an: I forgot the disclaimer last time. No ownership of the Harry Potter characters is implied. If you recognize it, than it sadly ain't mine. This chapter's really really short. Meaning that another will come ASAP

A Greater Evil

II

Harry ran down the stairs to the door. Upon opening it, he said, "What in the bloody hell is going on here? I was SLEEPING!"

"Well, young man, you'd better show us some respect, first of all." The officer paused, then said, "Uh, we came to remove you from this home, because, er, your aunt and uncle and cousin," he paused again… "Um, er, well they're dead. Killed in a car crash. We have to take you to St. Joseph's orphanage in London."

"WHAT?!" Harry screamed. "That is the last place that I want to go. I can go to my…my…best friend's house…I'm sure he'll take me in."

"Well, son, your friend's family needs to legally adopt you for that to happen. Let's go, we're already late."

Harry was then forced into the squad car, but not without a fight. When the policeman finally threatened to cuff him, Harry had had enough. The trip in the car was beneficial to Harry, he learned the true cause of his relatives' deaths while listening to the conversations between the policemen.

"Odd case, isn't it, William?"

"Yeah, it is, Jack. The bodies didn't look harmed, like they were already dead. But the car was totaled, crashed into a tree."

"Don't forget the looks of pure terror on their faces. Or the odd, greenish constellation in the sky. You know that skull thing."

At this point, Harry stopped listening. He had heard enough. He had guessed from the start that this was Voldemort's doing, and the conversation had confirmed it.

***

The car finally pulled into the orphanage. For the half hour after he stopped listening to the conversation, Harry had nothing to do but think. And the most popular thought was of course: "Why the hell did Voldemort do this?" Harry was therefore very relieved to finally pull into the orphanage.

After he checked into the orphanage, Harry realized that he wasn't in such a bad place. As most of the occupants were small children, he found time to read his books and finish his homework. When he had nothing to do, Harry played the Play Station, watched TV, or used one of the computers. The food was better than anything that the Dursleys could provide.

Harry could send daily owls, because Hedwig had found him. The first one that he sent was to Dumbledore, who promised to remove Harry's belongings from the 4 Privet Drive before it could be cleared out, and to find a way to remove him from the orphanage. Then he took out a subscription to the Daily Prophet. The only restriction on Harry's new life was that he couldn't apparate in and out, lest someone walked into his room and find him gone. He was not afraid of someone walking in on him while he was doing magic, because a memory charm was easy enough to perform.

One day, Harry started seriously reading his books, and not just skimming them. He was amazed by what he found…