Disclaimer in Part 1.
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Part 8
"I just don't understand, Tom." An older man said in a thick French accent.
"I believe that I have done my job, and fulfilled the time I said I would. Now I am leaving." The younger man said, a hint of annoyance in his voice, but it was ignored by the first man.
"Alright, I guess I'll have to find another Potions teacher. You will be missed Tom."
"Thank you, sir." He said and then left, a scowl replaced the professional smile as soon as he left the headmaster's office.
Missed, right. I'll be back though, just as soon as I'm strong enough.
He got to his office and entered the room, making sure it was firmly closed and locked behind him. Most of the office was already packed away, but he sat down in a chair and picked up the letter he had received just an hour before.
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My Lord, He is moving, it seems towards you. I believe that he is planning to 'talk' to you about a certain young witch and a letter she received during the summer. My sources tell me that he is determined to finish this now. I await your command.
Your faithful servant,
Wallace.
~~~~~
The letter was a mistake, one he knew he shouldn't have made, but he couldn't help it. The thought of HIS Minerva marrying that crazy old fool made him sick.
"Now he's coming to fight for her." He said to himself. He wasn't stupid. He knew how powerful Dumbledore was, and although Tom had been studying as much dark magic as he could, he knew it was not enough to survive a confrontation like this. He had to run.
"DAMMIT!" He cursed and threw the letter in his hand into the blazing fire. He had to run, to hide until he could defeat Dumbledore. A coward's move. He thought to himself. But he knew it must be done.
He got up and finished packing, he had to leave before Dumbledore arrived. He looked at the clock. 7 o'clock pm. He had probably a half hour at most before Dumbledore would arrive. He shrunk his bags and trunks enough to fit them all in one bag which he could easily carry without gaining suspicion.
20 Minutes Later...
Dumbledore arrived at Beauxbatons and was welcomed by the headmaster there, and then informed of Riddle's leaving just a few minutes before.
"Do you know where he was going?" Dumbledore asked quickly. He had to find Riddle, before he disappeared.
"I believe he said something about the train station, although I can't imagine why. The next train doesn't leave until tomorrow afternoon."
"Thank you." He said quickly and left. The train station, Riddle must have a portkey set up there, or someone's going to pick him up from there."
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"Riddle!"
He cursed under his breath when he heard the voice shout his name.
"Dumbledore." He said calmly turning around.
"We need to 'discuss' a few things." Albus said coolly, the twinkle in his eyes were replaced by an almost primitive look of fire in them.
"No, I don't think we do." Tom said, trying to stall long enough for the portkey to become active.
"You can't control her, you can't threaten her, her family, or me." Albus said slowly walking towards the younger man, being careful to watch the bag in his one hand and nothing in the other.
Where's his wand? Albus thought to himself, trying to prevent a surprise attack from the younger wizard.
"She's mine." Stupid move, moron. He thought to himself as he saw the possessiveness flicker in Albus' eyes.
"No, she's not. If you so much as LOOK at her family in the wrong way, I will hunt you down and kill you."
Tom smirked, "You're on the side of good, Dumbledore. You can't kill me, it's not in your nature."
"I killed Grindelwald, didn't I?" Albus said.
Tom's smirk fell into a frown. "Fine, have her, for now. You may be able to threaten me now, but mark my words, one day, you will fall by my wand. I will become more powerful than you, and Minerva will be mine, whether you acknowledge it or not." He said, and then dashed towards a newspaper stand before Albus could react.
"NO!" Albus cried, lunging towards the place where Tom was, but he arrived too late. In an instant Riddle was gone.
~~~~~
For the next two days Albus called in practically every favor he could to try and find Riddle, but it seemed that he had disappeared completely.
Albus sighed as he looked up at the castle in the distance. Hogwarts.
Dammit. I promised I wouldn't come back unless I knew I would be able to marry Minerva, but I don't, so why did I come back? He thought to himself and then he looked down at the letter in his hand. Oh, yeah.
Armando had owled Albus the day before about Minerva. According to him, Minerva had been 'acting like a crazy wife whose husband had gone looking for trouble'. Armando had conveniently left out the part of Minerva planning on giving him the engagement ring back. Although the thought of her being concerned about his safety made Albus smile, the thought that she might never actually be his wife was killing him.
