Peculiar ~A T.R fanfiction~

Chapter 20 ~The Island~

Months had passed and Julietta and Tom were still happily together. Despite what people suspected they were, nothing was confirmed. Julietta was sitting with Jezebel and Maria in transfiguration when Dumbledore said "Julietta Goldwood, can you please stay after class?" Julietta nodded while her friends looked confused. She just waved them off before making her way to Dumbledore's desk. "You wanted to see me." hinted Julietta knowing what was coming. "You're with Tom Riddle now. Are you aware that he is dangerous and cruel? I know you are very capable but don't allow yourself to get in too deep. I know of your island and I know of the spells you placed on it. I hope you are prepared to escape to run off to it."

"That island is the last resort, Professor. If the world is to fall I will run off to The Peculiar. I would advise you never to speak of it again or my relationship for that matter. I am in no way too deep. I trust Thomas and have a very pleasant relationship with him. Do not worry about me. I trust you will not tell anyone about my island or my other secrets. Albus, one day I hope we can forge a great friendship." Julietta then turned away and made her way to her next class.

Little did either of them know Tom Riddle was watching and listening. Anger rolled off of him in waves and it was completely shocking that the two powerful wizards nearby didn't notice. Tom hid himself very well with spells but the two should have seen through them. He was furious and it caused a hatred of Dumbledore to fester inside him that would last a lifetime. He wanted to watch him burn. He wasn't too upset with Julietta as she defended him and their relationship. He stormed away from the classroom that was now fulling with Year Twos towards his next class. Tom stood next to Julietta in posions and she noticed his hostility. He grabbed her arm tightly and roughly pulled her close to his chest. "Meet me in the chamber as soon as we can get out of this pathetic class." he spat before he released her.

No one in the class noticed what went on between the two. Julietta knew now that he had overheard the conversation between her and Dumbledore. She had never worked so fast in posions before. She was like a whirlwind and she had finished a posion that would normally take 50 minutes in 23 minutes. Slughorn had never seen someone work so quickly and efficiently. Tom was impressed like everyone else. She wanted to have this conversation over and done with as soon as possible. She was chopping and stirring with magic, and soon enough she was done long before anyone else. Tom was finished soon enough and they were on their way to the chamber. 

They made their way to the chamber with Tom walking slightly ahead of her. Normally he would walk by her side and often with a hand on her back, leading her when no eyes were on them. He would often try to touch her by standing close or walking by her so their hands would brush. Now he was avoiding her touch completely like the mere thought of her skin revolted him. The second they arrived in the chamber Tom shouted "Dumbledore, really Julietta. Why are you betraying me, Julietta?  I would happily slit his throat for this. He can't try to turn you against me. Why would you have to escape? You are the last person in the world I would ever hurt. I would never be cruel to you and yet that bastard thinks he can warn you about me." 

Julietta walked over to where he stood and wrapped her arms around him. He flinched at the contact but she just pulled him closer. He started to relax into the hug and eventually he wrapped his arms around her. "It's going to be just fine Thomas I promise. You aren't going to kill Dumbledore. I am not betraying you, Thomas. I promise Thomas. I promise. You just need to calm down. I am not going to leave." The hug lasted a while longer before Tom broke away and lead them to a couch Tom made appear.

"What is this island?" Tom asked and Julietta replied "When my parents died me and my siblings knew we needed protection. Grindelwald was after us so we each developed some plans. First, we have multiple safe houses with protective spells that would take days to break. If those fail we have an underground cave system untouched by anyone other than me and my siblings. It is at an unknown location that legally doesn't exist allowing us complete protection. If that doesn't work there are around seven more backups before my last resort, the island. It is a reasonably sized island in the middle of the ocean. Placed on it are spells freezing it in time. It took a while to make the spells but it worked. When on the island time moves outside of it but nothing changes on the inside. The sun rises and it sets but while on the island no one and nothing ages."

She shocked herself that she was telling him this. Her siblings knew less about the island than he did. He was amazed at how prepared she was. He doubted that they needed this many plans but he had to acknowledge how well they planned, even after their parents had recently passed. The siblings knew that Grindlewald was after them. Their parent had nearly defeated him so who knows what their children could do. What they did do. Amon had taken down hundreds of his men and yet he had never barley gotten a scratch. The safe houses had to be used multiple times when they had gone after the siblings. Soon enough the two had left the chamber. Julietta had gone off to play exploding snap with her friends. Tom had a meeting with his followers so the two parted ways.