CHAPTER {209-211}
****DARK-LORD-VOLDEMORT? (II)****
"You must be joking, boss… He will kill me if he doesn't hand me over to his followers to amuse himself" Rita blurted out in a fearful tone before she shivered. She had heard stories of women being handed over to Death Eaters before they were finally killed after experiencing hours if not days of violation, or in her case it could be worse… She might get tortured by that mad cow Bellatrix or the Dark Lord himself for information.
"Don't worry, I am not talking about the real Voldemort, but what if someone gave you an interview posing as Voldemort? Would you be able to publish that?" Harry asked with a grin on his face and Rita finally understood what Harry was trying to tell her. It would be hard to convince Cuffe to publish the interview, but if Harry managed to persuade him, it could work. Though it would definitely paint a massive target behind her back and maybe Cuffe too…
Additionally, the article was also going to ruffle the Ministry as the Minister had been trying his best to curb any rumors about the return of You-Know-Who… To be honest, Rita didn't care much about Cuffe, but he was a family man, so she wasn't sure what to do about him as You-Know-Who would most certainly go after him to enact his misguided vengeance… Maybe, she could ask Harry to extend him an invitation to join Lost Garden.
"I will have to lie low for the next couple of months as he would be out for my blood" Rita pointed out and Harry simply inclined his head in acknowledgement. "He will also target Cuffe" She added in a careful tone.
"You are welcome to stay at the base and as for Cuffe, you can extend him an invitation, but if he refuses, then he is on his own" Harry explained with a shrug.
That was good enough for Rita… If Cuffe refused the invitation then there was nothing she could do. "Alright. So, how are we going to do this?" Rita asked as she pulled out her notebook and her quick notes quill from the bag. The notebook and the quick notes quill started to float beside her in the air. This wasn't the first time she was working on a fake interview, but this was the first time she was working on something this dangerous.
"Since we are doing this, I want to make this as legit as we can" Harry declared before he turned toward the only other occupant inside the room. Rita had noticed the woman as soon as she entered the room, but only now did she see the woman closely and she had to admit, there was a certain dangerous vibe to the woman. She had no idea who the woman was, but considering the company Harry usually kept, she was probably quite dangerous. "Kate, let's go" Harry declared and a portal appeared beside them.
Katerina, who was waiting for the signal while leaning on the wall, immediately pushed herself off… Harry had decided to give her a pet nickname as Katerina was somewhat big, and if she was being honest, she didn't mind… Once upon a time, she was completely loyal to Gellert Grindelwald and she still was, but that didn't mean that she wasn't loyal to Harry. He freed her from that wretched place and then he returned her youth to her, so it was obvious that she had started to become loyal to him.
In fact, she was starting to become more loyal to him with each passing day as Gellert was no longer the man she followed in the past… He might be back in his prime, but he was nothing but a broken husk of the man he used to be while Harry was much more than that…
A green portal opened beside Harry and he gestured toward the portal while he glanced toward Katerina and Rita. "Ladies first" He urged and with an unsure look on her face, Rita stepped through the portal and found herself outside a familiar mansion while Katerina gave Harry an amused look before she entered the portal, and lastly, Harry stepped through the portal.
"Um… Why are we here?" Rita asked, pointing toward the house.
"Hmm… The Minister and his pet froggy did their best to hide the return of Voldemort, so isn't it fitting for Voldemort to kill them since they denied his glorious return?" Harry asked, looking mirthful and Katerina simply nodded her head along with him since she would be getting to kill people. It has been some time since she tortured anyone before killing them. In her last mission, she was strictly ordered against killing anyone, so she had to hold herself back.
Meanwhile, Rita paled at the revelation… She gulped nervously as she felt her palms starting to sweat. She knew Harry was a killer and he had killed a lot of people, but she had never witnessed any killing herself, but that was going to change now. "We will start with the Minister's pet froggy before moving on to the Minister" Harry declared nonchalantly before he started to head toward the house, without caring about any protections or Wards.
When the trio were almost in front of the mansion, the air shimmered and a translucent barrier came into their view for a second, before it disappeared when Harry punched a hole through the Wards… "You know this is going to cause too much chaos?" Rita asked in a nervous tone, just trying to change the topic or distract herself from murder to be. Harry turned around and gave her a 'Are you serious?' look.
"Harry, why did you even bring this scaredy cat?" Katerina asked with a frown. Rita bristled at the question, but she was a coward at heart, so she simply decided to take the insult.
