Dana: My best friend introduced me to the song that inspired this story. These are the lyrics: "Let me wish them all a happy birthday. Kiss them all goodnight. Now he chases me to my room, chases me to my room, chases me. In my black and red dress." Creepy huh? Warnings for graphic violence and a mention of sexual violence against a child. I don't own Harry Potter.
Italics are thoughts.
Chapter 1
13 year old Raven Potter was hungry, she had been told to go to her room without eating again. She hadn't even done anything wrong. All she wanted to do was go to Hogsmead with the rest of her class but Vernon had lost it when she asked and said she has to stay in her room. Raven's stomach rumbled loudly, she hadn't eat in three days and it was painful. She was desperate, she needed to eat or she'd get sick. This had happened in the past, Vernon and Petunia learned that she needed to eat at least three times a week in their eyes or she wouldn't be able to do anything productive. But, this had also taught Raven how to pick a lock and steal food without Petunia noticing that something had gone missing. It was like that woman counted everything in her kitchen.
Raven got up from her bed and very quietly opened her door. She shut it silently and moved into the kitchen slowly and silently. Making sure to avoid the creaky stair and floorboards, she slipped into the kitchen. Raven carefully adjusts her glasses on the bridge of her nose as she grabs her "meal".
Raven Potter was tall for her age and very slender with pale milky skin, messy, shoulder length ,voluminous black hair, emerald green eyes that shone with an ethereal light when she was angry or happy and a red lightning bolt shaped scar on her forehead. All in all, she was a very attractive young lady.
Raven finished her meal in complete silence, being careful not to let her aunt and uncle, who were in the next room, know she was eating in the kitchen. When she was done, she threw out the remains of her meal, making sure to bury the waste under a layer of trash in the bin before sneaking back upstairs. As she was leaving the kitchen, she heard Vernon mention her name. Curious, Raven decided to listen in on the conversation.
"I swear to you Pet, why are we even keeping the freak?" Vernon was asking
"I wish I knew Vernon, but that old man said she needs to stay here." Petunia told her husband
"Well, she had better behave during Marge's visit. Or there will be Hell to pay." Vernon said
"And if she doesn't behave?" Petunia asked
"Well Pet, don't tell anyone but if she doesn't behave, I'll wreck that little pink pussy of hers until she screams, until it bleeds and until she can't walk. Maybe that will teach her not to mention the freakishness ever again." Vernon said
Raven pulled back away from the door, stumbling a little. Rape. He was going to rape her. No! No no no no no no no no! NO! Raven thought desperately. She was terrified, Vernon had often beat her but he'd never even mentioned the thought of raping her. Dudley had mentioned it in passing but had never made good on his threat. The fear tore itself at Raven's mind and magic. There had never been a time when she was more terrified. Her terror came to a head when the door burst open and Vernon tower over her. Raven saw his hand reaching out for her and her fear exploded. NO! Raven thought desperately and then everything went white.
For Vernon and Petunia, Raven seemed to explode in black light. When the light faded, Raven's hair was standing up like she had stuck her finger in an electric socket. She was glowing sickly green light and her eyes were completely black. Like a disc in the middle of a lightning storm. She looked like the witches in fairy tales crossed with Agatha Prenderghast. Vernon and Petunia could only stare in horror. Petunia was the first one to scream, with Vernon joining in. They both began to run but Raven slammed the door shut on them.
"You're not going anywhere." Raven snarled
Raven thrust out a hand and sent both Vernon and Petunia flying into the wall. Vernon and Petunia began to scream again and Raven rolled her eyes.
"No more!" Raven snarled, her voice distorted and filled with hatred
"What are you doing freak?" Vernon demanded
"My name is RAVEN!" Raven roared
The shout rattled the walls and shattered the windows. Dudley came running down the stairs shouting:
"Mummy what's going on?"
"To long have I lived under this roof facing your hatred and your wrath when I have done nothing to deserve it aside being different that what you call normal. Well no more!" Raven shouted
"Now listen here freak, Petunia and I gave you food, clothes, Dudley's second bedroom and a roof over your head and this is how you thank us?" Vernon snarled
"SILENCE!" Raven bellowed before she silenced Vernon by ripping out his tongue "Yes, it is true you gave me those things but you never treated me like one of your own. You are supposed to be my family and not my masters, my tormentors or my jailers!"
Raven paused and took a breath, her anger soaring to new heights.
