-Blue on Black-
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CHAPTER FOUR
After the trip to Ami's home, the four headed back towards the orphanage. It was a 3-hour drive, and as they approached a run-down looking building Tom woke the sleeping Ami up, "Hey Ames... we're here, come on, wake up." He said as he handed the unnecessary glasses to his groggy friend.
"What are these for?"
"Believe me Ami. You'll be a lot safer round here if they think you're strange..." mumbled Tom as he tied her hair back up into the bun.
"Ok you know the rules Thomas but your friend doesn't..." started Smith, as he stopped the car. "Neither of you are to do that summer homework in the study room. Lock the door to your dorm if you want to. No funny stuff round here either. NO doing magic on the other people. No fighting, no stealing and no sex. Understood?"
"Yes sir." nodded Ami as a blush tinged her ivory cheeks at his last statement.
"Ok... Now can I trust you two?"
"Of course you can sir." Said Tom rolling his eyes.
"No I mean about the no sex bit. Because I'm putting you two in the same room."
"Sir, we're just friends." Said Tom exasperatedly.
"No need to lie to me-"
"Mr. Smith! We're JUST friends, is that so hard to believe?" interrupted Ami
"With him yes. With you, I don't know yet." Stated the teacher as he led them to their room and opened the door. "Dinner is at 7:30. It's the only meal served here other than breakfast... Curfew is 10:30 and lights out at 11:00" he stated as he let them go in.
The room was a wreck. The beds looked like they would fall apart, and the wardrobes had holes in them while the door on the other side of the room looked like it would crumble if you touched it to hard. "You'll be staying in here." He said as two guys walked in, they looked young enough to be two of the orphans here, carrying Ami and Tom's trunks. They set them down in the middle of the room and both looked towards Ami for a split second before leaving.
When everyone but Ami and Tom had left the room, she grinned and closed the door, locking it shut, "This place looks like a stampede ran through it."
"Yeah... I'm sorry I shouldn't have suggested you come here... you would have been much better off in some fancy orphanage with decent rooms..." mumbled Tom as he carefully sat down on his bed.
"Don't be stupid!" smiled Ami, "You're here and that makes this place a palace... besides, I think I can fix this up!"
"How? We can't use magic out of school Snowflake..."
"No... not mortal magic anyway... but they said nothing about immortal magic!" she giggled as she brought her fists together and a bright blue light erupted between her closed hands. Slowly the glow spread everywhere, and all it touched, repaired itself in an instant. When the glow vanished, the beds looked brand new and the cupboards looked as though they had just been made. The door leading to the bathroom looked smooth and mended, and the shattered window to the left of the room was now patched up and crystal clear glass, sparkling with the sun shining in through it. There was even the smell of freshly sawed wood, and a slight sniff of fresh lacquer. "Well? What do ya think of the place now?" she grinned as she plopped down on the bed beside him.
Gaping at her, he soon regained his senses and shook his head in amusement, "You always find the loophole don't you. I guess having the brains of a Ravenclaw is good for something..."
"Uh-huh! And now for the final touch!" she giggled as both beds glowed a light shade of blue. When it was done, Tom's bed was covered in silver and green linen and silken sheets, and her bed was covered in Ice blue and silver linen sheets.
"Wow! Cool!" grinned Tom as he threw himself back onto the comforting feeling of his own bed, "Ami you rock!" he laughed as he pulled her down beside him, "Thank you."
"Don't thank me yet! Go check out the bathroom." She smirked as she gave him a light push.
When Tom got up and went into the bathroom, he lost complete usage of his lower face, jaw hitting the tiled floor (not literally). Where the normally broken and chipped plaster bathroom was, was now one fit for a King. The tiles were shades of Sapphire Blue and Emerald green with a borderline of silver. The curtained shower had vanished, to be replaced with a glass one, with marble soap holders and showerhead. The sink and toilet were made of marble and glittered in their cleanliness. Big fluffy black towels hung here and there, and the once boarded up window was now letting in beautiful sunlight in through the glass bricked panes.
"Ami... thank you so much!!!" he exclaimed as he tackled the slowly standing up girl to the bed and pinned her in a great bear hug.
"My pleasure... oh and if a muggle looks into the room it will look like the old rickety thing until they leave..." she grinned
"This is perfect! And I thought I'd have to sleep on the floor all summer to keep the bed standing." He laughed as he got off her, missing her warmth but not daring to stay there for what it might make him do.
"No way! I'd never let you sleep on the floor." She giggled; "Now we better unpack our things..." she got up and moved over to her trunk, lifting it with ease.
"I will never get used to seeing you do that. I guess being aliens has its perks." Laughed Tom as he stood, "I can not believe Queen Serenity took away our memories! I'd hate it if I had to live like a human." Grinned Tom
"Thankfully, she made a mistake." Grinned Ami, indicating herself as she began to take out her clothes and slip them onto coat hangers and into drawers.
"Definitely... but I miss the others, and Endymion wasn't as bad as I once thought he was... I guess distance can do that to ya huh?"
"Yep... but when I get my hands on Zoicite I am going to rip him limb from limb!!" growled Ami as she moved on to socks and underwear, ignoring the look she was getting from Tom.
"OK Snowflake, I know you're angry but most girls I know wouldn't unpack those sorts of things in front of a guy," he stated using his nickname for her again.
"Yeah well, you're not just a guy, you're my best friend and besides... get used to seeing it. We're rooming together AND using the same bathroom." She grinned, winking jokingly to him.
"True..." shrugged Tom as he got up and began to unpack too.
