Hollow Thunder, Vital Lightning

The Other Side

Rating: NC-17

Pairing: Harry Potter/Tom Riddle

Genre: Drama, Romance, Fantasy, Action/Adventure

Summary: Life after Voldemort is ideal and perfect for everyone except the one who made it possible. Unbelievably bored and unhappy, Harry performs a spell that will take him to an alternate universe where he can be happiest with Voldemort. Even he hadn't expected the outcomes or how the spell would misinterpret his desires.

Warnings: slash; AU; Slytherin!Harry; Dark!Harry (sorta)...and another one I took out that you will have to figure out for yourself; it's kind of crucial to the plot so I can't tell you!

Spoilers: Compliant with first five books and includes information from six and seven.

Disclaimer: Read this, then go read Harry Potter-the differences will make you laugh!

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"HTVL" - English, or other human languages

HTVL - Thoughts, Spells, Special Text (titles and such)

"HTVL" - Parseltongue, Incanted Spells, or a language within a language

HTVL - Parselmagic (spells and the language in writing)

Chapter 3: The Other Side

He was slightly surprised to find himself on a very comfortable bed when he came to. He also noticed that he was fully clothed in black silk pajamas. And that he wasn't wearing glasses but could see perfectly.

Then he remembered what he had done and sat up all the way and looked around him, his face breaking out into a wide grin.

He was in a large room decorated mostly in green and gold. The bed was covered in green silk and bigger than anything he'd ever seen before. The duvet was a checkered gold and green and his drapes were dark green. There was a large golden hearth on the left side of the room surrounded by black leather couches and bookshelves were built into the walls around it, filled with more books than he'd ever had in his dorm.

He wondered where Hedwig was and was given an image of an Owlery. His books had also been added to the bookshelf and his clothes put in the closet. Hmm. What a thorough spell. The beauty of Parselmagic.

Finally, his eyes fell on the large full body mirror on the wall right in front of the bed. Excited, he got out of the bed and went over to look at his new appearance. He didn't look too different, he supposed. Though no one who knew him would recognize him, he could still see parts of himself in there.

He was the same height as before, except now his body was a little more slender and lithe than his previously toned one. His emerald eyes seemed even more exotic. They were so bright they practically glowed, appearing as though they had been mixed with a lighter color. They were slanted up a bit more than he was used to, though not by much.

The biggest change was the silky long hair that fell to his back. It was so perfectly straight he was reluctant to call it his, never having seen such tame hair on his head before, even after he had grown it. The hair was so dark it looked blue when the light hit it.

Everything else remained the same. The same pale skin, the same high cheekbones, and the same nose, lips, and thin face. Still, his features were more delicate than they ever were. His hands weren't half as callused as they ought to be. He thought he looked a bit effeminate, probably accentuated by the hair. At least he wasn't petite or anything.