Harry Potter comes to Middle Earth Challenge
Story Idea":
Harry Potter crossover with Lord of the Rings
Concept:
An ancient ritual grants Lord Voldemort immortality, until Harry Potter learns of his secret and is the only one who can destroy him once and for all.
Rules of the Challenge:
Sauron is Lord Voldemort's anchor to the mortal realm.
Lord Voldemort can't be destroyed until Sauron is.
The prophecy indicates that Harry is the chosen one who will be able to vanquish Tom Marvolo Riddle aka Lord Voldemort forever.
There are no horcruxes in this story.
Can't travel to Middle Earth before Lord Voldemort's resurrection.
Harry must help Frodo destroy the 'Ring'
Harry can fall in love with an elf, either from Lord Elrond's house, or the House of Galadriel, preferably female.
Harry can be an animagus or a multi-animagus, but ability can only be unlocked by an elven elder once he travels to Middle Earth.
Learns and masters wandless magic from Gandalf before he returns to our time to destroy Lord Voldemort once and for all time.
The scar is only a mark prooving that Harry is the chosen one and Tom's equal.
Parseltongue and magical power, plus hidden knowledge are what make Harry Tom's equal.
The hidden knowledge, once unlocked, will provide Harry with different skills and abilities as well as the knowledge on how to destroy Tom.
Harry can be light or grey, definitely not dark.
Here is the first chapter that I have envisioned...
Harry Potter and the Ring of Doom
by DnG
Disclaimer:
I do not own any of the characters in the following story that were created by JK Rowling or JRR Tolkien. I do however lay claim to the plot and any other characters not covered above.
Warning: Time runs differently between the two worlds
Chapter One - Prologue
Immortality
Tom Marvolo Riddle, seventeen years old, was afraid of death, there was no doubting it. Ever since he could remember, the older boys and girls used to pick on him unmercilessly because of his small stature and his freakishness. The one and only time that he had fought back against the bullies, they had beaten him to within an inch of his life and they threatened to kill him the next time he thought to fight back. So, he had grown up in fear, hiding his freakishness from the other children. He also had a strange ability that allowed him to talk to the snakes that slithered around the outside of the building in the summer and the inner walls in the winter.
That is, until Albus Dumbledore showed up one day and told the then eleven year old boy that he was a wizard and that he was welcome to come to a magical school to learn all about magic and how to use it. The professor was slightly dismayed though, when he had mentioned his ability to talk to snakes. Fortunately for Tom, the expenses of tuition were paid by an anonymous foundation along with all of his books and boarding fees. The only drawback is that he had to return to the orphanage that he had hated for as long as he could remember at the end of every year for the summer holidays.
When he finally made it to Hogwarts, his life changed drastically. Apparently, he was rather gifted with the use of magic, and he was above average on the power scale than all of the other students that he went to school with. He became a favourite pupil of all of the professors and spent countless hours in the vast library soaking up knowledge and the night that he seen two of his dormmates, LeStrange and Avery hurt another student by uttering a single word, 'Crucio', he knew that he finally had a way to get back at the bullies at the orphanage.
He spent many years searching out and learning about his heritage and was shocked to learn that he was related to the founder, Salazar Slytherin. After pouring through many tomes, books and manuscripts, Tom learned of the fabled Chamber of Secrets, and even found its hidden entrance. It was while venturing through the Chamber's vast array of hallways and tunnels, that he happened upon Slytherin's monster, a Basilisk. Being able to speak Parseltongue saved his life that night and once more he yearned to discover a way to live forever.
Upon speaking to the Basilisk, he learned of Salazar's secret rooms and it was there that he found the book that he was currently reading through. It detailed many rituals from turning a magical person into a squib, stealing another person's magical core and adding it to your own and the jackpot, a theory on how to make yourself immortal.
As he read through the information, he found out that Salazar never actually attempted the ritual, the result of failure was obviously too high of a price. As much as Tom was afraid of death, the fact remained, if the ritual was successful, he would become immortal and never have to fear for his life again. The answers were all here in this little book, the ritual layout, the runic symbols that had to be drawn within the circle and the one's that had to be drawn on his body and the long incantation was written out in Salazar's neat script.
