+ Restoration
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Chapter one Prologue: Beginnings
Story summary: While fighting the war at Hogwarts, Harry witnesses a red haired wonder that will change his life forever.
Harry Potter did not have a normal childhood. His parents were killed by Voldemort when he was about a year old. Raised by his aunt and uncle, the Dursleys, Harry was treated more like a convict than a child. They hated magic and they hated Harry, but were forced to tolerate his presence in their home. Professor Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, forced the Dursleys to raise him for his protection. Harry's mother and Aunt Petunia were sisters, and that blood relationship protected Harry from harm. What harm Harry would learn soon enough.
Wizard children usually attend wizard school at about age eleven. Normally Harry would have attended Hogwarts, but Dumbledore thought that it would be too dangerous for him for reasons that Harry would soon learn. So at age eleven he was sent to live with his godfather in the highlands of Scotland. Sirius Black, Harry's godfather, had been falsely accused of murder, and was sent to Azkaban, the wizard prison. He escaped after six years, and went into hiding at one of his ancestral homes. It was here that Harry found himself and started a new life.
The change for Harry was striking. Sirius was one of his parents best friends, and he loved Harry as his own. They got along beautifully. Harry was happy for the first time that he could remember. But it wasn't all fun and games. Harry learned that there was a prophesy about him. There was a very evil wizard that was terrorizing the wizarding world, and only Harry could stop him. This scared Harry, and he wondered if life with the Dursleys might be better than having to face killing a dark wizard. After many talks with his godfather, Harry's mind was set at ease, and he accepted the fact that this was his destiny.
The next several years Harry was tutored by Sirius and others. He learned everything that was normally taught to young wizards. Harry studied hard, and learned a great many things about being a wizard. He was periodically tested by Dumbledore, and judged to be very advanced in all his subjects. At age fifteen, Harry's curriculum changed radically. He was to be prepped as a soldier. He learned both offensive and defensive fighting techniques. He learned the necessary wand movements and spells needed for his expected encounter with the evil one. But as his tutors soon discovered, Harry had wizarding skills far and above anyone his age. He was faster and more powerful than anyone they had ever encountered. He could cast most spells wordlessly. And to everyone's amazement, he could do all this with or without a wand. He was ready.
There was a wizard academy in Canada that taught advanced fighting skills to a select few. Most candidates were in their late twenties, it taking that long to reach the skill level need to learn such advanced magic. But Harry, at age fifteen, was the exception. When Dumbledore recommended Harry to them, they refused to believe that such a young boy could be that advanced. So they sent an envoy to Scotland to test Harry. After one day of testing, Harry was off to Canada.
A year later, Harry was called back to Scotland. The evil one, Lord Voldemort, was on the move, and Harry was needed. Voldemort had taken over the Ministry of Magic in London, and was preparing to attack Hogwarts. The evil of this despicable wizard was beyond comprehension. Hundreds of innocent people were killed, and Voldemort's followers, the Death Eaters, were targeting all wizards who were not pure blood. It was time for action.
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