[Comprehensive British and American] Extraordinary

Tom ran away from the orphanage. He never knew he could remember the way from the orphanage to the Hill's house so well.

"I'm here to visit Amanda Hill. I'm Tom Marvolo Riddle, sir." Tom said politely to the butler, who took him to see Amanda in the study.

"Here you are, Tom."

She didn't look surprised at all, no wonder the butler just let him in without asking any more questions, Tom thought.But the next moment he noticed that Amanda was unusual, her face was pale, and there were thick dark circles under her eyes, Tom couldn't help asking: "Are you sick?"

"No, I just drank too much black coffee, please sit down." Amanda not only likes to eat pudding, but also suffers from strong coffee addiction.

"You also received the acceptance letter from Hogwarts, right?" Tom asked impatiently.

"Yes, and my guardian is very happy, I will go to an unheard of, remote closed school." Of course, Amanda is also very curious, and is willing to go to Hogwarts to study.In addition to being full of curiosity about magic, another very important reason is that the war is coming—the Second World War, which lasted for six years from [-] to [-], and this war is also mentioned in the original book. There are traces to follow.Predictably, however, Hogwarts has not been ravaged by war, but the British Muggle community is different.

Amanda's indifference made Tom wonder if she was planning to go to Hogwarts, he pursed his lips: "Now we are wizards, we should go where wizards should stay."

"Hmm." Amanda waved to Tom from behind the desk, "Come here."

Tom especially hated Amanda's natural tone, but he was powerless to resist, and walked over reluctantly.

In front of Amanda was a very precise map of England. Tom didn't understand what Amanda asked him to see.

"Where should the wizard stay?" Amanda asked, "I didn't see it." Of course, the place where the wizard is located is not marked on the map of ordinary people.

Tom quickly raised his own question, how could the wizarding world let ordinary people see it.

"So, the wizarding world is completely unfamiliar to us, and it is completely closed. No matter what you think, Tom, the world where ordinary people live is the place I am familiar with." Amanda spread out the entire map, " The information I have now is not enough for me to judge where the wizarding world is. However, this is not a problem."

Geographical profiling, Amanda has mastered it.

Tom didn't understand what Amanda meant, and heard her say again: "You must have seen the list of required books and equipment attached to the Hogwarts notice. I think I can help you, since you can't afford it now. At the same time, I am also qualified, after all, I don't want to spend my pounds on people who do nothing, although that is not worth mentioning to me. What do you think, Mr. Riddle?"

Tom straightened his spine subconsciously, and said without squinting: "Thank you for your kindness."

"Very good, it seems that we have reached a consensus." Amanda ignored whether there was any irony in his words, and sat back on the chair behind the mahogany table: "Then we will see you at the beginning of the school." In her words, she meant to see off the guests Obviously, Tom left the study step by step with his hands behind his back.At first, he was driven to find Amanda by virtue of his excitement, but Amanda's indifferent attitude as always poured a basin of cold water on Tom, and at the same time made the small flame in his heart burn more vigorously.

Amanda stood by the window and watched Tom run away until his back disappeared.Looking back, she was gearing up, but she was not as calm as she appeared in front of Tom - just think about it, the door to the magical wizarding world is about to open to her, it is very exciting no matter how you look at it.

As a result of Amanda's excitement, when the professor took her to Diagon Alley to buy pre-school necessities, she contributed a lot of Galleons to Lihen Bookstore-she bought at least [-] books, not including A must-have book for the first year.

Lihen Bookstore gave a very favorable price to such a rare big customer in a few years, and provided a free space bag. Since he is a little Muggle-born wizard, he was very eager to deliver it to the door: "Welcome next time! Come again."

"I will."

***

September [-]st, a rare sunny day in London.

"Mr. Riddle, please get in the car." The driver took Tom's suitcase and opened the car door for him.

Tom squeezed his fist and got into the car seemingly naturally.He didn't know if it was because the sight inside the car was darker than the outside, but he felt that Amanda's face was pale.

"Long time no see, Tom." Amanda looked around Tom with critical eyes, "It seems that you are doing well these days, at least you are not as skinny as you used to be."

