In the Shadows (Mattheo Riddle)

chapter 55

We all knew this day was coming. Each and every one of us. We just never knew when. We knew when it did, the chaos it would cause. The madness. The loss. The end result, in any way we went about it. It would never be good.

"Okay we can fix this, we can do something!" I shouted, springing up from the bed.

Their faces spoke volumes.

"Do what Malfoy! Smarten up." Theo spat nastily back to me.

I was just trying to help.

"We need a plan, we need to figure something out." Enzo mumbled.

"What does he want here?" I asked confused

"You know what he wants." Regulus shook his head.

"You know who he wants" Mattheo added.

I did. I knew he wanted Potter. I knew in the back of my head, what completing my task would lead to. I was just hoping, somehow, someway it didn't come to this.

"Its going to be a bloody war" Enzo took a seat now.

None of us wanted to die. And none of us wanted to fight for him. Not even Mattheo.

I watched these poor boys pace the room, knowing that each of them was thinking, without them having to say it.

"When? when is this happening?" I asked.

"Tomorrow!" Theo shouted.

Fuck. Not enough time to execute a perfect plan.

I watched as one by one the boys lingered to their own rooms. To lay down, prepare for the worst. I knew thats what I was going to do.

As mattheo laid next to me, I grabbed his hand.

"Lets go to the cottage. Lets go right now." I let out a little smile.

"I wish it were that simple Amelia. I'd leave right now." His face looked sad.

"So lets go and start our lives." I almost begged.

"Tomorrow night, when were both safe, that is the first place well go." He planted a kiss on my forehead.

I wish he had said yes. That we left the castle right then and there, and never looked back. Lived our lives, together, old and wrinkly. But I knew we had to stay. We had to help. We had to win.