Riddle Me This: Tom Riddle Fanfic

Chapter 5⚠️

After classes, I manage to sneak away from Tom and make my way up to the Astronomy tower. Cella is already waiting for me, leaning against the wall, smoking muggle herb. She smiles when she sees me, "snuck away from your Master, Isee?"

I roll my eyes as I hold out my hand for the Muggle herb. I blow it into her face and smile, "he's my husband. Not my Master. We do need to talk though, Cella."

She sighs and takes a seat on the ledge of the tower, something that terrifies me. "I realized it last year. That I was attracted to you. Well, women specifically. I would always get so jealous of Tom. And I thought it was because you were best friend and I didn't want to see you become close with someone else because of that. I know now, especially after the amortentia that I do love you. I'm willing, however, to overlook it. I love having you as my best friend and someday I'll meet a wonderful person. Someone who will love me like you love Tom. If you see something within him worth loving, there must be something there. I trust you."

I smile at her and reach out my arms to her. She giggles and wraps her arms around me. Almost as soon as she does, we both hear someone clear their throat behind us. I know who it is before we even break apart and he looks pissed.

"Tommy. It's not what you're thinking. I promise it was just a hug." I say to him, pleading for the murderous glint to leave his eyes. It doesn't.

He slams my wand into my chest, rage filling his voice, demanding me to do the last thing on this Earth that I ever expected to come out of his mouth. "Kill her," he speaks, looking past me as if I'm not even there.

"No! Tom. No! I'm going to do that."

He grabs her by the throat dangling her over the edge of the tower, "do it. You either make her death quick and painless, or I drop her from here and she hits the ground 100 feet below. Your choice, My Love."

I try to plead with him, tears now filling my eyes as I look at my best friend, fighting for her life.

"Please, Tommy. You don't have to do this. I'll stop being her friend. I'll do anything. Just please, do not let her fall. If you love me, don't let her fall."

He raises an eyebrow at me, challenging me, "i don't care about her. Why shouldn't I let her fall? Me not dropping her has nothing to do with proving my love for you. Either you kill her, or I drop her. Your choice."

"I'm not going to choose that, Tom. Please stop. Stop. Please."

He chuckles, darkly. "No. Make your choice," he says even darker; for the first time since we met, I am terrified of him. I am terrified of the person who I love and I know now that Cella was right all along. She was right about him being irredeemable. She was right about him not caring about me. What person would purposely kill someone that their partner loves? Without even blinking?

"I choose to do it myself. Bring her back." I say, grabbing my wand, fully preparing to immobilize Tom and allow Cella to run. I'll deal with the consequences later.

He must be able to read my mind because he smiles. "Oh, Darling. You don't think I'm that dumb, do you?"

I start to say something when he smiles and drops Cella. I scream as she grabs onto the ledge and pleads with him.

"Please, stop. I'll leave Hogwarts. Just don't let me fall," she begs him. The desperation in her voice ripples through the air and I dive into the ground to grab her arm in my hands as I struggle to hold her up.

I try to pull her, but Tom grabs my hair, pulling me back. Cella clutches onto my hand, almost dislocating my shoulder, but I don't care. I won't let her fall.

"Tom. Please, don't do this. I'll hate you," I say, hoping that will make him see something other than rage.

He chuckles and holds his wand to my head, "you could never hate me. But in that case, I would have no use for you. So I could kill you and let her fall. Then I go on about my life. Sure, I'll miss you, but I can always erase my memories. Or I could kill her and make you forget your memories of her. Then you'd still love me. What do you say, Cella? I can either kill her, or I kill you and make her forget her memories."

I look to Cella, shaking my head, but she just smiles at me. "It's okay, Miri. I love you. I'll always love you. Even when you don't remember me. You can let me go."

I shake my head, clutching her hand for dear life, "no. No. I won't. I'm not gonna let you die."

She smiles at me and lets go of my arm, "let me go, Miri."

I shake my head, but she throws herself back with enough force that I lose my grip. That's when she falls. I scream and try to jump after her, but Tom wraps his arms around my waist.

"It's okay, My Love. I'll make the pain go away," he whispers in my ear.

He looks at me like he didn't just kill my best friend, like he isn't a monster. I push him away, shaking my head, "no. Get away from me. You're a fucking monster! I hate you."

I run away before he can do anything and run to our room, grabbing the floo powder that I had stored in case of an emergency. I use and walks through it whispering, "104 Pure Blood Lane."

I land home and my mother, who is sitting in the living room, notices my tears.

"Esmeray? Sweetheart, what's wrong?" She asks me as she wraps her arms around me.

I shake my head, "he's a monster, Mom. He's a monster."

My father walks in, not seeing me as he does. "Rose," he says addressing my mother, "we have to go get Miri. They just found Marceline Horn's body at the bottom of the Astrology Tower."

My mom moved away to allow my Dad to see me and he opens his arms, "I'm so sorry, Sweetheart."

I nod as I clench onto them, screaming. I scream for me, for Cella, for the love that I still feel for Tom even though he's a monster; I just scream.