Early on Christmas morning, Harry and Ron were sorting through their presents when they discovered that Harry had received a Cloak of Invisibility.
But Fred and George soon came looking for them and took the two of them to the feast.
Yet Tom did not appear at the feast.
He was awake, but it was as if he had not truly woken up. Just now, he had tried using Legilimency on the Book of Guidance again, but nothing happened, as though the memories from yesterday had all been an illusion.
Yet he knew they were not.
Those memories still lingered in his mind, leaving him dazed and confused.
He had also received several presents, some from the other members of the Hero Group, and others from Murphy and Hagrid. They were all little trinkets. Besides those, there were several gifts from unknown senders: flowers, chocolates, and even a love letter.
Tom mechanically unwrapped those presents, but his mind remained trapped in those memories.
At last, he took out the Book of Guidance again.
"What exactly are you?"
The Book of Guidance did not respond.
"Why do you have those memories? Those were Tom Riddle's memories, weren't they? What exactly is his relationship to me?"
"Answer me, or I'll destroy you!"
But the Book of Guidance remained silent.
Tom grew furious. He drew his wand. "Diffindo!"
The spell sent the notebook flying, but failed to harm it in the slightest.
"I shouldn't have trusted you. I should have realized long ago that you were using me..." Tom suddenly remembered a fragment of memory he had gained yesterday. It was as though a flash of light streaked through his mind. "I know... You're... you're that thing!"
"Tom Riddle once asked a professor about that thing. You have a piece of a soul,