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A/N: Heya everyone! The reviews are awesome! Love you all!
Maruder no.5- Yay! Here's the next chapter! Hope you enjoy!
EclipseAzNGTX- I hope your head is okay! And it is I who is speechless by your charming review! I'll of course continue, I like the story myself. Happy Holidays!
Snape coolgirl- Thank you!
Spiffycool - I'm trying to update as soon as I can! Really! Though I'm glad to hear that you're bouncing with excitement. I almost feel bad for Tom and Harry as well..almost. And I shall try to continue writing as well as I can.
Beta read by Lee Hart.
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Lucius Malfoy may not be brave and daring but it could not be said that he didn't have a tad bit of pride. In fact he had a whole lot of pride, though that didn't show so much when Tom was Dark Lord but that is beside the point. He was a man of pride and as a man of pride he would hardly back down from any challenge. So when Tom Riddle, the ex-Dark Lord, He- who-must-not-be-named, challenged Lucius Malfoy to a duel the blonde nearly threw away all his pride to hide behind his chair.
"What will you do Luc- I mean Master?" asked one of the Death Eaters that happened to be in the ballroom.
The pale faced Lucius did not answer as he sat in his plush chair, gripping the arms of the chair as if they were his one and only lifeline. Gulping in fear, Lucius could only watch as a scowling teenage looking Tom Riddle stormed into the ballroom looking like one of those mystical heroes that come to save the day. In all honesty that's what Lucius thought, that Tom was here to save the day. Collecting all of his cool and trying to remain calm, instead of running away screaming like a 7 year old school girl, Lucius stood up and bowed ever so graciously to Tom. He was rather shocked when Tom bowed mockingly back.
"It's absolutely marvelous to see you Mr. Riddle" Lucius said quickly getting over the little shock.
"I can't say the same Lucy" was the quick retort from Tom, who had an arrogant smirk on his face.
Lucius narrowed his grayish eyes at Tom before continuing on pleasantly.
"I know why you are here. You want to play HERO, you want to save the day. You don't want me to be the Dark Lord and I know why for that also! I make a better Dark Lord then you ever did or that you ever could! That's why you are here. Instead of playing the Dark Lord in which you failed, you became the hero, to repent for what you've done. You-" It was a good thing Lucius choked off before Tom took off the other arm of his chair with another flame spell.
On Lucius' right, the chair's arm was on fire, not just a little kindle of a fire, but a roaring inferno that was quickly spreading. Jumping off the chair and taking out his wand, Lucius summoned water and put the fire out. The distraught blonde turned to a darkly amused Tom Riddle who was lightly tapping his wand against his cheek.
"You are wrong about everything , Lucius" Tom casually said looking at Lucius with darkening red eyes "I don't want to be hero, what happens to the wizarding world is of no concern to me. It has been of no concern right when I walked away from the Death Eaters. From hence forth I look after my own."
Almost all the Death Eaters had abandoned Lucius except a few who were standing behind him. But even they were about to flee as Tom took a step forward. Shaking in fear they all stood their ground, though Lucius was about to take a step back.
"I did not fail in becoming the Dark Lord neither" with every word that Tom uttered, more venom and hatred laced through his voice "They had feared me, in fact, they still do. The wizarding world is still afraid to say the name I had given myself, save for a few brave though foolish few. I had gathered a group that were regarded with fear and they flourished under my command. Now you want to ruin that all. You are the one who wants to take my place. You will.or I should say would have never been able to. It is not that I don't WANT you to become the Dark Lord, Lucius. It's that I cannot allow you to be."
Dark red eyes flashed with such a dangerous light in them that Lucius took a step back and the few remaining Death Eaters that he had with him, ran away. They left, leaving the self-proclaimed Dark Lord alone with the one true Dark Lord.
"Hn, it seems you were not able to keep any loyal followers, Lucius" Tom said moving across from Malfoy, into a dueling stance.
