Madonna and Riddle started their enigmatic journey into the darkness of the night. Professor Kettleburn accompanied them into the lonely loathsome forest. Theinexplicable darkness of this nightly errand was stealing Madonna's breath every second although it failed to affect the valiant and impassive heart of Tom Riddle.

Madonna was deeply filled with thoughts overflowing in her mind. Certainly, she has read about all the cunning werewolves and bloodthirsty vampires that linger in the deathly silence of this daunting forest. Nor she could trust Riddle or Professor Kettleburn for her safety from those creatures.

Her mind was completely addled with terror filled with drops of anxiety and suspicion, suddenly she stumbled upon a broken twig and fell on the grounds. She nearly broke her ankles, as she inspected her feet she was horrified to see the sharp end of the twig had deeply pierced her heels. She quickly pulled the twig outside, to stop the blood flow, trying hard to conceal her pain although it was on the verge of making her cry.

Madonna put on her shoes back and was going to get up from the moist mud-spatteredarea when suddenly she felt a warm arm on her shoulder. Turning around quickly, nearly trembling with fear, she muffeled to see Riddle was standing at her back. Dazelled, she asked Riddle" What are you doing here weren't you supposed to be with Professor Kettleburn, and where is he? "

A bit annoyed Riddle answered her "Professor Kettleburn said that he would be looking for his missing Karnlon the other side of the forest and said to wait in here for a while." Madonna replied horrified " If he can't trace us back in here what would we do then? Why did you let him leave us here and where would we find the unicorn hair now?" Angered by her silly accusations Riddle said to her abruptly " I know where the place where we could find the Unicorns if you want to go with me then stop your lectures and follow me_" Madonna tried hard to get up nearly tripping over the dirt again. Riddle noticed her wounds. "Its really funny how you think that you are one of the brightest students of Hogwarts, but couldn't even last for ten minutes in the forbidden forest". Riddle mocked at her insensitively.

Annoyed and deeply losing her self-assurance,Madonna started walking trying to absorb all her pain, though her nerves were sending excruciating pain sensations to her brain of her deep injury. She tried hard to keep pace with Riddle but she was barely able to walk. Seeing her condition Riddle walked a bit slowly. An abrupt thought rose into Madonna's mind as she questioned him " But how did you know the location of the Unicorns and the forest so well, have you come here before." Annoyed of her diligence Riddle nearly screamed at her "If you want to stay with me then learn to keep quiet, or else_." Madonna followed him quietly. After a few minutes she mumbled again can you please walk a bit slowly Riddle, my feet are bleeding copiously. "Do you think we have got enough time to spent the whole night here", he rebuked losing his patience.

Madonna was completely helpless in this situation, she didn't even know any healing charms as she thought there would be no use of it to her in her first two years, nor she had the guts to ask Riddle for help as he is already doing her enough favour. She tried to walk a bit faster which was making her pain more intense. Riddle turned around and saw Madonna's ankle was really bleeding profusely. He said her to pause walking, and just with a flick of his wand her wounds were nearly healed and her pain was minimized enough to make her walk properly. She thanked him generously, but stopped when he retorted cold-heartedly " It wasn't your sufferings that were bothering me, but I really didn't want to spend this whole night inside the forest so I did you this favour." Madonna didn't respond back as she didn't expect any better of him.

After a few minutes of entering the deeper part of the dense dark forest, Riddle asked her a bit pleasingly "Where do you live, Phillips". She exclaimed saddened by her past memories. "I live in a muggle orphanage_" Riddle was completely devastated to hear this, because if she was living in an orphanage then all the information he found about her would be wrong. "Do you know Jacob and Elizabeth Phillips?" he questioned Madonna. The name sounded so similar to her but she said she had never heard those names before.

Riddle was exasperated because all the information he found out about Madonna were completely false. Madonna cross-questioned Riddle "You belong to a muggle Orphanage too, are you parents mudblood or magical?" Riddle turned around his head and said "I don't know" reluctantly.

On talking with Riddle, Madonna didn't realize that she had walked so many miles deep into the obscure forest. Suddenly a croacky, low grunting noise resounded simultaneously to both of their ears. Maddona looked back but didn't see anything. He saw Riddle taking out his wand. "I think it's just noise from the rustling of trees. I suppose we should continue to walk Riddle", Madonna blurted out. But Riddle stood there stiffly, after a few minutes or two they both noticed some movement behind the bushes. Madonna became alarmed_

It was not long before both of them figured out a huge black wolf slowly dawdling out of the bushes by taking undeviating, small steps at them.The face of the warewolf was stain with blood which intimidated both of them even more.

_"Confrigo"_

Riddle uttered pointing his wand at the werewolf. The spell hit the werewolf deeply incapacitatinghim, but it got up with severe pain and provoked, even more, it came pounding towards them. Riddle casted _"Expulso", but it barely missed the warewolf. The werewolf snarled and with a quick swipe of his paw, it aimed to decimate its victim. Tom successfully managed to move aside but Madonna wasn't so fortunate. The wolf leapt upon Madonna severely throwing her into the ground. A light shot out of Riddle's wand hitting the wolf straight on its neck.

It deeply howled in pain, the brittle cry of it's moaning seemed even more deathly. The werewolf had now become extremely savage, it jumped upon tear off its prey quickly.

"_Petrificus Totalus_"

A brightred lightirradiatedout of Madonna's wand and the completely stiff body of the wolf fell on the other side of the ground, it was unable to make even a flinch but wailed in desperation. Madonna got up her, hands were deeply bleeding as the claws of the wolf had torn deep into her skin when it jumped over her. The shrill piercing grunt of the wolf due to its agony and fear was nearly deafening their ears.

Riddle pointed his wand at the werewolf and casted "_Crucio_", at it. The cries of the wolf seemed even more pathetic, its voice became more croaky and brittle, due to the tremendous pain. Madonna couldn't bear the distressing screams of the wolf.

Riddle seemed to increase it's pain even more. And the condition of the wolf seemed even more pathetic.

"Riddle stop, or it will die", Madonna shouted. But he didn't seem to care, he increased it's torture even more. Madonna came towards Riddle and nearly begged him to spare the life of this creature. "Are you mad, this creature was just going to kill you?", Riddle asked her accusingly. "But it can't hurt us anymore, so just let it go," Madonna replied softly. "I can't just let it go,!" Riddle exclaimed angrily. Madonna nearly cried in front of him and said that he shouldn't take away the life of this creature but rather inform it to care for magical creatures department. After pleading continuously to him Riddle let go of this creature, leaving it in the same condition, waiting of Professor Kettleburn to take care of it.

After Riddle fixed some of Madonna's wounds, together they continued their journey to the search of the Unicorn hair in the vast forbidden forest. Both of them were completely debilitatedbut also prepaid to face all the challenges that they might encounter in the next part of their journey.

Sorry, for late update but I am really busy nowadays so I took a bit of more time to update this book