The Dark Promise// Theodore Nott

Ch 34

//Mattheo Riddle//

He was the only one who sat at the large table in the kitchen, at least ten people staring down at him. His wand was taken away from him as well as his prized possession, his bag of holding. Some dufus was going through it, pulling out things carelessly, letting them fall to the floor. There was one person he did recognize there however, Severus Snape. The man had been in league with his father for years. He would have never guess that he was secretly on the order's side. The man had pulled a fast one on his old man, making Mattheo chuckle at the thought.

"This is all just useless junk. I think he's lying, there's no Horcrux in here." A skinny, taller ginger haired boy said as he was crouching over his duffle bag, no doubt the younger ginger's brother. Mattheo smiled, knowing it would be in the spot they least expected. "I'm not telling you where it's at until you promise you are going to help me. My friend is in danger. We have to get her out of Malfoy Manor like now." He placed his palms together, pointing his fingers towards the table to show he was being serious.

The group collectively ignored him, instead another ginger haired boy spoke up, identical to the one going through his bag. "Try to find his porn." He said with a chuckle. The group looked at him, disgusted looks on their faces. He shrugged his shoulders. "That's where I would put it." Mattheo went white, slightly upset he had been caught that easily. Here he was thinking he was being brilliant, when all he was doing was thinking like a teenage boy.

George Weasley began to pull out stacks of nude magazines. 'Sexy Teens' and 'Big Lips, Big Tits' were among the titles of these magazines. George pulled out another one titled 'Red-headed Sluts'. "Really? Really now?" He laughed, turning to Mattheo. He had a very serious look on his face, still appalled they were going through his private things. "I am a man of varying tastes." He said, trying to sound distinguished. The lanky man continued his digging before he paused, his eyes growing wide as he pulled out the locket, the chain wrapping around his hand. He held it up to Snape. "This it?"

Severus Snape flew across the room in long strides, leaning over George as he inspected the locket. "The boy was telling the truth. That's the locket." Mattheo spoke, very over this situation. "I told you I was. Now put my shit up and tell me you are going to help me. We don't have all day. Olivia is probably going through hell right now." It was hard to keep his cool. Not one soul in this place was listening to him. The room got quiet. People stared at each other, as if talking with their eyes. It was like they wanted to say something, but wasn't sure if they should. "Look, if you have something to say, just say it."

It was Snape who finally gave him an answer. "Malfoy Manor was burned to the ground three nights ago. Theodore Nott infiltrated the manor with the help of a house elf. He greatly disfigured Draco Malfoy and took Olivia Cornwell with him. He is now proclaimed enemy number one." He said in a robotic tone. Fred Weasley spoke up. "This is bullshit. Everyone gets to be enemy number one but me. When can it be my turn?"

Mattheo grinned ear to ear when he heard this. A loud chuckle escaped his throat before clapping his hands. "Good fucking job Theo! I knew that lanky bastard could do it!" He was relieved Olivia was safe for now, but the fact that Theo was now enemy number one worried him. She wouldn't be safe for long. If his father found them, it would be game over for the both of them. A girl with fluffy brown hair spoke up. Mattheo recognized her as the nerdy girl from the Daily Prophet. "It's good Olivia is safe, but we can't trust Nott, he was still a death eater. He could turn on us if put in the right circumstance."

This angered Mattheo. Here stood Severus Snape, a very well known death eater, and they decided to trust him but not Theo. "Oh come off it, that's a load of shit." He spoke, all eyes on him once again. "Theo was forced to do all that. Hasn't he proven that he can be redeemed? I'm the son of the Dark Lord. Are you just going to throw me out? Let me just hand you a horcrux and be on my merry way? If that's how the order runs things than maybe I don't want your help. I'll just destroy the rest of the things myself."