Hogwarts 1943: October
Avery had been acting weird for a few weeks now, even during our trip to Hogsmead, he looked troubled by something and often opened his mouth to say something but then would stop and shake his head. Anytime I questioned my boyfriends troubled demeanour, he would just crack a smile that didn't quite meet his eyes and say that all was well, little did I realise that I was about to find out just what had been on his mind on a cold windy Tuesday night.
I paced down the 3rd floor corridor just as Abraxas Malfoy passed from the other direction, I nodded my acknowledgement to him before continuing, however, he paused and more footsteps were increasing in pace behind me as Rosier arrived. Lestrange appeared from what seemed nowhere, all three began to approach me.
"Wait, what's going on?"I questioned but none said a word.
Riddle then paced up the corridor flanked by Dolohov and Mulciber, I quickly grew scared, I knew exactly what these people were capable of. I wasn't stupid, I knew that they did awful things to students who challenged them, especially muggleborns, and got away with it. But I was so sure that my position was safe, I was a half-blood in Slytherin with them, we'd been in the same classes and I often made spoke with their leader (Tom), sure I wasn't in with their lot and I didn't want to be either. Avery was in their gang and dating him ensured that I wouldn't be a target, even though most of my friends from other houses were apparently the "wrong-sort" of company, they never challenged me.
"Now, now, calm down" Tom murmured softly, I wasn't sure if he was saying it to me as I had backed against the wall, eyes darting around the corridor, or if it was to Lestrange who had smacked my wrist against the wall and wrenched my wand from my hand with a vicious smirk on his face that made me feel ill. Lestrange had always given me the creeps.
"I have a..ah..proposition to make, you see, you have proved yourself useful. You have been offered positions that may come in useful to me in the future and you have established friendship bonds with people in other houses who I need to keep track of, my point being is that you will join me, and my knights of Walpurgis, it is an honour that I'm sure you're aware most would love to have in our house."
My mind couldn't take it all in, he wanted me to join his gang? So i can spy on my own friends? Use my employers? And Merlin knows what else he's make me do! This didn't sound good at all..
"And if I refuse?"
"Then that would be most unfortunate for you...and your friendsssss" Tom practically hissed, an evil smirk on his face, this wasn't the Tom I thought I knew! Sure he was often sarcastic and cruel, he commanded a lot of people and so he had to be quick witted and intimidating at times, but this was just sadistic in the way his eyes gleamed and teeth bared at my discomfort. Avery was stood behind him, his sandy hair hiding his eyes as he hung his head at his betrayal for not telling me that he knew all along that this was going to happen.
Anger boiled in my veins at this hopeless situation I had been thrown into, I lunged for Tom, my hands like claws, ready to tear him to shreds for ordering my boyfriend to withhold this plan from me, Lestrange leapt in the way and slammed me into the wall by the shoulders, after a moments wrestling, I retrieved my wand, stunned some of the boys in my way and stormed off to the library.
The girl raised her wand and struck it down towards the boys in her path, they fell motionless at her feet as she fled, though none of the others bothered to follow her. Weaving around the corridors, angry tears pricking her eyes, she crept into the library and disappeared behind the towering bookshelves. She seated herself next to a stained-glass window and buried her head in her shaking hands.