Vernon Dursley had a chance to rid himself of the Freak, and he took it. As a result, the one who would be a beacon of hope, Gryffindor's Golden Boy, and The-Man-Who-Conquered had his fate irrevocably and horrifically changed. Instead of a champion of the innocents of the Wizarding World, he became something far, far darker and more powerful, something horrifying. MultiXover