Chapter twenty-one:
Resurfaced
The days seemed to have passed by while they had lost Barty Crouch senior from his sly escape and Barty Jr. was at Hogwarts, impersonating Madeye Moody in order to set up the TriwIzard tournament to be in Harry Potter's favor. Elizabeth wanted to go out and hunt for the senior Crouch for getting away and outsmarting her against her abilities but Tom refrained her from going. "We don't need that man to ruin our plan...just one bite..." Elizabeth spewed as she paced the living room. Wormtail hid in the kitchen near the counter as he watched the scene play out, keeping away from Nagini. "Enough, Elizabeth...Barty Jr. will handle senior when the comes. For now, i will need more of your blood...no venom for now." Tom demanded. Elizabeth frowned before she walked over to the kitchen counter, facing Wormtail with a dull expression and went through her purse. Pulling out a vial, she then extended her fangs and bit her hand across from Wormtail, causing him to grimace before dripping her blood into the vial. Walking over to Tom, Elizabeth lowered herself to sit on her knees and helped Tom drink the blood in the vial.
"If Its only my blood you need, we could just skip the vial and go straight to my hand." Elizabeth suggested. Once Tom finished, Elizabeth took the vial and watched as Tom turn to look at her. "Though i do appreciate the suggestion, Elizabeth...i believe directly from the hand is far too personal. The vial will precisely do the job." Tom explained. That stung Elizabeth a little, saying it would be too personal. But she also had to remember that their relationship wasn't normal and not exactly emotionally mutual. Elizabeth then stood back up and walked into the kitchen, rinsing out the vial. She knew Tom had changed a little from the amount of dark magic he had gotten himself into but a part of her missed the Tom she knew in school. As weeks turned into months, there had been news about Barty Crouch senior being found dead and once that news had came out, it was time to move once again since aurors and such would be looking to confiscate the estate. It had been February 1995 as the second task in the tournament had already passed, with Harry Potter getting second place and now Tom instructed Elizabeth and Wormtail to take him to Little Hangleton and they stayed in the Riddle house once again.
Once they arrived back at the Riddle house, Nagini slithered in and Elizabeth carried Tom over to the sofa, setting him where he normally sat. "I suppose you will be more at home, Elizabeth..." Tom pointed out. With being in the house she basically had memories of raising Marvolo and sleeping with Tom before his body was destroyed in 1981, the new change had made her a little jaded. "Yes, much better." Elizabeth replied. Honestly, the thought of Bellatrix being in Azkaban pleased Elizabeth as she didn't have to necessarily worry about her attempts at getting with Tom. As the months passed and it had now become June , it was the time of the final task - the maze. Snape had been keeping them informed of the tasks as he remained potions professor in the school but Barty Jr. had informed exactly his plans with the cup to Tom during spring break, making it into a portkey to bring Harry directly into the cemetery during the last task.
The day approached when it would be precisely the time Harry would soon be face to face with Voldemort in full form. Everyone was cheering in the stands as the champions entered the maze and wandered through it. Elizabeth had taken Tom to the cemetery to prepare for the meeting, along with Wormtail, bringing him into the small caretaker room inside the cemetery near the entrance until the arrival of Harry Potter in her dark cloak with the hood over her head. They had left Nagini in the Riddle house for the meantime. As the night progressed and the task was coming to an end, Tom had awaited this very moment. Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory both showed up into the graveyard of Little Hangleton cemetery from the cup being a portkey, landing on the ground. "You ok?" Cedric asked. "Yeah, you?" Harry replied. Elizabeth heard voices and immediately informed Tom. "Give me to Wormtail along with my wand, Elizabeth." Tom instructed. "Where are we?" Cedric asked, unfamiliar with the cemetery. "I've been here before..." Harry stated, panicking. "It's a portkey. Harry the cup is a portkey." Cedric figured out, amused by the idea. Elizabeth stepped out of the room and into the yard a few steps, her face hidden in the shadows of her hooded cloak and handed Tom to Wormtail along with his wand. "I've been here before in a dream. Cedric, we have to get back to the cup. Now!" Harry warned in panic but it had seemed that Cedric wasn't heeding his warning for danger.
Harry lets out a shout and holds his head in pain while Wormtail steps out and into the cemetery. "What is it?" Cedric asked, noticing Harry in pain. "Get back to the cup!" Harry warned again, holding his head. Wormtail approaches closer as both Harry and Cedric spot him holding fetus Voldemort. "Who are you? What do you want?" Cedric demanded, wand in hand and pointing at them. Elizabeth had watched from a distance, keeping her face hidden in the shadows still. She knew it wasn't a good idea for the boy to fend off Tom on his own. "Kill the spare." Voldemort commanded. Wormtail took out his wand and pointed it at Cedric. "Avada Kedavra." Wormtail casted, killing Cedric instantly. "Cedric!" Harry shouted, witnessing his friend's death. Cedric laid dead on the ground as Wormtail passes him and walked towards Harry. Wormtail then pulled Harry closer, using a spell to have the statue of Tom's parents grave grab hold of Harry and keep him there in it's hold. "Do it, now!" Voldemort commanded. Wormtail drops fetus Voldemort into the cauldron before he turns to the grave that Harry is held against. "Bones of the father, unwillingly given." Wormtail says as he uses the wand to levitate the bones from Tom Riddle senior and puts them into the cauldron. "Flesh of the servant willingly sacrificed." Wormtail speaks the instructions over again before he takes a knife and cuts off over the cauldron. Wormtail then looked over to Harry. "Blood of the enemy forcibly taken." Wormtail spoke as he approached Harry with the knife in his only hand. He takes the knife to Harry and cuts at his wrist as Harry screams in pain. Wormtail then takes the knife over to the cauldron and taps the knife, having the blood drops fall into it.
