By: Song

Summary: He watched as the old man's breathing slowed, then ceased. Harry felt sorry for him. He felt sorry for him. Tom Marvolo Riddle.

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His body swelled with feelings he never experienced; hope, joy... love. In those dying

moments Voldemort realized what he had lost. He looked to the

man he had tried to kill as a helpless babe, and understood why he couldn't murder the child Lily Potter had tired so desperately protected. "Harry... Thank you."

And, for the first time in his life, Harry did not feel hatred or repulsion to the dying wreak of a man before him. He watched as the old man's breathing slowed, then ceased. Harry felt sorry for Voldemort. He felt sorry for him. Tom Marvolo Riddle.