The first thing Voldemort decided to do differently this time was not to announce his return to his other followers at this exact moment. He drew closer to the trapped Harry, and with every step, he was formulating his plan.
There were so many possibilities.
He could just use the Avada Kedavra spell right now to kill him. But that was going to pain him due to Harry being his living Horcrux. On top of that, Harry was not truly going to die as he saw in his memories. But he could still have the advantage and cast the killer curse a second time to truly kill Harry. After some thought, he did not find this as the optimal course of events. Another possibility, he could use the cup as a portkey to suddenly appear at the tournament and wreak havoc, or simply let the events happen as they were supposed to and only take a different path at the end to prevent his death.
But none of these satisfied him.
From these memories, he understood something. The true reason behind his defeat.
LOVE.
It happened so many times against him. Lily Potter's love for Harry made his killing curse backfire, killing him in the process. Then, once again, during their duel in the graveyard, the love of his parents and friends helped Harry escape.
The love of his friends and family helped him fight against the Imperius Curse when Voldemort attempted to invade his mind.
The love of friendship made the likes of Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Luna, Ginny, and others have the will to fight.
"I will use the same very LOVE to defeat them," thought Voldemort as he finalized his plan and began his first action.
STUPEFY
Voldemort pointed his wand at Harry and yelled. The spell hit the struggling Harry in the front, stunning him and rendering Harry unconscious. His body fell forward, supported by the ropes around him as he lay motionless.
"Wormtail."
"Yes, Master". As soon as he heard his name, Wormtail presented himself as a faithful servant as he watched the red eyes of the dark Lord gleaming with malevolence. He did not know exactly what, but he was much more scared of Voldemort today.
Voldemort coldly issued his orders. "Release the boy from the tombstone," he commanded, pointing towards the captive figure of Harry. His gaze then shifted to the lifeless body of Cedric Diggory lying among the graves.
"Take the hand of that dead body," Voldemort instructed, referring to Cedric's corpse. His voice carried a sinister edge as he continued, "Use his hand to pierce Harry's body until there is Harry's blood and flesh beneath his nail."
Wormtail was stunned for a second by the order, but he knew not to make the Dark Lord wait. As commanded by Voldemort, Wormtail's new hand reached out towards Cedric's lifeless form. The silver hand that was bestowed upon Wormtail reflected the moonlight as he used it to pierce the cold flesh of Cedric's fingers into the soft skin of Harry's arm.
While Wormtail was doing his assigned task, Voldemort was pondering on the creation of a new spell. One that would allow him to communicate with his Death Eater. More specifically, Barty Crouch Jr, who had successfully infiltrated Hogwarts under the guise of Alastor Moody.
"The key to this is the dark mark," thought Voldemort.
The Dark Mark was the creation of Voldemort and appeared as a shining green skull with a snake protruding from its mouth.
Lord Voldemort had placed the Dark Mark on his followers' inner left forearms both as a sign of their loyalty to him and as a method of summoning them to him when he or she desired. Whenever Voldemort needed to call them, he would press his finger to any Death Eater's Mark, which turned it jet black and delivered a burning sensation to any person with the Dark Mark.
A Death Eater was also able to signal Lord Voldemort by pressing the Dark Mark.
A sly smile curled on Voldemort's snake-like face. "Yes, the Dark Mark can already be considered a communication tool. Instead of just notifying my Death Eater, I should also be able to pass on a message. As for targeting only a specific Death Eater, that's going to be easy."
In a matter of minutes, Lord Voldemort was able to modify the Dark Mark in order to achieve his desired feat.
When he was done with it, Lord Voldemort tested it on Wormtail. Being the creator and the ultimate head of the Dark Mark, Voldemort did not need to have the Dark Mark. He only needed to think about it in his mind for him to use the Dark Mark.
After concluding that the new spell worked, Lord Voldemort used his newly created spell.
"Nuntius Mortis." First, he recorded the message he wanted to say and then thought about delivering it to Barty Crouch Jr via the dark mark. After he was done, he looked over at Wormtail, who seemed to have completed his task and was waiting by the side.
Voldemort, with his cold, red eyes fixed on the macabre scene, raised his wand. A cruel smile played on his lips as he muttered the spell.
WINGARDUIM LEVIOSA.
Slowly, Cedric's lifeless body began to lift off the ground, floating in the air like a puppet on strings. The blood-stained hand dangled ominously, a scene that would surely scare the hell out of anybody.
With a flick of his wand, Voldemort directed Cedric's body to hover above the Triwizard Cup.
When the lifeless body was directly above the cup, Voldemort let go of the spell and allowed Cedric's body to free-fall. As soon as it came into contact with the Triwizard Cup, it acted as a portkey.
In a howl of wind and swirling color, both Cedric's lifeless body and the cup disappeared.
Voldemort's evil laughter echoed in the empty graveyard. "Let the plan begin."