This is a story I've been thinking of writing for a long time and I finally shook off enough other plot bunnies to start. I put a lot of time and effort into this atrocity of a story and I hope you'll like it.

Just before you start reading the actual story though, I advise you to read the rest of this introduction first as it explains a lot of things that otherwise might be misunderstood.

FYI: I haven't read the Tolkien books yet —I do have them, so the day I might is near— and because of this most of my information comes from other fanfics, the movies or wikipedia and other fan sites. So, this means I'm not a huge Lord of The Rings or The Hobbit expert and thus might put some stuff in, here and there, that is incorrect or just as far away from canon as you can get —though some of it may be intentional, this is an AU so bare that in mind. That's why, if you find a mistake, I would be very grateful if you'd tell me what it is so I can correct it. Every small bit helps.

The most important thing to remember —and I can't stress this enough— this is an AU, as mentioned above. This means a lot of things will differ from Canon, add to that me not being that familiar with Tolkien's Canon and it becomes a big mess. So, I thought I'd just have this supposed "chapter" focusing on the big differences between the original works and this (there are probably more small differences not mentioned in this introduction but they are small enough not to warrant a long explanation).

Firstly, in Canon there are about seven or eight different theories about the origins of orcs, so I've decided to just ignore them. The import part is that in my fic orcs, after the first generationwas made, are naturally born, just like the other races. Female orcs are kept in their own secluded chambers where only the males, having proved to be strong enough, are allowed to enter and to produce the next generation of orcs.

This means that more than half, or more like three quarters, of the male orc population don't get much in the sexy times department. However, they resolved this by themselves fairly quickly by letting off some steam fighting, raping and killing each other —not always in that specific order— and sometimes they even like to practise cannibalism.

What a lovely folk, aren't they?

But, back to the point, if an orc did prove "worthy" and the female is successfully impregnated, she is vastly guarded by the other orcs until she gives birth. Which can take up to the stunning time of a month or two. This is very fast if compared to the other humanoid races, who all physically carry their offspring for around nine months, the hobbit and dwarf races being the exceptions at around six months, which is still a lot longer than orcs. (The lenght of the pregnancies for a every race is made up, by myself)

The short pregnancy of orcs isn't that short because the baby is then fully developed but more because the female orc's body just rejects the foetus after that long a period of time. Developed or undeveloped. This costed a lot of lives in the beginning but, fortunately, the orcs were given a solution by the Witch King Angmar who —knowing it would only play in his favor to have an army of soldiers that actually stayed alive past the creepy-worm-baby stage— told them of a way to save the fragile newborns. And since then, after the initial birth, the newborns are moved to a sort of mud pit where they experience accelerated grow.

Their quick development in the mud pit is caused by the a specially prepared mixture and after about a month the orc emerges from the mud, fully grown (this all looks alike to how Saruman created the Uruk-hai in The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring).

Their bodies are already strong and tough when they have just emerged but for their bodies to really mature, it takes about forty years and then one is only given the right when they have proved themselves strong enough.

So that was the introduction. Except for the things mentioned above not a lot has changed and I hope that the changes that were made haven't turned you off from reading the story. And if it has, I'm sorry but, luckily, there are a lot of other good fanfictions out there.

Now, for those still interested, on the the first chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or The Hobbit, they belong to their respective owners and I'm only borrowing them. The plot is mine however and any original characters are mine as well. Also, this will be the only time I give a disclaimer for this story as it applies to all the chapters following this one as well and I don't feel like having to put this in every chapter I might add from here on out.