88 Tom Riddle

[Horcrux Devouring Ritual created.]

All the components for the Ritual were ready, and the best about it, the Object with the Horcrux would be unharmed. Matthew moved into his brand new Ritual room and began to engrave the Ritual Circle onto the floor. The Ritual Circle consisted of two small rune formations on opposite sites, surrounded by a large rune Formation. Matthew took the Diadem of Ravenclaw out of its containment box and put it into the formation for the Horcrux. Its purpose was to force out the soul or soul fragment out of the Object and restrain it. This was also the first step of the Ritual.

The second step happened in the second small rune formation, this formation was the place where the soul recipient would sit, this case Matthew. It will guide the soul fragment into Matthew and let his Soul absorb the new Soul, one of the requirements for it to succeed is that the Soul of the recipient is more powerful than the Soul fragment. Or the new Soul would absorb the Original Soul and take over the body. Since this was a Horcrux there was only a part of a Soul inside, to be precise the Diadem had 1/32 of Voldemort Original Soul inside and was the fifth Horcrux he created.

And at last, there would be a battle of Souls initiated by the Outer Rune Formation, it worked after the principle the Winner takes it all. This included all the memories and a slight Power up since a Soul was a factor related to the amount of magical energy a Wizard possessed, the others where fitness and how acclimated a body was too magical energy which happened through usage or age. The outer formation also absorbed magical energy from the surroundings and powered the whole Ritual.

Now that everything was set up, it was time to start. Normally a Rune Formation needed a bit of magical energy to start at the first time even if it was powered through the energy of the environment, like an ignition inside a car, but Matthew worked another method into the Ritual since he wanted to remain in the best currently possible condition. The past events taught him to be careful since he never knew what could happen, and Voldemort was the one Wizard with the most experience in Soul magic who entered realms never did before, he posses abilities that included possession which was a branch of Soul magic and vastly more experienced than Matthew.

Matthew pulled a vial with Magical essence out of his pocket and poured it onto a specific part of the Ritual Circle which absorbed the essence and began to work. This method was normally too wasteful but he still had the Philosopher Stone and considering the risk of the whole process it was worth it.

The Rune Formation with the Horcrux inside began to glow in bright green light and engulfed the Diadem of Ravenclaw. This lasted for a few seconds before a black and Grey ominous mist began to leave the Horcrux followed by a bit of blue mist.

'Right there was also the Soul seed of Ravenclaw inside the diadem.' Realized Matthew, 'And now it won't work anymore. Too bad.' He thought as he watched as the two different veils of mist gathered together.

The blue mist formed a small blue glowing ball, while the black and Grey mist formed into a deformed creepy-looking ball with a snake-like face that looked like an abomination.

'Ehw, good that the last step will purge the taint of the losing Souls.' Thought Matthew while preparing himself for the next step. Now the Rune formation he was standing inside began to glow in white light and both balls of Souls began to get attracted by the Formation. He also began to glow white and the two Souls entered him.

After a few seconds, all three souls began to gather in one spot and began to fight each other for superiority as the outer rune formation began to glow in bright red light. This battle would happen in the mind-scape, inside Matthews Universe.

He appeared floating in the center of his mental Universe. There appeared a blue shade but it instantly flew away in another direction, it happened so fast that Matthew couldn't even follow. He didn't even have the time to, another Person appeared. It was a handsome young man with jet black hair and dark eyes and pale skin. He recognized very few similarities with the Voldemort of the Movies after his rebirth, mostly his eyes were similar. There were now ugly deformations from the years of incest the Gaunts practiced, this was most likely how his father Tom Riddle Senior must have looked who was said to be quite handsome himself.

"So you are the one who tries to use my Soul. How about you join me I will grant you unimaginable Power and make you my rig-." Began the man.

"Blah, blah unimaginable power, riches, immorality, and so on. That's everything I can get myself. You are powerful in the Wizarding World but on the large scale just a small fry. Accept your fate as my stepping Stone and surrender. Give me everything you have!" interrupted Matthew bored by another Villain Speech, Nightmare was far more impressive since he showed a level of power Voldemort couldn't have because of his limited foresight. Compared to standing before Nightmare or the creator of the Scrolls, Voldemort was a joke.

"You insolent Mudblood, you will for your disrespect to your superior. Once I have your body, I will keep a bit of your Consciousness so you watch your parents and friends die." Shouted Voldemort in anger.

"Yeah, sure pretty boy. Damn compared to the future version you look like a girl. Come on Tommy boy, let's do this." Taunted Matthew.

"Avada Kedavra!" a green flash appeared from Voldemort s Wand and headed for Matthew who dodged it with a sidestep.

'So it seems that he is limited to spells. Although he is a powerful combatant, this is my mind. I am the god here.' Thought Matthew. He summoned a meteorite shower and threw it against Voldemort who was stunned about the turn of events.

"Not so arrogant anymore? You are a joke. Although you are powerful with a Wand, there are beings out there who can do stuff like that in the Real World. And both of us are Ants compared to them. But unlike you, I will reach heights far surpassing you and reach their level one day. While you are just a Power-Up for me." Laughed Matthew as he watched how Voldemort desperately tried to stop the meteorites and throw them back. He actually managed to stop one, which was impressive for the power level a Wizard usually reached. But the others still hit him and knocked him out. After making sure he was out cold Matthew approached him and placed his hand on the Soul body and began to absorb it.

The cracks that appeared in his mental Universe when he injured himself began to close and the whole place actually expanded a bit. It was working and his Soul essence began to restore. After a few minutes the whole process finished and Matthew stood up again.

"So where did that Soul seed of Rowena Ravenclaw go?" murmured Matthew as he tried to locate it.

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