A/N: This is me trying something different, my beta, Bloody Murder, suggested I try something new. However, I think shes on vaca or something, and I felt the need for feed back. Please REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW. And yes, I deleted the other chapters, as I said I'm taking a new approach, my storyline however hasn't changed a bit from my personal orginal thinking, however, if you read the the other chapters, do me a favor, forget everything you read in those chapters.
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Chapter One: The Man In The Moon
By: Lady Pandora M. Valac
A loud crack was heard as Harry Jae Potter's shoe fell upon a stick on the ground behind the old oak tree. The three year old child cringed, his eyes shutting tightly hoping that if he couldn't see his brother coming; maybe his brother wouldn't see him. A minute passed before Harry let out a sigh he was holding, he wasn't found just yet.
Ten more agonizing minutes went by with Harry entertaining himself. He had been looking around the backyard of Godric's Hallow. Seeing the vast landscape of bushes and rocks which he pretended were mountains and valleys. Places he had yet to see.
A thud was heard which could only be Kane coming to catch his brother or maybe Uncle Moony coming to retrieve him. Harry's pale hand found itself covering his mouth, stifling a giggle as not to be caught . Harry suddenly found himself in the arms of a man who was holding both his arms. The man had a scar over one eye, jet black hair that was slicked back and an odd tattoo on his arm. His black robe was loosely fitting around his body.
"Ello' Potter" The man smugly said as he put one hand over Harry's mouth and picked him up with the other, "My Master would love to see you," He chuckled, happy with his achievement in capturing a helpless three year old boy.
Harry had other ideas however and bit down hard on the man's hand before he could apparate away with him and then, Harry proceeded to scream his bloody lungs off, "Moony!" He hollered and yelled and soon found the man squeezing hard on his body gaining a yelp from Harry.
Remus Lupin was behind the man in mere seconds with a wand aimed at him and killer glint in his eye. "Put Harry down or I swear I'll permanently put you down,"
The man smirked and he wasn't ready to give up just yet. Using his free hand he pulled a switchblade out of his back pocket. He put it to Harry's throat, eliciting a growl from Remus who's wolf suddenly wanted control. He ran the knife along Harry's collarbone down to his arm, never pressing hard enough to cut. The man smiled brightly and aimed his wand with the arm around Harry towards Harry's head.
"Mr. Lupin, you move one step closer, I will in fact kill the young man, so stay there and I will leave him here, safe and sound." The man chuckled to himself about the situation. He then moved the knife along Harry's arm. Remus could smell the blood as the knife ran across the skin of the young boy. After about two minutes the man growled at Lupin in the same fierce tone Lupin had, dropped Harry, walked backwards and apparated to who the hell knows where.
Remus ran forward and gathered his cub in his arms, a sticky feeling was along his arms that smelled of copper. Realization dawned on Remus' eyes, as he realized he was still bleeding. He ran Harry inside and immediately tried to heal the source of the bleeding. Alas he did not succeed. The wound, refused to shut. Remus knew it was the Potter's one night a month of just each other but he had no idea what else to do, so he quickly grabbed some floo powder and flooed Lily and James Potter. "Lily, James, I-I," He hung his head with a feeling of dread, "I failed you, Harry was attacked, please come back here immediately,"
"We shall be right there," James said with determination. In a couple of seconds James and Lily were standing before them, the latter in a dress and the James in a baby blue suit. Worry was the only looks the Potters were giving him, not anger, just worry. They rushed into the medical supply part of Godric's Hallow, and began the process of trying to heal him.
Remus picked up a bottle of greenish goop labeled, 'Diagnostics Potion' and had Harry drink it. Harry made a grossed out face after having the potion and even looked like he might hurl as his face took on a paler shade of white and his stomach lurched. Above his was a list of the problems he had as of right then. It read in clear bold lettering, 'Poisoned non-magically healable wound,' It had been poisoned with a poison used on vampires to kill them because vampires had extremely good healing abilities and it would stop them completely. On humans, it simply stop magical healing of the entry wound. The thing under it read, 'Tattoo Art Potion' Once used, it would turn whatever was cut in the next thirty minutes to an hour into what tattoo was intended by the tattoo artist color and everything included. It would start moving an hour after it healed.
"Remus where is this wound?" Lily asked her face drenched in tears and her eyes puffy, she was worried her son now had the dark mark tattooed into his arm, but was too afraid to ask.
Remus simply pointed at a bloody spot on Harry's right arm. He grabbed a towel and washed the blood off, revealing a moon with slit eyes on it and a sword in it. Remus' eyes widened, he whispered "No,"
"Remus did you say anything?" James asked his old friend, barely even hearing that something had escaped his friends mouth.
"Oh, I, no I didn't say anything,"
James nodded, "I'm going to get Dumbledore," Remus nodded furiously and watched as his deeply afraid friend left to get the headmaster they all trusted.
Within a minute, Albus Percival (find other names) Dumbledore showed up with a superiority about him, "Now what is this about an attack on young Harry?" They all motioned to Harry whose blood had already clotted, as such he had stopped bleeding for now. "Well it looks like young Harry has been marked by a rising and aspiring Dark Lord," Albus informed them with a saddened look upon his eyes,
"Not to worry, I am sure Voldemort will defeat the Dark Lord who is after his spot before this mark even becomes a known symbol of evil."
"Is there any way to remove it?" Lily asked.
"Well, we could simply cut the mark off and let new skin heal."
"No, no, no way," James said angrily his eyes flaming with anger and his fist clenched as he shook it at Albus.
"Well, then we shall simply let it heal and hope Harry never is convicted of being a follower of the dark." Albus said as James clenched his fist until his nail drew blood out of his hand.
"Fine, cut it off, " James said and stalked off, with Lily following him and Remus walked to go find Kane Potter, the older of the twins, who they all seemed to have forgotten.
Dumbledore looked at Harry with a smirk on his face, "Well Harry, looks like I'll be able to remove that damn mark after all," He pulled out his wand and cast a silencing charm on Harry and then pointed it at Harry's arm, casting a knife spell that would painfully cut to the bone. Harry's face contorted and his mouth was wide open as he screamed and hollered for Dumbledore to stop before breaking down and asking for his mother, his father, anyone to just stop the pain. Albus then pulled the skin and muscle away. He threw it in the garbage. "All better," He said and removed the silencing charm while casting a spell to cover the wound. After explaining to the Potter's to remove the bandage after three weeks he flooed away from the house, leaving a devastated Harry Potter in his wake. Albus Dumbledore figured that as memory started around the age of five, Harry would forget this by the time he was older, Albus was wrong, the memory laid imprinted forever into Harry's mind.
Three Weeks Later
The Potter family with glee removed the bandage, and there under the bandage, they found a half moon with one red slit of an eye staring at them, it followed James Potter as he moved. The knife had blood dripping into the abyss repeatedly. Lily Potter fainted right away. Harry ran his fingers over it in surprise, all that pain, it was useless now. Nothing would rid him of his tattoo.
Albus was of course called, he claimed he had done all he could and that the tattoo would stay now and forever.
As the month went by, every time Moony watched Harry, he would check the tattoo, and he soon found it was following the moon cycle, just like wolves and vampires did. The second eye would only appear more and more as the moon did. Both eyes were very visible when the full moon appeared; they always followed the most powerful person in the room as if staring into ones soul. Moony knew whose symbol it was, but his heart wouldn't allow him to break the Potter's, they would learn one day, that he knew for sure.
