Don't own Harry Potter. Things are about to get interesting.

Voldemort sat on his throne when he suddenly felt a surge of magical power. He picked up the book he had been reading from where it had fallen.

The book itself wasn't all that special, as it was just a book of magical myths, however as he picked up the book, the story it had opened to caught his eye and he began to read.

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This story is a tale of the origin of the Unforgivable Curses.

Long ago, before even Merlin himself was born and roamed the earth, there were two pure souls of magic.

Each was beautiful, smart, and kind, and they were the best of friends. Together their powers caused the first natural disaster causing the extinction of the dinosaurs millions of years ago.

These two pure souls traveled and played together, never letting anything come between them, until the day they were separated by the jealous humans.

The humans believed it wasn't fair for two beings to have so much power over them and separated the two souls. One was sent far away from her homeland and was raised by women of God and purity. She remained a pure soul in this peaceful place.

The other was less fortunate. She was sent from village to village as a servant of sorts being made to do all sorts of chores and jobs. The men in each village stole her innocence and cast her aside like a stone into the water. The light of the pure light magic within her died away, leaving only darkness behind.

As the years passed the two souls grew, each possessing her own ideas for life and happiness.

Then they met again, after years of separation. The pure soul was shy and kind to all others and wanted to help her bitter and argumentative tainted friend.

The two worked together for some time before both fell for a man in the town. The man preferred the pure soul in comparison to the tainted soul.

This caused the tainted soul to become angry and jealous of her friend and she plotted her ways to get her out of the way. She decided to kill the pure soul out in the forest where no one would find them.

The pure soul followed her friend willingly into the forest, unaware of the evil plans she had for her. When they reached the empty clearing, the tainted soul turned to her naïve and pure friend and sent a wave of dark magic upon her, causing great pain upon the pure soul.

"Why?" cried the pure soul. "Why have you forsaken me dear friend?"

The tainted soul laughed. "You are no friend of mine. You lived a peaceful life while mine was filled with pain and torture; you take the man I love more than life and wonder why I have betrayed your trust. You deserve to feel some of the pain I felt all my life while you lived peacefully in your own little world."

The pure soul screamed out as the tainted soul inflicted more pain on her.

Finally the screams stopped as the pure soul died from the pain. The tainted soul walked over to the body when suddenly it rose up into the air, a black aura surrounding her.

The pure soul stared down at her once friend with black eyes.

"You blame one who is innocent for all that you have experienced, then may you feel the pain of what you inflict upon her for your stupidity," she said in a voice that was not her own.

As such, the three Unforgivable curses were born. The pure soul in her angst and rage forced the tainted element using Imperio to kill the man she loved with her own hands.

Then forced the tainted soul to experience unbelievable pain using the Cruciatus Curse upon her a many number of times before the girl was begging for death to come to her.

Being as hurt, betrayed, and broken hearted as she was, the pure soul waited three days before using the killing curse, Avada Kedavra, to end the life of the tainted soul before she passed on into the realm of death herself.

It is said that one day, the two magic elements, Light and Dark, will separate into two beings similar to the ones who died years ago. The Dark element represents the tainted soul, while the Light represents the pure soul.

If the Dark element is willing to sacrifice her friendship with the Light element for the matter of love, the Light element will feel the betrayal of the past and become more powerful than any other creature on the planet. She will end up killing both the Dark element and the man she loves before dying herself. This would bring about a time of terror so massive that even the muggles will be unable to resist the pull of the darkness.

However, if the Dark and Light elements can survive together, even with such an obstacle as love before them, then peace will be restored to the universe and the Unforgivable Curses will disappear forever.

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Voldemort read the story again. This idea was intriguing, a being more powerful than him would hold some promise. It was worth looking into.

"Pettigrew," he called into the darkness. A short man with a rodent-like quality approached him.

"Yes, my master," he said.

"Call Severus and Lucius to me. I have something I want them to check on," Voldemort said with a sinister smile.

Pettigrew bowed deeply before heading off to do the appropriate tasks.