𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙇𝙀𝙎𝙎 | mattheo riddle

41 | picture frame

Everyone's eyes are on Liam, and as soon as Blaise lifts his shirt up, we find his skin infected with some sort of black liquid running through his blood, showing through his skin.

"Oh my god." Layla gasps, covering her mouth as tears roll down her cheeks.

"Blaise? Blaise tell me what this is." Mattheo says, panicking even more now.

"My food will heal him. But this - this is dark magic. So I can't do much. We'll have to see what happens."

Dark magic? Oh god no. Oh god, please no.

Layla's heart drops and she stands up hurriedly, Mattheo noticing and looking at her confused.

He pulls her aside and holds onto both of her arms.

"Layla? Something's wrong. Isn't it?" He asks and Layla stands there frozen.

"Mattheo. Listen to me. I need you to apparate me to my house. Right now."

"What? Why?"

"Please I can't explain now. We need to hurry."

"Boys, watch Liam. We'll be back." Mattheo tells the boys and they nod. "Hold onto me love."

Layla wraps her arms around Mattheo's neck, holding onto him tightly and in a second, he apparates to her home.

Layla rushes in, with Mattheo following right behind her. She runs into her parents office, swinging open doors, draws and cupboards, rummaging through all their things, trying to find god knows what.

"Layla! Please! Just tell me what you're looking for and I can help you!"

Layla stops in her tracks, her eyes open wide as she slowly picks up a shattered frame, lifting it up slowly into the light.

Her hand covers her mouth as she gasps.

"Layla?" Mattheo asks, approaching her from behind and looking down at the picture.

As soon as he sees it, his eyes open wide in confusion. "Layla... why the fuck are you in a picture with Spector?"

"I- I don't know! But that's why I recognised him... I never knew where but as soon as Blaise said dark magic..." Layla stops speaking.

"What? Carry on."

"I shouldn't have said anything."

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Why did I say anything?

"Layla tell me now. I could just read your mind right now so fucking tell me!" He shouts. "Liam is dying, Layla. I need to know what you know!"

"My mother and father... they possessed the power of Mutantur Materia, same as me. But... you ever wondered how they kept the magic throughout thousands of generations? Well I know exactly how. My mother and father killed, Mattheo. They killed so many people." She starts to cry, tears rolling down her cheeks but she has to tell him.

She trusts him now.

"They sacrificed so many wizards and witches just to keep the magic in the family bloodline. But that isn't pure magic Mattheo. That's dark magic... and I posses that dark magic too."

"Wait... Blaise said Spector used dark magic on Liam..."

"He has the same powers as me Mattheo. My parents knew him... they probably taught him how to gain them too. I'm not sure... but there's a high chance I'm right. My parents weren't good people Riddle."

"Oh fucking hell." He lets out a breath, rubbing his hands through his hair. "Well I knew they were part of the evil side of The Order, fucking hypocrites. They did kill my boys parents."