The Downfall - Tom Riddle

Chapter Fifteen

Malinas dress ^^^

Both Malina and Tom rushed into the forest, the beasts roars were in the distance. Becoming closer by the minute.

They finally came to a clearing, the beast watching from across the field. It was three times the size of them and crawled on all fours, its claws digging into the earth underneath itself.

Malina glanced at Tom, his Adams apple bobbing up and down. But he looked stoic as always, he stood straight and readied his wand. She did the same, pointing it toward the beast.

"Whatever you do, don't burn it. I need the body." With that, he shot a spell toward it making it groan in pain.

It rushed toward Tom, but was quickly held back as another spell squared it in the chest. Malina sprang forward, casting dark spells toward the beast. Tom watched as spells he had never seen before shot out of the girls wand. Darkness taking over her as she casted each spell.

The beast always quickly recovered, no matter what spell they shot at it, making it difficult to kill. They both shot spell after spell but the beast wouldn't give up.

A howling sound came in the distance, making both students lose their focus. The beast took the chance to swat toward Malina, knocking her down. Tom hurled multiple spells toward it, sending it flying back a few feet. Enough to by him time.

He rushed toward Malina, shaking her to wake her up. But nothing happened, the girl didn't wake. The howling sound came once again, and in the distance a werewolf sprang toward them. Tom tried to kill the wolf, but it was too fast. The spells weren't working on both of them, something was wrong and Tom's life was flashing before his eyes.

Both beasts were inches away when the wind rapidly picked up, and both creatures whimpered, backing away from the boy. Tom scrambled toward his wand and when he looked up, Malina was in the air, darkness had swarmed around her and he could feel the magic radiating off of her body.

With the swish of her hand the werewolf had burned and with the other she instantly killed it, sending it barreling toward the ground.

Malina's eyes had turned all black, and her hair rose above her. Tom stood in awe as the girl perished both beasts with the simple wave of the hand. The girl was more powerful then he thought.

Suddenly, she same crashing to the ground, the wind had gone and the darkness had vanished. Tom ran toward the falling girl, and caught her in his arms. She had fallen unconscious, and her entire body turned pale.

Tom gathered up what he needed from the large beast, and carried her back toward the castle.

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The smell of smoke and mint invaded her nose as Malina awoke, light from the sky passed through the lake and into the dorm room windows. She hugged the warm silk pillow tight and began to open her eyes.

She expected to see her own room, but instead men's shirts were hung in the closet and books that were not hers sat on the shelf.

She immediately sat up and glanced down. She was no longer in her school clothes, but a large black t-shirt that just went over her hips.

In the corner of the room, Tom sat at the desk writing something in the darn notebook of his.

"Took you long enough to wake." He said, not even glancing at her.

"What am I doing here, what happened?" She asked, getting up from the bed but failed as dizziness got to her and she began to fall. Tom was faster though and grabbed her by the waist and put her back down on the bed. He searched his drawers until he pulled at a purple vile and handed it to her.