Title: A Little Bit of Love
Rating: R
Pairing(s): HP/DM, LV/SS
Warning(s): slash, violence, language, angst
Disclaimer: Harry Potter is not mine. I own nothing here except for the plot.
Summary: The summer after fifth year finds Harry depressed. His godfather is dead, his relatives are being worse than usual, and the prophecy is weighing heavily on his mind. So when a shocking letter arrives at Privet Drive how does Harry cope?
Note: The previous chapter was new. This is the last chapter I have planned.
Chapter Ten
"Doctor Winters. Can you please explain to us what Multiple Personality Disorder is?" Allens began the round of questioning Tom's selected mediwizards the following day, directly after lunch and the questioning of a few more death eaters. Doctor Winters, who Ryu personally liked, nodded amicably.
"Multiple personality disorder (MPD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by having at least one "alter" personality that controls behavior. The "alters" are said to occur spontaneously and involuntarily, and function more or less independently of each other. This disorder can be caused by anything from early childhood trauma, sexual abuse, or physical abuse. Life changing events could also trigger MPD."
"In this medical report by a doctor in your field, it says that each personality has a different 'strength'. Could you explain?" Winters nodded.
"By 'strength' they mean will. And this 'will' is based on what the personality wants. When a person develops MPD, it is usually due to a traumatic event. The personality that person had before this event is usually considered the weaker personality because it has been overcome by the next personality. In other words it lost its 'will' to continue on and let the other personality take hold. By letting it do so, it has become the 'weaker' personality."
"So the original personality, or the way the person acted before the development of MPD, is a 'weak' personality? What does this mean exactly?"
"That this personality will have no control. It gave up its control. By being weaker it may not be aware of the other personality(ies), it cannot show up as often as the others might or it may not return at all, and it would not be able to retain control."
"So you believe that 'Tom' is the weaker personality?"
"Yes."
"Okay, what about the stronger personalities?"
"This is where everything changes. Up until this point wizard and muggle MPD cases are similar. But in wizard cases of MPD, again although rare, it is proved that the personalities that appear are manifestations of a certain emotions that resulted from the tragic, traumatic event, whereas in muggles it is just the mind creating a new person because it wants to hide."
"So….muggles create a whole new person to hide themselves?" Allens asked for the benefit of the jury.
"Basically, yes. They make a whole new person or persons to hide behind. In a wizard or witch the change is more drastic because an emotion gives the personality strength. In Tom's case, anger fuelled the change and caused his body to change little by little as well as his personality. But he still retained certain likes or dislikes. The biggest downside to wizard MPD is that a portion of the brain is contaminated by each emotion/personality and can never be regenerated."
"In your opinion, based on the medical interviews with Tom, was 'Voldemort' aware of Tom?"
"In a sense. It seemed that he knew something was different about himself and knew that he used to be 'good'."
"And before today do you think Tom was aware of Voldemort and what he was doing?"
"Due to odd circumstances yes, Tom was aware of what was going on."
"So in your opinion, could 'Tom Riddle' have stopped "Voldemort' from doing all the things he has done?"
"No. The 'Tom' personality is obviously the weaker personality, so it would have been very hard for him to take control."
"Thank you." Switzer took Allens place.
"So why do you think Tom with us now? If he is the weaker personality..."
"After doing many tests on Tom, we discovered that the potion used by Voldemort to regain his body had to be taken once every two years to keep the power levels stable. As no one knew that, he didn't take it when he should have. This weakened his body, thus weakened his resolve and his mental capabilities, giving Tom the opportunity to break through and take hold. Pair this with the timed letter he received from Lily and the revelation that he had a son…."
"So can he keep this hold?"
"In my opinion yes, but in order to.."
"Even though a part of his brain is still filled by Voldemort? How odd…Thank you." Switzer cut in. "I have no more questions your honor." Allens stood and motioned to question again.
"You may ask another question Mr. Allens." The judge said.
"Thank you. Doctor Winters, you were about to say something before you were interrupted. I believe it was a comment on our plans?"
"Yes, it was. I was just going to state that there is a potion that we could use to 'destroy' the evil personality of Tom. It is a legal substance that will only 'attack' the bad areas of Tom." Allens nodded.
"And how does it work?"
"It acts as a stress reliever but for anger. Since he has become significantly more calm and collected, and hasn't been as angry due to the revelation of his son, this potion will effectively form a block around the part of his mind that is consumed by the anger and Voldemort."
"Thank you." Several more doctors were called up and added their thoughts and findings to the case. Switzer was not able to stump the doctors, and soon the jury left to decide Tom's fate.
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"Ladies and Gentleman of the jury, have you reached a verdict?"
"We have your honor. We find the defendant, Tom Riddle, Not Guilty of all charges." Tom and Ryu sighed with relief. "But we do wish for the potion to be administered as soon as possible. We also wish that Tom check in regularly at a clinic, to make sure this personality stays in tact and he is not taken over by another..."
END
ATTENTION READERS!
Yes, this fic is done. I don't have the time, energy, nor the muse to make it any bigger or any better. I hope you liked what I fixed.
Now for a few parting words…I encourage you to read them!
Everything in this story concerning the whole Multiple Personality Disorder is either made up by me or something I'd just heard around school. I didn't do any lengthy research because I didn't plan on making this a big shot novel length story. I might someday but I'm not really planning on it.
If anyone would LIKE to make this a big novel length story then just send me an email with your ideas and I'll probably agree. Just be prepared to give me your pen name, the name of the story, and a brief summary. You will also have to make sure you note in the beginning of the story you post, that you got your idea from me. If anyone would like to write a sequel the same applies.
And before I let you all go read other stories, I just want to let you know that I will be starting college in August. I probably will not be able to write a lot depending on my classes and workload, but I'll try to be consistent.