"What qualifications do you have to judge me?" Tom swallowed the second half of the sentence without looking at what you are now.

"Just tell the truth, please drive." Amanda obviously didn't intend to waste her saliva on such a boring topic with Tom. After the car drove slowly, she leaned back on the back of the seat and closed her eyes to rest. .The bruises under her eyes were very obvious, and Tom tugged at his sleeves in displeasure, and there was a fringe there, even though he had tried his best to make himself look clean and tidy.

In fact, Amanda didn't fall asleep. Every word of the original book was skipped in her mind in sequence, and she even remembered the page number clearly.In addition, she finished reading the [-] books she bought from Lihen Bookstore within a month, and she never forgot them.

When the plot of the original book drifted to Voldemort, who covered the back of Quirrell's head, showing his true face, the train station arrived.

Amanda opened her eyes and stared at Tom's pretty face with an unpredictable expression. She didn't look away until Tom felt uncomfortable being looked at by her, and said lightly, "Get out of the car."

Tom's still pale face was tinged with a beige red of irritation, which somehow made him look fresher.

Between platforms No. [-] and No. [-] of the train station, they saw several parents who also sent their children to school.As for Amanda’s guardians, Conrad Hill and Maggie Hill, one of them wanted to join the factory, and the other was happy to show off her fine clothes and jewelry. They knew that Amanda followed their advice and went to a closed factory. It is enough to study in a traditional country school.

Those parents were all pure-blood wizards. After they identified Amanda and Tom as Muggle-born wizards, they ignored them, and some even cast undisguised contempt and hatred in their eyes.

Tom is very sensitive to this kind of sight. He subconsciously looked at Amanda, as if she didn't feel those particularly uncomfortable sights.

For some reason, Tom calmed down.

They crossed platform nine and three-quarters, and before them stood a crimson steam train.

Don't look at Amanda's calmness, but in fact her blue eyes are already shining. 'Passing through the wall' was amazing, she looked back, and the place they had passed through had changed back.

"Hey, let's go, I think we need a quiet, empty car." Noticing the uncomfortable sight again, Amanda narrowed her eyes, "But before that..."

She pulled her wand from the inner sleeve pocket and tapped on the pair of their luggage, which had shrunk down to the size of a matchbox.Amanda pocketed her suitcase, which made things easier.

"Thank you." Tom tried his best not to make a fuss. He noticed that the arrogant parents all looked over, and the original ignorance or contempt turned into surprise. He was thoughtful.

They quickly found an empty carriage, and after putting away the salute, Amanda sat on the couch and fiddled with her wand.

"Did you know that you used a silent magic just now?" Tom finally couldn't help saying as he sat across from her.

"so?"

"Even adult wizards have to recite the spell when casting a spell, let alone a minor wizard." After Tom got the magic book and wand of the first school year, he couldn't wait to learn new things. Knowledge.Obviously, he has an unparalleled talent in magic. He quickly learned some simple spells, but he didn't expect that he was still far behind Amanda.Thinking of this, Tom's eyes on Amanda became complicated.

"I know." Amanda suddenly smiled at Tom. "It's really uncomfortable to see that look, isn't it?"

"... Hmm." Tom was flashed by Amanda's rare smile on him, and he gave a somewhat awkward "hmm", then turned his head and looked out the window, pretending to look at the scenery outside.

No one entered their carriage until the train started.

Amanda took the map out of the suitcase and spread it on the table.

Tom pretended to be looking out of the window, but in fact his attention was on Amanda. Watching her take out the map, he pretended to glance at it casually, and found that there were many more things circled in red pen than the last time he looked at them. place.

Amanda didn't mean to explain to Tom, as the steam train progressed, the route gradually became clear.She didn't have such a hobby before, nor did she have such a reasoning ability, well, this is another sequelae.

Amanda rubbed between her brows, put the map aside, and focused on the scenery outside.

When the Hogwarts Express was about to arrive at the terminal in the evening, he finally spoke besides eating: "The terminal is Hogsmeade Village, the only purely wizarding village in England. According to the population density of Hogsmeade Village, it can be further inferred that The population of the entire British wizarding community does not exceed 800, which is an optimistic estimate. Well, the total population of London is [-] million, and I mean ordinary people."

