[HP] Riddle's Spirit Behind

Holliday was only slightly interested in Tom Riddle.

She is indeed a pretty girl.All the boys from third grade and up were so enamored with her that they could hardly take their eyes off her.

But Tom Riddle was different.

She had heard of this handsome and clever boy long ago.Girls often talk about him privately because he's so prominent, even if he's low-key enough.The professors liked him, especially Professor Slughorn.It was obvious that Tom was the hottest favorite in Slughorn's private club.

Once, Holliday bumped into Riddle by accident in the library.She was looking for a Potions book.Finally, she found that the book was being pulled out of the shelf by a slender hand, so she subconsciously turned her head and smiled and said, "Oh, I've been looking for that book for a long time, can you—"

Holliday froze for a moment when she saw the boy's appearance clearly.

"Do you want this book?" He frowned slightly and asked in a low voice.

"Oh, yes," Holliday replied, feeling her face flush, "Can you lend me that?"

The boy didn't speak, and handed over the book with a cold expression, and then turned to leave.

Holliday couldn't help calling out to him.

"Wait."

Riddle stopped, an impatient expression on his face.

Holliday pursed her lips and showed a shy smile. She knew exactly how damaging this was to young boys, "Uh, I just want to say, thank you."

But her smile lost its magic this time.

Riddle just said "You're welcome" calmly and strode away, not even looking at her.

This matter was like a thorn deeply pierced into Holliday's heart.She started asking everywhere about Tom Riddle, only to have rumors that she was courting Tom Riddle.

Holliday didn't mind that, but she hoped the rumors would attract the boy's attention.

It's a pity that her calculation failed, and Riddle didn't show the slightest interest in her.She tried to greet him in the corridor, but he didn't even look at her.

"Maybe he's not interested in girls at all, it's time to give up this stupid thing." Holliday finally said to herself.

But it turns out she was wrong.

Not long after Holliday decides to give up, she overhears Bonnie and Rita hearing that Tom Riddle is dating the ghost girl who came back from the dead.

Eleanor Alford, she's more famous than Tom Riddle.Everyone at Hogwarts knew about her.

Some students secretly rumored that Alford was actually a dark wizard who used some powerful dark magic to bring himself back from the dead.And Alford himself was apparently ignorant of these matters.

Holliday suddenly wanted to find out what was going on.

She began to approach Riddle on purpose.By the time she finds herself completely attracted to him, it's too late.

He was better than she had imagined.He was probably the smartest, most attractive boy she had ever met.Even though he was a few months younger than her, he looked more mature than any boy in fifth grade.

His charming looks and impeccable manner made him look more like a royal than a pauper from an orphanage.And his origin did not diminish his charm at all, on the contrary, it could arouse women's sympathy even more.

"My God, I finally know what it means to be hopelessly infatuated," Holliday said to Laura Smith.Smith was the daughter of her stepmother, a fat, plain-looking girl.

"Maybe you should tell him how you feel," Laura murmured.

"No, I want to make him fall in love with me first." Holliday said confidently, "It's not difficult, is it?"

But Holliday's plan completely failed.

Tom Riddle was so smitten with the ghost girl--that's what Laura said--that he never looked Holliday in the eye.Even when the two of them were talking, Holliday always felt that the other was simply absent-minded.

This dealt a severe blow to Holliday's self-esteem.Her self-esteem is much stronger than girls of the same age, which is somewhat related to her being born in a poor family.

Her mother had long since died, and his father had married the eldest Smith daughter—a widow who had just lost her husband—when she was ten years old.The widow brought a generous dowry, which greatly improved the financial situation of Holliday's family.

Holliday didn't dislike her stepmother, after all, she bought herself many beautiful clothes and jewelry.But Holliday didn't like the step-grandmother at all.

That old lady has nothing to do with Cixiang. What she likes to do most is to ridicule Holliday's father, saying that he is a waste who eats soft food and is often mean to Holliday.

But Holliday has to live with her grandmother for a period of time every holiday, which is a rule set by her grandmother.If this was not done, the miserly old lady would have to recover the money lent to Holliday's family, which they had already spent on furniture.

With the holidays just around the corner, Holliday was feeling down again because she had no desire to go to her grandmother's house.

