[HP] Dearest Enemy

Compared with the daytime, the Forbidden Forest at night has an unusual sense of mystery.Most people think that the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts is more dangerous at night than during the day, but this is not true.Tom admitted that the dark tree shadows looked scary at night, but the creatures in the Forbidden Forest seemed to have established some kind of contract with the school, and he rarely encountered any dangerous things in the forest.And even if Tom encounters anything, he is not afraid, he is confident that he can deal with those dangerous creatures.

The forest was dark and silent, only the slight sound of the boy stepping on the dry fallen leaves.It was already early winter, and the air in the Forbidden Forest was quite cold at night.Tom regretted not coming out with his cloak on, gave himself a warm week and continued walking deeper.He walked into the Forbidden Forest today purely on impulse, and there was nothing necessary to do, so he just let his feet lead him in an unfamiliar direction.While it's nice to have everything in your hands, it's nice to have the occasional adventure.

"Hey, human, you have come to my place."

Tom froze for a moment, then turned his head sharply.A small snake the size of a thumb was coiling itself on a branch only three inches away from him and spitting a long letter at him.It was a little fellow, Tom lowered his wand hand and turned.Because he can speak snake language, Tom has a good impression of this kind of creature since he was a child, and he can meet several of them every year when he goes to the suburbs or to the zoo with Harry.The teenager reached out his left hand without a wand to stroke the little snake, hissing from its mouth.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to trespass on your territory," said Tom. "Should I call you Miss or Sir?"

"You can speak our language, human being." The little snake with diamond-shaped patterns on its body gently avoided the boy's fingers, "Who are you?"

"My name is Tom Riddle, and I'm a student at Hogwarts." Seeing that the little snake didn't intend to get close to him, Tom took his hand back, "I live in the castle over there."

"Castle?" The little snake raised his body curiously, "I've heard of many, but I haven't been there yet."

"Oh?" Tom was slightly surprised that a little snake hiding in the Forbidden Forest knew Hogwarts, "Sorry, I don't know what to call you yet?"

"You can call me Nagini, um, Miss." The little snake twisted its soft body, "Can I call you Tom?"

"Of course." Tom held out a finger again.This time the little snake didn't dodge, and accepted the boy's gentle touch with satisfaction, and then crawled along his slender fingers to his arm.

"No human has ever spoken to me." Nagini climbed onto his shoulders. "I haven't left here since I've grown up. Tom, will you show me the castle?"

The corner of Tom's mouth twitched. The snake looked like a few months old at most, and it looked like a newborn baby to him.But out of love for the creature, Tom didn't object: "Yes."

"Thank you, Tom." The little snake twisted happily and crawled obediently on the boy's shoulder.Tom raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist. It was past the curfew time, and he wondered if the gate of the castle was still open.If the door was closed, he had no choice but to go around to the greenhouse at the back of the castle and slip in.

Fortunately the door was still open.Tom was glad he didn't have to take a long detour today, and then he heard the little snake on his shoulder hiss in his ear.

"What a big black shadow!"

It turned out that the child had such poor eyesight, Tom smiled softly: "Do you want to live in a castle with me? I can give you a place to rest and delicious food."

"It's better than mice and grasshoppers?" Nagini asked curiously.

Tom tried not to laugh. "Of course, I promise you you won't want to eat mice again."

"Okay, okay, I'll go with you." Nagini twisted happily again.The boy is a deceitful one, thought Tom, stroking the little snake on the head, and walking towards the main gate of the castle.However, just as he walked to the slightly opened door, Nagini suddenly slipped into his collar without a word.Tom was taken aback, and shivered from the fact that the snake's body temperature was much lower than his own.Before he could figure out why Nagini got into his collar suddenly, a person came out from the shadow of the door crack.

"Tom, I remember that even prefects are not allowed to run around after curfew." There was faint anger in the man's familiar voice, he raised his wand and tapped lightly on the boy's head, dispelling the force that Tom had cast on him. The illusion spell, "And you went to the Forbidden Forest, do you think the spell you have mastered is enough to deal with the dangerous creatures inside?"

Tom couldn't find an excuse for a while, and slowly lowered his head: "I'm sorry, Professor Potter."

