Chapter 1

Prologue

The Dursleys were having a great day.

First of all, there was a large order of drills from Vernon's company. Then the boss allowed their family to go for a vacation, and right now, they were heading to a shopping mall to buy some things that they would use during their vacation.

"It's wonderful day. Isn't it Petunia?" Vernon Dursley bellowed to his wife, while humming his favoirte song and tapping the steering wheel.

As if reading their mood, the weather was great, too. It was sunny with clear blue sky. Several clouds lazily floated around and cool breeze gently shook the leaves. It was certainly perfect day to the Dursleys except one thing. Their freak nephew named Harry Potter.

The said boy was sitting next to a window, watching everything curiously. Although he was supposed to be with Mrs. Figg, she was little ill and couldn't take him. It wasn't often that the Dursleys were taking Harry with them, as they did everything to keep people from learning about him and his 'freakishness', it was a rare occurance for Harry to ride a car.

"Move out of the way, you!"

Dudley said, shoving him towards the window side. Caught off guard, Harry hit his head on the window and shook his head to clear it. He could hear his cousin's rude laughter which he tried his best to ignore it. After all, it was usual to be treated like this, especially when Dudley thought nobody was watching them.

'Of course, it won't matter even if they do see it.' Harry thought wincing as his cousin poked him on his side again. Most people thought he was a dangerous kid who was mentally unstable, so nobody liked him except for few people, such as librarian. Some animals also liked him, and snakes even talked to him, which Harry thought was pretty cool.

"Oh, yes. This is certainly a day that we deserve."

Petunia replied, while shooting some nasty looks towards her nephew. Harry sighed, as he very well knew what she was thinking right now. The entire family hated Harry, and it seemed that the only reason why they were keeping him was that Harry was son of Lily, sister of Petunia. Unfortunately this didn't mean that Dursleys needed to treat Harry fairly.

Harry shook his head to clear those dark thoughts away, tuned out his relatives' conversation and he turned his emerald eyes to see outside. He could see many colourful shops and tall buildings, which Harry stared at it with awe.

'I wonder how they build those things. Maybe the library has a book on building stuff?'

Harry's musing was soon broken by none other than Dudley. He was complaining about how slow the car was, as he wanted the new toy his parents promised to buy him.

"This is boring. I want my toy! Make the car go FASTER!" He wailed like a pig in pain and started to wave his arms widely that it hit Harry's arm.

"Ow." Harry bit his lower lip to stop the complaints and just rubbed his arm. Harry warily watched his aunt trying to calm his cousin down, expecting another 'accidental' punch. Unlike other kids at his age, he was a lot more cautious and smart and Harry knew Dudley would hit him in every chance he got so unless he was prepared, his arm was likely to be in great amount of pain.

After a while, Harry tried not to pay attention to his relatives and kept on watching the outside through the window. But he was a little distracteded, since Dudley didn't stop thrashing around and his aunt at front seat was still trying to calm him down.

"Dinky Duddydums, look at your mummy. Daddy is trying his best, see? So just wait a little-"

"I DON'T WANT TO WAIT!"

Understandably, Harry couldn't watch outside because of his loud, stubborn cousin. But if Harry did watch with great care, he would have noticed a man, who seemed to disappea into a shadow.

A man in black stood, motionless, in the dark alley. In his position, shadow covered him, making it seem as if he was invisible. His cold eyes were fixed on a car that was caught in a red light.

Horse like woman sat at frontseat, trying to grab a fat boy, possibly her son. Large man on a driver's seat was shouting at the boy, probably trying to tell the boy to be quiet. Small boy was sitting beside a window and he occasionally shot a wary glance towards a fat boy.

It was indeed a strange sight. As he thought of what would happen next, pleased smirk spread across his face. Deciding it was time, the man drew out his wand, silently and swiftly. His target was completely unaware of a danger that was coming.

'Pity,' He thought as he adjusted his wand towards the car. 'I rather enjoy my victim to be more aware of death and feel helpless.' The man murmured a spell under his breath and fiery red jet erupted from the tip of the wand.

The jet flew straight towards the unsuspecting car.

Harry tried to make his body as small as possible by curling up. Dudley hadn't stopped his tantrum yet and was becoming more violent as the time passed.

"FASTER!"

Harry covered his ears. He definitely didn't want to lose his hearings, as he already had eyesight problem. But his uncle and aunt was also yelling in their own way along with Dudley that it seemed very likely to become deaf. Groaning softly to himself, Harry ignored them as much as he can and turned towards the window again.

Suddenly, Harry felt a tingling sensation, like when he turned the teacher's wig blue. Eyes wide, he searched every part of the street as he can until he caught the sight of light. Dangerous red light. He felt as if time slowed down. He could hear faint screams of people outside and yelling of his relatives. He also could see the light coming towards them, towards him.

Harry only had time to cry out in alarm. When the light hit the side of the car, he flung his body away from the door and could only pray for protection. For safety.

Explosion shook the ground and people quickly ducked to avoid the damage. People screamed and many people merely stared in disbelief. The car and everything near it was completely crushed and burned up, barely recognizable. Someone yelled to call the police and ambulance, and instantly, most people were already reaching out for their phone.

During the chaos, nobody took notice of a mysterious man, smiling coolly. He disappeared into thin air only leaving remains of exploded car and a sound of ambulance and screams echoing in the air.

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