orphic ᯓ 𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞

two. NO LIGHT

It was so awkward as the time flew by. Another week, and it was such a stress.

Those students who acted like imbeciles, Voronina could list out each one of their names.

James Potter.

Oh gosh, he was such a huge asshole. Voronina would not see a day without James taunting a specific student, Severus Snape.

He even teases Lily sometimes too.

Tom riddle.

Voronina had such hatred for that boy.

He acted like he was so perfect and flawless.

He would always underestimate Voronina. He would say he was a brilliant student, unlike her.

Such a prick.

Voronina snapped back to reality as she realized Molly and Lily sat down on the bench she was sitting on. "Oh, hello guys!" She greeted, her voice warm yet joyful.

Lily and Molly greeted her back, but Lily was rather upset.

"What's happened with you?" Voronina questioned.

"James, again." Lily huffed heavily.

Voronina's eyes narrowed, her lips pressing together. What did that asshole do again?

Voronina's head snapped to Molly when she spoke, "He teased Lily for hanging out with Severus, again." She uttered, her tone soft.

"Why does that bloody idiot care who you hang out with?"

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Voronina swore she was failing her classes.

Why, you might say?

"You're failing your classes, Ms. Weasley." Professor Dumbledore uttered. Her eyes widened, her jaw slightly dropping.  "Your performance is low, you are not participating in class."

"You struggle casting out simple spells." He commented.

Voronina sighed heavily, her head lowering. "Therefore, I shall call somebody to tutor you." Professor Dumbledore said.

"An intelligent student, I must say. He could help you fairly with everything."

He?

"I'll do inform him about this." Professor Dumbledore stated. "Off you go now."

Voronina nodded in acknowledgement, "Thank you, Professor." She uttered, before hurriedly leaving.

Not participating in class? She definitely did.

Performance is low? That was bullshit.

Struggle casting out simple spells? Maybe that was true.

The last thing she wanted was getting tutored by someone. She could learn by herself! She snapped back to reality when her name had been called out. Lily and Molly. "Hey, we were finding you!" Lily shot her a grin. "Yeah, did you get lost again?" Molly inquired. "Oh, no. Professor Dumbledore had a conversation with me." Voronina shook her head, a small smile on her freckled face.

"Oh, why?" Lily asked. "He said I was failing my classes." She shrugged.

"That's stupid!" Molly almost yelled, "You're like— the smartest student." She encouraged.

Lily nodded in agreement, "Yeah!" She uttered, "What happened anyways?" She hummed.

"Said my performance was low and I didn't participate in class." Voronina answered.

"Dumbledore is wrong!" Molly huffed softly.

"Anyways, he told me he would call somebody to tutor me." Voronina stated.

"Who?"

"Yeah, who?"

"I don't know, Dumbledore mentioned it was a he, though."

"Oh, goodluck!" Lily assured. "Thank you, guys." Voronina smiled genuinely. "We'll meet you at the courtyard later! Now, we need to go to our Charms." Lily informed. "Bye, Nina!" Molly waved, before both girls left to go to Charms. Voronina waved back, before making her way to her own class.

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After for some while, Voronina went to the library, as she read a book, her elbows leaned against the surface of the desk. Her reading had been interrupted by a thick book slammed to the desk. She flinched, glancing up, as soon as she did, her eyes widened.

"You. You're the one that's going to tutor me?" Voronina inquired almost hesitantly, her face slightly twisting.

"Don't be too surprised, I wouldn't enjoy it either tutoring you." Tom huffed heavily.

She rolled her eyes in annoyance, sighing as she did. She closed the book she was reading. "Be grateful I agreed to tutoring you." He uttered.

"I'm actually not."

"Just shut your nosy mouth and follow me." Tom sneered.

"Why? Where are we going?" Voronina got up. "To my dorm."

"What? Why?" She inquired. "It would be much better if I tutored you there." He stated.

"Actually, It'd be greater here in the library." Voronina protested.

"Do you want me to tutor you or not? Would you like to keep failing?" Tom asked, his voice almost sarcastic. The girl huffed heavily, "Lead the way, then." She mumbled, her voice showing defeat, yet she couldn't help the fact she was almost furious.

As Tom led Voronina to his dorm, once they got in, he had locked the door.

She made herself comfortable on his bed and sat down on the comfy mattress. "Now, I would almost laugh at the thought of you failing such easy tasks." Tom uttered, walking towards her as he sat beside her, the thick book falling between them. Before he started to tutor Voronina—

"Tom, you imbecile! You locked me out again!" Loud knocks could be heard.

The dark haired boy sighed heavily, "My daft brother." He stated quietly. He got up, unlocking the door as he went back to Voronina.

His supposed brother walked inside the room, his face all bloody and had cuts on it. He slightly looked like Tom.

His eyes narrowed down to Voronina's appearance.

"Is this a Weasley, Tom?"

A smirk appeared on his face.

Voronina quietly cleared her throat, sighing softly as her cheeks warmed up. "Leave us be, Mattheo." Tom scowled, his voice cold and bitter.

"Is this why your door is locked? Perchance I was interrupting something?"

"Be quiet, Mattheo. Nobody wants to hear your foolish words."

"Why don't you properly introduce me to her?" Mattheo questioned, his gaze falling to Voronina's. He walked towards her, stopping just right infront of her. "Mattheo Riddle, sweetheart." He brought his hand up, a small smile on his bloodied face.

Voronina gave an anxious smile back, shaking his hand. "Voronina Weasley." She introduced.

"Ah, I was right, a Weasley."

Tom broke off the contact, pushing Mattheo's hand away. "I'm tutoring her. Now if you would be polite, leave us alone." He stated, his voice showing disbelief.

The boy sighed heavily, rolling his eyes as he took off his tie. "Alright." He uttered, before he left to go to clean himself.

"Back to what I was saying." Tom gazed back to Voronina, his face slightly softening, the scowl leaving his face.

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