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Chapter 159 - A Challenge to the Dark Lord

"As you saw, there is a way to get rid of the dark mark. It's a potion that I developed, I've had Snape brew it for me. Here is what I propose, I make a public offer to have the mark removed and if they do so then they will be put on trial with the guarantee of not being executed. This offer will last for about three months before it is removed. I'm asking you to allow that to happen, any who do, let them leave. Frankly if they chose to leave you then you're wasting time stopping them. I doubt many will leave but I would like it if those who do leave are left to rot in Azkaban."

"An interesting proposition, I don't know why but I am inclined to agree" This wouldn't be a big loss, he doubts more than a ten if any would take the proposal. "If any wish to take your proposal then I will let them, providing I don't find out about it before they do it. Then I will kill them, I must maintain my image, I'm sure you understand. Now, is that all?"

"Just last thing before I leave. The final message is I will kill you"

"Will you?" Voldemort asked in an amused tone, in truth he wasn't worried. He had his horcruxes and Potter would never realise they exist. Almost as if he was reading Voldemorts mind, Harry reached into his robes then tossed something which landed in front of Voldemorts feet.

Voldemort picked it up, he was in complete shock, in front of him was his Hogwarts diary. It looked to have a big hole in it, Voldemort scanned it, he couldn't find himself in it or any magical energy.

"I know all about your Horcruxes" Harry spoke "I will destroy them, every single one of them. Enjoy your time as much as you can Tom, you never know how long it will take me to get them all, then once I do you will be vulnerable. You'll be vulnerable and scared and I will come for you then" In truth Harry had all of the horcruxes already and was waiting to destroy them but he wasn't going to let Voldemort know that, even if he destroyed them he still had to deal with Voldemorts back up plan.

Voldemort was furious, he tossed the diary with a rage unmatched by anyone and roared in anger. He pulled his wand out, and aimed it at Potter, only to find that the cocky brat had disappeared. Voldemort was so furious that he was likely to kill the first person he saw.

"My lord" A death eater spoke as he entered holding a tray of food "I've brought your lunch" Voldemort grinned as the man approached.

"Nagini" Voldemort spoke to his snake in parsletounge "allow me to prepare dinner for you"

No sooner than the second after the man had put the tray down, Voldemort shot him with a killing curse. Nagini slithered slowly, she widened her jaw and dug in.

Meanwhile Dumbledore was sat in his office, frankly he was very worried. He had just read a newspaper that told people that Harry had managed to kill ten death eaters with just a bow and some arrows. Dumbledore wondered where everything had gone so wrong.

Harry was placed with the Dursley's so he could stay away from fame, then when he entered the wizarding world he was supposed to see him as a grand light wizard who deserved respect and could be trusted. Harry never trusted him, something Dumbledore always found curious. In his first year he was supposed to befriend Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, those two were supposed to keep him in the light, but instead of befriending them he befriended Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom and nearly everyone else besides them.

By the end of his first year the whole school had grown to respect him, he did pass Dumbledore's test with the philosopher stone but he ended up destroying it. He also refused to go back to the Dursley's and had even taken Fawkes with him. Something Dumbledore now believes he did on purpose, before the start of the second year Dumbledore had heard about Lucius Malfoy confronting the Weasley family in Diagon alley. He had asked Molly Weasley for a pensive memory of it and saw Lucius placing the diary in young Ginny's cauldron.

He left the memory, he suspected that the diary was one of Toms horcruxes and would probably be used to find the chamber of secrets again, Dumbledore had never managed to find the chamber and if it was found then it could have been a great task for Harry. Even if it wasn't it a horcrux, it was likely a dark artefact and Dumbledore could have seen how Harry would have reacted to it harming Ginny.

However nothing happened, the only things that happened that year was Harry 'unintentionally' finding Peter Pettigrew and freeing Sirius, Harry getting Lockhart fired and arrested, the incident in which he nearly killed Malfoy and the fact that he started dating the youngest Weasley which at the time made him ecstatic as the Weasleys were a known light family.

In Harry's third year he had resisted a love potion, nearly killed Malfoy again, attacked Dumbledore when he tried to read Ginny's mind and took Dumbledore and the Dursley's to court. Dumbledore had become so stressed that he forgot to organise another challenge for Harry, in his fourth year Harry was entered into the tri-wizard tournament. He was supposed to be hated by the school, then rise above the hate like a true champion of the light but instead he was loved by all. He made that magical vow and everyone saw him as a victim who was forced to compete.

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