The winter soldier
Prologue
It started with a bang. One like any other that comes along with forceful closing of a door but this particular noise had, somehow, managed to change the world. Like a stroke of a butterfly wing that steers the wheel of fate off it's course and onto a new one.
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The sound of car door closing with a bang was an obvious sign for the little boy weeding the lawn to start running. A furious yell „Boy!" that came right after that was just a reaffirmation for that and spun the boy on even faster. The fleeing child has many names. His aunt calls him Freak, his uncle has named him Boy and his cousin calls him by every derogatory word that a 9 year old can come up with. For his teachers he is just Harry.
The man who inspired Harry's abrupt take off is his uncle Vernon and the reason behind that is quite extraordinary. Or well, the actual cause is probably more common than one would like to think. You see, Harry's relatives don't like him very much. Unfortunately he lives with them and the scene you are witnessing occurs quite regularly. So Harry knows, if Vernon catches him he is in for a world of hurt. What is remarkable about today is the reason behind his uncles rage. Earlier that day while running from the bullies Harry, somehow, appeared on the school roof. He vaguely remembers the feeling of warm rush that courses trough him heating up and turning into an inferno of power and the next thing he notices is sitting next to a chimney and feeling, well ...Alive. Of course school staff didn't like it very much. They contacted his caretakers, result of which is right in front of you.
Harry runs in blind panic, around the building, over the fence and onto the street. In his single mindedness he doesn't notice truck approaching until it's too late. There are bright lights, a loud crash and the world goes white.