Lord Voldemort (reborn_serpent) wrote in voicesinmyhead, @ 2007-07-11 21:13:00 |
|
|||
Entry tags: | prompt #05, tom riddle/lord voldemort |
Prompt #5 - What is your greatest fear? [Private]
I fear death.
Okay, it's not as simple as that. I fear the loss of power and the non-existence that comes with death. I don't want to die because I think there's nothing beyond it and that as long as I still lived in some way, I could always come back.
But some days I suspect that this is not my greatest fear as my...adversary Albus Dumbledore once liked to say. My greatest fear is not as clear as that. I think I fear the fact that magic cannot solve everything or save everyone. When I found out that it was my mother who was the witch, I learned that magic could not save the dying. And so I didn't ever want to be attached to anyone in this world who might die so I could not become powerless against Death because not even magic can bring back people from the dead.
Not to say that I haven't tried. Inferi are...the results of some of my experiments in that regard. Then there is my own quest for immortality because Death will try and already has tried to come for me. I cheated Death that time when the spell backfired on me, but sometimes I wonder how many times I can face him and survive.
Ah, yes, you could call me a hypocrite because I kill others, yet try to avoid my own death. Well, you see, I do have a little bit of a superstitious side and believe that perhaps I could placate Death by giving him more dead souls, but he still sends one of his agents after me. Yes, I consider Potter one of his agents though I suspect Potter doesn't know this because Death doesn't come for you directly. He either works through people, including me, or works through other ways.
...So I don't fear death. I fear Death and the loss of every thing and power that I have. Because Death is the one thing I am powerless against.