Adronitis {t.r.}

Chapter 6

Tom walked down the aisle of the train, entering an empty compartment. He watched the other students pass by to their own compartments with their friends.

School was to be starting the following day and he had mentally prepared himself all summer.

The pang of energy shot through him again. Oh god, Tom thought. Why did this keep happening?

A girl with black hair passed by Tom's compartment, the energy only getting stronger. He then noticed something. The familiar red glint.

"Hello Riddle", a voice greeted him as the door to
his compartment slid open. Tom looked up to see Emanuel Lestrange. One of his loyal followers.

"Hello there Lestrange", replied Tom, his voice dry of emotion.

"Have you heard about the new girl from Beauxbatons?" questioned Emanuel.

New girl, huh? thought Tom.

"No I haven't", answered Tom, diverting his attention to the book in his lap.

"I heard she's absolutely lovely and rich", said Fabian Rosier, who had entered the compartment right when Emanuel asked his question.

"Do you think Headmaster Dippet will introduce her to us like the first years?" asked Fabian as he settled down next to Tom.

"Perhaps", replied Emanuel.
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Eve entered a compartment and sat down. It was empty, just like how she liked it. A girl with shoulder length, dark brown hair and huge hazel eyes peeked in.

"Is there anyone else in here?" the girl asked.

Eve shook her head.

The girl entered and sat across from Eve. She was extremely petite and she wore a ton of black. She had a slightly gothic appearance to her and this intrigued Eve, which was rare.

"I'm Rhea Sloane", introduced the girl. Her voice was a bit high, but not squeaky.

"Evangeline Noir", replied Eve, looking at the scenery outside.

"You must be new, huh?" Rhea asked, her attention captured by the artwork she was drawing.

"I'm from Beauxbatons", Eve said. She stared out the window, watching the scenery fly by.

"How come you can speak English then?" interrogated Rhea as she continued to draw.

"I was born in England but I moved to France when I was six", Eve replied. She felt Jinx move around as he peaked his head to stare at Rhea. A grey tabby kitten crawled out of Rhea's bag, holding Eve by surprise.

"What's your cat's name?" questioned Eve as she watched the grey tabby slowly approach Jinx.

"It's Mika", Rhea smiled. "What's his name?"

"Jinx", Eve said. She reached out her hand to pet Mika, who rubbed her head on Eve's hand. Eve let out a small chuckle.

"You're quite popular on this train now since you're the new girl", Rhea explained.

"I am?" Eve asked, raising her left eyebrow. She wanted to go unnoticed but that was soon to be learned that it wouldn't happen.

"Yeah, the whole train is talking about the pretty girl from Beauxbatons and her mystery black cat", Rhea said. Eve laughed. How can they be obsessed with me when they barely know me, Eve thought.

Rhea continued to draw in her sketchbook. Eve was currently absorbed into a book until her eyes moved to a pale figure at the door.

He had silver-blond hair and pale skin. He held his jacket over his shoulder, his pale blue eyes staring at her. She stared back at him.

"You must be the new girl", he said. "I'm Malfoy. Abraxas Malfoy".

Eve gave him a fake smile. What the fuck, she thought.

That's when the energy she felt became even stronger as a tall boy with dark brown curly hair walked by, stopping in front of Abraxas.

"Malfoy, what are you doing", the boy asked. He turned to stare at Eve, his dark brown eyes scanning her before stopping at her necklace. Eve took note of how his eyes slightly widened when he saw her necklace. But before she could say anything, the dark haired boy pushed Abraxas further away from Eve's compartment. What a strange feeling, she thought.

"Rhea who was that boy?" questioned Eve. Rhea looked up from her drawing.

"That boy is Tom Riddle. He's polite but kind of strange. Every girl swoons over him but he just seems so boring", Rhea explained. Eve nodded.
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Tom returned to his compartment, with Abraxas following.

"Did you get her name?" asked Jude Avery, who looked at Abraxas.

"No because Mr. Hurry Up wouldn't give me extra time", scoffed Abraxas. Tom rolled his eyes. What an ass, he thought.

"Well I hope she gets sorted into Slytherin, perhaps I will get to have a chance with her", Fabian enunciated proudly. Abraxas turned to look at him.

"Maybe she will find me attractive", boasted Abraxas.

Tom had never wanted to kill someone so bad in his life.

"For a lovely face like her's, she must have lovely breasts", Emanuel added. "And a lovely bottom".

Tom looked over at Emanuel with disgust. He always knew that Emanuel found every single girl attractive, but he barely even knew this girl. Tom rubbed his temples as he realized that there was at least three more hours before they arrived to Hogwarts.

"I dare you to to sleep with the new girl first!" teased Jude as he stared at Abraxas, waiting for his answer.

"Dare accepted", Abraxas sneered.
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Eve felt the train continue to move as Rhea spoke. Both girls had talked about their lives and what their interests were and boring things.

"What house are you sorted in?" Eve inquired.

"Slytherin", answered Rhea as she stood up to stretch.

"What house do you think I'll be in based off the knowledge you have on me?" Eve asked, eyeing Rhea.

"Genuinely I'm not sure. You have a lot of Slytherin traits in you but you could be in Ravenclaw. Maybe my intuition is fucked", replied Rhea. Eve nodded.

Her eyes watched Jinx and Mika, who were comfortably laying on each other. She sighed as she watched the scenery outside, a castle slowly approaching beyond the trees. Wow, she thought. The castle looked lovely.

Eve inhaled, closing her eyes. This year feels as though something huge is going happen, she thought. She could hear Rhea turning pages in her sketchbook. Rhea had shown Eve many of her drawings and to be honest, they were absolutely beautiful. It was as though Rhea learned from a professional but Eve was surprised when Rhea said she was self-taught.

Eve opened her eyes as the train stopped. Evangeline Noir has arrived at Hogwarts.