Crouch Mansion

-I burst out laughing.- "Now that IS funny..."

'Really? i alreay got one of your little helpers. Sydnay, isnt it?'

"Did you?" -I look mildly surprised.- "And so, you get one success under your belt and you believe yourself able to take me down?"

'funny thing is, crouch, all this time youve been acting like the more powerful sibling. All i needed was training.' I smile.

-I laugh.- "You seem to have forgotten..."

-I mimic river's voice.- '‘Barty, look at me then look at you. I can’t even change something’s colour. You were doing that years ago.’

"Need I go on?"

I wave my wand, and the tree next to me turns purple. 'Oh, i wonder how i did that...' I roll my eyes. 'Im not weak, any more. i think you just wish i was so you could control me.'

"I didn't wish to control you... I merely wished you to see what I see, to FEEL as I feel... to see this worthless world for the cruel joke it is.."

'I will never be like you, crouch.'

-I sigh in disappointment.- "You and me... we could've been so much more..."

'people grow up, crouch. I did just that. but you are stuck in the past.'

"Don't make me out to be the villain in this. I didn't betray YOU. EVER."

'I am not betraying you? You think i want to do this to my own brother? No. But i have to!'

"You've been brainwashed by them! They took you into some room probably, and tortured you too! Like they used to do to me! But you were soft. You weren't used to their tortures like I am. They broke you, bent your mind so it now serves them like an obedient little drone!"

'no, crouch. i am doing this of my own free will. you need to be locked up.'

-I close my eyes for a couple of seconds.-

'Im not going away, crouch. You are going to have to see which one of us is stronger now.'

-My eyes snap open.- "Let's get this over with then..."

-I don't seem joyful, gleeful, or any sort of happy. Just deadpan serious. Somber almost. He runs forward with his wand out and during his run one spot of falls through the air and then another until it starts to downpour.-

I look at him sadly before my face becomes expressionless, my wand gripped tightly in my hand.

"Imperio..."

-There's no psychotic melody in my voice, every word seems forced.-

I put up a shield and cast a stunning spell at him.

-I throw up one as well, but it looks like the motion was more obligatory than mocking.-

i frown, a small part of my brain telling me to stop, but i ignore it. This has to be done.
'Immobulus!'

-Time seems to slow down.- "Not.... bad..."

I smile slightly, but dont say anything.

"But.. not.. good.. enough..."

-I slowly move my wand over to a nearby tree.- "Reducto."