"And just now, I heard your plans to rape me Vernon, and for that, you will pay with your blood!" Raven roared
Her magic exploded outward. Dudley died first as he tried to run away. Raven lifted him from the floor before tossing him through the wall and into the kitchen. She picked up the toaster and dropped it into the sink which filled to the brim with water before grabbing Dudley's arm and shoving it into the electrified water. It was only due to Raven's magic did the electricity did not kill Dudley. A blender appeared next to the sink having been summoned by Raven's magic. Raven then proceeded to shove both of Dudley's hands into the blender, relinquishing in the anguished screams that came from her cousin. Once that was over, Raven put her cousin on the floor and picked up a bottle of lighter fluid. Pouring it over Dudley, she then lit him on fire. His screams filled the air as did the smell of burning flesh. She decided that she needed to finish off Dudley, the screaming would probably have the neighbours to call the constables. Raven's magic lifted one of the butcher knives from the knife block and slit his throat from ear to ear before she wrenched his head off and letting it fall to the ground.
When Raven returned to the living room, she decided that Petunia was next to die. Raven looked at her aunt, the woman who made her life a living Hell out of hatred for Raven's mother. The young girl decided Petunia deserved a special demise much like the whale who called himself Raven's uncle. Raven gently stroked Petunia's cheek and gave a feral smile.
"Why are you doing this freak?" Petunia spat
"Because I can." Raven said
She then thrust her hand forward and Petunia smashed through the window and into the gazebo. Raven stepped out into the back yard, the green glow making her look like a ghost in crappy horror movies. Raven's magic was in control now. She watched as her aunt struggled to get to her feet before Raven decided to send her flying into the wall again. But before Petunia hit the wall, Raven stopped her. Breaking Petunia's bones by having her crash into a wall wasn't good enough, Raven would do the job herself.
*CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!* rang through the night air as Raven flicked her wrist. The breaking of Petunia's bones were reminiscent of when Vernon broke Raven's own bones by throwing her in the cupboard. When Raven read the autopsy report, she would notice that the broken bones Petunia had were in the same place where her own bones had been broken. Once the bone breaking spree was finished Raven paused of a minute and sat down, she had no idea what to do next. She bit her thumbnail and looked around, there had to be something else she could do. The broken bones wouldn't kill Petunia, not alone. Raven then turned to the broken gazebo, it looked like a gallows. Raven felt a cruel smile flicker at her lips, perfect.
Raven ran for the hose, she might not have known how to create a noose but her magic guided her hands in the creation. She the picked up a large piece of broken timber and used her magic to make it levitate. She then went over to her aunt and picked her up effortlessly. Bringing Petunia over the the makeshift gallows, Raven slipped the noose around Petunia's neck and tightened it but didn't drop the timber. She turned to the broken glass on the lawn from where she had sent Petunia out of the window. Her magic transfigured the largest piece of broken glass into a deadly looking battle axe. Raven didn't say a word as she hacked her aunt's limbs off, ignoring the screams. Raven made sure to cauterize the wounds after she was done, she wanted Petunia to die slowly. Raven then stopped levitating the timber under Petunia's feet. She watched as Petunia writhed around trying futility to procure oxygen but soon she stilled.
Raven then turned to Vernon, her black eyes shining, as she returned to the living room. Transfiguring another piece of glass into a knife, Raven stood in front of Vernon. She trailed the knife across Vernon's face, an evil smile on her face. Raven's magic kept him pinned as Raven got down on her knees as her magic removed his trouser and his underpants. She gave an evil side before slicing his penis off. Vernon screamed loudly and Raven sneered. Her magic replaced the removed articles of clothing.
"Perhaps that will keep you from using that but don't worry Vernon, this is only the beginning." She said
Raven quickly cauterized the wound, she didn't want her uncle to die yet, she wasn't done with him yet. Raven took the time to throw Vernon around the living room, smashing him through furniture, walls and windows. Multiple of Vernon's bones were broken in the process. She then lifted her uncle to the ceiling and slammed him down hard on the floor, sending him crashing into the basement. Raven then jumped down the hole and landed on her feet. Raven lifted her uncle off the floor and transfigured a piece of the floor into one of the tables used to restrain prisoners who are about to undergo the lethal injection. Tying down Vernon, she began to peruse the many unused tools down there before selecting a pair of pliers. She then proceeded to rip Vernon's nails off.
