AU - Before Hagrid arrived to collect Harry from Godric's Hollow, he was taken and raised by a mysterious figure. 15 years later Harry Evans, a muggleborn, arrives at Hogwarts. With Voldemort rising in power and the wizarding world preparing for war, who's side is Harry on? Vampire Harry, HD slash.
A/N: This story is similarly titled to my other story (The Line Between Dark and Light) because it has the same concept of Harry having both dark and light aspects. Harry is half vampire in both and he battles with his vampiric instincts in different ways. That said, you'll find that there are few other similarities in the two stories. Draco is Harry's mate in this one, but don't think Veela, think Vampire. ;)
The fire at Godric's Hollow continued to blaze brightly. In the entry hall, the lifeless body of a young man with unruly black hair lay still, staring ahead with a determined expression on his face. Up the stairs lay the dead body of a petite woman with fiery red hair and wire rimmed glasses. In the room behind her was a small child with a lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead, crying loudly and not comprehending why his mother would not attend to him. A loud creak could be heard as the roof of the house lost it's last support and began to cave in.
Moments before the last living inhabitant of the house was crushed, a stong magic force rushed through the house, putting out the fire and restoring the roof. The haggard form of a cloaked figure with a long grey beard now stood in the entry hall, staring down at the body of his last living decendant.
"So I live to witness the last of the Potter line..." a sad voice, gruff from misuse issued from the shadowed folds of the cloak. The figure sighed and continued on his path through Godric's Hollow and up the stairs. Sparing little notice to the body of the dead man's wife at the top of the stairs, he simply stepped over it and continued on. The figure released a gasp when he found the very much alive form of the young Potter heir crying on the floor of his room, the folded remains of the Dark Lord's robes before him. The figure stooped low and lifted the child, cradling him in his arms. It was a new feeling to the old man, one he decided he would have to grow accustomed to.
The figure and the child abruptly vanished from the house and appeared on the lawn outside. Holding the baby with one arm, the figure drew his wand with the other and pointed it at what remained of Godric's Hollow. A dark incantation was issued and with a loud boom, the house exploded. The baby cried loudly at the noise, and the figure grimaced as he shifted it in his arms. The figure and the child vanished once again, leaving behind nothing but a large crater where Godric's Hollow once existed.
This was the scene that Rubeus Hagrid found when he arrived, just moments later.
Albus Dumbledore sighed as he sat in his office at Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He silently added the Potters to the growing list in his mind of those who had died for the cause; those who needed to be remembered. He knew, of course, that the Potter's would be the last of those who had given their lives to be forgotten. Lily's ancient spell had defeated Voldemort, and her child would always be remembered for that.
Dumbledore tiredly pushed himself up from his chair and grabbed his cloak. A new home for Harry Potter still had to be arranged. He was reaching towards his pot of floo powder when Fawkes appeared next to him in a flash of fire. Dumbledore's eyes widened slightly. He had sent Fawkes to assure that Hagrid safely brought Harry Potter to his new home. Wasting no time, he grabbed on to Fawkes and a wall of fire rose around them, falling a second later to reveal Godric's Hollow. But instead of a house, Dumbledore was confronted with only a large crater.
"Dumbledore!" Hagrid yelled as he approached the headmaster. His eyes shown bright with tears, "It's gone, everything's gone. It's all been blown away..."
Dumbledore knew immediately that this was not the work of the Dark Lord. The house was completely disintegrated, and the dark mark was not floating above the crater. Tom Riddle had not done this. So Lily's magic had worked, but someone else had arrived after the Fidelus charm had fallen and before Hagrid. Could this person have destroyed the house and the young Potter heir with it?
The wind whipped around him as Dumbledore cautiously approached the crater and stepped into it, venturing towards the very center of the blast. He waved his wand in the air and a bright green glow appeared at it's tip. So it was a dark spell that did this. The only Dark Wizard he knew of who could have done this was Voldemort himself. But Voldemort was gone before this had happened. That meant that another powerful Dark Wizard was abound. Why would a powerful wizard, one who must have been disguising his power, choose this moment to make himself known? Unless...it was him. But he was long dead, surely?
Dumbledore sighed and turned around to the waiting form of his half-giant grounds keeper, "Lets go back, Hagrid. I'm afraid the young Potter child is lost to us."
As he and Hagrid apparated just outside the wards of Hogwarts, conflicting feelings battled in Dumbledore's mind. He hoped that the Potter boy was alive somewhere, but wasn't the child better off dead if he had taken him? Wouldn't it be better for both the young boy and the wizarding world if the house had been blown away with Harry Potter still inside? Dumbledore knew that he would not find the answer to these questions by thinking any further on the matter, so he pushed them from his mind. So many things had yet to be done...
The Daily Prophet
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Defeated!
1 November, 1981
Last evening, October 31, You-Know-Who invaded Godric's Hollow, residence of the Potter family. Protected under the Fidelus charm, Sirius Black betrayed the Potters to the Dark Lord and allowed him entrance. Little is known about the exact events, but nothing is left of Godric's Hollow now but a large crater. Some speculate that, upon realizing the Dark Lord had invaded their home, James and Lily Potter sacrificed their lives, and the life of their one year old son, to destroy him by activating an ancient self destruction spell that had been on Godric's Hollow. Powered by their sacrifices, the spell disintegrated the Dark Lord.
The Minister has announced that James Potter and Lily Potter are both to receive Order of Merlin Third Class. Their burial is scheduled for tomorrow at the now historic site of Godric's Hollow. All who would like to honor the Potter family may attend.
A/N: That's it for now. The next chapter will pick up 15 years later, where we'll see what Harry's up to and what he's like. Thanks for reading. :)