Chapter 11:
Adalia walked lazily around the hallways but was stopped by a slight cough off to the corner. She turned to see Remus standing there leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. He looked in a rather serious mood.
"Shouldn't you be in class?" Adalia asked unconcerned.
"I should ask you the same question. Look Adalia.you are hiding something I know it. Why not just get it out in the open? Sirius will find out sooner or later anyway." Adalia felt a pang in her heart as he said this. No, Sirius would not be finding out anything. She had ended it and that was that. She couldn't risk having to explain something that she herself didn't even understand.
"No.he won't." She said and looked away, tears threatening once more to trail her face. But despite not wanting to tell Sirius any of this for more his sake than hers, so that he would not have to worry about her, she wanted to tell Remus. Tell him everything. She knew he might be able to help one way or another and he was very trustworthy. She sighed and rubbed her forehead.
"Why won't he?" Remus asked getting up from the wall.
"Because I broke it off. I don't want him to be part of.me." Adalia's lip quivered as she spoke. Remus's face took on a pained expression.
"You didn't." he said, sounding as though he were trying to make it not true. Adalia looked down at the ground. She did not trust herself to speak in fear that she would lose control of her tears. She needed to be strong.
"Please Adalia." Remus began to plead but Adalia looked up sharply and sniffling, began to tell him everything.
Adalia told him that strange things like her healing Sirius had happened to her at Durmstrang making her an outcast to some and a worthy target to either harass or capture as a weapon against others. It was there that she met a man who had graduated some years ago from Hogwarts. He seemed caring and trustworthy, only trying to help her control her newly found powers but she had been desperately wrong. In the end he only wanted to use her for his own dark purposes. She had resisted all attempts he made at trying to convince her to go along with him, or so she thought. She had even thought that coming back to Hogwarts would make it all stop and for almost the entire year she had been right but now it had begun again.
Remus listened intently through her explanation. He seemed thoroughly disturbed, fascinated, and intrigued at the same time. Adalia breathed a sigh of relief when she had finished.
"What other things could you have done to make you a weapon?" Remus asked making Adalia gulp. She hesitated before answering.
"Well.I started being able to create fireballs in my hand. Set my desk on fire by accident. Then I kind of.made a guy who was bothering me fly across the hallway and slam into a locker. And the other one was I healed this girl's snakeskin boots back into two living rattlesnakes. That caused a bit of panic." Adalia whispered. Remus raised an eyebrow.
"And this man.what was his name?" Remus asked lightly. He knew the fear of not being accepted as who you were and somehow he had gained a new respect for Adalia.
"I would rather not say. He told me if I told anyone he would come after me." Adalia felt a shiver run down her spine at the thought.
"I understand but did he seem particularly dangerous or just.revengeful?" Remus asked.
"Dangerous. He told me he already had followers. He told me." Adalia cut off. She closed her eyes for a moment.
"What else? Adalia please tell me. You could be in real danger. I cannot believe you haven't mentioned this to anyone." Remus said concerned. Adalia knew she could be in real danger but this was the reason she didn't want to tell anyone. She didn't want to be held back from things, looked at differently, or be the cause of any type of panic, especially from her friends.
"I can't." was her simple reply.
"Adalia.at least give me his name."
"You aren't going to tell anyone are you? I don't want the last few days here to be spent defending myself or answering questions or getting strange looks from people." Adalia was slightly worried. She knew Remus was trustworthy but somehow she just couldn't bring herself to tell him even with it pounding in her head, waiting to break free. It was just a name after all. Maybe it wouldn't make a difference.
"If you don't want me to tell anyone I won't unless I absolutely have to. I promise." Remus said laying his hand on hers. Adalia nodded slightly.
"All right. His name." Adalia began in a whisper, "was Tom Riddle."
(A/N): Dun dun dun. And she's done it again. Now you didn't think this story was never going to have a plot now did you? Well sorry but it does. Just took a rather long while to get it in there. I've got many surprises planned out so keep readin' cause trust me ya wont regret it. I know my chapters are a bit short and choppy but hey you know what that's how I write for now. Anyway let me know what you think cause I'm not getting too many reviews on this thing and if I don't get any reviews I might stop writing it. * sigh * OK well anyway thanks for the reviews I did get so far you guys/gals are awesome! Oh yea and by the way I've already written the next couple chapters so they should be up shortly. Very shortly.like maybe they are up already. Oye vay I really should shut up huh? OK then well thanks and happy reading.