~*~*~*~*~Time Passes~*~*~*~*~
It was 7:15 and Tom was waiting for Ami to get out of the shower and get dress. He was already done, wearing a black, long-sleeved turtleneck shirt, and black jeans with his wild black hair, wet from his shower. Just looking at him, you would think that you had found a dark god in the making...
The bathroom door opened and out walked Ami. Tom noticed that she had taken his advice seriously because she had not only tied her wet hair up in the bun, but she had put on the glasses, making her look like the girl most people teased at school. The only reason he didn't like it when she made her self look like that was because he knew it wasn't her true self. She was wearing a pink fuzzy jumper over a barely visible white shirt, and a mid thigh length yellow skirt, with jogging shoes.
"You look nice." Smiled Tom as he got up off his bed and straightened his clothes.
"You too. Are we gonna go down now?"
"Yep. Come on. Probably the only good thing about this place is that the food is good." He grinned
"Great cause I'm starved!" she smiled
Tom led Ami through the halls and down the stairs towards some metal double doors. As they drew closer, voices could be heard of people talking and laughing, and some even yelling.
"Ames before we go in I have to warn you. The guys here are disgusting. They have no honor, and the women dress like whores. They may not necessarily have sex on the orphanage grounds, but they do it elsewhere. The guys will rape you if they think you're beautiful and you wont have sex with them freely. Just stay close and they wont touch you. I'll make sure of it."
"O-ok..." she nodded as she shifted closer to him. Tom opened the door and stepped in, followed by Ami. Many turned to see who it was but most didn't stop their conversations. However a group of boys and girls got up and began to walk over to them.
"Well, well, well. Look whose back guys. Hey Riddle, who's your friend?" smirked the Brown haired, brown eyed boy.
"What do you want Chris?" growled Tom as Ami moved closer to him, and away for the group in front of them.
"Can't I greet you?" the boy asked innocently
"No, you can't. What do you want?"
"Just to see who this new addition to our place is. So you go to the weirdo's school?" he asked turning his attention to the blue haired girl half hidden behind Tom.
Ami looked at Tom with curiosity but nodded to the boy's question.
"Not much of a talker huh? Oh well. I'm Chris. Don't know my last name though."
"Ami. Ami Anderson." She informed him, though she never relaxed.
"Ok Ami... so how do you like this place?"
"You mean, how do I like 'you', right?" she asked with a quirked eyebrow.
"You said it, not me," he smirked
"Want the truth or a lie?" she asked innocently
"Truth obviously." He stated looking at her intently
"Less and less by the second." She sent him her best 'evil' smirk, which would have made Hades proud. "Want the lie?"
"Ok..."
"I'm wanting to hit you right now... but wait... that's not really a lie, so give me a minuet to think of one. I'm not the kind of person to be untruthful." This time Tom fought to keep his laughter hidden but some noticed his eyes twinkling.
"Chris maybe I should have warned you earlier, but Ami has a fiery tongue on her... it's not wise to set her off."
"Why not?" asked a slut-like girl on his right.
"Because the last person whom pissed me off ended up pink, purple and covered in crap." Ami filled in, sneering.
"What the hell? How'd you manage that?"
"Chris, remember the last time you set me off. Remember how you were hung by your feet from the rafters in a split second and no one could figure out how you got up there? That's how it happened."
"So you're like him? You can do that freakish crap?"
Ami cocked an eyebrow again at Tom and grinned, "Yep! And you don't understand how many times I wished I had something to record it with!" she giggled at this, remembering the site of the few people whom pushed it just a little too far with her,
"And why don't I believe that?" questioned another guy looking at her legs appreciatively,
"I frankly don't care what you believe. Just turn around and walk away before you land yourselves in a situation you can't even fathom fixing." She stated irritably
"I see what you mean about the fiery tongue Tom. How do you put up with it?" asked a girl brushing up to him
"Simple, I don't get on her nerves. Now care to get out of the way? We're hungry."
Not wanting to get on Tom's bad side so early in the summer, the group moved aside and let the pair pass by, towards the serving table, where an old lady served them a decent sized meal, and they sat at a table in the corner of the room that Tom usually sat at alone.
"Tom..."
"Yeah? What is it Snowflake?"
"How come these people try to befriend you, but you shun them?"
"Because these are the most disgusting muggles I've ever met. They wish to befriend me because they are afraid of what I can do. But they do not know that I'm a wizard. They are disgusting."
"Oh..." she began to quietly eat her meal and for some reason, Tom felt bad for making her uncomfortable.
"I'm sorry Ami... I shouldn't have snapped at you. I shouldn't have brought you here at all... I just wanted someone to be here with me. I know it sounds childish and selfish but you're the only one I feel completely at ease with. I'm not even as comfortable with Malfoy as I am with you."
"It's ok Tom... I was just thinking about what you said before we came in... you know about the guys raping girls that wouldn't have sex with them willingly... I was just wondering if those boys that came up to us were some of them...?" she questioned quietly.
"Unfortunately, yes." He said as they elapsed into silence for the rest of the meal.
After dinner they went back up to their room, not talking to anyone else, and Ami began doing some of her summer homework while Tom just lazed around on his bed. Ami had way more work to do than he did, because she had two classes he didn't, and she took divination, which he considered a waist of time.
So he opted to watch her as she went through her books and wrote down answers. Checking and re-checking them until they were absolutely correct.
He loved it when she bit her lower lip in concentration. It made her look so adorable, and he just wanted to go over to her and kiss those full, moist pink lips. He envied that tongue as it darted out to wet them while she worked. True he was only fourteen, but he felt so attracted to his friend that he found it rather hard to hide it.
