What Makes A Villain // Mattheo Riddle

She's supposed to be dead

Pansy and Lilli were laying silently on their beds. The room was cold and quiet, Astoria wasn't there to fill it with her laughter and positivity.

"I thought if I acted like it didn't matter, then it wouldn't" Pansy was laying staring at the roof.
"We all did. She did too" Lilli sighed. 
"Why did she die" Pansy didn't move her eyes.

"Every book I've ever read, somebody dies. The author likes to make people feel pain" Lilli sighed "Maybe the author of our story thought she would have the most impact" 
"Life isn't a book, what I'm saying right now isn't being written by some author" Pansy huffed
"We right our own storys and Astoria chose the wrong chapter to open. She knew what she was getting herself into" Lilli shook her head "You sound so heartless" Pansy sounded hurt.

"I'm just scared" Lilli swallowed back tears "What?" Pansy finally looked over at her. Pansy couldn't recall a single time Lillith Gray had ever been scared.

"I'm scared if I let my guard down and somebody else dies I won't be able to handle it. I am hardly handling Astorias death" Lilli didn't speak loudly, she didn't shout or scream or kick. She didn't need to. Pansy was completely silent.

"You think more of us will die?" Pansy finally stuttered "I think its foolish to think otherwise" Lilli sighed. 

Pansy nodded and the two ended the conversation.

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"Hey guys" Lilli walked into the common room. "Still no words from Liam" Lilli whispered to Theo. Theo shook his head "I'm scare when he finally speaks it'll be like releasing a bomb or something" Theo joked to lighten the mood

"I have divination soon, might just skip" Enzo sighed "not really in the mood for that bullshit" he rubbed the back of his neck. "Come on Enzo, I'll be there" Blaise wrapped an arm over his shoulders "Ye alright" Enzo nodded. He didn't even get flustered by Blaise's touch, he hardly noticed.

"It's my fault" someone whispered. The group looked around to see who had spoken. "It's my fault" Liam said louder this time.

"What?" Draco furrowed his brows in confusion "It's my fault she's dead" His voice was shaky. Filled with rage.

"No it's not" Mattheo put a hand on his shoulder. Instead of diffusing the situation his act of reassurance ignited a spark.

"She joined because of me, Mattheo!" Liam raised his voice. On any other occasion this would have caused Mattheo to break his nose. 

"She had her own free will" Lilli reassured "You know what your right" he smiled menacingly "it's not my fault"

"It's Mattheos" Liam glared at the boy.

"What are you talking about mate" Blaise laughed nervously. Liam stood up out of his chair so he was towering above Mattheo. He stuck a finger right in his face.

"IF YOU HAD OF JUST DONE THE JOB YOU WERE SENT HERE TO DO. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE AND SHE WOULDN'T HAVE JOINED" Liam was screaming. Mattheo was taken a back. He just stared at his friend. Panic grew in his eyes as Theo spoke up.

"The job he was sent here for?" Theo questioned 

"We were sent here to get little Mrs perfect. But someone fell in love and now Astorias dead" Liams words sent daggers through the hearts of everyone in the room. 

Lilli knew, she knew thats why he was here But it still stung.

"enough" Mattheo hissed at Liam 

"SHE SHOULD BE DEAD MATTHEO"  Liam shouted again.

"YOUR ONE JOB WAS TO MAKE HER FALL IN LOVE AND THEN TAKE HER TO YOUR FATHER" 
Mattheos jaw tensed and he stood up, he was taller then Liam so he looked down at him.
"THEN YOU GAVE UP, DIDN'T YOU. YOU TOLD YOUR FATHER QUITTING WAS A MANIPULATION TACTIC. BUT YOU CAME CRAWLING BACK A WEEK LATER SAYING YOU'D DO A BETTER JOB"

"I said enough" Mattheo punched Liam square in the face and thr boy collapsed to the floor.

"Is it true?" Theo's voice wasn't even angry. He sounded like he could cry.

Mattheo nodded. That's when Theo's hurt suddenly turned to anger. He stood up and punched Mattheo in the face. Mattheos face was bleeding but he didn't hit back.

"I deserved that" He laughed holding the side of his face.
"You knew" Theo turned to Draco. Draco nodded nervously.

"I only just found out" He held his hand up in surrender so not to also receive a punch in the face.

"I knew to" Lilli laughed from behind him. The whole group turned to stare at her "Well the first part" Her eyes hurt the most. The look of pure betrayal that overtook her face.

"What?" Blaise gasped.

"I listened into some of Liam and Mattheos private meetings with The Lord. Didn't take me long to put two and two together. But Mattheo refused to bring me to his father and he was almost killed" Lilli explained.

"How did he survive then?" Theo didn't seem to believe it "I uhm, I jumped infront of the spell and crucioed Voldemort" Lilli rubbed the back of her neck nervously "WHAT" They all shouted in shock. Mattheo let out a small laugh at their reactions.But quickly covered it up with a cough when he noticed the death stares coming his way.

"Ye Christmas was quite eventful" he shrugged jokingly "I'm going to have a stroke" Theo collapsed  quite dramatically into the chair behind him.

The rest of the group had hard expressions on their faces, they had never looked so angry. Mattheo quickly stopped smirking and stared at the floor.

"If I knew he was going to betray me.....Us. I would've let him die" Those words broke Mattheo. He felt his heart shatter in his chest and all the little pieces peirced his lungs. He couldn't speak, he could hardly breathe. She would've let him die, she should've let him die.