disclaimer: i do not own Harry Potter or any characters
A/N:
Hello its been a while, I finally got a replacement laptop, I am starting this as a slow series while I try and sort out the main one, I can't get the 12th chapter to go how I feel like it should, I have been rewriting it after reading it each time then this idea popped into my head.
I have no idea how this will turn out or where this will go, I am writing it as and how I feel.
Harry is going to be dark and corrupted from an early age, which could be interesting seeing as I myself has no feelings towards humans xD
Voldy is dead, I repeat dead, the saviour is… I'm not sure yet I will get back to you by the sorting ceremony. In this world Horcruxes do not exist, well the concept does but no smart and cunning Slytherin is stupid enough to attempt it no matter the thirst for immortality.
Rose(born March 10th, 1979)
Natalie (born January 5th, 1986)
Harry(born July 31st, 1981)
Prologue
August 30th, 1990
"Rosie, why is Harry mean sometimes?"
"I don't know Natalie," Rose sighed.
"Will mummy and daddy know?" Natalie asked innocently.
Rose looked at her younger sister and tried to remember what happened to Harry.
"They do, but you are a bit young to understand properly, it's whatever that woman did to him, he's not feeling well sometimes," Rose said, hugging her younger sister.
"Please don't leave me with Harry, he scares me sometimes" Natalie tried to beg.
"I have too little Nat; school is starting soon at least one more year till he's at Hogwarts" Rose tried to reassure her.
Rose started thinking about what happened to her younger brother.
October 20th, 1987
The autumn sky just turned dark little 6-year-old Harry managed to sneak out of the house while his babysitter fell asleep on the sofa in the living room.
Running for the tree line near Godric's Hollow, feeling the rush Harry decided to wander through the forest when he came across a rabbit that looked to be in pain and bleeding from its hip.
"You look hurt, maybe I can help you," Harry said as he gently knelt in front of the rabbit.
A twig snapping caused Harry to turn towards the sound when he saw a woman in her thirties.
"Well, it appears I found an ickle boy, what's your name, and why are you here?" The woman asked with her wand out to her side.
"Harry Potter, ma'am, I was taking a walk in the forest and found the rabbit in pain," Harry said innocently looking at her.
"Potter?" the woman asked slightly amused, "by any chance is your godfather Sirius black?"
Harry shook his head in response thinking she can't be bad if she knows Padfoot.
"No, he's my sisters' godfather, mines Remus Lupin"
"I'm Sirius blacks cousin Bellatrix Les… Black, though we don't really get along so don't say we spoke, as for the ickle rabbit, death is the best solution for it, want me to or do you want to?" Bellatrix offered with a smile
"I will, as I found it" taking a deep breath Harry went to grips it's next.
"Instead of using your hands why don't I teach you a spell, but you need negative emotions to use, like hate, sadness, jealousy," Bellatrix said holding her wand to Harry.
Getting up slowly Harry thought about it and took the wand and waited for the next instruction.
"Point the wand at the rabbit and say Avada Kedavra, it might feel like the wand is fighting you because it's not your wand" Bellatrix explained.
Pointing the wand at the rabbit Harry took a deep breath and thought about the sadness that his baby sister and older sister got to go to the Bones Halloween party, and he couldn't.
"Avada Kedavra"
Harry felt a rush of adrenaline and something else and the spell hit the rabbit and it died
"Wow, that was exciting," Harry said, almost bouncing on the spot.
"Can I do it again?" he asked looking at Bellatrix who was smiling at him.
"Ohhh yes you can my ickle harry," she said as they walked around the forest till they found a deer.
"The next spell I'm going to show you is called Crucio you have to mean to cause pain to use this spell but it will stop them from getting away to then use the other spell" Bellatrix explained and saw Harry nod in understanding
Pointing the wand at the deer Harry didn't bother taking a breath and just cast the spell, when the deer was in pain and fell to the floor Harry couldn't help but let out a little laugh and skipped with excitement to the deer then looked disappointed.
"What's wrong?" Bellatrix asked.
"It's not dead," Harry said disappointedly.
"You forgot the other spell" she almost sang.
"Damn your right, sorry Aunt Bella," Harry said realising his mistake and cast the killing curse.
