Harry Potter: The Lost Boy
Prologue
Emerald green eyes, this is what people remembered when they thought of the boy, lush vibrant green eyes that seemed to bore into your soul, eyes that were the same as his mother's yet so undeniably different. Then after the eyes they remembered the hair, not inherited by his mother but his father. Black shaggy hair that didn't stay put even when flattened down with magic, hair that obscured his face and gave the effect of a wild child.
Emerald eyes and wild hair, this is what people remembered when they thought about the boy who disappeared, when they came to his parents and offered their condolences and promised that he would be found. This image is what the aurors remembered while they searched for the lost boy and the time marking his disappearance slowly increased until finally, after a year, most people gave up looking for the boy. People forgot about his emerald eyes and wild hair and the devastation his disappearance caused because no one knew what befell the boy; no one knew who took him or how. Soon after even his parents gave up, losing hope that they would ever find their eldest child again, the boy that disappeared at the age of one, their attention turning to the new baby that they were expecting and yet throughout the pregnancy they uttered promises that they would protect their second child with their lives. James and Lily Potter made promises that they would protect this child with everything they had because they could not fail again; would not fail again.
Meanwhile in a village far away from Godric's Hollow a man with scarlet eyes laughed. Throughout the search for the lost boy the man laughed. He laughed when the citizens of magical Britain promised to find the child and failed. He laughed when everyone gave into grief and despair and forgot about the search for the missing child. Lord Voldemort laughed as everyone in Britain forgot about Harry James Potter, the emerald eyed, wild haired boy, the heir of Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor.