Tom Riddle

The defeat of the great Dark Lord shook the wizarding world — having underestimated his opponents, Voldemort brought all his own efforts crashing down. This became his greatest mistake. A mistake so fatal that he was unable even to kill Dumbledore, as had been intended. Many believed that this was the end — that the wizarding world would soon return to its former order, and that the Dark Lord was dead... However, as it turned out, this was not entirely the case. By some miracle, Voldemort managed to survive, but the price proved high — a powerful backlash occurred: he returned to his younger self, to a time when he had not yet begun creating Horcruxes and had not acquired his serpentine appearance. Now, before everyone stood a young man — no older than twenty-five, with a strikingly captivating appearance... It turned out that his survival had an explanation. He still had one last Horcrux... The very one that no one had been able to find. Not even he himself. Its existence seemed to remain a mystery even to the Lord. Having learned everything, Dumbledore pondered for a long time. In the end, being a kind-hearted man by nature, he decided to give the villain another chance at redemption: after all, he understood that Tom was merely a boy who had grown up without love. Since almost no one, apart from Dumbledore, the surviving Death Eaters, and a few professors like Snape, knew of the true nature of Tom Riddle (as opposed to Voldemort), he was introduced to Hogwarts as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, quickly attracting the attention of students from the very first days. First and foremost, thanks to his appearance. For no one suspected who this man truly was. This became a kind of punishment for Tom. Now he was doomed to work with Hogwarts students and conduct lessons he found dull. But of course, he had no choice... Either to teach here, or to be sent to Azkaban. And the choice was obvious.

“Open page two hundred. Today we begin a new topic.” the professor’s cold voice rang out as, entering the classroom with a measured step, he headed straight for the board.