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CHAPTER 1

Prologue

BEEP BEEP BEE.. A disgruntled teen quickly reached over and turned off the alarm before it could awaken his relatives. he stretched before dragging himself out of bed and over to his wardrobe while running a hand through his mass of messy black hair and putting his round rimmed glasses on. He grabbed some of his cousin's old clothes that hung off him and put them on. He looked at himself in the mirror& found it hard to believe that this slightly muscular and slightly tan boy well young man was Harry Potter. He chuckled at the thought of his best friends faces upon seeing him.

Harry checked his watch and saw that it was 8 in the morning realizing he only had till 10 which is when he had to be at the burrow he quickly grabbed his already packed trunk and Hedwig's empty cage (she was at the Weasley's already) and took one last look at his room knowing that he'd never see it again and not wanting to leave anything behind before he exited and descended the stairs not bothering to try to keep the noise down. He dropped his trunk in the hall with a bang

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU BOY?" his uncle yelled from the kitchen.

"Oh nothing I'm just going to grab a bite to eat then leave" he said walking to the fridge not even glancing at his purple faced uncle or anyone for that manner. He grabbed the milk and cereal and made himself some breakfast. He then walked over to the table with a bowl of cereal in one hand and a glass of OJ in the other. Half way through he felt stares on him he looked up to see his 'family' glaring at him. He shook it of and quickly finished placed his dishes in the sink and stood in front of his aunt uncle and cousin.

"Ok I'm going to leave now you won't be hearing from me. Don't bother to write cause I won't answer and I hope I'll never have to see you again ..."he paused to allow his words to sink in "so long" he turned around and left with his belongings without a second glance.

Once he got to the end of the drive way he put up his wand arm wand in hand and saw the knight bus land right in front of him. Harry grabbed his trunk and owls cage and got on the purple triple decker bus.

"Where yeh 'eaded Mr. Potter" asked the conductor

"The leaky cauldron" Harry answered

"That'll be 11sickles and 1 knut"

Harry paid him and sat down in the closest chair just as the bus shot off to the Leakey cauldron. Before long they were there.

"Do you think that you could shrink these for me" Harry asked indicating his belongings the conductor nodded and shrunk them to the size of a match box. He left the bus and headed to the nearest muggle clothes store. It was called the 'Phat Shack' he entered

"Well good morning young sir can I help you" a man around the age of 25 asked him. The man was black& had a pair of baggy pants and a big t-shirt on along with a bandanna and a few piercings. Harry nodded. The store clerk smiled and motioned for Harry to follow him through the numerous racks of clothes...

About an hour and a half later Harry exited the store with 2 bags of clothes and no longer wearing Dudley's old rags but a pair of baggy jeans held up with a black leather belt. A black muscle t-shirt and a baggy black hoody that said slipknot in jagged letters. he also had gotten a pair f black 'skater shoes ' and a pair of black and red converse satisfied with his purchases he put his hood up and entered the leaky cauldron . He went strait to the fire place grabbed some floo powder and said 'the burrow' nice and clearly. He closed his eyes tight and held his bags firmly in his hands. He landed roughly on the wooden floor of the Weasly's home he smelled food and heard the clatter of pot and pans and many loud voices. Harry smiled as he stood up dusted himself off and walked into the loud kitchen. The scene he saw before him was one he would cherish for years to come.

Mrs.Weasly was bringing dishes piled with food over to the table around which the rest of the family was happily chatting (with the exception of Percy and Charlie. and the addition of Hermione granger one of his best friends.) Bill Weasly was talking with his fiancé Fleur Delacour. Fred, George and Mr.Weasley were talking about the ministry. His best friends were in another argument. And Ginny, his ex, was sitting across from them trying to suppress her giggles. Ginny looked beautiful even more so then the mere week or two give or take a few days previously. The sunlight coming through the window behind her gave her an illuminating glow. Her hair shined gorgeously as she flipped it away from her face. All in all she took his breath away. Time seemed to freeze. He could only hear the rapid beating of his heart in his ears. He took in every detail of her smiling and laughing face. ...'stop it just stop' he scolded himself tearing his away from Ginny.

