Chapter 6
I resolved to sit next to Lou in Potions class. By the time I came into class, Lou was already sitting in the back. It was closer to Tom's crew than my original seat to my chagrin. But it was better than sitting next to Riddle.
I greeted the fair skinned Asian beauty with a smile. A soft smile was what I got in return.
"Is anybody sitting here?" I asked her.
She shook her head, "No, you are welcome to sit by me."
Good. I placed my things on the desk and started to organize my parchment and quills.
A looming shadow was my warning before a hand was firmly placed on my shoulder. There was Riddle learning over the desk, a fake wide smile on his face. His eyes were cool and frosty as he gazed at me. He then looked towards Lou and greeted her politely.
"My apologizes, is there any way I could sit besides her today? We had a prior engagement"- his hand tightened " that we would be sitting together to discuss few things."
To my surprise, Lou was not cowed at all. Not affected by his charm. She looked calmly at him, "Hermione asked to sit here next to me. If you wish to sit by her I suggest you ask her. There is an empty desk there." She nodded to the directly in front desk that was currently vacant.
There was a coward part of me that wished Lou would have told him no. This was not her fight, and I knew she did not know the scope of what was going on. I could tell she was braver than most. I would place a hefty bet that the majority of the girls here would have fawned and jumped at the chance to do Riddle a favor by moving seats.
I did not want to have any dealings with him, even though I said I would gain information about him. I aimed to get secondary information from people and through hidden observation. None of this close enough I can smell him nonsense. Riddle was dangerous. And his constant interference was wearing on my nerves.
Riddle nodded at this and then gave me his full attention. The polite smile was there, but his eyes were like ice chips. Colder than the glaciers up north. He was inwardly seething.
"Hermione, would you care to sit next to me. We still have some things to discuss." His tone was flatter than most would tend to hear I would think. The grip he had on my shoulder was turning painful. If I were to deny him now, there would be repercussions.
But it did not stop me from imagining turning him down flat. What I would do him if he was not the future Dar- horror and shock ran through my veins. I quickly looked at my neat stack of parchments and replied. "Oh, I had forgotten about that Tom. Sorry about that, lets sit over there." Hopefully my use of his first name would throw him off what I almost thought.
I quickly rearranged my items again and sat on the side where Lou would directly sight of my back. Even Riddle seemed a bit confused at my quick turnabout, but I didn't dare look at him now. I needed to get my mask back on. I had no idea his level of legilimency and if he were to have seen my thoughts… I admonished myself. Bloody hell. Brightest witch of her age! How could I almost let him see. I could be more forgiving I suppose, most people worry about letting the wrong words loose but for me…
This was a different ball game, lives were at stake, the future was at stake. So infuriated was I that, I answered every question Slughorn asked until the end of class. I needed to keep myself busy.
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Hemione was a conundrum. One moment she was all crossed arms and narrowed eyes. Then the next she would be jumping to my whim, as if the thought of crossing me was not even a choice I knew she very well mulled over. Then the very next moment, she was constantly raising her hand, answering every question Sluggy had. He was ecstatic of course, we were quickly becoming his prized Slytherin duos. Although I had Sluggy enamored with me since my first year here at Hogwarts.
Excerpts from Magic Pot Monthly, Herbal Grove Weekly, and other texts excluding magic journals were spewed from her mouth. New researchers conclude that Horned Dragon Flies this and Bittering Wasps that. It was almost impressive that sheer amount of knowledge she possessed. There was even a tidbit about dragon tooth properties that even I was not aware of. I would have to look into that…
She was distracting as well. I had been looking at her brown eyes. I refute that I have been lost in her gaze. But there was something that pulled at me when I am met with such a fiery spirit that her gaze looked aflame with amber. Framed with wild hair that tumbled down her shoulders. It was odd when then suddenly her eyes went wide, as if with shock. Since her eyes never left mind, I am deducing it was not a corporeal being or object in the background that made her act so, but some internal musings. She immediately started moving and packing things to the other desks. I was not able to make use of the legitimacy I had been polishing. It was not mastered yet. Give it the end of the term and I was sure I would wield its power efficiently. Delving into the mind took too many seconds too long and pushing through their defenses leaving me momentarily exhausted.
However, at that time there was an intense urge to have her face me, so I could see what exactly she was thinking. My legilimency was not subtle enough to go unnoticed by the victim. I would have to cultivate a much more milder form that skims the surface.
However, for all her brains, she should have known better than to try to evade me. The thought of her trying to switch seats in Potions made my temper flare up. It seems I would have to have a conversation with her.
The common rooms were empty currently. Good. Just as I dictated. I would have to summon my knights. We were due another meeting. There were some things in Hogwarts and the rest of the world that was changing.
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