Minerva and Tom

## Pairing Information

### Description

Tom Riddle, Intelligent and Power Hungry With A Mysterious Charm To Himself Then There's Minerva McGonagall, Whip-smart and Rebellious But Both Being Perfectionists, Athletic and Charming In Their Own Ways.
Sometimes The Opposites Collide, Not Always In The Way One Would Have Guessed.

### Members Of

Knights of Walpurgis
Slug Club
Gryffindor Quidditch Team (Minerva)
Slytherin Quidditch Team (Tom)

### Affiliation

Riddle Family
McGonagall Family
Order of the Phoenix (Minerva)
Death Eaters (Both, Minerva Formerly)
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Gryffindor (Minerva)
Slytherin (Tom)
Slug Club
Knights of Walpurgis
Seekers

### Registered

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

### Pairing Status

Married
Dating, Best Friends (During Hogwarts Years)

### House

Gryffindor (Minerva McGonagall)Slytherin (Tom Riddle)

### Children

Enoch McGonagall
Milo McGonagall †
Theodosia McGonagall †
Nathair McGonagall
Thomas McGonagall †
Luka McGonagall
Demian McGonagall
Coriolanus McGonagall
Vitani McGonagall
Knight McGonagall
Shetani McGonagall
Toya McGonagall
Asteria McGonagall
Elizabeth McGonagall †
Deimos McGonagall † (Adopted)
Michael McGonagall (Adopted)

### Songs

Main Theme Song Describing Their Relationship:

Young and Beautiful

Other Songs Describing Their Relationship:

Right where you left me
Drama Club
High School Sweethearts
My Boy
Blank Space
Yellow Hearts
Beauty and the Beast
Careless
Please Don't Say You Love Me
Can't Help Falling In Love

**Tom Riddle**: *"No, You're Too Weak."*

**Minerva McGonagall**: *"They'll Put That On Your Grave, Tom."*

*-Minerva and Tom arguing over the Dark Wizard "Lord Voldemort" Persona*

**Minerva McGonagall** Is The Only Daughter Of Isobel McGonagall And Robert McGonagall Sr And **Tom Riddle** Is The Only Child And Son Of Tom Riddle Sr And Merope Riddle. Minerva And Tom Are Two Half-Bloods, An Animagus Witch and Dark Wizard Who Studied At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry And Are The Parents Of Enoch, Milo, Theodosia, Nathair, Thomas, Luka, Demian, Coriolanus, Vitani, Knight, Shetani, Toya, Asteria and Elizabeth McGonagall. They are also the adoptive parents of Deimos and Michael.

## History

*"Riddle loved Minerva, and that scared him more than death." -Reflection on Tom's true feelings*

### Meeting For The First Time

Tom Riddle and Minerva McGonagall started attending Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry on 1 September, 1938. They first spoke on the Hogwarts Express where Minerva noticed that Tom seemed alone and they both spent the Train Ride together along with another student Reinhard Lestrange. Minerva was sorted Into Gryffindor and was a Hatstall and Tom was sorted Into Slytherin House. Tom was described as a brilliant boy who had dreams of becoming a great Wizard and Minerva was proved to be gifted, Tom and Minerva became quick Academic Rivals as they were both Incredibly Smart.

### Becoming Friends Over A Magical Game

During Christmas Break, Tom and Minerva Both Stayed At Hogwarts Because Minerva Didn't Want To Go Home Knowing Her Parents Were Still Distant About The Fact Her Muggle Father Didn't Know That Her Mother Was A Witch And Tom Refused To Go Back To The Muggle Orphanage. They Both Accepted Friendship After Playing A Game Of Wizard's Chess With Each Other, Minerva Thought Tom Was Odd And Different But That He Was A Loyal Person. As They Got Older, Minerva Became More Rebellious And Tom Became For Mysterious And Charming, They Both Had Their Own Group Titled Knights of Walpurgis By Most But Were Also Known As The Serpent Devils. They Also Were Members Of The Slug Club And Charmed Many Of The Teachers.

