Christian Coulson: Tom Riddle
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Tom Marvolo Riddle : How is it that a baby with no extraordinary magical talent was able to defeat the greatest wizard of all time? How did you escape with nothing but a scar, while Lord Voldemort's powers were destroyed?
Harry : Why do you care how I escaped? Voldemort was after your time!
Tom Marvolo Riddle : Voldemort is my past, present, and future.
[Takes Harry's wand and writes his name in the air then swipes to reveal his true name which reads "I am Lord Voldemort"]
Harry : You. You're the Heir of Slytherin. You're Voldemort.
Tom Marvolo Riddle : Surely you didn't think I was going to keep my filthy Muggle father's name? No. I fashioned myself a new name, a name I knew wizards everywhere would one day fear to speak, when I became the greatest sorcerer in the world!
Harry : Albus Dumbledore is the greatest sorcerer in the world!
Tom Marvolo Riddle : Dumbledore's been driven out of this castle by the mere memory of me!
Harry : Dumbledore will never be gone. Not as long as those who remain are loyal to him.
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Tom Marvolo Riddle : So this is what Dumbledore sends his great defender. A songbird and an old hat.
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Harry : [writing inside Tom Riddle's diary] My name is Harry Potter.
[the words disappear, then other words appear in the diary]
Tom Marvolo Riddle : Hello, Harry Potter, my name is Tom Riddle.
Harry : [writing] Do you know anything about the Chamber of Secrets?
Tom Marvolo Riddle : [word appears] Yes...
Harry : Can you tell me?
Tom Marvolo Riddle : No...
[Harry sighs in frustration, but then sees the next words, and get excited]
Tom Marvolo Riddle : But I can show you... Let me take you back 50 years ago... 13th June.
[the pages turn to this date, then Harry is swept inside the diary]
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Tom Marvolo Riddle : Let's match the power of Lord Voldemort, Heir of Salazar Slytherin, against the famous Harry Potter.
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Tom Marvolo Riddle : Haven't I told you? Killing Mudbloods doesn't matter to me any more. For many months now, my new target has been you.
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[to Tom Riddle]
Harry Potter : [smiling] I'll bet Dumbledore saw right through you.
Tom Marvolo Riddle : He certainly kept an annoyingly close watch on me after that!
[walks around Harry]
Tom Marvolo Riddle : I knew it wouldn't be safe to open the Chamber again while I was still at school so I decided to leave behind a diary, preserving my sixteen-year-old self in its pages so that one day, I would be able to lead another to finish Salazar Slytherin's noble work!
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Tom Marvolo Riddle : Funny, the damage a silly little book can do, especially in the hands of a silly little girl.
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[Tom watches wizards carry a dead student away]
Dumbledore : Riddle. Come.
Tom Marvolo Riddle : [looks upstairs and sees Dumbledore, who is fifty years younger] Professor Dumbledore.
Harry : Dumbledore?
Dumbledore : It is not wise to be wandering around this late hour, Tom.
Tom Marvolo Riddle : Yes, Professor. I suppose I-I had to see for myself if the rumors were true.
Dumbledore : I'm afraid they are, Tom. They are true.
Tom Marvolo Riddle : About the school, as well? I don't have a home to go to. They wouldn't really close Hogwarts, would they, Professor?
Dumbledore : I understand, Tom. But, I'm afraid Headmaster Dippet may have no choice.
Tom Marvolo Riddle : Sir, if it all stopped. If the person responsible was caught...
Dumbledore : Is there something you wish to tell me?
Tom Marvolo Riddle : No, sir. Nothing.
Dumbledore : [he examines Riddle, but then shrugs it off] Very well, then. Off you go.
Tom Marvolo Riddle : Goodnight, sir.
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Tom Marvolo Riddle : Yes, Potter, the process is nearly complete. In a few minutes, Ginny Weasley will be dead. And I will cease to be a memory. Lord Voldemort will return... very... much... alive.
