After Primrose gave the letter she wrote to Dumbledore, she headed back to her dorm to see her friends.

"Please open this in the morning, Professor. I trust you would." She said to him. Dumbledore stared at her with a concerned look but he accepted anyway, "And so I shall, Miss Quinton."

Dahlia noticed the gloomy expression plastered on her face when she walked into the room, "Prim, are you okay? You look troubled."

Primrose forced a smile, "I guess I just need a hug."

Dahlia gave her a small smile while approaching her with her arms wide open. She wrapped Primrose into a hug and she replied. Primrose glanced at the other girls who were staring.

"When I said 'a hug', I meant from each and everyone of you." She said. The girls laughed and approached them, embracing each other in a circle with Primrose completely squished in the middle.

"You must've been really scared." Young said. Primrose nodded, "To death. Literally."

"We're here now. We'll look after you better from now on." Lyra said. Primrose let out a tired chuckle, "Thank you."

"We're here whenever you need to share something. We'll always listen and we'll try to help however we can." Dahlia said. Primrose shut her eyes tightly for a few seconds while nodding slowly, "Thank you so much."

Primrose laid down on her bed, waiting for everyone to fall asleep. She took out her backpack from under the bed while whispering to Tofu, "Come."

Tofu followed.

Primrose glanced at her sleeping friends for the last time.

Goodbye.

Her heavy heart betrayed her legs, that moved fast as she closed the door behind her. She peeked the common room and when it's clear, she jogged silently until she reached the den of snakes.

"Lumos."

She looked around, finding any sign of Tom but she had not found any. Until Tom finally reached, "Primrose."

"Tom, you're actually here." She said, looking at him from head to toe.

"Of course." He said shortly.

Primrose took out the pym particle and the watch, inserting the particle inside. She glanced at her cat, bending her knees a little bit just so Tofu can leap into her arms.

Primrose stared at Tom again, scanning him—again. He had his briefcase and she can tell that he only brought essentials.

Unless, he was using the same spell as Primrose, to fit everything he wanted in the bag. As for his attire, he had his grey sweatpants on with a black shirt.

Which complimented the choice of colours Primrose was wearing—grey sweatpants and black hoodie which were the same clothing she wore when she first got here.

She looked around the forest for the last time before turning to Tom, "Take my arm."

He frowned.

"No question, just do it. Hold me tight."

His frown was still there, but he followed anyway. His grip was gentle and it made Primrose laughed mentally. It must have been really awkward for him to suddenly touch her like that.

It wasn't a tight grip, but it'll do.

"Are you ready?" Primrose asked and he nodded once. She took a deep breath and exhaled.

Then she pushed the button.

_____

Primrose's legs were wobbly as she felt her feet touching the ground in the present. She looked around to see everyone was staring at her. Harry, Rosemary and the rest quickly approached the two of them.

"Prim, you're back!" Rosemary pulled her in a tight hug. Primrose replied the hug, but not as energetic since she suddenly felt her energy had been drained.

Jet lag maybe?

Tofu, feeling squished and uncomfortable, quickly released itself from Primrose's arm.

"How long has it been?" Primrose asked. Rosemary glanced at her watch, "An hour and a half."

Primrose's eyes widened, "So... a year there equals to an hour here."

Rosemary nodded, "I'm glad you're finally home."

"Me too. How are things going?" She asked and everyone stayed silent. Instead, everybody's heads turned towards Tom Riddle. He looked at everyone's face with his usual expression. But Primrose could see the glistening in his eyes, could have meant that he's amused.

Harry pulled out his wand and pointed it to him, "Drop the case."

Primrose stepped in front of Tom with a frown while mouthing a 'no'. Seeing that Tom was not a threat, made Harry lower his wand.

A loud explosive sound made everyone flinched. Primrose looked around, "What is that?!"

"They're trying to get in. W.A.N.D is trying to stop them." Draco said.

"Adrian is under an imperius curse, it's not him." She said. Hermione stared at her, "How do you know?"

"Well, he's a half-blood..."

"So does he." Harry pointed to Tom. It made Tom frowned while staring at Harry up and down. Primrose sighed, "I haven't finished. Firstly he's a half-blood. Secondly, remember when we caught him on camera? Have we not noticed his eyes?"

Jason quickly pressed on his watch, making a video project from it on thin air. Jason raised his eyebrows, "They're white."

"Yes. And we all know what that means." Primrose said. Everyone started to realise.

