Chapter One
Harry looked outside the window. The sky was dark. Must be midnight already… Harry thought. I'm just turned eleven. Oh Joy! He added to himself sarcastically. His room- more of his cupboard- made him feel cramped and hot.
Earlier in the year, letters came. But his uncle, Vernon, burnt them, tore them, and did anything to destroy them.
He glanced at his arm, several bruises still bled from the earlier beating he received earlier that day. And with the ache that he still felt throughout his body, he fell to sleep's clutches.
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"No…! Don't kill him, kill ME instead! Please…."A woman with red hair and brilliant and bright green eyes pleaded. And with that, the green flash came, the woman collapsed. The man with those evil, red eyes walked towards the baby, the green flash came once more….
"AUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Harry screamed, waking up with a jolt. He heard loud footsteps. Uh-oh… Harry thought, sweating nervously.
The cupboard door opened, revealing an angry, fat, purple man. "Boy! Out!" the man barked. "Yes, Uncle Vernon." Harry whimpered. The man- Vernon Dursley- began unhooking his belt. Not another beating… No….. Please… Harry thought, wishing to be anyone except himself.
Suddenly, the front door burst open and three men stood there, each wearing a black robe. Weird…. Harry thought. Then, the back door opened, revealing several other men, with a man with blood red hair in the lead.
"Vernon, it's them!" a thin, ugly woman shrieked.
"I know Petunia! It's those- those FREAKS!" Vernon screamed back to his wife, his right index finger pointing to the men who stood outside the front door, who were now walking into the house.
The people outside the back door walked in too. "Sirius." The man with the red hair said. "Shanks…?" a man with black hair- Sirius- said in reply.
An awkward silence passed between the odd men and they turned to face their audience. "Harry." Another man said, his light brown hair streaked with gray and his amber eyes were weary and tired.
"Who are you?" Harry asked, finally gaining the courage to ask a question.