Prologue (Part 1)
Godric's Hollow
October 31, 2005
Voldemort was here on a mission. A mission to destroy those insufferable brats who were destined to defeat him. Just thinking about it made Voldemort clench his teeth in anger. He would hex the children into the next century and force their parents to watch. A smile found it's way onto Voldemort's snake like face at the thought. He would enjoy this very much. The Dark Lord was moving silently up to the small little cottage the Potters currently resided in. He could sense the wards meant to keep out unwanted visitors. Specifically him. It was a nice try Voldemort had to admit. Still, he passed through the wards rather easily, slithering up like a snake to peer into the Potter's small window. Inside, he saw James Potter holding a little boy in his arms. The young man was blowing smoke rings out of his wand trying to get the baby to laugh. Beside his sat his wife, Lily Potter, who was cradling a little girl in her arms and looking amused as she watched her husband. Voldemort relished the fact that he would get to be the one who tore this perfect family apart. He moved towards the front door and took a deep breath. This was it. The moment he'd been waiting for ever since that wretched prophecy. Voldemort calmed himself and blasted the door down.
As soon as the door came down, James stood up and passed the little boy to Lily.
"Run and take the children!" he yelled.
Lily ran up the stairs and Voldemort was tempted to run after her. But he couldn't. Not until the current problem stood right in front of him, a wand raised and held threateningly at Voldemort.
"I'm not afraid of you." James breathed out, his hazel eyes burning with anger.
It was a valiant effort, but not good enough. Voldemort could hear the subtle tremble of his voice as he spoke that betrayed his fear.
"I'm not here to hurt you." he simpered. James simply raised an eyebrow.
"You have such pure blood and I will not spill any tonight. No. I'm here to do much, much worse." Voldemort said. "I'm here for your wife and children. You will be forced to watch as everything you love is ripped away from you. You will watch me hurt them, but you are helpless to stop me." he cackled.
James lunged forward as if he forgot about his wand and just wanted to tackle Voldemort. Voldemort sidestepped and sighed as James fell to the ground.
"So much potential wasted." James glared from his spot on the ground. "If you want to hurt me, go for it. But do not touch my family." he spat out.
Voldemort laughed a sinister laugh and waved his wand. Immediately James went motionless as he was hit with a powerful freezing spell, a look of complete and utter fury frozen onto his face. The Dark Lord levitated the man's body as he walked up the stairs towards his real prize.
Even before reaching the top of the stairs, Voldemort could hear Lily Potter whispering to her children.
"Mummy and daddy aren't going to be here much longer. Uncle Sirius and Uncle Remus will take care of you okay? We love you so much. So much more than you will ever know. We're sorry we have to leave so soon, but we did it for you. Always remember that okay?"
Voldemort heard a faint kissing sound and a little sob. By the time Voldemort crashed into the room, Lily was standing in front of her children, shielding them with her body.
"Move you filthy mudblood." Voldemort hissed as he dumped James' petrified body at Lily's feet.
"Never." she glared back defiantly, looking at her husband's body sadly.
"Fine then." he shrugged. "We'll do this the hard way." Voldemort raised his wand, "Crucio!"
Immediately, Lily clenched her teeth in pain and doubled over in pain, but refused to go down. Voldemort ended the curse and cast it again. Still, Lily refused to go down or scream out. Voldemort was starting to get annoyed and sent a particularly strong curse towards the young woman. This time, Lily collapsed to the ground next to her husband, her body weak and as good as dead.
"Finally." Voldemort thought as he made his way to the children, making sure to step over Lily on his way there.
The two twins sat in the crib staring at him with two sets of wide eyes, one a vivid hazel and the other a striking green
After the initial shock of what appeared to be their dead mother, the little girl started crying and chanting, "Bad man. Bad man. Bad man."
Her older twin brother wrapped his small arms around his sister in an effort to calm her down and glared up at Voldemort. He simply grinned a vile grin that made the twins shrink back a bit.
"This is going to be so much fun." he said. "I have been working on a spell just for the two of you. It won't hurt. Just a little taste of nature's greatest forces." he said in his raspy voice that made the two kids cower under his gaze. "Elementa Ignis" Voldemort yelled.
Arush of crystalline blue light emerged from the tip of his wand and struck the young children's body. The spell was supposed to cause immense pain. Instead, the light was absorbed into their young bodies leaving no trace of ever existing. Voldemort frowned.
"Oh well." he said. "Guess that one needs a little work. Well back to the old-fashioned way." Voldemort raised his wand and this time uttered his tried and true curse. "Avada Kedavra" he yelled.
Twin jets of emerald green light shot out of his wand and hit the children on their foreheads, just above their right eyes. Voldemort crowed in triumph, just as the curse rebounded and struck him instead. Voldemort felt his body being torn into pieces and then the feeling subsided. He was dead.
Author's Note: Hey everyone! This is my first fanfiction and I really hope you enjoyed it. This is the first part of the prologue and there will be another part that will conclude the prologue. After that will be my first real chapter. This story is set in more modern times, but it is still the basic plot with some major twists. The spell used in this chapter "Elementa Ignis" is latin for "Elements Fire" and it will be crucial to the plot later on. Please review as it will help me update faster and I would love to hear your ideas for the story. Bye for now! ~ Empress Snowflake