"I will show them all. I'll show them who is the better Dark Lord" Malfoy spat out, also getting into a dueling stance.
"You were never Dark Lord to begin with" that seemed to be the red flag to begin, for after that was said, Tom and Lucius raised their wands and said the same curse "Crucio!"
Two red strings of light blasted out of the two wands and in a flash hit their targets. Both went down in agony though they both withdrew their curses immediately and got up on staggering feet.
And so the battle began, not between the light and the dark. But between the two darkest of them all.
A battle that would later be called The battle of the Dark Lords.
~*~
Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape stood on the doorstep of Malfoy Manor as the battle had begun, though at the current moment they were wondering what Tom had earlier been wondering. How was it so sunny and green when it was almost winter?
They both quickly shook their heads of that thought when they heard the two Dark Wizards dueling it out inside.
"We should wait for Harry and Remus" Dumbledore said, stopping Severus from opening the door.
"But why, Headmaster? Tom will kill him" The blacked haired Potions Master was confused.
"And he'd kill us as well" Albus' face was grave "Tom has no loyalties, except one"
"Harry Potter"
"Yes, so we must wait"
"Yes Headmaster"
~*~
Tom quickly dodged out of the way of the Imperious curse. Again he dodged as the Crucio curse was thrown his way. The usually calm Malfoy was getting desperate and was only repeating the two more minor of the Unforgivables. Looking for a moment, just once for Lucius to stop carelessly spitting out curses so that he could aim one of his own. Finally he saw it, Lucius had lowered his wand just a tad and was breathing hard. Tom turned his body to squarely face Lucius and quickly threw a curse of his own. "POENA!" (A/N: Poena is the Latin word for pain, or so I think)
A streak of dark blue came from Tom's wand and hit Lucius, sending the aristocrat flying back with a grunt of pain. Breathing a little harder then normal, Tom swaggered over to the fallen Lucius. Stomping his foot onto Lucius' hand, the blonde's wand went rolling away. Hate-filled eyes caught feared ones as time seemed to stop.
And Tom raised his wand slowly above his head as Lucius closed his eyes in defeat.
~*~
Harry didn't even bother to wait for the Headmaster or the others as he barged into the Manor, straight after Remus had brought them there. The famous teenager had a wild look to his eyes as he frantically searched for Tom and Lucius with Albus, Severus, and Remus trying to catch up.
After a quick turn to the right down the massive hallway he went through the study and pushed through some wooden double doors to see Tom raising his wand to finish Lucius.
And just before the finishing words could utter passed Tom's lips, Harry yelled out. "STOP!"
Two pairs of eyes, one red and one gray, turned to Harry. Both pairs of eyes were shocked. Tom lowered his wand and turned to Harry, still not believing that he was here.
"Harry?" It was almost like Tom was five again, as all the hate vanished from Tom's eyes and a most wondrous thing happened, all the red seemed to swirl into a greenish color that made Tom look ever more that five year old once again.
Harry's own green eyes were wide and he said in a whisper "You..were trying to help..the light"
"No Harry." Tom said shaking his head. At the confused look Harry gave him, Tom opened his mouth to elaborate but a voice cut him off.
"See? The true Dark Lord would have never moved his eyes from his opponent." Tom and Harry both turned to Lucius who was up on his feet with his wand pointed at Harry.
~*~
Albus had held both Severus and Remus when they had reached the study. The old Headmaster seemed to be waiting for something and the other two were getting impatient.
"Headmaster!" Both of the men said.
"Are we not going in?" Severus said right at the same time Remus asked "Aren't we going to help?"
Albus shook his head at the two "No, this fight is for both Harry and Tom alone. They are the ones who need to end this. After all, they have always been the two key players in this"
Severus and Remus then both shared a same thought ~But this is not a game~
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End of Chapter.
Please don't kill me! I have a plan for the next chapter! And to make up the cliff hanger I had posted this extra early!...Review...please..
