Chapter Thirty-Nine: Bloodied Clothes with Bloodied Hands

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"To see a World in a Grain of Sand

And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand

And Eternity in an hour."

― William Blake

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My wand is instantly up, and I cast the first healing spell I can think of. Apparently, Tom had the same thought and cast a spell as well.

Ms. Ollivander wasn't dead, so she didn't need a ton of our energy to heal.

"Together?" I ask, and Tom nods, eyes trained on the woman in front of him. I knew he was only doing it out of curiosity for his newly acquired abilities... I was sure he actually couldn't care less whether or not this woman died.

"Vulnera Sanentur." We demand, at the same time, circling around Ms. Ollivander in the same way we had with Greta.

Almost instantly, I felt some of my energy being used up to heal the wounds that the mere spell couldn't do on its own.

We only had to do the spell once before, Ms. Ollivander gasps awake. All of her cuts and bruises were healed.

She stares up at us like we were angels sent from the heavens above.

After everyone had left safely, Tom and I were the last ones left.

"Can we leave this dreadful place now? It smells dreadful."

"Huh. I'd have thought smelling the blood of your enemies would get you high." I pipe back at Tom Riddle, as we stroll around the Black Circle's headquarters.

"No. I'm not barbaric. I have class Dumbledore." He scoffs, making me groan.

"Yes... I've heard of your drastic perfection Riddle. Better watch your head....might explode with the ego you have." I tease him.

"Let's just apparate. This place is beneath me."

"You want hot chocolate again, don't you!?"

"I don't not want hot chocolate"

"TOM!"

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We apparate back to the Inn.

Only....... To have Aberforth start screaming when he sees us.

"WHAT HAPPENED!!! GOOD LORDDD!!! YOU BOTH LOOK LIKE YOU SHREDDED PEOPLE UP!!!" He shrieks in horror, staring at our clothes riddled with blood.

He was waving his hand like a fan in front of him. He was wearing a pink apron too. I was trying not to burst out laughing at the view in front of me.

My eyes widen, and Tom purses his lips.

"Hi, cousin!! Love you too!!" I wave at him eagerly, but he glares at us.

"VALENTINE DUMBLEDORE! TOM RIDDLE!" He booms at the two of us, and I cringe. Even Tom blinks in surprise.

"You explain yourselves this INSTANT!!!" He shouts.

"Well, you see... Aha! The thing is... TOM, you explain!!" I shout, shoving him forward.

"Why the bloody hell would I do that!?" He snarls. "He's your cousin!"

"And he's your professor's brother!"

"He's yours too."

"Oh." I purse my lips. "I always do the explaining!! It's your turn." I demand, glaring at him.

"We had bounties on our head, and we decided to get kidnapped so we could torture-" Tom gives me a nasty look. "-the ones who dared think they could harm us."

"I adore how blunt you are," I say in a sickening sarcastic tone.

"Why, thank you."

"It was sarcasm, you idiot!"

Aberforth was staring in-between the two of us in actual horror. "I actually have no words. The Aberforth Dumbledore..... stunned speechless." Aberforth exclaims.

"You are technically still speaking." Tom points out, and at Aberforth's angry glare, he pipes up again. "Would this be a proper time for hot chocolate?"

"No!!" I demand. "This is not when you ask someone who could get you expelled for a favor!!" I hiss at him.

"Don't be ridiculous. You're his cousin. He won't intentionally hurt you."

"Family members are always the ones that hurt you." I snap back, making his eyes darken in agreement.

"I'm making hot chocolate." Aberforth sighs, giving up. "Go upstairs and shower, please... WITHOUT giving Ariana a heart attack!" He scowls at us. "And don't either of you two DARE apparate away." He snarls. "I will drag you both back here by your fingernails."

"Use my clothes and THROW YOURS OUT!!" Tom and I hear Aberforth shout as we make our way upstairs.

"BURN THEM!!! LEAVE NO TRACE!!"

We both paused to look at each other.