He sighed, "I might as well just get this over with." And then headed up to the main gates.
By the time he got there, due to the fact that he deliberately walked VERY slowly, the sun was setting and Albus could make out the outline of a figure waiting for him at the front doors. When he got closer he realized that it was Armando.
"Well at least you're safe." Armando said when Albus reached him, "Although I don't know how much longer you'll be that way judging from the mood you've put Minerva in these past few days."
"I'm sure you're exaggerating. Minerva would never harm anyone unless it was in self defense."
Armando smirked, "If you say so. But don't say I didn't warn you."
They headed inside and up towards Minerva's chambers, discussing what happened on the way up there.
"Tabby cat." Albus said as they approached the statue blocking Minerva's doorway, but it didn't move.
"She changed it while you were gone." Armando said, trying to hold back the laughter.
Albus furrowed his brow, "What did she change it to?"
Armando stepped up to the statue, "Mad as Hell Goddess."
The statue immediately jumped aside and Armando turned to face Albus, who looked a few shades whiter than he was a few seconds before.
"I told you she was upset." Armando said and then heading inside.
Albus sighed, "I'm in so much trouble." He said to himself before hesitantly walking inside as well. He was immediately knocked to the ground by a powerful slap across the face.
"YOU ARROGANT, SELF RIGHTCHOUS, INSENSITIVE IMBUSUL!!!!!"
Albus looked up to see a very ticked off Professor McGonagall.
"Minerva, honey."
"Don't you 'Minerva, honey' me! Do you know how worried I was?!?! You could have been killed, or injured, and don't you dare think that just because you're 'the most powerful wizard of our time' that you couldn't have made some stupid mistake and accidentally gotten killed by him!" She was waving her arms around, slowly walking closer towards him. He was trying to scuttle back, eventually hitting the wall, while watching her with fear in his eyes.
Armando and Hanna, who were in the room, but staying FAR out of Minerva's way, looked like they didn't know whether to burst out laughing, help him, or just call an undertaker right then and there. One thing was certain, even if they wanted to help, Albus doubted they would even try.
"YOU!" Minerva said pulling him up so he stood in front of her, "Are the most INFURIATING man I have every met! I don't know whether to kiss you and thank God that you're alright, or KILL you for making me act like some stupid helpless..child!" She said right before she threw her arms around his neck and slammed his lips against hers, taking Albus very much by surprise.
"Whoa." Hanna said, "What the hell just happened?" She asked Armando, but before he could respond, Minerva changed moods again.
Just as Albus got over the shock of her action and started to reciprocate the kiss, she pulled away and punched him, effectively breaking his nose.
"I'm going to my room. When you're ready to grovel at my feet for my forgiveness, I might be in there ready to forgive you, but get cleaned up first." She said and then walked out of the room with her head held high, like a true Goddess would act.
All three of the remaining occupants of the room were shocked. Hanna's mouth was wide open, as were her eyes, Armando mouth kept on opening and closing without any sound coming out, and Albus' was looking towards the door Minerva went through, while holding his hands over his nose.
"I think I need to go to the hospital wing." Albus said after about a minute.
"What? Oh, yes." Armando said, suddenly coming out of the shocked trance he was in. "Come on, I'll help you up there." He said leading out Albus out of the room. "Are you coming Hanna?"
"Hmmm? Oh, no, I think I'll wait here until it's safe to talk to Minerva again. Make sure she doesn't harm any innocent bystanders, you know."
Armando nodded and left.
"Way to go Minerva." Hanna said and collapsed laughing into a nearby chair.
End of Part 8
Ok, not all of you might have liked the whole, Minerva hitting Albus thing, but since I've been writing her almost as a scared, fragile woman in the past few chapters, I needed to give her this 'I was put in Gryffindor for a reason' ass kicking scene, just to boast her sprit. And this way she's starting to show that 'power' that Tom's been talking about. "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
Did everyone understand the passwords? I'm sure you understood the 'tabby cat' part, but in case anyone didn't know, Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, the arts, dyeing, science and trade, but also of WAR.
Another little note is that because of work and the fact that a lot of my friends are coming back from college this week, I might not update this as quickly as I've done before, but that's why I posted TWO chapters this time! Hope that makes up for my lack of updating quickly.