A/N: Heya everyone! The reviews are awesome! Love you all!
Maruder no.5- Yay! Here's the next chapter! Hope you enjoy!
EclipseAzNGTX- I hope your head is okay! And it is I who is speechless by your charming review! I'll of course continue, I like the story myself. Happy Holidays!
Snape coolgirl- Thank you!
Spiffycool - I'm trying to update as soon as I can! Really! Though I'm glad to hear that you're bouncing with excitement. I almost feel bad for Tom and Harry as well..almost. And I shall try to continue writing as well as I can.
Beta read by Lee Hart.
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Lucius Malfoy may not be brave and daring but it could not be said that he didn't have a tad bit of pride. In fact he had a whole lot of pride, though that didn't show so much when Tom was Dark Lord but that is beside the point. He was a man of pride and as a man of pride he would hardly back down from any challenge. So when Tom Riddle, the ex-Dark Lord, He- who-must-not-be-named, challenged Lucius Malfoy to a duel the blonde nearly threw away all his pride to hide behind his chair.
"What will you do Luc- I mean Master?" asked one of the Death Eaters that happened to be in the ballroom.
The pale faced Lucius did not answer as he sat in his plush chair, gripping the arms of the chair as if they were his one and only lifeline. Gulping in fear, Lucius could only watch as a scowling teenage looking Tom Riddle stormed into the ballroom looking like one of those mystical heroes that come to save the day. In all honesty that's what Lucius thought, that Tom was here to save the day. Collecting all of his cool and trying to remain calm, instead of running away screaming like a 7 year old school girl, Lucius stood up and bowed ever so graciously to Tom. He was rather shocked when Tom bowed mockingly back.
"It's absolutely marvelous to see you Mr. Riddle" Lucius said quickly getting over the little shock.
"I can't say the same Lucy" was the quick retort from Tom, who had an arrogant smirk on his face.
Lucius narrowed his grayish eyes at Tom before continuing on pleasantly.
"I know why you are here. You want to play HERO, you want to save the day. You don't want me to be the Dark Lord and I know why for that also! I make a better Dark Lord then you ever did or that you ever could! That's why you are here. Instead of playing the Dark Lord in which you failed, you became the hero, to repent for what you've done. You-" It was a good thing Lucius choked off before Tom took off the other arm of his chair with another flame spell.
On Lucius' right, the chair's arm was on fire, not just a little kindle of a fire, but a roaring inferno that was quickly spreading. Jumping off the chair and taking out his wand, Lucius summoned water and put the fire out. The distraught blonde turned to a darkly amused Tom Riddle who was lightly tapping his wand against his cheek.
"You are wrong about everything , Lucius" Tom casually said looking at Lucius with darkening red eyes "I don't want to be hero, what happens to the wizarding world is of no concern to me. It has been of no concern right when I walked away from the Death Eaters. From hence forth I look after my own."
Almost all the Death Eaters had abandoned Lucius except a few who were standing behind him. But even they were about to flee as Tom took a step forward. Shaking in fear they all stood their ground, though Lucius was about to take a step back.
"I did not fail in becoming the Dark Lord neither" with every word that Tom uttered, more venom and hatred laced through his voice "They had feared me, in fact, they still do. The wizarding world is still afraid to say the name I had given myself, save for a few brave though foolish few. I had gathered a group that were regarded with fear and they flourished under my command. Now you want to ruin that all. You are the one who wants to take my place. You will.or I should say would have never been able to. It is not that I don't WANT you to become the Dark Lord, Lucius. It's that I cannot allow you to be."
Dark red eyes flashed with such a dangerous light in them that Lucius took a step back and the few remaining Death Eaters that he had with him, ran away. They left, leaving the self-proclaimed Dark Lord alone with the one true Dark Lord.
"Hn, it seems you were not able to keep any loyal followers, Lucius" Tom said moving across from Malfoy, into a dueling stance.
