Inside My Mind (A Harry Potter Fanfiction)

Chapter XXVIII

Hogwarts, Unplottable Location, Scotland, Great Britain

Tuesday the 22nd of February 1994

7:00 PM

"It was nice of Professor Riddle to let us eat in his classroom" Helen said, directing her comment to said man who had Bella sitting on the desk. Said man was reading while she leaned against his side, shuddering every few moments.

"It was nice of me, wasn't it?" Tom asked. Helen blushed and glanced at Penelope who giggled. Maya rolled her eyes. She couldn't believe they hadn't seen past his face. He was an arrogant jerk.

"Shut up, Tom. Luna, when will it stop?" demanded Bella. Luna looked at her and new she was talking about the static running across her skin.

"When it has run its course Hermione still feels like she's burning, Blaise still feels something on his skin, Draco still feels biting cold. Draco will be back soon. He's feeding" Luna said, casually. Helen looked up.

"Why doesn't he just eat with us?" asked Penelope. Bella shuddered again and Blaise downed the rest of his potion, gritting his teeth over the taste.

"It's not a pleasant sight. I'm sure you saw the dementors. He eats the souls from their bodies. They take in souls as food and he takes it from them. How he does it is…not good to describe while eating" Blaise said, vaguely. Helen and Penelope grimaced.

"Bella, why don't you come over here?" Sirius asked, uncomfortable with the idea of Bella depending only on Tom. She nodded and made to move when she shuddered uncontrollably and leaned into Tom's side even more. He didn't seem to mind.

"I can't. It hurts. My magic needs his magic. My wand needs his wand. I can't move. It hurts too much" Bella muttered. Helen and Penelope glanced at her.

"I noticed that you seem to have three last names. Why?" Helen asked. Bella looked at them and gave a slight smile.

"Slytherin is the name of one of the Founders of this school. Tom is my magical guardian—" Bella started. She was cut off.

"Not really."

Everyone looked at Luna like she was insane and she smiled.

"Wrackspurts are coming out of everyone's ears…you might want to get rid of those."

"What did you mean by that?" Bella asked. She felt Tom stiffen underneath her but didn't say anything. She'd ask him later. Luna smiled.

"Not really, is what I mean. He's something…it's very hard to explain. You have his last name. That's all you really need to know right now. You have bothof his last names, actually" Luna said before beginning to hum and going back to eating her food. Bella frowned.

"I'm a Riddle?"

"She's a Riddle? And I was so happy about keeping one thing to myself" Tom sighed. Bella glared at him. Sirius frowned. This seemed familiar, what Luna was describing. But he couldn't remember…

"She isn't necessarily. It all depends really. She could have it. But she doesn't. Not now" Luna said, curiously. Sirius' eyes widened in comical horror.