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Mattheo Riddle
I'VE ALWAYS HATED holidays. There was white snow on the ground everywhere, creating a false reality with no evil. The school was decorated, silver bells everywhere. Mistletoe.
Sometimes I'd stay with Draco over the holidays as a kid. Once I got older, I realized I'd never get a Christmas like everyone else, so I stopped caring.
I tossed my cigarette off the Astronomy tower, watching as it hit the snow. I've been contemplating doing this for weeks.
Three months have gone by since he's given me the task. Three months since I first met her.
I carry the wight of being his son like a curse. I can feel his blood coarsing through me. There's a darkness inside of me, all of the time.
Now matter how hard I try to not to be like him, I'll always be connected to him in some way. I'm haunted by everything that he has ever done. Every person, mother, child, that he's killed.
I apparate to Malyfoy Manor.
Lillian Black
The first trip to Hogsmeade is today. Examinations before Holiday break are coming up as well, and I desperately need the study break. With all of the advanced classes, it's hard to keep up. Pansy and I are walking in front of Theo, Draco, Enzo, and Blaise in the snow. I shiver, and Pansy tightens her grip on my arm.
Katie Bell rejected Pansy after ther Halloween party. Something about Katie not being ready to commit. Pansy was willing for a fling, but Katie still declined.
We all get a table at the Three Broomsticks, and Draco orders a round of butterbear for the group.
The pub is decorated for the Holidays, with mini trees and mistletoe around. I take a sip of my butterbeer, when Blaise whispers something to Enzo.
"You two kissed?" Enzo shouts.
I can't help but notice Draco and Pansy quickly look at eachother, but Enzo is staring at me, with wide eyes.
"Who told you that?" I ask quickly, averting my gaze to the rest of the students in case anybody was listening.
"Who kissed?" Theo asks.
"Lily and Mattheo, of course." Pansy says, breaking the secret she was meant to be keeping. I shoot her a look.
"Draco owes me so many galleons." Enzo grins happily.
Mattheo. I've hardely seen him since the party. His actions were an answer to my burning question- if anything he said that night was true.
"Well, we didn't." I lied.
Blaise scoffs. "Yeah, right."
My friends can tell I'm lying, too. They laugh and move on to the next story.
Mattheo made me feel like a little school girl, who had a big fat crush on the boy who was only going to embarrass her, or flirt with her by bullying her. I felt- feel stupid. How could I ever think Mattheo Riddle actually liked me. Annoyed now, I bite down on the inside of my cheek.
Mattheo Riddle
The pain. It's unbearable, but it's familiar.
My head is knocked upwards and I hear the sound of my nose cracking, and the heat of blood spills down my face. I've broken my nose countless of times, and it's uncomfortable every time.
I can only brace myself so much for each spell that comes from his wand, hitting me in the chest, the face. These spells cause pain internally, lighting fires inside of me. The other spells show on the outside, like knifes slashing across my back and chest, blood spilling to the white of my shirt.
"You are foolish." Voldemort mumbles the words, but I'm barely listening as I try to catch my breath after each hit.
"You will lose everything." He says.
For her.
I feel like I'm suffocating. I'm tired. He doesn't know I quit the task for her. I focus on the pain, forcing myself to forget about her in this moment, careful to block him from my mind. When I feel him getting closer, I know he'll be able to read me. I can feel him in my head.
I pull out my wand, apparating back to Hogwarts.
Breathless, I reach the door to my dorm. I have to stand outside for a few minutes, as I clutch the side of my stomach. I look down at my red hand. I reach for the door knob and push the door open. I stop at the sight of the guys sitting around the room. They grow silent.
"What the hell happened?" Enzo asks, but nobody asks any more questions. They know only one person could do this.
I let the door shut loudly behind me while I pull out a jumper from my dresser and replace the bloody shirt.
"What's going on?" I ask, eyeing the guys while they stare at me in silence. I feel like I'm in an intervention.
I rip a bandage in between my teeth, and slap it on the side of my stomach. I'll heal the rest with magic later.
"You tell him." Theo says to Draco.
I cross my arms over my chest, waiting to hear what they're so uptight about.
"We got the news coming back from Hogsmeade." Draco starts. He shifts in his seat. "Sirius was caught."
"Bellatrix really had a go at him. Then she let him go. We suppose he's at House of Black, recovering." Enzo says.
"Where is she." I ask them.
Now they all look to the floor, anywhere but at me.
"Where is Lily." I say louder. Theo stares at me.
"She's at the lake." Draco answers.
It's nearly night now, and in this weather, everybody is indoors. My chest rises and falls at a quick pace, while I try to get to the Black Lake as quick as I can.
It's my fault he's caught. He's doing this to get back at me.
I see her by the water. She's sitting, her knees pulled to her chest, and even from afar I can see that she's crying.
I know she can hear me coming because she turns around, and stands up quickly.
