The Riddle within. | Mattheo Riddle | 18+

The first party

Lunchtime at Hogwarts was always quite chaotic to say the least... Students running around everywhere, loud laughter and the odd prank, all things y/n had to get used to.

She approached the Slytherin table where Enzo, Pansy, Draco, Blaise, Tom, Theo, and even Mattheo were sitting.

"Hey, everyone," Y/n greeted, taking a seat in between Theo and Matheo. "How's your day been?"

Enzo eagerly shared stories from their morning classes. "In Charms, Flitwick turned a student's rat into a teacup by accident! It was hilarious!"

"A shame he missed the student" Tom said with a small smirk.

"That would have been even funnier" Draco chuckled.

"It was a Gryffindor too" Blaise added.

"Even better" Draco grinned.

"What's wrong with Gryffindors ?" Y/n asked.

"What's right about them" Theo huffed.

"They kind of had an incident with a few Gryffindors last year, especially Mattheo..." Pansy explained.

"Oh... what happened" Y/n questioned feeling concerned.

"Mattheo, can I?" Pansy asked.

"Whatever" Mattheo answered drily.

"Well" Pansy continued with a sombre tone, "Some Gryffindors insulted Mattheo because of his father, you know, the whole Riddle thing. They ganged up on him when he was alone, and things got physical."

Mattheo's gaze dropped to his plate, his knuckles turning white as he gripped his fork.

He finally spoke, his voice laced with bitterness. "Yeah, they cornered me near the Quidditch pitch. There were about five of them, all worked up because of my last name. They started insulting me, but it escalated quickly."

Y/n's eyes widened with concern. "That's terrible. I'm sorry you had to go through that, Mattheo."

Theo added, "Yeah, it was a real nasty business. Mattheo held his own for a while, even gave a few of them a run for their money, but they just kept coming."

"When they finally got me on the ground, they gathered around me and started taking turns kicking me, punching me, one even had a knife..." Mattheo said his eyes darkening.

"If it wasn't for Tom finding me... I wouldn't have gotten away with just a scar" Mattheo added.

Y/n's emerald eyes drifted to Mattheo's scar, she lifted her hand to trace the scar running through his eyebrow. Mattheo seemed to soften to her touch.

"I'm so sorry Mattheo," y/n said softly.

Mattheo looked into y/n's eyes and for the first time, he let out a shy smile.

"Thanks" he said quietly for only her to hear.

"Luckily they all got expelled but they deserved so much more than just that" Tom said angrily.

"The things I would do to them if they ever set foot here again" Blaise said firmly.

"So yeah, Gryffindors are a no-no with us" Pansy chuckled nervously.

Y/n couldn't help but feel sorry for Mattheo and angry at the same time. All that because of a last name...

Mattheo cleared his throat "Anyways, I'm throwing our annual start of the year Slytherin party tonight".

"Fuck yeah, I can't wait" Theo said slamming his hand on the table making y/n jump.

"Sorry y/n" he said placing his hand on her thigh for a second.