Disclaimer: Harry Potter and the characters of Harry Potter do not belong to me. The character of Jesse Hunter, however, is my creation so don't steal her! If you want to use her, please email me and ask for my permission.  My email address can be found in my profile.

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Summary: Jesse was a normal 17 year old girl with an attitude problem… kinda.  She was abandoned by the parents she never knew.  She grew up, disliked.  She grew up unloved.  All she wanted to do was survive, all she wanted to do was live her life the way she wanted.  Destiny however, had other ideas.

Rating: PG-13?

Genre: Romance, Action/ Adventure

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A/N: Okay, this is my first attempt at a Harry Potter fic so, please be gentle! It's similar to a Dark Angel fic I've been writing but only with the kind of AU thing it has going *shrugs* it's still different! (obviously). Anyway, that's all the babbling I'm going to do right now, it's time for my medication. *grins insanely and wanders off*

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                                                  Welcome To My Life

                                                           By Yodes           

Prologue: In The Shadow Of Death

'Not everybody knows that everybody goes to a better place

Not everybody knows that everybody could be living their last days'

-Good Charlotte (Movin' On)

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"No!" The desperate pain filled cry told them all that something had gone terribly wrong before they had arrived at their destination.  Hurrying quickly, the darkness receded as, with their wands held high, the teachers of Hogwarts school, several members of the Order of Phoenix and Harry's friends arrived on the scene.  Running and skidding over the wet grass, they made their way in the direction of the shout- in the direction of the Forbidden Forest.  They stopped suddenly, the sight that greeted them halting their movements and stunning them to silence.

Everywhere, surrounding him were bodies.  The light from their wands and the moon combined fell on their faces, each showing a different emotion, their last feelings before death displayed clearly for the whole world to see.  Anger, shock, pain, astonishment, disgust, absolute terror.

If it weren't for their total stillness and the missing life from their eyes, they could've been living statues.  But they were bodies.  Corpses.  All 50 of them.

Adults and teenagers alike took in the scene silently before their eyes finally rested on Harry Potter's shaking form.

His wand at his feet as he knelt on the damp grass, his broom a short distance away, unnoticed.  At the sight before them, several people began to weep.

Blood trickled down his forehead from his reopened scar, mingling with the dirt and tears on his cheeks as he held the still body in his arms.

In the heavy silence that followed, punctuated occasionally by a sob of grief, slowly, someone parted from the group and walked towards him, putting a hand on his shoulder.

Harry slowly looked up, green eyes filled with tears and pain.

"She wasn't meant to die!" he whispered, his voice breaking as he looked back down at the body in his arms "She wasn't meant to die."

Grey eyes overflowing with pent up emotion looked down at Harry and the girl.  Draco Malfoy squeezed Harry's shoulder gently, his face blank but his voice soft "I know."

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A/N: So what do you guys think?  The chapters following this are set 6 months previous to the prologue until it gets up to date with this scene.