Daylight ~Mattheo Riddle

The Goblet of Fire

September 9th

Madison's POV:

A week had passed since the first day of school and everyone was gathered in the great hall for the announcement of who will be in the tournament.

Nothing more has really happened between Mattheo and me in a romantic way but we've grown a lot closer as friends. Which is fine since I had classes to worry about and I was still stressing over if my brother was going to get picked for the tournament.

I have noticed that Professor Moody has kept a strangely close watch over Mattheo, but I tried to ignore it.

"Sit down please," Dumbledore said.

Mattheo, Draco, Pansy, Enzo, and Theo were sitting next to me as we awaited the news. "Who do you think it will be?" Pansy asked.

"I have no idea," I replied.

"Now the moment you've all been waiting for: The champion selection," Dumbledore stated and dimmed the lights. He walked over to the flame and it changed from blue to pink and spat out a piece of paper. "The Durmstrang champion is Viktor Krum."

"Yeah!" The cheers erupted from the Drumstrang boys as Viktor got up and shook hands with Dumbledore before proceeding to the front.

The fire went pink again and spat out another parchment, "The champion for Beauxbatons is Fleur Delacour."

"Woah!" The girls erupted with cheers as Fleur stood up and shook hands with Dumbledore before joining Viktor.

"The Hogwarts champion, Cedric Diggory!"

My heart stopped as cheers erupted. Mattheo looked at me as my eyes went wide. He grabbed my hand and put his arm around my shoulder, "It's going to be okay," He whispered to me.

I was seated along the way to the front and Cedric stopped by where I was sitting and pulled me into a hug, "I've got this, okay?"

I nodded at him and sat down as he continued to the front. "Excellent! We now have our three champions. But in the end, only one will go down in history. Only one will hoist the chalice of champions, this vessel of victory... The tri-wizard cup!" The magical cup was unveiled and it was beautiful, but my attention was drawn when the fire was sputtering and then turned pink again. Another parchment flew out and Dumbledore looked at it. "Harry Potter?" He turned around and looked for the boy as did all of the students including myself. "Harry Potter," I watched as Harry tried to shrink down, "Harry Potter!"

Harry walked towards Dumbledore and I shook my head, "He wouldn't have put his name in," I whispered to Mattheo.

He was silent, "He's a cheat!" One student yelled.

"He's not even 17 yet!" Another yelled.

The champions exited and we were able to leave the great hall. I was in shock, everyone wanted to talk about Harry and how he got his name in that cup but all that mattered to me was Cedric and how he got picked.

Mattheo grabbed my arm and led me out, "Hey, he'll be okay, we will find spells to help him and we will help him win this."

I nodded and Mattheo pulled me into a hug, "Thank you, Tao,"

~~~

Later that evening, I was trying to sleep but couldn't so I went downstairs to study so I wouldn't disturb Pansy. I wandered into the common room with my books and sat at one of the desks in the corner. After a few moments, I heard footsteps and figured it was Pansy or even Mattheo, "Hey, did I wake... you," I stopped when I turned around and saw Thomas staring at me with crossed arms, he was a little too close for comfort, and something about him made me uneasy. "Sorry, I thought you were someone else,"

"Clearly,"

"I apologize, I'm going to go back to my studies now," I said and turned away from him.

"No, I think it's time we have a proper introduction."

I glanced at him and shook my head, "No I think I'd rather wait,"

He scoffed, "Well that's unfortunate for you," He grabbed my book and tossed it on the couch behind him.

"What is your problem?" I said standing up to confront him.

"You are the problem, you need to stay away from my brother,"

"And if I don't? You can't control him just as you can't control me, he's just a friend,"

He grinned, "The hell I can't, you better watch yourself you, filthy half-breed."

I scoffed and rolled my eyes, "You don't scare me, Riddle, and that's not an insult to me, Don't forget that you and your brother are both half-bloods,"

"Whatever, I should scare you, and so should Mattheo,"

I shrugged, "Too bad, because neither of you do, you can't keep me away from Mattheo just accept it,"

Thomas threw a punch that connected with my jaw, the impact knocked me into an end table that held a lamp, and both items fell with me. The lamp shattered and I landed on the broken glass that covered my left side from my leg to my waist to my arm. I winced as he grabbed my jaw, "You will learn to obey me, Diggory,"

"Hey!" I looked up and Mattheo walked over fuming. He shoved Thomas away from me and looked at me, I watched his eyes burn with anger as he looked back at his older brother, Mattheo shoved Thomas and hit him in the exact same place I was hit. Thomas took a step back after the impact, "You stay the hell away from her! Do you understand me? If you lay one more finger on her I will be the result of your death, you have no right to touch her."

"Oh is that right? Little brother has one hell of a temper on him, better hope she's never at the other end or you'll be no better than the other men in our family." Thomas stated before wandering off.

Mattheo shook his head and rushed over to me, "Are you okay?"

I nodded, "Yeah, what was that all about?"

Mattheo shook his head, "I don't know," He gently placed his hands under my arms and lifted me off the broken glass, he set me on my feet and carefully removed the glass from my body with a spell. I sat down and sighed, Mattheo cleaned the glass and blood from the floor and then lifted me into his arms, grabbed my book, and then he brought me back to his dorm quietly. Mattheo bandaged my arm, waist, and leg where the cuts were and then conjured me some ice. He held it to my face and I looked into his eyes. "You know I would never hurt you, right?"

"Of course, where is this coming from?"

"Thomas had said that I have a temper which is unfortunately true, but I want you to know I would never intentionally take it out on you and I would never lay a hand on you."

I smiled, "I know that Mattheo, You're so gentle and loving with me and I really like that about you,"

He smiled faintly, "Let me get you back to bed, okay?"

I nodded and glanced at his lips before looking back at his eyes. Mattheo picked me up and carried me to my dorm, he set me down in bed and put my book on my nightstand. "Thank you, for everything Tao,"

"For you, anything. Get some rest, goodnight sunshine,"

I blushed, "Goodnight, Mattheo,"

He gave me a kiss on the hand before leaving the dorm.

I smiled to myself and got comfortable when a light turned on, Pansy looked at me with raised eyebrows. "Spill,"

"I forgot you're one hell of a light sleeper,"

She laughed and sat up, "Tell me everything,"

~~~

"You can't be serious! I'm going to kill Thomas!"

"You might want to get in line," I said with a laugh.

"Fair point,"

"Can we go to bed now?" I asked with a yawn, "I'm exhausted."

"Yeah, we will talk more in the morning, goodnight Maddi,"

"Goodnight Pans,"

I drifted off rather swiftly, I kept my mind on Mattheo and dreamed of his kind voice and gentle smile.