Forbidden Love (Tom Riddle Fanfiction)

Chapter 9

Night falls and it was time for their punishment. Tom and Iris walked out of the common together, bickering the entire way.

"I can't believe you accepted his challenge. Now, look where it's gotten us" she said.

"No one asked you to be involved" he said.

"You were going to hurt, Fleamont" she said.

"Just a little, I wasn't going to kill him" he said.

"Yeah right" she scoffed.

"I wasn't going to touch your precious boyfriend. A few scratches wouldn't kill to have him shut up" he said.

"Well, my boyfriend was going to be dead if I hadn't helped him" she said.

"So he is your boyfriend?" he said.

She rolled her eyes, "Whether he is or isn't wouldn't matter to you anyway, wouldn't it?"

"I guess I could say the same for Ava" he then looked over to her, watching to see if he could get a reaction.

She didn't answer right away nor did she give him a reaction, instead she said, "Right"

They all met up with the caretaker who was waiting outside for them with an oil lamp.

"Took ya long enough" he said.

Gillfred was the school's caretaker. With how well he takes care of himself, you may mistake him to be the school's professor.

"I'll tell you what's goin on, ya? I've left some garden tools out here and they've all gone missing. I need you to retrieve them back to me. I suspect some pixies took em. If you need some help just flash your wand up and I'll come to ya" he said.

"We have to go in there?" Fleamont said.

"Are you scared?" Tom said.

"No.." Fleamont lied.

"If I can retrieve at least one of them, can I go back to bed?" Iris said.

"Yes" Gillfred said.

Iris ran in, obviously not scared.

"Wait up!" Fleamont said as he tries to keep up with Iris.

He sees her slowing down, and came to an immediate stop.

"What's going on?" he looked at her and then looked in the direction she was staring.

Tom barely caught up and saw what they were seeing.

"G-ghost" Fleamont said.

"Have you seen the caretaker's garden tools?" Iris said.

"There have been sightings of imps in the forest. It seems they've taken residence. I'd be careful if I were you" the ghost said.

"Of imps?" Tom said.

"Imps aren't the only creatures around here" the ghost said before disappearing.

"That's reassuring" Fleamont said

Iris walked on ahead.

"Do you even know where you are going?" Fleamont said.

"Finding the garden tools so that I can go to bed" Iris said.

"Have you been in here before?" Tom said.

Iris didn't answer.

"So you have...for what?" Tom walked beside her.

Iris stayed quiet.

Tom smirked, "You practice here...right?"

"Hey don't leave me behind" Fleamont runs to catch up.

"Why does that thought interest you?" she said.