the front steps of wool’s orphanage with a letter tucked in the blankets rapped around Harry, explaining that he was a child out of wedlock and so he could not be kept.

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January 5 1934

It had been two years since Tom had found out that harry could talk to snakes.
It had been rather surprising for Tom, knowing that he and Harry shared something in common;
That he and Harry were “freaks”.

And yet the uncertainty was eating him from within, maybe if he did this Harry would think of his as a curse or as possessed.Tom’s anxiety of being left without nobody to play with,to accept him was very hard to bear; and yet he did it.
He killed Billy’s bunny and hung it in the closet.

A single slither of Tom’s being regretted it thinking of what Harry would do now and yet it was dampened by Tom’s will to make wool’s orphanage fear him and make Billy regret his actions.

Later that day

Billy soon found his bunny hung up in the closet blooded without any eyes.Right then Billy decided that he knew who the culprit was: TOM.
Hot fiery rage encompassed his whole being making him shudder, oh Tom would get his ass handed to him after school.

After school

Tom was running as fast as his legs would carry him knowing that if he stopped he would be powerless against Billy.Stupid special power! Why wasn’t it working?! He needed it urgently to fend off Billy and his gang of bullies.
Tom cursed - he was at a dead end, the grey buildings loomed over him as if to taunt him.Billy and his friends were approaching and he didn’t have anywhere to go - and then a dark shadow was there, it’s owner being Harry!
As soon as he thought that he remembered what he’d done.And yet harry was saving him!

Then billy and his gang of mouth breathers arrived with their usual taunts:
“Ow is the little demon being saved by an itty bitty kid!
Billy sneered
“Oh fudge off Billy you wouldn’t be a thing without your friends!”
To those who knew little about Harry, he looked fearless and Tom could hear that imperceptible waver in his speech,Tom knew Harry was scared and yet he stood up for him.Harry’s back right then was the most beautiful thing Tom had ever seen, even with its hand-me-down clothes and Harry’s messy black hair standing up at odd angles even though it was tied in a short ponytail.
Beautiful.