A/N: Well, first of all I would like to inform you that I have not given up on the Crimson Syndicate, I have just decided to finish the story and then post it in bulk. This story is different however, and will cover the same time frame as all the books.

Dark/Evil/Royal/Powerful/Slytherin Harry

Dark/Evil/Powerful/Slytherin Ginny

This story is AU however it will vaguely follow the original storyline written by J.K. Rowling. I do not know if I will divide it up into multiple stories or not yet, we will see as time goes on.

Before I begin I would like to point out some changes that will be obvious once you read, but this will hopefully prevent questions later on.

Harry is a year younger. The Sorcerer's Stone was never kept at Hogwarts and it is still safe in its vault at Gringott's.. or is it? He is also powerful, very powerful but not god-like and he gets tired when he has to do anything that could be considered extraordinary. Ginny and Harry won't act as they did in the books.. obviously.

Now.. what am I forgetting? Oh yes..

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the terms/characters from the books and movies, I only own my ideas and the original characters that may or may not appear in the story. I make no money whatsoever with anything regarding this story.

One last thing.. here is the format that text in this story will follow as consistently as possible.

Italics – Thought

Bold – Spells

~Text~ - Parseltongue

~Text~ - Parselmagi Spells

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Harry Potter and the Dark Arts

Prologue: True Prophecy Revealed

October 31st, 1981

It was a dark night, the air had an almost unnatural chill as the children at Godric's Hollow walked door to door trick-or-treating. In a dark alley, close to the modest house that all of the children skipped right past a faint pop could be heard as a figure in a black cloak appeared, wand in hand. He took a moment to look around before taking off in a brisk walk towards the house.

Inside, James and Lily Potter had just said their 3 month old child, Harry, down in his bed for the night.. hopefully anyways.

"Ughhhh.. when are we going to be able to get out of this hiding? I hate not being able to do anything.." stated Lily for what seemed like the thousandth time.

"You know its for the best, my little flower." replied James, smiling just a little. "Dumbledore knows whats best for us." he said yet again, although inside he was thinking, 'Knows whats best for him is more like it' a thought which was shared by Lily.

"Lets watch this telama-vision thing Sirius brought over.." he said, trying to change the subject.

"That's, television d--" her reply was interrupted by the sound of the door being blown off its hinges

"LILY! GET TO HARRY!" yelled James as he drew his wand and ran towards the entry hall, he didn't even see his attacker as the green bolt hit him in the chest before he had a chance to react.

Lily ran up the stairs and withdrew her wand, she opened the door to the nursery and turned around, waving her wand in a very complicated pattern before stating clearly, "Vicis Carcer Quartus Regnum" as a white web encompassed the door before turning invisible. Lily turned to Harry and placed he wand to the newborn's head.

"Forgive me Harry.. I have seen the future and I know what must happen.. Lectio Scientia Transfero" and a lightning-bolt shaped scar appeared on his forehead just as he started to scream from the pain he did not understand. Lily turned towards the door and watch as Voldemort tried to cross the threshold, he was instantly caught in the web and no matter what he could do, he couldn't move or do anything else, soon images flashed through his mind, images of him trying to kill the child and failing, images of Lily Potter's eyes rolling to the back of her head and speaking in a raspy voice, one he knew to be a prophecy, images of him using the proper detection spells to show the prophecy as true.

"THE TRUE DARK LORD HAS BEEN BORN, THE HEIR OF SLYTHERIN HOLDS THE TITLE NO MORE AND SHALL SUBMIT HIMSELF AND HIS FOLLOWERS TO THE NEW DARK LORD. THE CHILD SHALL MEET HIS TRUE MATE A SCORE OF YEARS FROM NOW AS THE NINTH MONTH IS BORN.. THE TRUE DARK LORD HAS BEEN BORN!"

Voldemort opened his eyes, only to find himself disoriented for half a second, he saw the lifeless body of Lily on the ground and remembered killing her before setting his eyes on the crying child, he approached him and tired to touch him, only to find the boy scream and him blasted out the window, he knew then that this child was the Dark Lord spoken about in the prophecy.

Voldemort turned in the air, looked at Harry one last time before turning and disappearing with a pop.

Early the Next Morning

Sirius appeared next to the house, the smile instantly dropping off his face as panic quickly set in, he withdrew his wand and took off towards the now-missing front end of the house, he saw the lifeless body of his best friend and tears broke out as he ran even faster up the battered stairs into the room of his godson.

He looked on the floor and found Lily just barely breathing, she looked up at him and whispered faintly, "Sirius.. Read the Letter.." before passing on.

He looked up and saw the sleeping form of his godson, without thinking he stood up, gently lifted Harry into his arms and took the letter than Harry had been asleep on.

Padfoot,

The secret of the map is the key!

Sirius smiled faintly before hearing a bang downstairs, he uses a quick revealing charm and found it was Hagrid, obviously here to take Harry someplace "Safe," 'Over my dead body..' He stepped outside the door just to where Hagrid could see him and said, "I am taking my godson to safety, he will not be apart of this world until he gets his Hogwart's letter.. don't even try to find us," before turning on the spot and disappearing to a place known only to a very few.

A/N: Very.. Very short, I know.. but it is only a prologue, please forgive me.. The first chapter (and possibly the second) will be posted within the next 48 hours.

SPELLS--

Vicis Carcer Quartus Regnum – Time Prism of the Fourth Realm

Lectio Scientia Transfero – Selective Knowledge Transfer