The Basilisk happily agreed to recount the story of Henrik and Tom. Henrik Stone, like Ashley had guessed, was indeed a Muggle-born wizard who had skills that far surpassed those of pure blood. He had grown up alongside Tom at the orphanage, being the only child there who had understood how different Tom was and had absolutely refused to bully him for it like the other children had done. The two stayed by each other’s sides, even when they were sorted into different Houses (Tom in Slytherin, Henrik in Hufflepuff). They had outright shocked the whole school with their relationship, seeing as they were total opposites most of the time, but neither cared about what others thought. They were happy, until the point of Henrik’s vanishing. According to Persephone, this took place just a week before Moaning Myrtle’s incident. What a curious coincidence that was.