Blinded By The Past, Ignored In The Future

Chapter 31

THIRTY-ONE: Why Again?

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Previous Chapter: "But-" Hermione was cut off when she was grabbed around the wait and mouth by a tall man. As Tom made to go at her attacker he felt someone pin him to the freezing ground and tie his arms behind his back.  

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"Geoff!" Tom growled at his attacker before his head was slammed into the pavement. The last thing he saw was Lucius Malfoy walking toward him, wand at his side.

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Tom's eyes snapped open and he groaned at his splitting headache. "What happened?" he murmured to himself as he glanced around. He was lying on his stomach and he was on an old bed. Soon enough he realized that his arms were tied behind his back, making him horribly uncomfortable especially since he was forced to breath into the sheets of the bed for his face was practically buried in it. Only then did he remember what had previously happened. 

Tom wiggled his arms in an attempt to free his hands. "Damn!" he cursed when it didn't work to his benefit. If he had his serpent pocketknife he would be able to get out of here! Before he was prepared to face anyone the door (to wherever he was being held) opened and a female voice shirked, "Look, Rodolphus, he thinks he can escape!" Two men laughed at Tom's struggle and then his display of anger.

"Untie me now!" commanded Tom.

The laughing stopped and suddenly the Death Eater, whom he remembered to be Bellatrix, got very stern. "Look, boy, you don't call the shots on this little adventure," she hissed, pulling his head up by his hair and pointing her wand at his exposed throat. He glared at her with hatful eyes and she smirked. "Now that we understand each other, get up." As he did what Bellatrix commanded she continued, "I still say Lucius was being too nice to you when he insisted that we wait here until you woke up." She threw a dirty look at (Rookwood was it?) a nearby Death Eater whom (like the others) had his mask off and was relaxing in a chair.

"But then again it was Rookwood who we should blame for you getting knocked unconscious in the first place." Rookwood jumped up and glared at her. As he made to protest Lucius walked into the room and he fell silent. 

"And how is out guest fairing on this lovely day?"

"Actually I'm a bit tied up at the moment. How about you all come back later?" Tom growled as he tried to situate himself.

"He thinks he's funny," Rodolphus laughed.

"Play your cards safe Tom Riddle," warned Lucius once Rodolphus stopped. "We may not be able to harm you too much but we sure as hell can hurt your little mudblood friend in the other room."

"Hermione?" Tom asked himself. That's right! She had been with him. But why hadn't he remembered sooner?

"So you two are on a first name friendship?" Lucius asked in a mock tone.

"Go to hell," snapped Tom. "I don't like her and I don't like you!"

"Well if you didn't do THAT to your arm over her I can't imagine why you did it," Lucius sneered, looking disdainfully toward his bare arms that were covered with deeps cuts.

"You creep!" Tom yelled as he made a useless attempt to jump at Lucius. Bellatrix held him back as the room filled with the four Death Eater's laughter.

"What's wrong, Tom?" Lucius asked in a mock-baby voice once the Death Eaters had stopped laughing. "Have an accident with a knife?" 

"I got in a fight with it, dumb ass," Tom growled then he added with the classic Slytherin sneer, "And I won."

"Sure you did," Lucius said sarcastically. He turned to the other death Eaters and said, a note of importance in his voice, "Rookwood, go get the mudblood. Bellatrix, you bring Tom and let's be off."    

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In no more than ten minutes (Tom wasn't willing to allow himself to be taken to the Dark Lord for the second time) the four Death Eaters and two teens were on their way and that's when Lucius decided to inform the group that they had to be within the apperation area to be able to get to Voldemort's castle. Of course Rodolphus had his complaints and even Rookwood made a fuss over it however Tom and Hermione already had there suspicion of Lucius telling them this. 

"Keep moving!" ordered Bellatrix and she yanked hard on a long piece of rope that was connected to the ropes tightly binding Tom's hands together. He grinded his teeth together to stop himself from retorting as he struggled to make the rope stop digging into his wrists. Next to him Hermione had her hands tied behind her back and Rookwood was walking behind her to make sure any plans she had of escape stayed ideas and nothing more.

"Isn't this great?" Tom whispered to Hermione. She rolled her eyes in response.

"No talking!" snapped Rookwood. To get his point across he pushed Tom forward making him almost trip.

"Ass," Tom cursed under his breath.

"This way!" Lucius called from ahead. "We're almost there."

"Oh joy," mumbled Tom.

"I said quiet, you!" yelled Rookwood.

"Yeah well-" Tom was cut off as he was hit hard across the face and he fell to the ground.

"Up!" Bellatrix snapped, pulling on the rope.

"Damn!" exclaimed Tom. He wiped his bleeding lip on his arm and glared daggers at Rookwood who smirked in return. Lucius stormed toward him and pulled him up by the back of his neck then, with little concern for Tom's physical state, he shoved Tom forward to get him to walk faster (keeping up with Bellatrix).

"You're making this entire ordeal worse than if has to be," Lucius said to him. "If you'd listen-"

"I would get to die a painless and quick death?" Tom finished in a fake sweet voice.

"Believe what you want, brat," Rodolphus sneered at Tom. "But I can't wait until we bring you back into the middle of the room and I get to hear you scream for us to stop!"

With a sick smile Lucius said," Now, now, Rodolphus. Don't go scaring him to death. What then would we do tonight while on duty?" Tom's stomach turned at the realization that Voldemort once again controlled his fate hit him like the Cruciatus Curse. These four Death Eaters had a say in what was to be done to him if he was most likely tortured tonight. Yet still he was NOT going to suck up to these morons. So what if it meat a little less pain later…What the hell was he thinking?

Tom smiled nervously and before he could say anything Lucius did, "Not so smart when we help to control your fate, ehh?"

"Errr…" was all Tom could manage to get out.

"We're within the area. Bellatrix, bring Tom and, Rookwood, get the girl," Lucius said, slipping his Death Eater mask on as did the others. "I'll meet you there." With a crack of a whip he was gone and the, he too, felt himself disappear as Bellatrix grabbed a hold of his arm.

He was now standing on the shinning, red floor that he had come to dread in the middle of the main hall. Before him stood Lord Voldemort and all around him were Death Eaters. Bellatrix forced Tom to get down on one knee like she, Lucius, Rodolphus, and Rookwood did.

"Rise," Voldemort said to them. Bellatrix forced him up as the Dark Lord spoke to the group, "My faithful Death Eaters I am sure that you remember Tom Riddle." He motioned to Tom whom looked to the ground as the Death Eaters gazes moved to him. "And I am sure that he remembers you all." Snickering from a few of the masked people could be heard. "Now that we've covered that let the fun begin," Voldemort said as he smiled a lipless evil smile. At that moment Tom would have given anything to have been just two inches tall.

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A/N: I'm sorry it took long and that the chapter was horrible AND short. It may tak awahile for the next chapter to be posted though. I'm working on two stories at once.

~Moony~