20 Facts about Lord Voldemort

A/N: I've always been fascinated by these character sketches. I've always loved them. And I think that I've always had a soft spot for Tom Marvolo Riddle in my mind. Not Voldemort, no, Tom and Voldemort weren't the same person. Add that with the character sketch and here you have it, one humanization of a sociopathic Dark Lord!

Fact Number 1:

Voldemort always hated his mother. Who was she to abandon him in that orphanage all those years ago. He secretly wishes he knew her. Because when he thinks about it, he only hates his mother for not loving him.

Fact Number 2:

Voldemort's hatred for muggles developed when he was still Tom. When that hatred was only a sense of worthlessness and fear of the world. His magic helped then, when everyone started turning on him.

Fact Number 3:

Tom didn't mean to hurt them. Bad things happened when he got angry.

Fact Number 4:

When Dumbledore came, Tom had been the happiest kid in the world. He knew he was special, now he had something to prove that.

Fact Number 5:

Slytherin only felt like the right house for Tom because he wanted so much to prove himself. After being labelled a freak and called a monster he had to prove them otherwise.

Fact Number 6:

Tom had always loved power and control. Becoming a Dark Lord just seemed to fit.

Fact Number 7:

Tom had always been afraid of death. His intentions behind Voldemort were as clear as day. Because who wouldn't want to fly from death?

Fact Number 8:

The day that Tom killed his betraying father and ignorant grandparents, Tom had died with them. No, he wasn't Tom anymore, he was Lord Voldemort.

Fact Number 9:

Voldemort liked the power behind total fear and control. Because now, he could do to the world what it had done to him all those years ago.

Fact Number 10:

Voldemort was truly afraid of the prophecy. After running from death and taking all those precautions, he couldn't just be defeated.

Fact Number 11:

Voldemort never knew love. He wasn't blind to the rough affection Bellatrix had shown for him but his only 'love'- if you could call it that- was power.

Fact Number 12:

Everyone thought that killing a pureblooded wizard was hard on him; so he chose the half-blood. No one knew that he secretly thought the half-blood had more potential because he was most like Voldemort himself.

Fact Number 13:

Voldemort wished that he didn't mark Harry Potter that day.

Fact Number 14:

Being a spirit was boring. And he hated being weak. But it made him think.

Fact Number 15:

Merlin, it had hurt when Harry Potter destroyed his diary. And he felt like a part of him was simply gone. Because really, it was and that scared him more than anything. (1)

Fact number 16:

And when he as resurrected, Voldemort felt so alive. So complete.

Fact Number 17:

Voldemort knew that Harry Potter was like him. No one else had felt the hurt of being called a freak in the only home you knew. No one else had felt so alone when abandoned by their magical parents. No one else could understand him quite like Harry Potter.

Fact Number 18:

Voldemort didn't understand why Potter wouldn't want power.

Fact Number 19:

But Voldemort did know that in the end, he was losing. That his forces weren't strong enough. Voldemort had witnessed enough of Potter's bravery before.

Fact Number 20:

But somehow, in the end, he felt that he wanted to be Tom again.

A/N: So that's one down and a bunch to go. This will be updated on a whim although I do have one already written for Bellatrix Lestrange. Please review, I want to hear suggestions on who else to write about. Only requirement, the person has to be dark. And I've just updated '123 A Story of Words' in case anyone's wondering but that one doesn't seem to be as popular. Oh well. PLEASE! REVIEW FOR ME?

(1) This is sligtly AU in the fact that Voldemort doesn't actually feel anything when Harry destroys the diary but it made such a good point that I had to put it in. So nobody nag me about it. :)