SBID: Tom Riddle

Disclaimer: J.K Rowling owns the Harry Potter series and therefore the characters and the dialogue they say in the books. Iron Maiden owns the song 'The evil that men do'.

A/N: Wow, last chapter! Without further ado…here is the final chapter.

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The flaw in the Plan (DH – Chapter 36)

He stands there, opposite me, as if he were an equal. He dares to use my filthy Muggle father's filthy common name. He thinks he actually has a shard of success. He thinks he can defeat me – I- Lord Voldemort.

But he is mistaken.

You are mistaken Harry Potter. Today you shall die – again. And this time you will remain dead, the way it should have been from the very beginning.

Enough. I have heard enough. One more word about love or Snape's betrayal and all will perish. Enough humiliation in front of my own servants. Time has come. Prepare to die, Harry Potter. Prepare yourself world, Lord Voldemort has arisen and will have no mercy on those left untrained to my ways and ruling.

Prepare for the demise of the boy who has been lucky one too many times.

"AVADA KEDAVA" My voice is ringing around the silence of the forest. A sense of almost childish glee envelops me as I watch the green beam hurtling towards him. I can feel the transfixed and horrified gazes of the Hogwarts students. The excitement of my death-eaters is palpable; yet, they too have a horrified expression on their faces…why?

A green light is hurtling towards me…my own curse has backfired. Impossible.

I expel a huge cry of incredibility, understanding yet disbelief clouding over my eyes.

Where did I fail? What has Harry Potter got that I haven't? Why is that in the next few moments one of us will die and it will not be him?

Why?

Why?

WHY!

Living on a razors edge

You know, you know

The evil that men do lives on and on

The evil, the evil, the evil that men do.

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Quick A/N: I think Voldemort never really understood the power of love and self-sacrifice. Probably what led to his death.

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