The legend of Harry Potter has been known all around the wizarding world. He has been brought to many riveting battles and occurrences in his life. I shall start from the beginning, of course, in a short summary.
Seventeen years ago, a man named Severus Snape stole a prophecy by which he told to his master, Lord Voldemort. Voldemort was strong at the time, oh, very strong. He had large numbers at his command, and could just about possibly do anything to anyone. The prophecy noted that Harry Potter, a basically unknown boy, the son of James and Lilly Potter, members of an organization to defeat Voldemort, would die if Voldemort stayed alive, or he would live if Voldemort had been defeated.
So, to that, Voldemort set off on Hallow's Eve, went to the house of the Potters at Godric's Hollow, and surprised all of them. He murdered the father right away, but all he wanted was to murder the son, Harry. The mother would not let up in her attempt to defend the baby, so Voldemort murdered her, also. Then, he tried to murder the boy, but failed. Voldemort melted right then and there, and was thought to be defeated.
Harry Potter then was the first wizard to be known to have survived the killing curse.
After the accident, Harry was sent to his Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia's house, along with his cousin Dudley. They were the Dursleys, and they treated Harry terribly. For his first eleven years spent there, he lived in a small cupboard underneath the stairs. They ignored him, and never told the boy he was a wizard.
One day, when Harry was eleven, letters were coming from a place called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Dursleys tried everything to prevent him from reading what they thought as "rubbish," and they tried everything to not allow they're son to be the "weird people" his parents were.
One night, a huge, big-bearded man broke into the house to come a retrieve Harry to escort him to Hogwarts. His name was Rubeus Hagrid, and he released the real Harry Potter and his family. Harry then learned he was a wizard, and that his parents did not die from some crazy car accident his uncle and aunt were telling him; they died from the most evil wizard known on the face of the planet: Lord Voldemort.
At the time, Voldemort was nothing but a weak old soul, so Harry lived life happily during his time at Hogwarts, and met Hermione Granger, a somewhat genius know-it-all girl who was actually Muggleborn, and Ron Weasley, a red haired boy who had many brothers who had already been to Hogwarts. The three learned that there were four houses at Hogwarts: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. None of them wanted to be received into Slytherin, since that was basically the evil house.
One by one, all the first years went underneath the Sorting Hat. The three friends were all chosen into Gryffindor.
Through that year, Harry learned all about the wizarding world, and even how to fly a broomstick. He was so naturally talented, he found himself Seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, the youngest student at Hogwarts to join.
Harry barely knew his headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, that year at all, until he looked into the Mirror of Erised, and his headmaster had caught him. Through the years, Harry would know more about Voldemort and other things than he ever imagined.
The Sorcerer's Stone brought the attention to the three students. One night, after a number of mysterious things happening, the three went out to the third floor corridor, which was abandoned, escaped from a giant three-headed dog, flying keys, a strange plant, and an evil chess board, and finally found the Sorcerer's Stone. Only one thing: it was blocked by Professor Quirrell, who, on the back of his head, had the only remains of Voldemort.
Eventually, Harry destroyed Quirrell and Voldemort, and became about as famous as ever. Through the next years spent at Hogwarts, he encountered a death threatening Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, a close encounter to an evil fright, and the worst thing of all: Voldemort rebuilding himself.
Since Voldemort rebuilt himself, Cedric Diggory, Harry's short termed friend, Sirius Black, Harry's godfather, and even Dumbledore all died by Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Now, Dumbledore left Harry a task, a difficult one: search and destroy all of Voldemort's Horcruxes. Horcruxes are parts of Voldemort's soul that he split into several pieces, hidden around the world. Harry must continue his seventh year at Hogwarts and defeat Voldemort before it's too late...
You are about to encounter a frightening, action packed, and still slightly funny story about the boy who lived, Harry Potter. The fate of the wizarding world lies in his hands...