I woke the next day at 6am, with only 3 hours of sleep I felt like a zombie. No one else was awake so I crept out of the dorm and went to go for a walk around the field. Even though it was winter and bitterly cold walks around the field always helped me. They go my anger out, allowed me to cry and I could sort out all my problems there. I wasn't in the way and no one could see me. It was perfect.

I slipped on my coat and crept down stairs, just as I was about to creep out of the portrait hole I hear him.

"Going somewhere?" He said. His voice still knocked the air out of my lungs; I turned around to find him sat in the velvet chair I was sat in last night. Still as beautiful as ever. I didn't know what to say because I didn't know how I felt. Do I run, do I question him, do I forget all about it. I didn't want to look like I was weak from last night so I straightened myself up and replied

"Yeah, I was just about to go for a walk around the fields. If you want to join" Want to join? Why did I ask him if he wanted to join? I don't want him to join me. Please say no I thought please say no.

"That would be lovely" he smirked and got out of the chair.

What have I got myself in to? I don't have a good feeling about this, especially not after last night. Unless I leave when he goes to get his coat. At that moment, as if reading my thoughts he picked up his coat from the chair next to him,

"Oh good job you already had it down here" I tried to make it sound light hearted but it obviously didn't come out that way.

"Yeah I had a hunch I would be needing it" he grinned and opened up the door for me to climb out first.

He was waiting for me. I know he was. Why else would he be in the common room with his coat at 6am? I walked along the corridor trying to think of something to say. This is different form last night. It is awkward now; I don't know what to say I don't know how I feel. I know that I should be scared but I have a feeling that I might be falling for him. Everything about him entices me and I know that we have so much in common. I thought he might have liked me to but I just don't know what happened last night. I can't explain n what he meant and one this I know for sure is that I am not going to find out what he meant.

"Look I am sorry about last night; you see I go so unnoticed by people that it is easy for me to find out stuff. I knew that you didn't get on with Narcissa and I just wondered how long it would be before you brought her up." I stopped in his tracks and looked right in to my eyes as he said this. I didn't know how to reply it is still creepy and he still annoyed me

"That's fine, I guess it is a Hogwarts fact that we don't get on, it just sort of startled me" I replied fiddling with the ends of my hair and looking at my shoes

"I knew you were going to go for a walk. I see you doing it sometimes, I normally go a bit earlier and you're always behind me"

Again this shocked me. I have never seen him going for a walk, I see Hagrid and sometimes teachers but I have never seen a student.

"Really" I said in almost disbelief "I've never seen you doing it" I looked at him to see if he was lying

"I like to keep well hidden, I like that people don't notice me" he said walking off again.

We walked to the field in silence but it wasn't uncomfortable it was nice to see that someone was there. It was nice to not be the only weirdo in the school

"Bellatrix" He said pausing slightly "I know we have only spoken twice but I feel as though I know everything about you and we have a lot in common" He turned to me and smiled almost maliciously

"Well yeah I was thinking that to" I replied unsure of where this was going

"Then I need your help" he stopped smiling, His eyes got darker and he was suddenly very serious

"Urm okay" I replied. This went against every single instinct in my body. My body was telling me to run, to get away from him and stay away from him. But I couldn't, he was my only friend, the only person I had connected with, I couldn't throw that away because I was scared. Bellatrix Lestrange does not run away from things because she is scared.

"Then come with me" He grabbed my hand and started running

"Tom, Tom where are we going" I panted as I was trying to keep up with him

He didn't reply he just kept running, I looked up and it hit me, we were going to the forbidden forest. We were getting closer and closer to it and I knew that was the only place we could be going. The thought of it sent a chill down my spine. Not because I thought we would get in to trouble or because I was scared of what was in there, but because I knew whatever it was he wanted help with wasn't going to be pretty.

He slowed down as we entered the forest, within a minute it was already dark. The trees towered over us showing no sign of escape. You could hear rustling in the bushes and below your feet but I thought it was better not to look to see what it was. We had slowed down to a walk now but we were going deeper and deeper in to the forest, it got darker with every step. The path that we were on had now disappeared and we were climbing over logs, dodging trees, jumping over dead animals. I could tell that this wasn't the first time Tom had gone to this location.

Then I saw it, a huge cave covered in leaves and twines of trees. Plants had grown up and around it. We walked in and there was what looked like a burnt out fire in the middle, a blanket and some books in the corner.

"You come here a lot don't you." I said, it was obvious he spent as much time as he could here

"I discovered it the first year of being here and come here almost every day. I normally sleep here too" He replied laying out the blanket and trying to light the fire.

I looked around and as cosy as this looks I couldn't imagine sleeping here. It felt strange being here in the morning.

"Sit down" he said, it wasn't an option it was an order. I walked over to the blanket and sat cross legged next to the fire. He came and sat right in front of me, his knees touching mine, he grabbed my hands and looked me in the eye,

"I have great plans Bellatrix, great plans, but I will need acquaintances, I will need help. You, you are that help" He took out his wand "I want you to make an unbreakable vow to help me, to stand by my side no matter what. I need you to vow to help me"

I could see no way out of this, i would help him without a question but the fact that he is making me do an unbreakable vow makes me think that there is more to this, that I will become his assistant rather than his friend. Even if I didn't want to, which for some reason I do, I couldn't leave, I don't know how to get back to the castle and he knows that, that is why he brought me here.

"I will help you, no matter what I promise" I replied

"Then will you make the vow?" he replied

"yes" I nodded and took a deep breath

He took my hand and held it tightly in his, put his wand in his free hand and said

"Do you Bellatrix Black vow to help me, Tom Riddle no matter what the circumstance"

"I do" I whispered

"Do you Bellatrix Black" he repeated "Vow to stand by my side no matter what my choices are"

"I do" I whispered

"and do you Bellatrix Black promise to follow my rules, my demands and my orders no matter what they are" he snarled

"I do" I whispered