Chapter 9: The Beginning of My End

September 1942

I sat carelessly in the astronomy tower giving longingly out to the fields beyond and up at the stars that surround me. But the crescent moon that hovered to beautiful attracted my sight the most.

It has a dark side.

Also a light side; which is smaller than the dark but still able to guide you through the night.

My pencil fell across my sketch pad drawing the trees of the forbidden forest in sight, I drag it gently in small sharp flick to create the pines of the trees focusing aimlessly at the picture then to the outside world.

"What are you doing up at this hour?" A deep voice hummed pleasantly in the room echoing of the walls.

I instantly flipped the sketch pad over hiding the drawing while slamming the pencil on it harshly. I practically jumped three feet in the air before clutching my hand into a fist over my plain white vest from the scare.

"Please don't scare me like that" I asked politely between my breathless pants which I was trying to gain back to normal pace.

"I apologize that was not my intention" He responded stepping up the final stair and into the light under the moon so I finally recognised the person who had frightened me so.

He wore his full Slytherin school uniform, the green suited him well. His dark brown hair was perfectly slicked back to the side, not a single strand of hair out of place. His pale skin shaped his sharp cheek bones and went with his light thin pink lips which wore a large white teethed smirk.

"Are you going to answer my question or just stare at me?" He scoffed breaking me from my gaze upon him, for his question I rolled my eyes shaking my head noticing now why he is a Slytherin.

"I couldn't sleep" I said quietly.

I had heard much about the 5th year boy standing over me. He was every popular and powerful in Hogwarts while also praised by all his teachers and worshiped by girls or his closest friends who only wished to be him. It made me wonder what he was doing talking to a no body out casted Ravenclaw half-blood such as me. I know he despised my blood status even when he is the same.

I noticed his smile widen as he stepped closer to me.

"Really and why is it that you could not sleep?" He wondered further as he seemed happy in a way about my issue.

"I had a nightmare" I shrugged simply.

"What was it about?" His voice went soft almost like he cared.

"Why does it matter, it's not like you care?" I muttered light worried of his reaction; he could make my life a misery or even kill me and no one dare question him even though I just did.

"I think you will find that I do" He whispered turning his head away thinking I did not hear.

"Just tell me anyway" He said much clearer.

"It's stupid. I was tied up somewhere dark and damp with very little light which was at the end of this sort of hall. Someone was whispering a command in another kinda language which made this large scary snake come very close to me. It was going to attack before I woke up crying" I explained slowly thinking hard how to explain a recent experience I had had only hours ago.

He simply nodded with his signature smile while rubbing his chin smoothly.

"Can I see what you have there?" He pointed curiously to the sketch book I hold dearly to my chest.

"No" I spat fed up with him already.

"I insist you show me now" He grits through his teeth.

"Why would I listen to you?" I say before realizing what I had done.

"Well I could do a lot of things to you Nighlia. Very bad things and I am thinking of some of them right now. So I suggest not too get on my bad side..." He spoke patiently the words rolling off his tongue lightly.

He crouched down to my sitting position however still overbearing me with his height. His thumb and index finger ran down my cheek to the tip of my chin. I felt my heart pound the blood racing through me in the complete fear he had over me. He looked directly into my eyes however hard I tried to look a way it was if he had used a spell. His face was so close to mine making my lip quiver and body shake.

"Now can I see?"

I handed it immediately as he took it still remaining in this position. The pages flicked as his eyes scan up and down the art then moving on. The edges of his lips tilted up before handing it back to me.

"Just Perfect" He sighed.

I hummed in awkwardness my look straying too outside.

"I better go" I said standing up a few seconds after he does only to now notice his death glare.

It's a look I knew all too well. The one I saw when I first caught sight of him when I joined the school in first year and he was in second year. If we ever made eye contact these last three years it would be that single glare he always gave me for no reason; except for the fact he hates my blood-status and that I am not in Slytherin. He ever gives others that look, only me.

Why?

"I could report you"

"You could but you won't because you're up as well, you will get into trouble not that really matters to you since you are a Slytherin" I say with wit about to go down the stairs before he roughly grabbed my wrist.

"I am a Prefect, I am meant to be up searching for disobedient student such as yourself" He smiled smuggle as I attempted to pull away causing his grip to tighten.

"I will let you leave this time but next time I won't yet you go so easily. You are mine after all, you understand and you will listen to that" He ordered as I repeated the words in my mind with bewilderment.

"No. I am not yours. Riddle; you may have all boys envying you and girls begging to be with you at your feet. I am not one of those people so leave me alone like you have the last three years. Don't talk to me, touch me, or come close to me. Because I know what you're like with dark magic and everything so just stay away from me" I growled in anger tugging at my wrist from his hold.

"I think you will find I am the one that makes the rules" He whisper shouted aggressively considering the wall echo he does not want to be heard.

"Never" With that he let go of my wrist with an aching pain now there.

"Fine I guess you want to go the hard way. It won't be pretty for you that is, me I don't mind. One thing you need to remember is that I Always no matter how or when I will Always get what I want" He smirked wildly down at me.

He leant down to my ear as I turned away about to leave.

"I want you. I will have you".