With a calculated stride, 17-year-old Tom Riddle, a prodigious student of Hogwarts, navigated the bustling corridors towards his next class—Transfiguration. Upon entering the bustling lecture hall, he was met with an unpleasant atmosphere of activity. The professor made no effort to quiet down the class in this moment, and the conflicting sounds of chatter drove Tom absolutely mad as he took a seat to the front of the room.