A/N: Being an evil dictator and a father was so hard sometimes.

The Weird Prompt Thing: Revelations [Daily Speed-writing Competition]: a stuffed unicorn

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

His evil laughter could be heard over the dying screams of the resistance across the castle grounds. Some were being hungrily consumed by the growing flames, while others lie bleeding out among the grass and dirt. A few of his own followers were among the casualties but he didn't care. As he stood over Dumbledore's cold lifeless body, he felt more powerful than he had ever felt in years. He had finally won.

But then he felt something, a slight tremor running beneath his feet. Around him, no one else seemed to notice, the battle waging on as more lives were lost. However, it soon grew stronger and stronger until it could no longer be ignored. The fighting stopped as people fell to the ground, unable to rise to their feet before being thrown off balance once more. Large pieces of stone from the castle began breaking away, and fissures appeared in the ground, pulling some people in.

He moved forward slowly, somehow maintaining his balance throughout the quakes. Was it an army of giants coming to join the fray, or was it a large dragon's claws digging up the earth?

It was none of those, but instead a large purple unicorn! Its glittering body blocked out the sun and its long, sharp purple horn seemed to pierce the grey sky. It let out a loud, ferocious neigh before it pointed its horn at him and began to charge.

"Wake up, Daddy!"

Tom startled, his hand moving to his wand immediately to face off against the giant beast, before he noticed his daughter behind it. It was now morning, and Cordelia had climbed into his bed with her stuffed toy only inches away from his face.

"Come, Daddy! You promised you'd take me to see the animals today," she said, poking his face with the point of her unicorn's horn.

Tom swatted away the toy, before pinching the bridge of his nose with a long sigh. Being an evil dictator and a father was so hard sometimes.