(A.N.) Hey guys,

I really hope you like it! It is my first piece, and I am really looking forward to writing it. Who knew psychoanalyzing the ultimate story villain of all time in the form of a first-person narrative could be so much fun?

Love you all!

C. E. Sparks

P.S. If you want, you can skip to Chapter I (Beach Day). This was for my own entertainment, and I just now decided to include it.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. [Noooooooooooooooo (sobs)]

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

Intro: Tom Riddle Psychoanalyzed

Tom Riddle is cruel, independent, and fearful.

He is cruel in every sense of the word. He values nothing and no one above himself. He treats muggles and muggle-borns like a different species, and, much like Adolf Hitler, Riddle tries to convince people that it is their own fault that they are persecuted. He cares nothing about the lives of others. He values his life above all else, and that leads to the making of his Horcruxes, which literally tear his soul into seven broken pieces.

Tom is independent. When he learns his true identity, he travels to London unaccompanied. He has never loved, and he has never had a friend. He has followers who might consider themselves his friends; but to Voldemort, they are merely pawns that are used to achieve his ultimate goal.

Lastly, and most importantly, Tom Riddle is afraid. His fear governs everything about him. He fears the unknown, and things that are outside of his control. He has a pathological fear of death. Above all else, his fear of death is the greatest characteristic that he possesses. The irony in the situation is that, by becoming evil, he actually creates a valid reason for himself to fear death. It is ironic that his precautions to avoid death, like killing a one year old child, ensure his own destruction. But death is just another path, one that we all must take.

Tom Riddle's very name shapes his identity. He despises the name Tom because it is shared by many people, and by his muggle father, Tom Riddle Sr. He felt eleven years worth of bitterness from having to live with other children, while he considered himself to be greater than them all because he was special.

Tom has never known what it is like to be loved, so he has never felt love himself. His anger and bitterness as a child left him seeking revenge on the world in which he was uncaringly cast into. This world gave him no chance for redemption, so he does not even try to redeem himself. It was as if his entire future was planned out, working against him.

As a child Tom he knew that he was special, and you can say that it went to his head. He uses his powers for his own pleasure. He harms the other children around him, and uses his magic for selfish reasons. He believes himself above everyone else, but also fears the things he does not understand.

From the perspective of the rest of the world, nobody can see past the mask he has created for himself. This mask shows no flicker of emotion, and ensures that there is no chance that someone will see that he really is human. However, once you realize that there was a Tom Marvolo Riddle, you can begin to see that there is a mask in place, opposed to the idea that he is incapable of human emotion. Despite every effort to disregard who he is by nature, Voldemort can feel. He denies these emotions, which he considers to be weaknesses, but they are still there beneath the mask.

To better understand the life of Tom Riddle, you must view the world from his perspective. Would you have been any different if you were in his position? We would like to think that we would be different, but how can you truly know? Nobody is born evil, so what happened that turned him into the notorious Lord Voldemort? Was it his choices that created his future, or was it fate? Was it his nature to become evil, or was it the lack of nurture that did it? Was Tom meant to become Lord Voldemort, or was his life a pathetic mistake that ended up costing hundreds of lives?

If one person had truly loved him, would the course of the future be altered into a Voldemort-free worls? We can never truly know if it was fate or choices, but we do know that a life without love is no life at all. The only thing that we can discern from his bitter life of tragedy is the necessity of love.

From the very beginning his life was a cruel tragedy, but only because he made it so. He went from having a frozen heart to having no heart at all. He went from being scared to love to being incapable of love. He turns his back on the world because it turned its back on him.

(A.N.) Hope that didn't bore you all to tears! Please please please review even if you only started to read it, I want to know if people can find my story. I know it's really annoying, but it makes us writers feel like our work is appreciated even if you just glance at it.

You know I love ya!

C. E. SparksNext chapter: Chapter I: Beach Day- The basis for the cave scene. I needed to include some important things that will alter his future, even if you already know what happens. Keep in mind that this is just the beginning of it; I am planning to write around 20 chapters! There is going to be more events that you have never heard of that play a major role in Tom becoming the infamous Lord Voldemort.