*backstory of y/n*

y/n's pov:

As I sat on my stairs, I could hear my father and my mother fighting again. God, I was so tired of them fighting. As I was about to make my way back up the stairs, I heard glass shatter and my mother screaming. I ran down the stairs as fast as I could. My mom's legs had cuts all over them and glass was all over the floor as my father stood in front of her. "YOU FUCKING MONSTER, WHAT DID YOU DO?" I yelled at my father, knowing he would kill me if I ever spoke to him like that. But I didn't care. He was a monster who tortured me and my mother for years because his life is so pathetic he didn't know who else to take his anger out on. My father held up his wand, "CRUCIO!" I fell to the cold ground. My body was in pain and I couldn't breathe. It felt like I was being burned alive. "STOP!" my mother cried. He kicked her off of his leg and started beating her. He screamed, "Crucio!" once again. My eyes were filled with tears. "F-father, p-please, I beg you to stop," I cried to him. "Shut your filthy mouth, you bitch." He walked over to me and started kicking me in my stomach over and over again until I coughed blood.

I cried out, hoping that someone somewhere would stop him, but no one did. Rebekah was in the corner of the room hiding and crying wishing she could come out to help me but she didn't, my mother was on the floor next to me slowly dying, not even realizing what was happening anymore, I closed my eyes and curled up in a ball, knowing no one would help me, hoping that when I opened them, I would be in my bed and this would all have been a bad dream, but it wasn't. I opened my eyes again, still on the floor while I laid in my puddle of blood. "Pathetic," he mumbled as he spat on me and walked away. I laid on the cold floor, useless and beaten, blood covering my whole body, while I had massive scars and bruises, I felt weak and I hated it, I hated my mother for not fighting, I hated rebekah for not helping, I hated my father for being such a monster and mostly I hated my self for being so weak. I got up and walked over to my mom who was passed out, I picked her up and brought her to the bathroom cleaning the blood off of her, she started opening up her eyes again, I cupped her cheek with my hand, "I'm so so sorry mama" she smiled and placed her forehead on mine "it's not your fault", "yes, yes it is, I could have stopped him, I should have I'm sorry mommy I'm so sorry" I cried, she wiped my tear "oh how big your heart is y/n, it takes great power to be as strong to stand up to someone like your father", I closed my eyes as my forehead was still on hers, "go wash your self I'll be okay for now baby" my mother said, I nodded and made my way to my bathroom stumbling over my steps.

I tried to be quite so I wouldn't wake up my father but I wasn't as quite as I tried to be. he walked out of his room, his face was filled with rage as I could smell the alcohol on him "what the fuck are you doing", "I-i just need to use the w-washroom, father." he walked over to me smacking me to the ground, "when the fuck did I say you could", I tried getting up but he kicked me to the ground once again, he took out his knife that he used to put marks on people the dark lord wanted him to "get up" I got up slowly knowing what was going to happen, my heart was pounding it felt like it was about to burst out of my chest at any moment, my ears were ringing and my vision was getting blurrier by the minute, he put the knife up to my face cutting down across my cheek bone, I start to whimper in pain, "next time the cut will be worse" he pushed me out of the way as he left to go take a smoke, I ran to the bathroom puking and feeling light headed, I opened my cabinet taking out some of my healing potion, I got up and looked in the mirror "well this is going to leave a scar"

y/n's pov (3 years later)

