Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 156 On how to do all sorts of bad things but still return as a pure little angel
“But the elixir of immortality couldn’t completely resurrect Voldemort,” Tierra said. “So Voldemort began his next resurrection plan—summoning demons and using them and the Philosopher’s Stone to build himself a powerful body.”

"He succeeded?" Cornelius Fudge asked.

“Isn’t that obvious?” Tierra said. “But to be precise, it’s half successful.”

“I have uncovered Voldemort’s plan,” Tierra said. “To be precise… it was thanks to Tierra that I was able to uncover Voldemort’s plan.”

"Tierra? What does this have to do with Tierra?" Dumbledore asked, starting to look curious. "Hasn't he become Voldemort's puppet?"

“Voldemort remotely controlled Tiera through the dark magic attached to Ravenclaw’s crown—” Tiera said. “Given Voldemort’s magical prowess, this should have been an easy task. After all, even in his weakest state, a Dark Lord could easily control a second-year wizard using the Imperius Curse or a similar curse. But the one variable Voldemort hadn’t considered was—”

“The Ravenclaw crown,” Tierra said solemnly.

“I don’t know why Voldemort used Ravenclaw’s crown as a means to control others. Maybe it was arrogance, or maybe it was to show off his status, but it was clearly a terrible move,” Tierra mocked.

“The Ravenclaw tiara itself is an extremely powerful magical artifact, capable of granting the wearer extraordinary wisdom,” Tierra said. “Because Tierra wore the tiara for a long time, his spirit… Tierra’s spirit was influenced by the tiara; his soul became stronger, he became more intelligent, and he even gained the talent for prophecy because of the Ravenclaw tiara. Tierra began to subconsciously resist Voldemort’s control—”

“At first, it was just some minor resistance, like deliberately getting close to me after class.” Tiera said expressionlessly, wearing Gilderoy Lockhart’s face. “With his extraordinary intelligence, Tiera saw through my foolish appearance and realized that I was actually wise and capable. This made him instinctively know who to ask for help.”

"At first, Tiera was just deliberately trying to get close to me, intentionally or unintentionally sending me some hints—"

"But unfortunately, due to my arrogance and pride, I failed to understand Tiera's hints until after Christmas—"

"It wasn't until after Christmas that this brave, bold, and fearless Gryffindor boy risked his life to deliver this message directly to me," Tyella shamelessly boasted. "By impersonating Voldemort and threatening Draco Malfoy, he gave this letter and a set of clothes to an elf named Dobby, freeing Dobby from slavery. Then, through Dobby, he indirectly sought my help and delivered the letter to me."

With that, Tyrell took a letter from her bosom and handed it to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore picked up the letter. The handwriting on it was messy and illegible, with inconsistent wording, clearly indicating that Tyrell had written it in a state of extreme mental confusion.

“To Gilderoy Lockhart. I am controlled, Voldemort, save, Legilimency, Legilimency on me.”

“After receiving Tyra’s distress signal, I used Legilimency on her. That’s how I learned about Voldemort’s plans, and I immediately helped Tyra break the Imperius Curse,” Tyra said. “After that, I was going to work with Tyra to find Voldemort, but… but Voldemort clearly got wind of it beforehand and hid himself, along with Ravenclaw’s tiara.”

"And Voldemort? Where did Voldemort go?" Cornelius Fudge asked anxiously. Clearly, some people present were already engrossed in Tyella's story. Even Alastor Moody was glancing at Tyella with his demonic eyes.

"I don't know. It wasn't until Voldemort opened the Chamber of Secrets in Slytherin and released the Basilisk inside, intending to kill Tyrell to prevent the news from leaking out, that he revealed his true colors—Tyrell's prophetic abilities sensed it beforehand, so she left a list of the order of attacks to warn him, and he himself—"

"This wise, brave, resolute, courageous, upright, and indifferent-to-life-and-death little wizard—" Just as Tyra was about to shamelessly praise herself again, Dumbledore interrupted her in time.

"Alright, that's enough. We know Tyella is a very good little wizard. Everyone's busy, so hurry up and tell us," Dumbledore said, stroking his beard impatiently.

"Oh, well, and Tyella, that brave and upright little wizard, chose to face the Basilisk alone, risking death to leave a tracking charm mark on it. It was thanks to this mark that I was able to keep track of the Basilisk and Voldemort's movements. Just yesterday morning, I suddenly discovered that the tracking mark Tyella left had disappeared from Hogwarts. Immediately afterward, five attacks occurred at Hogwarts. I deduced that Voldemort was definitely up to something big, so I followed the mark and eventually found Voldemort performing a ritual on the Inner Hebrides. He was summoning a demon, and just as he was about to successfully summon the demon and use its power and the Philosopher's Stone to fully resurrect himself, I intervened and destroyed the Philosopher's Stone with Fiendfyre, disrupting most of the ritual. I thought this would stop his resurrection, but I never expected—" Tyella took a deep breath, as if she had suddenly recalled something terrifying. Her face turned deathly pale, and her body trembled uncontrollably.

“But unexpectedly, the disruption of the ritual released something even more terrifying—” Tiera tried to recall the description of Sabu Nicholas from her previous life, “It was a huge lump of flesh like a black cloud, with many tentacles and countless blood-red mouths dripping with mucus. As soon as it appeared, the surrounding life seemed to instantly become restless. Biological proliferation, division, evolution and fusion, death disappeared, damage was repaired, and the power of life reached its peak.”

"What...what is that?" After hearing Tierra's description, Alastormody looked at Dumbledore with a serious expression.

But Dumbledore shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"So I suggest your Ministry of Magic hurry over to the Inner Hebrides to deal with the scene. That terrifying being only appeared for a few seconds, completely repairing Voldemort's mangled body and creating a whole bunch of blasphemous things. Although I've already used Fiendfyre, I only dealt with the scene briefly before rushing over here to stop the maddened Voldemort from attacking Hogwarts—you'll know what happened next." Tyella spread her hands, indicating that she had finished speaking.

After Gilderoy Lockhart finished speaking, a suffocating silence fell over the crowded principal's office—

Everyone was secretly pondering the veracity of Gilderoy Lockhart's story, everyone was trying to find loopholes in Tiera's tale, but unfortunately—

No.

Even Dumbledore had to acknowledge Gilderoy Lockhart's story, despite the significant contradictions between many details and his own understanding. After hearing Gilderoy Lockhart's account, Dumbledore felt that such a possibility did indeed exist.

Is Tierra innocent?

Dumbledore crossed his fingers, rested his elbows on the desk, and pondered the various possibilities.

Could it really be Voldemort behind all this? Is Tierra really just an innocent child being manipulated? Or have I been overthinking things?
(End of this chapter)