Voldemort's Return: Bargain For Friends

Chapter 20

Amy didn't sleep well the following nights. She tossed and turned in her sleep. As she finally was able to drift into sleep, Amy saw, in her dream, a small house in the clearing where she lived long ago. Only it wasn't the same as she remembered. Slowly she walked up to the house. Peeking through the front window she saw Voldemort.

Knowing that Voldemort could read her thoughts she stormed inside wand drawn.

"Expelliarmus!" Amy shouted.

Voldemort's wand flew out of his hand as he turned around to reveal Timothy's face instead of Voldemort's.

Amy woke up immediately and shot straight up in her bed, breathing heavily. She looked around to see daylight coming in and the rest of the students, including Aria, deserted. Frightened she slipped on a pair of slippers and went down to the common room. As Amy came down, she saw Aaron and Aria chatting on the sofa.

"You need to talk to her! She needs to talk to you about this!" Aria shouted in a whisper.

"Talk to me about what?" Amy asked.

Aaron and Aria turned to face Amy with surprise.

"You're awake! Good, now Aaron talk to her!" Aria greeted.

Aaron looked down and gave a heavy sigh.

"Fine! But, you know I'm not good at talking about this sort of stuff." Aaron replied.

Amy watched as Aaron stood up and walked over to Amy.

"Aaron, what's this all about?" Amy asked.

Amy's voice shook as she spoke. She was still frightened from her dream.

"Amy, a lot has been happening. I understand that but, I feel like we haven't really gotten to know each other that well on a personal level. So, I was wondering if maybe we could go down to The Three Broomsticks sometime and talk?" Aaron explained.

"I would love to Aaron." Amy replied in the same voice.

Amy saw that Aaron was beginning to notice her voice.

"Amy are you alright? You seem a bit shaken up." Aaron asked.

"Bad dream, this ones the worst." Amy explained.

Aaron led Amy over to a seat and sat her down. Amy watched as he moved the other chair beside her.

"What happened?" Aaron asked.

"All I want to say is that it was about Tim being Voldemort's son, my uncle. It was the same dream as the last ones." Amy replied.

Amy felt tears streaming down her face. Aaron embraced her as she hid her face behind his. AS Am started to stop she heard the door creak open and footsteps coming in . She looked up to see Lilian followed by Professor McGonnagall and Tim.

"What are you doing here?" Aaron asked as if he knew Tim was behind them.

"I'm just checking in on my favorite niece. Is that so wrong?" Tim replied.

Amy felt Aaron start to get up but, she pilled him back down.

"No, don't. You'll only make it worse." Amy whispered.

"Amy you don't understand, I saw him a lot when I was held captive." Aaron replied whispering loudly.

Amy's eyes widened with shock. She then stood up to face Tim.

"That answers one of my questions." Amy commented aloud.

"What question may I ask?" Tim asked.

"You agree with what he has done. Don't you dare deny it! As of now, I do not ever, ever want to see you ever again!" Amy shouted nearly screaming.

Amy ran upstairs to the Dormitory and fell onto her bed face down onto her pillow, crying. Back down in the common room, the rest of the group stood there stunned. Tim had a worried expression on his face.

"That certainly went well to plan." Lilian commented sarcastically.

"Lily this isn't the time for making jokes." Tim replied.

"Well, maybe if you hadn't told her so soon we wouldn't be in this mess!" Lilian shouted.

"Look, I didn't have to come here okay! My mother, your grandmother, didn't want me to come! I didn't know she or I for that matter had a sister." Tim replied shouting.

The group was silent. Aria stared at Tim puzzled.

"What do you mean she didn't want you to come?" Aria asked.

"For two reasons, one she didn't want my secret getting out and two, my father could possibly use me to get to her." Tim replied.

Aaron got up and got a few other chairs and put them in a semi-circle around the fireplace.

"We need to discuss how you for one found out about her, now." Aaron demanded.

"That sounds like an excellent idea. Mister Riddle and Miss Crosswood sit down. We shall discuss this matter immediately." Professor McGonnagall replied.