Mattheo Riddle - Born to die

Chapter 42: Grimmauld Place 12

The next day. Michelle walks through the corridor as suddenly Professor Snape appears in front of her with a serious face. Snape: "Ms Black. We have to talk, " he says while taking her arm and moving her to his empty potions classroom. Snape: "Ms Black, you and Mr Riddle have to leave the school. I know that the dark Lord is coming for him. He knows that you destroyed the Horxcrux and that Harry destroyed another Horcrux, too. Dumbledore is dead, and I will be the new headmaster, but I don't know if I can protect you two." Michelle looks at him in disbelief as her eyes widen. She didn’t expect that Professor Snape would tell them to leave the school. She caresses her wedding ring and says in a more serious tone, "We... I don’t know what to say. I mean, why Mr. Riddle and me in particular?" her tone sounds worried.
Snape: "He is his son. He will never give up on him. And to be clear, if Mr Riddle doesn't want to join him, he will force him using you, Ms. Black. " Then Snape looks at the ring."What is that?" Michelle looks at her ring.
"Oh... it is a wedding ring... we got married yesterday... We thought maybe it would be better to get married before the inevitable happens."
She smiles softly and shrugs. Snape looks surprised, but then his face goes soft. "I told you to do nothing stupid." He rolls his eyes. "But Mrs Riddle, then, I suggest? It is even more important for you two to leave"
Michelle looks at him, surprised, but she tries to hide it. Snape has a soft expression, something she has never seen him do before. She nods. "We will go, Professor. It’s okay. If you think it's best... But don't worry, we won't say anything to anyone. We will just disappear for a while."

Michelle runs to her dorm and packs a few things for them. Mattheo comes into her dorm, looking confused as to why she is packing. "Mattheo..." She says.
Mattheo notices instantly that she is packing things up, and he raises his eyebrows and looks at her. "Hey, what are you doing? You're not leaving me, right?"
"Mattheo, Prof. Snape told me.. that Voldemort is coming for you..for us. And he can't protect us..so we have to go, " She says while packing things up.
Mattheo pauses. His expression is not one of fear, rather of disbelief. He doesn't want to admit that Professor Snape was right.
"Are you serious?" his voice sounds unsure.
"We can't really just... leave. Can we?"
She turns around, looking dead serious. "He's right. We have to go. Voldemort wants you to join him, and if you don't, he will make you. And what's easier than torturing your wife?" A cold shiver goes down Mattheo's spine. He looks at her and sighs.
"I guess you are right... but where would we go?"
"I know a secret place of the Order. My father told me about it before... you know. We can go there for the first. " Michelle is still in a rush packing things, but Mattheo stands still like im shock. When she notices this, she turns around to him caressing his cheek. "Do you trust me?" Mattheo nods.
"Of course... I do trust you. If you think it's best for us... then I will follow you to the end of the world, Michelle. I can't believe that we have to do this... But we will survive this... just like we survived everything else."
"Okay, I trust your judgment. Let's go."
Michelle nods, and Mattheo packs up things, too. The same night, they leave Hogwarts. And head towards the seceret location of the order.

The next morning, they arrived at this secret location. Mattheo has been awake all night. He has barely slept. He looks tired as he yawns. "There... we made it." He says as he leans against the wall."I am glad that we are safe for the moment, you know?"
"Is there anything to eat here?" his voice sounds a bit frustrated but mostly tired. He is probably hungry.
Michelle looks around. They are at the old house of the blacks. She was here when she was little. "Kreacher?" She screams through the house while laying the things they brought on the floor. Suddenly, a little old house elf looks around the corner.
Mattheo walks around and stretches. He looks around him in amazement. He looks at Michelle and then at the house elf. His eyes widen. "Kreacher?" he is puzzled. He would have never thought that they had a house elf here. Kreacher is known for being mean and disrespectful towards everyone. Does he belong to the Black family? Or why is he here? Kreacher looks at Michelle in disbelief. "Kreacher, it's me. Come here. " Kreacher's eyes widened as if he couldn't believe what he had just heard. He walks towards them and bows in front of Michelle.
Kreacher mumbles, "Mistress Black..." he is so confused that he doesn't know how to address her. He is afraid that he might say the wrong thing while talking to her.
She can read the confusion in Mattheo's face as well.  Michelle looks down on Kreacher and says, "Mrs Riddle now." Kreacher flinches and looks shocked at Mattheo. "Sirius is dead, I own you now, is that right?" She says to Kreacher in a serious tone. Kreacher nods while still bowing.
He looks at Mattheo, and he finally notices that Mattheo is there too. e looks confusedly towards Michelle as well as towards Mattheo.

Kreacher then stands next to them and turns his attention to Mattheo. he says hesitantly. "Mr. Riddle, sir..."  I recognize in his voice that he feels uncomfortable while talking to Mattheo*.
"Kreacher, you don't have to be scared of us." She tries to calm him down."Can you make us some food? And Kreacher, that we are here is a secret, okay?"
Kreacher still looks scared. He nods and bows his head. He walks towards the kitchen while mumbling "yes master... yes, mistress... i-i apologize... I... will bring you some food... and we will keep your presence a secret..." he says, and then it's like we can see the fear dripping from his eyes. He is trying to behave so he won't get punished by his master.
Mattheo looks at Kreacher confusedly and shrugs. "He is a strange house elf..." he says quietly while looking at Michelle.