catch-22 noun a dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.

Not mine by redfrog on fanfiction.net

After hearing about Lord Voldemort's continued existence during the Quirrell Court Case, Lucius fears that he will be marked a traitor if he does nothing to help his master return to power. He slips Tom Riddle's diary to Ginny Weasley and the terror begins. Merlin begins to wonder if he is going insane, the new Defense Professor is acting too creepy for comfort, and Malfoy is torn between loyalty to his father or the only real friend he has. Part Two of the Only A Boy series. This is fanfiction inspired by Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling and the BBC Show, Merlin.