Wade looked at the courtyard.
This forr orphanage was now completely abandoned, overgrown with weeds, and perated with an air of decay and neglect. A governnt notice posted on the outer wall announced it was marked for demolition.
"I imagine you can guess—rope had used a love potion to capture the affections of Tom Riddle Sr. When she stopped using the potion, the man left her and the unborn child without a second thought."
Dumbledore gave a small wave of his wand and said, "And so, the child nad Tom Riddle grew up here."
In the illusion, the baby quickly grew into a young boy, isolated from the other children, who all kept their distance. The boy often spoke to snakes in the corners of the room.
Then, the boy ran into the house, and Wade and Dumbledore followed.
The boy raised his hand and, with no apparent effort, caused a rabbit to float into the air and hang it from a ceiling beam.
Sotis, he would sneak into a room, rummage through beds and wardrobes, and then quietly slip sothing into his pocket.
Dumbledore remarked, "I wonder if he might have turned out differently in a normal family, but an orphanage certainly wasn't an ideal environnt. Young Tom Riddle quickly picked up so bad habits, like stealing and intimidating others."
"He had certain innate abilities that allowed him to easily harm children who were older and stronger than him."
On one occasion, it seed the boy's behavior was discovered. And a gaunt, bony woman grabbed him by the arm and locked him in a room.
The woman's actions seed harsh, but there was also a sense of caution in her deanor.
The boy sat on the bed, seemingly reading. A mont later, the scene flickered, and a tall, long-bearded man entered the room.
Although the image was hazy, Wade imdiately recognized that the wizard was standing right beside him at this mont.
"Oh, that's ," Dumbledore said. "This child was a wizard; his na was entered into Hogwarts' registry at birth. When he turned eleven, I ca to bring him to school."
Young Dumbledore's conversation with the boy didn't last long. At one point, he raised his wand and set a nearby, ghostly wardrobe afla, causing the boy to leap up in surprise.
When the flas vanished, Tom Riddle retrieved a box from the wardrobe, and from it spilled various objects he had previously stolen.
After a few more words, young Dumbledore handed Tom Riddle a money pouch, and their eting concluded swiftly.
"Let's go," Dumbledore extended his arm again. "The next part of the story takes place at Hogwarts."
With that, Dumbledore Apparated directly to the school, but he didn't lift the Disillusionnt Charm.
Wade's Disillusionnt Charm worked similarly to a chaleon effect—those with a keen eye for color might be able to detect a slight difference. But Dumbledore's Disillusionnt Charm was as effective as an Invisibility Cloak, completely undetectable.
Students bustled back and forth through the school, unaware of the two figures moving down the corridor.
Soon, the class bell rang, and students hurried into classrooms, leaving the hallways empty.
Dumbledore led Wade along, with shadowy figures ford by mist accompanying them.
A young boy, dressed in Hogwarts uniform and clutching a book, walked through the corridor. He was always trailed by a small group. As he grew older, the number of followers around him seed to increase.
The professors all smiled warmly at the boy, though Dumbledore always watched him with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Riddle was exceptionally talented, brilliant, and an orphan, which naturally attracted the attention and sympathy of the staff. Almost everyone liked him," Dumbledore explained.
"Soon, he gathered a loyal group around him... or rather, subordinates."
"They were a mixed bunch, well-organized. Over the years they were at Hogwarts, there were multiple serious incidents, though there was no solid evidence connecting them."
"The most serious incident resulted in a female student's death."
On the floor lay a pale, bespectacled body with wide-open eyes, and her body was frozen and rigid.
Just then, they arrived near the second-floor girls' bathroom, from which the sound of a girl's sobs could be heard.
"Moaning Myrtle. She was once a Ravenclaw student who was bullied and sought refuge in the bathroom, where she suddenly died."
Dumbledore continued, "To this day, we still don't know exactly what caused her death. My only guess is that Riddle may have been involved."
"After the death, Hogwarts faced the risk of closure. But soon afterward, Riddle 'caught' the culprit—he accused another boy at school of secretly harboring a dangerous pet."
The scene shifted.
Tom Riddle was wrestling with a large boy, while a massive, multi-eyed spider scurried away down the corridor.
Riddle appeared to be shouting, and soon many people gathered around.
"That's Hagrid?" Wade asked.
"Yes," Dumbledore replied. "After that, Hagrid was expelled, banned from using magic by the Ministry, and had his wand snapped."
"But I believed in his innocence and convinced Headmaster Dippet to allow him to stay on as gakeeper."
"Hagrid's father had already passed away at the ti, so without Hogwarts, he had nowhere else to go."
The scene changed once more. Tom Riddle had grown tall and handso. He beca the Head Boy, received school awards, and eventually graduated from Hogwarts.
The swirling mist shifted again, and this ti it seed many years had passed since the previous scene.
The young boy was now a fully grown man, but his face had beco pale and twisted. A group of followers stood behind him, cloaked in black robes and wearing hoods and masks. They resembled specters erging from the depths of hell.
They invaded hos and killed the inhabitants; so people knelt before them and struggled in silence. Although they didn't make any sound, it could be seen that they endured horrific tornt.
People were killed one after another. The mist lingered, and the once empty corridor transford into a nightmarish landscape of corpses and blood, with bodies lying in various positions on the floor, with their vacant eyes staring skyward.
"After graduating, Tom Riddle applied to remain at Hogwarts but was denied. He refused a position offered by the Ministry of Magic, worked briefly at Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn Alley, and then disappeared for many years," Dumbledore continued.
"When he resurfaced, he was known by the na 'Voldemort,' and his followers beca known as Death Eaters. But he didn't view them as family or friends—he treated them as servants, granting them the 'honor' of kneeling to kiss his robes or the tops of his feet."
"They committed many horrifying acts. Wizards and Muggles alike were killed, and terror spread everywhere. He rose to the height of his power until he was defeated by a re infant."
In the illusion, the dark wizard fell backward and dissolved into mist. In his place, a crying infant with clenched fists lay.
It was as if a cycle of reincarnation had been completed.
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