"Depends on what."

"Your origins." replied Alphard.

Hermione turned her head towards Tom.

"I thought I already told you. Why is this being brought back up now?"

"We barely had a proper conversation that day. I'm merely curious about our new snake."

Her eye twitched at being called a snake, but she quickly smoothed her look back to a poker face.

"Fine. Ask away, but please remember that I reserve the right to not answer the ones I deem too personal."

"What can you tell us about your past?" asked Abraxas.

"I was born in France but raised here because my parents were always traveling. They had a friend, my guardian and mentor who lived in South London. But she died from Dragon Pox and when I went back to France, I learned that my parents died because of Grindelwald. I then had to fight my way back to England. I'm a distant relative of Professor Dumbledore, so here I am." she finished by crossing her arms over her chest.

"Are you a Light supporter?"

If looks could kill, Orion would be dead on the spot, and more than just once or twice.

"I mainly use Light magic, with the exception of darker hexes. You do what you have to in war."

"War?" asked Ignis.

"That's basically what I see in France right now, because of Grindelwald."

They all just nodded. She sigh internally, relieved that she saved herself from her blunder.

"Were you home schooled?" then asked Alfred.

"Yes. Ella, my guardian, was well-verse in magic and basic studies when she raised me." she lied.

She then purposefully looked at the clock.

"Oh! It's almost time for supper, so I'll be taking my leave. Enjoy the rest of your evening, boys."

She tried to stand up and leave, just to be stopped with a strong grip on her wrist. At the same time, he noticed an old scar on the inside of her lower arm.

"Oh, we noticed you're never at the Great Hall while we eat. Why not join us today?" said Tom.

"There's a reason I'm never there, Riddle. Now, if you could kindly release my wrist?"

He did, but as she walk towards her dorm, he simply followed her. She went up the stairs, but she quickly realized they weren't like the ones in Gryffindor Tower. She turned around in front of her dorm room's door.

"What do you want now?"

"Why do you have scars?" he said, rarely blunt in his words.


"That is absolutely none of your business!"

Hermione opened the door, planning on slamming it in Tom's face. What actually happened was him keeping it open and entering himself.

"That was an old scar. How did you get it?"

"Why do you even care?!"

She couldn't even believe he would ask these questions.

"Just answer me, Harmony."

"No! I have no reason to! Piss off and leave my room, you git!"

"Calm down. I'll leave when you answer the question."

All of her pent up stress and anger came to the surface. Her wand slipped into her hand as she raised her arm. She casted hex after hex, getting progressively darker and darker while staying in Light spells.

Tom easily shielded himself, matching her hexes with elegant motions of his wand. What he wasn't prepared for was Hermione getting close enough to simply punch him in the jaw, causing him to back up a step. He punched back, making her drop her wand. She kicked him in the stomach, making him drop his wand as well.

They fought like rabid dogs, turning the dorm into even more of a mess, seeing as their spells had already made it look as if a tornado passed by.

Hermione eventually picked up her wand, but slid it back up her sleeve. She lunged at Tom, breaking the door, unknowing that Tom had his wand as well.

They rolled and ended up tumbling down the stairs into the common room. They stood up, eyes locked on each other.

Hermione had a broken nose, her left arm bent at an odd angle, her right ankle clearly twisted.

Tom had a black eye, a bruise on his jaw, his right leg bent as well and his left wrist broken.

The common room was empty except for Tom's Knights of Walpurgis, as it was now supper time.

They somehow lunged at each other, wands out.

The two casted at the same time.

"Reducto!"

"Incendio!"

Hermione fired her spell directly at his torso at point-blank range, while Tom burned her whole body.

They both went down, Orion and Alphard running to Hermione, Ignis and Abraxas towards Tom.

Orion immediately casted "Aguamenti" to put out the flames engulfing her. Ignis casted healing and status charms, enough to the stop the blood and keeping some color in Tom's face.

The four rushed the two to the Hospital Wing.