Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of the characters, they belong to J.K. Rowling. This fic is based on 'The Darkness Within' by Kurinoone, Harry's background story as well as Damien belong to her.

A/N: Kurinoone helped me a lot with the ideas and writing for this fic, I would like to thank her immensely. Also, if you haven't read her story this will probably make no sense as it is based on it. Props and thanks to my amazing beta and cousin dbest89.

I'm killing them all

I put my soul on the line

I purify sins

That I committed in life

I'll follow them all

And I'll be bringing them down

Wherever they go

I'm right behind

There's nowhere to go

Your head on the line

There is no rope

You're running out of time

So where will you go?

When I will murder your soul

Murder - Within Temptation

Sturgis Podmore stood tall, pacing in his room. He had tried sleeping, but he couldn't shake this feeling... This feeling that something was off.

Call it instinct if you want, but Sturgis knew something was wrong. It had been a very average day for him, doing paperwork in the Auror's department of the Ministry, all the while complaining to Kingsley Shacklebolt about the times where there wasn't any action. The ex-flirt hated paperwork almost as much as he hated You-Know-Who.

Even though the self-proclaimed Dark Lord and his Death Eaters had been acting a lot as of late, the Minister hadn't order any missions. Sturgis held no respect for Cornelius Fudge, knowing the kind of man he was. That was the reason he had joined Dumbledore's 'Order Of The Phoenix' so many years ago, corruption inside the Ministry... Well that and You-Know-Who.

He had gotten home earlier when the feeling had started, his gut was trying to tell him something... Only Sturgis didn't know what.

As he made his way over to the window, he found himself amazed by the beauty of the green forest next to his home. Even in the pouring rain he could vaguely hear birds singing. The sun was going down behind the forest, as it left a very dark shade of orange sky.

Sturgis sighed as he sat on his bed.

He knew they were nowhere near the end of this war. Neville, even with all of Dumbledore's private lessons was not ready to face You-Know-Who, and the auror doubted he would ever be. After all, the only wizard who had ever fought and survived him was Albus Dumbledore.

He had to admit though, that the old Albus was a damn good leader, not only placing his faith in the prophesied child but also taking action against the Death Eaters when the Ministry's aurors where not quick enough to act.

Sturgis stood up as he heard the sudden, unmistakable noise of a door closing. The problem was, being a single man... he lived alone. The panic-stricken auror took two deep breaths rapidly in a futile effort to calm his raising heart. He did a simple spell to check the protection wards—they hadn't been activated.

The auror cursed as he noticed he had left his coat with his emergency portkey on the entrance of the manor.

This was a very bad situation, he was alone in his house with no way out against Merlin knows how many Death Eaters.

He began to walk towards the door nervously, taking out his curved wand in the process.

As he took the first step into his living room the lights suddenly went out without warning.

"Lumos" whispered the man as he continue walking in the same direction. Even with the sun still setting, all the windows and curtains were closed. A fact Sturgis had failed to noticed before. He started panicking when he realized it was quiet, too quiet.

His plan was simple, he would run as fast as he could toward the entrance, where hopefully the You-Know-Who's followers hadn't noticed the emergency portkey.

The auror winced as he felt a devastating kick land on his right side. Sturgis was sent flying by the sheer force of it and crashed into his desk, effectively destroying it completely.

He coughed thrice before trying to pull himself up from the remains of the furniture. 'That definitely cracked a rib' thought the auror, as he turn to face his attackers.

He wasn't surprised when he saw the black Death Eater robes on the figure, but there was something different. Regular Death Eaters had white skeleton-like masks and liked to attack in groups, while his opponent possessed a silver skeleton-like mask covering the top of his face and seem to be alone.

"Is this all the mighty aurors have to offer? Frankly, I find myself disappointed."

The blonde haired auror couldn't contain his gasp as he realized his attacker couldn't be more than a mere boy, a teenager if he had to guess by his voice.

"Who the hell are you?!" shouted Sturgis when he managed to get on his feet again, leaning against the wall behind him while holding his recently-damaged ribs

The boy merely smirked at him, ignoring the question.

Sturgis knew that even if his attacker was only a kid he had to bring him into custody. After all, they needed all the information they could get on You-Know-Who, and judging by the way this kid dressed and spoke, he was one of his followers.

The auror made his mind in a second as he send a powerful stunner towards the boy.

"Stupefy!" yelled Sturgis while taking a step forward.

The attacker grinned as he barely moved his head towards the right, the red light of the stunner missing him by inches. The sound of glass shattering echoed through the manor as the spell hit a window.

"My turn" he spoke.

Almost at the same time the fully grown auror found himself being hurled across the room by an invisible force. His vision became blurry as the back of his head smashed into the wall with a resounding 'Thud!'

'He is toying with me!' Thought Podmore when his vision returned. He had not seen the boy with a wand, that could only mean one thing. 'Is he doing this wandlessly?!'

He raised his arm to stun his opponent when he noticed his wand was missing.

"Looking for this?" Asked the teenager smugly, as he played with the auror's wand on his hand.

Sturgis gasped when he heard the loud 'crack' of his wand snapping in half.

Nothing happened for a moment as the injured man stared unblinkingly at the remains, his pain all but forgotten at the sight of his broken wand.

"Are you here to kill me?" whispered the auror bravely, trying and failing to see the eyes of his opponent.

"No" responded the boy. "That's what she's here for." he explained with a hint of amusement in his voice.

That was when the auror saw another figure stepping out of the shadows.

Cold blue eyes glared back at him, they seemed to see into his very essence... His soul.

In that moment Sturgis understood. After a minute of looking at the new figure he had finally recognized her. He realized why she was there.

"Avada Kedavra!"