Knots of Hogwarts | Tom Riddle X Reader

Chapter 16 - Marauders

You woke up, scared, in cold sweat, a mess. You gripped on to your blanket really tightly, you felt super cold for no reason.

You went out and took your wand to cast a spell.

"Incendio"

Fire shot out of your wand and immediately lit up the fireplace across you, the fireplace filled the room with warmth and the warmth travelled to your body, making you feel warm.

You warm up yourself for 5 minutes before finally standing up and get off your bed.

You took a shower and put on your uniform.

Lily, Mary, and Molly had went somewhere, hence not being with you.

You decided to take a walk around Hogwarts and you went to the courtyard.

You sat on one of the chairs in the courtyard. You started to think about this task that Dumbledore gave you and how you can kill Tom Riddle.

Just then, a figure appeared behind you and it was none other then Tom Riddle.

"Evening."

You turned your head around to gaze upon him. His opulent self with a blank yet charming face.

"What are you doing?" You asked.

"Midnight stroll. I could say the same about you."

"Terrible dreams. Woke me up." You replied.

He started to walk near you and sat next to you.

"Tomorrow don't forget, 7 pm sharp." He said.

"If you're even late one second, you can forget about the tutoring." He added.

This comment obviously surprised you but it was predictable.

"I can't guarantee that but I'll try."

He gave his irresistible crooked smile, making you lose concentration.

He left afterwards, you forgot for a second why you came to the courtyard but you regain concentration.

You couldn't be fooled by his trick and schemes in maybe sort-of flirting with you or maybe he is just purely annoyed because of you, you choose to assume the second option.

You enjoy the time by looking at the midnight sky. Full of clouds that are see-through, the sky filled with million of stars. You gazed at the sky, dazzled by the view of such place in the world.

You decided to go back to sleep since it was 2 AM.

Upon returning back to the dorm, you could see a worried and troublesome Lily, Mary, and Molly, wondering where you had went in the middle of the night.

"Where were you?!" Lily asked, worried. You could see the worried expression on all of their face.

"Uhm, midnight stroll I suppose."

The three of them looked at each other in confusion.

"Who takes a midnight stroll at 2 AM?" Molly said.

You shrugged and Molly shook her head.

"Sorry I made you all worried."

The tension melted and Mary replied.

"No. We are sorry, we are too tense. After-all, you are not a prisoner that belongs to us and we control where you go." Mary replied.

Mary's comment made you think for a while.

You all shook it off and decided to rest for tomorrow's class.

You were afraid to go back to sleep, fearing that you will have the same dream again, the dream that tormented you, a simple slumber dream but it was like reality, everything felt so surreal, just hearing the words coming out of their mouth frightens you, it scares you so badly that you didn't sleep at all. Your eyes were closed but your mind was battling your need of sleep and the will to not sleep.