Are We Destined To Make The Same Mistakes

chapter 1

Tom was perhaps the most annoying, arrogant, self Centred person Y/n had ever encountered she would constantly battle with Tom to answer questions, and every time she had gotten it wrong she would see a glint in his eyes as if to say he had won, but most of the time Y/n would get the answers correct causing an ever so change in his nice persona to show up, Y/n’s favourite facial feature of his, his signature scowl, if you were lucky to see it which was rare, as you’d have to push a lot of Tom’s buttons for him to actually show some sort of emotion. but Y/n managed this a lot since she was constantly around him, what being the other female prefect of Slytherin. She had screamed with delight when she found out she had been chosen, her brother and sister were both Slytherins and they had been prefects and gone on to be head boy and girl, something Y/n wanted to achieve so she didn’t have to hear another debate on who was smarter, but she had almost cried and thrown a temper tantrum when Tom had been chosen as well, causing her to once again see his signature scowl upon hearing the news about being near her for an extra hour each day.
 
Y/n was face down on  her desk hoping for the lesson to end, she was a skilled student and was quite literally able to do the potion blindfolded so it didn’t surprise professor slug horn to see her finished before the class, it did surprise him however that she had decided to start sleeping, slug horn was about to speak when Tom bet him to it “Y/n, just because you’ve finished does not mean you can sleep,” tom said trying to not look interested, Y/n looked at Tom who happened to be sat next to her and then went back to sleeping ignoring the groan from both Tom and the professor, it wasn’t Y/n’s fault she normally would be ready and eager to learn but she had hardly gotten any sleep after the fire that she magically started in her sleep, she wouldn’t dare close her eyes in case it happened again, but here in the Potions class room she knew she was safe, closing her eyes she began to drift off.
 
Y/n was rudely awoken by a thud, she had fallen from her desk “ouch” she said as she rubbed her bottom, “are you ok?” she was starting to hiss something, Y/n looked around and saw Tom was glaring at her as if he knew something, she got up from the floor and her head began to spin, “do you hear that?” she said still half asleep unable to think straight, everyone looked at her once more forgetting there potion “my dear, did you hit your head, perhaps Mr riddle could take you to the infirmary” she slowly walked towards the door making sure to steady herself, perhaps the lack of sleep was finally getting to her but it felt weird like someone was making her head hurt.
 
Tom looked away from Y/n and the pounding stopped, “I will be honoured sir” Tom said as he helped Y/n towards the infirmary.
 
“what was that back there?” Tom said with no emotion, Y/n just looked away from him and decided there was no harm in telling him “every time I fall asleep, fire starts around me" she huffs clearly irritated at the lack of sleep she had been getting and walked into the infirmary, upon seeing the matron Y/n pours her heart out clearly stressed from the unknown factor of her problem but Tom knew all too well, he smiled to him self as he walked out of the infirmary.
 
“ Calm down child, I am sure its just a hex that has been placed on you" the matron said clearly annoyed at her  presence, she waved her wand around Y/n and found the cause of her suffering “ah ha,” the matron said as she grabbed a sticker that was behind her back “do you know who would want to hex you to this extent?” Y/n shrugged and thanked the matron as she left the infirmary, finally back to her happy care free self once more.
Y/n arrived at the great Hall moments after her class mates and began combing through the Slytherin table to find her friends, there was a blonde haired girl waving at Y/n causing her to rush over to her friends “where have you been girl, you know I can’t survive without you" a short brown, curly haired girl said while pushing up her glasses “I know I am sorry jenny” Y/n said while hugging the girl, “and what about me?” the blond girl said while showing off her perfect toothy smile not a single detail out of place, she was the most popular girl in school thanks to her beauty “of cause her highness, Queen poppy" Y/n bowed at her friend causing the girls to start a giggle fit. “so how was potions, I heard you fainted” jenny asked clearly eager to gossip “no, I fell asleep that was all, you know how boring slug horn can be" Y/n said while scoffing her face with chicken, the group nod in understanding, they gossip until the feast was finished, each learning of poppies newest boy toy, and of jenny’s fear of pansy, she had gotten slime all over her and from the murderous glare she was giving her, Y/n could understand her friends fear.
 
“so you have night duties with riddle again tonight” poppy said while dashing her eyelashes “and?” poppy huffed “I know you like him, I see the way you look at him" Y/n scowled “what with detest and murderous rage" Y/n spat and walked out of the Great Hall to find tom “she will definitely get with him, am not gonna lose my bet with malfoy” poppy said to jenny as soon  as Y/n left “but she clearly hates him and I don’t think he likes anyone" jenny said while sideway glancing at riddle “that’s not the point, were going to be there cupids” poppy said eager to hear jenny’s thoughts on the idea “sometimes I worry about you poppy" jenny said as she led the girl down to the dungeons.
 
Y/n stood waiting for tom, eager to get the patrols over with as she had a lot of homework to complete, causing Y/n to groan at the thought of another sleepless night “what took you so long?” Y/n said upon seeing riddle emerge from the hall “I had business to attend too" Tom said while holding a book, it had a rustic vibe and the magic that radiated off of the book caught Y/n’s attention “what’s the book for?” Y/n said eager to know, as she couldn’t  handle not knowing something, Tom looked down towards the book and frowned “nothing important “ he said while walking  infront of her, eager to start his rounds as well.
 “oh now I am definitely interested “ Y/n said while trying to steal the book from toms grasp “didn’t your mother ever tell you not to touch what isn’t yours,” Y/n shuck her head “my mother always said to take things by force if you want them” Tom stopped walking and stared at Y/n for a moment almost, calculating something “are you a pureblood?” Y/n was shocked upon the question she had managed to hide her blood status as she didn’t want to be labelled.
 
Hesitantly Y/n spoke “yes, my mother is Melania McMillan and my father is Arcturus black” Tom turned to look at Y/n almost as if he misheard her “everyone said you were a mud blood” tom strangled out he detested the word, even thinking of a mudblood was too much for him, he hated there very being, Y/n started to laugh, Tom looked at her as if he didn’t understand her sudden amusement,  “no I am not a mudblood but I don’t mind them, after all who else would I have to boss around” Tom looked almost amused at her answer “I am only going to ask you once, but would you like to join my group" Tom said while walking away “what is this group?” Y/n said while jogging to catch up to him “if you agree I'll let you see what’s in the book" Tom said while Y/n’s eyes shone on the book eager to know what was so interesting that he would hide in it “fine you have a deal" Tom held out his hand and Y/n shook it while stealing the book from his grasp “oh, never mind you can have it back" Y/n said without looking in the book, Y/n knew all too well this was toms horcrux, the diary that she held in her hands began burn her hands sensing she was a threat so quickly without a second thought she passed it back to Tom. Tom laughed a genuine laugh, as if the day hadn’t been weird enough, Tom was laughing but something didn’t feel right about how he was laughing, it was as if he was going to kill her.
 
Y/n took a step back, almost falling down the dungeon steps, tom noticed and managed to incite a spell to keep her up right, she could be useful after all, Tom was thinking to himself and while staring at Y/n he spoke one final time “I'll see you at my next meeting, I am sure you have a lot of studying to do tonight” Y/n looked up to see Tom had faded into the darkness.
Y/n began to laugh to herself at toms attempt to be mysterious as she had always seen through his facade, remembering the first time she had seen him on the train journey towards Hogwarts.