Disclaimer: I in no way own Harry Potter or any of J.K. Rowling's fine characters (believe me, if I owned it, you'd KNOW).
Warnings: angst, (indirect) death/torture
100 words in Voldemort's POV on his beliefs.
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Mantra
There is no good or evil. There is only power, and those too weak to seek it.
Tom remembers the first time he spoke those words – his favorites.
But he does not remember when he began to believe them.
Was it when he heard the first innocent screams?
Was it when he heard the first baby cry?
Was it when he heard the first whisper of "Master?"
Whenever he started, he believes those words now.
They are validated every time the once-neglected boy hears his new name. Voldemort. You-Know-Who.
There is only power, and those too weak to seek it.
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