'Get up you filthy little squib! Get up and clean this mess!' shouted Marvolo Gaunt Riddle.

A young lady was sprawled on a very filthy floor, beside a broken pot. Merope Gaunt never really knew a life other than the one she had. Her mother had mysteriously disappeared when she was five and her father never mentioned her. Her brother Morfin was always favored by her sexist father, and was the ideal child to have and Merope was a useless burden, something she was constantly reminded of.

Merope hastily got up and started cleaning, while her father went back to drinking. Merope was glad her father was too drunk to see she wasn't using her wand. It wasn't like Merope didn't know magic. She just couldn't get it right in front of anyone. It worked fine when she did it alone. Morfin was nowhere to be seen so Merope concluded he was outside torturing animals or little kids.

Merope started preparing dinner. She wasn't much of a cook but if she didn't do it, she doubted any other member of her family would. She set the filthy table and put the last dish on the table with some extra force. Immediately she looked over to her father to see if she was too loud. Oh no, today she did it, she was a bit too loud. Now she would be the victim of Morfin's dangerous magic which her father thought was the perfect punishment for her. Marvolo searched for the voice that had disturbed him, saw that his daughter was beside the table where a dirty pot stood, and them grunted his approval. Merope thanked god she wasn't too loud and got out of there as soon as possible. She was not allowed to eat with her brother and her father and she liked it that way, all their glares and rude comments were very hurtful, but then again Merope was used to it.

After a while, Merope could not hear the clicking of spoons anymore and thought it was safe to go back in. Entering the dinning room she saw that Morfin had come back, his clothes dirty and very hungry. Merope took the pot and plates back to the kitchen. She quickly took off the lid praying there was some food left there. Nothing. She sighed, another night she went to bed with an empty stomach.

I know its not much but I really like Merope/Tom fics and I couldnt find many fics on the website so I decided to write one myself. Please review~