Further investigation of Salazar's secret rooms unveiled a ritual chamber with the ritual that he so desperately wanted to perform, already laid out, like it was expecting him to fulfill his ancestor's unfinished work. After drawing the required runes on his body and memorizing the ritual, he stepped into the center of the ritual ring and, with wand in hand, started to chant the encantation.
"Oh ancient evil, through the heavens and hells, in time and space, across the many dimensions of existence, hear my plea for everlasting life and power. Oh ancient evil, through the heavens and hells, in time and space, across the many dimensions of existence, hear my plea for everlasting life and power. Oh ancient evil, through the heavens and hells, in time and space, across the many dimensions of existence, hear my plea for everlasting life and power".
At first, there was nothing, no funny feeling coursing through his body, no immense power surge to his magical core, G. He was about to stand up and declare the ritual false and that maybe Salazar had tried it, but had never had any success either, wen the runes on the floor started to shimmer with an eery glow. The lines of the circled glowed a brilliant white, while the runes on the floor glowed red. Then the air right in front of him, at the outside edge of the circle, started to shimmer and emit a low hum. As the humming grew in intensity, the shimmering started to turn into a rippling brilliance of bluish black light and at its crescendo, a huge wave of magic passed over him and what looked like a shimmering pool of water was left standing in front of him.
The runes on the floor continued glowing, although now it was with a rhythm, a rhythm that he soon noticed was in tune with his own heart beat. Then the runes on his body started to glow with an eerie looking black incandescance and then the pain started. He howled in pain until his vocal cords were wrenched and raw, his screams silenced with the loss of their ability to reverberate and create sound.
Then a head appeared out of the shimmering water like substance. Tom Riddle had no idea what a demon looked like, but he quickly associated this image with that definition and then the creature spoke.
Who dares to summon the great Lord Sauron".
Feeling that it would be foolish to show fear to this creature, Tom swallowed the bile that was rising up his throat and said in a raspy voice, "I do. I am Tom Marvolo Riddle, descendant of Salazar Slytherin, greatest of the four founders of Hogwarts and as the ritual is intended, I ask for power and immortality".
The creature named Lord Sauron looked at the human, for that was what it was, and the once deity, for that was what He was, tilted his head back and roared with laughter. When the humour of the moment had subsided, Lord Sauron looked at Tom and said, "What do you offer for these gifts human".
Tom replied, "Whatever you require, as long as I can never be killed and I am gifted enormous amounts of power so that I will become the tormentor instead of the tormented".
"The power I can give to you as long as you promise to bring terror and hatred down upon your kind. As for immortality, I can give that to you as well, but it will cost you a portion of your soul, for while it resides with me, the rest of your soul will be anchored to this mortal realm. However, if I am ever destroyed, then you will become mortal once more".
The look of lust for power was written across Tom's face as he said, "Is there anything else that I must do", disregarding the slight warning.
"Accept this ring so that you may one day join my forces once you have conquered this world. It will also provide you with the much sought after power that you desire, but should it be removed from your hand, you will be reduced to a wraithlike form until you can create another body. I will provide you with the ritual to do this as a token for your sworn fielty".
Gladly accepting the magical ring, Tom placed it on his right index finger and it instantly resized to fit his finger and as it shrank, he felt the magic of his core start to expand. With a bow of sub-servience to Sauron, he then watched as his new master withdrew into the shimmering water. Then the runes on his body flared once more and the intense pain invaded his body again as a piece of his soul was ripped from his chest and followed Lord Sauron through the portal.
As his body slipped into unconciousness, an evil grin plastered its way across Tom's face, the knowledge that he was now an immortal being and probably the most powerful to boot, were the last thoughts crossing his mind.
Ring of Doom
Lord Sauron pulled his head from the portal and turned back to finish his task, he knew that the elves had refused to wear his rings of power, but with the seven that he had created for the Dwarf Lords and the nine for Mortal man, his conquest to rule this world was finally within his grasp. Once his masterpiece was complete, he would be able to manipulate the other ring bearers and corrupt their minds, bending them to his will. And this new being, he thought, this Tom Marvolo Riddle, his piece of soul will be forged into my master ring too, granting me the ability to command his soul as well.
Ring of Doom
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