Blinded By The Past, Ignored In The Future
Chapter 33
THIRTY-THREE: An Idea Drawn From a Memory
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Previous Chapter: He lay back when his strength came to an end. There was no way he could even think about escape tonight…he just had to hope that Hermione would be fine until then.
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When Hermione opened her eyes she found that she was standing in a familiar spot near the Hogwarts Lake. Not too far away a fourteen year-old Ruby was sitting on the grass, a rather large King Cobra wrapped around her shoulders, and a beautiful, tan colored falcon was resting on her outstretched arm.
"Well I'm glade that you're both comfortable 'cause I'm not," grumbled Ruby.
Then snake hissed a response and the falcon cawed, beating its wing as if to say, "Be quiet. You're ruining the moment!" If Hermione didn't know better she would say that the falcon and snake could actually understand Ruby.
"Oh shut-up!" snapped Ruby as she fell down to the ground without warning. The falcon furiously flapped its wings to avoid crashing into the ground. The snake however changed form. It changed form straight into Tom Riddle. Cursing at her own stupidity Hermione walked forward to get a better angle of Tom's memory.
The falcon took the form of a messy haired Lucius Malfoy. Lucius straightened himself up and got to his feet. Hermione couldn't help but hate him, even if he wasn't such an evil bastard in this time.
"I was thinking," Tom said, looking up at the sky. Ruby and Lucius looked over at him. "Maybe we should give ourselves nicknames. We all know that every team had nicknames."
"Well I'm gonna call you snake," Lucius sneered at Tom.
Tom raised an eyebrow and said, "Whatever. But I'm gonna call you blonde."
"Jerk," muttered Lucius.
"Dick," Tom retorted.
"Shut-up!" snapped Ruby. The two boys quickly quieted down but they continued to glare at each other. "That's a little better. Now then. I think Tom should be called Blaze. Don't ask why."
"Why?" Lucius and Tom inquired in unison.
"I dunno. It sounds cool, right?" said Ruby. Lucius rolled his eyes, but Tom nodded his head. "Well anyway…I want to be Star. Star the Arctic Fox."
"And what about me?" Lucius asked.
"You can be…hmm…I know! We can call you Jet-Jaw!"
Tom burst out laughing and Lucius glared at the world. A few seconds later he turned to Ruby and said, "I hate you."
Abruptly Tom's current memory fainted and Hermione felt herself being thrown into darkness…then she was tossed into another memory.
Hermione looked around and saw that she was still engulfed by darkness. It took a moment but it began to clear up, and she could make out an eleven year old Tom and Lucius walking toward her. They walked straight through her and continued on their way down the muddle neighborhood street.
"We're going to friend's house then we're going to use floo powder to get to Diagon Ally," Hermione heard Tom say as the memory became easier to see. "It's just down the street."
"Oh that's it? Rid, you know very well that I hate walking!" Lucius complained. He was dragging his feet to add to the drama show.
"Get over it," Tom joked causing Lucius to hit him upside his head. Tom returned the favor and took off down the street. Lucius ran after him.
Tom ran up to the door of Ruby's house and knocked hurriedly. Then he ran out of sight as Lucius ran up to the door after him. The Malfoy stood there, a confused look on his face, as he wondered where Tom had gone. The door to the house swung open, and a young Ruby stepped out.
"Yes?" Ruby asked Lucius.
Lucius's jaw dropped. "H-h-hi," he said gaping like a fish.
Hermione couldn't help but giggle. This was obviously the first time Lucius and Ruby had met. It reminded her of how she, Harry, and Ron had become friends. Of course no one had starred at her like she had three heads…
"Okay," she said, smiling. "Tom sent you, didn't he?"
"Hi," Lucius repeated, beginning to drool.
"Oh boy," she said more to herself. "Ummm…here let me dumbin' that down. Did a kid around your age with black hair that always shines, and you don't know how it can, with turquoise eyes tell you to come here?"
Tom came into view, a hurt look on his face. "My hair shines because it-it-it just does!" he defended.
She laughed and said sarcastically, "I'm sure."
"Well it does," he muttered as he turned to see his other friend. "Lucius!" he called the blond. "You can stop now!"
"Hi," said Lucius again.
"Lu, she hate's perverted pigs," warned Tom.
"Tom, if I hated perverted pigs I wouldn't like you," Ruby joked.
"I feel loved now," said Tom mockingly. He grabbed Lucius's arm and pulled him inside the house. Ruby shut the door after them. Hermione groaned as this memory slowly began to vanish like the previous one had and was replaced by a third.
"Okay," Tom said. The trio was sitting at the Slytherin table in the Great Hall. Hermione took a seat across from Lucius and listened to them talk. "We could roam the school at night and do something fun."
"How?" Ruby asked.
"I dunno. I hoped you two could come with something," replied Tom with a shrug.
Lucius thought about it for a moment then said, "I got nothing."
"You suck," Ruby said.
"Oh like you had an idea!" defended Lucius.
"I might have!" she retorted.
"Did you?" Lucius asked.
"No, but that's not the point," said Ruby.
"Then what is the point?" inquired Lucius.
"Hell if I know," replied Ruby.
"You're brilliant," Lucius said sarcastically.
"I know I am," smirked Ruby.
Lucius rolled his eyes. "You're annoying."
"I know you are!" Ruby retorted.
A strong gust of wind seemed to come out of nowhere and force the memory to change into another. Hermione covered her face with her arms and only removed them when she was sure the wind had calmed down. She looked about to find the next memory of Tom's.
"I had a really great time tonight," Ruby was saying to Tom. They were both awkwardly standing on Ruby's porch. Tom looked about sixteen as did his girlfriend.
"I'm glad," Tom said. There was a blizzard going on around them but they didn't seem to notice. A as matter of fact Hermione was more focused on them than the howling wind.
Ruby cleared her throat and said, "Well…goodnight."
"Goodnight," Tom replied, looking up from the ground. He grinned and pointed to something hanging over them. "Mistletoe." They both leaned forward and kissed each other.
Hermione's mouth dropped open as she was thrown out of the diary's pages and she landed on the hard, stone floor. That was why he had kissed her! He missed his girlfriend!
"That sick pig!" Hermione screamed in furry. I'll get him back Hermione decided. She had totally forgotten that Tom was already in bad shape because of the Death Eaters.