### Early Flirtation And Attraction

During Their Third Year At Hogwarts Tom Tried Using His Charm To Infatuate Minerva, Although His Attempts Were Often Unsuccessful. Minerva Was A Gifted Quidditch Player And Got Tom On The Slytherin Quidditch Team, They Enjoyed Teasing Each Other And Going Against One Another Which They Found As Just a Fun Game. They Were Once Locked In The Boathouse By Albus Dumbledore (so he could win some galleons on a betting game) Which Is When Tom Tried More Attempts At Trying To Charm Minerva, Although She Seemed More Responsive To His Flirtatious Acts She Often Told Him To Stop Teasing Her And Learn To Find Better Pick Up Lines, One Of Tom's Many Pick Up Lines Were "I’ll Show You My Basilisk For Free" Which Actually Caused Minerva To Laugh Because She Found It Amusing Although It Appeared That Tom Came Off Serious Which They Both Grinned At Because Of His Suggestive Lines. They Did Appear Highly Attracted To Each Other To The Other Students But No Student Dared To Ask if That Was True Or Not.

### Winstanley's Bookstore & Stationers

Minerva And Tom Travelled To 422 Vauxhall Road, London, England In The Muggle World And Both Purchased Matching Diaries At Winstanley's Bookstore & Stationers.

### Date At Hogsmeade

During The Third Year, with Hogsmeade Weekend Trips, Tom Got A Hogsmeade Permission Form Signed By Mrs Cole Who Was The Muggle Matron Of The Orphanage Where Tom Lived, She Enjoyed Knowing That Tom Was Happy Especially When He Told Her That He Was Going With Minerva Who Had Her Parents Sign The Permission Form Weeks Prior. Minerva Enjoyed Hogsmeade Especially During The Christmas Time, She Always Thought The Sight Was Beautiful Which Brought A Small Smile To Tom's Face Which He Never Knew He Could Do. They Went Into Many Shops, In Dervish and Banges Minerva Pointed Out A Sneakoscope To Tom, Minerva Smiled When She Saw Dogweed and Deathcap And Began Pointing Out All The Different Plants And Flowers Through The Window Which Tom Studied Carefully And Wrote Down. They Travelled Into Honeydukes Where They Brought Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, Two Chocolate Frogs (One Of A White Chocolate For Minerva), Fudge Flies, Jelly Slugs, Liquorice Wands And Two Sugar Quills. Although They Brought Many Things From Honeydukes Most Of The Treats Were Stuffed In Their Bags But Ate Their Jelly Slugs And Liquorice Wands, But Surprisingly Minerva Hated The Liquorice Wands Even Though Tom Enjoyed Them Which They Both Laughed About. After A While Of Walking Around, They Spotted Zonko's Joke Shop Where Minerva Pointed Out That She Once Brought A Frog Spawn Soap For Her Brother As A Really Funny Prank And It Made Her Father Laugh Too As Her Brother Was Running Out of The Bathroom Naked Because Of It.

### Potions Lesson

During A Potions Lesson They Learned About Amortentia Which Is When Minerva Realised Why Tom Couldn't Exactly Understand The Concept Of Love As It Stated In A Book She Read From, That A Child Conceived Under Amortentia Or In An Loveless Union Would Never Be Able To Grasp The Concept Of Love Which By The Time Both Minerva And Tom Realised The Truth Of Tom's Conception, This Made Him Angry And Said That He Was "Cursed". Tom Was Soon Freaked Out When He Became Completely Infatuated With Minerva, Realising That The Amortentia Used On His Father Ran Through His DNA Causing The Obsession, Tom Thought He Could Prove To Minerva That He Could Love But By This Time He Was Invested In Dark Magic.

