"I wouldn't date a Gryffindor in a million years"
"I wouldn't be so sure about that, Riddle"
In which the Heir of Slytherin ends up falling for the Gryffindor golden boy.
[james potter x oc]
[marauders era]
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Veronica Riddle looked at the mansion in front of her, as tetric, dark and enormous as she remembered.
"Wait, before you go inside" Nathaniel Riddle stopped his sister before she stepped into the manor "You have to wear it" he showed her Marvolo Gaunt's ring
"What? No way in hell I'm wearing that again" Veronica exclaimed scared of wearing it again
"I know but they'll notice it's gone and we both know why they decided to give it to you" Nate tried to calm down his sister
They both knew William and Tom Riddle gave Veronica that ring so she could be easily manipulated, become the girl they wanted her to be, the perfect Heir to the Dark Lord.
"I'll be by your side all the time and we'll go out of the house as much as we can so you can take it off. Actually, why don't you spend some time at some friends house?" The blonde boy asked his sister wanting her to bw with the ring as little time as possible
"I was planning to" She admitted
"That's great, who's house?" Her older brother asked curiously
"Uh...Potter's" Veronica replied shyly
"Even better!" Nate suddenly exclaimed making Veronica really surprised
"I thought you were going to be angry at me" Veronica frowned
"Angry, why? The total opposite" he replied
"They are Gryffindors" Veronica stated as if it was obvious
"Exactly, they'll keep you away from any sort of Dark Magic" Nathaniel explained carefully but his sister was confused. He was raised in the same pureblood and Slytherin supremacy beliefs, but he had changed. She knew he had something going on, but he hadn't told her what yet.
Veronica then took the ring from her brother's hand and carefully placed it in her finger.
"How do you feel?" Nathaniel asked preoccupied
"So far so good" Veronica nodded at him before opening the front door of Riddle Manor
• • •
"Veronica" Camille Riddle called out for her daughter once she was in the living room
"Hello mother" Veronica greeted her politely
"Stand straight, that posture is not correct" Camille said and both Veronica and Nate stood up straighter "Also, what hideous colour is that lipstick?" The older woman asked
"Uh...black" Veronica replied
"It makes you look pale, you must use wine red instead" she said and Veronica immediately nod "and you go shave, who do you think you are? We have class in this family" Camille said now analysing her son
"Yes, mother" he replied
"Now stay here, your father wants to see you" the woman said and left to room
Veronica and Nate looked at each other. Camille was not a woman with motherly instincts, she just wanted perfection in her children and she was just frustrated Nate looked exactly like her when she was still a Diggory and Veronica how she had wanted to look like her whole life.
"Ah! Finally you are here!" Veronica turned around only to face her father who showed her quite a fake smile that didn't reach his eyes
"Hello father" she greeted him
"You look beautiful, Veronica. I see you are still wearing the ring, perfect" William Riddle smiled and didn't see the look his children shared
"Of course" she replied
"Nathaniel, Veronica, you may now leave to your rooms. Your uncle is not home but he will return shortly" William announced and then the two youngest Riddles left to their rooms
Veronica spent the evening unpacking and changing the lipstick from black to wine red, she didn't want to get into her mother's bad side.
While she was unpacking she noticed again a piece of red fabric in between her black and dark green clothes, smiling to herself she took it out of her suitcase.
The only thing that made her something close to happy right then was knowing that in only a few weeks she was going to see James Potter again. Shortly after, she was called for dinner and joined her family in the enormous dining room.
Tom Riddle greeted his niece and smirked when he saw that his horcrux was still safely placed on her finger.
"I suppose you're still friends with your fellow Slytherins" Tom Riddle said
"Of course uncle, Narcissa Black is still my best friend as well as Sophia Greengrass, Lucius Malfoy and Theodore Nott" she named the people she knew would please her uncle the most
"Very good" the man replied "Did you sense anything the time I called my Death Eaters?" He asked once again
"Yes, we all did, Lucius explained what was happening" Veronica replied taking a sip of water
"That's really good. Once you graduate Hogwarts you'll join my ranks officially, Veronica. The army will someday be yours" Voldemort spoke making Veronica shiver
She nodded her head even if she knew that was a future she didn't want but deep down in her mind there was something that told her she wanted it, that power, but it was probably the effects of the horcrux.
Veronica excused herself from dinner as soon as she could, wanting to be by herself in her room and not with her pure excuse of a family.
As soon as she got into her room she threw more comfortable clothes on and took al her makeup on. She was in the middle of reading a book when a white owl handed her a letter.
She opened the envelope slowly knowing already who the letter was from.
I miss you - J. F. P
"Why so smiley, sister?" Nate asked when he suddenly got into her sisters room
"Uh...nothing" she said hiding the letter behind her
"No way! Let me see that" Nate ran towards his sister taking the letter from her hands
He looked at the writing and hasped dramatically.
"Oh my! The boy's whipped!" He exclaimed
"Shut up Nate" she snatched the letter from him "he's just like that" Veronica replied. Potter knew his way with the ladies.
What no one in that house knew is that as soon as Nate left his sister's room she wrote James back.