"Y/n get up, we are going to be late," Hermonie said while rushing around our dorm trying to find her book. "Ugh, 5 more minutes please!" I groaned and put my pillow over my head. Hermonie grabbed the pillow, "No, get up now. I will not allow you to sleep any longer, and Ron will finish all the waffles, so I sugg-" I shot straight up, "okay, okay, let me go get ready." I rolled my eyes and walked in to our bathroom. I turned the shower on and stepped into the cold water doing my usual routine, After 10 minutes, I got out. I wrapped a towel around myself and put my clothes on. I stepped out of the bathroom, and just as I was about to get my ropes, "HURRY UP!" Hermonie yelled causing me to flinch at the sudden loudness. I rolled my eyes so far that I could probably see a brain back there... which I didn't. "alright, calm down. I'm done. " I sprayed my perfume on, added lip gloss and a bit of blush with mascara, and brushed my hair. "Are you done now?" I could tell she was annoyed when I stepped out of our dorm. "Yep, I am." She rolled her eyes, and I thought it would be a good idea to joke around. "Oh shoot, I forgot something," I said, hoping she'd get angry, which she did. "NO WE ARE GOING TO BE LATE," I laughed. "I'm just kidding." She rolled her eyes again and grabbed my arm.

y/n's pov:

As me and Hermonie sat down at the gryffindor table Ron came up to us and sat in front of us and so did Harry. Hermonie, Harry, Ron and I have been bestfriends since year one, I love them to death and wouldn't know what to do without them. "I was thinking we should all go to hogsmeade soon." harry said "that's a brilliant idea" Ron replied, I looked up from my book "yeah I think that would be a lot of fun" we all looked at Hermonie waiting for her to say something "ugh I suppose I could do some shopping" I smiled "amazing", Pansy walked up to our table "y/n are you still coming to my dorm tonight", "yes I am" I replied back "hey pansy" Ron says, Ron has had the biggest crush on pansy since year 1 when we all became friends, usually Ron, Harry and Hermonie would keep to them selves which made me feel left out but then they started adding me into there 'missions', but after a while I didn't really mind them leaving me out because I had a friend group of my own, Pansy, Draco, Blaise, Lorenzo, Theodore and regulus, we were called the golden 7 also known for getting in to trouble everyday since we would always prank the professors but mostly snape because of the priceless look on his face, even tho we always got detention for it we still continued to do it. and sometimes we would prank the year ones, it's always so funny because they were so scared of us because of our families.

None of my friends really minded that I was in gryiffindor , except for draco but his hatred for me wore off after year 2 when he told me about his father abusing him which I was there for him and comforted him this did cause us to become really close, he's more like a brother then a friend because of the amount of arguments we get into but he's always been very over protective which is a pain in the ass but I still love him. I knew them all before I went to Hogwarts since our families were friends, and they would all come to the slytherin manor but mostly Reggy and Pans did. The only people who really knew about my father's abuse is pansy, regulus and blaise, pansy found out when we were going dress shopping and she asked how I got these scars and bruises on my back, I broke down to her and told her everything, she comforted me and listened to me vent about it, Regulus sort of always knew since we were 10 when he saw my father cast a crucio curse on me, and blaise knew because he was catching up with my weird behaviour, my cuts and bruises, the way I flinched when he hugged me, and when he found me on the floor laying in a puddle of my blood after my father found out I had been sneaking snacks in for the house elves. so we've always been really close but we got closer after second year.