"Well, now I know that everything wrong with you is because of your Dumbledore genes." He sneers. That makes me laugh.

"Thanks."

The asshole technically told me I was freaking 100% perfect. I was taking it.

I finish my shower after had been waiting an hour for Tom to finish, and put on the vast hoodie and huge pyjama pants Aberforth had given me. These were comfy as hell. I don't think I would be returning them anytime soon.

"Incendio." I cast my old clothes on fire. I watch the flames until my clothes were nothing but piles of ash. Waving my hand, I dose it in water so the fire didn't spread to the entire house.

I rush downstairs to find Tom glaring at Ariana. She was bouncing up and down, excited to see him.

They had cups of hot chocolate in front of them. I move to sit on the couch across from Tom and lift my own cup to my lips. I almost get burned because that's when Ariana decided to jump on me.

"Whoa," I demand, laughing as I set my hot chocolate down and pulled her to sit on my lap. She wraps her tiny hands around my neck in a classic Ariana hug.

Aberforth walks towards us, glaring.

"How many times have I told you NOT TO LEAVE HOGWARTS UNSUPERVISED!" He shouts, making me chuckle.

"Um, once actually."

Aberforth smacks the upside of my head.

"Ow!!" I demand, but he scowls.

"Tom! Valentine! I am absolutely DISGUSTED!" He yells. "YOU COULD HAVE DIED!"

I cringe, looking away. "See, they would've tried to kidnap us anyways!! We just stopped it from happening in the future."

"Plus, I saved a couple hundred wizards that were being held in captivity," Riddle smirks. I whip around to glare at him, throwing one of the crackers from the table at him.

"We saved a couple hundred wizards. We. Plural!" I snap, making Tom scoff, and take another sip of his hot chocolate, ignoring me.

"You did?" Aberforth stares at us, and I nod.

"Yes, a couple of wizards and witches were kidnapped by them. The Ollivander family included. That's why I wanted to go to The Black Circle headquarters so badly. To get them out of there." I tell Aberforth whose angry face softens to a thoughtful one.

"I understand you two had the right intentions, but you could've seriously gotten yourself, or someone else hurt." My cousin demands.

"A lot of people did." Tom drawls.

I throw another cracker at him.

He catches the damn thing in his mouth.

Aberforth looked done with us and life.

"I'm informing Albus."

"No! Come on, cousin!! Don't tell Albus!! He won't do anything anyways! He'll just tell us some stupid quote and have us on our way!"

Ariana looking between us all, with an intrigued look on her face. "SHOULD I BE YELLING TOO!!" She screeches, and we all flinch, looking at her.

"No. No, my dear. We are arguing, that's why." Aberforth smiles at the child in my arms.

"Do you have anything to eat? I'm starving." I ask Aberforth, making him glare at me.

"Go to Hogwarts!" He snaps, still pouting. Ariana and I eye each other evilly for a second before we both jump at him.

"Please!!!! PLEASE!!" Ariana and I screech and start tickling Aberforth. The wooden chair he was in cracks, and we all end up on the floor.

We burst out laughing. I grin, whipping around to look at Tom.

He was eyeing us with a soft look in his eyes. It disappears the second he sees me staring at him and scowls. I laugh, rushing up to jump up on Tom's lap.

"Get off me, Dumbledore!" Tom seethes, trying to push me off, but I wrap my arms around his neck, giggling like crazy.

"NOPE! Help us convince Aberforth to get us food!" I shriek, and Tom stands up, lifting me up in his arms only to drop me onto the floor. I shriek laughing. I would've fallen had I not been holding on to him.

"Nope. It's late. Head back to school. Actually, wait- I'll accompany you two." Aberforth declares. I give him a look.

"And leave Ariana alone? I think not. We can take care of ourselves, Aberforth. I promise."

Aberforth looked like he wanted to argue but instead nods, engulfing Tom and me into a hug. "Careful, you two. Any trouble, please let me know." He says, and I nod for us because Tom looked ready to bolt out of there.

We apparate away a second later.

- Hot chocolate makes everything better

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