"Harry dear you're early!" said an ecstatic Molly Weasley giving Harry a suffocating hug. Harry hugged her back all the while fighting the tears away. And gluing a smile to his face. The smile though didn't reach his eyes. No one though notice it. No one that is except for one girl in particular... Once Harry was released from the many hugs and handshakes the 11 of them sat down for breakfast Harry sat down next to Ron across from Ginny and Hermione. He placed his bags under his chair.

"Harry mate what did ya do to your self?" Ron asked incredulously

"Huh?" he asked even though he thought he knew what he meant, he wasn't sure.

"Look at your self Harry. It looks like you worked out or something and what are you wearing?" Hermione said Harry chuckled

"Well I used some of Dudley's workout things for most of the day outside so as to get away from the glares of the Dursleys." he said simply. upon seeing the looks on Ron Hermione and Ginny's faces he said "look I'm fine ill be alright it gave me a lot of time to sort things out" they nodded understanding he then grabbed some of the food that was covering the table and loaded up his plate wanting to escape their worried looks and further conversation. He found himself not liking to talk much anymore and just observe things.

He found out that Bill and Fleurs wedding was in two weeks on the 24th of July. Meaning that it was exactly 14 days away. Which meant that he had to wait at least 14 days before going after any of the horcruxes. He was told that he would be staying in Fred and George's room 'cause they were only there to finish cleaning it out.

Once he finished eating (which was before anyone else because he had already had breakfast before) he asked Mrs. Weasley to enlarge his trunk and Hedwig's cage and he headed to Fred and Georges old room. He put his trunk at the end of one of the beds along with the bags. And the cage on the dresser. He then stretched out on the bed he used the last time. He couldn't help thinking that last summer when ha had gone to the burrow that Dumbledore had been the one to take him from the hell of the Dursleys. He even sort of took him away from them by saying that after that summer Harry wouldn't have to return the only other person that had given him that happiness had been Sirius

'heh how ironic their both dead and died not that long after they had said that.' he thought saddly 'and they both died because of Snape...' he was brought from his thought by a knock at his door.

"Come in" he told the knocker. Figuring it to be Ron and Hermione. He was right. In walked his two best friends. He sat up sensing that they wanted to talk. And yet again he was right.

"Harry are you sure that your okay you seem a bit er far away" Hermione said sitting on the edge of his bed and Ron sitting on the other bed.

"As I said before I'm fine or as fine as I can be under the circumstances. and anyway I was thinking that the day after the wedding that we go after the horcruxs or I am anyway if you guys have changed you minds ill understand" he said not looking either of them in the eye but instead studying his hands.

"Harry... Harry look at me we are not going to let you go through all of this alone. And we can't leave that soon cause you wont be able to do magic yet." Hermione told him with a smile. A thought occurred to him

"but Hermione your not going to be able to do magic yet either." to his surprise she laughed

"Harry doesn't worry professor McGonagall said that as a reward for such good grades that I'll be able to use them 2 months early. So on July 18 ill be allowed to use my magic without getting in trouble" Harry gasped at Hermione's words

"That's not fair! You'll be able to before me!" his friend s just continued to laugh. He soon gave in. and laughed with them

The days flew by. And before they knew it was time for the wedding. The wedding was beautiful Mrs. Weasley was in tears along with a lot of other people. including Hermione, Ron sat with his arm around her through most of it fleur looked stunning bill looked handsome even with his scars from that fateful night in June Ginny was with Gabrielle in form fitting pale gold knee length dresses. They were wearing gold colored high heels with wrap around straps up to their mid shin. Her red hair was wavy and two pieces from the sides of her face were pulled back away from her face and held with a gold clip to match. She looked gorgeous.

Once Fleur and Bill said their 'I do's' everyone went the room across the hall which was where the reception was being held. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Fred, and George got a round table together. Fred was next to George and Ron. Hermione was on Ron's other side .Ginny was between Hermione and Harry who was on George's other side.

Half way through the dinner Ron and Hermione started arguing bout something pointless. George leaned into Harry.

"They ought to hurry up and get married already eh?" George whispered with a chuckle Fred having leaned into listen as well as Ginny all started to crack up. Ron and Hermione gave them odd looks before going back to their food Harry also returned to his food. The room was filled with chatter.

As with any wedding, the bride and groom had the first dance. And just as Harry told the others he wasn't going to dance a little girl with little golden curls tied back in a half ponytail with a little pink butterfly clip matching her pink dress. She couldn't have been more than 5 years old. He smiled at her. She returned it

"hello Mr. Harry Potter, sir." she greeted happily" my name is Mariah."

