Disclaimer: They were not, are not, and never will be mine.
A/N: Didn't mean to confuse you, ittybittytreefrog. Nope, it's not a sequel, although I might write a prequel to it later. The Dursleys died over the summer, before Harry's birthday. I just haven't clarified much about it, since I think I might do that in a later chapter.
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June 2, 1986
Voldemort Apparated in front of the Weasley residence. His fingers itched to hold his wand, but he resisted. Today was not the day. He would attack this family soon, but he needed to observe them first. He melted into the shadows, his eyes never straying from the lighted windows. A woman's furious voice split the night.


"Bill! How many times must I tell you? Never leave your toy broomstick on the floor! One of your little brothers might trip on it, if I don't!"

"Awwww, Mom! I was gonna pick it up sooner or later."

"Well, it's sooner. Pick it up!"

Voldemort smiled in the twilight. In a few days' time, this family would have more to worry about than tripping on a toy broomstick. Much more.
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Present Day

The first few weeks of school were over. Harry was glad to have settled into a normal routine. But something didn't feel right. His scar ached nonstop, and yet nothing had been heard from Voldemort or his Death Eaters.

"Hey, look!" Harry and Hermione stopped their game of wizard's chess.

"Ron, what-" Hermione started to say, but Harry leapt up.

"Hedwig's back!" Harry had sent the owl to Sirius, hoping that his godfather would know why his scar hurt. Ron and Hermione crowded around as he unrolled Sirius' note.

Harry,
I may have a reason for why your scar has been hurting. Another Death Eater was found dead in Bristol last night. It looks like he was killed about a week ago. Not a pretty sight. Voldemort must be planning something big. I want you, Ron, and Hermione to be very careful.
Sirius


"Another's dead?!" Hermione exclaimed over Harry's shoulder. "But, why is he killing them?"

"And why is he telling us to be careful? We're always careful."

"Right. Just like you and Harry were careful when you fought the troll in our first year."

"We were saving you!"

"Well, I probably wouldn't have needed saving if you hadn't locked it in with me! And what about the times you've gone into the Forbidden Forest?"

"Hey! Well, what about when you..."

Harry left his friends bickering in the common room. He needed to give this new information to Dumbledore.
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Hours later, he returned to discover Ron and Hermione waiting anxiously in the common room.

"What did he say, Harry?"

"Something else must be wrong, for you to be there for hours."

"Sirius wasn't the only one with news. Professor Dumbledore received a message from Snape. None of the Death Eaters have heard from Voldemort since the first week of school. And Moody's disappeared."

"Disappeared?!"

"Yeah. And Dumbledore's really worried. Because no one seemed to miss Moody. So he checked the Ministry's file on Moody. The last document in the file is dated from 1986."

"What about all the times my Dad got him out of trouble?"

"Nothing."

"What is the last document?"

"A death certificate."
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A/N: Voldemort's been busy...I'm sorry this took so long to post. I kinda forgot, since I was posting Dark Times, and then ff.n had problems...