Lily Evans Potter sat huddled behind a bush, wand at the ready. Today was the day she had dreamed of for countless nights, today was the day she would get her son back. Staring up at the mansion that housed Voldemort and his death eaters, Lily couldn't help but remember what had happened nearly five years ago.
They had only been in hiding for a month when Voldemort had shown up. Dumbledore had warned James and Lily that Voldemort was after their youngest son Harry, informed them about the prophecy, the one that marked her little boy as Voldemorts destruction. So James and Lily had gone into hiding with their two sons, Robert Edward Potter and Harry James Potter, hoping that they could keep them safe.
Sadly everything had gone wrong, a week into hiding and Voldemort had shown up, barely leaving James and Lily alive, but he wasn't there to kill anyone, Voldemort had decided it would be much more productive to raise Harry as his own. Lily could remember clearly how Voldemort had taken her six month old son out of his crib and into his arms. There was nothing she could do then, nothing anyone could do. They had spent the next four and a half years trying to get their son back; all the while trying to stop Voldemort from gaining even more power.
They had finally caught a break; the order of the phoenix had captured a death eater that was very willing to tell them Voldemorts whereabouts as long as he wasn't shipped off to Azkaban.
So that's why Lily found herself, hiding behind a bush, next to Sirius, ready to storm the mansion with the rest of the order as soon as Dumbledore gave the orders. She heard the signal, nodding at Sirius, Lily stood up; it was time to get her baby back.
~HARRY~POTTER~
Bellatrix Lestrange ran across the hallway, dragging Harry along with her, firing hexes and curses behind her shoulder at oncoming order members.
They were in the middle of a death eater meeting when members of the Order of the phoenix had suddenly attacked, forcing the death eaters to scatter, and all going in different directions. In the commotion Bellatrix had lost sight of Lord Voldemort and her husband, but she knew what she needed to do.
Harry Potter had become Lord Voldemorts most prized possession, his protégé. Voldemort had spent the past four and a half years teaching Harry about the dark arts, and his views on muggles.
All those teachings had turned Harry into a frightening four year old. The poor kid didn't stand a chance at a happy life, taught to see the darkness in everything, taught to manipulate situations till he got everything he wanted, Harry was no ordinary child. Bellatrix was sure that a year or two more under Voldemorts influence and Harry would be completely lost to the light side.
Bellatrix ran into the room at the end of the hallway, slamming the door shut and magically sealing it, it wouldn't take long for the order members to break through but at least it would slow them down.
She looked down at the small boy holding her hand. She could tell that Harry was scared, but he would never willingly show it.
"Everything is going to be o.k.?" Bellatrix said reassuringly, running across to the door on the other side.
"Liar" Harry said trying to keep up, as the order members broke through the locked door.
Bellatrix chuckled, running out of the door and down another hallway she had never felt any sort of emotion towards anyone, but when Voldemort had kidnapped Harry, he had charged Bellatrix with his well being and over the years she had grown extremely attached to him, seeing him as the son she had never wanted.
"Get behind me" Bellatrix told Harry, as she turned to face the oncoming order members, as she shot unforgivable curses and hexes at them.
It was three against one and normally they would have beaten Bellatrix by now but she knew they were afraid to hit Harry, using that to her advantage Bellatrix manoeuvred Harry in front of her. In the midst of the chaos Bellatrix recognised two of the order members, the werewolf Remus was one and Harrys father James was the other.
Harry had never been told about his parents and afraid that he would spot the resemblance between himself and an order member, Bellatrix grabbed him and turned to run.
They had ended up in the attic, Bellatrix didn't know how but they had lost the order members.
That attic was quite big; with a floor to ceiling window that over looked the back yard, which Harry was currently looking through.
"Get away from the window, Harry" Bellatrix spat forcefully, afraid that an order member would see and come up to the attack, she didn't think she had the strength for another duel.
"Come see" Harry said mesmerised by the sight in front of him.
With a frown, Bellatrix walked over to the window, only to take a step back, out of shock.
The back yard looked like a war zone, order members and death eaters were fighting to the death, with Voldemort and Dumbledore going at it in the middle.
It was obvious that their side was losing, there were far more order members then death eaters and Dumbledore obviously had the upper hand.
Ten minutes later and it looked like the death eaters were nearly finished when Voldermort disappeared in flames, shocking the fighters down below.
"Get away from there" said a raspy cold voice, making Harry and Bellatrix jump.
"My lord" Bellatrix said kneeling in front of Voldemort, with Harry doing the same thing.
"You got him" said Voldemort glaring down at Harry, "good"
"Thank you, my lord" Bellatrix said giddy with relief, she had done the right thing getting Harry.
"My lord, if I may be so bold as to wonder, how the order members discovered our whereabouts?" Bellatrix asked
Voldemorts slitted eyes glared down at her, and Bellatrix had though she had crossed the line.