"Hi Mariah. What can I do 4 you?" he asked admiring her grey eyes. And smiling at her.

"Well... I was wondering if you would dance with me?" she asked giving him the puppy eyes. He chuckled as he got up and grabbed her expectant hand. Harry turned back to the people at his table that were laughing presumably at him.

"I'll be back in a bit guys" he said before heading out to the dance floor. Turned out that Mariah didn't really know how to dance, so he let her stand on his feet. He was a mere 2 feet from his seat after the song had ended, when another little girl asked for a dance. Being a nice guy he said yes. Bout a half hour later he waddled back to his seat beside Ginny and Ron. (George and Fred were dancing with a couple of Fleur's cousins) Hermione was on Ron's other side. When he sat down everyone laughed.

"What?" he snapped

"You were just so cute!" Ron said as if he were talking to a 5 year old. Understanding what they were laughing at Harry joined in. before they even knew it was the last song before they had to leave. Ron stood up .walked over to Hermione

"Hermione would you dance with me?" he asked shyly she merely smiled and nodded. It was just Ginny and Harry.

"Harry would you dance with me?" Ginny said suddenly

"Errr ok." He answered. In truth he had wanted to dance with her but didn't want her to ask for more details about why they had ended it and ask to start out fresh. on the dance floor Ginny giggled at his cluelessness on how to dance with a girl over 3 ft. as she grabbed his left hand in her right put his right on her waist and finally her left on his shoulder. Remembering how it went they started to dance talking bout random things all the while. He felt so at ease with her. The music to his disappointment stopped she leaned in as if to kiss him but instead whispered...

"I found these and thought you might like 'em" she said in a voice so low only he could hear as he felt her slip something in his pants pocket before kissing him on the cheek and walking away towards Charlie and his girlfriend.

Bill and fleur walked into the center of the dance floor. Bill had a broom in 1 hand and Fleurs hand in the other. Everyone started clapping (the mothers and a few other females began to cry) the happily married couple got onto the broom and waved good bye one last time before flying through the open skylight. Everyone slowly started apparating home. Hermione and the older Weasly's with the exception of Mr. & Mrs. Weasly who said a few cleaning spells and charms Harry prepared himself to apparate back to the burrow(having passed his test a few days ago) when a hand grabbed his arm . He jumped and turned towards the culprit.

"WHAT THE HELL..."he started but seeing who it was took a deep calming breath "sorry Gin you startled me what is it?"

"Well mum and dad are apparating together because mum's a wreck. Ron and Hermione are arguing about a cleaning charm and no one else is going to the burrow sooooo... I was hoping you'd apparate with me since I don't know how and not allowed to?" Ginny asked curiously he nodded grudgingly.

"Ok hold onto me..."he instructed she grabbed onto his waist he concentrated on where he wanted to go rather than the girl holding onto him. Traveling felt very well strange not only did he feel like he was going through a rubber tube but Ginny was pushed more into him in a slightly comfortable way considering the circumstances. They finally landed in the kitchen of the Weasley home. Ginny started to fall but his seeker reflexes caught her. His emerald eyes met her sapphire ones. Harry didn't know how long they stayed like that. It was as if he was hypnotized.

A loud crack was heard and they jumped apart. Harry ascended the stairs to his room b4 there could be a really awkward moment he instinctively ran a hand through his hair and put it into his pants pocket. He felt some thick pieces of parchment in there already. Remembering that Ginny had slipped something in there earlier he pulled them out. He was shocked at what he saw. There was a few wizard pictures.1 was of him and Ginny while they were still together. He had his hands on her waist keeping her close to him and she had her hands on his chest. They kept looking at the camera and each other smiling the whole time. Picture Harry and Ginny were standing in front of the lake and his favorite beach tree at sunset. They were still in their Hogwarts uniform.

He continued up the stairs as he flipped to the second (last) picture, it was a picture of himself, Ron and Hermione in the same spot as the previous picture. The three of them were smiling happily and waving at the camera. He quickly placed them back in his pocket since he was seconds from his bedroom door. As he turned the knob he whispered "if only I could go back to that and fix everything." he pushed the door open and with a murmur and a flash of light Harry Potter knew no more.