To what unholy black hell had he been catapulted? Into what empty eternity had he been condemned? And why, Voldemort wondered with what threads remained of his consciousness, did it seem neverending?
Halloween, 1981. Voldemort's Killing Curse against Harry Potter rebounds. He is cast into a dark nothingness from which he awakens and finds himself in Malfoy Manor in June 1968. Encountering Bellatrix Black, his "most treasured weapon," for the first time again, he is faced with the idea that he may have accidentally granted himself the opportunity to start over again, armed with knowledge and experience he didn't have the first time round.
"He had a second chance now, he thought, and he was absolutely not going to waste it."
Bellatrix/Voldemort.
"We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on." What if Harry had tortured Bellatrix in the Ministry that night? Would the darker side finally overcome him? Could he still hold on to who he was? Voldemort wants to know just how far he can push the young wizard before he snaps again; so instead of killing Harry that night he decided to kidnap him. How long can he last in captivity without breaking?