Entry: Monday, October 31st, 2011 - Halloween Day

I heard a prophecy.

Well, technically I heard it a couple years ago by now, but today it’s relevant. The Potters went into hiding by way of the Fidelius Charm a little over a year ago now- but they don’t realize that their milkman is actually me. The Fidelius Charm is amusingly easy to defeat; all you need is a little truth potion.

But anyways, back to the prophecy. Severus Snape- now Professor Snape- only overheard a part of it, and he’s not nearly as good at Occlumency as he thinks he is.

He’s a lot better at it than Dumbledore thinks he is, though. And a great actor- when he delivered that partial prophecy to me, I told him outright that it sounded like someone was being born that I was prophesied to battle, and either win or lose. After a couple of months, we determined there were two people it could be referring to- Neville Longbottom and Harry Potter. Both of which would die very quick deaths if that battle happened while they were still babies.

But of course, I’ve always had a silver tongue- and for as infallible as the Unspeakables think their spellwork is, it’s really not. It’s almost hilariously easy to get a Prophecy out of the Hall of Prophecy- you just need a lot of patience.

So, while serving as milkman to both the Longbottoms and the Potters, I heard the full prophecy.

I wasn’t prophesied to fight him- not at all.

Merely to mark him my equal.

I spoke with Severus extensively on that topic, and we eventually decided to target the Potters- and use that as an excuse to get him on the ‘good side’.

There are times I wish my reign of terror wasn’t of terror, but that’s what the people I’ve been able to recruit have insisted upon- torture and… amusement.

This was supposed to be a war on the wizards that would deprive a child of his already lacking choices, not on innocent bystanders and muggles! As such, I am quite frequently horrified by what I have created, but have little way to express that.

With Snape firmly on the ‘good side’, and Dumbledore himself inventing defenses for my Death Eaters whenever I eventually fall, all I need to do is kick the bucket- except, I’m prophesied to not kick the bucket.

And if I go to one of the two children, I’m prophesied to not kill them, even if I try.

So I wonder what happens if I use the Killing Curse to mark the child, and ensure I’m in the rebound path? What will the prophecy do then?

There’s only one way to find out.

Author's Note

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Chapter two was around 80% introducing a reader OC that doesn't play a major part- an adjustment to an introduction I wrote for him years ago. It's great that it finally saw the light of day, so I can stop feeling guilty for hiding it, but it won't be interesting for very many readers of this story- and the rest of the chapter I found inadequate. So I am unsatisfied with the length of chapter two... So here's Chapter Three. It's also really short, but asks some very important questions. And I'll be daily-releasing until I am satisfied, which is probably going to be with Chapter Six.