Filk: Riddle's Search

[Jonathan Pessin]

to the tune of "I Need to Know," from the broadway musical Jekyll and
Hyde.

Scene:  Tom Riddle, shortly after leaving Hogwarts, is in a dark
dungeon, surrounded by bubbling cauldrons, caged serpents, and other,
less identifiable, items.  Riddle is in the midst of his experiments to
find a secret to immortality.  He opens an ancient and secret tome, and
as he pores over the pages, he sings:

Riddle:  "I need to know 
The nature of this 'death' that we cannot control.
I need to know
Why mans content to let himself be less than whole.

Why does he stagnate in weakness and 'mercy?'
What is it makes him be less than he should?
Why does he choose not to reach his potential?
A man is weak
If his soul will speak about 'good.'"

finding what he has sought, Riddle begins brewing a potion.  He takes
out a vial of silvery liquid  obviously unicorn blood  and measures
out a beakerful.  He continues singing.

Riddle:  'I need to find
A way to flee the death that's intertwined with man.
I need to try
To make myself the greatest wizard  if I can.

One thing is certain - their 'evil' is Power.
Strength I must use if I ever must win.
I must find ways to prolong my existence
And if I must
I'll resort to the darkness of Sin!!

I need to go
Where no man has ventured before
To search for the key to the door
That will end all this foolish and empty decay!
But how to go?
I need to know!"

Riddle glances at the window.  Outside, people pass by, blissfully
ignorant of the darkness stewing inside.  Disdainfully, Riddle turns
from the window and continues to brew.

Riddle:  "None shall guide me.
I know how to succeed!
With this potion inside me,
All mankind soon shall follow Lord Voldemort's lead!

For I can see
The truth other men cannot see
And Ill be things that others can't be
For Ive courage to go where no angel will go!
And I will go!!
I need to know!

Riddle takes up the potion he has brewed and drinks it in one swallow,
throwing the beaker aside, where it shatters against the wall.  He
convulses, and falls to the floor.  His skin begins to pale, and his
eyes, glaring in disdain at his mortal  forms weakness, begin to glow a
deep, bloody-hued red

Hobbit_guy, whos GOT to find another musical to filk.


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"You haven't been getting into the Gaffer's home brew again, have you?"
"No... Well, yes, but that's beside the point."
-Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, Fellowship of the Rings Extended Edition DVD