"Rita is not like us, Kate… She is not accustomed to killing, but she will eventually get used to it, and as for why she is here… As I said, I need her to witness everything with her own eyes so that she could pour her true emotions into her words" Harry explained, and after pondering for a bit Katerina nodded her head in understanding. "Now, it's gentlemanly to knock on the door" Harry declared with a nod before he blasted the front of the house with a jab of his hand.
"Knock knock, froggy!" Harry crowed in a gleeful tone, leaving Rita to gape at Harry with a dumbfounded look on her face. She already knew Harry was insane, but now she had proof! Meanwhile, Katerina had stars in her eyes… She decided that she was going to follow Harry's example from now on and knock on everyone's door like the gentlewoman she was. After that, without saying anything else, the trio entered the house and Rita still didn't know how to react.
The trio arrived in the living room and Harry used his magic to fix the broken couch… "Kate, why don't you go and capture the froggy hiding in the basement while Rita and I discuss the upcoming interview?" Harry requested and Katerina started to grin ferally before she gave him a nod and walked away with the intention of finding Dolores Umbridge hiding in the basement. "By the way, be careful of her, she does have a tendency to use Killing Curses" Harry pointed out just before she walked out of the living room.
Katerina gave him a grateful look before she decided to continue with her mission… "I have already managed to come up with some questions" Rita revealed and Harry simply urged her to continue. "How did you return? Didn't you die when Harry Potter reflected the Killing Curse back at you?" Rita asked and her quick note quill started to write down on the notebook. Harry seemed to ponder a bit before he finally opened his mouth.
"If I didn't have the need for you then I would have killed you for presuming that a one year old babe could defeat me" Harry answered and Rita shivered at his words, even though Harry only sounded amused instead of angry. "Though I admit, Lily Potter was able to come up with a really good trap, regardless of her… origins" Harry added, looking giddy, but he made the words sound distasteful as he spoke.
"As for how I returned, I am immortal. I cannot be killed, it is just as simple as that" Harry declared with a scoff, but anyone who would read his answer would find his words arrogant and intimidating.
"I see…" Rita mumbled, acting her own part and the quick notes quill continued to note down their words. "What do you truly want to achieve?" Rita questioned, moving on, but she decided to add some stutter to her words, to make the interview look more genuine, but before Harry could answer, there was a loud bang from the basement and the house trembled a bit. Rita looked around worriedly while Harry didn't look bothered in the slightest.
"I want to claim my rightful place and that is becoming the Emperor of this whole world" Harry declared with another snort. "I believe we should put this interview on hold as one of my other guests is finally here" Harry declared as Rita turned toward the door only to see Katerina entering the room while dragging Dolores Umbridge behind her.
"Is that Dolores Umbridge?" Rita asked, once again acting her part.
"Why, yes, of course, she is" Harry declared jovially before he stood up. "Madam Undersecretary tried her best to crush any news of my return and I can't have that, can I? If they keep denying my return then how will people realize that I am back again, how will they learn to live in my fear again?" Harry asked as he walked toward Dolores Umbridge. The woman dressed in a horrid pink cardigan stared at Harry with fear and complete outrage in her eyes and Harry decided to praise Katerina later for silencing the froggy.
"Bella dear, thank you for grabbing Madam Umbridge for me, but now I want to hear her scream" Harry said and moments later, Dolores started to scream at the top of her lungs when Katerina removed the Silencing Charm before pressing her boot on the Umbridge's fingers…
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****DARK-LORD-vOLDEMORT? (III)****
"It looks like Madam Umbridge really wants to say something" Harry announced with a minor frown on his face as he noticed that the pink froggy was desperately trying to say something for quite some time, but thanks to Katerina's careful ministrations, she was unable to open her mouth and say anything.
Katerina got the hint, which led her to stop making holes through Umbridge's hands and take a break… Katerina was basically an artist when it came to torture and from her dedication it was clear as a day that she loved her art. "Do you guys want anything to drink?" Katerina asked as she was planning to raid Umbridge's kitchen.
"Um… I am good" Rita squeaked fearfully, looking slightly green. Right now, she was barely holding herself back from emptying her stomach.
"I would love some butter beer and Madam Umbridge might want some water" Harry said thoughtfully only to receive a nod from Katerina.
"I can't believe that a bigot like her doesn't have a house-elf" Katerina groaned in a disbelieving tone.
"Yeah… I wonder about that too… I was expecting her to have at least a few house elves" Harry wondered thoughtfully and instead of speculating anything, Katerina simply shrugged her shoulders and left the room.
"So, Madam Umbridge, why don't you keep house elves?" Harry asked as he kneeled down beside the sobbing woman. Harry had seen the haughty and arrogant woman blustering around in the Ministry, but the woman was nowhere to be seen. Right now, Dolores Umbridge was nothing but a broken husk of her former self.