### Transfiguration

Minerva And Tom Had Been Partners Or Were Sat Next To Each Other In Almost Every Lesson, Minerva Was Incredibly Smart When It Came To Transfiguration But Tom Didn't Quite Understand The Point Of It. During A Transfiguration Lesson Tom Pointed Out That He Thought Minerva Looked Beautiful, Minerva Got Used To Tom's Flirting But Accepted His Compliments. Tom Sent A Paper Bird Around The Classroom And It Landed Back At Their Desk To Which Minerva Opened It To Find A Love Note Tom Wrote For Her. Although She Laughed It Off, She Ended Up Kissing Him, Which Caused Both Her And Tom To Get Detention For Misuse Of Magic, But She Finally Agreed For Them To Start Dating.

### After Graduation

After Graduating, Minerva was offered a position at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the British Ministry of Magic, Tom Immediately approached Dippet And Asked Him For A Chance To Teach Defence Against the Dark Arts, And To Remain At Hogwarts, For Reasons That He Did Not Confide With The Then-Headmaster — Hogwarts Being His True Home At Heart, Using The Influential Position As A Teacher To Recruit Students Into His Future Army, And To Continue To Learn The Castle's Magical Secrets. Dippet Rejected This Offer, Deeming The Boy Too Young, But Invited Riddle to Reapply In A Few Years, if he was still interested in the post, something that Dumbledore heavily advised against. Riddle was offered several positions in the Ministry of Magic, but ended up working at Borgin and Burkes, to the disappointment and surprise of many. Riddle set to persuading witches and wizards to part with their valuable magical heirlooms — a job at which he was very good.

Minerva was among the most efficient, gifted employees in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and became fond of her much older boss, Elphinstone Urquart which sparked Jealousy In Tom after he caught Urquart flirting with Minerva. After two years at the Ministry, she was offered a prestigious promotion, yet found herself turning it down. Minerva sent an owl to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, asking whether she might be considered for a teaching post. The owl returned within hours, offering her a job in the Transfiguration department, under Head of Department, Albus Dumbledore. Through her efforts and work, Minerva proved to be a strict yet inspirational teacher, maintaining control of her students with a stern hand that made her someone not to be crossed.

It Slowly Became Clear To Minerva That Tom Was A Dark Wizard, He Wanted To Be Referred To As Lord Voldemort And Got A Following Of Dark Wizards And Witches But Only Minerva Was Able To Call Him By His Real Name, He Believed In Blood Purity And Pretended To Act "Pure-Blood" Which Deeply Upset Minerva Because He Wasn't Being Who He Was. He Had Horcruxes And Began To Change Physically But Minerva Refused To Ever Comment, Although She Wasn't Comfortable Being Around Tom's Death Eaters But She Was Highly Respected. By This Time, Minerva and Tom Had Four Children Together Named Enoch, Milo, Theodosia and Nathair.

### First Wizarding War

Voldemort, as Riddle was now exclusively called, spent the next few years before the First Wizarding War gathering followers in witches and wizards who called themselves, collectively, Death Eaters. Some were supportive of his cause to dominate Muggles and Muggle-borns; while others were greedy for domination, wealth and fame; and yet others joined the Dark Lord out of fear. Voldemort considered them more like servants than friends or family. Voldemort also used tricks, jinxes, and blackmail to get people to willingly join him. At some point around this time, Voldemort greatly enhanced his skills in Legilimency, to the point that Snape claimed he was the most accomplished Legilimens the world had ever seen. Voldemort could read, control and unhinge the minds of others, and could almost always tell when he was being lied to.

During The First Wizarding War, Tom Proposed To Minerva Promising To Give Her A Good Life, She Accepted And Was Soon Hoping To Start A Life With Tom. But Something Changed, During The Marauders Era She Would Gush Out To Her Students About How Much She Loved Tom And What A Kind Of Man He Was, Lily Evans (Later Known As Lily Potter) Thought It Was Incredible About How Much She Cared For Him so when Lily knew how Voldemort planned to kill her family, she was quite afraid of this man whom she heard such lovely things about during her youth.

