Chapter 3
Six months later...
"Kristen," Tom yelled breathlessly as he ran into his home. "Kristen, grab only your bare essentials and Lily! Kristen, they've found out!"
"Oh, God," she breathed. "Oh, no!"
"Don't just stand there, stupid bitch! Grab your child, your money, and go! They're coming! They're going to take you and Lily away from me! I'm going to go to Azkaban!" Tom broke down and sobbed, head in hands. Kristen wanted to comfort him, but she decided to do what he asked. She grabbed Lily, and by the time she got back downstairs, Tom had composed himself. "Come on, they'll be apparating, no doubt..." True to his word, as soon as the family came to the door, a dozen wizards popped into the room. The yelled when they spotted him and took out their wands. Kristen thrust Lily into Tom's arms as he tried to take out his wand, and stepped in front, sheilding her daughter and husband.
"Leave them be."
"Stand aside woman! We come in the name of the law!" Tom recognized that voice. Henry Potter.
"And what law might that be?"
"The law of magic! We are of a new clan called Aurors, who defend the magical community from dark wizards, like your husband there," Potter snarled, pointing a figure past Kristen and at Tom.
"Whom are you here to arrest?"
"That man I just pointed to- Tom Riddle."
"There is no Tom Riddle here. Only one Lord. Lord Voldemort. I suggest you pay respect, the man you see before you will do great things..."
Potter snorted with laughter. "Voldemort, is it now, Riddle? Where did this new name come from, Tom, really, or is your bitch making up lies to protect you?"
Tom felt the hatred rise in him that he had felt so long ago. He raised his wand, but Kristen spun around, a restraining look on her face. She didn't want trouble.
Potter sneered. "That's what I thought."
"Get out of my house."
"Not until we kill a criminal."
Kristen jumped into the action. "Then you will have no pleasure tonight! There are no criminals in this house, only the crime of false accusations!"
Potter smiled menagincly. "You know, it is a crime to help resist arrest." And with that, he raised his wand. "I'll give you one last chance to get out of my way. I'm going to slowly count to three, and if you're still standing there, I'll be forced to dispose of you myself."
Panic flashed through Kristen's eyes. But only for a moment.
"One."
"Kristen," Tom breathed. The young woman of 21 turned around. "Kristen- you don't have to die. Just move, and they'll take me instead."
"Two."
"Kristen," she held a finger to his lips.
"I know what I'm doing, Tom."
"Two and a half." Potter raised his wand.
"Kristen! This doesn't have to happen!"
"Yes, it does Tom." Kristen turned around to face her fate.
"Three! I gave you fair warning, woman, now you must pay the price. Avada Kedavra!"
~
A flash of green light. A scream. A body falling to the ground. A baby crying. A husband's cry of anguish. All happened at once, and can be used to describe what happened in the Riddle household that fateful night.
~
"No! Kristen!" The man knelt down beside his dead wife sobbing. His one and a half year old daughter cried too. Tom was numb to the world, and hardly noticed when Potter took the screaming child from his arms. But he woke up when the next thing was said.
"As you are an unfit parent as one unit-"
"UNFIT PARENT! YOU KILL MY WIFE THEN TAKE MY BABY GIRL FROM ME ON AN ACCUSATION OF BEING AN UNFIT PARENT AS A SINGLE PARENT," the miserable man screamed through his tears.
Potter continued as if nothing else had been said. "As you are an unfit parent as one unit-" the cries grew louder "-We shall take your young daughter Lily from you and place her in the care of stable parents. She is too little to remember her real father, so she will not be hurt." As these words were said, people formed a circle around Tom. "By the way- you're under arrest." Muggle handcuffs were placed around Tom's wrists, and he kissed his daughter good-bye. "Always remember daddy- your real one." Then he disapparated. Potter cursed out loud, and the two arch-rivals would never see each other again.
Six months later...
"Kristen," Tom yelled breathlessly as he ran into his home. "Kristen, grab only your bare essentials and Lily! Kristen, they've found out!"
"Oh, God," she breathed. "Oh, no!"
"Don't just stand there, stupid bitch! Grab your child, your money, and go! They're coming! They're going to take you and Lily away from me! I'm going to go to Azkaban!" Tom broke down and sobbed, head in hands. Kristen wanted to comfort him, but she decided to do what he asked. She grabbed Lily, and by the time she got back downstairs, Tom had composed himself. "Come on, they'll be apparating, no doubt..." True to his word, as soon as the family came to the door, a dozen wizards popped into the room. The yelled when they spotted him and took out their wands. Kristen thrust Lily into Tom's arms as he tried to take out his wand, and stepped in front, sheilding her daughter and husband.
"Leave them be."
"Stand aside woman! We come in the name of the law!" Tom recognized that voice. Henry Potter.
"And what law might that be?"
"The law of magic! We are of a new clan called Aurors, who defend the magical community from dark wizards, like your husband there," Potter snarled, pointing a figure past Kristen and at Tom.
"Whom are you here to arrest?"
"That man I just pointed to- Tom Riddle."
"There is no Tom Riddle here. Only one Lord. Lord Voldemort. I suggest you pay respect, the man you see before you will do great things..."
Potter snorted with laughter. "Voldemort, is it now, Riddle? Where did this new name come from, Tom, really, or is your bitch making up lies to protect you?"
Tom felt the hatred rise in him that he had felt so long ago. He raised his wand, but Kristen spun around, a restraining look on her face. She didn't want trouble.
Potter sneered. "That's what I thought."
"Get out of my house."
"Not until we kill a criminal."
Kristen jumped into the action. "Then you will have no pleasure tonight! There are no criminals in this house, only the crime of false accusations!"
Potter smiled menagincly. "You know, it is a crime to help resist arrest." And with that, he raised his wand. "I'll give you one last chance to get out of my way. I'm going to slowly count to three, and if you're still standing there, I'll be forced to dispose of you myself."
Panic flashed through Kristen's eyes. But only for a moment.
"One."
"Kristen," Tom breathed. The young woman of 21 turned around. "Kristen- you don't have to die. Just move, and they'll take me instead."
"Two."
"Kristen," she held a finger to his lips.
"I know what I'm doing, Tom."
"Two and a half." Potter raised his wand.
"Kristen! This doesn't have to happen!"
"Yes, it does Tom." Kristen turned around to face her fate.
"Three! I gave you fair warning, woman, now you must pay the price. Avada Kedavra!"
~
A flash of green light. A scream. A body falling to the ground. A baby crying. A husband's cry of anguish. All happened at once, and can be used to describe what happened in the Riddle household that fateful night.
~
"No! Kristen!" The man knelt down beside his dead wife sobbing. His one and a half year old daughter cried too. Tom was numb to the world, and hardly noticed when Potter took the screaming child from his arms. But he woke up when the next thing was said.
"As you are an unfit parent as one unit-"
"UNFIT PARENT! YOU KILL MY WIFE THEN TAKE MY BABY GIRL FROM ME ON AN ACCUSATION OF BEING AN UNFIT PARENT AS A SINGLE PARENT," the miserable man screamed through his tears.
Potter continued as if nothing else had been said. "As you are an unfit parent as one unit-" the cries grew louder "-We shall take your young daughter Lily from you and place her in the care of stable parents. She is too little to remember her real father, so she will not be hurt." As these words were said, people formed a circle around Tom. "By the way- you're under arrest." Muggle handcuffs were placed around Tom's wrists, and he kissed his daughter good-bye. "Always remember daddy- your real one." Then he disapparated. Potter cursed out loud, and the two arch-rivals would never see each other again.