Emmeline was a Slytherin, and friends with the one and only Tom RIddle. She was his only real friend, actually. They had been friends for most of the year, first meeting in fourth year, but not actually talking to eachother until they were placed in the same potions class and paired up. They were both at the top of the class, Emmeline excelled in her studies and often competed with Tom for the best grades. For him it was more about needing to be the best, but for Emmeline, she just liked the challenge.
She stormed into the Common Room, anyone in there staring after her, she wasn't usually so angry and kept to herself most of the time, not liking to involve anyone in her problems. She found Tom in a corner, reading something and plucking the book from his hands. He stared up an her in annoyance.
"Come with me. Now."
Taking him by surprise, he complied and followed her outside to a secluded spot.
"What do you want? I was reading, you know" He spoke coldly, but Emmeline had bigger problems than his tone.
"He cheated on me" She crossed her arms, avoiding his eyes.
His eyebrows raised, her boyfriend cheated?
"Why are you telling me this?"
She shook her head, eyes brimming with un-spilt tears.
"I found him with some Ravenclaw on his bed. She was barely dressed, Tom!" She ignored his question. "He didn't even care when I saw them, he just gave me this….half assed apology" She began to cry now.
Tom rolled his eyes.
"Getting this broken up about someone not worth your time is ridiculous. If he can't see your worth then forget about him"
She wiped her tears away.
"Tom!" She stopped her foot.
"Emmeline!" He mocked her, raising his voice a bit in pitch.
"Don't make fun of me! I'm really upset, I think I lov-"
"Don't start, you didn't love him"
"How would you know?!" She yelled at him, brushing past him before he grabbed her arm.
"You shouldn't talk to me like that Emmeline" He said dangerously.
She glared back at him, wrenching her arm back.
"I loved him Tom, and he threw me away like I was nothing." She growled at him, walking away.
…
Tom found Emmeline's boyfriend that night, sleeping in the Slytherin Dorms. He was going to make him pay for cheating on her.
'Silencio!' Tom silently cast the spell on his sleeping form.
The boy woke up, eyes flashing open.
"Imperio"
Tom put his finger to his lips and led him to the Chamber of Secrets. The boy found he couldn't help but follow.
When they got there Tom faced the boy.
"If you ever speak or look at Emmeline the wrong way again, you're going to face much worse than this"
"Crucio!"
He fell on the bathroom floor, writhing in pain as the torture spell was placed on him. Tom cast it multiple times until he decided when it was enough, and the boy had passed out.
"Obliviate" After it was all over Tom made him forget everything, and dragged his unconscious body outside before going back to the dorms.
…
"Tom"
"Good morning Emmeline"
She looked at him with slight suspicion as she took some fruit for breakfast and sat down beside him on the bench in the Great Hall.
"You're cheery this morning, what has you in such good spirits?"
"Nothing in particular"
"Hm" She grunted at him softly.
"You don't believe me?"
"Should I?"
"That's up to you" He looked back down at his book and they sat in silence until Emmeline made conversation with some girls at the table.
"I just saw him with her, he didn't even care"
"What was his name?"
"Felix Adern"
The two girls shared a look, then turned back to Emmeline.
"What?" She asked them.
"He was found outside the girls' bathroom, unconscious"
"What?" She said this with more alarm now.
"Yeah, he's in the infirmary now"
She looked over to where Tom was, but his place was empty.
"Um, I have to go. It was nice talking to you"
"Oh. Okay, yeah, you too"