Prologue: How It Happened
CHAPTER WARNING: Mention of stillbirth.
DISCLAIMER: I am not JK Rowling, therefore Harry Potter does not belong to me.
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A frail woman with platinum blonde hair, and silvery grey eyes, clasped the hands of a couple in thanks. The woman had auburn hair and emerald green eyes, and the man had messy black hair and hazel eyes.
"Thank you," she exhaled, barely audible.
"It's no problem, not really," the man assured her. "After all, we – we just lost ours."
The woman's emerald eyes teared up briefly, her hand straying to her flat abdomen. The blonde pressed her hand briefly in sympathy.
"I can't even imagine," she said, nearly crying herself. "He's through here," she added, gesturing weakly to another room. The couple nodded.
"I have the potion," said the woman.
Fifteen minutes later, the couple were leaving, a small baby, only a week old, in the woman's arms.
"What did you name him?" the man asked.
"Polaris Regulus Black," the blonde answered. "What will you call him?"
"Harry James Potter," Lord Potter answered.
Lady Potter stepped forwards to give Mrs. Black, nee Malfoy, a hug, and a kiss on the cheek.
"Thank you," the redhead whispered fervently.
"No, thank you," the blonde murmured. "I'll leave a letter for mine and Reg's families, and then…"
"I feel so bad!" Lily exclaimed, and her husband nodded his agreement. "We can't just take your baby, and – and – leave you to die!"
"But I'm asking you to. Please. Just – treat him as though he was your own?"
"Of course," James said, softly, looking at the bundle in his wife's arms lovingly.
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Three hours after Lily and James Potter left, Marina Cleopatra Black nee Malfoy died, after owling two letters – one to her family, and another to Lord Black, the grandfather of her husband, Regulus Arcturus Black.
Fourteen months and three weeks later, Voldemort attacked Lily and James Potter when they were betrayed by their Secret Keeper Peter Pettigrew. They were murdered, and their son, Harry James Potter, became the first ever survivor of the Killing Curse and the Boy-Who-Lived.
Sirius Black never went to Azkaban, as his grandfather, Arcturus, pushed for him to get a trial. However, Sirius was ungrateful and hated his family, and therefore turned away from his grandparents.
Harry Potter (aka Polaris Black) was sent to live with Vernon, Petunia and Dudley Dursley by Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall.
The Black Family, spearheaded by Lord Arcturus and Lady Melania, joined forces with Abraxas and Aurora Malfoy, in their endeavour to find their Heir and great-grandson.
This is the story of that endeavour, and the subsequent events of Polaris' childhood.
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A/N: Thanks for reading this! I had this plot bunny, and it has just grown over a week. I have written five chapters and a prologue, and am beginning work on a sequel. To those who are reading The Next Dark Lord, my inspiration has vanished and it will be going on an indefinite hiatus. I may offer it up for adoption at some point. This series will be my focus.
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Ginevra Hope x