"Hey," she said, sitting down and stuffing a waffle from my plate into her mouth. I gave her a death stare as she nervously swallowed down my food. Hermonie looks up, "hey Pans," she smiled, "hey Mione," pansy says. "Hey Pansy, you want to come to Hogsmeade with me, Hermonie, y/n, and Ron next week?" Harry asked, "Uh hell yeah, plus I need to do some shopping." I smiled and said, "Great!" After a while of talking, laughing, and arguing, Pansy and I got up and walked to the Slytherin tables to talk to Blaise, Draco, Theodore, Regulus, and Enzo. As we sat down, Dumbledore walked through the Great hall doors and spoke into the mic. "Silence!" he yelled, gaining everyone's attention. "There will be a new student attending Hogwarts in the fourth year." Everyone started whispering to each other. "Who do you think it is?" Pansy asked me, "I don't know" I said, and continued eating my chicken while reading, "May we all welcome Mattheo Riddle." Dumbledore caught my attention at the mention of Riddle. Everyone started gasping at the last name, Riddle. Mattheo Riddle? as in Tom Riddle's son. aka the son of the man who killed my mother? Why would Dumbledore let him join the school? What is he even doing at Hogwarts! Why is he at Hogwarts? The questions filled my head. At that moment, the great hall doors opened, and a tall boy with brown curly hair and a sharp jawline began walking in the space between the tables, up to Dumbledore. Everyone was whispering and gasping, but I couldn't care less. I looked up at him, and he immediately looked back at me as if he knew I was staring. We held eye contact until I broke it by looking down and continuing to read my book. I looked at him again out of curiosity. Trying to read him, he had these dark eye bags showing that he was sleep deprived and had a rather pale coat of skin on him, proving he hadn't eaten anything. He was hard to figure out. He looked like an ordinary boy, but you could see that deep down he had a lot of secrets. His eyes met mine again. I kept my eyes on his this time, analyzing his features. I quickly realized I'd been caught and looked down as fast as possible, and when I heard a chuckle from him, I grew embarrassed and kept my head down, I could still feel his eyes on me, making me even more nervous by the minute. I tried to ignore him by keeping my eyes on my book, resisting the urge to look back I closed my eyes. He walked up to Dumbledore, and Dumbledore pulled out a wooden chair for him to sit on and put the sorting hat on his head, and before the hat even touched his head, "SLYTHERIN!", the hat yelled. Of course he would get into Slytherin, it was no surprise. He walked up to the table and sat right in front of me. I kept my eyes on my book while eating until a deep, raspy voice says

"hello"

"hi" I say back annoyed of his presence already, I could tell he's full of himself. I saw the way he winked at girls as he walked in.

"What's your name?" he asked

"I'm sorry, but I don't give out my name to strangers." He grabbed my wrist as I was ready to stand up and added, "We are, after all, in the same house. Maybe I should know what your name is." I swallowed and cleared my throat "We aren't, in fact. I sat here since my friends are in this house, and just in case you didn't see, I'm dressed in Gryffindor ropes. now why would a slytherin be wearing Gryffindor ropes Hm?" I inquired, raising a brow. "I don't know, maybe it's a costume," he said as he smirked at my remark. I rolled my eyes at his foolishness and stood up, still aware of his gaze on me. I went to my table and sat down, aware that he had been staring at me the entire time. which I ignored. Dumbledore announced the triwizard tournament once the visitors arrived, adding that anyone under the age of 17 would be unable to participate. Everyone stood up and booed, and Dumbledore roared "quiet!" I rolled my eyes once more. What an obnoxious old fool, I thought to myself. I turned to look at Pansy, who was stuffing food into her mouth, and noticed Mattheo across from her, giggling as if he had heard a joke. I stood up and exited the hall. praying that nobody noticed me leaving.

I felt like I was being followed as I walked through the corridors. When I turned around, there was no one there. I kept walking till my feet took me to the astronomy tower. I took out my bottle of vodka, which I had hidden in my bag that had an extension charm on it, and chugged it while sitting down.

