Le Jeu Majeur

by Stariel14

11/10/1981. The Dark Lord has won. The Potters are dead. Severus Snape has been commanded to take a bride. The girl he chooses happens to be Bellatrix Lestrange's star pupil. When he proposes to her, she proposes a game.

1. Prologue

November 10, 1981

The wizarding world was in disarray. Ten days ago, the Dark Lord had broken into the Potter's home in Godric's Hollow. Lily and James Potter had been enjoying a warm fire while their toddler, Harry, had been sleeping upstairs. The Dark Lord had easily broken through the Potter's defenses. James had quickly gotten to his feet and drawn his wand. Lily had started to rush up the stairs to protect her sleeping baby boy. It was to no avail. Both Potters fell silently to two flashes of green light.

The Dark Lord smirked as he proceeded.

"Fools," he whispered scathingly as he stepped over Lily's body on the stairs.

There was no surprise as to what happened next. The boy was a toddler, sleeping, defenseless, helpless. The Dark Lord only had to say two words and the world of Harry James Potter went dark as he joined his parents in the afterlife.

Since then there had been chaos. Upon hearing that the Dark Lord had fulfilled the prophecy, Albus Dumbledore has abandoned his post at Hogwarts and fled, along with many prominent resistance leaders. The whisper all over Britain was one of terror.

The Dark Lord had won.