Tom looked stunned and dazed.

Amanda also frowned, she moved her lower lip, and finally said nothing.

"Amanda, which college do you think you will be assigned to?" Tom hesitated for a while, but asked Amanda quietly.

"Ravenclaw, I guess." Amanda was not wrong, she was indeed sorted into Ravenclaw by the Sorting Hat, and Tom, the Sorting Hat shouted out very quickly: "Slytherin!"

The senior Slytherins glanced at each other, and they almost saw doubts in each other's eyes. Is there a Riddle in the pure-blood wizard family?However, since the sorting hat called out "Slytherin" so quickly, it might be some unknown pure blood.

Slytherin applauded modestly.

Tom restrained himself from being too excited. When he got off the stool, he subconsciously straightened his clothes and walked towards the long table of Slytherin.

Soon, Tom saw the unwritten but tacit rule of Slytherin - his position was by default at the end of the long table.

After the rich food appeared on the long table and other people began to eat, Tom silently remembered the actions of the people next to him, and then stretched out his hands from his legs.Although his dining etiquette was not as elegant and natural as other Slytherin students, it was enough to prevent him from making a fool of himself and being laughed at by others.

The meal had been particularly stiff, rich and tasty food, no different to Tom's dry bread from the orphanage.

Amanda felt tired for him watching.

Tom and Amanda met again on the Saturday night of the first week of school - Slytherin usually took classes with Gryffindor, which made them meet each other except during meal times. There is no chance of encounter at all.As for deliberately creating opportunities to meet, Tom is not such a proactive person.

As for Amanda, she was like a fish in water as soon as she entered Ravenclaw. She was busy adapting to the environment and working hard to create a comfortable environment.All things considered, it was no surprise that they hadn't met or spoken to each other for a week. —and it was Amanda who offered to send Tom a letter asking him to meet on Saturday night.

Since Tom received the letter from Amanda, he has been guessing why she was looking for him, and he was almost late.But when he rushed to the eighth floor of the castle, he didn't see Amanda at all.

Tom felt that it was already past the appointed time, and she was impatient to wait a few minutes longer for him.

"You're late." A very smooth door appeared out of nowhere on the opposite wall, and Amanda's voice came from inside.

Tom bit his lower lip, looked around, and walked in slowly after finding no one around.

"Where is this?" Tom looked curiously, and was surprised to find that the layout here was almost exactly the same as Hill's study.

"House of Requirement." Amanda looked up from a stack of books, "I told it I needed a place to meet Mr. Riddle, whom I funded, and that's what it became. Long time no see, Tom. I can How was your first week in Slytherin?"

"Did you know, Amanda? Maybe you should be sorted into Slytherin too." Her arrogant attitude is very similar to those purebloods in Slytherin who claim to be noble, especially she has light golden hair Hair, like that Malfoy.

"It doesn't look as good as you expected," Amanda smirked, "In addition, I think it is very necessary for you to correct the bad habits you have accumulated, and then take a few etiquette lessons, Tom. Some manners, alone Imitation is not enough."

Tom's eyes widened. "Are you watching me?"

"Yeah," Amanda admitted without hesitation, "as part of assessing your potential."

She said it with such seriousness that Tom accepted it after an initial struggle.

"I'm very busy, so we will meet here at the same time every week, and I will urge you." In Amanda's mind, there are probably dozens of books on etiquette teaching, and she feels that she can Competent, probably?

As for Amanda's original intention, it is probably to let Tom have a good meal (?), not to lose at the beginning.

Let's wait for the great Mr. Riddle to discover the truth in the future.

Such etiquette lessons last until Christmas Eve.

Most of the students chose to go home to spend the Christmas holiday with their families. Tom didn't plan to return to the Muggle world, but to his surprise, Amanda was leaving school to go back to Hill's house. "I just hope my guardian hasn't taken my property into his own name in my absence."

Tom gave a fake smile (he's really improving fast, especially in the Slytherin environment): "I thought you never had this problem, but you thought that pair would be very self-sufficient. Considered couples will not pose any threat to you."