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Part 8
"I just don't understand, Tom." An older man said in a thick French accent.
"I believe that I have done my job, and fulfilled the time I said I would. Now I am leaving." The younger man said, a hint of annoyance in his voice, but it was ignored by the first man.
"Alright, I guess I'll have to find another Potions teacher. You will be missed Tom."
"Thank you, sir." He said and then left, a scowl replaced the professional smile as soon as he left the headmaster's office.
Missed, right. I'll be back though, just as soon as I'm strong enough.
He got to his office and entered the room, making sure it was firmly closed and locked behind him. Most of the office was already packed away, but he sat down in a chair and picked up the letter he had received just an hour before.
~~~~~
My Lord, He is moving, it seems towards you. I believe that he is planning to 'talk' to you about a certain young witch and a letter she received during the summer. My sources tell me that he is determined to finish this now. I await your command.
Your faithful servant,
Wallace.
~~~~~
The letter was a mistake, one he knew he shouldn't have made, but he couldn't help it. The thought of HIS Minerva marrying that crazy old fool made him sick.
"Now he's coming to fight for her." He said to himself. He wasn't stupid. He knew how powerful Dumbledore was, and although Tom had been studying as much dark magic as he could, he knew it was not enough to survive a confrontation like this. He had to run.
"DAMMIT!" He cursed and threw the letter in his hand into the blazing fire. He had to run, to hide until he could defeat Dumbledore. A coward's move. He thought to himself. But he knew it must be done.
He got up and finished packing, he had to leave before Dumbledore arrived. He looked at the clock. 7 o'clock pm. He had probably a half hour at most before Dumbledore would arrive. He shrunk his bags and trunks enough to fit them all in one bag which he could easily carry without gaining suspicion.
20 Minutes Later...
Dumbledore arrived at Beauxbatons and was welcomed by the headmaster there, and then informed of Riddle's leaving just a few minutes before.
"Do you know where he was going?" Dumbledore asked quickly. He had to find Riddle, before he disappeared.
"I believe he said something about the train station, although I can't imagine why. The next train doesn't leave until tomorrow afternoon."
"Thank you." He said quickly and left. The train station, Riddle must have a portkey set up there, or someone's going to pick him up from there."
~~~~~
"Riddle!"
He cursed under his breath when he heard the voice shout his name.
"Dumbledore." He said calmly turning around.
"We need to 'discuss' a few things." Albus said coolly, the twinkle in his eyes were replaced by an almost primitive look of fire in them.
"No, I don't think we do." Tom said, trying to stall long enough for the portkey to become active.
"You can't control her, you can't threaten her, her family, or me." Albus said slowly walking towards the younger man, being careful to watch the bag in his one hand and nothing in the other.
Where's his wand? Albus thought to himself, trying to prevent a surprise attack from the younger wizard.
"She's mine." Stupid move, moron. He thought to himself as he saw the possessiveness flicker in Albus' eyes.
"No, she's not. If you so much as LOOK at her family in the wrong way, I will hunt you down and kill you."
Tom smirked, "You're on the side of good, Dumbledore. You can't kill me, it's not in your nature."
"I killed Grindelwald, didn't I?" Albus said.
Tom's smirk fell into a frown. "Fine, have her, for now. You may be able to threaten me now, but mark my words, one day, you will fall by my wand. I will become more powerful than you, and Minerva will be mine, whether you acknowledge it or not." He said, and then dashed towards a newspaper stand before Albus could react.
"NO!" Albus cried, lunging towards the place where Tom was, but he arrived too late. In an instant Riddle was gone.
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For the next two days Albus called in practically every favor he could to try and find Riddle, but it seemed that he had disappeared completely.
Albus sighed as he looked up at the castle in the distance. Hogwarts.
Dammit. I promised I wouldn't come back unless I knew I would be able to marry Minerva, but I don't, so why did I come back? He thought to himself and then he looked down at the letter in his hand. Oh, yeah.
Armando had owled Albus the day before about Minerva. According to him, Minerva had been 'acting like a crazy wife whose husband had gone looking for trouble'. Armando had conveniently left out the part of Minerva planning on giving him the engagement ring back. Although the thought of her being concerned about his safety made Albus smile, the thought that she might never actually be his wife was killing him.
