Chap. 15
Disclaimer on opening note.
"Wow you look great tonight. What's the occasion," asked Ginny.
"I got a date tonight." Ruby pulled her hair into a ponytail. She was wearing her best flares and her favorite hippy top. She looked very muggle, but she also looked her best.
"With Oliver?" This was the first time in a long time that Ginny seemed interested in something.
"What? No, we're just friends."
"Oh, then, who?
"A Slytherin prefect."
"What," Ginny exclaimed. She suddenly turned very pale, which made her red hair stand out even more. "Ruby, no."
"Why not?"
"A Slytherin and a Gryffindor; it just won't work."
"Well, maybe I'll change that." Ginny gave her an unpleasant look. "Don't worry," Ruby continued. "I'll be fine." Ruby left, excited to actually have a boyfriend.
She waited for him outside the entrance to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. Suddenly the door opened and a hand quickly brought her inside.
"Tom," but she was stopped as he kissed her intensely.
"I've been wanting to kiss you for along time."
"So what did we do in the great hall weeks ago? Because I'm pretty sure there was a kiss in there somewhere."
He laughed, "Come with me and I'll show you my hiding place." Somehow he pressed something that opened the sink. "Follow me, I won't let you fall." She followed him down the long pipe to a landing of rocks. They continued walking, occasionally stopping for a kiss here and there. They came to a long walkway surrendered by statues of snakes. Ruby became very uneasy of her surroundings.
"Where are we?"
"In the most secret are to the Slytherins. Only one can find the entrance." "The heir of Slytherin," Ruby whispered. "You're the heir of Slytherin."
"Yes, I am. And you now have access to this mystical place. You are the only Gryffindor allowed."
Ruby looked around and then back at Tom. "You are Lord Voldemort."
"I knew you were a clever girl. Yes, I am and now you are apart of it all."
"But," she stammered as he gently pulled her close to him, "I'm a.a. Mudblood."
He stopped a moment. "Yes, and you are much more." He kissed her and a demon seemed to fill her.
She couldn't move. She felt paralyzed. Scream, do something. Come on stupid scream!
"NO," she screamed at the top of her lungs. She broke away from him. "I don't want this. I never wanted this." He looked as if she had severely wounded him.
"You do. I know it."
"No," she backed away as he stepped forward. "I don't want to hurt people."
"You have a power," he said more ominously, "that you don't even know about."
Ruby turned and ran, hearing him say." I'll need you in the future. And you will help."
Ruby ran as fast as she could. She ran into many people; she even heard McGonagall yell at her to stop running, but she couldn't. She didn't even know where she was going. She continued to run up the stairs and to the tallest tower of Hogwarts. This is where Oliver brought me. This is his favorite place, where he can think clearly, she thought. It had become one of Ruby's favorite places as well. She would read up here when no one was around. But she came with a different purpose this evening.
"It won't hurt," she said. "It will feel like flying." She moved slightly closer to the edge and looked out past the Quidditch field and at the sunset. She stepped off the ledge and patiently waited for the thud of the earth.
* Will she make it? And what power could old Voldie need from a Muggle born?
Disclaimer on opening note.
"Wow you look great tonight. What's the occasion," asked Ginny.
"I got a date tonight." Ruby pulled her hair into a ponytail. She was wearing her best flares and her favorite hippy top. She looked very muggle, but she also looked her best.
"With Oliver?" This was the first time in a long time that Ginny seemed interested in something.
"What? No, we're just friends."
"Oh, then, who?
"A Slytherin prefect."
"What," Ginny exclaimed. She suddenly turned very pale, which made her red hair stand out even more. "Ruby, no."
"Why not?"
"A Slytherin and a Gryffindor; it just won't work."
"Well, maybe I'll change that." Ginny gave her an unpleasant look. "Don't worry," Ruby continued. "I'll be fine." Ruby left, excited to actually have a boyfriend.
She waited for him outside the entrance to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. Suddenly the door opened and a hand quickly brought her inside.
"Tom," but she was stopped as he kissed her intensely.
"I've been wanting to kiss you for along time."
"So what did we do in the great hall weeks ago? Because I'm pretty sure there was a kiss in there somewhere."
He laughed, "Come with me and I'll show you my hiding place." Somehow he pressed something that opened the sink. "Follow me, I won't let you fall." She followed him down the long pipe to a landing of rocks. They continued walking, occasionally stopping for a kiss here and there. They came to a long walkway surrendered by statues of snakes. Ruby became very uneasy of her surroundings.
"Where are we?"
"In the most secret are to the Slytherins. Only one can find the entrance." "The heir of Slytherin," Ruby whispered. "You're the heir of Slytherin."
"Yes, I am. And you now have access to this mystical place. You are the only Gryffindor allowed."
Ruby looked around and then back at Tom. "You are Lord Voldemort."
"I knew you were a clever girl. Yes, I am and now you are apart of it all."
"But," she stammered as he gently pulled her close to him, "I'm a.a. Mudblood."
He stopped a moment. "Yes, and you are much more." He kissed her and a demon seemed to fill her.
She couldn't move. She felt paralyzed. Scream, do something. Come on stupid scream!
"NO," she screamed at the top of her lungs. She broke away from him. "I don't want this. I never wanted this." He looked as if she had severely wounded him.
"You do. I know it."
"No," she backed away as he stepped forward. "I don't want to hurt people."
"You have a power," he said more ominously, "that you don't even know about."
Ruby turned and ran, hearing him say." I'll need you in the future. And you will help."
Ruby ran as fast as she could. She ran into many people; she even heard McGonagall yell at her to stop running, but she couldn't. She didn't even know where she was going. She continued to run up the stairs and to the tallest tower of Hogwarts. This is where Oliver brought me. This is his favorite place, where he can think clearly, she thought. It had become one of Ruby's favorite places as well. She would read up here when no one was around. But she came with a different purpose this evening.
"It won't hurt," she said. "It will feel like flying." She moved slightly closer to the edge and looked out past the Quidditch field and at the sunset. She stepped off the ledge and patiently waited for the thud of the earth.
* Will she make it? And what power could old Voldie need from a Muggle born?
