Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Harry Potter and any other places/charactors etc. that you recognise. It is all the property of J.K. Rowling! Of course, I wish I did own it, but sadly, I wasn't the one on the train who had the idea of Harry Potter. Anyway, I better get on with the story.....
The Ancestor's Call
by Princess Hermione
Prologue
No. 4 Privet Drive looked ordinary enough. It was an average sized house, that looked like every other house on the street. If you ventured inside the house, and into the lounge, you would think that it was owned by a nice, normal family. You would think that there were three people in this house, a couple and their son. Now, here is where most people went wrong, for in actual fact, there were four people. The couple, their son and their nephew.
Even if you knew they had a nephew and that he lived there, you wouldn't think it strange. you would think that Petunia and Vernon were being extremely nice and had taken Petunia's sister's normal child when she and her husband died in a car crash. Now, this was definitely not the case. Oh no, this was all lies. Lily and James had not been killed in a car crash, no, they were killed by a evil wizard. For, as much as Petunia and Vernon wanted to deny it, Lily was a witch. Her husband was a wizard, and they both worked for the Ministry of Magic. Voldermort, the evil wizard, wanted to destroy all muggleborns, therefore, had attacked Lily's household, although the main target was James Potter and his infant son. Once the parents were dead, he had turned his wand on the one-year-old Harry. Amazingly, the curse had not killed Harry but rebounded upon it's sender, destroying Voldermort and leaving Harry with only a lightning bolt shaped scar. Harry had then been dropped off on Petunia's and Vernon's doorstep.
For the next ten years of his life, Harry was forced to live in a cupboard, and he remained ignorant of his heritage. Then, at the age of eleven, a giant named Hagrid was sent to collect Harry and take him to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At the end of his first year, Harry battled Quirrell, a teacher who worked for Voldermort. Then in his second year, Harry travelled down beneath the school to the 'Chamber of Secrets' where he battled Voldermort's 16-year-old self. Then in his third year, he found Sirius Black, an escaped convict, who turned out to be his Godfather. Harry believed Sirius's story about the night his parent's died, because Peter Pettigrew admitted to betraying his parents before escaping. At the end of his fourth year, Harry was transported to a cemetery, where he witnessed Voldermort's rebirth, as well as the death of Cedric Diggory. He returned to the Dursley's about two weeks ago and is not having a very good time. Vernon Dursley beats him every night and he gets only one meal a day, which is one small bowl of soup. The rest of the day, he is locked in his room.
A/N: What do you think of the prologue? Good? Bad? Sucks? Give me your opinions! Oh, and if anyone is interested in being my Beta Reader, please put your email in a review, thanks!