*~*A rose without thorns*~*
Adalia walked lazily around the hallways but was stopped by a slight cough off to the corner. She turned to see Remus standing there leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. He looked in a rather serious mood.
"Shouldn't you be in class?" Adalia asked unconcerned.
"I should ask you the same question. Look Adalia.you are hiding something I know it. Why not just get it out in the open? Sirius will find out sooner or later anyway." Adalia felt a pang in her heart as he said this. No, Sirius would not be finding out anything. She had ended it and that was that. She couldn't risk having to explain something that she herself didn't even understand.
"No.he won't." She said and looked away, tears threatening once more to trail her face. But despite not wanting to tell Sirius any of this for more his sake than hers, so that he would not have to worry about her, she wanted to tell Remus. Tell him everything. She knew he might be able to help one way or another and he was very trustworthy. She sighed and rubbed her forehead.
"Why won't he?" Remus asked getting up from the wall.
"Because I broke it off. I don't want him to be part of.me." Adalia's lip quivered as she spoke. Remus's face took on a pained expression.
"You didn't." he said, sounding as though he were trying to make it not true. Adalia looked down at the ground. She did not trust herself to speak in fear that she would lose control of her tears. She needed to be strong.
"Please Adalia." Remus began to plead but Adalia looked up sharply and sniffling, began to tell him everything.
Adalia told him that strange things like her healing Sirius had happened to her at Durmstrang making her an outcast to some and a worthy target to either harass or capture as a weapon against others. It was there that she met a man who had graduated some years ago from Hogwarts. He seemed caring and trustworthy, only trying to help her control her newly found powers but she had been desperately wrong. In the end he only wanted to use her for his own dark purposes. She had resisted all attempts he made at trying to convince her to go along with him, or so she thought. She had even thought that coming back to Hogwarts would make it all stop and for almost the entire year she had been right but now it had begun again.
Remus listened intently through her explanation. He seemed thoroughly disturbed, fascinated, and intrigued at the same time. Adalia breathed a sigh of relief when she had finished.
"What other things could you have done to make you a weapon?" Remus asked making Adalia gulp. She hesitated before answering.
"Well.I started being able to create fireballs in my hand. Set my desk on fire by accident. Then I kind of.made a guy who was bothering me fly across the hallway and slam into a locker. And the other one was I healed this girl's snakeskin boots back into two living rattlesnakes. That caused a bit of panic." Adalia whispered. Remus raised an eyebrow.
"And this man.what was his name?" Remus asked lightly. He knew the fear of not being accepted as who you were and somehow he had gained a new respect for Adalia.
"I would rather not say. He told me if I told anyone he would come after me." Adalia felt a shiver run down her spine at the thought.
"I understand but did he seem particularly dangerous or just.revengeful?" Remus asked.
"Dangerous. He told me he already had followers. He told me." Adalia cut off. She closed her eyes for a moment.
"What else? Adalia please tell me. You could be in real danger. I cannot believe you haven't mentioned this to anyone." Remus said concerned. Adalia knew she could be in real danger but this was the reason she didn't want to tell anyone. She didn't want to be held back from things, looked at differently, or be the cause of any type of panic, especially from her friends.
"I can't." was her simple reply.
"Adalia.at least give me his name."
"You aren't going to tell anyone are you? I don't want the last few days here to be spent defending myself or answering questions or getting strange looks from people." Adalia was slightly worried. She knew Remus was trustworthy but somehow she just couldn't bring herself to tell him even with it pounding in her head, waiting to break free. It was just a name after all. Maybe it wouldn't make a difference.
"If you don't want me to tell anyone I won't unless I absolutely have to. I promise." Remus said laying his hand on hers. Adalia nodded slightly.
"All right. His name." Adalia began in a whisper, "was Tom Riddle."
(A/N): Dun dun dun. And she's done it again. Now you didn't think this story was never going to have a plot now did you? Well sorry but it does. Just took a rather long while to get it in there. I've got many surprises planned out so keep readin' cause trust me ya wont regret it. I know my chapters are a bit short and choppy but hey you know what that's how I write for now. Anyway let me know what you think cause I'm not getting too many reviews on this thing and if I don't get any reviews I might stop writing it. * sigh * OK well anyway thanks for the reviews I did get so far you guys/gals are awesome! Oh yea and by the way I've already written the next couple chapters so they should be up shortly. Very shortly.like maybe they are up already. Oye vay I really should shut up huh? OK then well thanks and happy reading.
*~*A rose without thorns*~*