He always wanted to protect her. To always keep her from harm. And that's where this Chamber of Secrets came in. He knew he was the rightful heir of Salazar Slytherin, and Salazar's goal with the chamber was to rid the school of all Mudbloods. It was his chance to make those people whom hurt Ami pay. "Ami? Why are you already working on that assignment of yours? We have the whole summer ya know."
"Yeah... but I wanna get it out of the way." She argued half heartedly, still absorbed in her work
"Oh... 'Kay. By the way, tomorrow I want to show ya something. It's probably the best thing in this area."
Looking up Ami cocked her head cutely to the side like she always did when she had a question, "What is it?"
"Can't tell ya yet. It's a surprise. And if I told yah, it would ruin that surprise." He grinned leaning back on his bed. He knew it annoyed her when she didn't know what was going on.
"Tell me!" she begged snapping her finished Care of magical creatures homework shut and placing it back in her trunk.
"Nope. I'm not saying. You have to wait until tomorrow."
"Oh really?" she asked as she got off her bed and walked silently over to him.
Tom had his eyes closed so he didn't see the evil glint in her beautiful blue orbs. "Yep, you'll find out tomorrow after breakfast."
Ami pounced on Tom, startling him, "No, you are going to tell me, now."
"No way Ames, it wouldn't be a surprise then." He said as he rolled to his side, knocking her to the other half of the bed.
She reverted to the pout again, looking at him with full-fledged puppy dog eyes, "Please?"
Tom could feel his resolve cracking under here adorable pout, "Stop Snowflake... you'll... you'll find out tomorrow..." he closed his eyes so he wouldn't have to see her disappointment,
"Fine, meanie. I'll wait." She grumbled.
~*~Next Morning~*~
"Rise and shine sleepy head." Came the masculine voice in Ami's ear. Swatting whoever it was, away, she rolled over and tried to fall asleep again, "Oh no you don't. You missed breakfast so I brought you some food. Don't you roll over on me young lady. Up!"
"I'm up I'm up..." she grumbled as she groggily sat up rubbing the sleep from her eyes. Looking up at Tom tiredly, she cocked her head to the side cutely, "Why didn't you wake me up for breakfast?"
"You looked tired. Now eat this." He set a tray on her lap and sat beside her. There was a plate with 3 pieces of toast and jam. There was a small bowl of cereal, and a small vase with a white rose sitting in it.
"Mmmm... that looks good," she mumbled without lifting her hand for the spoon.
"Why are you so worn-out this morning?" asked Tom, as he put an arm around her to keep her in a sitting position.
"Probably because of the room changing thing last night and the fact that I had to suppress the energy waves so none of those annoyances at the ministry could pick up that there is someone with immortal magic."
"Oh, true... here lean back." He helped her shuffle backward and rested her back against the headboard. He then scooped up a spoonful of cereal and moved it to her lips.
"What are you doing?" she asked in surprise.
"Helping you eat cause you're too tired to." He grinned as he fed her the cereal gently. Ami ate with a raised eyebrow but said nothing.
After the food was finished, Ami flopped back onto her bed with a content sigh, "You know a girl could get used to this sort of treatment." She giggled.
"I don't mind. You deserve it. Now get dressed, you want to know where this 'cool' place is or not? Oh and put on a swim suit too." he had to hold in a chuckle as Ami jumped to her feet and nodded eagerly before walking as fast as she currently could to the cupboard and taking out something blue and white and bolting into the bathroom.
Ten minuets and a quick shower later, Ami came out looking as beautiful as ever. She had not put on the 'disguise' yet, so her bum length blue hair was falling in wet waves behind her. She wore white jeans short shorts with a purple tank top. "I'm ready, let's go." She grinned.
"Alright..." Tom got up and walked over to her, taking her into a hug, "Hold on tight," he stated and was answered by Ami's hands wrapping around his neck and hanging on, in an instant, Ami found herself in the shadow realm portals and when it all vanished, they were standing in a hidden glade, on the top of a few huge rocks that were nestled on the edge of a large clean looking lake.
Purple and pink water lilies were scattered all along the surface and the grass surrounding the lake was green and untouched. There was an old but strong looking swing attached to a tall comfy tree, and wild flowers covered patches of the grass. There was also a medium sized waterfall flowing over a clump of extremely large boulders. "... Wow. It's so peaceful here!" her grateful smile was all the praise Tom wanted. He had to control himself, though, for Ami was still in his tender embrace.
"I always come here and relax. It's a ten minuet walk from the orphanage."
"Wow. I think I'll be coming here more often."
"If you want. Now I want to swim, how about you?" he grinned
"Yay!" She giggled as she moved away and took off her white shorts to show her in a one piece, ice blue, backless swimsuit. Turns out the skintight shirt she had been wearing was actually the top part of her swimmers. Tom could not take his eyes off her as he watched her move towards the edge of the lake and dip her toe in "It's warm." she smiled as she crouched down and picked up a lily, sniffing it.
Tom grinned and stripped down to his Black swimming trunks sneaking up behind her. As Ami stood back, lily in hand, Riddle wrapped both arms around her waist and jumped into the water, pulling Ami in with him.
A small squeal of surprise escaped her lips as one Tom Marvalo Riddle pulled Ami under the water. And so the water fight began...
~*~*~*~*~Time Passes~*~*~*~*~
Ami lay even breathed on the bed, wrapped tightly up in his arms whilst Tom ran his fingers through her hair; anger, sadness and another emotion he couldn't place ran through him. Tom couldn't help leaning down and kissing the tear that had rolled down her cheek, away. He shouldn't have agreed to wait for her downstairs.
