Tom raised an eyebrow as he heard a scream coming from the chamber. He was sure that no one knew its location except himself. He quickened his steps but he wasn't expecting to see the Basilisk out of its place when he got in the chamber. He quickly closed his eyes.
"Look away," he commanded. He opened his eyes when he heard the Basilisk's body moving "What are you doing, going out without me telling you to? I told you that it was too risky to continue the attacks."
"A stranger came and talked to me. When I realised it was not my Massster, I got out and bit her." the Basilisk responded.
Tom frowned "Her?" he said and that was when he noticed the body lying face down on the wet floor. It didn't take much time to realise that she was Himura. His eyes widened when he remembered the biting part. He took out his wand and muttered some words, it didn't sound like a spell but it was. Words were way too melodic. And a few seconds later, when he finished the spell, the venom was gone.
He took a deep breath as he turned her but frowned, again, when he saw the scar on her forehead. It was a deep one. He did another spell and healed it. Then, his eyes moved to her red bra, which was standing out like a sore thumb. He held the collars and pulled them. As long as she didn't move, her shirt would look normal.
He sat on the floor, his index finger tapping his chin. She was a Parselmouth, then. That makes everything interesting. We are more alike than we think...
Both can't love. Both cold people. Both have a mind as sharp as a steel trap. Both Parselmouth. Both Slytherin...
What else do you keep from me, Lucretia?
She opened her eyes slowly, scanning her surroundings. She had no idea how did that creature, it must have been a Basilisk, got back its place but she got her answer when she saw Tom Riddle was sitting next to her. She straightened, sitting like him.
"You don't have to thank me," Riddle said "I did owe you one more favour but now you lost the last chance you had to control me."
Lucretia raised an eyebrow "You say so? Well, you know, I have found out the location of the chamber." she said.
Riddle smirked "And I learned that you are a Parselmouth, just like me."
Lucretia looked away, she had totally forgot about that. When she felt the cold air licking her chest, she wrapped her arms around it.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Riddle asked.
"You didn't have to know it." she brushed him off.
"But I suppose you know what being a Parselmouth means."
"I know it, Riddle but you forget that I am Japanese." Lucretia said "In Europe, only Salazar's descendants are Parselmouth, yes but my father's whole family was pure Japanese."
Riddle's eyes glowed "So, you say that there are families in Japan who have the same ability that the Slytherins have?"
"There is one family," Lucretia corrected him "And it's us, Himuras. But the thing is, I am the last Parselmouth in sixty years or something. I suppose having some Black genes affected it."
"Himuras are the Slytherins of Japan?"
"Exactly."
Riddle smirked "No wonder I share my throne with you. Not that I like it but at least,"
"I'm just like you." Lucretia finished his sentence. There was an annoying silence, Riddle broke it.
"What's that thing between you and Chang?" he asked "I have never seen you showing that much emotion."
She laughed at his last sentence "Well, he asked me out. Martha knew that I would absolutely refuse him so she spoke on behalf of me and accepted it. Tooth for a tooth. So I did threw her to her crush. But lucky Martha, Malfoy loves her back."
"What are you going to do about it? I mean the thing between you and Chang."
Lucretia shrugged "Well, the chance has fallen into my lap, why wouldn't I use it? After all, I have the most handsome boy of our year in my hand."
He raised an eyebrow "You're just gonna... use him?"
"I don't think I will feel guilty while using him." she said, then added "I'm a heartless bitch, remember?"
"Yeah, I do remember that, don't worry." Riddle said, eyeing her "But it's just... You don't seem like a girl who can easily hurt someone by using their feelings."
She smirked "Oh, Riddle, I thought you did figure out that I was more than just a pretty face." she said "Or a nice body. Whatever."
(Time skip)
"Lucretia, why don't you join us?"
She raised her head, looking at Melerine. All sixth years were sitting on the leather sofas. She stood up, closing her book and sat the only empty place, which was the right of Vincent Lestrange. Riddle was sitting on his left. There were some cherries in a bowl in the middle of the table. Melerine took it and gave everyone a cherry.
"So, I was wondering that how many of you can tie the cherry stalk a knot, without taking the cherries," she said and did it with her hands "like this. But you have to do this with your tongue, inside your mouth. I can't do it so that's why I did it with my hands."
"What's the point in doing this?" Lestrange asked.
"Just try it. I'll tell after everyone tries."
Lucretia frowned, then put it in her mouth. After a few second later, she took it out "Like this?" she asked, showing it to Melerine.
Her eyes widened "E... Exactly," she said "Wow, I have never seen anyone doing it."
"Well, you have seen two people doing it, Melerine." Riddle said, showing his to her.
Melerine's eyes widened more "You've gotta be kidding me." she muttered to herself "Anyone managed to do it except Tom and Lucretia? No one? Well, actually I was expecting none of you to do it."
"Blah, blah, blah." Lestrange said "Now tell us why you made us do such a ridiculous thing."
"It's said that the ones who can tie the cherry stalk a knot are known to be great kissers." Melerine explained, looking at Riddle cross-eyed "They use their tongue well."
"They are not just good kissers, then." Avery said. First Lestrange got the hint. A second later, all boys were laughing and girls were rolling their eyes "Well, Himura, first the thing in the morning and then this," Avery said "I'd want to see you in bed."
