Insane House Challenge: Genre - Sci-Fi

365 Prompts Challenge: Title – Starlight

Scavenger Hunt: Use the prompt set: Apple, stag, "You've got it wrong!"

Caffeine Awareness: Cortado – (restriction) No characters under 25

March Creativity Collection

Main Character: Tom Riddle

Side Character: Harry Potter

Relationship: Enemies

Sci-Fi AU: Space!AU

Word count: 353

They had not been enemies for their whole life. Everything had started with their dream to be in space. Harry was accepted and he would become an astronaut. He would travel through space and live a perfect life. Tom was not accepted because he failed the psychological test. They told him that he would not stand the pressure to be away from the earth for so long. And that was it. Their friendship ended because of this. Tom sat in the forest, one of his favourite places and ate an apple. He should be in space and not Potter. He loathed him, more than anything. In his fury he threw the apple away which caused a stag nearby to flee. Today his former friend would be in space and Tom would do anything to change places with him. Anything. Well...he could still do something against it. A devilish smirk appeared on his lips. He stood up and stopped the whining before he left the forest...

He did not know how it happened but he made it. Tom made it inside the shuttle and Harry was locked away. He would get out of there but it would be too late then, Tom would be in space by that time. The shuttle started and it was an overwhelming feeling. It was everything he ever wanted. The other people of his crew did not seem to notice that it was Tom and not Harry. With this stupid glasses and his hair tousled it was impossible to notice the difference. Or they did not care. He did not care since he got what he wanted and Tom was satisfied...

It had been days. Or weeks? Years? He did not know. It was boring and he wanted to get back to earth which was impossible. The rest of the crew noticed that this was not Harry after just two days and it had been a mess. They wanted to get back to earth, to tell someone but he could not let this happen. That is why he had to do it! After all, this had been his dream! They were wrong, he would make it!

"You've got it wrong! I'm just as capable as everyone else..!"

Tom shouted at the crew but they did not respond. They could not. Tom took care that they would never say anything again...