CHAPTER 2: THE DUEL OF THE CENTURY
Back at the Triwizard tournament arena
The Headmaster of Hogwarts was very worried. The first reason was that no champion had arrived with the cup by this time. What if they were still struggling with the creatures and the obstacles? Which is why professors were already patrolling outside the maze to help the champions if they were in trouble. The second reason was that he instantly became aware that the instruments in his office were going berserk and emitting huge clouds of smoke.
Fawkes had appeared on his shoulder and Dumbledore excused himself to the Minister. He grabbed hold of the Phoenix and disappeared within an outline of flames. He arrived in his office in an instant to witness that the room was filled with smoke, which was emitting from the silver instruments. At once, the old wizard's expression changed to a grave one as he realized the situation.
"Tom, what are you up to?" he put a hand in his pocket and pulled out an object resembling a lighter.
The object, however, was not even close to a lighter when it came to performing a task. Dumbledore focused his attention solely on the Dark Lord and his followers. A ball of light seemed to appear in thin air and sounds of jeers and rejoice could be heard from the small ball of Light. He immediately clicked the Deluminator and the light enveloped him and the old wizard vanished in thin air.
Back at the graveyard, flashes of different colors flew high in the sky, in celebration. The Dark Lord had finally murdered the Boy Who Lived and now everything could proceed as planned.
"Did you see my Death Eaters, how easily I disposed of Harry Potter and the world said that he had conquered me. That was pure luck, he lives no more! Our path is clear now! We shall rule the world soon!" declared Voldemort, his red eyes gleaming with malice and his snakelike face contorting in an evil grin.
He was sitting on a throne he conjured near his father's gravestone. Harry's body was lying at his feet. Voldemort conjured a spell towards the sky and an image of a skull appeared, glowing with a green hue along with a snake coming out as its tongue. The whole graveyard was ringing from the sound of the Death Eaters' jeers.
Suddenly, a jagged jet of white light appeared in the middle of the graveyard. It seemed like lightening but it was then revealed to be Albus Dumbledore with a very grim expression plastered on his face. For a moment, the Dark Lord and his followers were shocked into silence at the arrival of the Headmaster. Voldemort though quickly recovered.
"Ah, it happens to be my lucky day today. First, Harry Potter, now you'll be next Dumbledore. The final hope of the wizarding world shall be extinguished tonight!" cackled the Dark Lord. Dumbledore spotted Harry's body lying on the ground -mutilated, mangled, broken. "So you see Dumbledore, how easily I defeated the boy who was supposedly a threat to me! And you, to be so foolish, Dumbledore do you really think that you can defeat all of us?!" mocked the evil Wizard. Dumbledore had a somber expression on his face. Slowly, his expression started to turn colder, his blue eyes began to glow and the Dark Lord and his followers sensed a sudden change in the atmosphere.
"You'll regret doing this Tom..."Dumbledore slowly said.
The sky was also getting darker and darker with the storm clouds approaching. Flashes of lightening appeared in the sky along with the sound of Thunder. One of the Death Eaters, Dolohov raised his wand at Dumbledore, and conjured the Cruciatus curse which approached the Headmaster. He raised his wand and easily deflected the spell. In a flash, a curse was sent at Dolohov who couldn't deflect it and as a result, his body was engulfed in flames and when the smoke cleared, a burnt, unconscious Dolohov was revealed.
Voldemort was watching the whole scene and was actually surprised to see Dumbledore in such fury. This won't be an easy task, he wondered.
"Avery! Lucius! Now! Kill him!" commanded Voldemort.
The three Death Eaters cautiously approached Dumbledore and all three were about to cast the killing curse but didn't get chance as Dumbledore flashed in front of them , made a slashing movement with his wand and the unfortunate Death Eaters fell to the ground with large gashes visible through their ripped clothes. It was as if, an invisible sword had struck them. The Dark Lord was getting worried by the fact that if this continued, his followers would all become wounded, or perhaps, even die. It seemed that he had to take this matter in his own hands.
In a whirl of the wind, Voldemort apparated in front of Dumbledore with a smirk, waved his wand at the old wizard's face. A huge explosion followed. "The Dark Lord was truly invincible, an explosion at point blank range! Not even Dumbledore can survive this." thought Yaxley. As the dust cleared, it was revealed that a small crater had formed at the where the explosion took place.
What the dark Lord didn't expect was to see Albus Dumbledore standing there. It was as if the attack hadn't even managed to scratch him. "Now it's my turn Tom" said Dumbledore as he vanished from his the blink of an eye. Voldemort felt the headmaster behind him. Dumbledore waved his wand and in a burst, a spell headed towards the spot where Voldemort stood. The Dark Lord had no choice but to disapparate otherwise the spell looked lethal enough to cause a serious injury. The evil wizard appeared in front of Dumbledore and released a huge amount of dark magic which Dumbledore countered with an invisible shield. Growling in frustration, the Dark Lord conjured an enormous snake of flames that turned to Dumbledore, but alas, before it could strike it was turned into ashes and dust by Dumbledore.
"Tom, do you see it now that I have no intention of sparing you tonight?" Dumbledore said with cold fury visible in his blue eyes.
Waving his wand, Dumbledore conjured a spell of such intensity at Voldemort, which made the Death Eaters' hairs stand on their end. The spell was too quick for him to dodge so he conjured a shield to protect himself. But to his ultimate shock, he was pushed back by the sheer force of the spell, simultaneously ripping his robe. The dark wizard screamed in fury "Avada Kedvra!". Dumbledore slowly walked towards Voldemort and as soon the spell neared him, he vanished in a burst of flames. He re-appeared in midair and an inferno of flames surrounded the murderer. As Voldemort attempted to counter the raging inferno, the layer of inferno of blazing fire gleamed, with the result of a huge explosion.
The graveyard had now become a battlefield and most it was destroyed in the crossfire. Harry and Cedric's bodies were protected with a barrier that Dumbledore had immediately placed after his arrival. After the smoke cleared, Tom Riddle was revealed to be panting, scorch marks visible through his torn robes. It seemed that Dumbledore was still more powerful than the dark Lord.
"You...have... been lucky this time, the next time, I will return and kill you along with all the mudbloods."Voldemort panted. "Come, we shall leave now." He signaled to his followers. In a flash of black, they disappeared in thin air.
Dumbledore immediately restored the graveyard to its original state. In a motion of his wand, the bodies of his students were sent back to Hogwarts, followed by himself.
writer's note: I hope that the issue of the paragraphs has been solved now! Please continue reviewing. I have a lot of surprises for you guys in this story and I hope all of it will be up to your expectations. As for the pairings, I won't hide it from you, but I'm a hopeless Romantic. I'll be officially confirming the pairing in the end. Meaning after the return of Ullqiuorra. Some of you might be confused about the ' Deluminator' part. I just applied the logic that as they showed that Ron used it when he thought of Hermione and Harry, Dumbledore was the creator of that device and its feature is to work as a locator. You have to focus clearly on a person and it'll inform you about the location of that person. It i my belief that Dumbledore is a stronger wizard than Voldemort. Both in terms of experience and power. Also, with the possession of the elder wand, Voldemort can't possibly defeat him. In this case, Dumbledore is already furious at the murder of Harry, so he's not holding back.