She smiled as her uncle screamed, the black shine in her eyes growing with each nail that was removed. She then put the pliers down and picked up a small small mallet. She then proceeded to smash Vernon's hands and feet until all the bones were broken. Once she was done, Raven then proceeded to hack off his limbs and feed them through the wood chipper she had summoned. She then picked up the sledgehammer, Vernon was only able to whimper as Raven approached. The young girl didn't say a word as she raised the hammer and bashed Vernon's head in, she continued smashing for several minutes after he had died. It would take dental records to identify both Vernon and Dudley due to the violence committed onto their persons. Then she collapsed, her magic finally exhausting itself.
When Raven opened her eyes again, her head hurt and her mind was blank. She didn't remember anything. Sitting up, she looked around and almost threw up. There was blood covering her and all over the room. Her uncle's body strapped to a table and it was obvious he had been brutally murdered. Raven ran upstairs and came onto another horrifying sight. Her aunt was dead in the living room and her cousin was dead in the kitchen. Raven knew she couldn't stay there, so she ran up the stairs to her bedroom and grabbed her wand. She hid her trunk under her bed and let Hedwig loose, telling her to go to Ron's house. Raven then ran out of the house like a bat out of Hell. Raven had a sickening feeling in the pit of her stomach that she was the one responsible for what happened but didn't know why.
Raven got as far as Magnolia Crescent before collapsing again. She pulled her knees up to her face and began to cry in fear. She slowing began to rock herself back and forth muttering over and over again:
"You're okay. They're dead. They can't hurt you."
She was broken out of her state by a familiar voice calling her name. Raven looked up and saw the familiar warm grey eyes of Sirius Black looking concerned.
"Siri?" Raven asked
"Raven. You remember me?" Sirius asked
"Of course Siri, you're my dogfather. My godfather." Raven said
"Yeah, I am Ray. What happened?" Sirius asked worried
Raven sobbed and flung herself into Sirius' arms. Sirius pulled his goddaughter close and held her tight. He was worried, she was covered in blood and clearly had been seriously traumatized.
"They're dead Siri. And I think I killed them." Raven said
"Who's dead?" Sirius asked
When Raven didn't answer, Sirius asked again:
"Hey, little bird, who's dead?"
"Uncle Vernon and aunt Petunia. They're dead, I think I was the one who killed them." Raven sobbed
"It's okay. What do you mean you were with Petunia and Vernon Dursley, you were supposed to go to me, Remus, the Longbottoms, the Weasleys, the Tonks, Minerva, anyone except them." Sirius said
"I don't know. Dumbledore made me stay with them." Raven said "And I think I killed them."
"What happened?" Sirius asked
"I heard Vernon talking to Petunia. He said he was gonna rape me. Please don't make me repeat what he said please." Raven begged
"Hey, you don't have to repeat it. What happened next?" Sirius asked
"I was so scared. And then everything went white and when I woke up. Vernon was dead. Petunia was dead. Dudley was dead and I was covered in blood." Raven said sobbing
"It's okay Raven. Don't worry, you're okay." Sirius said rubbing her back "I'm glad Vernon Dursley is dead."
"Why?" Raven asked
"Because I'd have Padfoot rip him to shreds if he was still among the living." Sirius said
Raven sniffled and wiped her eyes.
"Don't leave me. Please Siri. Don't leave." Raven begged
"It's okay Ray. I'm not leaving you." Sirius said "But we can't stay here. It's not safe for me or for you."
"Where can we go?" Raven asked
"I have an old apartment in London. We can hide there for the time being. Okay?" Sirius asked
"Okay." Raven said
Sirius helped Raven to her feet before taking her hand.
"We're going to apparate there, it'll be faster than walking. Okay?" Sirius asked
"Okay." Raven said
Sirius apparated them to his old apartment in London. He had bought it after he graduated from Hogwarts. He helped Raven get out of her bloodstained clothes and into a pair of clean pyjamas and onto the bed. Sirius gently stroked her feathery hair as Raven slept. It wasn't safe in England anymore. Not for him and certainly not for her, they needed to leave as soon as possible. Sirius internally debated on where to hide in his head as he fell asleep but he promised this to himself; Raven was to be kept safe at all costs.
And that's that for this chapter, I hope people enjoyed. Also, the song that helped inspire this story was Happy Birthday by The Birthday Massacre. So, read, like and maybe drop a review. And I'll see you all next time.