"Thank you! Thank you Master!" Macnair breathed.
"May your loyalty never waver." Voldemort said before he turned and walked towards one death eater. "Hello Lucius." He said as he waved his wand and Lucius Malfoy's face appeared as the mask disappeared from his face. "You've been misbehaving, haven't you...Lucius?" Voldemort said in a cold voice.
"Master," Lucius began. "I..."
"Save it," Voldemort cut him off. "I am in no mood to listen to your excuses, we shall talk later." Voldemort said before he walked past the death eaters and stopped in front of Harry. "Harry Potter," He said in a soft voice, his eyes softening ever so slightly. "the boy who many believe to be my downfall."
"My lord," Lucius spoke up. "please...we beg of you...how? How did you return? Please let us know?"
"That is an interesting story, my slippery friend." Voldemort said, his eyes never once leaving Harry. "On the day of my 'demise' I had attacked the Potters, killed the father and was about to kill the mother and the child. It should have been a simple night with a simple ending, but it turned out to be anything but. You see, it wasn't young Harry that stopped me, no...it was his mother. Oh yes, Harry," Voldemort added when he saw the surprised look on Harry's face. "it was your mother. She invoked ancient magic when she gave herself up as a shield for you, magic that prevented me from harming you. But now...now that I've had your blood...her protections last no more." Voldemort said as he placed his finger on Harry's forehead, he pulled his hand back when Harry irritably shook his head. "Does the truth anger you Potter?" He asked in a curious voice.
"You don't know me well if you think that would anger me," Harry said with a small laugh before he licked his lips and looked bravely up at Voldemort. "everyone claimed that I defeated you as a baby, but I never believed it. You were feared, and for that to happen you must have given the people a good reason to fear you, there was no way you could have been defeated by a baby. I always knew that it was my mother or my father that had defeated you, either I was truly such an amazing wizard that I could defeat you at the age of one or my parents were such great wizards that they could defeat you. Either way, I'm happy to be me. I don't need the boy-who-lived title, I've done plenty on my own."
"Yes, yes you have," Voldemort chuckled, "youngest chaser in a century, defeating a manticore and a dragon, making the public believe what you want, running Slytherin house, attaining two familiars. And look...you've even one the Triwizard tournament! You have been a very busy boy."
"I believe that you're at least part of the reason why." Harry replied. "You put me in this tournament, didn't you?"
"I did, you should thank poor little Winky here for that." Voldemort said as he gestured to Winky. "She was the one who put your name into the goblet, and she was the one who altered the portkey spell on the trophy so soon after it was checked for tempering."
"I am going to kill you." Harry said to Winky, glaring at her.
"Allow me." Voldemort said as he aimed his wand at Winky, before the elf could react she was hit with a killing curse. "She was quite annoying. Nagini, dinner." He said, Nagini hissed and moved towards the elf. "Now," Voldemort continued speaking as if there wasn't a house elf being eater a small distance away from him. "I was responsible for you being put in the tournament, but I was not responsible for what you suffered through in the first task, no, I suspect the blame for that lies with another." Voldemort's head turned and Harry followed his gaze towards Lucius Malfoy. "Am I incorrect, Lucius?"
"N...no, my lord." Lucius gulped. "I...I had wanted to use the opportunity to regain revenge on Potter, the tournament ended up being a perfect opportunity, the fool Bagman owed several debts and I had offered to pay them off for him if he did what I said. With my money and his help we were able to arrange for Potter to face the manticore and if by some miracle he was able to survive that then the dragon would have finished him off."
"Yet he survived both." Voldemort pointed out. "What was the reason for your revenge? I'm sure it was not me, or you would have attempted it far earlier than now."
"It may have had to do with the fact that I beat him up and cost him a lot of money." Harry spoke up. "And I mean a lot."
"Truly?" Voldemort asked in an amused voice. "That sounds like an interesting story, one that I would like to hear, but business first. After you, Harry Potter, had sent Pettigrew to Azkaban, Macanir had managed to visit him. Pettigrew was far more competent than either of us thought him to be, he learnt from spying on Dumbledore that the man believed that I was in Albania. After that he left to find me, and now here I am, back with all of my beloved power, ready to continue my noble work.
Harry Potter, I am a man who gets what he wants, if someone refuses then I just take it. At best I can be delayed, delayed, but never stopped. Do you know what I want?"
"A nose?" Harry asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I want you to join me." Voldemort said, sounding perfectly serious.
"What?" Harry blinked.
"I wanted you to join me in your first year as well," Voldemort spoke in a soft voice. "you thought I was trying to trick you, understandable even if I don't particularly like the results."
"Master!" One death eater blurted out with disbelief. "You...you can't be serious! The boy is our enemy! You want Potter to..." The death eater was cut off as he fell to the floor when he was hit by a cruciatus curse, he screamed in pain for several seconds before the curse was stopped.
"Do not for a moment think that these last thirteen years have made me any kinder." Voldemort hissed before turning his attention back to Harry, he waved his wand and Harry's ropes disappeared. "Give him his wand." Voldemort told Macnair as he took several steps away from Harry, he levitated Nagini up and gently placed her by the other death eaters so she was out of the way.
"W...wha…what?" Macnair stuttered.
"His wand, give it to him, now!" Voldemort ordered. Macnir gulped before he quickly pulled out Harry's wand and moved over to Harry who had just stood up.
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