Filk: Voldemort's Triumph

[Jonathan Pessin]

[Scene:  In a dungeon  dark, dank, and ominous  Tom Riddle has just
completed a Dark ritual, attempting to attain immortality (see my
previous filk "Riddles Search").  After drinking a smoking potion,
Riddle has fallen to the floor in agony, where he has begun changing. 
When the excruciating transfiguration is complete, Riddle stands to his
feet and looks at himself in a glass.

The transformation is remarkable.  Where before stood a handsome,
dark-haired young man, now stands a hideous creature.  His eyes have
grown blood-red, and the pupils are dark, soulless slits.  His skin has
blanched as white as a corpse, and his nose, once proud and aqualine,
has shrunken back against his skull, making his nostrils appear mere
slits against the pale flesh.

Gazing at this new, fearsome appearance in the mirror, Riddle exults in
his success  this transformation might be the one the one which grants
him eternal life.]

Riddle:  What is this feeling
Of power and drive
I've never known?
I feel alive!

I know the potion
Through which I will thrive,
Makes me now know
Why I'm alive!

Like the Darkness, it's hidden,
Sinister, deep, and unknown.
All shall do what I have bidden  
I shall rule them alone!

This is the summit
For which I did strive  
Never have I 
Felt so alive!

There is no battle
I couldn't survive -
Feeling like this -
Feeling alive!

Power, like heavenly Nectar
Flows through my veins on this night.
Dark as a hideous spectre,
But blazing with light!
 
Now forever, Ill always survive!
Always flourish, and ever shall thrive!
Its a truth that cannot be denied.
It shall happen as long as Im ALIVE!!! 

[Scene Change: It is many, many years later.  Voldemort has been
existing as a creature of vapor and spirit for the past 14 years, but
has now returned to form and full power.  Wormtail has just robed him as
he stepped out of his cauldron, and the triumph of the moment causes him
to burst into song.] 

Riddle:  Dumbledore thought he could keep me at bay,
Now let that idiot see!
I knew the truth on that one fateful day,
That NOTHING could devastate me!

Soon his whole school will be shattered,
And I will have Dumbledores head!
All of the Light shall be scattered,
Defeated or dead!

Tonight I'll plunder heaven blind,
Steal from all the gods!
Tonight I'll take from all mankind,
Conquer all the odds!

And I know I'll live on forever,
And rule all  a dark, freezing tide.
And I'll show the world
That tonight and forever,
Theyll never defeat those with Power on their side!

Now forever, Ill always survive!
Always flourish, and ever shall thrive!
And my rule shall neer be denied
Now or ever, as
Voldemorts ALIVE!!!!!  

[Cackling in cruel laughter, Voldemort turns his attention to young
Harry Potter, who waits, tied to the tombstone]



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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