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“Abashed the Devil stood, and felt how awful goodness is, and saw virtue in her shape how lovely: saw, and pined his loss."
-John Milton, 'Paradise Lost'In September of 1942, Tom Riddle is a brilliant, bitter schoolboy on the precipice of becoming a monster. Already wearing his first Horcrux around his finger, he doesn’t plan to let anything halt his ascent towards realizing his ultimate goal: becoming the greatest Dark Lord the world has ever seen.
But when a powerful and mysterious transfer student arrives at Hogwarts, Tom’s initial spark of interest rapidly ignites into an all-consuming obsession, threatening to unravel his carefully laid plans.
When ambition and pride run up against regret and repentance, what will be the outcome? Is there such thing as a soul too mutilated to save?
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18 Jan 2025
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Tom despised children—their snivelling voices, sticky hands, and perpetually runny noses. Everything about them was absolutely revolting.
It was of no true consequence that he himself was only eight years old, because Tom was different. Tom was special, had a gift, a destiny and one day, he would rule the world—or at the very least, Great Britain.
And while his life might not be perfect right now, living in a filthy orphanage, surrounded by vermin (children) and all that.Tom endured it all with a smile (scowl) on his face, because he knew it wouldn’t last. He had a plan. He knew his future would be glorious; he could feel it in his very bones.
That is, until his world began to crumble. His sanctuary—the one place free from the contamination of others—was being invaded. His single-bedroom heaven was about to be defiled.
And the name of this blight on his existence?
Hadrian Peverell.
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Or, another story where a beaten and broken Harry Potter is thrust into the past, only to find himself saddled with managing a self-assured, wannabe dark lord.
Chaos will be inevitable.
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13 Feb 2025
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Harry is resigned; he has to die.
As the last string tying Voldemort to his immortality, he has to die in order to save the world. So, when he walks into the woods and stands in front of Lord Voldemort, he’s not afraid.That was before Hermione and Ron decided to interfere because, of course, they wouldn’t let him die on his own. Swallowed by a giant sphere of magic, Harry and his friends find themselves in an unknown place that looks like Hogwarts before the war, and none of them can tell where they are.
And Harry must find a way to control himself to not throw an unforgivable at the head of seventh year Tom Riddle.
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15 Feb 2025
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Every Saturday morning, Tom Riddle wakes with the intention of opening the Chamber of Secrets.
Every Saturday morning, Tom Riddle dies.
Slowly, the true horror of Tom's predicament reveals itself. Why the Hogwarts ghost named Harry Potter is suddenly acting so strange. Why the idea of going to the Chamber sends unease skittering down his spine. Why he wakes screaming every morning, fire boiling in his veins.
As Tom and Harry investigate, the murky past unravels: they are trapped in a day that repeats over and over, with each iteration ending in Tom's untimely demise. To solve this puzzle, Tom must answer the question that has plagued him all his life: what does it truly take to stop death?
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- Part 7 of duplicity's Prompt Fills
- Part 2 of duplicity's Mid-Length Works
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01 Mar 2025
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Public Bookmark 168
Mystery Work
Part of my fics
Summary
This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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21 Aug 2025