"Thank you for your advice, but you'd better pray that nothing irreversible happens. After all, I am your sponsor now, Tom." Amanda left the Room of Requirement after leaving these words.

It took five minutes for Tom to come out of the Room of Requirement, and then took a completely different route from Amanda's and turned back to the cellar.Before that, watching the grinning Amanda and her friends bid farewell with cold eyes, she sneered.

At Christmas, Tom unexpectedly received a gift from Amanda. The gift card read: "I would like to congratulate you for finally finishing what I called 'a few etiquette lessons' before Christmas. Happy - a·h"

"Damn it!" Tom stared fiercely at the lines of letters, especially "a·h", wishing he could burn through the person who wrote them.

Under the premise of this kind of resentment, Tom is not so repulsive to Amanda who specially gave him a book on etiquette teaching to refresh himself and a new set of winter clothes (it is said that he was a benefit of being a member of the orphanage).

'Amanda Hill' was ill for nearly a month and finally got better on Christmas Eve, but after Christmas she was bedridden again.

"Oh, my poor niece." Maggie pretended to say to the relatives and friends of the Hill family, and in order to prevent those relatives from visiting in person, she had to rack her brains to come up with one after another. Excuse.

Seems like an infectious disease would be a pretty good excuse.

After Amanda went back to school, she and Tom still met at the Room of Requirement.

No, it should be said that Amanda regards the Room of Requirement as a personal lounge and a small library, and until no one else finds out, it is her exclusive property, very comfortable.

Tom's original etiquette class is over, but he still shows up in the Room of Requirement on the old Saturday.

"It's you." Amanda poked her head out from the oversized couch in front of the fireplace, "Want to say a belated 'Merry Christmas' to me?"

Tom frowned and asked, "Anyone else?"

"Huh?" Amanda realized what Tom meant, and she said noncommittally, "Maybe it's a hissing snake."

Tom randomly found a book from Amanda's bookcase, and sat on a chair beside him to read it. The dense data in it almost dazzled his eyes.He glanced up at Amanda, and found that she was concentrating on flipping through a large tome, and he gently put the book back in its place.

"If you want to read books related to magic, it's in the third bookcase from the left." On Christmas, she went to Lihen Bookstore to replenish the inventory, most of which are still in her dormitory.

Tom paused, and instead of following Amanda's words to take out the book, he turned around and tried to say in a relaxed tone: "Christmas, how are you doing in the Muggle world? Don't think too much, I just want to know my Sponsor, have you been cheated out of your inheritance by two ordinary Muggles she despises? That's how I prepare."

"It's a pity to disappoint you, Mr. Riddle. But," Amanda flipped the page quickly, and said casually, "It's coming soon."

——The Hills have changed from the original coaxing strategy to the death strategy of directly creating 'Amanda Hill'. It seems that they are not greedy enough, and this is beyond Amanda's bottom line, so she does not intend to appease up.

Tom waited for a while without waiting for Amanda's explanation, he turned around and walked away in a bit of frustration.For the next month, he did not appear in the Room of Requirement again.

Amanda didn't send him a letter asking him to go. Even if she sometimes met her eyes in the cafeteria, Amanda would only smile politely and quickly look away.

Tom noticed that she was very popular in Ravenclaw, and she was never mean to others with her bright smile.

Tom pursed his lips and looked away. There were senior students in Slytherin talking to him. He behaved very well. He was no longer the stiff and afraid of making a fool of himself when he first entered school.

When Tom returned to the dormitory, he tore off the pair of cufflinks he had been wearing all the time—a Christmas present from Amanda—and threw them into the box, out of sight and out of mind.

When Tom found out about his life experience, he seemed to find an outlet for this stuffy feeling. He came to the eighth floor of the castle by accident, and waited for a long time at the place where he used to enter the Room of Requirement, but he couldn’t wait. The smooth door opened.

After realizing it, Tom realized that today is not Saturday.

Tom found that, except for Saturdays when he came to the Room of Requirement, he didn't know where to find Amanda.

Tom found Amanda in a secluded corner of the library. He had heard Nagini who had hibernated mention it, but he didn't pay attention to it at the time. Now that he remembered it, he didn't expect that she was really here.

