(a/n - this has taken so long to write. I have had so much to do. I apologise. Please keep on reviewing, even if you don't have a fanfiction account and are a guest, I don't mind guest reviews! Yeah clear au as time doesn't match with the original. It is also a bit of a change from the rest of the story, I just wanted to explore something a bit more surreal, and a character who is always massively overlooked as they are only briefly mentioned. Ah well.)
Amy...
Minerva sat on the edge of her bed, crying. She had to get away from the world, she just had to. But where to go? She sighed. Who knew? Desparate to escape her sadness, Minerva used a special skill that only aurors and skilled wizards and witches could use, known as moonby apparating. This enabled them to apparate to an unknown location, but in the location there would be some sort of trouble for them to sort out, linked to either a wizard or a muggle.
Minerva found herself inside a dusty room full of beds. Only one was occupied, however, and the occupant was clearly disturbed. A girl with snow white curls and a pale porcelain face with dimples was sat cross legged on the bed, her wide blue eyes staring straight ahead. She must have been like this for 15minutes while Minerva observed her, captivated by the girl. The girl never moved, she never blinked, and her white cotton dress never ruffled once. She didn't even appear to be breathing.
Eventually, Minerva broke out of her trance and approached the girl. She crouched down in front of her and smiled.
"Hello. What's your name?" Minerva spoke gently, so as not to startle the girl. Eventually, the girl opened her ruby red lips and spoke in her singsong lisp.
"Hello. I am Amy. I have been here for years, ever since the outing. My friend is dead now, and I get food once a day." Minerva was slightly shocked at this, but asked the girl some more questions.
"Which outing?"
"The one where we went to the seaside. Tom took me and my friend into a cave and then something happened and I felt funny. Then I came here where I will stay until I get better. Tom was always strange."
"Tom who?"
"Tom Riddle."
"Oh. And what happened in this cave?"
"I can't remember. My mind went blank. I can remember bits now, but not that bit. Who are you?"
"I am here to make you better, darling."
"Really?"
"Yes." and with that, Minerva used some charms to return the girl back to normal. Then Minerva realised, this girl was only a bit younger than her. This girl wasn't such a girl at all. Minerva smiled at her.
"Go and enjoy yourself, but say nothing of me. Oh, and change who you are. A certain Tom might not be happy if he found you in the world." and with that, Minerva left the room and apparated noiselessly back to Hogwarts.