"Karkaroff" Voldemort finally answered, in a way the promised a lot of pain to the traitor
"Igor Karkaroff?" asked Harry, as shocked as Bellatrix, Karkaroff was one of the most vocal death eaters Harry had ever had the displeasuring of meeting, the idea that he would turn rogue seemed ludicrous.
A Bang on the door brought Harry out of his musings
"Order members!" Bellatrix hissed, apparently recognising the voices on the other side of the door. "We must go my Lord"
Suddenly Voldemort walked towards the window. Grabbing Harry, Bellatrix moved out of his way. Voldemort held his arm out in front of the window, palm flat and Bellatrix watched as the window shattered into hundreds of little pieces, the night air came rushing, causing Bellatrix to shudder.
"Come" Voldemort said in a raspy cold voice, as they took the first step towards him, a voice from the other side of the door called out
"Don't go with them Harry!" the voice yelled full of desperation; it wasn't a voice Bellatrix recognised, so it couldn't have been James and Lily Potter or that insufferable cousin of hers Sirius Black.
Seeing that Harry had stopped walking, Bellatrix tugged on his arm, dragging him along, it would not do for Voldemort to see Harry's indecision.
"Think of your Parents, Harry!" the voice practically screamed
Harry froze and tugged his arm away from Bellatrix's grasp.
"They've been looking for you all this time, four years Harry, don't you want to see them-"
"Come boy, now" Said Voldemort furious that Harry had stopped walking, he was sure his hold on the boy was stronger
"You said I didn't have any parents!" Harry yelled angry that people were ordering him about; he normally always got to do what ever he wanted.
If they were in any other place Voldemort would have told Harry the truth, how his stupid parents had failed him, how their stupid love had in the end meant nothing, he would have gladly let Harrys anger turn into hatred, but he couldn't now, there were order members on the other side of that door,there was every chance in the world that they could get him back, and telling him the truth now would just cause unnecessary trouble.
Voldemort held out his wand, pointing it at Bellatrix, he had never once hit Harry with a hex or a curse, there was no point, thought Voldemort, if he just physically hurt the boy, Harry would surely be able to tolerate the pain as the years went on and he would surely harbour resentment towards Voldemort, which was the opposite of what Voldemort wanted.
He wanted Harry as his own personnel weapon; the world's only hope in defeating him, working for him, the thought made Voldemort laugh
"Crucio" He said, Bellatrix's screams filled the room and Voldemort saw Harry flinch, it was the perfect method of control, any time Harry was disobedient, Voldemort would punish someone in front of him until Harry did as he was told, the day that didn't work would be the day Harry stopped caring about other people, success.
"STOP, STOP" Harry yelled, sinking down next to Bellatrix, "Bella, Bella are you okay?" he asked as soon as Voldemort had stopped.
"Come boy" Voldemort said
"NO" Harry yelled
Voldemort was shocked, although he didn't show it, it was rare for Harry to disobey him twice, staring down at the boy, it was obvious he wasn't scared just angry.
Voldemort pointed his wand at Bellatrix, "Crucio" Voldemort said, just as it was about to hit her, Harry jumped in front of her, his screams filled the room.
Voldemort stopped the unforgivable curse, stalked over to Harry and grabbed him by his collar lifting him up.
"If you wanted to feel the pain of an unforgivable curse, all you had to do was ask" Voldemort hissed, the tip of his wand touching Harrys temple.
"Are you scared Harry?" Voldemort asked menacingly, a cruel smile appearing on his face
"Not of you!" Harry spat, struggling with Voldemorts grasp his legs kicking out.
"My Lord" Bellatrix rasped, standing up, scared for the little boy that had just helped her, "he did not mean it, he is just confused, and he hit his head earlier that must be affecting him" Bellatrix lied.
Voldemort stared down at Harry, before throwing him across the room
"Next time I won't be so merciful" Voldermort hissed, as Harry hit the floor with a thud.
As Voldemort turned towards the window, laughter stopped him; he slowly turned around to the source of it.
Harry laid on his back gazing at the ceiling, laughing.
"Have you gone mad?" Bellatrix yelled at the four year old.
"Merciful" Harry snorted, tilting his head so he could look Voldemort straight in the eyes. "You're not merciful, you're a monster" Harry spat before laughter consumed him.
Voldemort started to stalk towards the laughing boy, knowing what Voldemort would most likely do Bellatrix stepped in between them.
"My lord its obvious the child has gone mad" Bellatrix said hastily "it must be all your experiments, they must have become too much for him, snapped his poor mind"
"Then there is no need for him, anymore" Voldemort hissed pointing his wand at Harry, who had stopped laughing and stood rigid against the wall, now frightened.
Bellatrix stood in front of the wand, not knowing what in Merlin's name she was doing.
"Move, Bellatrix now!"Voldemort commanded.
He should have done this year's ago, when he first had the chance.
"NO" Bellatrix said hands out, trying to cover Harry as much as possible.
Heart rapidly pounding against her chest, Bellatrix wanted nothing more then to move and stand by Voldemorts side. The only thing that stopped her was the thought of the four year old behind her. She couldn't let Harry die, she had to do everything she could to help him.