"didn't take you for a drinker" I stood up and held out my wand, as he did, "following me now riddle?" I asked, "no actually I got suspicious as to why you were leaving the greathall so early so I followed" he said, "well go away" I lowered my wand and sat back down and took another sip from the bottle, he kept staring and didn't leave "take a picture it lasts longer" I said annoyed, I took a deep breath in "can you go away I really do not feel like chit-chatting", "tell me your name then I will" he said, I got up and made my way to the stairs, but before I know it I get slammed on to the wall "OUCH WHAT THE FU-", "shhh" he said, I looked at him confused, he moved my hair away from my neck and gently touched my neck and the next thing I know is that I'm getting choked, I start gasping for air and try taking his arm off my neck but he was way too strong "let go of me n-NOW" I said still gasping for air trying to get him to stop choking me "tell me your name first then I'll let go" he said while a devious smirk grew on his face, I looked at him for a minute and stopped resisting and began giggling, he tightened his grasp on my neck. "What's so funny?" he asked tightening his jaw, "You," I grinned, his eyes flashing with rage, "you really want to die, don't you?" "You know you keep on saying that, yet you won't actually kill me," I muttered, struggling to breathe, "you think I won't kill you?" I took a deep breath in trying to form words "No, I think you will, I'm just waiting for you to do it" he analyses my face waiting for me to speak again, "kill me," I say, he starts laughing and lets go of my throat, I fall to the ground and start coughing, gasping for air then quickly getting up, "what are you suicidal?" Mattheo says, I pick up my bottle from the floor and drink it, he grabs it from my hand and throws it across the room, causing me to flinch at the sound of the breaking glass. he grabs my face "answer me," I look down waiting for him to let go "look at me!" he says, I slowly look up "no", he lets go of my face, I became upset and decided to pull out my wand "now now riddle it's quite rude to choke someone don't you think" I say smirking, he manages to pull out his wand "don't call me riddle", "and why not riddle", "EXPALLEAMIUS" I blurt, he fly's across the room hitting the wall, getting up quickly "you bitch" he said through his teeth, "fuck you" I say back

"CRUCIO"

and before I know it, I hit the cold ground, beginning to feel a slight sharp pain all over my body, I start to laugh while coughing blood "good one", pulling out my pocket knife from my leg pocket, bringing it up to his neck and smirking "your reallyyyy annoying, you know that right," I say, he looks me up and down and spins me, and snatches the knife from out my hand putting it up to my neck. "oh how the roles have reversed" he says grinning. I clench my jaw and without realization he stabs me in the stomach causing me to grunt in pain, I pull the knife out of my stomach and stab his leg, "fuck" he grunts I then punch him to the ground, I get on top of him since he was on the floor, and started punching him again.

I punch him once more, he then starts laughing, causing me to become more angrier, he flips me over, his legs between mine and towering over my body, I came to the realization I'm weak in this situation because he has control over my body and is now on top of me, he held my hands down to the ground I tried to move but I couldn't, he then punches me again, at this point my jaw has become numb, "is that all you got riddle?" I say smiling and licking the blood off my lips.

mattheo's pov:

I flip her over and start smirking, I held her hands down to the ground to make sure she didn't attack me, I can't lie but this girl's fists hurt like a motherfucker, I after which punch her she looks back at me smiling and licking the blood off her lips, damn how much that turned me on, "is that all you got riddle", "no" I say back I then grab the knife and stab her hand, pulling out the knife, she starts screaming in pain "you fucking ass", she wraps her legs around my torso, flipping me over. lifting her not wounded hand and punching me, "Now riddle, this has been a lovely fight, but I have places I need to be," she says, hovering over my body while sitting on my waist area just below my belly button. with both arms on each side of my head. She stands up and rushes down the steps, not giving me a chance to know her name.

y/n's pov:

I hurry down the stairs, trying not to trip, and stumble my way to Snape's class. I open the door and fall into the classroom, he runs up to me, "y/n" "Y/N!" everything around me begins to become black, I shake my head, bringing myself back to reality, "y/n who did this to you?" Snape asked, snape has always been caring for me since he is my godfather so it is his duty to take care of me, "I did this to myself" I say back because I knew if I said Mattheo did this snape would cause a scene "let's get you cleaned up", he starts cleaning the blood off of me after healing my stab wounds, I told him the cuts were fine and didn't need to be healed so he left them, "thankyou" I say before I stand up and make my way out of the classroom "y/n" snape calls before I attempt to leave the room "yes" I say back "you should really go to the hospital wing see if they can give you medicine" I look back up at him "that would be a waste I don't need any medicine" I leave the class before Snape could ask any more questions and made my way to the Slytherin common room since Pansy wanted to hang out.