As quick as lightning, Lucretia took out her wand and cursed him "Shut up, you pervert!"
"She's right, Avery, you're such a pervert." Lestrange said "I'm sure that you were there when she said she was dating with Chang."
"Shut up, Vincent." Avery muttered.
"What?!" Quaranta shouted "You're with Chang?"
"Um... Yes." Lucretia said "But you didn't have to blow my ears up."
"You're so lucky!" Aldana said. She was a short, straight black haired and dark eyed girl.
"Exactly!" Urbina agreed. She was Aldana's best friend. She had short, curly, brown hair with green eyes.
Lucretia looked at them "I don't know what I am supposed to say," she said.
"You're not supposed to say anything." Quaranta said, looking at her with red-hot eyes. Then she turned to Malfoy who was sitting with Martha "Abraxas, what's it between you and Martha?"
"None of your business, Kate." Malfoy replied, his voice cold. He simply disliked Quaranta but Lucretia didn't know why.
(Time skip)
As always, she was planning to spend whole Sunday in library. And she was spending it. It had been two hours when she heard some footsteps. She put down her book, yawned and saw that it was Riddle. She stood up, putting the book in her bag and looking for another book to read. Her eyes were scanning the shelves but turned back when she heard him.
"No skirt today."
"No Martha today." she said, facing Riddle. She had skinny jeans and a black t-shirt today. Then she took the book which he was holding "The Darkest Dark Arts. May I look at it?"
He nodded. She opened the book and saw his bookmark. So that was the page he was reading. But just reading the title did make her eyes widen. Horcruxes? She read the page, masking her emotions which she was very good at. She closed the book when she finished the part about Horcruxes and gave it back to Riddle. Then, the black book in his bag caught her eye. She had been seeing that book with him since the beginning of the year. She tried not smirk with the thing she did find out.
She took her bag, held it tight, then with a sudden movement she took the black book from his bag and left the library, running. She could hear him shouting at her and running, trying to catch her but she was faster. She ran past corridors and empty classes, then she got in a girls' bathroom. She leaned the wall, examining the book. Actually, it looked like a diary more than a book. But the thing was, it was empty.
"Himura, what the hell you think you are doing?" Riddle said angrily, getting in the girl's bathroom.
"Stealing your Horcrux." she said. Her smirk grew when she saw the look on his face "Oh, yeah, I did find out your little secret, Riddle."
"How?" he asked, walking towards her. A few seconds later, she was between him and the wall.
"Not gonna tell you," Lucretia said.
Riddle took a deep breath "Give it back to me, Lucretia. Now."
"Make me, Tom."
"What do you want?"
"I want you to answer two questions, fairly." she said.
"Go ahead." Riddle said.
"How many Horcruxes you have, counting this one too?"
"Two."
"What's the other one?"
"This," he said, raising his left hand. He had a ring on his middle finger. Lucretia nodded and gave the dairy back to him.
"I never thought that you'd tear your own soul apart," Lucretia said "You used your father's death to turn the ring into one, didn't you?"
"Why aren't you in Ravenclaw?" Riddle asked, annoyed. He had never thought that someone could figure out too many things about him.
"Gee, I wonder why 'cus Blacks always get sorted into Ravenclaw, don't they?"
"You're dangerously sharp-witted."
"Likewise." Lucretia said "Anyway, you must go. It won't look nice if someone sees us like this, in the girl's bathroom."
(Time skip)
"Mornin', sunshine."
Lucretia rolled her eyes as Chang came and sat next to her "Chang, this is Slytherins' table," she murmured as she stabbed the cucumber on her plate with her folk.
"A 'Morning' could have been good," Chang muttered.
"I'm not a morning person." Can't he just leave me alone?!
"We'll see that," he said and kissed her right cheek as he stood up "See ya in Charms."
As soon as he left, Lucretia wiped his DNA from her cheek "Yuck!"
She sent Martha some glares, then went on with the breakfast but she had already lost her appetite. She stood up aggressively and went to the Charms. The class was empty, she sat on the front seat next to Riddle's and placed her arms on the desk, burying her face into them.
She heard footsteps five or ten minutes later. The person put his/her staff on some desk and walked through Lucretia, standing near her "What's with you, Himura?"
"I've been kissed by a dementor."
"Strange, I can't see any dementors out there."
"I saw one of them," Lucretia said as she raised her head and looked up into Riddle's eyes "Upstairs, in the Great Hall. He'll be coming down here."
"So it is a he, not an it, eh?" Riddle asked, it was obvious that he was enjoying this.
"Yeah, and he's in Ravenclaw and my so-called boyfriend." she said as she grimaced "Just kill me already."
"We're at Hogwarts."
"Then let's go to Little Hangleton, so you can kill me and turn some other staff into a Horcrux and throw my body in your uncle's house. Doesn't sound bad to me."
Riddle's expression didn't change "I don't want to kill you, Himura."
She raised an eyebrow "What's so special about me that, oh, the almighty Tom Riddle doesn't want to kill me?"
"Extrasensory perception, let's just say." he replied.
"Do you trust your feelings?" she asked.
He nodded "More than I trust myself."
"I don't think you trust anyone but yourself." Lucretia muttered.
"And we both know that I'm doing the right thing."
"Damn right."
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