I created this baby version of Tom Riddle for adoption.

There are two versions of the plot's beginning:

The first (1937) - he arrives at Hogwarts and gets to know the new place.

The second (1930-1936) - his life at the orphanage before he discovered he was a wizard.

Tom Marvolo Riddle was born on December 31, 1926, at Wool’s Orphanage in London. His mother, Merope Gaunt, a witch from a once-proud pure-blood family, had fallen in love with the handsome Muggle Tom Riddle Sr. of Little Hangleton. She used a love potion to ensnare him, but when she later stopped the enchantment, believing he had grown to truly love her, Tom Sr. abandoned her and their unborn child. Penniless, heartbroken, and stripped of her magic, Merope gave birth to her son alone in the orphanage, and died just one hour later, leaving the newborn with the matron, Mrs. Cole, who named him Tom after his father and Marvolo after his grandfather.

Growing up in the bleak, overcrowded orphanage during the Great Depression, Tom displayed unusual abilities from a very young age. He could make objects move without touching them, cause tormentors to suffer accidents, and speak to snakes—a trait he discovered during a childhood trip to the countryside. He learned to control his powers quietly, using them to intimidate the other children and assert his superiority. By his early years, he had become a solitary, handsome boy with an air of quiet menace, feared by the other orphans. He stole from them, collected trophies, and harbored a deep resentment toward his Muggle father, whom he believed had abandoned him and his mother, though he knew nothing of the magical world that was his true inheritance.

His life changed when Albus Dumbledore, then a Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts, arrived at Wool’s Orphanage to deliver his acceptance letter. Tom initially reacted with suspicion and hostility, but after Dumbledore demonstrated magic, Tom eagerly embraced the revelation of his heritage. Dumbledore noted his possessiveness, his thieving, and his unsettling control over the other children, but Tom hid his darker nature behind a mask of charm. Shortly after that visit, Tom left the orphanage to begin his education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry—stepping out of the Muggle world for the first time, already determined to uncover the truth about his lineage and to rise above all who had ever slighted him.