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Chapter-6- Talking With The Riddle

Chapter-6-Talking With The Riddle

Tom's POV:

Everyone was staring at me when Sofia said she didn't feel safe with me.
It was such an uncomfortable moment. I have never really felt discomfort in this way before so it was more difficult for me to control my anger.

These days I am feeling emotions that I have never felt and feeling them is dangerous, not only for me but for others too.

But still, Professor Trelawney persisted for me to sit beside Sofia. Of course, Sofia didn't like it but she stopped arguing and just started staring at the crystal ball in front of us which was kept on the table.

Truthfully, Divination was the subject that least interested me but I had to take this since I wasn't even allowed to choose my subjects to study. All is decided by the Ministry Of Magic. I am just glad they kept DADA on my list.

"Now, tell me, students, what do you see in the crystal ball? A threat, a blessing, what?" the professor said in a misty voice.

Suddenly, Sofia beside me raised her hands. Professor turned towards her and asked her what did she see.

"I saw a cross sign, it was red in color.", She said.

Professor suddenly came to our table and crouched down beside Sofia as if something bad had happened to her.

"This is a very bad sign indeed to see, child!" the professor said and everyone gasped in the class except me and Sofia.

"Oh, what does it mean?", She asked.

Professor continued, "It means that some dark force is getting attracted towards you, it doesn't want to but it is slowly getting attracted. You are repelling it with a great force but your situation is inversely proportional. Whenever you decide to stay away from the force, it will attract towards you as much as you put your energy to repel it."

Professor's words went above my head because I don't believe in Divination and I don't think so neither Sofia believes.

Professor stood up and went to her armchair and sat on it. She started to explain some dark bullshit energy and  I was keeping my eyelids forcefully open by hearing her teaching itself.

So I decided to do something to distract me from my sleep, and I wish I would have not done it because it just ruined my mood more- I started to talk with Sophia.

"Did you see the cross mark ❌,  or did you pretend to see it for mere marks, Sofia?", I asked her. This is the first time, I have talked with someone who hates me and who doesn't even want to talk to me, I have overlooked my ego.

"It's none of your business, Riddle!", She said with sarcasm.

"Can't you talk normally with me? I am trying so hard to be patient and compassionate but you just talk rudely with me every time.", I yelled at her but not too loud that everyone could hear it.

"Why do you even try to talk to me when you know that I don't even want to look at your face? Forget talking to you!", She said in a vicious tone which made me feel bad about myself. No, I am great and I should not feel these inferior emotions like insecurity. I don't deserve all of this.

"And first of all, how do you even expect me to talk nicely with you when you killed my mother and my best friend?", She asked me and looked me in the eye daringly and challenging me to answer.

Her eyes filled with coldness, hatred, and insensitiveness, all because of me. She hates me and I am the cause of her hatred towards me. But I don't think so I would have hated anyone for killing my muggle father even though I did that deed myself.

"But I am not like you, Tom Riddle. I believe that muggles and mud-bloods are equal to wizards and they should also be given equal respect and care.", Sofia said and this shocked me because I didn't say those thoughts aloud.

Wait, that means she knows legillimency, she knows how to read other minds and mine too which I don't like at all. I don't like people invading my mind.

"Ms Sofia, I would warn you not to sneak into my mind with whatever power or lessons you have learnt. I don't like it, if you do it another time then there will be rather bad consequences.", I said warningly to her.

"Oh, poor Tom, you can use occlumency instead of getting angry at me.", she said and it angered me even more.

Yeah, I forgot about it. I can use Occlumency to protect myself. I am becoming so temperamental these days that I am yelling at people without even considering the odds because I should try to be in good books with everyone as per the rules and regulations given by McGonagall.

But I didn't feel it. I didn't feel that someone was looking through my mind. Usually, I would feel a sensation if someone is trying to invade my mind but this time, I didn't feel anything so the thought of using occlumency didn't even occur to me.

"I kindly don't need any advice from you, Ms Sofia, as I don't consider you highly intelligent.", I savagely said to her, and trust me, I think I saw her face flush.

"But still, I am smarter than you!", She said and she thought it was a smart ass comeback but it wasn't.

I just chuckled at her efforts and her cheeks flushing more and more over time.

"You are one of a kind, Riddle!", She said and huffed.

"Thank you, Ms. Sofia.", I said while chuckling.

"It wasn't a compliment and you have no right to call me by my first name. Call me Ms. Wilson.", She said.

I ignored her words and started focusing on what the Professor was teaching. She groaned in irritation and it made me chuckle more.

"I have never thought that you were capable of smiling actually,", she said in a sarcastic tone.

And her comment made me think. Made me question myself when I smiled last. When? Was it never? And then I remembered it was when I killed Harry Potter in the forbidden forest or so I thought I killed because that boy is really a lucky one. He just survived too many times and I, who badly wanted immortality from the core of my heart, didn't get it.