A Matter of Time
by Dementis Scriptor
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Dealing with loss is never easy, especially when half the world sees you as a savior, half as a Dark Lord in the making, and half as the man who took away their chance at world domination. Yes, that made three halves. Go figure.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, least of all Harry Potter. If I did, I'd probably be on vacation in Hawaii right now, rather than in my room writing a disclaimer about not owning anything…
Prologue
He should have known.
He could have known.
He would have known.
"…and we commit their bodies to the ground…"
He could have done something.
He would have done something.
He should have done something.
"…earth to earth…"
He would have saved them.
He should have saved them.
He could have saved them.
"…ashes to ashes…"
He should have been there.
He would have been there.
He could have been there.
"…dust to dust…"
He would have…
He could have…
He should have…
He would have…
He could have…
He should have…
He would have…He could have…He should have…
He would have he could have he should have
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"Amen."
A scream, almost a howl tore through the air, filled with raw grief and powered by years of suppressed anger. A violent crack of thunder seemed to harmonize, and lightning flashed across the otherwise clear sky.
The world trembled.
A/N: This is the prologue to a story that has been running around my head for a while now. It is actually part 3 of a trilogy, the first two tentatively titled A Matter of Trust and A Matter of Truth. I have the first few chapters written for each, and rough drafts for all the endings, but I don't know how long the stories themselves will be (yet). I am a college student, and as such my free time is virtually non-existent, so I don't know how long it will be between chapters. For this I apologize.
This will be a time travel story. Yes, I know there are a million and one out there already, but I hope to take this in a new direction. If you don't like it, don't read it. It's as simple as that.
Chapter One is set three months later. The events leading up to and immediately following the prologue will be covered in more detail at the end of A Matter of Truth.