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The Power the Dark Lord Knows Not

The sky above Riddle Manor was a dark gray, almost as if it mirrored the owners black mood. Tom M. Riddle, more commonly known as the dark lord Voldemort, sat hunched is his high backed chair glaring morosely into the flames that danced merrily in the fireplace. His latest bout of depression was caused by none other than the-boy-who-lived-and-simply-refused-to-die. His latest plan to kill the boy had been somewhat less than successful. In all honesty it was a complete disaster, not that dark lord would ever admit to that. It's against the rules you see: Rule 1- A Dark Lord Must NEVER admit defeat or failure. Anyway, the dark lords black mood was so potent that all of the death eaters in the room stood in complete silence in the hopes that he wouldn't take it out on them.

So involved in glaring into the fire, Voldemort didn't even notice the abnormally loud creaking sound of his front door opening, but the death eaters did. Turning as a group, they looked to see who was foolish enough to enter the dark lords domain. Peter Pettigrew was the first to react, shrieking for all he was worth, he hiked up his robes and sprinted out the side door. This served to start a chain reaction as all of the death eaters screamed and cried out "god help us!!" They flattened themselves against the walls in an attempt increase the distance between themselves and the newcomer, who had already started walking in a brisk and confident pace towards the dark lord. Voldemort had never heard his death eaters plead and scream like that before (not even when he tortured them), so he turned around to see what it was that caused such fear. Turning with the full intent of rebuking whoever it was who entered unannounced, he was just barely able to keep down his scream of terror.

He found that he couldn't move, his fear paralyzed him so. The woman stopped right in front of him and said, "Mister Voldemort I am Jenny Renalds, Mister Potter's lawyer, and I am here to discuss his claims against you."

With that the dark lord started to scream.