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Chapter 1

As Harry stepped into the care on his return from his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he know that it would be a long summer. He just didn't know how hard it would be.

He always had constant dreams, more like nightmares, of Voldemort's nightly, and sometimes daily killing sprees. If that wasn't enough, Cedric would randomly appear in these nightmares and speak to Harry.

"See this Harry" he would say, "This is your doing. If it hadn't been for you, all these people would still be alive. It is all your fault. And if having all these peoples' deaths on your shoulders wasn't enough, you also have my death, and your parents'. You might as well have killed Sirius, too. Right now he's living off rats. He spent 12 years in Azkaban, and its all your fault. You deserve everything that you get! Murderer!"

And with that, Harry would wake up.

At first, Harry tried to tell himself that it wasn't his fault, that Voldemort would have found some other way to resurrect, and kill those people. And Wormtail killed Cedric, not him. And Voldemort killed his parents.

But as time went on, Harry started believing everything.

It was his fault. Everyone's pain was his fault. He deserved everything he got.

And boy did he get a lot.

One day, as Harry finished all of his chores, Uncle Vernon came home in a foul mood. He grabbed Harry by his color and dragged him into the house.

"Boy!" Uncle Vernon yelled, his words slurred from drinking, "What the hell did you think you were trying to do? Getting me fired like that; in front of everyone. I was the laughing stock of the whole company. You are gonna get it this time!"

And with that, he punched Harry in the jaw. The beating went on for a good twenty minutes until Uncle Vernon got tired of his new game.

This game however, continued night after night. Uncle Vernon made sure not to hit Harry anywhere that could be seen to others, most likely 'nosey neighbors', as Aunt Petunia always said.

Harry took the beatings without a fight, knowing that it was his punishment for all the pain that he had caused.
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