Of Serpent And Angel is a Harry Potter fanfiction available to read on the website Wattpad here
. The story follows Eliza Galway, an innocent young woman whom Tom Riddle chooses to torture. Throughout the story, Eliza is slowly broken down by torture and trauma until she becomes a Broken Bird.
Unmarked spoilers below.
Of Serpent And Angel provides examples of:
- Break the Cutie: The point of the book is Eliza, a cute, innocent person, being broken.
- Fate Worse than Death: The fate of William is to have his mind broken by torture.
- Hope Spot: When Thaddeus attempts to rescue Eliza, it looks like they have a chance of getting away.
- Interrupted Suicide: Riddle stops Eliza from drowning herself.
- It Amused Me: Tom's entire motivation to torturing Eliza is because he thinks it's fun to break someone pure and innocent.
- Kill the Ones You Love: Eliza is forced to kill practically everyone she loves by Riddle.
- Mercy Kill: Atha is mercy killed so her mind isn't broken by torture.
- Platonic Declaration of Love: Eliza and Atha declare their love for each other when they leave school.
- Self-Made Orphan: Eliza is forced to kill her family under the Imperius Curse.
