Lucius and the Diary

[Anne]

No: HPFGUIDX 46648


Here is an idea I haven't seen before.  What if
Diary!Riddle told Lucius to plant the diary in a
student's things? I can't see Lucius having such a
thing and never trying to find out what it's for, so I
think it quite likely that he would have written in
it, especially after the fall of Voldemort.  Then
Lucius and Diary!Riddle may have worked out the plot
between them.  Lucius, being the cunning, scheming
devil that he is, would probably not given
Diary!Riddle too much information about himself, but
was trying to use him for his own purposes. 
Conversely, Diary!Riddle would be doing the same to
him.

As to why Tom Riddle would have originally made such a
diary, I believe what he told Harry was at least part
of the truth -- he wanted to leave something behind to
carry on the "heir of Slytherin" work he had begun. 
It was sort of an ego-trip, that he would make it
possible for he himself to finish this work someday,
even though he was already planning to become a
powerful dark wizard and go on to bigger and "better"
things.  And as he was brilliant, ambitious, and the
creator of the diary himself, I don't think
Real!Riddle would ever doubt that he would have the
ability to control Diary!Riddle should they ever meet.

Anne

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