~#*(FLASHBACK)*#~
Tom walked down the stairs of the orphanage early on the Saturday morning he and Ami were to leave for Malfoy Manor. Ami had just gotten up and was taking a shower. He had taken both their trunks down to the entrance and right now he was carrying his owls cage and Indivar's cage to the other stuff though Indivar stayed in the room.
Once he had put down both cages, he sat on his trunk to wait for who ever was coming to pick them up.
He was waiting for Ami to come down for twenty minuets when he heard a muffled scream and the musical distress of the ice phoenix in his and Ami's room. Bolting to his feet and up the stairs, he threw the doors open to find Chris and his gang holding Ami down on the bed, whom was struggling with all her might but there were ten well built 17-year-olds holding the towel clad girl while Chris unzipped his pants. One of the guys was reaching for the towel when Tom let out an enraged yell and a black blast of dark Saturnian magic blew all 11 boys into the wall.
Without realizing it, Tom's eyes had begun to glow red as he unconsciously aloud the evil shadow inside him, access to his actions. His hand rose beginning to glow a eerie purple and as he slowly closed his fist, all the assaulters began to choke, like he had wrapped a rope around each of their necks and was pulling it.
"Tom! NO DON'T!" the voice was like a light in the dark rage inside him and he snapped out of it, quickly dropping his hand, releasing his magical hold on the choking boys who were attempting to catch their breaths.
"Ami are you ok. They didn't touch you did they?" he asked, his previous anger still present, but suppressed behind his worry. When she shook her beautiful tear stained face, Tom calmed somewhat, but turned a furious glare that promised a slow painful death to the orphans coughing on the ground, rubbing their reddening necks," I am giving you all two seconds to get back to your rooms, after that, I will kill whoever gets in my way, and that is not an empty threat." he hissed with venom
"B-but Tom, you can have a piece of h-her too, we- we c-can all h-have fun."
"One." he growled, eyes shifting to the red glow again. It was all they needed to see before they scrambled to their feet and ran for their lives. Tom turned to Ami and his angry face softened completely as he walked over and helped the crying girl sit up, into his hug. "Ami I'm so sorry, I should have come back up after I put down the cages, and this is all my fault."
Sniffing back her tears she just shook her head, and pressed a finger to his lips, "It's not your fault, it's theirs and I hope the gods curse them while fate and destiny destroy their lives but I don't want you to become a murderer on my behalf." she whispered as she wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his shoulder as she cried.
He let her cry herself out on his shoulder before he helped her up and left to just outside the door, allowing her to change.
~#*(END FLASHBACK)*#~
He sighed as she snuggled closer to her source of warmth, they were at Lucius' house and currently, and they were all in his bedroom. Lucius was in the shower leaving Tom and Ami alone in his room.
It was Tom's birthday a week ago so now he was 15 and on his birthday, Ami had gotten him two tings. The first was traditional royal Saturnian robes. They were black dress pants and a black dress shirt made of beautiful material made only on Saturn. It had a black cape that was actually shadows sewn together. The clasps were made of Saturnian Silver (silver with a black tint to it), as was the crown, which had Sapphires, Amethysts and Rubies on it. He had stored it away in his sub space pocket, which was Ami's second gift to him.
He couldn't, for the life of him, work out how someone could ever hurt such a beautiful, sweet, kind, caring, and loving girl. Ami was the picture of perfection in his eyes. He wanted to kill all whom caused her harm. If not kill then at least to hurt them VERY badly.
"Hey... is she ok now?" Lucius had finished his shower and was walking into the room. Tom had told him what happened when they arrived here. Lucius had given Ami a hug, promising to curse each and everyone of them into squids. This had made her smile slightly, but she had continued crying. She had cried herself out onto Tom's chest again and now she had exhausted herself and had fallen asleep.
"Yeah... she fell asleep a few minuets ago... I swear on my life those bastards will pay."
"I'll help... so will the rest of Slytherin if they ever found out." said Lucius, noticing Tom did not let go of Ami but held her closer to him. Not once, since Malfoy had entered the room, had his friend's eyes left Ami. "You like her, don't you?"
"Of course I like her Lucius. She's a good person and friend." Tom's eye's finally shifted to Lucius, giving him a strange look.
"No I mean you like her MORE than a friend."
Tom looked down at the beautiful blue-haired girl in his arms, who was snuggled up to him, head rested on his shoulder. "Is it that obvious?" he asked as he brushed back her fringe.
"Yep. Unfortunately." Lucius smirked, " It's a bit hard to miss. You both flirt non-stop and deny it. You always find reasons to be right next to each other... it's really quite funny."
"I guess," he said absent-mindedly
"Argh... don't go all mushy on me, now are you gonna help me get her back to her room, or are you gonna leave her here... in bed... with me... I really wouldn't mind." he smirked but it earned him a heated glare from his best friend. "Just joking!" he laughed brushing off the glare.
"You better be..." he hissed annoyed as he slipped a hand under Ami's knees and the other under her arms as he stood up, lifting her up, princess style, "I'll put her in bed." and he carried her tenderly out the door, "Night Lucius,"
"Good night Tom, don't do anything I wouldn't do." because Tom's back was turned to him, Lucius didn't notice the black haired boy roll his eyes as he blushed slightly.
Tom opened Ami's door with his foot and left it open as he walked in and lay her sleeping form gently down on the bed. He pulled off her joggers and socks and let down her hair, which had been in a bun ever since the incident earlier that day. Taking off the unnecessary glasses too, he set them on the side table and brought the covers up to her chin "Sweet dreams Ami. I'm so sorry. I promise, I'll never let anyone hurt you, ever. And that includes Me." he whispered, before leaning down and placing a lingering kiss on her forehead. When he moved back he noticed a soft, calmed smile on her lips.
