Lily sighed. 'When was this war going to end?' she thought, 'Voldemort and his followers just keep getting stronger and stronger.'
Lily looked sadly at Harry, her 1 year old baby, who was picking up his toys and throwing them to see how far they could go.
Harry giggled as Lily wondered if the world would be straightened out by the time Harry was 11.
Suddenly, there was a loud BANG and the front door was blasted off its hinges. Two hooded figures stood in the doorway, both had their wands drawn.
"STUPEFY!" on of them shouted, and Lily fell to the floor unconscious. The other one picked up Harry and both figures walked out the door. Harry started to cry.
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Lily woke up, stood up painfully and went to the door. She pointed her wand at it, muttered something causing it to jump into place and the hinges to reattach. She then noticed that Harry was gone. She frantically looked around, but he wasn't there.
She gasped slightly and drew her wand as the door opened, but it was James coming home from his office in the Ministry of Magic.
He looked at the wand pointed at him. "Why are you pointing your wand at me?" he asked playfully, and then a little more seriously, "Where's Harry?"
Lily sighed and told James the story of what had happened. By the end of her story, both parents had tears in their eyes.
"What do the Death Eaters want with Harry?" James asked, "Why him?"
Lily just sat there, tears silently streaming down her face as James took some powder and threw it into the flames and said, "12 Grimmauld Place" and stuck his head inside. Three seconds later, he pulled his head out, walked to the front door, and opened it to reveal Sirius.
All of them were shocked. What did the Death Eaters need Harry for? Why didn't they kill Lily, as she was a member of the Order of the Phoenix? They spent a couple hours discussing it, and then went to Sirius's house for an Order meeting.
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Two popping noises alerted Voldemort that Lucius and Bellatrix were back. He sat there, waiting as the two Death Eaters entered Voldemort's throne room. Bella was holding Harry in her arms.
Voldemort stepped forwards and took the baby from her arms. The two Death Eaters then bowed.
"At last," Voldemort murmured, "I have been watching this boy for so long. He has so much potential." He turned to the two kneeling figures.
"You two have done well. You both shall be rewarded in time." They two stood up, bowed, and left his presence. Voldemort turned his gaze to Harry and said, "You will become my greatest follower I have."
He then conjured a crib, and put the sleeping boy into it, waved his wand at it causing it to gently roll into the room next to the one he was in.
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Sixteen years later
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Lord Voldemort was standing sitting on his throne, awaiting news from a faithful spy. There was a slight popping noise and a man entered the room. He had sallow skin, and greasy black hair. He bowed before Voldemort.
"What have you found, Severus?"
"My lord, there has been a prophecy made: The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord has come...Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies, four less than a score past..." Severus Snape looked up and said apologetically, "I was detected and had to leave without hearing more."
Voldemort looked on thoughtfully, "So there is a child out there, just over ten years old. Severus, I want you to search for children of that age that follow the prophecy."
Snape started to shake. "My lord, there is only one that fits the description."
Voldemort's eyes widened before he said two words: "Tell me"
Snape looked up pleadingly at his master.
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Harry woke up abruptly to hear a man screaming. He inched towards the doors that lead to Voldemort's throne room. He heard Voldemort's harsh voice.
"Crucio! Now get out of my sight!"
Harry peeked through the crack between the two doors to see Snape exiting the room hurriedly before Voldemort spoke again.
"Bella! Come here at once!"
Harry saw Bellatrix Lestrange, one of the Death Eaters who cared for Harry.
"Yes my lord?" she asked timidly.
Voldemort didn't say anything for a moment. "The prophecy that Snape heard says that someone roughly the age of ten will cause my downfall. There is only one boy that fits the prophecy's description."
Bella seemed just as interested to learn the name as Voldemort was. Voldemort turned to face Bella and stared in her eyes.
"Please, I crave to know the name," she said.
"It is Harry."
There was silence. Both Bellatrix and Harry were shocked; how could Harry who was brought up by Voldemort going to be Voldemort's downfall? Bella finally spoke up.
"You can't possibly chose to kill him, can you master?"
Voldemort turned his back to Bellatrix before responding.
"If I am to rule this world, then I must." Harry was shocked to hear no emotion at all in Voldemort's voice. This man raised Harry as long as Harry can remember, and here he is talking about killing Harry as if he were going to water plants.
"I have to do it soon. We can't keep him here, he will turn of age in four days and he will grow even stronger, as he's stronger than he thinks he is. If we abandon him, he could remember us leaving him, after all memory charms can be broken."
Voldemort started to walk past a crying Bellatrix when he stopped and said, "I am planning on tonight."
He walked out, leaving Bellatrix silently sobbing, and leaving Harry thinking about all he heard.
Yay! End of my first chapter. please tell me what you think.