"But... who cursed him?" Hermione asked. Primrose looked at Tom, "Him. Before he died."

Tom stared at her.

"I suppose he's going to lift the curse since he looks so willing to follow you to this timeline." Harry glanced at him.

Silence.

Tom was just staring at him, "Yes."

The other's heads snapped towards him in shock. Harry nodded once, though he did not look like he's convinced, "If you start to do anything funny, I'll kill you straight away."

Primrose looked at Harry, "I'll keep an eye on him."

Harry looked at her for a few seconds before nodding slowly.

"We'll find Adrian now." Rosemary said.

_____

Jason sent the last location where Adrian was last spotted. Hermione walked towards the Death Eaters with her wand in her pocket.

"Adrian, we need to talk."

Adrian stared at her with a piercing look but with a voice of honey, "Care to join us, sweetheart?"

"Are muggle-borns accepted?" She asked. Adrian gritted his teeth, "Not in every single universe exist!"

Hermione scowled, "Then the answer's no." She grabbed her wand from her pocket and quickly pointed it at him, "Expelliarmus!"

His wand was disarmed and he growled in anger. His intuition was to run, as the Death Eaters covered for him, leading him to security.

The other wizards rose and fought the Death Eaters. Primrose's eyes followed Adrian.

"There. He's vulnerable now. He doesn't have his wand." She pointed. She then continued, "The only problem is the Death Eaters protecting him."

Tom watched as Primrose slid her wand into her back pocket. He frowned, "We're attacking, ready your wand."

Primrose smiled at him, "I don't need it."

She then ran after Adrian, "Come on, we don't wanna lose him!"

Tom followed, sprinting outside of the building, onto the streets where it was quiet now. It looked like a ghost town since the emergency lockdown announcement.

"Adrian!" Primrose shouted. Some of the Death Eaters turned around and went after her and Tom. Primrose simply put her hand up and made a little wave, making their wands flew away.

Adrian stared in shock. The Death Eaters gritted their teeth and charged towards her. Primrose put on a fighting stance, pushing Tom behind her, "Stay back."

As the first Death Eater swung a punch, she quickly ducked and kicked his legs instead. The other one came grabbing her hair from behind to which she groaned and elbowed his stomach.

The grip loosened and she took the chance to spin around and grab his arm, breaking it.

Primrose kicked another Death Eater right on his chest and he went flying. She turned to the last one, throwing rapid punches to his face and abdomen.

Adrian was ready to charge when Primrose lifted her palm, pulling him towards her with the telekinesis.

She wrapped her hand around Adrian's neck, pulling him towards the ground, near Tom's feet, "Do it, Tom."

Tom stared at the hopeless man under him. Adrian's eyes widened, "It can't be..."

"...My Lord..." Adrian whispered.

Tom tilted his head to the side.

"Hurry, Tom!"

Adrian got onto his knees, kneeling in front of him, "I'm sorry... I have failed."

Primrose bit her lower lip, anxious. She noticed that Tom was hesitating.

"H-how? You are... you look... different." He stuttered.

"Tom, I can see that you're hesitating. But please remember the reason you're here in the first place." Primrose said.

Silence.

No, this can't be happening.

Primrose approached him slowly, "Please. This is not gonna end well if you decide to turn your back on me now."

She inhaled deeply before getting into his mind for telepathy.

"I care too much about you by now to lose you."

Tom's eyed widened and he snapped his head towards her quickly, staring at her.

She stared at him, her eyes were full of hope as she spoke in his head again, "I mean it, Tom."

Tom finally looked down and turned his head to Adrian. He pointed his wand towards him until a translucent green light appeared, making Adrian's eyes turned back to normal and he collapsed on the ground.

Tom kept on staring at Adrian's body, still pointing his wand.

He was frozen and lost in thoughts.

Primrose looked around when she realised the Death Eaters stopped the attack. Some of them were looking confused and some of them just left—vanishing into thin air.

Tom looked around as well, and Primrose couldn't read the expression he's having on his face.

Was it satisfaction? Regret? Joy?

She wouldn't know.

Primrose held her chest tightly when she started to cough. Her breathing became heavy and it's tiring her out.

Tom noticed the exhaustion on her face and her body, and she almost collapsed on the ground. He quickly grabbed her arm before wrapping his other arm around her waist, "Prim..."

"I'm okay... just tired." Her voice came out as a whisper.