He sighed, "I might as well just get this over with." And then headed up to the main gates.
By the time he got there, due to the fact that he deliberately walked VERY slowly, the sun was setting and Albus could make out the outline of a figure waiting for him at the front doors. When he got closer he realized that it was Armando.
"Well at least you're safe." Armando said when Albus reached him, "Although I don't know how much longer you'll be that way judging from the mood you've put Minerva in these past few days."
"I'm sure you're exaggerating. Minerva would never harm anyone unless it was in self defense."
Armando smirked, "If you say so. But don't say I didn't warn you."
They headed inside and up towards Minerva's chambers, discussing what happened on the way up there.
"Tabby cat." Albus said as they approached the statue blocking Minerva's doorway, but it didn't move.
"She changed it while you were gone." Armando said, trying to hold back the laughter.
Albus furrowed his brow, "What did she change it to?"
Armando stepped up to the statue, "Mad as Hell Goddess."
The statue immediately jumped aside and Armando turned to face Albus, who looked a few shades whiter than he was a few seconds before.
"I told you she was upset." Armando said and then heading inside.
Albus sighed, "I'm in so much trouble." He said to himself before hesitantly walking inside as well. He was immediately knocked to the ground by a powerful slap across the face.
"YOU ARROGANT, SELF RIGHTCHOUS, INSENSITIVE IMBUSUL!!!!!"
Albus looked up to see a very ticked off Professor McGonagall.
"Minerva, honey."
"Don't you 'Minerva, honey' me! Do you know how worried I was?!?! You could have been killed, or injured, and don't you dare think that just because you're 'the most powerful wizard of our time' that you couldn't have made some stupid mistake and accidentally gotten killed by him!" She was waving her arms around, slowly walking closer towards him. He was trying to scuttle back, eventually hitting the wall, while watching her with fear in his eyes.
Armando and Hanna, who were in the room, but staying FAR out of Minerva's way, looked like they didn't know whether to burst out laughing, help him, or just call an undertaker right then and there. One thing was certain, even if they wanted to help, Albus doubted they would even try.
"YOU!" Minerva said pulling him up so he stood in front of her, "Are the most INFURIATING man I have every met! I don't know whether to kiss you and thank God that you're alright, or KILL you for making me act like some stupid helpless..child!" She said right before she threw her arms around his neck and slammed his lips against hers, taking Albus very much by surprise.
"Whoa." Hanna said, "What the hell just happened?" She asked Armando, but before he could respond, Minerva changed moods again.
Just as Albus got over the shock of her action and started to reciprocate the kiss, she pulled away and punched him, effectively breaking his nose.
"I'm going to my room. When you're ready to grovel at my feet for my forgiveness, I might be in there ready to forgive you, but get cleaned up first." She said and then walked out of the room with her head held high, like a true Goddess would act.
All three of the remaining occupants of the room were shocked. Hanna's mouth was wide open, as were her eyes, Armando mouth kept on opening and closing without any sound coming out, and Albus' was looking towards the door Minerva went through, while holding his hands over his nose.
"I think I need to go to the hospital wing." Albus said after about a minute.
"What? Oh, yes." Armando said, suddenly coming out of the shocked trance he was in. "Come on, I'll help you up there." He said leading out Albus out of the room. "Are you coming Hanna?"
"Hmmm? Oh, no, I think I'll wait here until it's safe to talk to Minerva again. Make sure she doesn't harm any innocent bystanders, you know."
Armando nodded and left.
"Way to go Minerva." Hanna said and collapsed laughing into a nearby chair.
End of Part 8
Ok, not all of you might have liked the whole, Minerva hitting Albus thing, but since I've been writing her almost as a scared, fragile woman in the past few chapters, I needed to give her this 'I was put in Gryffindor for a reason' ass kicking scene, just to boast her sprit. And this way she's starting to show that 'power' that Tom's been talking about. "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
Did everyone understand the passwords? I'm sure you understood the 'tabby cat' part, but in case anyone didn't know, Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, the arts, dyeing, science and trade, but also of WAR.
Another little note is that because of work and the fact that a lot of my friends are coming back from college this week, I might not update this as quickly as I've done before, but that's why I posted TWO chapters this time! Hope that makes up for my lack of updating quickly.