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CHAPTER FOUR
After the trip to Ami's home, the four headed back towards the orphanage. It was a 3-hour drive, and as they approached a run-down looking building Tom woke the sleeping Ami up, "Hey Ames... we're here, come on, wake up." He said as he handed the unnecessary glasses to his groggy friend.
"What are these for?"
"Believe me Ami. You'll be a lot safer round here if they think you're strange..." mumbled Tom as he tied her hair back up into the bun.
"Ok you know the rules Thomas but your friend doesn't..." started Smith, as he stopped the car. "Neither of you are to do that summer homework in the study room. Lock the door to your dorm if you want to. No funny stuff round here either. NO doing magic on the other people. No fighting, no stealing and no sex. Understood?"
"Yes sir." nodded Ami as a blush tinged her ivory cheeks at his last statement.
"Ok... Now can I trust you two?"
"Of course you can sir." Said Tom rolling his eyes.
"No I mean about the no sex bit. Because I'm putting you two in the same room."
"Sir, we're just friends." Said Tom exasperatedly.
"No need to lie to me-"
"Mr. Smith! We're JUST friends, is that so hard to believe?" interrupted Ami
"With him yes. With you, I don't know yet." Stated the teacher as he led them to their room and opened the door. "Dinner is at 7:30. It's the only meal served here other than breakfast... Curfew is 10:30 and lights out at 11:00" he stated as he let them go in.
The room was a wreck. The beds looked like they would fall apart, and the wardrobes had holes in them while the door on the other side of the room looked like it would crumble if you touched it to hard. "You'll be staying in here." He said as two guys walked in, they looked young enough to be two of the orphans here, carrying Ami and Tom's trunks. They set them down in the middle of the room and both looked towards Ami for a split second before leaving.
When everyone but Ami and Tom had left the room, she grinned and closed the door, locking it shut, "This place looks like a stampede ran through it."
"Yeah... I'm sorry I shouldn't have suggested you come here... you would have been much better off in some fancy orphanage with decent rooms..." mumbled Tom as he carefully sat down on his bed.
"Don't be stupid!" smiled Ami, "You're here and that makes this place a palace... besides, I think I can fix this up!"
"How? We can't use magic out of school Snowflake..."
"No... not mortal magic anyway... but they said nothing about immortal magic!" she giggled as she brought her fists together and a bright blue light erupted between her closed hands. Slowly the glow spread everywhere, and all it touched, repaired itself in an instant. When the glow vanished, the beds looked brand new and the cupboards looked as though they had just been made. The door leading to the bathroom looked smooth and mended, and the shattered window to the left of the room was now patched up and crystal clear glass, sparkling with the sun shining in through it. There was even the smell of freshly sawed wood, and a slight sniff of fresh lacquer. "Well? What do ya think of the place now?" she grinned as she plopped down on the bed beside him.
Gaping at her, he soon regained his senses and shook his head in amusement, "You always find the loophole don't you. I guess having the brains of a Ravenclaw is good for something..."
"Uh-huh! And now for the final touch!" she giggled as both beds glowed a light shade of blue. When it was done, Tom's bed was covered in silver and green linen and silken sheets, and her bed was covered in Ice blue and silver linen sheets.
"Wow! Cool!" grinned Tom as he threw himself back onto the comforting feeling of his own bed, "Ami you rock!" he laughed as he pulled her down beside him, "Thank you."
"Don't thank me yet! Go check out the bathroom." She smirked as she gave him a light push.
When Tom got up and went into the bathroom, he lost complete usage of his lower face, jaw hitting the tiled floor (not literally). Where the normally broken and chipped plaster bathroom was, was now one fit for a King. The tiles were shades of Sapphire Blue and Emerald green with a borderline of silver. The curtained shower had vanished, to be replaced with a glass one, with marble soap holders and showerhead. The sink and toilet were made of marble and glittered in their cleanliness. Big fluffy black towels hung here and there, and the once boarded up window was now letting in beautiful sunlight in through the glass bricked panes.
"Ami... thank you so much!!!" he exclaimed as he tackled the slowly standing up girl to the bed and pinned her in a great bear hug.
"My pleasure... oh and if a muggle looks into the room it will look like the old rickety thing until they leave..." she grinned
"This is perfect! And I thought I'd have to sleep on the floor all summer to keep the bed standing." He laughed as he got off her, missing her warmth but not daring to stay there for what it might make him do.
"No way! I'd never let you sleep on the floor." She giggled; "Now we better unpack our things..." she got up and moved over to her trunk, lifting it with ease.
"I will never get used to seeing you do that. I guess being aliens has its perks." Laughed Tom as he stood, "I can not believe Queen Serenity took away our memories! I'd hate it if I had to live like a human." Grinned Tom
"Thankfully, she made a mistake." Grinned Ami, indicating herself as she began to take out her clothes and slip them onto coat hangers and into drawers.
"Definitely... but I miss the others, and Endymion wasn't as bad as I once thought he was... I guess distance can do that to ya huh?"
"Yep... but when I get my hands on Zoicite I am going to rip him limb from limb!!" growled Ami as she moved on to socks and underwear, ignoring the look she was getting from Tom.
"OK Snowflake, I know you're angry but most girls I know wouldn't unpack those sorts of things in front of a guy," he stated using his nickname for her again.
"Yeah well, you're not just a guy, you're my best friend and besides... get used to seeing it. We're rooming together AND using the same bathroom." She grinned, winking jokingly to him.
"True..." shrugged Tom as he got up and began to unpack too.
