What Makes A Villain // Mattheo Riddle

Back Again

The group sat silently on the train ride back to Hogwarts. They were about to start their seventh year. Their last year. They didn't speak until they reached the castle.

McGonagal greeted them at the door.

"Sad about leaving and sad about coming back" she laughed when she saw their faces "Told you that you would enjoy summer" she smiled

"Where's Mrs. Greengrass" she looked around the group. The mear mention of the name sent Pansy to tears.
"She died three days ago professor" Draco replied.

McGonagals face dropped and her eyes teared up "I'm so sorry" she swallowed back her tears. "I will make sure you are all excused from class for at least a week" she nodded.

The group reached their common room and split off to their dorms. Pansy and Lilli walked into their dorm and dropped their bags. Pansy looked over at Astorias bed and started to cry again. Lilli hugged her from behind.

"We still have each other" she swallowed back her own tears. Trying to stay strong for her friend. She loved Astoria more then life itself. But she must admit the other two girls had always been a little closer. It didn't bother her in the slightest, she had Theo. She couldn't imagine losing Theo. So she could understand the pain Pansy was in and she understood it was worse then her own.

Pansy spun round and hugged her tight "I love you" She whispered "I love you to Pans" Lilli rubbed her hair.

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What did you first think when you saw me" Mattheo asked Lilli. They were laying gazing at the stars above them. They had snuck off to try take their mind off of things. The group was so quiet and depressed it was making things worse

She smiled.

"I thought to myself, when we first made eye contact. He has this look in his eyes that makes me wonder just how many people he's killed" she laughed and Mattheo grinned.
"And that grin" she pointed at him "That made me realise you've lost count"

"And what do you think now" He turned his head to gaze into her eyes.

"You're scared. Scared that if you let your guard down for even a second the world is going to come crashing down. So heartless yet so full of feelings" she never broke eye contact.

"How insightful" a small smiled creeped onto his face.

"What about me, what did you first think" Lilli rubbed his face with her thumb. "Wow that girl is smoking" His comment earned him a light slap on the head. "Oi" he shouted and rubbed the back of his head "Seriously" Lilli replied sternly.

"You were afraid of what you would become" he frowned. "But then you smiled at me and I knew I was in trouble" A flash of pain flickered across Lillis face, it was true. And yet she still became what she most feared.

"And now?" She whispered.

"You're fragile. Not like a flower, you're fragile like a bomb. Your hands are scarred from murder and yet, you trust them completely" He held her hand in his own.

"We are monsters" Lilli laughed slightly though it wasn't genuine "But only a monster can understand another monster" Mattheo smiled and kissed her.

"The villain will always be the villain if the hero tells the story. We are not the Villians, they shouldn't have treated as such" Mattheo spoke very passionately.
"After all this is over" Lilli sighed "I want to buy a nice house by the sea. For Astoria, she never did get to see the beach. It will have a great big garden so I can read. And a nice big kitchen so I can bake. Somewhere peaceful"

"I just want to make it out alive" Mattheo laughed "We will" Lilli squeezed his hand.

The two fell asleep under the stars. They dreamt of the perfect life, happy and filled with the ones they loved. Because that's all that anyone ever really needs.

Love.