Tam Riddle: Sometimes the Hero Doesn't Win (HP Fanfic)

Back to the Shrieking Shack

I woke up and looked around. With my head pounding and spinning. The place seemed familiar. The Shrieking Shack?

I tried to get up, but I couldn't move. Damn, a body-bind spell. When I get out, I am going to kill him.

The house was moving around me. I could hear every squeak and groan of the wood. It was eerie being here alone.

"Alex?!" I yelled out. No answer.

"ALEX!" I yelled again. Still no answer.

I tried to at least sit up on the ground. My head pounded some more as I sat up. When it cleared, I looked around. I was right. I was sitting in the Shrieking Shack. How he managed to get me out of the castle unconcious and no one noticed was a big question I would have liked answered. People these days, they never pay attention anymore.

I sat there looking around hopelessly. Since I was going to be here by myself for a while, I might as well entertain myself. I started to hum a tune. I didn't know where it came from, but it sounded familiar. I kept going and after a minute or two, lyrics came in with the tune. I remembered the words. I remembered the sound. But I couldn't remember where it came from.

And just as soon as the lyrics left my mouth, I lost them. I couldn't get them back. I kept going. I had no idea where they were coming from. But when they were on my tongue they felt right. When the sound hit my ears, it was amazing. But I couldn't place them.

When I finished, I felt sadder than before. I barely heard the lyrics. But I knew they were meant to be used in times when I wasn't feeling my best.

Then I heard clapping. I shot my head to the door on my left. Alex came walking up the stairs.

"That was beautiful," he said walking over to me clapping his hands, a stupid look on his stupid face. And yet when I saw him smiling and walking toward me, I felt my heart skip a beat. Did I seriously still love him after what he did to me, and is going to do to me? Seriously?

He came over and squatted next to me, looking me dead in the eyes. Creepy.

"Why am I here?" I hissed at him.

"Isn't it obvious?" he said, an evil, yet warm, grin on his face. "I told you already," he said as he stood up.

I looked after him, confused. "I don't remember much before I woke up here, numbnuts," I said in a calm voice, although I could feel the panic rising up in me. It really wanted out. Right now. Any second now, I would scream bloody murder, and no one would hear me.

He turned around. A flash of anger crossed his eyes, but as soon as I saw it, it disappeared behind a smile. A playful smile. A warm playful smile, crossing his face, and I couldn't help but squirm. We knew each other for so long. Even if my heart belonged to someone else, he knew how to make my knees weak and my heart race, just by looking at me.

Then I thought of Draco. Where was he? Was he worried? How long have we been away from each other? Will I see him aga-

He cut me off. His face in mine. Inches from mine and I could feel his breath on my face. His breath smelled minty.

"How long have I been here?" I asked, not daring to back down from his stare.

He smirked. "Long enough," he said. His face started to move closer, slowly. His lips were brushing mine and my heart started to race, faster and faster. My body temperature started to rise and I wondered was I reacting out of fear or something else, something unmentionable at this very second.

Just as he was about to press his lips to mine, he moved away. He left me there gasping, I was a major hot mess. He was taunting me, that jerk. He was so different from when I saw him on the train at the beginning of the term. I steeled myself over preparing for what was sure to come unless I broke out of this body-bind.

I sighed. "Why are you doing this to me?" I said in a small voice.

"Because of what you did to me," he said as if it were the easiest question in the world to answer. He waved me off as if the whole world knew the answer, but me.

My blood was boiling and I tried taking deep breaths. I was starting to see red. I could feel a breeze pick up in the room. Alex never knew my Elemental powers.

"I loved you once, Alex" I said, catching him by surprise with my response. "But this Alex," I motioned with a nod of my head, "Is different from the one I fell in love with."

His mouth fell, out of astonishment, surprise?

"Maybe you were overcome with jealousy," I said, looking at the floor, "Or maybe you're just going crazy."

This provoked a very very angry look to come over him. I swear I saw a thundercloud forming over his head.

"I AM NOT CRAZY!!!" he screamed at me, pulling out his wand, aiming it at me.

"Really?" I said, confused. "Cause you sure look like it," I said with a smirk.

He walked up to me and aimed his wand at my heart. I didn't feel fear. I wasn't scared. I stuck my chest out and turned my head. I didn't want to see it.

I waited for a curse that didn't come. I peeked out of my left eye. He was standing there, staring at me. I looked at him, confused.

His eyes were dark and I followed his stare. OMG!!! He was staring at my chest. My blouse had been torn in several places, maybe because I was dragged all the way out here? Several buttons were missing. And my cleavage was showing. I was exposed and he was staring at it!

I was backed up in a corner, nowhere to go. Nowhere to run. And that's when he attacked...