He was a handsome boy. Hazel brown hair, high cheekbones and a face relaxed in what one could only describe as a peaceful manner. Yes, I was staring, but how could I not? With a face like that I was surprised other girls weren't flocking around him, vying for his attention.

He stood with eyes closed, leaning against the wall adjacent to the door way which led to Knockturn Alley. Normally this would send warning signals through my mind but today it only served to intrigue me. His beauty was captivating, almost entrancing and his aura was another story all together.

His surface appeared light and beautiful but hidden beneath the exterior lay a certain darkness, almost seductive in the way that it would rush towards you only to retreat before you could truly feel the power. One tendril got particularly close to me and I took an involuntary step forward in my desire to feel it but it swerved away from me like an opposing magnet. I looked up at his face again to see a smirk playing across his lips. His eyes opened and I was met with red. The ground gained towards the boy was lost as I backed away.

Why do you fear me…

His voice in my mind, I knew it was his. Though I had never heard it before it seemed to fit him, innocent and warm. The steps I took towards him seemed to last an eternity before I was standing before him, hand outstretched.

"Elissa Rose Reflexionem, pleased to make your acquaintance Mr…"

"Riddle. Tom Marvolo Riddle."

His hand reached out to take mine but I felt an invisible pressure before he could. A smile lighted his face and he brought his other hand to mine, unable to touch me.

"What…"

"Never before have I seen such a thing. Why do you think our hands, our bodies, even our auras are repelling each other? Or maybe the auras are repelling us to protect us from each other. Maybe I'm dangerous."

"Or maybe I am. Who knows, I could be hiding poison in these perfectly manicured nails of mine."

"That you could, but you aren't."

"And how would you know such a thing?"

Because I can read you like parchment in a book.

"Why are you doing that and how?"

"Whatever this… barrier… is can keep us apart physically but our minds can't be kept apart. Dear Elissa Rose, does this not fascinate you?"

"Of course it does, but that isn't to say that there isn't a perfectly rational explanation for this. Besides I don't even know you."

"Rationality is over-rated! And who needs to know each other to find out what is happening? Come with me to my home and help me figure this out!"

"There is no way I am going to the home of a perfectly strange boy I found loitering outside Knockturn Alley! Honestly."

And there it was again, the handsome boy with the red eyes. And the aura, lashing out at me, drawing me in. A calmness invaded my mind and I leaned towards it as it spread throughout my body.

"Elissa, come and assist me."

"Of course."