"Water…" Umbridge stuttered out with a lot of difficulties. Her throat felt raw from all the screaming and Harry was certain that she must have torn a couple of veins in her throat.
Instead of giving her an answer, Harry simply Conjured a glass and decided to wait for Katerina to return with water. After some time, Katerina returned with a jug of water and two bottles of firewhiskey. Harry took the jug of water from her and poured some water into the glass for Umbridge.
"Here you go" Harry said as he held the glass in front of Umbridge and she immediately started to try her best to drink water from the glass. Both of her hands were riddled with holes courtesy of Katerina, so obviously she couldn't use her own hands for anything in the foreseeable future.
When Umbrdige finally managed to drink about half of the water in the glass, she started to cough, so Harry decided to take the glass away from her. It took almost a minute to finally become somewhat stable again, but when she did, Harry decided to start speaking as he levitated a butterbeer bottle from the table.
"What did you want to talk about?" Harry asked curiously before taking a sip from the bottle.
"Spare me… Spare me…" Dolores wheezed out in a pleading tone, but Harry shook his head.
"Unfortunately, I cannot do that… You are going to die tonight. You should have considered the consequences before acting against me" Harry declared, making Umbridge despair. Watching the haughty and arrogant woman in her current condition was making him feel really satisfied.
"Though, I can give you an easy death if you tell me where you keep all of your blackmail material. Now, remember, I can take the information from your mind, but that isn't going to bode well for you, so think carefully before giving me an answer" Harry explained in a cold tone and Umbridge started to sob more heavily.
After crying for a couple of minutes, she finally started to calm down and looked at Harry with a pleading look in her eyes. Harry started to wonder how her colleagues would feel if they saw her right now… "I have a safe in my bedroom. 9 left-7 right-1 left" Umbridge wheezed out.
"Thank you, Madam Umbridge" Harry thanked the woman with a genuine smile on his face. "You two wait here" Harry said as he turned to look at Katerina and Rita. Katerina was leaning back on the couch while enjoying her butterbeer while Rita was tightly clutching her bag.
It only took a few seconds for Harry to find the safe Umbridge was talking about and the code she gave him worked like it was supposed to. Inside the safe, he found a thick register filled with blackmail material and he had to admit, the woman was quite diligent. She didn't even spare the Minister.
With the register in his hand, Harry returned to the living room and Umbridge breathed out in relief when she saw the register in his hand. "Kill me. You promised" Umbridge practically begged and Harry gave her a nod before he raised his hand.
"Avada Kedavra" Harry intoned blandly and a green beam came out of his hand and struck Umbridge, killing her in an instant and watching someone die right in front of her, Rita wasn't able to hold her dinner and started to puke. Harry decided to let her be as he had other things to worry about.
"Norton!" Harry called out and his loyal house elf arrived with a soft pop. "Take this back to my room and keep it in a safe place" Harry ordered and Norton carefully took the register in his hand, and after giving Harry a respectful bow, he disappeared in a soft pop.
"So, what now, boss?" Katerina asked as she finally finished her butter beer.
"Now, we go and pay the Minister a visit" Harry declared and Rita started to puke again when she realized that she was going to witness another torture session and murder. "Well, as soon as she can regain her bearings" Harry muttered as he glanced at Rita, looking slightly worried about her.
"At this rate, she might end up puking her guts" Katerina cackled and Harry seemed to agree with her on that.
"We may have to call healers if that happens," Harry pointed out before finishing his own butterbeer. "So, did you have fun?" Harry asked.
"I would have loved to have some more fun with her, but yeah, I did enjoy myself. It was a lot of fun" Katerina declared with a grin on her face.
"Can I have some water?" Rita asked after she cleaned her mouth with a flick of her Wand.
"Of course" Harry said before Conjuring another glass for her. After that, he poured some water from the jug and handed it over to Rita, only to receive a grateful look from her. She quickly chugged down the whole glass and released a deep breath. "Thanks for that" Rita said with a grateful look on her face.
"Are you alright to continue?" Harry asked her softly.
"Yes, yes… I am good to go" Rita declared after taking a deep breath. "Shall we resume the interview?" Rita asked as she really wanted to distract herself and even though the interview was going to be really dark, it was the only means of distraction she was aware of.
"Alright, but before that we should leave this place" Harry agreed with her suggestion, but he didn't want to come across an Auror patrol or his whole phony interview plan would become useless. Well, he could always kill the Aurors to keep the secret, but he wanted to avoid any unnecessary deaths. "Kate, can you get her head?" Harry asked, only to receive a nod from the former Acolyte of Grindelwald.
