You-Know-Who Is The G.O.A.T?

“So, we meet again.”

The voice startled Harry Potter. It was a voice that he was familiar with, dreaded and most of all, hated with vengeance.

Tom Marvolo Riddle sat beside Harry with a flourish. His entrances were as dramatic as his exit. He looked around in surprise. “Are we at King’s Cross station?”

“It sure looks like it.” Harry said, not taking his eyes off Tom. He had absolutely no reason to trust that guy. “Why are you here, Tom?”

Tom flinched. “I stopped being Tom long ago. I am Lord…”

“Lord Dead is what you are now. Get to the point. Tell me why are you here?”

Tom shifted in his seat. “I was happier when you all dreaded me.”

Harry guffawed.

“All right.” Tom said looking sheepish. “There is this boy…”

Harry heavily sniggered.

Tom sighed. “Will you act like a grown-up for once and listen to me?”

Harry coughed into his palms to restrain his laughter and nodded.

“Well, this boy named Vedant started reading our tales of glory…”

“You mean to say my tales of glory; your tales are gory. There is a difference.”

“I should have never sought you out.”

Harry smirked. “True that. Seven books and eight movies prove that.”

“Anyways… this boy keeps telling his friends that I am not the greatest villain to have ever existed.”

“You aren’t?? You mean to say there is someone meaner than you?? I highly doubt it.”

Tom gave a relieved nod. “Thanks Harry. I knew I could count on you. This boy – Vedant – he says there are other villains much, much terrifying than me. Take for instance this purple-colored dude named Thanos.”

“Thanos! I know this guy! Isn’t he the one who…”

“…at a snap, relieved the earth of half of its population? Yeah he is the one. Personally I would have converted all wizarding-types to my side and got rid of muggles and… you know my MO.”

“I know, and how!”

“Anyways… why would anyone fear someone who looks like a purple tator! But that is not all. There is this Greek dude named Kronos who is apparently hailed as the Lord Of Time and all… I mean, is there any name as gallant as Lord Voldemort? A name that people dreaded to utter? A name that had a trace linked with it? All you had to do was to utter it, and your entire data (including location) would be sent to my minions. Can this Krono-thingy stand up to this??”

Harry sighed. Am I really supposed to comfort the Dark Lord? How did it come to this??

“And then there is this king called Sauron. He doesn’t even have a physique! Just an eye! How are people supposed to be afraid of someone who is just an eye?? What has the world come to?”

But then you did not have a nose and yet the world was afraid of you… Harry wisely refrained from saying. He could not think of a single piece of advice for Tom. Then an idea struck him.

“I know what you should do! Why not visit this boy once? Just to scare him, that’s all. Don’t go all ‘Avada-Kedavra’ on him. Just the sight of you should be enough. Your nose is still missing, right?” Harry leaned over to have a proper look at Tom who shot him a menacing look.

“Right. You look as terrifying as always.” Harry quickly muttered.

Tom Marvolo Riddle stood up in all his glory. “Thanks Harry. You are right. It is time for the Dark Lord to pay a visit to The Boy Who Isn’t Scared.” He nodded haughtily. “Until we meet again.”

Which would be too soon for me even if we never meet again, Harry thought in relief.

Tom Marvolo Riddle aka Lord Voldemort aka The Dark Lord aka You-Know-Who aka He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named stared at no one as he whispered in his dreadful voice. “I am back, and the whole world better know it.”

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Vedant woke up in alarm. He looked around and then visibly relaxed. It was a dream.

It was all a dream!

For few seconds, he could only close his eyes and savor the moment of reality which was so, so better than the nightmare that he had had. He took out his mother’s mobile. There was something he had to do on priority basis.

He opened his chat group of school friends and started typing.

I take it back… Lord Vol.. I mean You-Know-Who is the most dreadful villain of all times. You guys won. I will bring chocolates today.