Tom observed not far away for a while, and after finding that there was basically no one else coming here, he walked over.After standing next to Amanda's seat for 2 minutes, Amanda looked up from the book and found him.

Amanda raised her eyebrows, which is really strange.

At Hogwarts, if Amanda didn't come to him, he wouldn't come to him.Up to now, one semester has passed, and no one in the school knows that the two of them actually know each other.

Amanda closed the book in her hand, she still didn't read half of it, "3 minutes." She said in a low voice.

Tom heard footsteps from far to near, and left after hesitating for a while, pretending to browse books on the bookshelf not far away.

Amanda twitched her lips.

She finished reading the rest in two and a half minutes, stood up and put the book back where it belonged.

When 3 minutes were up, Tom looked over subconsciously, and Amanda was no longer where she was.He bit his lower lip in annoyance, but noticed that there was a note in her original place.

"See you in the old time, in the old place—a·h"

Tom folded the note and put it in his trouser pocket, and pretended to be nonchalant to borrow a book before leaving the library.

Room of Requirement

"What made you condescend to come to me, Tom? Should I say it's my pleasure?" Amanda glanced at Tom with a half-smile, and she thought maybe she should look for books like youth education one look.

"You know Salazar Slytherin, don't you?" Tom stood up straight, although he tried his best to restrain himself, but when he talked about Salazar Slytherin, his whole body became elated.

Amanda nodded: "Well, the first dean of Slytherin, one of the founders of Hogwarts."

"I am his descendant." Although Tom tried his best to restrain himself, his tone still gave away some information, and he was proud of it.

"I know, and I have to correct you, it's just possible." Amanda was not as shocked as Tom expected, and she said something that shocked Tom even more in a natural tone.

"You know?" Tom came to Amanda two steps at a time, raised his voice and asked, "How do you know? When did you know?"

Amanda calmly reminded: "Pay attention to your manners, Tom."

"Fuck the etiquette!" Tom swore.

"Last semester, if you must. I did some research on Salazar Slytherin and found that he was one of the earliest recorded Parseltongues. And this Parseltongue can be obtained through Inherited by direct blood relatives, combined with the fact that you were sorted into Slytherin by the Sorting Hat... That's why I said that you are very likely to be a descendant of Salazar Slytherin."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Tom's tone was hurt and wronged, and he looked at Amanda accusingly.

Amanda spread her hands: "If your hearing is ok, I think I have made it very clear-I'm not sure, I can only infer from your emotions that you are a descendant of Salazar Slytherin. In Without substantive evidence, I naturally wouldn't tell you rashly. What's more, if I told you at that time, would you believe me?"

Tom was at a loss for words, and Amanda's subsequent "look" look stung his eyes.

"Well, in fact, what you are doing is also normal." Amanda said in an academic tone, "Humans want to trace their origins. It has been an unchanging theorem for thousands of years. I am also very good at Understand, you wish you had a great parentage, and that's evident from the fact that you've been in Slytherin."

"Smart and powerful Slytherin, he who is hungry for power likes those pure-blooded and ambitious teenagers the most." Amanda said in a drawn-out voice, and she glanced at Tom, "There is absolutely nothing wrong with this, but still Did you start to be complacent before you got the proof? Do you need me to come to see you, Your Highness?"

"What do you know?" Tom clenched his fists, his eyes flushed, "Do you know what it's like to be abandoned by your parents? Do you know what it's like to be treated as a burden, a freak, and an outlier in an orphanage? You know what it's like to be treated in Slytherin Here, what does it feel like to be ignored or even despised at first... You don’t understand anything at all, so what qualifications do you have to judge me? Same kind, you know? I don’t even bother to be your kind! Now, yes You are not worthy to be my kind! Mud—hmph!"

Only the first letter of the word "Mudblood" came out of his mouth, and Tom swallowed the rest abruptly.

This meeting broke up unhappy.

Amanda sighed and dropped herself onto the couch.

In the future, there will be a year-long freezing period.

Tom was getting more and more attention in Slytherin, and the professors praised him.

