Disclaimer: I own none of the Harry Potter characters, who belong to JKR. I write this solely for pure enjoyment and I make no money off of this writing. The only Characters that I do own are the OC's that I will be introducing later on in the story.
"Thoughts"
In a little suburb in England there is a young man with messy black hair and what are normally bright green eyes. On this night those eyes are actually dulled over with pain. The pain of loss if one were to look into those eyes is the most visible sign of pain, but there are others. The pain of hunger, the pain of being beaten on a regular basis, the pain of betrayal and the pain of self doubt. This young man is known through out a society that has hidden itself from the rest of the world for centuries. This young man has from time he was a year and half has been called The-Boy-Who-Lived. Just a few short days ago this young man known to his friends as Harry Potter witnessed the murder of his God Father. The same night that he saw the murder he finally found out why a Dark Wizard know to a select few as Tom Marvolo Riddle, but more commonly known as either Lord Voldemort or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named had tried to murder him when he was just a toddler. After all of this he was sent back to live with his relatives who barely tolerate his existence in their lives. Several members of an organization called the Order of the Phoenix, met with Harry's uncle and attempted to scare him into treating his nephew better than he has been treated. Sadly the attempt failed and when Harry and his relatives returned home, Harry was beaten to within a few inches of his life. After being tossed into his bedroom, He fell into a magic induced coma. This is where our story begins.
Albus Dumbledore the only man that the self styled Lord Voldemort was afraid of, was sleeping peacefully in his chambers when a loud piercing alarm started to blare. Startled awake by the noise, Dumbledore bolted to the life signs monitor that was attuned to young man that was destined to be the sole person to finally defeat Voldemort. Tapping the device with his wand Albus was startled to see the device turn to a red so dark as to be nearly black.
"Fawkes" Said Dumbledore turning to his brilliantly colored familiar "I need you to get me to the Dursley residence now" Dumbledore grabbed hold of the tail feathers of the bird and in a brilliant ball of flame they vanished from the Headmasters Office. Dumbledore and Fawkes appeared in the smallest bedroom of the Dursley residence, and the sight that greeted him was appalling. Harry Potter was on his bed, but this was not the Harry that left Hogwarts just this morning. This Harry was covered in cuts, burns, bruises and had several bones protruding through his skin. With a roar Dumbledore released the restraints that he held on his magic. The Dursleys woke up to find their house violently shaking.
"FREAK! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE BOY?" Yelled Vernon Dursley as he waddled his way down the hall to Dudley's second bedroom, which was where they let the boy sleep. Vernon yanked open the door to see a very tall old man dressed in very colorful robes with glasses perched on the end of a crooked nose. With a speed that seemed to be far beyond what man should have, the old man pointed a slender stick at Vernon and a bright red beam of light lanced out from the end of the stick striking Vernon in the chest and throwing him backwards into the room across the hall. Looking towards his familiar Dumbledore made another request of his friend. "Fawkes will you please take Harry back to the Hogwarts Infirmary?" The majestic red and gold colored bird gently glided over to the stricken boy. When he landed on Harry they vanished in another ball of fire. Dumbledore heard a shriek of rage and turned in time to see Petunia Dursley run into the room holding what looked to be a cricket bat raised above her head. Dumbledore mearly flicked his wand at her and she was stopped dead in her tracks. "I knew Harry would have a hard life here but I NEVER expected you to allow your Husband to beat a child to near Death, as long as Harry remains a member of this household he also protects your family just as you protect him."
"My Husband was right we should have gotten rid of him as soon as we had the chance." spat Petunia with such venom that for a moment Dumbledore thought he was looking at Severus Snape talking about his old childhood tormentors.
"You better hope that Harry recovers from the damage that your beast of a husband inflicted on Harry, for if he does not recover then the consequences for all of England and even all of the world are so Dire that the spirits of the dead will curse your name for all eternity." Said Dumbledore with a look of extreme sadness as he Apparated out of the house and onto the front lawn of the residence, where he smelld before he saw the drunken excuse for a wizard known as Mundungus Fletcher sleeping off another bottle of fire whiskey in the bushes. Hitting Fletcher with stunner the aging Headmaster grabbed hold of the drunkard and apparated away from the house.
After dropping Fletcher off at his brothers pub, the Headmaster all but ran to the Hogwarts hospital wing. Upon reaching his destination the Headmaster burst through the doors to find Madam Pomphery crying uncontrollably as she worked on Harry. Suddenly a long low tone sounded throughout the Hospital wing as the bed Harry was placed on began to flash red then stayed a dull red color as the tone that was sounding ceased. Pomphery turned to the Headmaster with tears in her eyes. "He's gone Albus there was nothing I could do for him the damage to his body was too great"
"No" said the Headmaster Falling to his knees as tears were gently streaming quietly down his cheeks and into his silver beard.
A few hundred miles away from fortress school in northern Scotland a young girl nearing Adulthood in the new world that she found herself in just 5 short years ago woke up feeling that something was wrong with her best friend. Panicking she suddenly felt a great pressure surround her as though she was being forced through any area too small for her to fit into, when suddenly the pressure ceased and she found herself in Hogsmeade. This young woman went running towards the castle, the castle being nearly sentient let her in through the front gate, This young woman was Hermione Granger, and she burst into the Hospital wing just in time to hear the hospital matron deliver her sad news to the Headmaster. With scream of disbelief Hermione launched herself towards her best friend, and grasping his head in her hands placed her forehead on his whispering "Please don't leave me" over and over as if somehow her mantra would bring him back to life.