Disclaimer: All recognizable characters, etc. are property of JK. Rowling and Rick Riordan. The OC characters and storyline are purely my imagination running wild. My story is for entertainment only and is not part of any official storylines. I do not have any association with J.K. Rowling or Rick Riordan even though I wish I had. No copyright infringement is intended.

AN: Hi guys, this is one of the first fanfictions I worked on and I finally worked up the nerve to post it. This might be a bit rough as I'm not a full-time writer, I am more into numbers, but I had to find something to de-stress from work so writing is one of the hobbies I picked up. I hope you guys enjoy it and please review it, I would love to know your thoughts.

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ONE

Once upon a time... that is how a fairytale traditionally begins, but unfortunately, this is not a traditional fairytale. This story is about young Ruby Fae Potter, more commonly known as Ruby Potter, born to one of the few creatures loyal to the gods of Olympus. This story is about her hardships, pain, and suffering but not without love, hope, and happiness.

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Ruby Potter has been having a truly awful time since her return from Hogwarts. The young Potter heiress just returned for her disastrous second year at the school of witchcraft and wizardry. The moment Ruby arrived home for summer break, was the moment she knew that her life with her relatives will be nothing but hell. Why do you ask, well it would seem that her Uncle Vernon still held a grudge against her for the Dobby incident. You might ask what the Dobby incident is, well let's just say that was the night her uncle lost a huge sale which caused him to receive a demotion at work, all because of a very excitable house elf.

She was currently spread out on her very lumpy bed, waiting patiently for her uncle to let her out for the day. Vernon Dursley had this awful habit of locking her in her room after any beatings or whenever he wanted to forget that he had a niece part of his family.

Ruby hated her life with her relatives and her life within Privet Drive but unfortunately, she had nowhere else to go. Her life has always been a dreadful experience, something no child should ever endure. The young lass has no concept of love or happiness while living with the Dursleys, only hatred and loathing.

She was soon brought out of her musings when Vernon finally decided to release her after waking, allowing her to finally start her daily chores, starting with preparing breakfast like every other morning.

Ruby never had a normal childhood; in the last 12 years, her relatives often reminded her that she was nothing to them. Her relatives despised her very existence, to them she was nothing but a freak, a waste of space that should have died the night her parents died. Her relatives enjoy using her as nothing but a slave to do whatever they want with her. This is the major reason that her life is nothing but hell, as young Ruby never had a chance to experience love, only cruelty.

But no matter what day or what time of the year it was, to Ruby, this was just a normal day with her relatives, and the likelihood for her uncle to give her a beating is very high. Ruby didn't know that today was the day that her heritage would be set free...

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Ruby was exhausted yet very happy after completing a very grueling day of chores. She knew she got lucky as she finished her chores before her uncle returned from work, this allowed her to complete everything without interruption or issue before she retired to her room.

She was quickly brought out of her musings when her uncle stormed into her room just moments she could fall into a restless sleep. A scream ripped from her lips the moment she saw the look of pure hatred and loathing upon her uncle's massive red face.

"Girl, do you have any idea what you have done?!" Vernon Dursley growled as he towered over his small quivering niece.

"N...n...no uncle?" Ruby stuttered out in fright.

"Your freaky nature caused me to lose my job today!" Vernon growled in rage.

"Wh...wh...what, no uncle," Ruby whimpered out shakily, trying to scoot away from her enraged uncle. Cutting her off, Vernon grabbed his niece violently before dragging her out of her room. Ruby gasped in pained shock as Vernon dragged her by the scruff of her neck out of her room.

"What have I told you about lying!!" Vernon growled out in rage as he dragged her down the hallway and towards the basement where all her brutal punishments take place.

"P...p...please no, uncle," Ruby groaned weakly, trying to catch her footing without hurting herself in the process.

Ignoring his niece, Vernon quickly dragged Ruby to the middle of the basement floor before chaining her hands above her head and her legs to the floor preventing her from escaping her upcoming beating. Vernon Dursley wanted to cause his niece more pain than what he did in the past and chaining her up to do just that was only the beginning of his fun.

"Well...well...well...are you ready to start?" He asked his niece with a gleeful sadistic smile.

Vernon moved away from his chained niece and moved to the back of the room to grab a pair of scissors. He slowly circled his niece before cutting off her outer layer of clothing, leaving her only in her underwear.

Ruby was terrified beyond belief, never before had her uncle done something like this. She experienced beatings before yes but this, this is so much different. Ruby gave a small whimper of fear before biting her lip hoping to stop any noise or screams from leaving her.

"Beautiful..." Vernon whispered as he trailed his meaty fingers down her body before continuing "...now with what shall we begin?"

"P...p...please don't, Uncle," Ruby begged not liking the lecherous look or his touch upon her body.

"Your aunt isn't here to stop me now..." Vernon said gleefully as he moved to the cupboard with all his whips, fire pokers, and homemade torture devices, grabbing one of his flagrum whips, a whip that had three or more leather strips with metal spikes tided to the tips of each string before returning to his favorite past time of beating his niece into submission.

The first blow of the whip came hard and fast onto Ruby's back, throwing her off the little balance she had. "This is only the beginning…" Vernon whispered into her ear loving the fear and pain that was currently coming off of her in waves. "You thought you could get away with what happened last summer!? That you could ruin my perfect life and get away with it!? Well, I have news for you..." Vernon, sadistically stated as he grabbed his niece by the back of her neck to hold her still before bringing the whip down onto Ruby's exposed back once more.

