Tom Riddle and the Colour of the Sun

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
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Tom Riddle and the Colour of the Sun
Characters
Albus Dumbledore, Tom Riddle, Gellert Grindelwald, Moaning Myrtle, Tom Riddle/Original Character(s), Armando Dippet, Fawkes (Harry Potter), Myrtle Warren, Albus Dumbledore & Tom Riddle, Assorted Others TBD, Two Characters with Secret Identities
Tags
Canon-Typical Violence this is a work in progress Teenage Tom Riddle Tom Riddle is not nice Plot Bunnies - Freeform Creature Characters Nonhuman Characters Phoenixes are dangerous Phoenixes don't come to heroes they come to lost souls who aren't quite all the way lost yet Tom Riddle Era Hogwarts So why the fuck does he have a phoenix? Albus Dumbledore knows why because he's not nice either Told from Multiple Points of View Tags may be added I literally don't know yet how long or short it will be so yeah Plot Bunnies Everywhere the inside of my brain is made of plot bunnies
Summary
Where do phoenixes come from? How do you end up with one following you around? What if they don't come to paladins of the light, but to those who teeter on the edge between radiance and destruction? What if instead of accidentally murdering Myrtle Warren with a basilisk's stare, Tom Riddle accidentally saddles himself with a meddlesome golden bird that insists on chirping its way into his life?
Note
Apparently my brain needed a breather from Harry Peverell and the Ceryneian Hind after the first 60,000 words or so. It produced this while it was resting. There will be more of both.

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