Set after Harry's 5th year. All canon up to that point.

Warning: Slash

Prologue

It all started with a letter.

A small simple letter.

That I was too chicken to read.

I wish that back then I knew what was coming, of the rollercoaster journey I was about to take.

I should have been better.

I could have saved Sirius

I could have saved myself.

But I guess all these are moot points now.

And so here I sit, in this cold and darkened room, awaiting my lord and master.

Who knew this was where the great and noble Harry Potter was going to end up.

But I guess I should start from the beginning.

It all starts with a young lost boy, trying to find his way home…