"Well done, I will take the deer to the goblins at Gringotts and bring you any money you made from the kills. Meet me here tomorrow afternoon and I will teach you more spells," Bella said, taking her wand from Harry.
Looking upset Harry agreed to head back but reluctantly gave the wand back.
Noticing the hesitation to give the wand back Bella decided 9n a different plan.
"Tell you what, if you can get to Diagon Alley tomorrow morning and get to be alone in Flourish and Blotts and we can go somewhere to get you a surprise otherwise we can try the day after" Bellatrix explained to him and Harry basically flipped to instantly happy.
At the edge line of the forest, Bella gave Harry a small hug and then pushed him back towards the house and watched him chuckling to herself then apparated away.
October 21st, 1987
The next day after sneaking back into the house Harry woke and got ready for the day thinking of ways to get his parents to go to Diagon alley or to let him go.
Going downstairs Harry sat at the dining table when Lily started to place food on the table.
"Morning Harry love, how was your night? Cassandra said you were good as gold" Lily asked as she finished placing the table.
'That's because she was asleep for most of it,' Harry thought to himself.
"It was good, I spent some of it in the library looking at the books which I am able to" Harry explained as James came down with Natalie in his arms followed by Rose.
"Mum, can I go to the bookstore in Diagon Alley to look for some new books myself? I have some pocket money, roughly 3 galleons saved" Harry asked innocently.
Lily looked at James as if silently talking to each other.
"I don't really want you to but you have shown you can be trusted, I want to place a health monitoring charm on you though and I want you back before lunch," Lily said in a stern voice.
"Thank you, mother, thank you father, I love you both" Harry said before rushing his food to go upstairs and get ready.
Once upstairs and dressed in day clothes Harry let out a little giggle.
"Trusting? All the pranks I've done and Padfoot or dad get blamed" Harry said trying to laugh quietly.
Once back downstairs Harry waited for the monitoring charm to be placed on him before Lily let him go through the floo.
At Flourish and Blotts Harry was looking around to see if he could see Bellatrix and was getting annoyed at the fact, he couldn't find her in the store.
Deciding to buy a book and find somewhere near the door to wait and read Harry picks up a copy of 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' and buys it, then finds somewhere to sit and read.
11 am Bellatrix showed up under Glamour charm and walked up to Harry.
"Good morning ickle Harry, I see you have gotten away from the others," Bella said happily.
Looking confused at the woman Harry could tell it was Aunt Bella, but the face didn't match, and the confusion showed on his face.
"Glamour charm helps for disguise as for some unknown reason people are scared of me" Bellatrix claimed with a smile.
"Ok, where are we going? I brought this book. I liked the Disillusionment Charm and Memory charm at the beginning, but I can't test either of them yet" Harry stated excitedly.
"Well that is a surprise and here is the money from our little 'late night hunt'" Bella said handing Harry 15 Sickles.
"Damn almost another Galleon," Harry said a little annoyed at himself "was it the rabbit ?"
"Yes, because the rabbit was injured it dropped the price by two sickles, stingy goblins," Bellatrix said, leading Harry to Knockturn alley.
Walking down the Alley Bella drops the Glamour and walks Harry to the shop of destination.
"Giovanni's wand crafting shop? I'm getting a wand?" Harry asked, hardly containing his excitement.
"Yes, we are getting your own wand so it's more suited to you" Bella explained to him.
"But the underage magic uses law? I will be Owled and expelled before even starting Hogwarts" Harry said disappointed.
"Ahh my dear honorary nephew, if you were to buy a wand from Ollivanders then yes as they have a trace on them, this won't as they are freshly crafted meaning…"
"Meaning I can do magic as much as I want when I want" Harry replied amused.
"Correct though don't tell anyone this is our secret, plus you will need a wand from Ollivanders when you turn 11 to keep up appearances," Bellatrix said as she led Harry into the shop.
As they walked in there was a counter in the middle with a door behind it on the left wall were different types of wood and on the right wall were different objects.
"Giovanni, I need a favour" Bellatrix announced as they walked up to the counter.
"What happened, did your wand break in a duel again?" Giovanni sighed and stood up.
