Prologue: The Dark Lord's Triumph
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"True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice."
Sadhu Vaswani
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Her body hit the ground with a dull thud, her back coming to a rest on the crib she was so adamant she would not leave. The Dark Lord had expected fierce resistance, god's knew the father offered it. He had attacked immediately, no begging, no pleading, no bargaining...yet from the first lazily repelled curse he must have known there was no hope. The man had fought tooth and nail but the battle had ended predictably a few minutes later.
A brave and noble death, yet ultimately pointless.
The Dark Lord had pondered the man's decision on the short trip up the stairs.
Why not simply run? The man surely knew who i was, why throw his life away?.
Another display of how love made men weak and reckless.
The Dark Lord was even more perplexed by the woman's actions. She had put up no fight at all, merely stood in front of the crib refusing to move.
I offered her life, and the life of her daughter. Did she want them all to die rather than just the boy?.
It made no sense to him. Severus would be disgruntled but he had no choice, he had to kill her.
Looking down on the woman's still face the Dark Lord's bewilderment peaked. The mother's face showed no sign of fear, no sign of shock, not even a faint trace of anger. Her face bore an expression of tranquillity, peace. He shook his head and smiled wryly to himself at the absurdity of it all as he stepped over to the crib.
His smile broadened as he laid eyes on the boy. The final obstacle to his plans, the only thing that could make it all come unhinged, lay there, green eyes looking at him intently. To the right of the boy lay a girl. Same shaggy black hair, same striking green eyes, but these ones were not looking at him. The girl was completely focused on her brother, she hadn't even noticed the Dark Lord looming above her.
What to do with the girl? The prophecy had explicitly talked of a boy. She was no threat to him. He could leave her, she would be an orphan. Unbidden, his thoughts crept back to his earliest memories.
Perhaps not.
He could kill her, it would be cleaner than letting her live. He glanced back at the mother's body.
The resemblance is striking.
he thought as the promise he made to Severus drifted into his mind.
Changing hair colour is not a difficult task, perhaps Severus would take her as a...consolation of sorts.
Yes it was the best solution. None could ever say he was not a generous lord to those who served faithfully.
His red eyes shifted back to the boy who had not taken his eyes off him. The smile returned to his face, wider than before. The war was all but won. He had spies everywhere. He knew all of the enemies plans. Many of their champions were dead, controlled or broken. He had foolproof plans to take over the muggle government already in action. In a year, perhaps two, he would rule England. The rest of Britain would fall soon after. Dumbledore and Hogwarts would still be a fortress that would take years to crack, but what could they do locked in a castle in the middle of his empire? He could wait them out.
The boy who would end me dead as an infant. Dumbledore's ragtag resistance will lose the last of their will after this. How could this child ever hope to defeat me?...
The prophecy was likely false but it had been so specific that it had caused him to take action. Most prophecies were infuriatingly vague about everyone involved, yet this one all but named both him and the boy.
...When here i am about to conquer fate itself!.
None could challenge him after this! His triumph at hand, he raised his wand and drew a breath…
…"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
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Author's Note: Welcome everyone to my first fanfic, the somewhat ambitious project of completely rewriting the books with the assumption that Harry had a twin sister. It's a bit cliche but I've yet to come across a twin sister story that is both long and worth reading. The plan is for Holly to be the catalyst for all changes to canon. First three chapters are complete, others will come out as they are completed. I work and have family commitments so don't expect super fast updates.
I haven't written anything meaningful in about 10 years so I don't expect this to be perfect, especially for the first few chapters. In any case, if you aren't completely turned off by now I thank you for reading and ask that you review if you can. I really am looking for useful criticism here as I want this to help improve my writing as I get back into it. I also don't know every Harry Potter detail by heart so, while I do my best to fact check, I would appreciate you letting me know if i slip up lore wise.
Prologue is very short, expect longer chapters in the future.
Enjoy.
