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The Time-Turner Chronicles I

A Bolt of Lightning: Harry's Story

Prologue

Harry James Potter was born on July 31, 1980, during the height of the first wave of You-Know-Who's reign of power. Despite the horrible times, his parents, James Potter and Lily Evans Potter, cared for their son very much. They would have trusted their friends Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew with their lives - and did.

They performed the difficult Fidelius Charm, a charm concealing a secret inside the soul of a living person, in this case, Sirius Black. But Black persuaded the Potters to switch Secret-Keepers to Pettigrew. He regretted this decision until his death. For Pettigrew was secretly a spy for You- Know-Who.

He betrayed the Potters.

On Halloween, 1981, when James and Lily were twenty-one and baby Harry only fifteen months, You-Know-Who attacked the house. Lily and James were killed, but somehow, baby Harry survived. You-Know-Who's power was gone.

Sirius Black, bent on vengeance, chased down Pettigrew. But Pettigrew was ready. He faked his own death, blowing apart the street in the process, killing twelve Muggles, leaving Black alive, an innocent man to spend twelve years in Azkaban.

Harry was sent to his Muggle aunt and uncle, Vernon Durseley and Petunia Evans Durseley. His bedroom was a closet. His meals were crackers and cheese on good days. His afternoon entertainment was weeding the garden. His cousin Dudley's favorite entertainment was beating up his cousin. The Durseleys did not tell Harry about magic, nor did they let Harry talk about anything "unnatural" at all. In my opinion, a good revolt was needed to put them into place.

And as this story starts, just such a revolt was about to take place...