“What do you guys want?” She asked “I will kill him if you don’t put down your wand” 

I put my hands up and dropped my wand to the floor. The look on Thomas’s face was priceless, he was horrible at acting. I waved my hand and she went flying into the wall. Thomas grabbed the dagger back and my wand flew back into my hand and I pointed it at her again. 

“Who are you guys?” 

“I’m Thomas Riddle and this is my sister Y/n Riddle aka the person who killed your sister”

I rolled my eyes then Thomas nodded. I whispered the spell under my breath and waved my wand. There was a green flash then she was dead. I looked away. 

“Let’s go” Thomas grabbed my hand and we apparated back to Hogwarts. He left me in my dorm and went to go talk to father. I showered and put on some fresh clothes then went down for dinner. I sat down next to Mattheo again.

“Your back already?” He asked 

“Yeah” 

“How are you feeling?” 

“Fine” 

“Want to talk about it?” 

“Not really” I ate then went back up to my dorm and got ready for bed then went to sleep. I slept until 10 then since it was Christmas in a couple days I needed to get gifts. I headed into Hogsmeade and went to the same place as the year before and told him what I was thinking for this year. After that I went shopping for clothes and other little things then I headed back and put my stuff in my room and went to lunch. 

“Where have you been all morning?” Thomas asked as I sat down across from him

“Yeah, did you sleep in or something?” Mattheo added 

“Yes, then I went shopping for some new clothes” 

The rest of the day went by slowly and then I finally fell asleep. I woke up the next morning to go pick up the gifts. Then I headed back to my dorm, wrapped, and hid the gifts. I went down to breakfast and sat by Mattheo. Thomas was not here yet “Do you know where Thomas is?” I asked 

“He had to talk to father about something, he said he would be back by lunchtime” 

“Oh, ok” 

“Why, do you need to talk to him?”

“No, I was just wondering” 

“Oh by the way happy Christmas Eve” He smiled 

“Happy Christmas Eve” I replied. I ate a little bit but then lost my appetite and I felt like something was off. I pushed the plate forward and rested my head in my hands. 

“What is it?” Mattheo asked

“What's what?”

“Don’t be dumb, your acting weird, what’s going on”

“I don’t know, I just feel like something is wrong” I got up and started walking out. Mattheo caught up with me.

“You didn’t wait for me”

I rolled my eyes “I wasn’t aware I needed to” I closed my eyes then suddenly I was on the astronomy tower. Enzo was pinned to the wall by someone pointing a wand at him. I waved my hand and the wand flew into my hand. 

“Stop” I shouted 

The person looked over at me. They disappeared in black smoke then reapered behind me “Whatever you say, Miss Riddle” He grabbed his wand from my hand, cut the side of my neck with a knife, I grabbed it from his hands then turned to face him and shoved it into his thigh. He disappeared and never came back. 

Mattheo appeared at my side and saw the cut. He looked back at Enzo “Did Enzo do this to you?” 

“No, I saved him from a Death Eater, a Death Eater did this” I explained 

He put his hand on the cut and I felt my neck burn, I tried not to flinch away but it hurt more then I remembered “Sorry” 

“No, it’s fine,” He replied. A couple more seconds passed then the heat went away “All done” he replied 

“Who was that?” Enzo asked, coming over to us

“A Death Eater” I replied “Does anyone know why he was here?” 

“No” Both of them said simultaneously 

“Why did he hurt you? When you are a Riddle, doesn’t he serve your father?” Enzo said, confused 

“Yes but that doesn't really mean anything, my father doesn't care if I get hurt, he only cares if I die because we have to join him, plus I’m powerful so he wants me all the more alive” 

“You make everything about you” Mattheo muttered 

“Yeah, but everything I say is true”

“Debatable” He scoffed 

I went back to my dorm and read for a bit. I took a walk shortly before lunch and saw Thomas walking down the hallway. He looked angry, but not enuff to have crimson eyes, just like last time there was a meeting. “Are you ok?” I asked 

“I’m fine” He replied 

“Are you sure?” 

“Yes, I am fine” He almost shouted then grabbed me and apparated to my dorm. He pushed me into the wall then pointed his wand at me. 

“You're not ok… Thomas” I shook my head. He blinked a couple of times and put his wand down to his side. We sat in silence for a couple of minutes then he disappeared. The rest of the day was slow and tomorrow was Christmas. 

I awoke from a nightmare and couldn’t go back to sleep. I checked the time and it was 4 in the morning. I changed into comfy clothes and apparated to the astronomy tower. No one else was there. I leaned against the wall and looked up at the dark, early morning sky that was filled with stars. I suddenly felt two arms wrap around me, hugging me. I looked up to see Mattheo, he smiled at me “What are you doing up this early?” He whispered in my ear. 

“Oh, you know, getting fresh air” I replied quietly “What are you doing up?”

“I was drawing”

“At 4 in the morning?” I raised my eyebrows 

“I could say the same thing for you, you have your own balcony and yet you chose to come here at 4 in the morning. Were you having nightmares again?” 

“I always have nightmares, there's no escaping from them”

“Hmm, I see” 

“Do you get nightmares too?”

“I do, from time to time, but I don’t like dreaming either, they show you things that are impossible to reach, they taunt you” 

“They may be impossible to reach but at least you get to experience them, even if it’s only once, even if it’s only fake” 

“That's another perspective on it”

“Can I ask you something?” 

“You just did” 

“No” I rolled my eyes “Ever since I started school here, expressly in the past few mounts, you have been kinder to me, you have always been there, your not smoking or drinking or fighting as much as you use to, you still do those things but not as often, you’ve changed. As a brother and just a person in general, why? Why is that?” 

He was quiet for a minute, thinking of what to say. He shifted his hands to rest on my shoulders then he replied “A couple different reasons. One, I know you look up to me and Thomas and I want to be a good person, so you don’t become a bad person. Two, Thomas wasn’t there for you as much at the beginning of the year so I stepped in. Three, I know that you are stressed about father and all that stuff and I understand your stress, your fear. I am afraid too, but when I’m around you, I’m less stressed knowing that you will be my sister and always be by my side. And Lastly, I’m your brother, that's what brothers are supposed to do, and frankly I haven’t been the best brother in the past, so I’m trying to make up for that” 

I placed a hand on Mattheo’s hand and held it “You were always a great brother, I wouldn’t want to have any other brothers in the whole world” 

“Name five things that make me a great brother” He challenged 

“You are comforting and understanding, you protect me, you're a great teacher and you can make a horrible day better just by listening and being there for me, plus you don’t really boss me around” 

“You boss me around” He laughed 

“Yeah, because I’m more logical than you, I have better planes” 

“Whatever, you want to come back to the common room with me?” He asked 

“Sure”

(Mattheo’s pov) 

We went to the common room and I sat to the couch and showed Y/n some of my recent drawings “You are so good” She complimented

“Thanks” I replied. She sat next to me and watched me draw. She made comments every once in a while, a little while later I felt her head on my shoulder, she had fallen asleep. I hugged her closer to me with one hand and grabbed a nearby blanket and put it on her. She looked so peaceful, I didn’t want to wake her up. I smiled and thought of how lucky I was to have Y/n as a sister. I would hate to think about what I would be like, who I would be if it wasn’t for her.