~*~*~*~*~Time Passes~*~*~*~*~
It was 7:15 and Tom was waiting for Ami to get out of the shower and get dress. He was already done, wearing a black, long-sleeved turtleneck shirt, and black jeans with his wild black hair, wet from his shower. Just looking at him, you would think that you had found a dark god in the making...
The bathroom door opened and out walked Ami. Tom noticed that she had taken his advice seriously because she had not only tied her wet hair up in the bun, but she had put on the glasses, making her look like the girl most people teased at school. The only reason he didn't like it when she made her self look like that was because he knew it wasn't her true self. She was wearing a pink fuzzy jumper over a barely visible white shirt, and a mid thigh length yellow skirt, with jogging shoes.
"You look nice." Smiled Tom as he got up off his bed and straightened his clothes.
"You too. Are we gonna go down now?"
"Yep. Come on. Probably the only good thing about this place is that the food is good." He grinned
"Great cause I'm starved!" she smiled
Tom led Ami through the halls and down the stairs towards some metal double doors. As they drew closer, voices could be heard of people talking and laughing, and some even yelling.
"Ames before we go in I have to warn you. The guys here are disgusting. They have no honor, and the women dress like whores. They may not necessarily have sex on the orphanage grounds, but they do it elsewhere. The guys will rape you if they think you're beautiful and you wont have sex with them freely. Just stay close and they wont touch you. I'll make sure of it."
"O-ok..." she nodded as she shifted closer to him. Tom opened the door and stepped in, followed by Ami. Many turned to see who it was but most didn't stop their conversations. However a group of boys and girls got up and began to walk over to them.
"Well, well, well. Look whose back guys. Hey Riddle, who's your friend?" smirked the Brown haired, brown eyed boy.
"What do you want Chris?" growled Tom as Ami moved closer to him, and away for the group in front of them.
"Can't I greet you?" the boy asked innocently
"No, you can't. What do you want?"
"Just to see who this new addition to our place is. So you go to the weirdo's school?" he asked turning his attention to the blue haired girl half hidden behind Tom.
Ami looked at Tom with curiosity but nodded to the boy's question.
"Not much of a talker huh? Oh well. I'm Chris. Don't know my last name though."
"Ami. Ami Anderson." She informed him, though she never relaxed.
"Ok Ami... so how do you like this place?"
"You mean, how do I like 'you', right?" she asked with a quirked eyebrow.
"You said it, not me," he smirked
"Want the truth or a lie?" she asked innocently
"Truth obviously." He stated looking at her intently
"Less and less by the second." She sent him her best 'evil' smirk, which would have made Hades proud. "Want the lie?"
"Ok..."
"I'm wanting to hit you right now... but wait... that's not really a lie, so give me a minuet to think of one. I'm not the kind of person to be untruthful." This time Tom fought to keep his laughter hidden but some noticed his eyes twinkling.
"Chris maybe I should have warned you earlier, but Ami has a fiery tongue on her... it's not wise to set her off."
"Why not?" asked a slut-like girl on his right.
"Because the last person whom pissed me off ended up pink, purple and covered in crap." Ami filled in, sneering.
"What the hell? How'd you manage that?"
"Chris, remember the last time you set me off. Remember how you were hung by your feet from the rafters in a split second and no one could figure out how you got up there? That's how it happened."
"So you're like him? You can do that freakish crap?"
Ami cocked an eyebrow again at Tom and grinned, "Yep! And you don't understand how many times I wished I had something to record it with!" she giggled at this, remembering the site of the few people whom pushed it just a little too far with her,
"And why don't I believe that?" questioned another guy looking at her legs appreciatively,
"I frankly don't care what you believe. Just turn around and walk away before you land yourselves in a situation you can't even fathom fixing." She stated irritably
"I see what you mean about the fiery tongue Tom. How do you put up with it?" asked a girl brushing up to him
"Simple, I don't get on her nerves. Now care to get out of the way? We're hungry."
Not wanting to get on Tom's bad side so early in the summer, the group moved aside and let the pair pass by, towards the serving table, where an old lady served them a decent sized meal, and they sat at a table in the corner of the room that Tom usually sat at alone.
"Tom..."
"Yeah? What is it Snowflake?"
"How come these people try to befriend you, but you shun them?"
"Because these are the most disgusting muggles I've ever met. They wish to befriend me because they are afraid of what I can do. But they do not know that I'm a wizard. They are disgusting."
"Oh..." she began to quietly eat her meal and for some reason, Tom felt bad for making her uncomfortable.
"I'm sorry Ami... I shouldn't have snapped at you. I shouldn't have brought you here at all... I just wanted someone to be here with me. I know it sounds childish and selfish but you're the only one I feel completely at ease with. I'm not even as comfortable with Malfoy as I am with you."
"It's ok Tom... I was just thinking about what you said before we came in... you know about the guys raping girls that wouldn't have sex with them willingly... I was just wondering if those boys that came up to us were some of them...?" she questioned quietly.
"Unfortunately, yes." He said as they elapsed into silence for the rest of the meal.
After dinner they went back up to their room, not talking to anyone else, and Ami began doing some of her summer homework while Tom just lazed around on his bed. Ami had way more work to do than he did, because she had two classes he didn't, and she took divination, which he considered a waist of time.
So he opted to watch her as she went through her books and wrote down answers. Checking and re-checking them until they were absolutely correct.
He loved it when she bit her lower lip in concentration. It made her look so adorable, and he just wanted to go over to her and kiss those full, moist pink lips. He envied that tongue as it darted out to wet them while she worked. True he was only fourteen, but he felt so attracted to his friend that he found it rather hard to hide it.
