Addicted || Mattheo Riddle

23 || Mother

Octavia Lestrange

The walls tremble and the light flickers.

My head shoots up and I look as horror fills the faces of Daphne and the rest of the boys, and my hand instinctively slips around my wand. I stand up from my bed and open the window slightly, glancing around to see if I can spot anyone.

Theo looks at the map and shakes his head. "They're inside" He whispers, pointing at something on the paper.

"Yeah, I've noticed" I tell them, motioning for them to stand up and join me by the window.

About a hundred death eaters make their way through the gate, onto the perfectly mowed lawn and towards the front door. It's locked, closed shut, keeping them out for just a little longer, but I know they'll eventually find a way inside.

Especially now that Dumbledore's dead.

I shiver in horror and close the window again. "We need to stay here, wait for orders, if we go out now we might get killed immediately" I tell them, shaking my head.

I grab the map and stare at the names that've popped up in front of the main entrance, seeing If I can spot anyone I notice.

Two names make their way to the front entrance, Only they are already inside of the castle. My mother and Mattheo. I shake my head, knowing they're about to open the door.

"Enzo, stay with Draco. Theo and Daphne come with me, Stick together okay? Do Not get out there on your own" I whisper to them, the voices downstairs growing louder and louder with more people entering the castle.

My hand clutches my wand tighter as Theo, Daphne and me walk out of my dorm and into the hallway. I stop in my tracks when I hear voices coming from the common room, our common room.

"Just find the girl, take the necklace and then kill her, that are our orders"

I shake my head. They are talking about me. I sneak towards the stairs on my tiptoes, and then I peek around the corner. I point my wand at one of the two people standing there and whisper 'everte statum'. The guy flies into the sky, flips upside down, and then he flies to the floor knocked out.

Suddenly, my eyes meet with the second death eater, and he lifts his wand at me. Before he can say anything though, Theo shouts some spell at him. The death eater flies against the wall, and then hits his head on the point of the table as he slumps to the floor, blood dripping down the side of his head.

My heart hammers against my chest as the three of us walk down the stairs. "Nice one Theo" I whisper, and then we sneak into the main hallway.

It's a chaos. Rubble from destroyed things are laying on the floor, casts of spells bouncing off the walls right beside us. Everyone is fighting someone, multiple people running past us while trying to protect themselves.

"We have to get to the courtyard!" I whisper, checking the map for Mattheo's location, thanking some god out there he's still okay.

We start running through the destroyed hallways, our feet carrying us faster than we can. We jump over rubble, try to avoid getting cursed by god knows what spell, all while trying to remember the way downstairs.

"Octavia!" Daphne suddenly shouts from behind me, and I stop in my tracks before turning around, expecting to see her and Theo, but it's just her.

"Theo's gone! one second he was running behind me, the other he was gone!" She shouts, ducking to the ground as a Death eater casts a spell at her

"STUPEFY!" I shout, before getting to my feet. "Daph we have no time for this! We need to go, staying here will get us killed, for god sakes!" I grab her arm and yank her to her feet, and then we start running again, up and down all the flights of stairs until we reach the main floor. We take a left and end up in a dark and empty hallway.

"I don't like this" Daphne whispers, and I mutter a 'lumos' before walking into the hallway, grabbing Daphne's hand.

"We need to go through this hallway, the courtyard is behind that door" I tell her, dragging her with me, my feet carrying me blindly while my head spins.

Suddenly, someone steps into the hallway, a laugh escaping their lips.

"Well well well, we meet again, daughter"

My breath hitches in my throat as I stand eye to eye with my mother. Her hairs a mess like always, and she's just as terrifying as I remember her.

"Leave us alone!" Daphne yells, but I shush her, stepping in front of her while pointing my wand at my mother.

"What do you want?" My hands tremble as I speak, my voice shaky. I try to compose myself, but nothing works, it's like i'm frozen, unable to do anything.

"Let's see, maybe your necklace? oh and your life as well. God, I should've killed you years ago" She mutters, a high pitched laugh following.

"Don't speak to Octavia like that, you crazy psycho!" Daphne shouts, stepping away from behind me, her wand risen in the air. I frantically try to grab her hand and pull her back, but she's out of my reach.

"Daphne, don't!" I shout, but it's too late.

My mother laughs, a terrifying sound escaping her, and then a green flash follows. Daphne's body tumbles to the ground, her eyes opened wide in shock.

A sob escapes my lips as I stare at her body, before turning back to my mothers face. She's standing close to me, grinning.

"Poor girl, shouldn't have opened her mouth like that" She pouts, before looking at me.

And there it is, my senses kick in, and I completely flip around. All I see is red as I lift my wand at her, casting the first few defensive and cursing spells, trying to hurt her the same way like how she hurt me all those years ago.

"How dare you! How dare you kill some innocent girl!" I shout, blocking a few spells flying my way. It frustrates me none of my spells hurt her, until suddenly, one of them strikes her, and she flies back and into the wall, the air knocking out of her.

"You bitch! How dare you hurt your own mother!" She flies back up to her feet, wand flicking through the air as I struggle to block her spells, but I don't give up.

My eyes flick back to Daphne's body, and then back at my mother.

"Expelliarmus" Her wand drops down to the floor. "enough" I whisper, her defense faltering.

She chuckles, and then pouts her lips. "What did you say?"

"This is fucking over, Now." I tell her, my voice loud and clear. My eyes find her face, and then I smile. "Goodbye mother. Oh, and greetings from Neville by the way"

She looks at me confused, and then a green flash strikes through the air, hitting her right in the heart as she tumbles to the ground, lifeless. I turn away from my mothers body and turn to Daphne's, my stomach twisting at the sight.

I drop to my knees next to Daphne, sobs leaving my lips as I bend over her lifeless body, praying she'll wake up somehow. I shake her body, begging and begging, but nothing works. She's gone, and it's my fault.

"Octavia?"

My breath hitches at the sound of Mattheo's voice, and I turn around. He's standing there, same bambi eyes, same curly hair, same beautiful fucking face.

"Jesus christ Curls, what happened?" He rushes over to me, kneeling down next to me as I throw myself into his arms, lungs heaving from all the crying.

"She's dead Matt, Daphne's dead" I sob. He shushes me, whispers sweet words, his hands stroking my hair, pressing kisses to the top of my head, but nothing helps calming down the pain in my chest.

"Come on, it's too dark in here, let's get to the courtyard okay? We'll talk there, no ones with me I promise" he whispers, pulling me up to my feet.

We walk away from the bodies, and I look back at Daphne's lifeless body one last time, shaking my head, and then my eyes flick to my mothers body.

I killed my own mother, and I don't feel bad about it one tiny fucking bit.