Flee from Freedom | Mattheo Riddle

21: I'll help you

Tw: burning 

"Amara please." Someone says. It's almost sounds like a distant voice, but i can feel it close to my ear. "Amara." It comes again. "Amara." 

The last one is firm, and my eyes snap open. I fly upwards, unaware of my surroundings or what the fuck is going on. I've started dreaming again, since leaving Hogwarts. I relied on Dreamless Sleep Potion for so long and now without it my nightmares are creeping back in. 

"It's fine, you're safe." Theo says from beside me. Once my eyes have adjusted i see we are sat in a tent, he's on the other side, watching me with concern plastered on his face.

"Where the fuck did you get a tent from."

"Shops, on that first day i went out, Enzo said somethint about a tent a couple days before and i thought he'd finally had a good idea. Especially now we are on the run. Physically."

"Where are we?"

"Couple of miles into the forest, you took two of them out with the spell, i managed to get the rest. I levitated your body for a while then set up the tent. There's reflective charms on it so it can't be seen. Took me ages."He pauses. "What the fuck happened back there?"

I sigh, running my hands through my hair, pushing it from my face. 

"Don't lie to me." He says sternly, cutting me off before i've even opened my mouth. 

"What?"

Pausing for a moment, he holds eye contact. Then he reaches over, to my bag, pulling out the bandages. "Found these in your bag."

"They might come in handy or-"

"Then i saw them all over your arm." He points at my left forearm. "When you were sleeping. Then i searched your bag more, there's a lighter in here, please tell me those don't link up."

"Why would you assume they link up?"

"You could easily make a fire with your wand. But you haven't been using your wand recently. You've used it once, on the bikes, which coincided with the 'faulty number things'-"

"The impacts from my spell knocked something-"

"And the second time." He cuts me off. "You collapse to the floor and pass out. I know i'm no fucking genius Amara, and i can't for the life of me figure this out, but i want you to tell me." He pauses. "Please."

I contemplate it. Difficult decision. I'm unsure how he's going to react if i refuse. He wouldn't force me to tell him anything, i know that. But he's right, i owe him an explanation. 

"If i tell you a joke, to lighten the mood, are you more likely to tell me?"

"I don't see how that correlates."

"I'll tell you one anyway." Theo shifts positions, facing me directly now. "Who is that famous wizard that fell down the stairs?"

"Who?"

"Tumble-dore."

"Wow."

Theo shrugs, stifling a laugh. 

"That's treasonous, and he's dead Theo."

"Yeah he was a prick when he was alive, i don't think the fact he's dead should stop me saying that."

"Fair enough."

He pauses as the smile falls from his face. "Now you tell me what's going on."

"You have to promise me you won't freak out. I mean actually. I'll explain it all, but you can't freak out or yell or whatever. Please?"