"Can you only split the soul once...for instance seven?" I rubbed the crack that was centred on the black stone on my ring that was placed on my right middle finger. "Seven.. merlins beard Tom isn't it bad enough to consider killing one person" shocked professor slughorn choked in his croaky voice. "To rip the soul into seven pieces" he paused "this is all hypothetical isn't it tom.. or academic" he made it sound more like a statement then a question. ************* Have you ever wondered how Tom Marvolo Riddle came to be the great and all powerful lord Voldermort? What if the story's told were untrue and nobody quite knew why he became as dark as they say he did. Would you still pay attention if his life was just a told from his point of view. To understand that he wasn't all that lonely and wasn't all that love less for no one is born with hatred and darkness it is simply just created.