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PROLOGUE

Imagine what Harry's life would be like if, at the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, he had held on a little longer. Imagine if the blast from his wand had overcome Voldemort's and blown him to smithereens. Call it an alternate universe. Straight up String Theory style. One choice has an effect on your entire future. This one choice has changed the rest of the characters' lives. Harry spends the summer after his fourth year with the Dursleys, awaiting the first day of the new school year. Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic have caught a very few of the Death Eaters, including Peter Pettigrew. They have questioned them intensely. Finally, with some Veritaserum, Pettigrew divulges that he was guilty of the crime Sirius Black was accused of, and Sirius is set free.

In the beginning of his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry receives a letter from Sirius, stating that he is selling his estate for a more reasonable home and once he has found that place, Harry may come and stay with him for the summers. Later in the year Sirius contacts Harry to say that he has a four-bedroom house (with even a room for Buckbeak, who has also been set free) in which Harry can come to stay.

Meanwhile in school, Dumbledore has brought Lupin back as Defense of the Dark Arts teacher. An experimental remedy for werewolf bites was discovered, and Lupin was their first test subject. He is now merely an Animagus.

Fred and George, in their seventh year, made one practical joke too many in three of their classes and were failed. They agreed to make them up in one more year at Hogwarts, making them the first ever eighth years.

In the summer of his fifth year, Harry stays with Sirius and Buckbeak. Rom and Hermione stay every so often and for the first time in his life, Harry is a bit sad to leave his summer behind. However, as the day to leave comes closer and closer, Harry gets more and more excited. Finally the day is here and Sirius and Harry are at the train station awaiting the train.

And this is where the story begins…