After that, without wasting any time, Katerina removed the head from the corpse and picked it up by the hair. Moments later, another green portal opened beside Harry and the group of trio entered the portal only to find themselves standing outside the two-storey mansion, but it wasn't anywhere as big as the Malfoy Manor or some of the other mansions they have seen.
"Let us continue here" Harry suggested and Rita nodded her head in agreement.
"You already told me why Dolores Umbridge had to die, but what about the Minister? He also denied your return" Rita asked as her quick notes quill started to take notes again.
"He is also going to die for his transgression" Harry declared in a cold tone.
"...I see…" Rita mumbled after a few seconds of silence. "What about Harry Potter? Do you consider him a threat to you?" Rita asked and Harry simply inclined his head with an amused look on his face.
"He is a mere boy. What is there to fear? If it wasn't for his mother then the boy would be already dead" Harry stated and after her quick notes quill finally stopped scribbling, she decided to move on to the next question.
"Then what do you have to say about the matter of him kidnapping Severus Snape? Albus Dumbledore openly claimed Severus Snape to be his spy during his trial and protected him. What do you have to say about that?" Rita asked.
"Watch your tone, woman!" Harry snapped at her, but there was no real threat or heat in his voice. "As for your questions. If anyone thinks Severus Snape worked for Dumbledore as a spy then they are fools. Do you know anyone who was saved during the last War thanks to the information he provided?" Harry asked.
"But thanks to him, I was able to remove a lot of thorns in my way. The Prewett twins were starting to become problematic for me, and it was Severus who sold them out. He also sold out Edgar Bones and his wife to my forces and finally, he was the reason why I went after the Potters and Longbottoms in the first place" Harry explained with a cackle.
"Now, I leave it to you to decide who he really worked for" Harry finished with an amused grin on his face… With this phony interview, he was going to end any goodwill Severus had managed to earn within the order…
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****DARK-LORD-VOLDEMORT? (IV)****
"I believe, this is enough for now, Miss Skeeter" Harry finished and signaled Rita to pause the interview for the time being. Harry could have tried to discredit Dumbledore too as he did have the ammunition, but there was only a minimal chance that anyone would believe what he would say about the man while acting as Voldemort.
With everything going on inside Wizarding Britain right now, everyone was going to be looking up to Albus Dumbledore to solve all of their problems even though the man was kidnapped by him… Yeah, the people of Wizarding Britain were stupid like that. So, they would deny any unpleasant truth about their only hope.
"What about the guards and the Wards?" Katerina asked who finally finished inspecting the Wards. Since Harry was busy with the interview, she decided to busy herself with something. "They also have an escape route at the back, but there were trigger Wards around it, so I wasn't able to get a close look" Katerina added.
Harry hummed at her words, he was already expecting guards at the Minister's house and an emergency escape, in case of some… emergency, but to be honest, he didn't know what to do with the guards. The real Voldemort would have killed them all, but he wasn't Voldemort… He glanced at Katerina. He could always order her to kill them, but once again, it would be a complete waste to kill them.
|Why are you worried about?| Lily asked, snapping him out of his thoughts.
|I was wondering what to do with the guards. I don't want to kill them, but if I don't then my plan falls apart| Harry explained his conundrum.
|Then why don't you Obliviate them?| Lily suggested in an unsure tone as she wasn't sure if that would work.
|No, I can't do that… Obliviating them would simply raise more questions since Voldemort is apparently trying to reveal himself, so why would he Obliviate the guards?| Harry internally shook his head. Killing them would be the easiest, but he wanted to avoid killing unnecessarily.
He couldn't Obliviate them and he didn't want to kill them, but what if he made them believe that it was Voldemort who came to kill the Minister? It would also add credibility to the story he was trying to sell, but once again, why would someone like Voldemort spare their lives?
Moments later, he finally found the answer… Voldemort wanted to reveal his return to the world, which was why he was giving the interview, so he also decides to spare the guards for the same reason… He wanted everyone to learn about his glorious return, so he obviously wanted some witnesses to survive so that they could tell the whole world about his return.
With his mind made up, Harry decided not to waste any more time and his body started to change form… He had to give it to Nymphadora, her ability was really sick even though she wasn't using it to its full potential… Rita scooted away from him in fear while Katerina looked extremely intrigued.
"So, how do I look?" Harry asked as his robes transformed into dark robes. He wanted his robes to look like something only Voldemort would wear. Thankfully, Severus' and Lucius' memories helped him out.
"Ugly as fuck… Even a mother won't love that snakey face" Katerina blurted out, barely holding back her laughter.
