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CHAPTER 4: Only Yin
He felt his life seeping out of him. His heart ached. How could this happen? I didn't deserve this? Why? What have I done wrong to be treated like this?
He slowly opened his eyes.
His vision was blurred by unshed tears. He stretched out to sit up straighter and heard a loud thump. He looked down cautiously to see what made the noise. It was a big black leather bounded book titled: The dark arts and its purposes.
He had bought it to learn that certain dark magical knowledge was not taught at Hogwarts. The book had fallen open on a certain page which was titled: May your darkest wishes come true!
I could really use a wish right now!
He picked the book up from the floor and began reading.
You may wish anything you want. From money to love, from happiness to beauty ... Everything your heart has ever desired can be wished for.
It only has a small prise price. One small prise price for you, and, one for society.
To complete this spell, a life has to be sacrificed. The life has to be taken by you or by a blood relative.
Well that is no problem as my father has just taken his own life.
The spell you have to cast is: Yangimmolomeamnoctietviresadditopretiodarianimae permevelconsanguineus. Pro eovelim and the wish you make.
Tom's magic was quickly leaving his body, and he was barely holding on to life. He had no time to see what the second price was, hopefully it wasn't too bad. He just needed to get out of here alive. He made the rash decision to perform the incantation. He pulled out his wand and concentrated on all the magic he still had in him. He cried out the spell with his last breath before the darkness pulled him in a cold embrace.
For a long moment all he saw was darkness. He stretched out his arms and legs, but felt nothing. It was so cold and lonely that goose bumps had begun to rise all over his body.
Where am I?
He became scared that the spell had gone wrong, that it was too late, or that he was already dead. He tried to scream, demanding an answer from his surroundings. No noise came from his open mouth, he put everything he had into this scream, leaving him even more drained than before, perhaps it was too late.
A small dot of light appeared and became bigger until it surrounded him completely.
With a gasp he came back into his room still lying on his bed at the orphanage.
It worked! It worked! Oh,I am good! I am so good! I did it!
He could make a happy dance but thought better of it, as he was no simple teenage girl. And after seeing his dad die he felt not like it at all.
The scene in front began disappear and Tom's reflection appeared again.
'In his excitement he totally forgot to read the rest of the page from the book and never discovered the second price he had to pay.'
From that day on, Tom Riddle changed. He began to hate the muggle's he lived with. As he also began to hate love and friendship because, in the end they only stabbed you in the back. He didn't realise that he had lost his yang during the process of the spell. His yang was forever stuck in a bracelet that he inherited from his mother. So he could only get hateful and bad advice from his yin that still stayed in his body.' The yang of Tom Riddle told.
'That is how he became what he is today: Lord Voldemort.'
A silence kept hanging in the air as the trio assimilated the story that they were been told.
'So it is because of the loss of his yang that he turned into Voldemort?' Hermione asked unsure.
'Yes, indeed. He didn't know what right and wrong was anymore. As he had lost his yang.' Tom Riddle's Yang answered.
'And what is our place in all of this?' Harry asked.
'Well, it is actually Hermione's help that I need.' Tom's Yang and added irritated 'As I have told you two before.'
'But I would like her to go back in time and stop Tom from becoming Lord Voldemort by giving him his Yang back.' Riddle's Yang continued.
'But I thought you were locked in there forever? So you don't need Hermione! And how did you end up in the Room of requirement?' Ron spoke up irritated with the arrogant Yang.
'Well, there is a spell that will put me back in Tom's body but it is a really difficult one and asks a lot of magical talent. Seeing that Hermione here is more than a competent witch I would like her to do it. And definitely not some pit bull like you. Because if anything went wrong, I would be destroyed forever.'
'And as an answer to your second question. Tom Riddle himself has put me in the Room of Requirement for safekeeping as he thought no one knew of the secret room.' Tom Yang said briskly.
'How do you intend to go back in time?' Hermione asked.
