Summary: After losing the war, Harry is forced to go back to his Uncle who comes up with a new way to stomp the magic out of him. Untitled by Simple Plan, AU after OotP, Child Abuse, Character Death

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. It is owned by JK Rowling, Bloomsbury, Warner Bros, and Scholastic. I do not own the song Untitled. Untitled is owned by Simple Plan and their label.

Last edited Feb 4 2010.


I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light
I can't remember how
I can't remember why
I'm lying here tonight

Harry's eyes opened. In the distance he saw three figures in the distance surrounded by a white light. 'What happened?' he thought.

And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No I can't stand the pain

He tried to get up, but there was pain. Blinding pain. Enough to make him pass out.

How could this happen to me
I've made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

He looked around and saw the blurry figures approaching. One had messy black hair like his, another had long red hair and the other was a big black dog, and there were more still. Slowly they gathered about him, but he couldn't make out faces or identities.

Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound but no one hears me
I'm slipping off the edge
I'm hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again.

The one with the red hair, a woman Harry realized, was screaming something. The noise made Harry wince. He tried to make it out but he couldn't get past the pain. He knew now that he shouldn't move and he tried and failed to speak.

So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No I can't.

Some scenes played before his pain-filled eyes. He knew they were his memories. He remembered riding the Hogwarts Express for the first time, Malfoy's spluttering face when he got his Nimbus 2000, Goofing around with Sirius when he was supposed to be doing his summer schoolwork, Hermione storming away from him and Ron when they were eating what was, in her opinion, too many chocolate frogs, Malfoy's spluttering face when he got his Firebolt. When nothing mattered and everything was simpler. He couldn't do everything over again, Cedric, Sirius, Molly, Ron, Mione, everyone he had ever cared about, and the final battle. He couldn't go back and win the war now.

How could this happen to me
I've made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

The light was gone and Harry was once again in his room at Privet Drive when he remembered what had happened. His Uncle had come home from work drunk and apparently he had been fired. He blamed Harry and proceeded to beat him. Harry's vision swam and everything was fuzzy. He pulled himself out of it and looked around. Blood. A lot of blood. He just wanted to die. The pain wasn't worth living.

I've made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

He blinked and the white light was back. He sat up and noticed the people crowded around him. Hermione, Ron, Sirius, Dumbledore, and his parents. Everyone that he lost that he had loved. He stood up and the rest of his memories came rushing back as he realized where he was standing. He was embraced by his parents for the first time.

A/N: Harry is 16 in this story, and it is AU from the end of OotP.