Iridescent

𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 8

All night, Elysia had replayed the thoughts of her conversations with the Nott siblings. Nicolas Nott clearly seems to have a problem with Elysia. She had to be careful around Clarissa as well. Clarissa may seem friendly and nice but she can't let her guard down. Trust no one.

Feeling overwhelmed, she reached down to her nightstand and took out a notebook to jot her thoughts down. Some things include important parts of what she's learned so far about Riddle. As usual, nothing came up.

All Clarissa had talked about was her childhood with the boys and how amazing it was. Deep inside, Elysia can't help but envied her to have someone to grow up with. For all she knows, that someone had left her too soon.

Elysia thought back to the circled diagrams that Riddle drew during the day she confronted him about her precious strawberries. She has to find a way to get her hands on those. Taking a glance outside her window, she noticed that the Sun had already gone down. The only thing shining bright in the twilight sky is now the Moon and Her gleaming stars.

Suddenly, an idea sparked her mind. She hasn't seen Riddle all day ever since she came back from the Nott's manor. This could be the perfect opportunity for her to gain the information that she needed.

Scramming downstairs, she headed straight into the kitchen quarters to ask Dilsy the unthinkable question. "Have you seen Riddle anywhere?"

The little elf shook her head as she began to explain that Riddle had left early this morning and never came back since.

Excellent. She thought to herself. She pretended to yawn and stretched her body as a way to tell Dilsy that she was done for the night.

"Is Mrs. Riddle tired?" She asked.

"Very." Elysia yawned.

The little elf giggled as she crossed her little arms together. "In that case, I will brew your usual night tea for you."

"No!" Exclaimed Elysia. The little elf made a face as she stared at her favorite human. "I-i mean, I'm very tired and it's best not to drink anything or else I'm going to be too full to sleep."

"Very well then, Mrs Riddle. Goodnight!"

"Goodnight, Dilsy." Elysia waved as she walked out of the kitchen and began to make her way towards the restricted area of the manor. She swiftly made her way up the stairs and to the east wing where Riddle's office was. The entire floor is usually dark, darker than the west wing where her room is located. There were barely any lights being lit up as she walked through the dark corridors. Everything on this side of the manor is different. Cold, dark, and eerie. Elysia made sure to look around her surroundings for Zokby, in case he tries to snitch on her. As she approached Riddle's office doors, she noticed that it's locked. Of course he's locked it. She quickly pulled out her wand and muttered an unlocking charm. A smile drew across her face as she made her way into his office. The last time she's been there was when she knocked down all of his books to the ground. Serves him right for being a jerk.

She walked around his dark office as the floorboards creaked underneath her. I have to be fast, who knows when he'll come home. Not risking any chance of getting caught, she quickly uttered Lumos as she carefully searched for the things that she needed. Elysia looked through his desk drawers and saw nothing important. She searched through his book shelves but nothing was there as well.

"If I were Tom Riddle, where would I put secretive maps that I've laid out to dominate the wizard world?"

It's been almost 10 minutes since she started searching around the dark for the maps. All she got out of it was nothing but books and papers that have nothing to do with what she's looking for.