"I will show them all. I'll show them who is the better Dark Lord" Malfoy spat out, also getting into a dueling stance.
"You were never Dark Lord to begin with" that seemed to be the red flag to begin, for after that was said, Tom and Lucius raised their wands and said the same curse "Crucio!"
Two red strings of light blasted out of the two wands and in a flash hit their targets. Both went down in agony though they both withdrew their curses immediately and got up on staggering feet.
And so the battle began, not between the light and the dark. But between the two darkest of them all.
A battle that would later be called The battle of the Dark Lords.
~*~
Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape stood on the doorstep of Malfoy Manor as the battle had begun, though at the current moment they were wondering what Tom had earlier been wondering. How was it so sunny and green when it was almost winter?
They both quickly shook their heads of that thought when they heard the two Dark Wizards dueling it out inside.
"We should wait for Harry and Remus" Dumbledore said, stopping Severus from opening the door.
"But why, Headmaster? Tom will kill him" The blacked haired Potions Master was confused.
"And he'd kill us as well" Albus' face was grave "Tom has no loyalties, except one"
"Harry Potter"
"Yes, so we must wait"
"Yes Headmaster"
~*~
Tom quickly dodged out of the way of the Imperious curse. Again he dodged as the Crucio curse was thrown his way. The usually calm Malfoy was getting desperate and was only repeating the two more minor of the Unforgivables. Looking for a moment, just once for Lucius to stop carelessly spitting out curses so that he could aim one of his own. Finally he saw it, Lucius had lowered his wand just a tad and was breathing hard. Tom turned his body to squarely face Lucius and quickly threw a curse of his own. "POENA!" (A/N: Poena is the Latin word for pain, or so I think)
A streak of dark blue came from Tom's wand and hit Lucius, sending the aristocrat flying back with a grunt of pain. Breathing a little harder then normal, Tom swaggered over to the fallen Lucius. Stomping his foot onto Lucius' hand, the blonde's wand went rolling away. Hate-filled eyes caught feared ones as time seemed to stop.
And Tom raised his wand slowly above his head as Lucius closed his eyes in defeat.
~*~
Harry didn't even bother to wait for the Headmaster or the others as he barged into the Manor, straight after Remus had brought them there. The famous teenager had a wild look to his eyes as he frantically searched for Tom and Lucius with Albus, Severus, and Remus trying to catch up.
After a quick turn to the right down the massive hallway he went through the study and pushed through some wooden double doors to see Tom raising his wand to finish Lucius.
And just before the finishing words could utter passed Tom's lips, Harry yelled out. "STOP!"
Two pairs of eyes, one red and one gray, turned to Harry. Both pairs of eyes were shocked. Tom lowered his wand and turned to Harry, still not believing that he was here.
"Harry?" It was almost like Tom was five again, as all the hate vanished from Tom's eyes and a most wondrous thing happened, all the red seemed to swirl into a greenish color that made Tom look ever more that five year old once again.
Harry's own green eyes were wide and he said in a whisper "You..were trying to help..the light"
"No Harry." Tom said shaking his head. At the confused look Harry gave him, Tom opened his mouth to elaborate but a voice cut him off.
"See? The true Dark Lord would have never moved his eyes from his opponent." Tom and Harry both turned to Lucius who was up on his feet with his wand pointed at Harry.
~*~
Albus had held both Severus and Remus when they had reached the study. The old Headmaster seemed to be waiting for something and the other two were getting impatient.
"Headmaster!" Both of the men said.
"Are we not going in?" Severus said right at the same time Remus asked "Aren't we going to help?"
Albus shook his head at the two "No, this fight is for both Harry and Tom alone. They are the ones who need to end this. After all, they have always been the two key players in this"
Severus and Remus then both shared a same thought ~But this is not a game~
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End of Chapter.
Please don't kill me! I have a plan for the next chapter! And to make up the cliff hanger I had posted this extra early!...Review...please..