You are...Tom Marvolo Riddle!

[John Masaki]

In honor of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Prince, an ASB who happens to be a major fan of the Harry Potter books decides to whip up an interesting scenario.

So, he waves his wand (12 inches, juniper wood and ASB fur core) and the next morning, you wake up in Tom Riddle's body on his tenth birthday. You get all of his memories and abilities to date, but he has essentially been overwritten by you. Also, the transformation is permanent. What do you do now?

[Mr Shine]

It got pushed back 7 months!

But I digress...

Firstly, I do not release any giant wossnames of doom. When I find the Chambre of Secrets and the basalisk, I tell Dumbledore or at least the head of my house about it.

Second, If I ever do gain a position of power, I stay clear of anyone and everyone having the surname Black, the entire family at this time being more or less psychotic. I aso dissassociate from the old "blood purity" beliefs, seeing that it did my maternal family absolutely no good.

Thirdly, do not go evil: there's no future in it. Go into politics instead. Combine muggle innovations with our own magical prowess. Basically, I attempt to bring wizard-and-witchdom into the 1840's from... wherever the hell it was.

[Hashasheen]

It got pushed back 7 months!

But I digress...

Firstly, I do not release any giant wossnames of doom. When I find the Chambre of Secrets and the basalisk, I tell Dumbledore or at least the head of my house about it.

Second, If I ever do gain a position of power, I stay clear of anyone and everyone having the surname Black, the entire family at this time being more or less psychotic. I aso dissassociate from the old "blood purity" beliefs, seeing that it did my maternal family absolutely no good.

Thirdly, do not go evil: there's no future in it. Go into politics instead. Combine muggle innovations with our own magical prowess. Basically, I attempt to bring wizard-and-witchdom into the 1840's from... wherever the hell it was.

do all that, kill Dumbladore off (never really liked the bastard) use connections to become Head of Wizengamot/Minister of Magic, Headmaster of Hogwarts, and Britains biggest playboy.
EDIT: kill the entire Malfoy and Lestrange Families, and destroy the Fudge and Umbridge ones monetaritly. forge alliance with goblins, giving them land autonomy, and then take over the wizarding bank, soon to be named, Slytherin Inc.

[David bar Elias]

Try desperately to get the Sorting Hat to put me into another House (with Riddle's intellect, I'll probably get sorted into Ravenclaw, if I'm not in Slytherin).

Regardless, I'd also stay away from the crazy racist pure-bloods, alert Dumbledore that I've discovered where the Chamber of Secrets is, and, if all goes well, eventually settle for a political career.

[John Masaki]

It got pushed back 7 months!

But I digress...
WHAAAAAT?!

I wonder if one could send a nice, strong hex through e-mail...:mad:

Firstly, I do not release any giant wossnames of doom. When I find the Chambre of Secrets and the basalisk, I tell Dumbledore or at least the head of my house about it.
Actually, having a basilisk around would be useful (I bet the venom alone would net you a nice profit). And you know, you could control it. Send it out into the Forest and then when you're of age, retrieve it.

You're a Slytherin, not a Gryffindor, after all. Position and advantage is important in those circles. (I'm a Snake according to my personality, although I like dragons more.)

Second, If I ever do gain a position of power, I stay clear of anyone and everyone having the surname Black, the entire family at this time being more or less psychotic. I aso dissassociate from the old "blood purity" beliefs, seeing that it did my maternal family absolutely no good.
Same here. Becoming Minister for Magic would be my goal too. And, you know, I'd use Slughorn's connections to the hilt to get it. Riddle was a fool not to use those connections. Actually, I would go on the world tour first, gather a bunch of spells and artifacts then come back and apply for the DADA teachership so I could run those lazy, snot-nosed brats into the ground.

Thirdly, do not go evil: there's no future in it. Go into politics instead. Combine muggle innovations with our own magical prowess. Basically, I attempt to bring wizard-and-witchdom into the 1840's from... wherever the hell it was.
And the pureblooded families will be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21 Century. Excellent. :D

*rubs hands as he thinks this could be a story worth writing...*

[Volksgrenadier2006]

For a starting point, I am him and I am evil.
I would go for the ministry of magic, and with my powers and intelligence (tom riddle was very promising everywhere) I would easily become Minister of Magic. Out of site I would still learn the dark arts and start the death eaters etc. but once Im Minister, I would slowly take control over everything. Even while I am evil I wont be killing Mudbloods, there is no need, they have the power and they can be usefull to me, but slowly I would try to control the muggles more and more untill eventually they are 2nd rate citizens .
And after writing this I find out the previous posts contained the same ideas LOL

[Volksgrenadier2006]

Combine muggle innovations with our own magical prowess. Basically, I attempt to bring wizard-and-witchdom into the 1840's from... wherever the hell it was.

Yeah it would be so freaking powerful to combine Magic and Muggle inventions, but they just dont do that, as it would fuck up the story.

Who needs owls, we got internet.

[FrolicsomeQuipster]

Get into Gryffindor and become the most loved wizard ever just for the sake of irony.

[Volksgrenadier2006]

Get into Gryffindor and become the most loved wizard ever just for the sake of irony.
And someday while signing an autograph for the him, a young boy named Potter kills him with Dark Magic :D

[FrolicsomeQuipster]

And someday while signing an autograph for the him, a young boy named Potter kills him with Dark Magic :D

Only to leave me more powerful then he could ever imagine. :p

[JMIII]

Good thing the prophecy came DURING Voldemort's 'adult' years, otherwise we would be forced to kill Harry, unless we wanted to die ourselves.