The Diary of Tom Marvolo Riddle

The Secret Diary of Tom Marvolo Riddle

"They watch me, and I have seen the teachers whisper behind their hands. They call me a smart boy, a clever boy, but I scare them! They do not know the half of it; they do not know all of what I can do..."

Lord Voldemort did not spring into being as the white faced, tall man of nightmares. He was a boy, striving to be seen. And then a teenager, seen and yet, not understood. Who was Tom Marvolo Riddle, and what drove him to be the man that all of a secret world would fear. Even the Dark Lord's most loyal followers feared the terrible things he was capable of...but why?

I take a deeper look into the boy that would grow to be Lord Voldemort. I will, of course, keep the times, places, and characters that stray into his life, but nearly all the detail is mine. And so...for your reading benefit...the Diary begins.