[Harry Potter] Silver and Emerald

The story is set in 1950, the year the Wizarding World recognizes as the beginning of the dark era under Voldemort's rule.

Here, the young Dark Lord will no longer be deliberately diminished as he was in the original. He is a figure of immense power and charisma. The young head of the Malfoy family, ambitious and hungry for power, will also maneuver with effortless composure, quietly controlling everything behind the scenes.

A battle of wits and intrigue, with a serious tone. BG, planned happy ending. Gloomy atmosphere.

Reposting an old story. The author is revising every chapter, and the plot will change in places.

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The foolish are doomed to be torn apart in this cruel game of chess.

"Maybe... we were meant to be one all along."

I know that right now, following the script is my only chance to turn things around.

"Love isn't humanity's only weakness. Desire is."

Everything is slowly unfolding, following the design I've laid out.

"I've sensed your curse." Tom Riddle crouched down, a silent smile curling across his face.

"Doreen," he said, "Fate gave us the same way of thinking, so it must give us the same destiny."

Doreen Meadows: arrogant, cunning, cowardly, and selfish. Skilled at calculation and unwilling to follow the rules. She hates most of all being a pawn in someone else's game, used without even realizing it. A gentle lamb offered up as a marriage alliance, she is no innocent, though the people around her are even less so. A master strategist, she happens to cross paths with the young head of the Malfoy family in his prime. She despises being controlled, yet ends up in the hands of the young Dark Lord.

Theme: Defying fate