HP X LOTM : Please Call Me Mr. Error.

The move scared all the death eaters around them since in their eyes Voldemort was supposed to be the one almighty true god that could never be toppled.

Their blood turned cold and they suddenly felt like they were as vulnerable as baby deers. When the boy's gaze swept past them, they felt like they had been marked with a noose around their necks.

Everyone was positively terrified.

Loki had very carefully planned all of what had happened in this short interval.

The boy, Tom Marvolo Riddle, who had the appearance of Tom from the diary Horcrux that Harry Potter had 'destroyed' in the second year, was just an illusion that Loki had created after studying the soul he had captured using the greedy Ring of Harvest in the second year.

An illusion which allowed Loki to ignore Voldemort's killing curse by simply walking through it since the boy didn't really exist since what was visible to everyone else was just an illusion and not real.

But since he could control what his illusions could touch, Loki used it to push Voldemort lightly and make him think that the person in front of him was a real person.

It was to keep him guessing, wondering if a part of his own soul had betrayed him. To feel scared and afraid of the hidden powers backing it.

Combined with Loki's slow delivery to reveal information about 'Her' and other such things that only Voldemort's soul would know, it set up the perfect stage for Loki to use his first weapon against Voldemort.

The weapon wasn't something complicated or even one that Loki had built himself.

It was something that he had acquired very recently.

He had acquired this weapon from Harry Potter.

Harry didn't know he was carrying such a potent weapon, while its actual creator Albus Dumbledore didn't know that his work would be used in such a clever way as Loki had planned for it.

And Loki had planned to use this weapon because he knew that he himself couldn't make one better than this, since Dumbledore was a master in this field while he was just stepping into it.

When Loki was teleported from the Quidditch pitch to Voldemomrt's resurrection site, he abused his proximity to Harry Potter and distance from Dumbledore to perform a simple theft.

Loki stole the corruption that was deeply embedded in Harry Potter's body of heart and mind. The corruption that made Harry Potter unquestionably rely on Albus Dumbledore, one that allowed 'Him' to control exactly how Harry Potter saw and analysed his actions.

And as soon as the illusory boy, Tom, arrived close to Voldemort, Loki simply implanted the corruption into the sea of subconscious of his illusion before spreading it to Voldemort.

As such, Voldemort's persona instantly split up when Dumbledore's corruption started to spread around his island of consciousness, causing him to miss remember facts about his own past and made him believe that Dumbledore was his greatest ally instead of enemy.

Everything from the beginning of Loki's arrival was carefully planned to put him out of the spotlight so that he could act in the shadows, pulling strings that no one knew could be pulled.

To the world, the only living Beyonder of the Spectator Pathway were a few Hogwarts graduates along with Albus Dumbledore.

And while there were a few low-level Beyonder Characteristics around, Voldemort didn't know that Loki could manipulate the sea of consciousness to such an extent. 

Especially since Dumbledore unknowingly built Loki's weapon! 

A weapon so strong, a corruption so strong, since it was built to remain hidden from everyone else.

This single weapon had forced Voldemort to remain confused and guessing. It was what kept Voldemort under the radar, forcing him to misunderstand who he was actually fighting against.

While Voldemort knew that the illusory Tom had something to do with all of this, he knew much better that only someone like Albus Dumbledore could pull of such a deep mental manipulation that could slip past his defences.

And since Loki would have to fight Voldemort himself very soon, he wanted to make sure that Voldemort was never going to be in his peak condition since it was very obvious to him that fighting a Sequence 3 Saint while he was still just a Sequence 5 was asking for too much.

As such, with the stage setup, Loki pulled of his final move of the first act in this elaborate play he had set up.

Tom looked into Voldemort's eyes and just calmly started walking away.

He kept eye contact with Voldemort as he walked backwards into the alley shrouded in darkness.

"Remember this Mr. Dark Lord, I will let you live for now. But I will come back to reap your life once and for all."

"Maybe now."

"Maybe a few seconds later."

"Maybe when you are sleeping."

"Maybe even when you're shitting."

"But I will be there."

"Right in front of you to look into your eyes so that you can see your death reflected in mine."

The illusion started to dissolve into the air as Tom's smile only deepened.

"Oh and your followers seem loyal…I might just as well take the lives of those that follow you. Or I could turn them into my own followers…who knows what the future holds..."

The boy lifted his hand and waved goodbye as he vanished away into the depths of the dark lanes of Knockturn Alley.

Except right before he vanished, a large flare shot out of his wand, it flew to the skies at rapid speeds before exploding into a large explosion of fireworks that hung in the sky like a dark mark which was about to spell their doom.

When everyone looked back at the boy, he had already vanished.

They couldn't sense his presence or even see him using spirit vision.

Almost at the same time, everyone heard a rush of footsteps and spotted several Unspeakables charge towards the clearing.

'Well, phase one of the plan has finished perfectly…' Loki said while munching on popcorn.

'Now I just need to wait for Laura to arrive…'

'Given how you-know-who is so openly here, I'm sure several of them will try to ask for reinforcements…Laura should be here soon after that.'

Voldemort realised what was happening and given his worsening condition, quickly composed himself, trying his best to control his rapidly degenerating condition moving towards insanity and loss of control.

The Unspeakables that had arrived quickly stood stunned in shock as their eyes widened when they saw the hoard of Death Eaters in front of them.

They quickly pulled out their wands, but Harry's words shocked them all.

Harry had broken free from Voldemort's spell when Voldemort had started losing control due to Loki's corruption weapon, so as soon as he saw reinforcements arrive, he shouted out loud!

"That is Voldemort!!! He has resurrected using a strange ritual!!!"

Everyone's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when they saw Voldemort after hearing Harry's words!

Hermione was the fastest to recover after hearing Harry's words, as she almost immediately flicked her wand to shoot out a spell.

And as if setting fire to a powdered keg, it caused both sides to explode into a flurry of magical exchanges.

The unspeakables flicked their wands and shot a barrage of spells towards the Death Eaters that had surrounded Loki and Harry while the Death Eaters were a little slower to respond.

The colours of spells varied and moved at different speeds towards different targets, but Loki wasn't very interested in that since he knew well that even a thousand more of such simple spells wouldn't be enough to scratch Voldemort or even an ordinary Saint.

'I should've gotten a real camera…I could take you-know-who's bald picture and everyone's reaction to it too..'

'Can he regrow his hair using potions?'

'...I stole his hair roots…so it shouldn't be possible…but well…I guess magic might always have a solution…I should study hair regrowth under Madam Pomfrey…'

Voldemort who'd gained some semblance of control over his body by quickly isolating his mental insanity behind several occlumency shields flicked his wand in a heavy and large arc.

Out of his bone-white wand, poured out a fire as crimson as blood. It slithered into the air like a phoenix, transforming into a dragon by the end as it crashed into the oncoming onslaught of manpower.

All the Unspeakables eyes widened as they saw their spells harmlessly sputter on the giant fiery dragon with no other effects.

The exorbitant display suddenly made everyone remember just why they feared the madman in front of them.

With morale rising, Voldemort shouted- 

"Today we announce our return!!!"

"Show them why they fear us!!!"

But in the soft silence afterwards, everyone heard the one, two or even a few sudden *pops* that signified the escape of a few death eaters.

Morale had already dropped irreversibly in the Death Eaters and it seemed like Voldemort's display was doing nothing to really help it improve, for now.

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