Ten Years Into The War Minerva Was Still Waiting For The Day She Would Marry Tom, Voldemort was at the height of his dominion, a prophecy was given by Sybill Trelawney to Albus Dumbledore which predicted the fall of the Dark Lord. This prophecy was given in the Hog's Head Inn during an interview for the position of Professor of Divination. This prophecy was overheard by Death Eater and informant Severus Snape. According to Dumbledore, Snape only heard half of the prophecy and was then thrown out by the barman, Aberforth Dumbledore, Albus' brother. He relayed to Voldemort what he had heard, not realising that he had missed an important part of the message.

On 1 June 1980, Minerva Gave Birth To Her And Tom's quadruplets Who were Named Luka, Demian, Coriolanus and Vitani.

Tom and Minerva Married on 6 December, 1980.

On 31 October 1981, The Dark Lord travelled to the Godric's Hollow and with the Potter's Fidelius Charm broken, he simply walked into their home. Once inside he proceeded to murder James and Lily, who did not have their wands. However, when he used the Killing Curse on Harry, it rebounded and seemingly obliterated his body. This happened because Lily lovingly sacrificed her life to protect her son, creating a powerful defence of ancient magic around Harry which protected him for many years. After eleven years of domination and warfare, Voldemort was defeated for the first time.

### Raising The Children

After Minerva Was Told That The Father Of Her Children Was Dead, Minerva Was Deeply Upset That She Had To Raise Her children And Newborn Triplets, Elizabeth, Asteria and Toya (born 12 August, 1981), Alone But She Didn't Like Who The Boy She Once Knew Became And And Walked Out Of The Life She Had With Tom On October Of 1981 And Into The Life Of A Professor, Although She Still Wore The Gaunt Family Ring, Which Tom Proposed To Her With And She Still Loved Tom But She Refused To Allow Her Children To Be Brought Up Around Cruelty And Dark Magic. Minerva's Children's Legal Names Were With The Surname Of 'Riddle' But They Were Brought Up With The Surname Of 'McGonagall' To Spare Them From Having Any Kind Of Relation With Their Father.

## Relationship

*"They loved each other but that love scared both of them, especially his father. Luka could understand that his mother truly regretted being in love with him and that was really tragic."* -*Luka describing the tragic relationship of his parents.*

Tom Riddle, Intelligent and Power Hungry With A Mysterious Charm To Himself Then There's Minerva McGonagall, Whip-smart and Rebellious But Both Being Perfectionists, Athletic and Charming In Their Own Ways.

Sometimes The Opposites Collide, Not Always In The Way One Would Have Guessed.

## Tropes

**Star-Crossed Lovers**

**House Rivalry**

**Academic Rivals**

**Villain x Hero**

**Secret Crush**

**Mutual Pining**

**Slow Burn**

**Betrayal**

**Soulmates**

**Coming Of Age**

**Opposites Attract**

**Power Couple**

**Head Girl x Head Boy**

**Teenage Dirtbags**

**Glances and Smirks**

**Friends To Lovers**

**Prefect x Prefect**

## Songs

**Main Theme Song Describing Their Relationship:**

**Young and Beautiful**

**Other Songs Describing Their Relationship:**

**right where you left me**

**Drama Club**

**High School Sweethearts**

**My Boy**

**Blank Space**

**Yellow Hearts**

**Beauty and the Beast**

**Careless**

**Please Don't Say You Love Me**

**Can't Help Falling In Love**

## Gallery

During The First Few Months Of Their RelationshipTom Attempting To Flirt With MinervaTom And Minerva Dancing And KissingMinerva And Tom During Their Transfiguration LessonMinerva Talking To Tom About Her Feelings On Him Becoming Lord VoldemortTom And Minerva During Their Later Years At HogwartsA Young Minerva And Tom During Their Early Years After Graduating From Hogwarts