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Prologue: A Dark Day

The fire lit up all of Godric's Hollow. The Fidelius Charm had broken completely upon the house's destruction, many of the neighboring muggles already on the street, watching in horror as the house burned. The distant wail of siren's filled the air as the fire department made their way to the scene.

At the end of the street, two men watched on, tears streaming down their faces. The shorter male was young, just into his twenties. He was a well built man, pale skinned with long, black hair. Glancing down, he took in the girl cradled in his arms. The toddler sobbed, clinging to her godfather, who only moments before had rescued her from the inferno. "Shhh, pup," he murmured softly, placing a gentle kiss on the angry red scar on her forehead. "It'll be alright, love."

The man next to him, who was nearly twice his height and covered in shaggy black hair, gave a loud sob at that, bringing a handkerchief up and rubbing at his nose. "I jus' can' believe tha' Lily an' James are..." Breaking off into another harsh sob, he blew his nose loudly.

"I know, Hagrid, I know," the younger man said, glancing up at him. "But we have to be strong now. The headmaster sent you to retrieve Rory, yes?"

Hagrid nodded quickly, sucking in a deep breath and blowing his nose once more as he tried to gain control of his tears. "Wants me ter bring 'er to 'im."

The young man bit his lip, looking down at the girl again. Watery emerald eyes met his slowly. "Alright," he said quietly, giving a slow nod. "Rory, you're gonna go with uncle Hagrid, alright? He's gonna take you to Grandpa Dumbles."

The girl's lip quivered. "No Ganpa Dumles! Want Pafoo!" She cried, shaking her head angrily.

The man shook his head gently, hugging her closer. "There's something I have to do now, pup. I promise, as soon as I'm done, I'll come get you, alright?"

"No!" She shouted, still shaking her head viciously. "Want Pafoo now!"

Sighing, the younger man glanced to Hagrid for help. The behemoth smiled slightly at the girl through teary eyes, leaning down to her level. "Come on Rory, don' ye wanna come wit' me fer awhile? We can 'ave plenty o' fun wit'out this dog!" He motioned to the younger man with a grin.

Rory giggled slightly before looking back at her godfather. "Pafoo pwomise to come soon?" She asked, studying him for a moment as the man nodded. Turning back to Hagrid, she reached out for him. "Alrigh' Uncle Hagid."

With a soft smile, the giant man plucked the girl from her godfather's arms, cradling her against his massive chest. Turning his eyes back to his companion, he cocked his head slightly. "Wha' 're ye gonna do, Sirius?"

Sirius sighed, anger erupting in his grey eyes. "There's something I have to take care of. I'll only be a few hours at most." Turning, he pointed to a nearby alley. "My motorbike is in that alley. You can take it, if you need to."

Hagrid nodded, glancing to the alley. "Alrigh'. We'll see ye when ye ge' there then." The giant moved toward the alley, his charge poking her head over his shoulder.

"Bubye Pafoo!" Rory crowed, waving a tiny hand. Sirius waved back, forcing a strained smile.

As the girl and her giant guardian flew away on the motorbike, Sirius turned to regard the fire in the distance. Sniffling slightly, he wiped one last tear from his eye. With a soft crack, Sirius Black disappeared from Godric's Hollow, never to return again.


AN: So, this is the prologue to what hope will be a long series. I currently have 9 books planned out for this version of the Harry Potter series. Now, obviously, this is a femHarry series. I'll also tell you that the main pairing is going to be femHarry/Luna, so if that isn't your thing, don't bother reading. I'll also say that Rory is going to be Dark, though not evil. She'll be more like an anti-hero, so once more, if you don't like that, don't bother. For those of you that are interested, I'll post the first real chapter later this week. Let me know what you think.