Amanda is also at home in Ravenclaw. Compared with the other three colleges, Ravenclaw is the most unique point. It has its own library, which was finally allowed to go in and read in the second grade.

In addition, the flames of war ignited.Muggle-born wizards are worried, the wizarding world does not seem to be affected, and Hogwarts is as peaceful as ever.

'Break the Ice' takes place on Christmas Eve.

Tom clenched his hands against the envelope that appeared in front of him.

"What's the matter, Tom? Is today's lamb chops unappetizing?" Abraxas Malfoy, the prefect of the fourth grade, said kindly.

"It's nothing."

Tom hastily ate his dinner, said goodbye to the others, and hurried back to his dormitory, and opened the letter that Amanda sent the owl: "t r, if you remember the contract between us, please use it Meet me at the usual place after dinner—a·h"

"Oh." Tom sneered, again in this natural tone.

Finally, Tom came to the eighth floor of the castle.

This time, the Room of Requirement was no longer a comfortable and luxurious study room, but a potion making room.

"Are you brewing a compound potion?" Tom, an excellent second-grader, quickly recognized the potion that Amanda was brewing, a compound potion. Inside the Forbidden-Books section of the Hogwarts Library.It appears that neither Amanda nor Tom have had any effect on the 'Forbidden-Book-Zone' ban.

"It will be done tomorrow, I need you and me to go back to the Muggle world." Amanda rubbed the center of her brows, "If you still want to continue to accept my sponsorship."

Her attitude was the same as before, as if the bad breakup between them never happened.

In this way, Tom had the illusion that if he persisted, he would be making trouble for no reason. He paused and said, "Before that, shouldn't you explain exactly what happened?"

"If you must know," Amanda said with a strange expression, "my guardians, the Little Hill couple, took advantage of my absence to sell the old house of the Hill family, took the money and left London without a trace. But the government doesn’t know about this, after all, since the beginning of this semester, the war has started, and population displacement is inevitable.” Amanda paused subtly, and continued: “Since the government will send a routine return visit the day after tomorrow, it is necessary to I was there, along with my guardians, to prove that everything is in order."

Tom was silent, and he realized at this moment that although Amanda didn't have a miserable childhood, the burden on her was heavier than he could have imagined.It's a bit unrealistic for Tom to speak soft words immediately. He curled his lips and smiled ironically: "I thought you were omnipotent. How did reality hit you so quickly?"

"If you say that, I will take it as your agreement. We will meet at the train station at nine o'clock tomorrow morning." After Amanda finished speaking, she continued to make the compound potion. Tom gritted his teeth and said, "Okay."

The next day, Tom got on the train with the suitcase and Amanda one after the other, and they were still the only two in the compartment.

After the steam train whistled and moved smoothly, Amanda said very solemnly: "Tom, I'm sorry."

Tom, who took out a book about spells from the suitcase and was about to read it, was taken aback when he heard this, raised his eyebrows and said, "About what?"

"I sincerely apologize for what I said about judging you from my perspective very shallowly."

"That's really a belated apology." Tom lowered his head and flipped through the book in his hand. After a while, he looked up at Amanda's eyes full of sincere apology, and compromised: "Okay, I accept your apology." He paused After a pause, he added: "I also said some exaggerated things that day, um... I hope you don't take it to heart."

"Then we're even."

"……Um."

When they returned to London, Tom clearly felt the difference from a year ago at the train station. The train station seemed deserted, and people came and went in a hurry.On the way to Hill's house in a car, there were obviously more homeless people on the road. The once bustling streets became depressed, and many shops closed early.

Seeing such a situation, combined with what Amanda had said, Tom gave Amanda a worried look without any trace.

However, when the car stopped, Tom looked at the familiar mansion in front of him, and couldn't help asking: "Didn't you say that your house was sold behind your guardian's back?"

"Yeah, I'm the buyer." Amanda smirked at the astonished Tom. "Reality taught me a lesson, not a blow, Tom."

Tom: "..."

"What's going on?" Tom couldn't hold back his curiosity, followed Amanda into the study after dinner, and finally asked after closing the door.

"Why are you so curious? I thought it was none of your business."