"You know something about Lady Kathryn?" Nikole asked. "Who is she?"
"Look in the mirror, dear," he replied, walking toward the desk. Nikole saw this as her chance. She ran for the mouth of the cave, but Tom blocked it. "Block her!" he yelled, pointing his wand at the exit.
The once exit was now a rock wall. "No," Nikole gasped.
"Now you don't think that I'd let my favorite god daughter out that easy do you?" He laughed as he opened the drawer. He removed something long and shiny and instantly Nikole knew what it was. It was a sword.
"Your favorite god daughter?" she asked. Then her attention went back to the sword in his hands when he didn't answer. "What are you planning to do with that?"
He laughed. "What do you think? To kill you with, my dear."
"Why did you want me dead in the first place, Riddle?" Nikole practically spat.
"Because, Piper, your father was my best friend during school. And I'm your godfather, child. I can do whatever I wish with you. And I choose to dispose of you." He smiled.
"Why'd you kill my parents?" Nikole stared at the sword in his hands.
"Because they had a wonderful amount of money. I wanted it. But first I had to get rid of all of you Parkers." Nikole ran for the sword, but he stooped it up above her reach, causing her to run into the wall. "Nice try, Piper."
Nikole had to get out. She had to. She didn't know how. But she remembered a spell and was feared for her life. "Teleportia Hinderia!"
"No! Six by the power of one is no match for witch's son!" Tom was too late. Nikole was gone. "No!" Tom yelled, falling onto his knees.
In The Castle
"Do you think-" Harry was cut off. Someone landed on him, pushing him off the couch and onto the ground.
"Harry!" Ron and Hermione yelled, standing up from their seats on the couches.
Nikole opened her eyes and she was on top of Harry. She was in a state of shock until she remembered the sight of Tom Riddle. Struggling, she stood and helped him up. "Sorry, Harry."
"What happened?" asked Hermione, brushing Nikole off. "Are you alright?"
"No! I'm not okay! I just saw..." her voice trailed off.
"Who'd you see, Nikole?" Ron asked, sitting back down.
She didn't answer right away. She wiped the tears from her face and replied, "Tom Riddle."
"What!" Harry exclaimed. "I killed that psycho last year!"
"He has his ways, Harry. He told me that someone, or some people, rose him from the dead." She cleared her throat. "He killed my parents. He knows who Lady Kathryn is. He's....he's my godfather, Harry."
"What?" all three of them exclaimed.
Nikole just nodded. "I went into the Dark Forest today-" Ron cut her off.
"Woman! You're not supposed to go in there!" Ron interrupted.
Nikole, ignoring his rudeness, continued, "And I saw Daisy-" This time, it was Hermione who cut her off.
"Who?"
"She's just this really big spider," Nikole answered, sitting down. Hermione just nodded and Ron gulped. "Anyway, she told me to go north and I did. But when I got there, there was this cave and Tom Riddle was inside and he tried to kill me-" Ron cut her off again.
"Everyone tries to kill you woman," he muttered.
Hermione rolled her eyes at him as Nikole continued. "He told me that I am Lady Kathryn and that he's my godfather...I'm so scared." She stood and shivered a bit.
Harry, who had been silent the whole time, was standing by the window and staring out into the Dark Forest. "What does this have to do with Daisy?"
"She worked for him," Nikole whispered.
Harry set a sympathetic stare on his friend. "Sorry, Nikki."
"It's alright." She sighed and rubbed her shoulders, for it was practically thirty degrees below zero, seeing as how the snow was still falling.
Harry saw this and walked toward her. He removed his robe and placed it on her shoulders. "Here," he said. "It's rather cold, isn't it?"
Nikole smiled at him. "Yeah, uh, thanks."
Ron rolled his eyes. "Oh, come on you two lovebirds! Just get back to the point!"
Nikole blushed and said, "Right. Well, he said that he'd been watching me."
Harry looked at her, a fearful expression on his face. "What?"
Nikole nodded. "He's been watching me...Harry, remember Bo?"
"The one at the zoo?" he asked.
Nikole nodded. "Yup. Tom Riddle is Bo, Harry. He wanted to learn my strengths and weaknesses so that when we fought, he'd know what and what not to do." She looked at the ground. "I can't believe this," she whispered. She looked up after a few seconds and asked, "Also the time when the Great White attacked me?"
"Yeah...what about it?"
Nikole sighed. "Well, he was the Great White." She cleared her throat. "And remember back a ways when I stopped by your house because it was pouring rain?"
Harry nodded.
"He had made it rain."
Hermione spoke up. "But, why does he want to kill you? You didn't do anything wrong, did you?"
Nikole sighed. "No, I didn't. But he claimed that my parents had a large amount of money hidden somewhere and he wanted it. So, he killed my parents...but couldn't find me."
"Sad is what it is," Ron mumbled.
Nikole cut her eyes at him. "Gee, ya think?"
Ron's eyes widened. "You heard me?"
"Yeah, I heard you," Nikole remarked. "I...I have to go."
"Nikole!" Harry called after her and followed. She didn't want to turn around...but most of all, she didn't want to look into the eyes of the person who truly cared, for that was someone Nikole had never known...until now.