'As I am on a different planar level, I can create a window in time. The window will reopen when your task is done' Tom's Yang stated.
'And that will be when I have transferred you back in Tom's body or when?' Hermione asked.
'No, you see, putting me back won't make sure Tom doesn't turn into Lord Voldemort. You will have to teach him how to respect and honour life and love again. Only then Voldemort can be stopped. And as soon as his heart has changed you can come back through the window.' Riddle's Yang explained.
'And are you sure that that is going to stop him from becoming You Know Who?' Hermione asked curiously.
'I can't be a hundred percent sure, but I will do anything in my power to make sure he will not. I will try to out beat his yin and make sure he follows my advice.' Tom's Yang told Hermione with a glint of determination in his eyes.
'Than I'll do it!' Hermione stated.
'What! Are you nuts? You are so not going back in time to try and fix this. It is way too dangerous, isn't it Harry?' Ron turned around for support.
But Harry stared at the ground avoiding eye contact.
'Harry?' Ron tried again.
'Come on, mate, are you with me?' Ron pushed his friend.
'Well, euhm Ron' Harry stammered 'I honestly think it might be a good opportunity to stop Voldemort on a complete different level. Of course we still should go after the horocruxes but at least we are fighting him on two fronts.'
'You can't be serious, mate!' Ron exclaimed 'What if 'Mione gets stuck there? Or Tom kills her?'
'That will certainty not happen.' Tom's Yang said in a smug voice as he knew he had totally different plans with Hermione that certainly didn't include Tom killing her.
'Ron, I'm willing to take the risk. It is the least I can do to stop Voldemort. You guys go chase after the Horcruxes while I'm gone and as soon as I am back I will help you out. At least if Voldemort still exists then.' Hermione tried to reason.
'Yes, you should certainty go after the Horcruxes because you never know.' Tom's Yang ushered.
'I thought your plan was curse proof according to you?' Ron said annoyed.
'Ron, I am going and that is the end of it!' Hermione shouted angrily glaring at Ron.
'Okay, now that is settled. Maybe we should go over the details of the arrangement?' Tom said in a smug voice winking at Hermione. A blush crept up her cheeks that she desperately tried to hide.
'I will bring you back to the year 1943 as Tom starts his seventh year then. He had lost me, his yang, for two years than. A few days before the new school year begins you will arrive. You will present yourself as a half-blood witch that was previously home schooled. You should have a letter with you that ask the school to take you into the student body and also a suitcase with clothes that are according to the fashion of that time. Then you ask permission of the school head to go to Diagon Alley to buy your books and school robes. Under no conditions they must know or suspect you are from the future. You are just an ordinary but brilliant student that attends Hogwarts for her last year of education. The reason why you are only now attending is that your mother was ill for 6 years and you helped her out. So you chose to be home schooled.' Tom's Yang dictated.
'Is everything clear?' Riddle's Yang asked.
'Yes of course, maybe we should ask the Room of Requirement for the necessary paperwork, clothes and trunk.' Hermione suggested.
Instantly a trunk full of clothes and a file with the necessary papers appeared. Hermione dug into the trunk and grasped a set of robes that she liked. After changing into her new old styled robes she said to Ron and Harry 'Well, I guess I will be of then. You make an excuse up for my disappearance. I don't think delay or over thinking will help much more. I made up my mind. It is the least I can do for the magic world.' She darted over to Harry and Ron and hugged them while saying goodbye.
Tom's Yang began the incantation that would open the window to another time. A door appeared in the wall next to the mirror.
'So, all you have to do now is walk through that door and don't forget to take me with you. I will give you the incantation for putting me back in Tom's body when the time is right.' Tom's Yang said.
Hermione picked up the bracelet a walked over to the door she opened it and took a last glimpse of her two best friend. She was halfway through the door when all of the sudden the door of the Room of Requirement opened and a voice drawled: 'Well Granger, Potter and Weasel, I would like to ... Hey where are you going, Granger?'
A/N: Guess who is coming through that door?
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