Tom Riddle Imagines

Brothers (2)

Golden trio era

Trigger warning: contains kidnapping, abuse, torture derogatory language, character death.

Mattheo Riddle

It could have been hours, it could have been days. Hell it could have even been weeks. That's the thing, when you get tortured by Voldemort, you get tortured so that the only thing you can remember is your name, and anything he wants you to remember. Everything else blurs together, and is lost in time. Unless you somehow escape and recover, but that's not happened yet, and it likely never will.

Y/N Y/lN

When none of us saw Mattheo for the rest of the day, we knew something was wrong. Me and Tom searched the entire castle from top to bottom, but found no traces of where he might go, neither of us wanting to jump to the most obvious, and the most painful conclusion.

"Tom. I think he really did take Mattheo. Where elsye could he have gone? Without telling you either. He's your little brother, he always tells you everything. We need to go to the manor and find him" I tell Tom urgently. "No, not 'we.' He'll hurt you, I can't have that" Tom tries to argue.

"Tom, he's one of my closest friends, I can't leave him to suffer at the hands of Voldemort! That'd be betrayal. Let me come, please! I can defend myself, and I'll stay close behind you as well" I tell my boyfriend, trying to get him to let me help. After a while of pleading, Tom reluctantly agrees, and we make a quick plan to save Mattheo before we apparate.

Y/N Y/LN

We arrive at the manor, managing to bypass the security around the huge mansion. We enter the house, beginning to search the rooms for Mattheo. When we come to one of the rooms on the 3rd floor in the East wing, we find Mattheo inside. Seeing Mattheo beaten and bloodied, Tom rushes into the room, to see if he's ok.

"Tom, wait!" I shout, but it's too late. Voldemort suddenly materialises out of thin air, and grabs Tom. I rush into the room, throwing a spell at Voldemort. He blocks the spell, but lets go of Tom, just like I had hoped he would. Voldermort throws a curse of his own at me, which I also block, and soon enough, we're engaged in a duel.

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Meanwhile, Tom rushes over to Mattheo, using magic to untie him, and close up his wounds, temporarily with a basic healing spell. Mattheo startles awake, then calms down as he realises Tom is untying him. "Nice of you to come save me big brother" Mattheo smiles.

"I didn't come alone" is all Tom says, as he helps Mattheo stand up. Mattheo frowns, looking around, his eyes landing on Y/n, just as she gets hit by a spell which knocks her over. Both Tom and Mattheo shout "NO!" as Y/n collapses, her head hitting the ground hard.

"Look at you two! My two idiot sons, worried about a pathetic half-blood whore!" Voldemort screams at his sons. "Don't call her that!" Tom shouts back at his father, raising his wand to Voldemort, whilst still supporting Mattheo's weight. Mattheo slips a little in Tom's arms, and Tom makes the horrible mistake of looking away from his father.

"CRUCIO!" Voldemort shouts, and Tom realises his mistake, but too late. He waits for the pain to come, but nothing happens for a second, until he hears a sound that would haunt him forever. Y/n screams in agony as the full force of the cruciatus curse slams into her, and she collapses to the floor.