"I warned you last year, I'll know where you go when you're not in bed at night." Harry said coldly, "Did you listen to me?"

"I have." Tom said through his teeth.

"Fifty points from Slytherin," said Harry bluntly. "Go and get a detention from Alex yourself."

Help that hedgehog head?Tom frowned, and stared up at the angry man, his eyes met those surprisingly green eyes under the moonlight, and the rebuttal immediately choked in his throat.

"You have a problem?" Harry raised an eyebrow.

"No." Tom answered stiffly, looking away.

"Go back to bed now, then," said Harry displeased. "Don't let me know you're hanging out outside the castle in the middle of the night!"

"I won't." Let you know.Tom finished the second half of the sentence in his mind, bowed to Harry, and strode towards the cellar.Tom didn't understand, how did Harry know that he was traveling at night in the castle?Basically, he would catch him every time he went out at night. No matter how hidden the hiding place was, Harry could always find his exact location.

"Tom, that man was so fierce just now." The little snake stuck his head out from behind the boy's collar and looked back, "He's still looking at you."

"You'd better hide it for me!" Tom said coldly, "If he finds out, you'll have to go back outside to the damned Forbidden Forest."

"Tom, you bullied me." Nagini said aggrievedly, but obediently shrank back into the boy's robe.

Tom was not in the mood to talk nonsense with Miss Snake, walked to the kitchen door as fast as he could and opened the door, then pulled out Nagini who was hiding behind his neck and threw him into the arms of an oncoming house elf, ignoring him at all The poor little elf let out a high-pitched scream.

"Give her whatever she likes," ordered Tom coldly, "and take her where she wants to go."

Before the trembling elf could answer and Nagini, who was very dissatisfied with the letter, protested, Tom tossed his robe and strode out of the kitchen.Go help that hedgehog, Harry is really... Tom bit his lip and punched the wall, making the person in the next portrait scream.

"Really!" the fat old man with the red nose complained disapprovingly, "Son, you disturbed my sleep."

"Shut up!" said Tom viciously, and the old man shook his head and murmured something like "Kids are getting harder and harder these days."Tom took a few deep breaths, and after calming down his anger a little, he walked towards the Slytherin lounge through a narrow passage not far away.

Tom tossed and turned on the bed for a long time before falling asleep, but he didn't sleep long when he was woken up by Alfred's screams.

"Tom! Tom!"

"Quiet, Al!" said the teenager in a particularly bad mood due to lack of sleep, "Today is the weekend."

"Tom, there's a snake in your bed!" Alfart yelled, still in shock.

Got a snake?Tom's mind wandered for a minute before he remembered the little snake he had brought into the castle in the Forbidden Forest last night.He opened his eyes and raised his head, and saw that little snake with diamond pattern was entangled in his chest, spitting out a bright red letter.

"You finally woke up, Tom." Nagini twisted happily after seeing Tom wake up, "The castle is really a good place, I ate a lot of delicious things last night, so I decided to forgive you rude."

"Really, that's good." Tom replied lazily, sinking his head back into his pillow, "Al, stop barking, this is the pet I picked up from the Forbidden Forest last night."

"Pet, pet?" Alfred was dumbfounded immediately, "Tom, do you want to keep a snake as a pet?"

"So what?" Tom stretched out his hand and stroked the little snake's head, "There is no rule in the school rules that you can't keep snakes as pets. Besides, snakes are a symbol of Slytherin. There is nothing wrong with keeping a hundred of them."

"But, but." Alfred didn't know what to say.

"I was caught by Harry when I came back yesterday, and I have to go to Alex's confinement, and I'm very sleepy now." Tom closed his eyes and turned and put his face into the pillow, "So I'm going to sleep for a while. Can you help me?" I'll play with Nagini for a while."

Alfart stared blankly at the little snake that slid onto Tom's quilt. Tom explained a few words to Nagini in Parseltongue, and went on to sleep.

"Hello, Alfart, can I call you Al?" Miss Snake happily greeted the boy with long black hair because she had made a new friend, and the latter kept staring stupidly and uttering letters to herself. The hissing little snake was dumbfounded.

"Tom, I can't speak Parseltongue!"