Tom's POV

Aaravos Lestrange has joined our ranks. Anyway, I was thinking of how I can summon my followers in future after we leave school. As I doodle on a piece of parchment. A protean charm would be ideal. But I don't want them losing the object, it'd be better if I could brand them with a mark that would allow me to summon them. Looks like I have some more research to do and a spell to create.

I feel her enter the room. I look up and watch as she sits with her friends at her house table. Why can I always since when she is near? Why did I care so much that the two idiots had hurt her? She's just a mud-blood. Wait, blood I think looking at my left hand. Could this be a side effect of the spell I had used when we first meet? Something else to research.

Hermione's POV

"So glad you're back Hermione" Millicent states hugging me.

"Glad to be back" I tell her. "What have I missed in classes?" I ask them. The boys laugh.

"Told you that'd be her first question, pay up" Zacahry tells Jeremy. Who sighs handing a small pouch of coins. While Millicent handed me a notebook.

"Notes from classes and list of homework" she tells me.

"Thanks, you're the best" I tell her.

"Be happy I didn't fall asleep in history and managed to stay awake to take notes" she tells me.

"Thanks Millicent" I say with a smile. I help myself to some food. "So have there been any other attacks?" I ask curious.

"No, but everyone is freaked out"  Jeremy states.

"We asked Professor Binns about the chamber of secrets" Zachary adds.

"What did he say?" I ask curious. Remembering when I had asked McGonagall about it  in my second year.

"He didn't want to tell us anything. Said he taught history based on facts. Not myths and legends" Zachary states.

"I then asked Binns, don't legends always have a basis in fact?" Millicent states.

"He then told us about the legend of the chamber" Jeremy states. "Told us how the school was founded for the four founders. How one wanted to be more selective about the students they let into the school" he explains.

"Give you three guesses who" Zachary tells me.

"It' not secret Salazar Slytherin believed that magical learning should be kept within all magic families. In other words purebloods" I state. "What's the story of the chamber?" I ask them.

"The story goes that Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in the castle, of which the other founders knew nothing" Millicent states. "Slytherin, according to the legend, sealed the Chamber of Secrets so that none would be able to open it until his own true heir arrived at the school. The heir alone would be able to unseal the Chamber of Secrets, unleash the horror within, and use it to purge the school of all who were unworthy to study magic" she explains.

"Muggle borns" I say and they nod their heads.

"Apparently the school has been searched for evidence of such a chamber, many times, by the most learned witches and wizards. It does not exist. A tale told to frighten the gullible, Binns told us" Jeremy states.

"I think it's a slytherin just trying to scare us" Millicent states. "I mean if the chamber has never been found, it could just be a myth" she states.

"You're probably right" Zachary states.

"We should go, don't want to be late for study hall" Jeremy adds. We quickly finished breakfast and left the great hall. We went to study hall. Where I go over the notes Millicent had take for me and do my homework.

Tom's POV

Instead of going to study hall, I went to the library. I decide to research the spell I used on Granger first. As I read it, I cursed. I'd used the wrong bloody spell. Instead of making her a servant who would obey me. I had unintentionally married us with magic. The only way to break it is if one of us dies.

But the longer the spell is in place, the stronger the pull. I must get her memories as soon as possible. Then I'll let the Basilisk have her. But it will be amusing to tease her with the bond. She's not ugly and a wizard has needs. So why not tease her and have some fun? I smirk as I put the book away. Then start to study spell creation.

(Time skip) Hermione's POV

I was walking towards the library after my last lesson herbology. We're doing a revision on mandrakes and we were required to do an essay on them. On their magical properties and how to safely take care of them. So I'm going to go borrow a couple books on them from the library.

Suddenly I'm pulled into a broom closet. I go to scream, only for my mouth to be covered. "No need to scream Granger, I only wish to talk" Riddle says sweetly. "Now when I remove my hand, do you promise not to scream?" he asks. I nod my head and he removes his hand.

"What are you playing at Riddle?" I demand.

"I only wish to talk" he says with a smirk.

"About what?" I demand.

"You and I are the brightest in our year" he states.

"So?" I ask.

"Imagine how much we could learn if we studied together" he tells me.

"Me study with you? Never" I tell him.

"I could always make you" he states looking into my eyes.

"I'd like to see you try" I sneer and he leans in. I back away into a shelf. He cages me in. "What are you doing?" I demand.

"Nothing" he says innocently. He strokes my hair as I stand frozen. "I'll let you think about my offer to study together. You have until the end of the week to decide" he tells me. And kissed my cheek before leaving. I breath hard, what's he playing at?

A/N

Picture above of Lestrange.