Insane House Challenge: Pairing – Bellatrix/Tom

365 Prompts Challenge: Trope – Amnesia

Caffeine Awareness: Breve – Write about something or someone being replaced

March Creativity Collection

Main Character: Tom Riddle

Side Character: Bellatrix Lestrange

Relationship: Ex-Lovers

Sci-Fi AU: Steampunk!AU

Word count: 716


The last thing she could remember was his face. But then everything was dark and blurred. Bellatrix looked out of the window, trying to remember who she was and what happened. She knew that something caused her current situation. Or...someone. And Bella would find out what happened so she stood up and left her room. She needed to find the strange man from her visions. She left the house and walked to the place where they found her. Sometimes she had visions from a manor on top of a hill...maybe that was the place where the boy lived? She ignored the people around her and ran as fast as she could. Bellatrix stopped when she saw the manor from her visions. It was a huge manor. She slowed down and walked towards the entrance. The gears on the gate began to spin and it opened.

Inside the house was Tom. He knew that she would be there soon. Did she know something? Could she remember what happened? No. Otherwise she would not visit him. Tom opened the door and waited until she was in front of him. At first she did not know what to say so it was him who spoke.

"Bellatrix, how nice to see you. As I can see, you are better again. I heard what happened to you. Do you know who I am?"

He knew that it confused her even more and she just shook her head.

"No, I'm afraid I do not know you. But you seem familiar..."

So she did not even know his name. It could not be better but he could not trust it. Her amnesia might get better and she might remember anything again.

"I am Tom Riddle. I could explain everything to you if you want to come in."

Something told her not to but she accepted his request and entered the huge manor. It was filled with mechanical things. A gigantic bronze snake was in the entrance hall. It appeared to be alive but it was just a mechanical one. Luckily.

"If you follow me please. Would you like anything to drink?"

He asked politely and sat down in his big armchair. Bellatrix shook her head and sat down on the couch, still looking around. The room was filled with books and different sorts of mechanical animals. Thestrals, snakes, dragons and a basilisk. She was impressed but it was so familiar...everything was so familiar but also frightening.

"As I already said, we know each other. We are friends, good friends in fact. You spent many days in the manor and always cried whenever a boy refused to go out with you."

He chuckled and took a sip from his black tea. Everything he said was the truth, he just did not tell her that they happened to be lovers. And that he was the reason why she could not remember anything. He told her everything he knew but did not mention their close relationship. After all, he just used her and he did not regret it. Tom stood up and left the room to get some sweets. But this was not his real intention. This time he wanted to end what he started. As soon as she was out of the room he took a little knife and crept behind her without making any sound. It happened too fast and she could not react when Tom sliced her neck. She tried to stop the blood from pouring out, she trembled and soon the whole couch and carpet was covered in blood. Bellatrix tried to move towards the door but she was too weak.

Tom watched her the whole time. He loved how she struggled and how the light in her eyes began to fade until she did not move anymore. He sighed and began to clean the room. After everything was clean he dragged her down in his dungeon where he began to take care of her body. This would be his best work. It took days until he replaced her body with a mechanical one. And it was indeed his best work. Tom placed her in front of the basilisk in his entrance hall. She was a true beauty and she would never want to leave him again. He took care of it.