C153 Testing Powers Again

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With Knull dead and gone, the shadow dimension was open for the taking.

Tom wasn't sure whether he should actually take it though. At least not yet, that is.

Will it take time to gain control over the entire shadow dimension?

Is he even strong enough to take control of it?

How does he take control of it in the first place?

These are questions that he has to ask both Lady Death and the Ancient One. For now, he just wants to return home. It's been a long and tiring day.

"Death, can you guard this dimension for me? I want to take control of it as Knull did, but I'm unsure how and it's been a long day." Tom asked.

"No problem, Master. Anyone that dares enter the shadow dimension will be killed immediately!" Lady Death said happily.

"Well, If the person isn't evil, give them a chance to leave peacefully. If they don't take that chance, feel free to dispose of them as you see fit." Tom says as he doesn't want anyone getting killed for simply entering the place.

"Alright, as for taking over this dimension, you should speak to your mother about that. She will know what to do and can help you with it." Lady deaths advised.

"Okay, sounds good. Can you send me back to Tintagel Castle? I promised that I wouldn't do anything like this without letting Druella know, and I just broke that promise. I also promised my mother that I wouldn't undo the block on my Animagus form without consulting her, so I should go fill her in and apologize as well." Tom says with dread in his voice. 'She should understand though.'

"Just think of returning and you'll appear where you were in the mortal realm. Remember that if you want to see me again, just think of meeting me and your body will teleport to me." Lady Death reminds Tom.

"I won't forget. I'll see you soon, Death." Tom says goodbye.

"So long, Master. I'll be waiting for our next encounter." Lady Death says seductively as Tom disappears.

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Appearing in Tintagel Castles vault, Tom sees the dust from the remains of the Deathly Hallows at his feet.

Remembering what Death said about him having all of the powers of the Hallows, Tom decides to give that a test.

Anything to delay the impending lecture he will receive from both of the women in his life.

Thinking carefully, Tom thought of the best person to summon from the afterlife. He didn't want to summon his mother again, as he would feel obligated to disclose his relationship with the Ancient One.

He didn't know how she would react and truthfully didn't want to deal with the fallout if she were to be upset.

Finding the perfect test subject, Tom left the vault so the location of the tesseract/space stone isn't leaked.

Once he was in a different area of the castle, Tom willed a ghost to appear before him.

A translucent figure of a bald man in black and green wizarding robes appeared in front of Tom. Looking around the room in surprise, the bald man looked interested and alarmed at the same time.

"Where am I? Who are you?" He says as his eyes land on Tom.

"My name is Tom Riddle. I'm the current heir Slytherin and soon to be Lord Slytherin, as I'll be graduating from Hogwarts next year." Tom introduces himself with a small bow.

Hearing Tom's introduction, the bald ghosts stare intensified as he eyed Tom up and down.

"My heir, huh? I didn't think I would ever get one with all of the restrictions I placed on the ring." Salazar Slytherin said appraisingly. "How did you summon me?"

"I've become the master of Death." Tom says, surprising the ghost before him immensely.

"That children's story was true?" Salazar asked with his eyes wide and his mouth open in shock.

"Yeah, pretty much. I summoned you to test if my powers are working and they seem to be." Tom says, slightly offending Salazar.

"You summoned me here to test your powers? Not to speak to your ancestor or ask for advice maybe?" Salazar asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Nope, thanks for helping me though." Tom says and un-summons his ancestor.

Salazar disappeared with the most disgruntled expression Tom has ever seen. It almost made him break out in laughter.

Although he sent Salazar away, Tom's just messing with him. He plans on re-summoning his ancestor again to see if he would be willing to teach him.

'I'm sure he knows some spells that have disappeared throughout time. Maybe he has some secret stashes of books laying around.' Tom thought as he went to find a mirror.

Making his way to the nearest bathroom, Tom found a floor-to-ceiling mirror to test his next power on.

Willing himself invisible, Tom disappeared completely. Not only did he vanish, but Tom also couldn't be found with any type of magic either. The only thing that could give him away was sound and smell, yet that could be easily fixed with a spell or two.

The last power he received from the Hallows is his fusion with the elder wand. Due to becoming the avatar of Manasa, Tom's magical power has already gone through a major increase. So much so, that he wouldn't be able to tell if it increased again.

Although that is the case, Tom could still test one more thing.

With the fusion of the elder wand, Tom should be able to do any spell wandlessly. Since he hasn't mastered all spells wandlessly, Tom decided to do one of the hardest spells he knows without a wand.

"Expecto Patronum!" Tom calls and an ethereal thestral appears.

Walking up to the Thestral and giving it a head pat, Tom found that it looks stronger and more vibrant than before.

"Hehe, It works!" Tom exclaimed as he looks over his Patronus. "Did you get stronger from the avatar ritual or because I'm the master of death?"

His thestral neighs as if to answer, but Tom has no idea what its reply meant. He just continued patting its head, wasting time before he has to return to Kamar-Taj.

"It's time to face the music."