Ami looked at Tom, slightly amused but overall confused by his proposal method. "Excuse me, Tom? Could you rephrase that, please?"

"I was wondering if you would join me, Ami, to be my second in command for my plans for the future." He took a step closer to her. Ami took an unnoticeable small step back.

"What are your future plans, Tom?" She silently commended herself from hiding her fear.

"My plans for the future are to make this world a better place. I plan to take over the Wizarding World and purify it with true Wizard blood." The young woman became aware of how tight the grip had become on her hands, and was visibly shaken.

"Tom, Love, I know that our world isn't exactly clean... but to take action? What do you plan to do with them and the Muggles?"

"Easy," he stated, "slaves. The half-breeds, Mudbloods, and blood-traitors would be neutralized. The true Wizards and Witches of this world would have their rightful places as ruler underneath me. You would be my second in command and Amber would be the most trusted knight of sorts, a general, if you will."

Ami couldn't believe her ears. This was his plan as a future job? To be another Grindelwald? The young woman tried to back away from the man who kept his grip on her wrist tight and unwavering. After the two years she had known him, she realized that she should have seen this coming. Tom had always had anger issues and a certain hatred towards Muggles and Muggleborns.

A dark thought suddenly dawned on her. "Wait, did you kill Myrtle?" Her heart dropped in fear when the same smirk she missed before made its way to his face again. Her heart shattered even more when he nodded.

"How can you stand there with a smile on your face and not feel an ounce of regret?!" Ami practically screamed at Riddle. Her legs gave way as she fell to the ground, tears running down her face, as the sudden beast that now appeared so clearly in front of her continued to hold her hands tightly.

"My mother, the filth she was, had conceived me under a love potion, Ami. I cannot feel anything but hatred and anger," he squatted down to her height, a softer tone of voice came from his mouth, "Ami, I want to protect people like you and Amber from having to go near any of those things that could hurt you."

"They haven't done anything to us, Riddle! They're people just like us! Just because they aren't privileged does not mean they deserve to die." She seethed, angry tears still spilling down her face.

Ami then came to another sudden realization. "Wait... if you can't feel anything but those emotions, why are we together? Why have you been faking love for me? Was it all a trick just to gain my support?!"

Riddle sighed. "Regrettably, I did have to fake it. If I could feel love I don't doubt that's I would be in love with you. I want you to be second in command so as to show you I still care about you-"

"-you care about me as a pawn, Riddle, not as a lover," she finally yanked her hands away from his in pure rage, "stay away from me. Don't you dare pull Amber or I or anybody into your plans. You're on your own."

A sudden rage he had only felt once in his life bubbled to the surface in Tom. He felt betrayed by Ami, pure hatred seeping out of his body. "You're not going to walk away that easily from me, Ami!" He called out to her.

Ami stopped in her tracks, fear pumping through her blood. Slowly, she turned around to face the beast that broke her heart.

The last thing she saw was a bright green light.

"You son of a bitch!" Tom whipped around to see Amber with a camera and her wand tight in her grip. She almost looked demonic, Tom thought, because her eyes were flowing a river and she was completely shaking with rage. He had never seen her so upset or angry before.

He held out his wand, pointing it at her threateningly. "Don't take a step closer Amber, not until you choose your side. Join me or face the consequences."

"Bite me." She growled, and tried to curse him with the Cruciatus Curse, something she never preformed before. However, her intended target dodged it.

Amber tried to hit him again, blind rage taking over her. She watched the whole exchange of crazy that had happened between her best friend and her once-friend, thinking she would try to get a snapshot of the proposal for marriage.

Once Riddle revealed how his mother defied love, it all clicked in her mind; and she could tell it did the same thing for Ami. It was obvious to her now as to why he was so angry and their previous conversation they had beforehand; and the guilt of not connecting the dots was already eating her alive.

Distracted by her guilt for not being able to defend her best friend, Amber forgot to dodge the same green light her best friend did not know was coming.

After brushing off some dust that had found its way to his clothing, Tom Riddle looked at the dead bodies of his friends that he had slaughtered. Quickly, he pulled out the cup of Helga Hufflepuff and the Diadem of Ravenclaw he had kept in his robes and turned his friends' souls into Horcruxes. Still angry that they did not join his side like he thought they would, he poorly covered their warm bodies with brush, leaves, and twigs that were on the forest floor so as to leave the wild animals of the night a treat.

From that point forward, Tom Riddle left as he allowed the beast he named Lord Voldemort to take over his mind and body.

JKR owns anything you recognize to be hers. I own the plot, Ami and her family, Amber and her family, and anything else you do not recognize to belong to JKR.

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