He always wanted to protect her. To always keep her from harm. And that's where this Chamber of Secrets came in. He knew he was the rightful heir of Salazar Slytherin, and Salazar's goal with the chamber was to rid the school of all Mudbloods. It was his chance to make those people whom hurt Ami pay. "Ami? Why are you already working on that assignment of yours? We have the whole summer ya know."
"Yeah... but I wanna get it out of the way." She argued half heartedly, still absorbed in her work
"Oh... 'Kay. By the way, tomorrow I want to show ya something. It's probably the best thing in this area."
Looking up Ami cocked her head cutely to the side like she always did when she had a question, "What is it?"
"Can't tell ya yet. It's a surprise. And if I told yah, it would ruin that surprise." He grinned leaning back on his bed. He knew it annoyed her when she didn't know what was going on.
"Tell me!" she begged snapping her finished Care of magical creatures homework shut and placing it back in her trunk.
"Nope. I'm not saying. You have to wait until tomorrow."
"Oh really?" she asked as she got off her bed and walked silently over to him.
Tom had his eyes closed so he didn't see the evil glint in her beautiful blue orbs. "Yep, you'll find out tomorrow after breakfast."
Ami pounced on Tom, startling him, "No, you are going to tell me, now."
"No way Ames, it wouldn't be a surprise then." He said as he rolled to his side, knocking her to the other half of the bed.
She reverted to the pout again, looking at him with full-fledged puppy dog eyes, "Please?"
Tom could feel his resolve cracking under here adorable pout, "Stop Snowflake... you'll... you'll find out tomorrow..." he closed his eyes so he wouldn't have to see her disappointment,
"Fine, meanie. I'll wait." She grumbled.
~*~Next Morning~*~
"Rise and shine sleepy head." Came the masculine voice in Ami's ear. Swatting whoever it was, away, she rolled over and tried to fall asleep again, "Oh no you don't. You missed breakfast so I brought you some food. Don't you roll over on me young lady. Up!"
"I'm up I'm up..." she grumbled as she groggily sat up rubbing the sleep from her eyes. Looking up at Tom tiredly, she cocked her head to the side cutely, "Why didn't you wake me up for breakfast?"
"You looked tired. Now eat this." He set a tray on her lap and sat beside her. There was a plate with 3 pieces of toast and jam. There was a small bowl of cereal, and a small vase with a white rose sitting in it.
"Mmmm... that looks good," she mumbled without lifting her hand for the spoon.
"Why are you so worn-out this morning?" asked Tom, as he put an arm around her to keep her in a sitting position.
"Probably because of the room changing thing last night and the fact that I had to suppress the energy waves so none of those annoyances at the ministry could pick up that there is someone with immortal magic."
"Oh, true... here lean back." He helped her shuffle backward and rested her back against the headboard. He then scooped up a spoonful of cereal and moved it to her lips.
"What are you doing?" she asked in surprise.
"Helping you eat cause you're too tired to." He grinned as he fed her the cereal gently. Ami ate with a raised eyebrow but said nothing.
After the food was finished, Ami flopped back onto her bed with a content sigh, "You know a girl could get used to this sort of treatment." She giggled.
"I don't mind. You deserve it. Now get dressed, you want to know where this 'cool' place is or not? Oh and put on a swim suit too." he had to hold in a chuckle as Ami jumped to her feet and nodded eagerly before walking as fast as she currently could to the cupboard and taking out something blue and white and bolting into the bathroom.
Ten minuets and a quick shower later, Ami came out looking as beautiful as ever. She had not put on the 'disguise' yet, so her bum length blue hair was falling in wet waves behind her. She wore white jeans short shorts with a purple tank top. "I'm ready, let's go." She grinned.
"Alright..." Tom got up and walked over to her, taking her into a hug, "Hold on tight," he stated and was answered by Ami's hands wrapping around his neck and hanging on, in an instant, Ami found herself in the shadow realm portals and when it all vanished, they were standing in a hidden glade, on the top of a few huge rocks that were nestled on the edge of a large clean looking lake.
Purple and pink water lilies were scattered all along the surface and the grass surrounding the lake was green and untouched. There was an old but strong looking swing attached to a tall comfy tree, and wild flowers covered patches of the grass. There was also a medium sized waterfall flowing over a clump of extremely large boulders. "... Wow. It's so peaceful here!" her grateful smile was all the praise Tom wanted. He had to control himself, though, for Ami was still in his tender embrace.
"I always come here and relax. It's a ten minuet walk from the orphanage."
"Wow. I think I'll be coming here more often."
"If you want. Now I want to swim, how about you?" he grinned
"Yay!" She giggled as she moved away and took off her white shorts to show her in a one piece, ice blue, backless swimsuit. Turns out the skintight shirt she had been wearing was actually the top part of her swimmers. Tom could not take his eyes off her as he watched her move towards the edge of the lake and dip her toe in "It's warm." she smiled as she crouched down and picked up a lily, sniffing it.
Tom grinned and stripped down to his Black swimming trunks sneaking up behind her. As Ami stood back, lily in hand, Riddle wrapped both arms around her waist and jumped into the water, pulling Ami in with him.
A small squeal of surprise escaped her lips as one Tom Marvalo Riddle pulled Ami under the water. And so the water fight began...
~*~*~*~*~Time Passes~*~*~*~*~
Ami lay even breathed on the bed, wrapped tightly up in his arms whilst Tom ran his fingers through her hair; anger, sadness and another emotion he couldn't place ran through him. Tom couldn't help leaning down and kissing the tear that had rolled down her cheek, away. He shouldn't have agreed to wait for her downstairs.