"Move" Voldemort hissed, "I will forgive this indiscretion"
"NO" Bellatrix repeated
"Are you willing to die for this child?" Voldemort asked incredulous
Bellatrix took a deep breath; she had mindlessly killed hundreds of people over the years, never understanding their predicament, until now.
Would she willingly face death?
For the four year old behind her, yes she would.
"YES" Bellatrix said
"Avada Kedavra" Voldemort said, a jet of green light hit Bellatrix square in the chest.
Harry watched as Bellatrix fell to the floor. Dead.
Voldemort kneeled over the body, grabbing Bellatrix's wand, Harry slowly walked along the wall, until he reached the shattered window, with nowhere to go he turned around only to come face to face with Voldemort.
"Scared, now are you, boy?" Voldemort chuckled, his wand aimed at Harry
"No" Harry lied, taking a step back, one more step and he would fall out the window.
"Such a waste" Voldemort murmured, before looking Harry squarely in the eyes, "goodbye, Harry, do say hello to Bellatrix for me" Voldemort took a step closer and hissed "Avada Kedavra".
A jet of green light came towards Harry.
BOOM
HARRY~POTTER~
"Expelliarmus" James roared, Dolohov dodged, throwing back a hex. James jumped to the side.
He was furious, he had come so close in getting Harry back only to lose him in the crowd fighting in the yard, and now he was going toe to toe with Dolohov, well if he couldn't have Bellatrix, he could at least take his anger out on a death eater.
James worriedly looked up at the mansion, the top window was completely shattered leaving a hole in the wall, he had seen Voldemort appear there a few times, so Harry had to be up there as well, he knew some order members were up there but he was currently dueling the Lestrange brothers, he had hexed the hell out of Dolohov.
'Avada Kedavra', everyone seemed to freeze, heads snapping up to the attic window, had he heard right, who had just died, an order member or a death eater.
James had his wand pointed at Rodolphus Lestrange, and Rodolphus had his pointed at James but neither were dueling, both were staring up at the attic, along with everyone else.
Suddenly a young boy appeared at the window, with his back to it, James felt his heart clench. It was Harry it had to be, but he was to close to the edge, he wanted to yell out, tell the boy to move away from the edge, but before he could do any of that, he heard Voldemorts voice, crystal clear.
"Avada Kedavra"
James could see the green light hit Harry
BOOM
The attic blew up, propelling Harry out of the window, and towards the ground at an alarming speed.
Before Harry's small body could hit the ground, someone enchanted his body to slow down; James looked around to see Dumbledore, with his wand pointed at Harry.
Dumbledore was the first to get to Harry, looking for a pulse
James dreaded to hear what was next; he had seen the killing curse hit Harry, as had at least half the people there.
"He's alive" Dumbledore said carefully picking up the small boy and handing him to James
It was the first time James had held his son in over four years. He couldn't help but marble at the small boy
"Take him to St Mungo's" Dumbledore commanded, pulling James out of his musings. "Now" Dumbledore added.
James apparated and appeared outside St Mungo's, Lily, Sirius and Remus appeared behind him.
2 DAYS LATER
"Is he going to come and stay with us?" asked Robert
"yes, he is Bobby" James replied, it had been two days since they had taken Harry to St Mungo's and he had been in intensive care since then, no one knew if he would live or die, until today. Harry was out of the danger zone for now, but he was still in a coma. Lily had opted to stay with him, whilst James went and explained every thing to their other children.
With Robert (who everyone referred to as Bobby) and Thomas on his lap, James had begun to explain everything, trying to make it as easy as possible for a seven and three year old to understand. They had always known they had another brother, just not if he was ever coming back.
"When is Havvy coming home?" Asked Thomas
"His names is Harry, not Havvy" Bobby laughed, "silly Thomas"
"Thomas silly, Thomas silly" Thomas giggled pointing to himself
"As soon as he gets better, and the doctor says he can come home" James said
"He can share my room" Bobby said
"And me" Thomas said, happy to help. James laughed
"There is no need for anyone to share; Harry will have his own room" James said, they had enough rooms in their house, for everyone to have their own. He just hoped Harry would wake up soon; he still hadn't gotten over the shock of having him back
James couldn't believe his luck, they had Harry back and Voldemort was finally gone, the entire wizarding world was celebrating, all thanks to the son he had missed for the past four years.
In room 331, at St Mungo's hospital, emerald green eyes stared up at the ceiling; Harry Potter had just woken up.
That's the end of the first chapter; I'd really appreciate a review. Thank you
To clear some things up.
This is set in the first week of July, so only three weeks until Harry turns five.
Harry does have the same protection from Voldemort because Bellatrix willingly sacrificed herself for him. So Voldemort is back to whatever on earth he was before his re-birth.
Harry has two brothers
Robert Edward Potter-(who everyone refers to as Bobby)-he is 7 years old
Thomas Jonny Potter-(who was born after Harry was kidnapped)-he is 3 years old
The next story to be updated will be: The Queen