The Lovely Irony

by bballgirl32

A time-turner accident turns out to be anything but accidental when a seemingly insignificant Gryffindor is roped into a scheme to return a long-dead dark lord to power. Misconceptions run rampant, unlikely friendships are forged, and with terrible tragedy comes the knowledge that the fate of the world rests in unquestionably dangerous hands... Tom Riddle/OC

1. Prologue

A/N- Hey y'all. Anyone who's read Prejudice and Pride possibly remembers something of a long-forgotten promise of mine to write another Tom Riddle fic. Despite the fact that that was about a million years ago, I was recently struck with a blast of inspiration and so have decided to post my first new Harry Potter fic in over a year. It'll be Tom Riddle/OC, and yes, it will be a time travel story, although I'll try to avoid all other cliches as best I can.

Now here's a short little prologue.

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She fancied that 1945 was beginning to look a lot like it had the first time the year had passed- two powerful wizards were getting ready to duel for control of Europe, no one was able or willing to stop them, and there was a pretty good chance the world was going to go to hell if the wrong person walked away victorious.

The wizards faced each other and bowed their heads. Everything froze, time stopped, and wands were raised. No one in the room dared to breathe.

It would have been the perfect moment for her to sneak in a killing curse, to take out the dark wizard when he was least expecting it, but she was half-conscious and her arm was shattered. The battle, though her fault, was clearly not hers to fight. She would have to wait and watch and hope, and maybe, just maybe, the right wizard would win.

It was ridiculous, that the power to change everything had been given to the one person who had the potential to use it in the worst way. Then again, so many coincidences and missteps and impossibilities had happened to give Riddle this single chance of redemption that she had to wonder if it wasn't the way that things were supposed to have gone the first time.

No. That was wishful thinking. She had messed everything up, and it was not supposed to be like this, but it was, and now she was praying that this person who would go on to kill so many could win this single battle.

The fate of the world depended on it.

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Please tell me what you think! Any suggestions are much appreciated, and the legit chapter one should be up within the hour.

~bballgirl32~