Disclaimer: Heck I couldn't get JKR to give me the rights to Harry even under the Imperius curse!! So I guess it's still hers! :(

A/N: This story takes place in the past, after the prophecy was made. It's my first full fledged work on FF so spare me the taunts. Read, review and help me improve! That'd be really great! Something I'd greatly appreciate! :)

Chapter 1

The Massacre

Lord Voldemort stood outside the gate, and paused for a moment. Today he was going to change the future. All that remained between him and his destiny was this simple gate enchanted with the foolish intruder alarm hex.

It was a sight that would send even the noblest hearts into a chilling frenzy – watching Voldemort stroking his pet Nagini gently with his right arm, while holding his wand in the other, standing still outside the desolated house. It was like watching death itself waiting in the courtyard.

Lord Voldemort hissed, and Nagini slid down underneath his robes. She made her way through the gate and went ahead to enter the house. Lord Voldemort followed suit. He disarmed the simple Hex without even needing to move his wand.

The door creaked and opened slowly. However the inhabitants of the house, a young magical couple and their baby, did not notice it. The father was busy playing with his son while the mother was using some spells in the kitchen to set the dinner table.

Lord Voldemort's wand protruded through the door, which was slightly ajar.

'Avada Kedavra'

A green light flashed and the father dropped dead. The baby fell from the hands of the dead father on to the floor and began wailing loudly. The mother instinctively ran into the hall, and was shell shocked.

'Crucio'

This spell struck to the heart of the mother. She fell limp too. The pain she felt was excruciating. But all she did was look at her baby who was on the floor, a few feet away from her, crying, as if he knew what was going on.

Lord Voldemort stepped in and moved towards the baby. He admired the beauty of the baby and toyed with his little arms. The mother watched with fear and pain as she realized who she was facing.

Lord Voldemort turned his attention to the mother who was still reeling under the Crucio spell. Her teary eyes met his cold glare. She knew that this person would feel no compassion. She prayed that it would get over soon.

However Lord Voldemort wasn't going to finish this quickly. This was his moment of triumph and he was going to savor every bit of it. He lifted his wand and hit her with another torture spell. Deep cuts appeared all over her body, causing her to bleed profusely. She tried to scream for help but found that even her tongue was slashed.

Then Voldemort bound her legs and suspended her upside down, in mid air. She could barely move her self. But she could see her baby and the dead body of her husband. But now she was shocked to see that her husband's dead body was being used as food by a large snake which was now slowly swallowing his arm.

It was a ghastly sight, and the mother now feared for her baby's life. Despite being in inexplicable suffering, she tried to look towards Lord Voldemort, to implore him to spare her child. But unfortunately for her, her pleas fell on deaf ears.

Lord Voldemort continued his torture ritual, keeping her just on the edge of her life, killing her bit by bit. Finally she succumbed to her injuries and died. Now, with the parents out of the way, Lord Voldemort walked towards the baby. Even the baby stopped wailing now, and had become silent.

He pointed his wand towards the baby's forehead. And then Voldemort smiled. The baby looked into the eyes of Voldemort, as if to embrace what is to come to him. Then there were a few minutes of silence.

'Avada Kedavra.'

Lord Voldemort stood solemnly, surrounded over by the two bodies and whatever pieces remained of the third. The job was done. He had successfully altered the prophecy. He had just killed Harry Potter.

A/N: I'm trying a new storyline here – something like a prequel to the HP series. Sorry I don't think there's scope for romance here. But maybe I may conjure up something soon! Please let me know what you think!