~#*(FLASHBACK)*#~
Tom walked down the stairs of the orphanage early on the Saturday morning he and Ami were to leave for Malfoy Manor. Ami had just gotten up and was taking a shower. He had taken both their trunks down to the entrance and right now he was carrying his owls cage and Indivar's cage to the other stuff though Indivar stayed in the room.
Once he had put down both cages, he sat on his trunk to wait for who ever was coming to pick them up.
He was waiting for Ami to come down for twenty minuets when he heard a muffled scream and the musical distress of the ice phoenix in his and Ami's room. Bolting to his feet and up the stairs, he threw the doors open to find Chris and his gang holding Ami down on the bed, whom was struggling with all her might but there were ten well built 17-year-olds holding the towel clad girl while Chris unzipped his pants. One of the guys was reaching for the towel when Tom let out an enraged yell and a black blast of dark Saturnian magic blew all 11 boys into the wall.
Without realizing it, Tom's eyes had begun to glow red as he unconsciously aloud the evil shadow inside him, access to his actions. His hand rose beginning to glow a eerie purple and as he slowly closed his fist, all the assaulters began to choke, like he had wrapped a rope around each of their necks and was pulling it.
"Tom! NO DON'T!" the voice was like a light in the dark rage inside him and he snapped out of it, quickly dropping his hand, releasing his magical hold on the choking boys who were attempting to catch their breaths.
"Ami are you ok. They didn't touch you did they?" he asked, his previous anger still present, but suppressed behind his worry. When she shook her beautiful tear stained face, Tom calmed somewhat, but turned a furious glare that promised a slow painful death to the orphans coughing on the ground, rubbing their reddening necks," I am giving you all two seconds to get back to your rooms, after that, I will kill whoever gets in my way, and that is not an empty threat." he hissed with venom
"B-but Tom, you can have a piece of h-her too, we- we c-can all h-have fun."
"One." he growled, eyes shifting to the red glow again. It was all they needed to see before they scrambled to their feet and ran for their lives. Tom turned to Ami and his angry face softened completely as he walked over and helped the crying girl sit up, into his hug. "Ami I'm so sorry, I should have come back up after I put down the cages, and this is all my fault."
Sniffing back her tears she just shook her head, and pressed a finger to his lips, "It's not your fault, it's theirs and I hope the gods curse them while fate and destiny destroy their lives but I don't want you to become a murderer on my behalf." she whispered as she wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his shoulder as she cried.
He let her cry herself out on his shoulder before he helped her up and left to just outside the door, allowing her to change.
~#*(END FLASHBACK)*#~
He sighed as she snuggled closer to her source of warmth, they were at Lucius' house and currently, and they were all in his bedroom. Lucius was in the shower leaving Tom and Ami alone in his room.
It was Tom's birthday a week ago so now he was 15 and on his birthday, Ami had gotten him two tings. The first was traditional royal Saturnian robes. They were black dress pants and a black dress shirt made of beautiful material made only on Saturn. It had a black cape that was actually shadows sewn together. The clasps were made of Saturnian Silver (silver with a black tint to it), as was the crown, which had Sapphires, Amethysts and Rubies on it. He had stored it away in his sub space pocket, which was Ami's second gift to him.
He couldn't, for the life of him, work out how someone could ever hurt such a beautiful, sweet, kind, caring, and loving girl. Ami was the picture of perfection in his eyes. He wanted to kill all whom caused her harm. If not kill then at least to hurt them VERY badly.
"Hey... is she ok now?" Lucius had finished his shower and was walking into the room. Tom had told him what happened when they arrived here. Lucius had given Ami a hug, promising to curse each and everyone of them into squids. This had made her smile slightly, but she had continued crying. She had cried herself out onto Tom's chest again and now she had exhausted herself and had fallen asleep.
"Yeah... she fell asleep a few minuets ago... I swear on my life those bastards will pay."
"I'll help... so will the rest of Slytherin if they ever found out." said Lucius, noticing Tom did not let go of Ami but held her closer to him. Not once, since Malfoy had entered the room, had his friend's eyes left Ami. "You like her, don't you?"
"Of course I like her Lucius. She's a good person and friend." Tom's eye's finally shifted to Lucius, giving him a strange look.
"No I mean you like her MORE than a friend."
Tom looked down at the beautiful blue-haired girl in his arms, who was snuggled up to him, head rested on his shoulder. "Is it that obvious?" he asked as he brushed back her fringe.
"Yep. Unfortunately." Lucius smirked, " It's a bit hard to miss. You both flirt non-stop and deny it. You always find reasons to be right next to each other... it's really quite funny."
"I guess," he said absent-mindedly
"Argh... don't go all mushy on me, now are you gonna help me get her back to her room, or are you gonna leave her here... in bed... with me... I really wouldn't mind." he smirked but it earned him a heated glare from his best friend. "Just joking!" he laughed brushing off the glare.
"You better be..." he hissed annoyed as he slipped a hand under Ami's knees and the other under her arms as he stood up, lifting her up, princess style, "I'll put her in bed." and he carried her tenderly out the door, "Night Lucius,"
"Good night Tom, don't do anything I wouldn't do." because Tom's back was turned to him, Lucius didn't notice the black haired boy roll his eyes as he blushed slightly.
Tom opened Ami's door with his foot and left it open as he walked in and lay her sleeping form gently down on the bed. He pulled off her joggers and socks and let down her hair, which had been in a bun ever since the incident earlier that day. Taking off the unnecessary glasses too, he set them on the side table and brought the covers up to her chin "Sweet dreams Ami. I'm so sorry. I promise, I'll never let anyone hurt you, ever. And that includes Me." he whispered, before leaning down and placing a lingering kiss on her forehead. When he moved back he noticed a soft, calmed smile on her lips.
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