AN: The dialogue that Grindelwald says to Lord Voldemort is from Deathly Hallows. Thank you to my lovely beta Caz for looking this over.
Britain was occupied with and scared by the threat of the man that could trace his roots back to Salazar Slytherin instead of the deadly creature that Xenophilius Lovegood had wrote and warned about in The Quibbler. Months later, those same people were terrified of the atrocious and deadly beings that their loved ones had become.
But this is what happened before the catalyst of mankind.
Rufus Scrimgeour, Cornelius Fudge's replacement, had found out about the Umgubular Slashkilter and the golden key. He had thought there would be no harm from it. He Who Must Not Be Named was more powerful and dangerous than a creature that was locked up in a hexed cage. Rufus Scrimgeour regretted his decision months later.
Scrimgeour appointed Pius Thicknesse to be the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. With Thicknesse under the Imperius Curse, Lord Voldemort began to gain more favor and support in the Ministry of Magic, even getting close to the Unspeakables.
The man that could trace his roots back to Salazar Slytherin remembered that Cornelius Fudge had kept Grindelwald's creature locked away in the Department of Mysteries. Thicknesse had already brain washed every important Ministry figure, and Death Eaters had infiltrated the Ministry of Magic. The Dark Lord finally had power once again and this time he would not lose it.
Fortunately, he did lose his power and something more menacing overpowered him, something that he feared more than Death itself, something that did more hor-
I apologize again for getting so distracted.
Britain should have been afraid of the creature that would end humanity and not of being registered as a Muggle-born.
"Rookwood, I believe you know very well where it is. Yaxley will go with you," the Dark Lord instructed. "I want it in my possession as soon as possible."
Augustus Rookwood and Ordelix Yaxley went deep into the Department of Mysteries. Augustus noticed how changed the department had become and recognized that the Umgubular Slashkilter's cage had been hidden deeper inside. It didn't take them very long – once Rookwood was back in the place he had loved to work, he began to search for the strange creature that his Lord had asked for, not knowing why, not taking one moment of to stop and question as to why his Lord would want such an ugly-looking creature.
And when Augustus Rookwood's grey eyes fell upon the cage that held the deadly Umgubular Slashkilter, a wicked smile filled with malice and pride appeared on his face, distorting his features. It looked the same as when he had found it in Hungary. But there was a difference: it was almost skeletal now. The creature needed to eat, needed to fill its stomach with human meat. Its piranha teeth were gnashing, begging to pierce a human and suck their blood while it chewed their skin.
Augustus felt a shiver of fear shoot through his body as he ordered Yaxley to get ready to Disapparate with the cage. Taking the wooden box engraved with the Deathly Hallows symbol along with the cursed key inside it, he had a bad feeling about his mission.
Yaxley and Rookwood Apparated to Malfoy Manor in Wiltshire, England. Where it all started.
The man that called himself the Dark Lord had a twisted smile on his lips as he walked around the cage, intently looking at the Umgublar Slashkilter. It had been so many years and finally it was in his possession. Nothing could stop him now.
He was officially the most powerful and feared wizard in the world.
Lord Voldemort had the Umgublar Slashkilter and he wasn't like Gellart Grindelwald who had kept it locked up for 'The Greater Good' – no, he would let it out for 'The Greater Good'.
His red eyes saw the various magic on the cage and the key. Grindelwald was smart to put that sort of magic around the objects, to keep people away from the creature he had created.
Unfortunately Voldemort couldn't get to Albus Dumbledore. The old coot would get suspicious if my nephew Severus asked him about the Umgubular Slashkilter and, more importantly, the Dark Lord didn't like admitting it out loud even to himself – the man that could trace his roots to Salazar Slytherin was afraid of Albus Dumbledore.
That left Gellert Grindelwald.
He menaced Grindelwald but the older man didn't divulge the information that the Dark Lord wanted.
"Kill me, then, Voldemort – I welcome death! But my death will not bring you what you seek...There is so much you do not understand..."
This was so true. Gellert Grindelwald understood the responsibility that came with power and knew when to attack and when not to. The Inferi and the Umgubular Slashkilter were too much; mankind would be destroyed completely if they were let loose. But Voldemort was so consumed and blinded by his power that he didn't understand, distracted by his biggest fear.
The confrontation between the two Dark Wizards helped Lord Voldemort kill two birds with one stone. Not only did he get the information about how to un-curse the key and open the cage but he also knew who was the owner of the Elder Wand.
A wand that was, is and will be forever important, even in this event that will occur.
When Lord Voldemort killed Gellert Grindelwald, hope was lost for mankind. For he was the only person who knew how to destroy the Umgubular Slashkilter.
AN: One chapter more to go so please review!