"That was one time! All because stupid Malfoy hit me with the Revulsion Jinx instead of Black!" Bella said, annoyed.
"But no, not for me, my young nephew here needs a wand," Bella said with a knowing smile.
"Well let's get to it then, follow me sir to the left wall," Giovanni said and walked around to the wood.
"Now close your eyes and take a deep breath, concentrate on the woods in the room you should see a tree appear and know the name of it even if you didn't before"
Trusting the crafter Harry closed his eyes taking a breath, feeling his magic extend from him a tree slowly starts to visualise itself but instead of one tree it's two trees intertwined together.
"Ebony tree and Blackthorn tree," Harry said and opened his eyes.
"Well two kinds of wood, that will be fun, ebony users are known to be best at combat spells and transfiguration while Blackthorn users are known for Being warriors" Giovanni explained and moved the woods outback.
"Same again on the right wall, these are wand cores some more… exotic than others"
Closing his eyes and repeating the process the image slowly becomes clear.
"Rougarou hair" Harry stated simply.
"Ah, just the one core? Ok it will be ready within half-hour that will be 20 Galleons"
After paying with the promise to return Harry and Bella head to Gringotts bank, after a short cart ride, they arrive at a vault which Harry is not allowed to enter.
Upon Bellatrix's return from the vault, she hands Harry a small shrunken trunk.
"Its word activated so place it on the floor and say enlarge to make it bigger and shrink to make it smaller, you can change these at any point by saying change then the phrase and word" Bella explained as Harry nodded in understanding knowing this will also be a secret.
Back at the wand crafting shop, Giovanni hands Harry his wand upon touching it a bright light appears at the tip of the wand.
"That's a powerful wand there, also less likely to change owners when disarmed in battle" Giovanni explained and Harry nodded in acknowledgment.
"Now with dark magic Harry, if you don't cast any after so long you will usually start to feel side effects, I personally don't know what they are and the two spells I taught you are dark magic" Bella started to explain as they left the shop and stood a corner away from Diagon alley.
"Try not to come to Knockturn alley alone but if you need to then in the trunk is a beginner's book of dark magic from England and Sweden," Bella said looking at Harry.
"Thank you, Aunt Bella, I will be careful about where I practice but I need to go. I have five minutes before mum wants me back. '' Harry said, hugging her and making sure his new wand is hidden then running off to the leaky cauldron.
Returning home Harry was greeted by a waiting Lily tapping her arm.
"Your late mister," she said, annoyed and upset.
"Sorry mum, there was a queue at Flourish and Blotts then I got stuck talking to tom and Hagrid about magical creatures" Harry explained attempting to lie.
"Did you know that Hagrid believes it's possible to breed a manticore and a fire crab? Or was it a different creature" Harry started to ramble hoping he overheard the conversation correctly on his way past.
Lily sighed and hugged him "I was worried all morning"
"I know, I'm going upstairs to get ready for lunch I'll be down in a bit," Harry said running off upstairs to hide his trunk where no one will find it
January 2nd, 1988
Harry went out for his routine stroll through the forest to meet Bella as Sirius showed up.
"Hey prongs, Lily how're the kids? I see little Nat is growing nicely" Sirius said upon coming out of the floo.
"Hey pads, Rose is doing good, excited for Hogwarts soon I believe, and is in her room and Harry" James sighed.
"Some things off, some days he's secretive other days he's muttering to himself plus he's constantly in that bloody forest" James explained feeding Natalie.
"Have you tried to stop him from going to the forest?"
"Yes, I did for a week, and here's the stranger part, it was like he was ill and was aggravated by Rose saying good morning and tried attacking her, had to stun him"
"Dam, wait that sounds oddly familiar," Sirius said and for the first time went deep in thought then wide eyes.
"James, does Harry keep a diary?" Sirius asked and got a confused look from James.
"Probably in his room, why?"
"A hunch which I'm hoping to be wrong, when will Harry be back?" Sirius asked, looking towards the stairs.
Thinking trying to remember when Harry left James was drawing a blank.
"He will be back in two hours if the pattern continues," Lily said, now finished in the kitchen.
"Do I have permission to look in Harry's room?" He asked and both Lily and James Nodded in agreement.
