Solving Riddles

The Dangers

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HP IN ANY WAY, EVERYTHING BELONGS TO JK.

Abraxas was mad, no scratch that, Abraxas was pissed. Tom was with the mudblood, the mudblood of all people! Such filth and he could actually bear to talk to her, to touch her. He couldn't wrap his head around it, Tom had to have a plan for her, he just had to, there was no point in being with her unless he wanted something from her or he wanted to kill her. Abraxas suspected the latter but he couldn't be sure. He walked into the Slytherin common room and sat down in an armchair, he put his head in his hands and sighed, maybe he was hallucinating, maybe it wasn't them he'd seen outside, Merlin he hoped it wasn't. Just remembering them made his skin crawl, her hand on his arm and her head on his shoulder and he was laughing, Tom bloody Riddle was laughing. Abraxas shook his head, I've got to calm down, he got up from the chair and walked to the boy's dormitories he needed sleep, maybe that would help him.

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Tom knew that Abraxas had seen them, he smirked wondering what could be going through his mind at this point, it was a funny situation but he needed to fix it quick, because if Abraxas thought that he was associating himself with a mudblood he'd think that he was becoming weak and if he thought that he could lose his status pretty quick because in this world a half-blood was still a half-blood and people's fear was what got you respect and without it, you were nothing.

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Hex after hex, curse after curse, spell after spell; things flew and things broke, a havoc was what it was. Hermione flew at Tom with such speed that he barely had time to move out of the way when she threw her next curse, she laughed with a crazed look in her eyes and when he dived out of the way and he scowled at her. He lifted both his hands and started muttering under his breath Hermione stood on the other side of the room staring at him with her wand raised anticipating his next move, suddenly a fireball came flying at her, she dodged and it hit the wall behind her leaving a giant hole in it. She quickly wiped the shocked expression from her face and smirked at him, wandless huh, let's go then. She slipped her wand back into its holster in her robe and stood still, she closed her eyes and lifted both her hands slowly from her side, umbra ignis, her eyes opened suddenly and she thrust her hands out in front of her, heat and darkness began to engulf the room. "Balla soilleir!" Tom shouted and a large beam of light appeared threatening to take over the darkness, Hermione fought against him but in the end, she lost. Tom blasted her across the room and she hit the wall, she rolled onto the cushions on the floor with a loud groan and Tom laughed, he took a dramatic bow and clapped slowly for himself. Hermione sat up and glared at him playfully while clutching her side, she took a pillow from the floor and threw it at him, he caught it in his hands and smirked. Tom walked over to her and crouched down in front of her, "I. Win." he said and flicked her lightly on the forehead. Hermione laughed a fake laugh and then shoved him away, he laughed and dusted himself off, "I have to say though, you did surprise me with that spell, dark magic didn't think you were the type."

"There's a lot you don't know about me." she said with a smile.

"But I'll figure you out eventually."

Hermione laughed, "Yeah, right."

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Tom glared at the death eaters that stood before him. He was angry, beyond angry, fucking furious. He began pacing back and forth sternly. Eventually, he stopped and stared at every one of them in their eyes. "We're here today because one of you fools messed up." he spat the words with venom in his voice. There was an eerie redness in his eyes. He lifted his wand and pointed it at Abraxas, "Malfoy. What exactly did you do after I told you to take care of that Dorthien girl?"

"I passed the order onto Avery and Sivian, my Lord."

Tom turned around swiftly to face Avery and Sivian, the seemed to cower under his gaze. He smirked and walked over to them. "Now you, why don't you entertain us with the idiotic plan that you came up with."

"My Lord-"

"Kneel." Avery dropped to one knee.

"My Lord we decided to lure the girl into the forest to obliviate her."

"But that didn't happen now, did it, Avery?"

"No, my Lord."

"You ended up killing her, didn't you Avery?"

Aver said nothing, Tom kicked him hard in the chest and placed his foot on his chest, "I said, didn't you Avery?"

"Yes my Lord but-" he was cut off by his own scream, Tom had cast the cruciatus on him. Tom watched Avery squirm and scream on the floor and glared in disgust. Tom lifted the curse and turned away from Avery who lay gasping on the floor. He walked over to Sivian and stopped when he was in front of him, "Now Sivian, why don't you tell us what happened in the forest."

Sivian knelt before he spoke, "My Lord, the girl panicked and she lost it we-"

"A fifteen-year-old mudblood girl panicked and lost it? My, my how terrifying. What did you do Sivian?"

"She, I-I killed her."

"What was that Sivian, you did what?"

"I killed her."

"Thought so. Crucio." Sivian tried to hold back his screams by digging his nails into his skin and biting his bottom lip but in the end he failed and let out a long harsh scream, the sound was deafening.

After having enough of staring at Sivian twitching and screaming on the floor he lifted the curse and sneered at him. He turned his head to look at Abraxas, "As for you, Malfoy. The next time you pass down an order that I gave specifically to you, the words coming out of my mouth will be more than just crucio. Am I clear?"

"Yes my Lord."

"Good." Tom turned to face them all, "Let this be a lesson to all of you, if you ever disobey my orders or mess anything up in the slightest, your punishment shall be severe. You're all dismissed."

Everyone turned to leave. "Except for you Malfoy, you stay behind."