Tryst -Tom Riddle

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MACKENZIE'S POV

I woke up with a stabbing pain in my head. It took me few seconds to clear my vision. I was laying on a comfortable bed and my eyes roamed around this huge room for a minute. Where am I? Where is Tom?

"We are still at the Riddle Mansion." I heard Tom, or should I say the heartless monster who killed four innocent people, as he entered the room with a bowl of soup in his hands.
My eyes fixed on him as he walked closer.
"Why are you still here?"
"Couldn't leave you unconscious and all alone, now could I?" He said placing the soup right in front of me. "Have it."
I stared at the bowl for a few seconds and shook my head no. "I am not hungry."
Looking at my face emotionlessly, as always, he simply repeated his words but more like in a warning tone. "Have it." He sat down beside me and took out his diary.
Can you blame me for being afraid of him?

I took a sip and looked at Tom.
"I thought you said that you wouldn't harm me."

"And I didn't."

"Yes, you did. You used a spell on me and knocked me unconscious!"

"I did that because you were acting obnoxiously out of your mind. Besides,you were unconscious for only less than an hour."

"I was acting obnoxiously out of my mind? I wasn't acting out of my mind. You killed people, three people right in front of my eyes. How else do you expect me to act?"

"How would I know that love? I was the killer." He said with a smirk, like he is proud of his actions. I stared at him in utter disbelief.

"Finish your soup quickly then we're leaving "

"We are going back home?"

"No, back to the old family gaunt House."

"Again? Please don't tell me that you are going to kill your uncle too!"

He stared at me and said "Darling, if I wanted to kill him, he would be dead already. Now finish up quickly."
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The whole time, I kept my mouth shut. Not a single word, no questions, nothing. Just quietly following him. You never know when his mood changes, his wand aimed at me and next thing I know is I am dead.
We entered the house once again, his uncle was still laying on the floor, unconscious. He is in the same position as we left him. Tom went closer and placed his uncle's wand right beside him. He removed his uncle's ring and kept it in his pocket. He then used his own wand to un-stupify him to help him regain his consciousness. As he did, the look on his face clearly said that he is in pain and is really confused. Tom wasted no time to aim his wand at him .

Oh my, please don't kill him, please don't kill him! Tom suddenly yelled "IMPERIO!"
That spell in one of the unforgivable curses. We aren't taught about them or how to use them in school! How did he go that? His uncle suddenly started loudly repeating "I KILLED TOM RIDDLE AND HIS FAMILY!" over and over again. But he didn't kill them, Tom did! Tom smiled to himself. He looked at me to see my reaction but I stood there confused. He smirked and said, "It's time for us to leave." He held my hand in his and pulled me out of the house.

(A/N- if anyone's wondering, Imperio is one of the spells used by witches and wizards. When cast successfully, the curse placed the victim completely under the caster's control, though a person with exceptional strength of will could resist it. A person under the curse was said to be Imperiused. - from Google)

I wanted to ask him so many questions but I decided not to, afraid he will hurt me the way he did yesterday.
"You can ask me questions if you want to." He said out of nowhere.
"What happened inside? Tom, you killed them not your uncle. Please tell me what did you do?" I was impatient, desperate for answers.