"Thank you" Harry deadpanned before turning toward Rita.
"You look just like him… I remember him from the pictures of the last War" Rita mumbled as she got the cue and Harry nodded his head in acknowledgement. Now that he was satisfied with his looks, he decided to add the final touch so that nobody could poke any holes into his plan. He pulled out his Wand and it started to transform too.
It was supposed to be impossible to Transfigure a Wand to look like something else or any other Wand, but unlike the others, Harry was bound by limitations… If Violetta saw him right now, then she would have blown a gasket, but she wasn't here and Harry wasn't planning to tell her anything.
"Let's go, we will break through the escape route" Harry ordered and Katerina immediately started to lead the way. Even though the escape route was surrounded by other Wards, it was probably the most vulnerable spot in the Ward scheme and right now, he was Voldemort, who wasn't supposed to be as powerful as Harry Potter.
They soon arrived at the escape route and without any care, Harry who now looked just like Voldemort triggered the Wards, but nothing happened to him as he crushed the Wards with his Magic. Though alarms did start to blare throughout the house and Harry stopped in his stride.
"The two of you wait here, let me deal with the guards" Harry declared before he resumed walking again and cast Anti-Apparition and Anti-Portkey Wards to prevent anyone from escaping.
The guards were very quick to respond, but all of them paled when they saw who was approaching. A couple of guards even threw their Wands before dropping down to their knees in fear. "Tonight, I am not here to kill you insects, but if you continue to stand in my way, I will" Harry stated and one brave guard decided to take his chances.
He cast a blasting Curse at Harry and he simply reflected the Spell back at the person who cast it. The person was blasted back and after slamming against the wall, he crumpled down in a heap. He was still alive, but he might die if he didn't get any help any time soon.
After watching the sight, the rest of the guards who were still holding their Wands, threw their Wands on the ground before dropping down to their knees… "Please spare us!" Someone explained and the rest also started to clamor after him, begging for mercy, but all of them stopped when Harry started to laugh cruelly.
He even sounded just like Voldemort and the remaining guards started to shake… A couple even ended up peeing in their pants. It took him a couple of seconds, but Harry finally stopped laughing and his now crimson serpent-like eyes narrowed at the guards… "Tonight, I am feeling generous, so remember well that the Dark Lord is not without mercy" Harry declared coldly before he started to cast Stunning Charms.
Harry wasn't sure if help was already on the way or not since he triggered the alarm Wards, so he decided to grab the Minister and leave. He wanted to kill the man at Diagon Alley. With a flick of his Wand, Harry blasted the back entrance of the house and strode inside like he owned the place. Harry could feel six more people and a house elf inside the house, but the house elf wasn't anywhere near him.
He arrived at the stairs leading to the basement and jabbed his Wand forward to blast apart the door. The Minister actually had a panic room in his house, which was quite surprising since Harry never expected anyone from Wizarding Britain to know about a panic room since it was still a new concept even among the Muggles and people of Wizarding Britain were especially backdated.
Harry walked down to the basement and it only took him a few seconds to arrive in front of the entrance of the panic room. It was a thick steel door and the door was Charmed with multiple Spells, but honestly, it wasn't strong enough to stop someone like Grindelwald, Dumbledore, Voldemort or Harry. So, he slowly pointed his Wand at the door and the whole door started to creak and shudder.
Moments later, the frames started to bend and crack and after a few more seconds, the door finally gave in and people inside the panic room started to scream in terror. With a flick of his Wand, Harry banished the steel door to the side and as soon as the people inside the panic room saw him, they lost all color from their faces.
"Im-Impossible!" The Minister gasped in disbelief. "You can't be back…" The Minister trailed off, looking completely horrified and started to frantically shake his head while cowering behind a guard. The guard was also trembling like a dry leaf, which was kind of expected, given Voldemort's reputation.
The Minister's wife and daughter were hiding behind the last two guards… "Well, I am and you dared to publicly deny my return" Harry slowly explained as he stepped into the panic room, but nobody dared to cast anything at him.
"Please… I made a mistake. I will do anything! Please spare me and my family! I will do anything!" The Minister started to plead hysterically.
"Yes, I know" Harry nodded his head.
"If you want I can make you the Minister" The Minister offered in desperation.
"That is tempting, but no, I want something else from you, Minister" Harry said with a cruel grin on his face before he raised his Wand and the Minister's head rolled down from his shoulders. He was planning to kill the man at Diagon Alley, but he changed his plan and decided to get over with it.
The head fell on the floor with a thud and rolled a couple of times, before finally coming to a stop. Blood spewed out like a fountain from his neck as the body slumped down on the floor and that is when the screams started…
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