Welcome to my first story. This is my first ever attempt at a fanfiction, so ignore me if it is quite bad. I am just using this to help me in my writing class. This story will be about Harry Potter. If you are interested in being a beta for my story I will greatly appreciate it.

The main idea of this story would be what the wizarding world would be like if Voldemort spared Lily and James and just attacked Harry. (There will be time skips)

The first 2 years of the books will stay the same, (except Harry had parents during those years who helped him pass by). This will mean that Harry will not have suffered from malnourishment and will not be the short, scrawny kid he was that was forced on him by the Dursleys'. The main pairing will be Daphne/Harry. Because of James and Lily surviving, many families such as the Greengrass family will have converted to the light and thus will not be Slytherin. Expect a Slytherin Ron. Because of a powerful character like Ron at Draco's side, Draco and his cronies will be a lot more threatening.

Oh, and one more thing, there will not be horcruxes in this story. I can not bring myself to add them because of the fact that I hate the idea of Harry essentially having to kill himself to defeat Voldemort. I hate what that stands for.

Enough explaining, let's get on with the show!

Skyler Hill

"Lily, it's him, take Harry and run," James Potter exclaimed to his beloved wife, Lily Potter.

"I love you James," said Lily, with teary eyes as she ran upstairs.

Suddenly, the creaky door that resided in the Potter residence at Gordrics Hollow busted open, followed by a man with jet black hair and a billowing cloak of darkness. This man was none other than Lord Voldemort.

"Voldemort, what are you doing in my house!" James Potter yelled a bit too loudly, partially out of fear, partially because of the Gryffindor attitude he had.

"Oh, sod off Potter, let me get the boy. Tell me where he is and I'll spare you and your wife," stated the most evil man to ever be born next to Grindlewald.

"I'll never tell you where they a-" said James, but only to be interrupted by a loud crying noise- coming from none other than the child Lily was currently trying to hush upstairs, Harry Potter.

"Well, well, well. James it looks like your mudblood wife saved you. Now I will only kill your child, no need to worry about wasting my time with filth such as your wi-"

"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE LOVE OF MY LIFE LIKE THAT? I WILL KILL YOU!" James Potter exclaimed, enraged by the statement Voldemort just said.

"Stupefy!" Voldemort casted, effectively knocking James unconscious—clearly catching James by surprise.

Voldemort slowly walked up the steps of the Potter Residency. With each step you could hear the creaky floorboards of the rustic house screech. Voldemort seemed to be savoring the fear that was residing in the household. He finally reached his destination. On a door there hanged a sign with constellations on it that read "Harry".

Voldemort opened the door only to be met with a slur of spells coming from none other then the woman he insulted just mere minutes ago—Lily Potter.

"Expelliarmus! Stupefy! Incendio! Confringo! Incarcerous!"

Voldemort easily deflected each one. He batted the Incarcerous spell back at Lily, putting her in a full body bind and rendering her useless.

"You hate me because I am a muggleborn Voldemort, or should I say Tom. That's right, Dumbledore told me all about you, and I know that you are a half bl-" was all that Lily could muster before Voldemort turned to face her, his deep brown eyes full of anger.

"Crucio." With that word, Lily was sent to Hell and back. She was screaming too loudly that it made Voldemort lose focus. He quickly released the spell and caused Lily Potter to fall unconscious.

With the Potter parents incapacitated, Voldemort moved on to the only other conscious being in the room— little Harry Potter. Voldemort was mere inches away from victory. He could practically taste it.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't 'The Chosen One'. While this may not be a fair fight, you are still destined to kill me. Now we can't be having that now, can we, Harry Potter?" Voldemort stated in his cruel, slightly sarcastic manner.

"Let's end this here and now. It's time I show the world that the great Lord Voldemort can never be defeated!" Voldemort practically screamed, a look of insanity spreading across his face.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!" Voldemort yelled, a look of pure evil on his, being quickly replaced by a look of confusion, as the killing curse he had just cast 1 second prior rebounded directly back at him. And thus, Lord Voldemort was no more.

At least for now.

As Voldemort's unfortunate, or fortunate demise took place, Albus Dumbledore quickly apparated to the scene. The Supreme Mugwump's face was as bitter as it gets when he sucks on a lemon drop.

"Oh my," he said. "It appears that James, and hopefully Lily are still alive!" Dumbledore's face brightened as he said that and sent his patronus to Madam Pompfrey. This joyous occasion and happiness for Dumbledore only lasted a split second. He then realized this could only mean one thing.

Voldemort had spared them and killed Harry instead. All hope was lost.

Dumbledore trudged up the stairs with sadness. He walked without a purpose, much different than the way Voldemort had walked up these same very stairs not but 10 minutes ago.

As he walked up he was stopped in his tracks by a noise.

A baby was crying

'It couldn't be, Voldemort must have killed Harry, there's no other explanation.' Thought Dumbledore, seeming to put more pep into his step as he opened the door to find a muttering Lily Potter silently saying "Take me instead, just don't take my Harry."

And there, in the center of the room was a crib. Inside that crib was none other than the chosen one. Harry Potter.

=====END CHAPTER======

Well, what did you guys think. I don't know what to think. I have never wrote fanfiction before. This is just the prologue. Don't worry, the next chapter will (hopefully) be a recap of Harry's life up until 3rd year.

I have also decided to change the age at which children enter Hogwarts. They will enter at the age of fourteen, much like High School through College. So they will be 21 in their seventh year. This change is so I can incorporate romance faster. I hope to have romance beginning in chapter 3 or 4. Expect weekly updates. I am thinking I will do 4-5 chapters a Hogwarts year. So that will be about 25-30 chapters for the whole story.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW! Give me constructive criticism. As I have said for the third time this chapter, I have never written a story on this scale before. This is a relatively small chapter, but I do not know the size preference in chapters you guys will have. Also, if you are interesting in beta reading my chapters, please let me know. Also, should I make a discord for this story?

Right after this I will add an unofficial chapter two to this story which will be a character submission page. You can PM me the character submission and I just might add your character to be a main or side character to the story. So far I need:

Male main character (Good) (Harry's best mate: Eventual boyfriend of Hermione Granger)

Girl main character (Good) (Hermione's best girl friend) (Eventually will be the girlfriend of Neville Longbottom)

And a lot more, those two will just be the main OC's and will be featured in almost every chapter. Don't worry though, there will be a ton of spots open for OC's.

And with that, I conclude chapter 1 of my story "Harry and Daphne – a Life with Parents".

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~Skyler Hill