And she was slightly cheered up when she heard that Tom Riddle seemed to have broken up with the ghost girl at last.It was just her and Tom left in the study group, so she started trying to get Riddle's attention.She would use the study group as an excuse, pretending to be working with him on Transfiguration or Potions.

But Riddle still had a cold look of no interest.For the questions she asked, he often suggested that she turn to a certain chapter of the textbook instead of telling her the answer directly.

Holliday couldn't resist complaining to Tom about her grandmother a week before the holiday.

"Unfortunately, she is very rich," Holliday said. "I heard that she still has Hufflepuff's gold cup at home."

Immediately afterwards, Holliday saw for the first time Tom's apparent reaction to what she had said.

He raised his head slowly, and an unknown light flashed quickly in his dark eyes, "Hufflepuff's golden cup?"

"Yes, Hufflepuff's golden cup." Holliday repeated, "I heard it was a treasure handed down from her ancestors. I only saw it once, and then she hid it somewhere."

After that incident, Holliday clearly felt the difference in Tom's attitude towards her.

He began to take the initiative to ask her to go to the hall for dinner, or to go to the library to write papers together.Holliday is flattered that he invites her to hang out on vacation after the exam.

"I'd love to, Tom," she said regretfully, "but I have to go to my grandmother's, remember?"

"Oh, yes." Tom looked clearly disappointed. "I forgot about that. Your grandmother's house is in London, isn't it?"

"Yes." Holliday replied.

"Then I'll have to go back to the orphanage by myself." Tom sighed, his black eyes fixed on Holliday's face. "I can see how long this holiday will be."

So Holliday invited Tom without thinking about it, hoping that he could come to visit during the holidays.She felt that even the mean old Mrs. Smith would not refuse such a handsome and polite boy to visit her.

After Tom hesitated for a while, he finally agreed to Holliday's request, which finally made her look forward to the holiday a little bit.

On the train leaving Hogwarts, Tom invited Holliday to sit in a box with him.

"You got the prettiest girl in school, Tom!" a Slytherin boy in the box booed. "Tell us, how on earth did you do it?"

Holliday blushed and looked at Tom.Tom leaned lazily by the car window, smiling and silent, as if acquiescing to the relationship between the two of them.

Then, they discussed vacation plans again.

"I've got to go to my grandmother's," said Holliday, a little ostentatiously. "By the way, Tom, maybe this time my grandmother can show you some of her treasures."

"What baby?" A boy named Knott asked curiously.

"Of course." Holliday said with a smile, "You should really take a look at that golden cup, it is very beautiful, much more gorgeous than Hogwarts, a piece of school history."

"Gold Cup? What Gold Cup?"

Tom turned his head to look at Holliday, his lips pursed slightly.

A few seconds later, he suddenly approached Holliday.From a bystander's perspective, he seemed to be kissing her lips.

"You think you've said enough," he said softly, and their lips were almost on the verge of meeting. "Why don't you talk about something else, Holliday?"

Holliday immediately felt the temperature of her cheeks rise a lot, and she didn't pay attention to what Tom said.

At this moment, the door of the box was suddenly opened roughly.

Immediately afterwards, a fist hit Tom hard on the cheek.

"Oh, no—" Holliday screamed in horror.

A trace of blood oozed from the corner of Tom's mouth, and his expression instantly became ferocious with anger.

He raised his wand and cast a silent spell on the attacker.Holliday stared blankly at that face with an indifferent expression - the anger just now had disappeared from that face long ago.

Holliday suddenly felt an inexplicable shudder.

A month later, Holliday's grandmother, Hepzibah Smith, was found dead in the bathtub.

The Daily Prophet said that it was a sudden death caused by soaking in the bath for too long.This kind of thing is not uncommon, especially among older people, so this incident has not aroused enough suspicion and attention.

The person who found the body was her step-granddaughter, Holliday Jones.

Poor Holliday became hysterical because of this incident, and had to start receiving psychological counseling from a therapist.

While inventorying the estate, they discovered a precious gold cup missing from Hepzibah's collection.But no one cares about such small things, because Hepzibah's remaining legacy is astoundingly rich.

Holliday's family received a considerable amount of inheritance, which made Holliday finally become a veritable rich lady.

But Holliday refused to go back to Hogwarts to study, as if something frightened her.Her father had to find a way to get her to transfer to France.

In the end, no one saw her again at Hogwarts.Holliday's story ends here