THE DEVIL'S ANGEL
Competition. Achievement. Abuse. Hatred. Love. Riddle Era.
Romance/Drama
Chapter One- Nothing Unusual
Chapter Dedication- Sam/Susan/Fuddles. Because she knows Tom Riddle is a beautiful person.
A small group of Slytherin boys gathered around a single girl near the fire. Angel Miller. She had strawberry blonde hair that fell in loose curls to her waist and shining green eyes that changed colour in certain lights. In indirect sunlight, they were a hazel colour her friend, Lexi, called blonde. When it snowed or when she was looking at someone she didn't like very evilly, they were minty green. Most of the time, like at this moment, they were emerald-coloured and warm. She laughed at a joke told by one of the boys -that she didn't even understand in the first place- and leaned backwards over the couch she was standing behind, using her hands to hold her up and looking around to the other side of the common room.
A large, co-ed group (but considerably more girls) was clustered around a single boy, who was leaning casually against the cold stone wall between the two dormitories. Tom Riddle. The first person you see when you look at a group like that is Tawny. She's sulking around the back, very much a part and listening in, but not one of Tom's favourites. She had light brown hair and hazel eyes that gave away her every emotion.
Then there was a cluster of brown, black, red, and blonde hair that waved and shivered and stood so stiff they vibrated. Once in a while, they'll part; Tom tells them he wants a look at the rest of the Common Room. He did that now, and Angel's eyes met Sage. Sage had thick, straight, shiny black hair and blue eyes. She was Tom's passenger seat- always right next to him. First years think they're dating, but Sage wouldn't consider it. She once hexed Tom for thinking about it. She ended up in the hospital wing, but Tom just had a weird soft spot for her and let her right back in.
Then her warm, emerald eyes turned to grey-ish green and met Tom's cold, hard, dark ones. Angel's arms gave way and she flipped backward over the dark silver couch. Tom laughed. Sage was hysterical. Tawny giggled. Angel scowled, and gave him her 'death glare' which actually has nothing to do with death unless you're a nervous first year Hufflepuff or Gryffindor… um, sarcasm there. Most people just cringed in fright, but Tom -who had an equally, if not more threatening glare- just stared coldly back at her. A chill ran up her spine. Someone helped her up. She never even turned to see who it was until a hand slapped her playfully across the cheek.
"Wha- LEXI!" she said, startled. She wheeled around to stare into the yellowish-blue eyes of her friend, Lexi Parker.
"You were goggling over Tom again. Snap out of it." her friend joked. Alexandra Wright-Parker had hair that was a kind of dirty blonde, more on the blonde side. And her eyes were a turquoise kind of colour, with blue but yellow speckles. She had a more muscular structure than Angel, and was certainly a lot tougher.
"I do not and have not EVER goggled over anybody's Tom. Marvolo. Riddle." Angel declared stubbornly. There was no end to the number of times Lexi had mentioned that. She was facing away from Tom and his group of people, but she knew he'd heard her. She also knew he despised his name and if anyone was going to call him they could say 'Tom' or 'You-Know-Who' or 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named' or whatever other thing he made up that week…
"Sure you haven't." Lexi answered with the largest amount of sarcasm in the first word. Angel wasn't going to argue. It would take too long. She mumbled a 'See you' to Lexi before heading off to her dormitory for some rest, tripping on the bottom step with a last glance down at the group of people assembled nearby. Sage was laughing maniacally again, with Tom finding it very amusing but not enough to stop the conversation over.
"Pull yourself together, Ange." Angel mumbled to herself aloud. She walked up the stairs and turned by habit into her dormitory and collapsing on her window-side bed. While unchanging, there wasn't much to thought except the words to a song stuck in her head playing over terribly out of tune. It wasn't unusual that she tripped around Tom. It wasn't unusual that she could feel him looking at her. It wasn't unusual that Lexi suggested she liked him. It wasn't unusual that Tom was her enemy. It wasn't unusual that Sage showed pure hatred toward her.
After being in Hogwarts six years with Tom Riddle, not much was unusual.
A/N: I redid this chapter about three times before I was happy with the way I portrayed them. It was really bad. First Angel was Tom's pet, then she was friendless, and that really wasn't how I wanted her (even if friendless people can be fun to write sometimes). I think I got the Sage/Tom/Angel hatred thing going on. Also, listen to 'Angel To You' by the Click Five- it's just a good song. They're a good band. I'm a fan girl. Um… still trying more genres here. Romance. So did I succeed? Did it totally suck? I'm WRITING IT ANYWAY! Muahahaha. It might actually be long… and I just had to erase half the author note 'cause I gave too much away. This is long enough for now, you don't want to hear me rant. Cheerio.