"Prim!" Harry called out. She looked at him with a small smile, "Mr Potter."

"Are you alright?" He asked. She nodded slowly. Harry then glanced at Tom, "Well done there. I'm taking both of you back to the headquarters but before that... your wand, please."

Tom frowned but then Primrose signalled him to give it anyway. 

Tom unwillingly gave his wand to Harry, and he gladly took it. Harry put it in his back pocket with a nod of satisfaction, "Thank you. Don't worry, you'll get it back later."

As they reached the headquarters, Primrose could feel that her eyes and legs were giving up on her. The last thing she heard was her sister calling out her name in worry.

_____

"Bronchitis huh? I suppose it's acute? Since I was coughing blood?" Primrose asked. The doctor shrugged, "Perhaps. Are you still coughing blood though?"

She shook her head, "Still coughing but no blood since a few weeks ago."

"Meaning that you're getting better. Do you smoke?" He asked and she shook her head.

"When was the first time your started coughing blood?"

Primrose squinted her eyes, trying to remember, "Um... a few months ago?"

"More than three months?"

"Two maybe."

"Then yes, it's acute bronchitis. So you don't smoke... were you being exposed to any chemical?"

"Chemicals as in potions then yeah. But I doubt it, everybody else is fine..." Primrose shrugged. The doctor gave her a small smile, "Well it differs. There are many factors actually, it could be dust, smoke, etc. But, that doesn't matter now because you're gonna get the rest you deserve. I'll give you some antibiotics and cough medicine."

The doctor walked away but then reversed when he remembered something, "Oh, and stay out of the cold! Shower with hot water and try not to use too much A/C."

"Got it." Primrose smiled.

When the doctor's gone, she let out a sigh of relief. She dead ass thought it could've been worse, like Tuberculosis.

Thank God.

"Can I go now?" She asked and the doctor nodded, "Yes, you can go now. Here, your medicines."

Primrose took the prescriptions and smiled, "Thank you."

She then headed towards her sister's office. She knocked on the door and Jason was the one who answered it. He greeted, "Prim."

"Jason. Is Rosemary here?"

"Come in." He said. Primrose entered and greeted, "Rose, where's Tom?"

"In the cell." Rosemary casually said. Her eyes widened, "Why?"

"He's a potential convict." Rosemary shrugged.

She ain't wrong tho.

"But... he helped. He shouldn't be kept in a cell. Use that bracelet thingy instead!" Primrose said, hopeful. Rosemary raised her eyebrows, "You wanna see him don't you?"

"Yes."

Rosemary nodded once, "Jason will accompany you. And about Tom, he's not gonna be in there forever. It's just procedure. He'll come out in no time."

Jason opened the door for Primrose and followed when she walked out the door.

The walk to the cell was rather awkward since they both didn't talk. Jason had this cold expression on his face which reminded her of Tom.

Primrose noticed though, the way Jason had been treating her sister. From the way he looked at her and talked to her—it's obvious.

Jason spoke up, "I know now."

Primrose turned her head towards him, "Hm?"

"My grandpa always told us about this beautiful, brave, and intelligent girl. She was amazing, he said."

Primrose waited for him to continue in which he did, "They met at school. He said that she had this beautiful smile that made him feel joy and he can stare at her for hours."

"That's sweet." She said and he chuckled, which was a new sight for her.

"He loved the girl, truly. He never get to tell her because he felt like she had always belonged to someone else. But he did confessed that he liked her though."

Primrose's eyes light up, "And?"

"He got rejected, of course. Grandpa told us about her because she went missing. Not a word, not a single clue on where she had gone to. She just... disappeared. The whole school was in chaos. People were looking around for her... and another student. Male." He said.

He continued, "The two went missing at the same time. It was weird."

"Was it kidnapping? Running away?" Primrose asked. Jason kept on staring at her, "The girl was a Ravenclaw."

It kinda hit her.

Wait...

Is it...

Primrose turned her head dramatically, "Jason..."

He nodded, "The girl was you, Prim."

Primrose stared in shock and her eyes darted on his lanyard.

Stretton, Jason
S.T.A.K.E
Special Threat Assessment for Known Extranormalities

AUTHOR'S NOTE
Thanks for reading! I'm back and I'M SORRY. I've been busy with finals, and the new semester just started. Thank you so so much for staying with me. This story is coming to an end, and I honestly can't wait to update the next chapter!
Errors & Typos = Sorry :(