Ruby closed her eyes and cried out as she felt the spikes of the whip cut into her flesh leaving a trail of blood dripping down her back.

"N...n...n...no please, Uncle," She whimpered in pain.

Vernon ignored his niece as he brought the whip down onto her back in quick succession ensuring that some of the spikes dug into her flesh every single time. He loved hearing his nieces' small whimpers and screams of pain every time he brought down his whip. Vernon just loved causing Ruby pain, this was her payment for existing and destroying his perfect life, in his sick and twisted mind.

"Isn't it enough that we had to put up with you and your freakiness for all these years, now you had to go and ruin my reputation which caused me to lose my job!" Vernon finally roared as he brought down the whip harder than before, leaving some of the metal spikes stuck in her shoulder.

Ruby gave a screech in pain before she could stop herself, hating how this monster could cause her so much unbearable pain. This will be one, if not the worst beatings she ever received from him. She hoped that somehow, someone or something would release her from this hateful situation with all her might.

Vernon moved around the girl to gaze hungrily into Ruby's frightful eyes. "Well... let's try something else, shall we?" He asked his niece gleefully.

The young lass watched her monster of an uncle move away from her and to the back of the room. She could not see what he was doing but knew whatever he went to retrieve would hurt her more than that of the whip or the spikes that stuck within her shoulders.

"Vernon, we are back." Petunia Dursley stated, coming down to the basement to see what her husband was up to. Vernon froze at the sound of his wife, while Ruby again exhaled in relief.

Gasping in shock, Petunia stated to Vernon in horror. "Vernon, what are you doing!! You are going to kill the girl."

"Bah, who cares? We can just say that she ran away if anyone ever asks." Vernon said as he finally stepped away from the cupboard with all his devices, giving his wife all his attention.

"I care, Vernon!" Petunia exclaimed. "I might not love or even like the girl, but she is still family."

Vernon and Petunia both failed to take note of the changes that were currently taking place upon their broken, abused niece as their attention was not on her but each other instead. They failed to notice just how the shadow seemed to gather around Ruby's bloody, broken form, or how her ruby red shoulder-length hair changed into a wild mane of silver and white hair that reached just below her lower back, or how her ears changed into a snow wolfs or how she suddenly grew a bushy silver, blue and white wolf-like tail from her well-named tailbone, or how her neatly trimmed fingernails turned into strong retractable black and silver claws and finally her eyes turned from their original emerald green color to a gorgeous set of icy blue eyes, that was glowing with emotion. These changes healed every broken bone and open wound upon her body, strengthening her body into what it should have been, unfortunately, the scars already upon her body could not be healed.

No, the first and only thing Vernon noticed was the pain as his neck was all but torn into by his niece's black and silver claws. Her uncle lasted only long enough to fall to the group before Lord Thanatos reaped his soul. Vernon was dead before the shrill scream of his wife could reach his ears.

"Oh my god!" Petunia Dursley screeched, noticing her fully changed niece.

"Girl! What have you done?" Petunia asked in hysteric shock.

"I...I...I don't know," Ruby whispered looking up in shock. Ruby truly did not know what was going through her mind when she killed her uncle, her tormentor, all she truly knew was the fear, the pain, and the need to protect herself.

"You...you must leave," Petunia stated slowly coming back to her senses. "You cannot stay here, not after this. I cannot have you endangering my son after you killed his father."

"Why? I thought you would call the cops on me." Ruby said coldly while snapping the last of the chains holding her in place.

"You are still my niece, as I said to Vernon, I might not like or even love you, but you are the last connection I had to your mother, this is why I am giving you your only chance to run before I report this to the cops." Petunia stated with indifference.

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Taking one last look at the woman, who used her as a slave, Ruby nodded. She knew that everything had changed and her future was no longer set in stone, and while she hated to admit this, but her aunt is correct, she needed to leave, she could not stay here not after everything that had happened.

Ruby felt just how much her instincts were screaming for her to run, to leave this horror as fast as possible, and never return to this place. She knew that her life would never be the same, and she now had a lot to work through and a lot to overcome but she also knew that she would get there in the end. She will become the warrior that her parents would be proud of, she would make sure of that.

With that thought in mind, Ruby turned swiftly and ran up the stairs towards her room, she was not leaving this place without her precious belongings or a set of clothes. Once she had the things she needed, Ruby quickly ran down the hallway towards the front door. She nimbly runs through the darkened house with speed she never once thought she could reach, Ruby has always been fast, but this is something else, she could have sworn she left an afterimage of herself behind as she ran.

The front door quickly fell victim as Ruby smashed through it with her newfound strength and accidental magic, tearing it off its hinges and leaving parts of it scattered across the lawn and driveway.

Landing nimbly on the front lawn, Ruby quickly gave herself a once over for any other injuries or cuts before noticing how her skin quickly knitted itself back together. The young lass found this quite impressive after all her healing ability has never been so fast before. She was fully healed within minutes which was shocking, considering that she smashed through a heavy wooden door with a heavy glass plate just moments ago, which left her covered in random cuts.

Taking one last look back at Privet Drive, Ruby finally gave in to her more primal instincts to flee, to run, and to never return as she ran away from London and away from the lights and finally away from the place that once held so much hate and into the wild and the unknown.

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AN: Well, hello once again guys. I do hope you guys liked the first chapter, I will post the next chapter soon. Please review, I would like to hear your thoughts.