What if the terrible power of Lord Voldemort had only been the tip of the iceberg in his wallowing sea of darkness? Could Professor Dumbledore have foreseen the disastrous fall of the student named Tom Riddle? A decade before Riddle's arrival to Hogwarts, a seventh-year student by the name of Curtis Channey finds his way to discovering the enigmatic power of a stirring presence, what Professor McGonagall terms the "Force." Under the twisted guidance of Professor Snape, Curtis Channey secretly becomes the new "Dark Apprentice." Now, only one person can stop all of what is to come...

Curtis Channey has, by now, been acquainted with the mysterious power of the rotating orb, yet he still doesn't understand the complete scope of this restless power. Nonetheless, Curtis's fall is silent and quick, and his mind is now pervaded with thoughts of vengeance and vindictiveness. What Curtis will do now only he can tell, but perhaps there still is that brooding feeling that he has at least one lesson under his belt...

Curtis Channey has met with Professor Dumbledore, but when he overhears a threesome conversing about a mysterious box, he performs an Unforgivable Curse, one he remembers studying from an ancient Spell book. When he returns to Hogwarts, he runs into Snape, who tells him he is finally "ready" to perform Dark Magic...

It is finally time to meet with Professor Snape in the "Room of Requirement," a mysterious chamber that can be transformed into anything the wand-wielding witch or wizard wishes. However, the terrifying transformation that Snape chooses to induce for their first meeting will shock Curtis into obedient submission until a man he has no feelings for is suddenly and menacingly confronted, and he proceeds instinctively to protect him...

Shouts of "MURDER!" are heard screaming from every direction, but whose murder it really is never makes it back to the officious students standing like a cordon outside the Infirmary. A most fateful occurrence has taken place, one which will shock even the sternest of Professors...

Curtis Channey has passed away, and the events at Hogwarts Castle are seemingly returning to normal. However, what has happened to the memory of Curtis? Sparingly, Severus Snape makes the final passage from accepting the death of his prized Apprentice, to the reckoning of the darkness of evil inside him. Now he must finally listen to reason...