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Chapter 8
"Let's see...Hart...Hart..." Krista murmured, flipping through the pages of a book about trees. "Oak, dogwood, cherry..." She growled in frustration, "I meant family tree!" She threw the book across the room until it hit a wall.
She was only trying to find out about her family. But her mind was preoccupied with the kiss she had received earlier. That happened to be her first kiss! And she let a psychopath take it! After Tom had left her on the couch, she immediately had gotten up and ran into her secret room to distract herself by trying to find out about her family.
"Okay Krista, calm down." She took a deep breath but it came out in a frustrated sigh. "But what if I don't want to calm down?" She often argued with herself when she was upset.
"Talking to yourself?" Krista turned sharply to find Liddell smirking at her.
"Yes, I am." Millions of questions ran through her head that she wanted to ask the Animagus. "Do you happen to be Tom's older brother?"
His smirk was replaced with a scowl, "Half-brother."
An awkward moment passed between to two. She contemplated on whether or not she should tell him about what happened while he was asleep. But Krista found that a bit too embarrassing to tell. As the saying goes: Don't kiss and tell.
"I'm going to kill him." Her attention immediately went onto the older Riddle.
"You're going to kill who?"
"My little brother." She gulped nervously as his words echoed through her head.
"Why do you want to kill him? What has he done?" Even though she knew that he would eventually become the most powerful Dark Wizard of all time, Liddell didn't know any of that.
"He murdered father." He answered darkly.
Krista didn't have anything to counter that. It was the truth. A tear ran down her cheek as she imagined what it would be like to lose a father. "Who was your mother?" Her question came out as a whisper.
"Cecilia Angelo." He smiled at the memory of his mother. "Most people would probably think that she was a Muggle. She gave up magic when she met father," a dark look came across his face, "but that Merope Guant ruined their relationship, our relationship. Mother and father planned on getting married but father disappeared. I was only five at the time. Mother ended up dieing of a broken heart."
"Did Cecilia know that Merope had used a love potion on Tom?"
"No, I found out from father later." He sighed. He glanced towards Krista with confusion. "How did you know that she used a love potion on him?"
"I'll explain it to you later. I have some things I need to look up." He nodded once and left the room. At least he wasn't pushy, unlike his brother.
She stood in sadness for the older Riddle before reaching up a shelf, grabbing onto an ancient book. She blew the dust off and read the title.
Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Her eyes twinkled in excitement as she opened to the first page.
Please write your name in the line provided.
Krista frowned at the word 'write'. She brought the book to a nearby desk and pulled out a quill.
Krista Hart.
After writing her name, the book flipped a couple of blank pages before landing on the page that read:
Godric Gryffindor
One of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Gryffindor came from what is now known as Godric's Hollow, in honor of him. Godric Gryffindor founded Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in his adulthood, with friend Salazar Slytherin and companions Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw. Gryffindor is said to have praised courage, determination and strength of heart above all other qualities. Indeed, he selected students for his house based upon their daring and bravery, according to the Sorting Hat. He also was the most in favour of allowing Muggle-borns into the school. He was initially a close friend of Salazar Slytherin, but over time their friendship deteriorated; though never confirmed, it is likely that the two's differing views on Muggle-borns may have been part of the reason for the split.
After the founding of Hogwarts, Gryffindor became one of the school's first Headmasters. After a number of years of working peacefully together, Slytherin eventually grew apart from Gryffindor and the other founders due to his views of Muggle-borns. Eventually, Gryffindor and Slytherin had an argument over allowing Muggle-borns into the school. When Slytherin failed to convince Gryffindor and the others to accept his ideas, he chose to leave the school. But unknown to Gryffindor, his former friend built a hidden chamber in the castle in which he hid a Basilisk that his heir would later use to try to purge the school of Muggle-borns.
This is the part when Krista got interested.
The heir of Gryffindor and the heir of Slytherin will have to battle each other to death in order for peace to restore to the wizarding world. But the heir of Gryffindor would have to be prepared for the battle. Gryffindor left heirlooms for his heir.
Gryffindor was known to have a compass that would point to the direction to what the holder's heart desired. Whether it be a person, a place, or a thing.
The goblin-made sword is another heirloom. It was a masterpiece made by the goblins, with a silver blade and a handle with egg-sized rubies gleaming upon it. Godric Gryffindor's name was engraved just below the hilt.
The book closed itself and thought to herself. So the compass and the sword are technically hers? She knew that the sword was. In order to get it, she had to pull it from the Sorting Hat. But where on earth was the compass?
Tom: How come I wasn't in this chapter?
TRC: You were in class. I hope you get detention for being late.
Krista: That'd be funny!
Liddell: It would be hilarious!
Tom: *growls* Review! I command you to review!
