PLEASE, PLEASE, read.
Hello, everyone. Don't worry, this isn't an AN telling you all that I'm giving up this story. I WILL finish this story, and hopefully I'll be updating more frequently. However, as much as I hate to do this in a chapter post (I will leave this up so people can see it), I felt that I had to as I've been receiving dozens of Private Messages of people asking me questions, and many people have had the same questions. So I'm going to answer the ones I've received a lot. I also want to address all of the ridiculous hate I've been receiving, like Harry would NEVER love the man who killed his parents. Are you kidding me? For one, it's fiction. Secondly, Voldemort RAISED Harry, he was there when he was sick and first talking. It was Voldemort who Harry remembers loving and being there for him. If Joseph Stalin's kids or other dictators throughout history could have family members who love them, it's not far fetched that Harry would love the guy who RAISED him. I for one, consider the person who loved and raised you to be your mother and father, not two people who mixed their DNA to make you. Of course, I've never put a huge emphasis on blood, as those I consider family are not my blood. So please, STOP bringing this up in rude PMs and the occasional review. If you have an issue with the ENTIRE PREMISES of the story. DON'T READ IT. Because I will continue to read all PMs and reviews, as it isn't fair to those who actually want to talk or give CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Believe me, I WANT constructive criticism. I want to know what you didn't like and why, and how I can improve. PLEASE leave constructive reviews. I'd love to hear it. I just don't need, "this sucks." Ok...why does it suck? Anyways, here are some frequently asked questions and their answers...
Is Umbridge a Death Eater?
Yes, Dolores Umbridge is a Death Eater. I've mentioned that several times. Severus Snape is also a Death Eater. The other professors are not. Vector is neutral. Trelawney is light, but she isn't in the Order. McGonagall, Flitwick, Hagrid, and Sprout are in the Order of the Phoenix. The other professors are neutral or at least not in the Order or a Death Eater.
Why is Regulus alive and why does Sirius have the house?
As I mentioned before, Regulus NEVER betrayed Voldemort. He was loyal. He got married and had twins, a boy and girl, who have been mentioned several times throughout the story. Sirius has some money because he received a trust vault when he was 17 that contains a ridiculous amount of money. It drew interest and wasn't spent when he was in Azkaban. His parents left him the house when they died, before he went to Azkaban, knowing he hated it, and Regulus was left every other Black property.
Don't people know Bellatrix, Barty, and the Lestrange's are Death Eater? Why are they walking around?
No. In the BOOK, Lucius Malfoy is thought by pretty much everyone to be a Death Eater, but he walked around free. So did Nott and many others, as there was no proof. In CANON, Bellatrix and the Lestrange's only were discovered to be Death Eaters for sure after they tortured the Longbottoms. In this story, Voldemort didn't die, so they weren't angry with grief when they attacked the Longbottoms, and so they were smart and didn't get caught. And as Igor Karkaroff is loyal enough and too scared of Voldemort to tattle, he never told anyone that Barty Crouch Jr was a Death Eater. Which is the only reason why anyone in the books knew he was. So while many people suspect they are Death Eaters, as is mentioned MULTIPLE times, there is no proof.
Aren't the teen couple moving too fast?
No. Have you met teenagers these days? When I was sixteen, my friends would meet boys and they were a couple a week later. Even now in our early twenties that hold true. & for people like Harrison and Fleur especially, who were forced to grow up fast, it seems natural.
Why is the dark so much more powerful?
Believe me, the dark will have MANY losses. The light is barely now starting to fight back as they should.
Voldemort shouldn't have feelings.
In this story, he raised Harry as his own son. Of course, he loves him. He cares for Luna as well, but not to the extent he does Harry. In this story, he actually feels positive emotions.
DUMBLEDORE ISN'T STUPID, HE WOULD KNOW HARRISON IS HARRY.
I don't think so. Dumbledore knows Voldemort went after Harry because he feared Harry would end him. Why on earth would Dumbledore think that Voldemort would raise, and actually care about, the one person he thought could kill him. He knows Voldemort is intelligent and suspicious. Raising Harry is the last thing Dumbledore thinks Voldemort would EVER do.
I understand why Percy and the twins would join Voldemort, but why Bill and Charlie?
Bill moved away to Egypt to get away from his overbearing mother and the responsibility of having to be the perfect older brother (in this story anyways). He was always intelligent and curious, and working in Egypt with dark curses he learned that magic was all magic, light or dark. Charlie was sick and tired of his mother and father worrying over his job, and his mother trying to force him into being who she wanted. But they both want to live in a better world than the one they do now. They think Britain would be a better place if all magic was free. I'm actually planning on diving into their minds a bit later. Both of them are skilled occlumens, although they don't know legilimency.
Why couldn't Dumbledore under a spell Harrison had cast? Dumbledore is too weak.
It was because the spell in question was performed with parselmagic. In this story, Dumbledore doesn't know parseltongue, and only a parselmouth could undo the spell. Dumbledore is NOT at all weak. But look back to the books...Dumbledore tended not to act until he was FORCED to. Dumbledore wants to, and does, see the good in everyone — with the exception of Voldemort. But Dumbledore knows that a confrontation between him and Voldemort would no doubt lead to a draw, and merely hurt other people.
Why would people join Voldemort, and live in a world where they'd be tortured for looking at him wrong?
In this AU, Voldemort isn't crazy. Yes, he punishes his followers when they fail him, but the world he is aiming for is more neutral, but of course him at the top. He wants magic to be free, both light AND dark. He wants muggleborns to be raised in the WIZARDING world, not all dead. I've said this multiple times in the story.
Why hasn't Dumbledore told everyone that Tom is Voldemort?
From canon you know how finicky the wizarding world is. Most people would say Dumbledore was crazy, and he would be thrown out. Those that did would be hunted down and killed if they made a ruckus over it. & Tom would DENY it, and so would everyone who was loyal to him. He'd no doubt have someone pretend to be Voldemort and attack him in public, or something like that. Voldemort is FAR from stupid, and Dumbledore knows that.
Inconsistencies?
I try not to have inconsistencies, and when they're pointed out I go back to correct them. However, if you spot any, PLEASE tell me. Thank you.
Why hasn't Dumbledore searched for Harry Potter?
He has, and will continue to do so, he has just YET to have luck.