Everything Happens at Night

As you can probably guess, this is an AU story.

OC/Tom

Ellie was only 9 when both of her parents were murdered in front of her. When none of her relatives wanted to take her in, she had to stay at a muggle orphanage. And that was where she met Tom Riddle. Love/Hate relationships. Read and Review! Thanks guys!

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It was almost 11pm when two figures silently apparated onto the sidewalk in front of an old orphanage in Britain. There was a young girl clutching onto the arm of an older woman, dressed in a black coat holding onto a brown, banged-up suitcase with her free hand.

Ellie took a deep breath and opened her eyes after apparating from her destroyed house. The auror who was holding her hand slowly let go and said with a reassuring smile, "Stay behind me Elleanor, we're going to talk to the lady who will be taking care of you while we find your relatives."

Ellie looked at the sign in front of the building, Wool's Orphanage, and nodded warily.

The auror knocked on the door twice and a few seconds later, an elderly woman opened the door inviting the guests inside. The auror exchanged a few quick words with the woman and turned around to gesture for Ellie to follow her inside. They quietly followed the elderly woman to her office, not wanting to wake any of the other children.

As the elderly woman sat in her chair, she looks across the table and smiled at Ellie.

"Hello Eleanor, I'm Mrs. Cole… Ms. Langston over there tells me that you will be staying with us for a while. Do you want to tell me how old you are?"

"I'm 8..." Ellie said in a whisper.

Mrs. Cole smiled again. "Well then, say goodbye to Ms. Langston and let's get you settled into a room tonight so you can meet all the other children tomorrow morning."

With one last glance at the auror Ellie followed Mrs. Cole up the stairs. After passing by 6 doors, they finally stopped in front the 7th and last door on the third floor.

"Well this is only temporary, but the only bed available right now is with Tom, he is 10. Tomorrow we will make arrangements and have you move in with two girls." Mrs. Cole frowned, but knocked on the door. A young boy with a calm, handsome face opened the door.

"Mrs. Cole, I can't say I was expecting you at this hour."

"A misfortunate accident has happened and Eleanor is going to be staying with us. But since we are all out of beds in the other rooms, she will be sleeping here tonight, so look after her." Mrs. Cole said sternly not wanting to deal with Tom's usual antics.

Tom looked behind Mrs. Cole and saw a brown-haired girl with her head down trying to contain her tears. He inwardly sneered, "Another crybaby…" Without another word, Tom heads back into bed, turns towards the wall, and pulls his covers over his body.

Ellie walked slowly to the empty bed on the left side, careful not to disturb the curt boy on her right. She turned around and stared at the closing door, softly crying as she laid down on the bed.

June 29

9:00pm

A small girl with brown hair and sparkling grey-blue eyes bounced into the living room.

"Mommy! Mommy! What are we doing tomorrow? You do know what day tomorrow is riiiight?" Ellie smiled sweetly.

Andrea looked up from her Witches' Weekly and smiled at her only daughter. "Yes Ellie... we all know what day tomorrow is. But me and your dad aren't going to tell you your surprise until you wake up tomorrow. So hurry off to bed before daddy sees you up."

Ellie huffs and heads to her bedroom upstairs.

Suddenly, there was a bang, a woman screams, and Ellie freezes.

"You can't take her, she's only 9! She doesn't even know who you are…"

"She's 10 and after I'm done here, I'll be the only family she knows Andrea," says an unfamiliar deep voice.

Ellie slowly walks back down the stairs and makes her way to living room and looks through the crack. Her mother was on her knees begging in front of a man cloaked in black.

The fireplace flares up and a man walks through. Immediately with a swish of a wand, the cloaked man gags and binds him up next to Andrea. Ellie gasps silently, "Daddy…"

"So Andrea this is who you decided to leave me for… AND you know what the worst part of this farce is? You take my daughter with you… and tell her that this half-blood is her father, Garrett Reynolds... 8 whole years… that's how long you've managed to escape me. Now I'm taking Eleanor back."

A flash of red light and Garrett thumps onto the ground bleeding through his wide open eyes and mouth.

"YOU CAN'T, Eleanor needs me, she needs her mother! Don't do this, please don't… at least let me say goodbye to her… She needs to know that I love her" Andrea cries.

"I suppose I can spare you the pain since you did manage to bear me an heir… Avada Kedavra"

Ellie saw a flash of green light and watched as her mother fell lifelessly onto the floor. Next thing she knew, her legs were taking her back into her room and she crouched onto the floor of her closet.

Ellie clutched her head and it seemed like forever before her closet door opened. When it did, all she saw was a glaring bright light

"You're safe now Eleanor… I'm going to take you somewhere safe. Everything is going to be fine."

"Everything has to be a dream…" Ellie shot up from her pillow wiping tears from her eyes.

"Lunch is ready Eleanor. Mrs. Cole thought I should show you around. I'm Lena." Ellie jumped and tried to focus her eyes at Lena standing in the doorway. Lena looked like a doll with her straight auburn hair, green eyes, and a slightly tanned face. Ellie looked around the empty room, nodded and followed Lena down the stairs to the dining area. Lena marched over to the front of the lunch line and grabbed a tray of food leaving Ellie at the back of the line.

"I heard Mrs. Cole say that none of her relatives wanted her because she's cursed. It's all her fault that her parents are dead. Trust me, I heard Mrs. Cole talking to someone on the phone. I don't even think she knows yet, but I wouldn't want to be her friend. What if she gets me killed next. Or maybe she's crazy and SHE killed her parents… I can't believe I have to show her around… Did I even tell you what happened when I went to get her?" Lena tells her group of friends at the dining area.

The 4 other girls sitting at the round lunch table gasped and shook their heads waiting for Lena to continue with her story like it was the biggest gossip story of the century.

"Well I went to get her like Mrs. Cole told me to and she just stared at me with her eyes. They were so scary… like I was looking at the devil! I thought she was going to hurt me. I mean, nothing that ugly can be an angel right Hannah?" Lena snickered.

The girl to the left of Lena nodded in agreement. Hannah then looked up and saw Ellie standing just a few feet from their table with her lunch tray in hand. It was obvious she had heard everything.

"The freak is staring at us Lena, what should we do?" Hannah whispers to the group.

Before Lena could tell Ellie that there wasn't room at their table, Ellie dropped her food tray and ran out of the dining area crying.

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