Chapter 18
He had to stay the whole night working on that stupid artifact, the Black really know their ways with blood magic.... anybody less knowing would not be having a good time to say the least. When trying to undo the hisory on it, he had the ....opportunity for a brief moment to see that man once more yet it merely deepened Tom's disbelielf.
He gave Walburga the artifact back and shut down any useless questions she threw his way. Over the next week, he worked on mending their relationsip back and by the time the hogsmeade trip came, Bellatrix already put the whole ordeal behind him and seemed to have thoroughly gotten over it.
That day, he wore some of the finest robes he had , though he would be reluctant to admit it. Not like he needed it, mind you. He found Bellatrix in her office waiting for him.
She asked him whether he wanted to have his friends with him but Tom insisted that they be together for the whole trip. She quickly agreed at the condition that he keeps a coin she handed him in his robes, Tom knew it was a potkey back to Hogwarts. He rolled his eyes before agreeing to keep it in his pocket. Once on the place, she asked him
"Alright, Tom. Where do you want to go?"
Tom dragged her in some jewelry and romance related shops, it was the kind of places he knew other boys brought their girlfriends to. She seemed to also notice it and she pursed her lips while looking at him disapprovingly but stopped herself from saying anything more, probably to let him enjoy the trip. She in turn surprisingly bought him a nougat ice cream, he didn't know whether she understood the meaning of the flavor to him or how she would even know but he decided to enjoy it without too much of an afterthought...just for today at least. They were enjoying their time when suddenly many pops were heard and screams were followed, Tom barely had the time to register Grindelwald's followers appearing on the streets that three pops were heard right beside them. To Tom's horror, he recognized all three of them and that meant nothing good because that meant they were inner circle followers. The most proeminent one was Vinda Rosier, however Tom was sure that if things soured and with Bellatrix with them, he would be able to take care of them. Besides, they may not even pay attention to them.
"Hand over the boy" Vinda Rosier said with a haughty order. Tom was absolutely enraged when he found out she was talking about him, murderous intent was flowing in his veins. He reached for his wand but Bellatrix stood before him obviously not backing down.
"and who do you think you are? Bitch. What does your lord want with a mere student?" Tom could tell that beneath it all, Bellatrix was trying to know something but he didn't understand what.
"The Dark Lord foresaw that he may be trouble" A dark skinned man besides Rosier said. Tom was furious, did this Dark Lord know that he would rob him of his position? He heard that he was a seer. However, what attracted his attention more than anything was how Bellatrix tensed at what she heard
"Foresaw...what did he foresee exactly? Speak!" She ordered
"He wasn't able to see anything much, just a feelings that he may be potential trouble and the Dark Lord decided to have him over...." The more he talked, the more Tom could feel Bellatrix feeling relieved
"Silence! The Dark Lord design are none of your concerns! Hand over the boy!" Before Rosier finished talking, Bellatrix got her wand out and raised it towards.... Tom. Grindelwald's followers seemed surprised at how easy it was and for a mere second Tom thought she was betraying him before feeling his surroundings warp and remembering exactly where the wand was pointed, the coin! She had activated the portkey! It was a portkey that only allowed one person, safety measure she took for him.
When he found himself back at Hogwarts, Tom was besides himself with fury and ...worry hidden underneath all that anger. How could she? If he was still with her, they may have had a great chance at survival but she prefered to get him to safety first as if he couldn't take care of himself. Never before did he absolutely abhorr her tendency to coddle him. No matter how strong Bellatrix was, that was Vinda Roiser , Grindelwald's right hand lieutenant. That by itself was worrying, yet she also had two inner circle followers with her, it was a three against one, it was almost hopeless and he was not as naive as to think they would be merciful. He rushed to the coin and tried to use it to get back in vain. It was a one way portkey. He tried hard to restrain his feelings and thoughts. He knew of the health report, yet he always managed to force himself not to care, thinking there was always a way with horcruxes and getting angry at Bellatrix for hiding things, never did he think...
He felt noise coming out of the halls, the teachers seemed alerted. It looked like the news that Grinddelwald was targeting Hogsmeade traveled fast. Many students were rushing back, he could feel it but Tom didn't care, he rushed on the opposite direction to hogsmeade. He knew that he may be late, the duel may already be finished but he still wished to see. They are going to pay, he swore by it, they are going to pay heavily for what they did.
The streets were filled with aurors and Grindelwald's followers were long gone, those remaining were either down or getting chained by aurors. Tom apprehensively went to the corner where they have been before only to find it filled with Aurors. He forced his way through it and the first thing he saw was the corpses of the two inner circle followers that were with Rosier. There was no sight of Vinda Rosier.
"Boy, what are you doing here? This is not a place for you" Two aurors noticed him and came his way
"Were is she?" He asked unable to hide the quiver in his voice. The aurors seemed to have picked up on it.
"The woman here, don't worry boy, she is still alive though not in a great shape. They took her to Saint-mungo" Tom felt his heart coming back to his chest, he never knew how worried he truly was. That's all he needed to know. He absolutely hated how weak he felt at the moment but he allowed himself the relief of hearing that she was still....that she still was. He forced himself to calm down before listening further
"She was amazing! She killed two Grindelwald's followers and by the time the aurors came, she was fighting head to head with Rosier. When we came, Rosier saw us and fled but not before going away with a curse"
"She used terrible magic if you ask me, she was worse than them" The second auror said looking grave. Tom had no doubt of the type of curses Bellatrix would have used. However, he knew it must not have been easy. She must be in a terrible state. He clenched his fists.
"Who cares? That was self - defense! and they are Grindelwald's followers! Boy, do you know who she is?" Tom calmed down and shoved all his feelings, mainly rage, away before answering
"She is my defense against the dark arts teacher, she was defending me" He said. The aurors looked at each other before one of them put his hand on his shoulder
"I am sorry, boy. Don't worry, your teacher would be fine."
"Thank you, can I go see her?"
"I am sorry, boy. It's not possible. The visits would not be allowed today at least and you should ask your headmaster. As it is, they are already gathering Hogwarts students to take them back to school"