I Am Human.

Just like to point out that I am not a Dumbledore hater, and that this is set somewhere between The Half Blood Prince & The Deathly Hallows.

Enjoy~

I am the Dark Lord, the one all wizards fear. Lord Voldemort, the name no one dares to speak. I show no pain, no mercy, and no fear. I show no love, no compassion, only hatred. I have no friends, only followers. They serve me because they are afraid, or want glory. They are the Death Eater; the ones who do my bidding.

I am the darkest wizard of all time. Darker and more powerful than even Grindlewald. All are afraid of me except the one I hunt. I kill for the sake of killing. I torture when I am board. My ambition is to reign supreme over wizards and muggles alike. All who oppose me die.

Yet, I used to be a boy. An orphan. A half blood young wizard, eager for knowledge. A prefect, and then Head Boy at Hogwarts. I was the favourite of all the teachers. I was popular. I had lots of friends and few enemies. I was a handsome young man, until evil over took me. My name was not Voldemort. My name was Tom Marvolo Riddle. I was just a boy.

Some say I am no longer a man. Some say I never was. Many say I am not a human, but a monster. Most think I have no feelings, no emotions except anger and hatred, so I cannot be human. But they are wrong. I can feel love. I can feel happiness. I can feel joy. But I can also feel hatred. I hate the dark-arts and what they've done to me, what they've made me become. I hate my mother for dying at my birth. I hate my father for abandoning my mother. But most of all I hate Dumbledore. It was he who taught me the dark-arts; taught me to use them. It was he who taught me the art of hatred and to suppress all other emotions. This is why I hunt him. To make him pay for what he has done to me. That is why I hunted Harry Potter, not to kill him, but to warn him. Dumbledore was manipulating him. I did not kill his parents. It was Dumbledore. That night in the graveyard I was under the Imperious curse. Most of my life has been lived by that curse, since it was first put on me at 17 years old. But I am beginning to fight it. In the Ministry I set a trap. Not for Harry, but for Dumbledore. Now Dumbledore is dead; killed by Severus Snape on my orders. I have saved Harry Potter as well as myself. Now I must find him and explain. I am Tom Marvolo Riddle.

I am human.