Title: Samsara
Pairing: HP/LV(TMR), HGRW, DMLL, RBSL, past and one-sided GWHP
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or anything like that. I own nothing. Except for the plot. Note, to everyone. This starts in the middle of Harry's fifth year. So, be prepared for a bitchy Umbridge. I should be working on 'Inside My Mind', my other fanfic but I'm too lazy. I've taken liberties with people's birthday.
Note: This is just the prologue to a story that popped in my head during my Chinese class…yeah, I take Chinese and surprisingly, it's much easier than my Goddamned Trig class. And please, make sure you know that Cleopatra of Macedon should not be confused with the Pharaoh Cleopatra. I've taken great liberty with marriages from the past and such so bare with.
Samsara
By: Sistersgrimmlover
Prologue
Excerpt from The History of the Ancient Macedon Kingdom
Conquering one country is an amazing feat in itself but to conquer Persia, Egypt, and most of Asia is a miracle in itself. Alexander the Great, arguably, was the greatest king or basileus of Macedon in the kingdom's history.
The young king whom died at the age of 32 was described as rash with a violent temper and had an impulsive nature about him. He was stubborn and did not respond well to orders, especially if they came from his father. Alexander's relationship with his father generated the competitive side of his personality; he had a need to out-do his father, as his reckless nature in battle suggests. While Alexander worried that his father would leave him "no great or brilliant achievement to be displayed to the world", he still attempted to downplay his father's achievements to his companions.
His mother had huge ambitions for Alexander, and encouraged him to believe it was his destiny to conquer the Persian Empire. Indeed, Olympias may have gone to the extent of poisoning Philip Arrhidaeus so as to disable him, and prevent him being a rival for Alexander. Olympias's influence instilled huge ambition and a sense of destiny in Alexander, and Plutarch tells us that his ambition "kept his spirit serious and lofty in advance of his years".
Despite, his forceful personality, there was a softer side of the great man who conquered and brought together countries that will most likely never be together in a single again. He was perceptive, logical, and calculating (traits that he taught his younger sister, Cleopatra of Macedon, who was just as ruthless as he). He had a great love for learning, was intelligent, and rational. These traits led to his success as a general and can be further proved his solving of the legendary Gordian knot.
However, in the years before his death at the age of 32, Alexander began to exhibit signs of paranoia and megalomania. His extraordinary achievements combined with his own ineffable sense of destiny and flattery of his companions may have caused this recent development. During this time, he was closest to one Lord whom didn't fight but accompanied Alexander everywhere. The young lord whom seemed ageless was of the name, Adonis Karatasos.
Even after Alexander the Great's death, Lord Karatasos continued to mourn until his own death, thirty years later.
Моето име е Александар Велики. Ова е мојата приказна.
Moeto ime e Aleksandar Veliki. Ova e moJata prikazna.
I am Alexander the Great. This is my story.
A/N: I really should be writing the next chapter for my other story, Inside My Mind, but this idea just popped into my head and it's so different than most fics. I don't think anyone has ever thought of this twist on an old cliche, which makes me excited. I was going to do a Founders reincarnated fic with this name but I decided to put that on hold and then I had a dream about this. So, I'm doing this instead. Harry is most definitely involved!