a king with no crown

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Freyja's pov

Friday, 3 in the morning

I laid in bed for a couple of hours, just staring at the ceiling. It was very difficult for me to fall asleep. I decided that it would be impossible for me to fall asleep now,  so instead of just laying in bed doing nothing, I picked a book from my bookshelf. The book I chose speaks about noble families and it is a thousand years old, but when someone is born, it magically rewrites itself.

I opened it on a random page. The Malfoys. One of the richest and most famous families in the entire wizarding world.

The Black's. Another rich and famous family. My dad was planning to marry me and Cosmo Black since we were toddlers. He is one year older. We used to hang out a lot, but then we suddenly stopped. He went to Hogwarts, I went to Beauxbatons. But now that we are in the same school, we haven't even talked.

The Gaunts. Used to be a very famous family. But then Marvolo's Gaunt daughter married a muggle. Marvolo ... familiar name...

    I continued reading the page. Then, it clicked. Marvolo !!  I read the family tree and then I saw it.

   Oh, shit.

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  It is 9 in the morning. Freyja barely got any sleep. She kept thinking of what she read. She needed to tell him. But when?

  The girls are currently on a carriage on Hogwarts express, on their way back. They are alone, the boys are not here yet. Bella is sleeping and Eva is reading a book. Freyja is watching out of the window, thinking.

  The carriage door suddenly opened and the boys got in. Malfoy, Lestrange, Ashford, Black, Riddle. Riddle... Her charcoal eyes stacked in his sky blue ones. "Tom, can I talk to you? "What happened? "He sat across from her but she stood up.

"It is important! "

"Tell me... "

"Get! Up! "She shouted. He narrowed his eyebrows, with anger in his eyes. The rest looked afraid of what he might do.

  Tom pulled Freyja out by her arm.

  They opened another carriage but some first years were there.

"Out. Now. "Tom said with an emotionless look and the kids went out quickly.

  "You said you wanted to talk to me? "

"I do" She was holding a heavy, brown book. "What's your middle name? "

"You nearly had a fight, just to ask me about my middle name? "

"Yes! "

"You are mad! "

"You don't understand! What is your middle name?? "

"Why do you care so much? "

"please, tell me.! "

He sighed at her hopeful look "Marvolo"

"So, your full name is Tom Marvolo Riddle? "

"Yes"

"So" Freyja sat across him and opened her book "The only Marvolo I found, was Marvolo Gaunt. He is a pure blood, so I rejected him, since we thought you were muggle born. But, Marvolo Gaunt had a daughter, Merope Gaunt. Merope married a muggle with the name Tom Riddle. At 31st of December,1926, she gave birth to a boy, Tom Marvolo Riddle. She died a few hours after giving birth. It is rumored that the boy lives with his father at muggle world. We don't care about the rest. "She closed the book and her gaze met his.

"So, my mother, was a pure blood witch, she married an Asshole, gave birth to me and then died. And my father dumped me at an orphanage? "

"Yep"

"That's all you found? "

"Yes"

"Give me the book"

  Tom grabbed the heavy book from Freyja's hands. He started going through the pages.

"What are you looking for? I already told you, I found nothing else. "

"What kind of book is it?" He closed it and looked at the hardcover. Pureblood families of the wizarding world.

"It has every pureblood family"

"Where did you find it? "

"Somewhere... "

"Where? "

"I can't tell you! "

"Why? "

"I can't. What do you want to know?? "

"Something"

"What? Maybe I can help you. "

"You can't"

"Well, if you don't tell me, I won't be able to help you"

  Tom took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a second. He opened them again and spoke with a more calm tone.

"How do you explain the fact that I can speak with snakes? "

"Wait, WHAT? "Freyja opened widely her eyes and mouth, shocked "You... you can speak parlsetonque?"

"Yes"

"Hold on because now it is getting way more complicated. I need to search the Gaunt family tree. You might be a descendant of Salazar Slytherin!! "

"Excuse me?! "

"You might be the heir of Slytherin! "

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