As the contents in the cauldron began to boil, Wormtail looked over at Harry with a mischievous smile. "The dark lord shall rise again." he stated before scurrying off back to where Elizabeth stood. "It's ready." Wormtail stated. Elizabeth nodded in silence as she watched cauldron bursts into flames, Elizabeth had watched Wormtail do the potion to make sure he had done it correctly. Moments after the flames extinguished, Voldemort emerged into his full body form but looked different from the man Elizabeth once knew. He had a snake like nose, flat and eyes that went to red but returned to his blue then of course he was bald as well with longer nails on his fingers. No one recognize Tom if they knew him back in school. Wormtail then entered the graveyard and watched as Voldemort approached. "My wand Wormtail." Voldemort demanded, holding his hand out. Wormtail hands him the wand and bows instantly. Voldemort looked over at Elizabeth standing in the shadows, knowing how loyal she had been the entire time. "Elizabeth..." Voldemort spoke, motioning for her to come out. Elizabeth then stepped out of the shadows, keeping her face hidden in the cloak as she approached his side. Voldemort looked back to Wormtail. "Hold out your arm." Voldemort demanded. "Master. Thank you master." Wormtail gushed in a whimper, thinking he was getting a new hand instantly. "The other arm Wormtail!" Voldemort said in irritation.
Wormtail was stunned and afraid before he lifted his healthy hand to Voldemort. Voldemort then sticks the wand into Wormtail's arm, having the sky change, summoning the rest of the death eaters. Voldemort then turned to Elizabeth, waving his hand once in front of her face to place the magical mask on her so therefore Harry Potter and others that may be lurking wouldn't recognize her for future endeavors. The death eaters instantaneously fly in with their black cloaks and masks, forming a circle around Voldemort. "Welcome my friends. Thirteen years it's been, and yet you stand before me as though it were only yesterday. I confess myself disappointed, not one of you tried to find me." Voldemort stated in irritation before he began slashing angrily at the hooded figures that surrounded him. "Crabbe...McNair...Goyle..." Voldemort snarled before stopping in front of one particular death eater. "Not even you, Lucius." Voldemort stated. "My lord. Had I detected any sign or even a whisper of your whereabouts." Lucius lied, of course he knew. Lucius had came across Elizabeth the day she handed him the diary to place in a students cauldron. "There were signs my friend, and more than whispers." Voldemort replied before glancing up at Elizabeth who was pursing her red lips behind her mask before he looked back to Lucius; Voldemort knew of the diary exchange. "I assure you I never renounced the old ways. The face I have been obliged to present each day since your absence, that was my true mask." Lucius refuted.
"I returned." Wormtail stated hesitantly and fearful. Elizabeth couldn't retain herself from rolling her eyes behind her mask. "Out of fear, not loyalty! Only one follower of mine did it out of loyalty." Voldemort stated, motioning to Elizabeth before looking back at the cowering Wormtail. "Still you have proved yourself useful these past few months Wormtail." Voldemort added, motioning his hand to give Wormtail a new hand magically, Wormtail's new hand was now silver. "Thank you master, thank you." Wormtail gushed. Voldemort then looked down at the body to Cedric Diggory. "Oh, such a handsome boy." Voldemort taunted. "Don't touch him!" Harry shouted as he struggles to get free. Voldemort then looked over at Harry before gliding over towards him. "Harry! I'd almost forgotten you were here. Standing on the bones of my father. I'd introduce you but word has it you're almost as famous as me these days. The boy who lived. How lies have fed your legend Harry. Shall I reveal what really happened that night thirteen years ago? Shall I divulge how I truly lost my powers? It was love. You see, when dear sweet Lily Potter gave her life for her only son she provided the ultimate protection. I could not touch you. It was old magic, something I should have forseen. But no matter, no matter. Things have changed, I can touch you now!" Voldemort taunted, putting his index finger on Harry's scar on his head, causing Harry to scream in pain.
