Dark-Lord-Voldemort? (IV) [Chapter 211]

“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…