Hiraeth

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" Do you have the letter?" Mattheo spoke up as soon as he saw me enter the astronomy tower.

"Well hello to you too Mattheo" I replied back, sarcastically walking towards the railings.

"Do you have the letter?" Mattheo asked again this time more seriously. "Yes I do," I said, taking a deep breath.  "show it to me."

"Why would I do that?" I asked him, still looking over the tower, down at the grounds. "Briar Rose Black if you don't -atleast- show me the Letter Right now i will push you off this tower." he threatened as if it would affect me.

"you? are going to push me off? this tower? that's really funny Mattheo" I replied, laughing at his threat still looking down at the ground calmly. His threat meant nothing to me. It didn't scare me, or make me nervous, it didn't even faze me.

"Briar please. Before I answer any of your questions I need to know for sure that you have the letter and that you're not joking." He pleaded, making me feel slight pity for him, however I didn't budge. If he wanted me to show him the letter he would have to beg for it. I waited for him to continue as I admired the forbidden forest and Hagrid's hut.

"Briar, I'm begging you please."  He begged, turning me around towards him by grabbing my arm. "Briar, this is very important to me. please." He begged again.

I pulled my arm out of his grasp and reached into my hoodie pockets. I was in my pyjamas right now since it was so late and I didn't feel like wearing a casual outfit just to fight with Mattheo.

I took the letter out of my pocket and showed it to Mattheo, proving to him that I really do have the letter. "Do you want me to read it out loud?" I asked him, cocking one Eyebrow.

"no that's okay-" he started but i cut him off by saying "oh well if you're insisting then fine i'll read it out." I opened the letter, fake coughing as if I was clearing my throat and got ready to read the letter out.

"no that's okay Briar-" Mattheo tried to get me to stop but that only made me want to read it even more. "Come on Mattheo, I already said I'll read it aloud, stop trying to convince me" I said, rolling my eyes as I began.

"Mattheo. I heard you got sorted into Slytherin. That's good. you need to uphold the Riddle Lineage, seeing all of us were sorted in Slytherin.
I figure this is the first step in your genius plan you were talking about. I didn't like the fact that you're hiding your Plan from me seeing I am your father and Voldemort but I have faith in you son. The operations have been going good and the ministry of Magic plan is being put into action. That's all I have to say." I read out the letter as Mattheo kept cringing. My voice got harsher and colder throughout the letter and Mattheo sensed that.

"Listen, I know what this looks like but-" He started explaining but I cut him off. "oh you do? Really? So you understand how this makes you look like a follower of Voldemort, and that you're here to kill Potter and who knows how many other people?" I spat at him, walking towards him as he kept backing up.

"Please stop walking towards me, you are very scary and I am about to shit my pants." He muttered, his eyes wide and his face full of fear. I stopped walking towards him and glared at him, taking a deep breath.

"Please just let me explain this. I promise it is not what it looks like." He begged as I decided between hearing him out or going to dumbledore. I don't know why Dumbledore was an option seeing as he probably knew about all of this before he accepted Mattheo in Hogwarts but I guess him being the headmaster made him a safe option.

"Go ahead, I'm listening." I finally said as I saw the relief flashover Mattheos face. He let out a deep breath before he started speaking.

"First thank you for letting me explain myself and second I promise it is not what it looks like." He said, waiting for me to say something but when i didnt he took that as his cue to continue. " My name is Mattheo Riddle and I am Voldemort's son. I am not here because my father sent me on a mission. I am here because I genuinely wanted to be here." He explained. He saw my face twist into shock when he admitted to being Voldemort's son and cringed at it. He walked over towards the railings and sat down looking at the stars. I followed him, and sat down next to him.