"Astonishing what a few drops of your blood will do eh Harry? Pick up your wand Potter." Voldemort demanded. The statue let Harry go, having Harry fall onto the ground. "I said pick it up, get up. Get up! You've been taught how to duel I presume yes? First we bow to each other. Come on now Harry the niceties must be observed, Dumbledore would not want you to forget your manners now would he? I said bow!" Voldemort forces Harry to bow with magic, Harry vowed without will. "That's better. And now..." Voldemort stated, pointing his wand once more at Harry, using the cruciatus curse, silently casting, while Harry squirms in pain on the ground. Voldemort then stops the curse. Elizabeth watched from afar at the scene, part of her felt bad for the boy but she had no choice but to stay with Voldemort, even if he wasn't the man she once knew before that night his body was destroyed. "Atta boy Harry, your parents would be proud. Especially your filthy mother..." Voldemort taunted, now towering over Harry. "I'm going to kill you Harry Potter, I'm going to destroy you. After tonight no one will ever again question my powers. After tonight if they speak of you, they'll speak only of how you begged for death, and I being a merciful lord obliged... get up!" Voldemort taunted further before standing back up. Voldemort pulls Harry to his feet, Harry begins to back off before Voldemort casted a spell towards him, causing Harry to hide behind the statue. "Don't you turn your back on me Harry Potter I want you to look at me when I kill you, I want to see the lights leave your eyes!" Voldemort stated in fury. Elizabeth never seen Tom this angry before and she had experienced his temper towards her many times.
Harry got angry and takes steps toward Voldemort. "Have it your way." Harry shouted, casting a spell at Voldemort as Voldemort did the same towards Harry. They both cast and their streams of magic meet. They both struggle. He death eaters, including Elizabeth wanted to help Voldemort and finish off Harry but Voldemort warned them not to. "Do nothing. He is mine to finish. He's mine!" Voldemort shouted in warning. Everyone took heed of his warning and stayed back. There was silence on Voldemort's end but on Harry's end, he saw the spirits of Cedric and his parents. A moment later, Harry had let go of the spell he casted, ran over to Cedric's body and grabbed the cup portkey, disappearing from the graveyard. "No!!" Voldemort shouted in anger, looking around to see Harry was gone. Elizabeth stayed back, thinking it was best to remain quiet but others had been scurrying around, unable to find Harry. "There will be another way and we will succeed." Voldemort stated, coming to the conclusion he will have to attempt it once again.
Once the death eaters were excused to leave, Tom (Voldemort) approached the masked Elizabeth, pulling her hood down and brushing part of her blond hair behind her left ear with his right hand. With his left hand, he unmasked Elizabeth and glanced over her left shoulder at Wormtail. "Run along, Wormtail." Tom spewed, watching Wormtail scurry off and out of the cemetery. Looking back to Elizabeth, Tom studied her expression despite his anger settling inside him from earlier. "Elizabeth...i did a great deal in recruiting you many, many years ago didn't i?" Tom asked rhetorically, pleased with her loyalty throughout the process of his transformation. Elizabeth nodded. "Yes, sir." Elizabeth replied simply, forming a smirk onto her red lips. Tom then brought his long nailed hand and placed it onto Elizabeth's lower back, pressing her against him forcefully, gesturing what he was wanting. Elizabeth looked up at him with the same smirk on her lips but this time it curved into a small grin. Tom then forcefully pressed his lips against hers and kissed her hard, pressing her up against the statue that once held Harry and happened to be representing his parents graves. Elizabeth attempted to ignore or forget his new appearance in addition to his sixty-eight year old self and only remembered his former appearance, one she knew as she kissed right back before Tom broke the kiss to apparate the both of them to the Riddle house where they would finish.
Though Elizabeth desired Tom - if not for his looks in the past, it was for his personality but Tom was just gaining the benefits of her - her loyalty and of course pleasure. The unbreakable vow was still in tact. Once inside the house, Tom would then take Elizabeth into their old bedroom, passing Nagini who was curled up in the living room then shredding Elizabeth's cloak at its seams and toss her onto the bed. "You still desire me despite my new appearance, do you Elizabeth?" Tom asked forwardly as he leaned over her, tracing his long-nailed finger down her cleavage as he casted the Sterilization charm silently. "Of course, always...my dark lord." Elizabeth replied, being honest from her point of view. She desired the Tom she knew but the new one she saw now as Voldemort, she had feared him some but she always had since the time he first lost his temper with her. Tom chuckled deeply before slipping off her clothes and he did the same with his cloak, kissing down her chest before mounting her. Elizabeth had kissed down his neck, down to his shoulders as she closed her eyes. Tom, still getting used to his new body, had slid his length into Elizabeth, causing Elizabeth to drop her mouth open at the feeling. It had been thirteen years since the last time she slept with Tom, apparently it was due for both of them despite the situation; besides, Tom was angry and frustrated from losing his chance at killing Harry that night so It was something to relieve his stress. As Tom kept sliding in and out, Elizabeth refrained from digging her nails into his new body but instead, she clutched the sides of the mattress tightly as she moaned, this was also a reward for Elizabeth from Tom. Once they were done, Tom got up from the bed and put his cloak back on before watching Elizabeth get up from the bed. Tom noticed the sides of the mattress had tears in them which he became proud of himself for the reason why it was torn up before looking back at Elizabeth's unchanging figure. Elizabeth had gotten her underwear, bra and black dress back on before looking back over to Tom. "We need to return to Albania, Elizabeth...go into hiding once more as i concoct a plan to once more vanquish Harry Potter." Tom stated. Elizabeth nodded as she began to gather her things into her deep purse and they then fled Little Hangleton with Nagini and apparated to Albania.