"Look in the mirror, dear," he replied, walking toward the desk. Nikole saw this as her chance. She ran for the mouth of the cave, but Tom blocked it. "Block her!" he yelled, pointing his wand at the exit.
The once exit was now a rock wall. "No," Nikole gasped.
"Now you don't think that I'd let my favorite god daughter out that easy do you?" He laughed as he opened the drawer. He removed something long and shiny and instantly Nikole knew what it was. It was a sword.
"Your favorite god daughter?" she asked. Then her attention went back to the sword in his hands when he didn't answer. "What are you planning to do with that?"
He laughed. "What do you think? To kill you with, my dear."
"Why did you want me dead in the first place, Riddle?" Nikole practically spat.
"Because, Piper, your father was my best friend during school. And I'm your godfather, child. I can do whatever I wish with you. And I choose to dispose of you." He smiled.
"Why'd you kill my parents?" Nikole stared at the sword in his hands.
"Because they had a wonderful amount of money. I wanted it. But first I had to get rid of all of you Parkers." Nikole ran for the sword, but he stooped it up above her reach, causing her to run into the wall. "Nice try, Piper."
Nikole had to get out. She had to. She didn't know how. But she remembered a spell and was feared for her life. "Teleportia Hinderia!"
"No! Six by the power of one is no match for witch's son!" Tom was too late. Nikole was gone. "No!" Tom yelled, falling onto his knees.
In The Castle
"Do you think-" Harry was cut off. Someone landed on him, pushing him off the couch and onto the ground.
"Harry!" Ron and Hermione yelled, standing up from their seats on the couches.
Nikole opened her eyes and she was on top of Harry. She was in a state of shock until she remembered the sight of Tom Riddle. Struggling, she stood and helped him up. "Sorry, Harry."
"What happened?" asked Hermione, brushing Nikole off. "Are you alright?"
"No! I'm not okay! I just saw..." her voice trailed off.
"Who'd you see, Nikole?" Ron asked, sitting back down.
She didn't answer right away. She wiped the tears from her face and replied, "Tom Riddle."
"What!" Harry exclaimed. "I killed that psycho last year!"
"He has his ways, Harry. He told me that someone, or some people, rose him from the dead." She cleared her throat. "He killed my parents. He knows who Lady Kathryn is. He's....he's my godfather, Harry."
"What?" all three of them exclaimed.
Nikole just nodded. "I went into the Dark Forest today-" Ron cut her off.
"Woman! You're not supposed to go in there!" Ron interrupted.
Nikole, ignoring his rudeness, continued, "And I saw Daisy-" This time, it was Hermione who cut her off.
"Who?"
"She's just this really big spider," Nikole answered, sitting down. Hermione just nodded and Ron gulped. "Anyway, she told me to go north and I did. But when I got there, there was this cave and Tom Riddle was inside and he tried to kill me-" Ron cut her off again.
"Everyone tries to kill you woman," he muttered.
Hermione rolled her eyes at him as Nikole continued. "He told me that I am Lady Kathryn and that he's my godfather...I'm so scared." She stood and shivered a bit.
Harry, who had been silent the whole time, was standing by the window and staring out into the Dark Forest. "What does this have to do with Daisy?"
"She worked for him," Nikole whispered.
Harry set a sympathetic stare on his friend. "Sorry, Nikki."
"It's alright." She sighed and rubbed her shoulders, for it was practically thirty degrees below zero, seeing as how the snow was still falling.
Harry saw this and walked toward her. He removed his robe and placed it on her shoulders. "Here," he said. "It's rather cold, isn't it?"
Nikole smiled at him. "Yeah, uh, thanks."
Ron rolled his eyes. "Oh, come on you two lovebirds! Just get back to the point!"
Nikole blushed and said, "Right. Well, he said that he'd been watching me."
Harry looked at her, a fearful expression on his face. "What?"
Nikole nodded. "He's been watching me...Harry, remember Bo?"
"The one at the zoo?" he asked.
Nikole nodded. "Yup. Tom Riddle is Bo, Harry. He wanted to learn my strengths and weaknesses so that when we fought, he'd know what and what not to do." She looked at the ground. "I can't believe this," she whispered. She looked up after a few seconds and asked, "Also the time when the Great White attacked me?"
"Yeah...what about it?"
Nikole sighed. "Well, he was the Great White." She cleared her throat. "And remember back a ways when I stopped by your house because it was pouring rain?"
Harry nodded.
"He had made it rain."
Hermione spoke up. "But, why does he want to kill you? You didn't do anything wrong, did you?"
Nikole sighed. "No, I didn't. But he claimed that my parents had a large amount of money hidden somewhere and he wanted it. So, he killed my parents...but couldn't find me."
"Sad is what it is," Ron mumbled.
Nikole cut her eyes at him. "Gee, ya think?"
Ron's eyes widened. "You heard me?"
"Yeah, I heard you," Nikole remarked. "I...I have to go."
"Nikole!" Harry called after her and followed. She didn't want to turn around...but most of all, she didn't want to look into the eyes of the person who truly cared, for that was someone Nikole had never known...until now.