9:45 AM BREAKING: A suspicious Drive link is circulating. Users who click report seeing old journal entries, handwritten in black ink, and… one page that just says “Riddle.” Mods are deleting as fast as they can. ACT II: THE VIRAL THREAD
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Harry descends into darkness. The video shakes. A voice – Riddle’s – echoes: “You’re too late, Potter. The Basilisk is already awake.” Then a shriek. Fawkes appears. Sorting Hat. Sword. A massive snake.
10:05 AM I’ve faced serpents before! In Magical Me , chapter 12. Don’t worry, I’ve already written a tweetstorm about how I’ll handle this. (Spoiler: autographs afterward.)
11:49 AM That’s not me posting. I don’t remember the last three hours. Someone help.
(account created 11:47 AM) 11:47 AM Hello, Hogwarts Twitter. I am Tom Riddle. The Diary. The Heir. And now… the Drive owner. Everything you’ve seen was my design.