Going upstairs to Harry's room Rose comes out of hers and sees Sirius.
"Padfoot! What are you doing here" Rose asked excitedly, hugging the man.
"I was here to spend time with the family but I'm also here to see why something is strange with Harry," he explained stroking the girl's hair.
"Oh ok, he's been different recently, it's almost not normal, '' she said and followed Sirius to look around Harry's room.
After 30 minutes of searching, Rose found a black book with a name on it 'H. '.
"Sirius, I think I've found it," Rose said passing Sirius the book and opens it to a random page
"The lessons with Aunt Bella are proceeding slowly due to limited contact but the books are helping a lot, why doesn't Sirius just apologize to her for what he did?"
"Aunt Bella? Do you know an Aunt Bella?" Sirius asked Rose who also looked confused before turning to the next page.
"Learnt the Lacero spell today, though I prefer the severing charm it's good for hunting"
Finally putting two and two together Sirius closes the book and runs downstairs.
"He's been learning dark magic. Aunt Bella is teaching him, only one person can be Aunt Bella and that is Bellatrix, wherein the forest is, he?" Sirius asked sternly.
"No idea, we didn't know, Merlin's beard, when could this have happened?" James asked worriedly.
"I will get Albus," Lily said, running to the floo when suddenly Harry walked in.
James and Sirius looked at Harry and Harry looked at them then his diary but before he could turn around to run, he was tied up in rope and sat in a chair fighting and struggling.
Lily and Albus Dumbledore came into the room to see a hysterical Harry frantically trying to escape.
"Albus we caught Harry, he's been learning dark magic Bellatrix has been teaching him and taking him 'hunting' what do we do," James asked hoping the spell will last.
"We need to starve him of dark magic, though I'm not sure what sort of effect this will have on the boy and hope he's not committed any crimes, can I use Veritaserum?" Albus asked, looking around and saw both Lily and James nod.
"Ok, I will be right back I need to talk to Snape" with that Albus apparated back to Hogwarts.
As Dumbledore left Harry took the chance to use the severing charm on the ropes and run.
Making it partway into the forest with stunning spells being thrown at Harry he turned around and cast Lacero at James barely missing him and decided to bury his wand before running again.
Once finally stunned he is brought back to the house where he is properly tied to the chair before being awoken looking around, he sees Sirius, James, Lily, Rose, and Remus now joining them.
Struggling in vain to get out of the restraints he gave up just as Dumbledore returned, he opened the Veritaserum and started to administer 3 drops when Harry struggled and knocked his hand causing 2 more to be administered.
Everyone looked at each other worriedly.
"What is your name?"
"Harry James Potter"
"What is your date of birth?"
"July 31st, 1981"
"It appears to be working correctly," Sirius said.
"Have you met Bellatrix Lestrange?"
"No"
This answer confused everyone in the room
"Where did you learn dark magic?" Sirius asked
Not wanting to answer, Harry tries to fight it but fails.
"F-From aunty Bellatrix Black"
Shocking everyone that she used black instead of Lestrange.
"What do you hunt?"
"Deer, rabbits, boar, once a…" Harry tried to fight the effects again.
"A man and… girl! Who wandered and found us" Harry shouted while trying to resist.
Shocking everyone in the room Rose and Lily ran out of the room Lily crying and Rose trying to comfort her.
"How? What spell" James asked now dreading the answer.
Scrunching his face Harry trying to resist throwing his head side to side to stay silent Harry bites his left shoulder drawing blood but to no avail.
"Chased… man… stopped with… cruciatus curse… then killing… curse," Harry said, trying every attempt to resist.
"black ice curse… on girl frozen solid… beautiful black ice"
Feeling sick Remus sticks his head over the kitchen sink.
"Who's wand did you use," James asked, remembering it being suspicious that Harry ran to the woods outline and cast spells.
Trying everything he can, Harry bites his bottom lip in hopes to avoid answering and drawing blood then gets a hazy look in his eyes.
"There was once a man who sailed at sea to see a dragon at large he be sai-" Harry started singing.
Realising that going any further could be dangerous Dumbledore gives Harry the antidote but continues singing till he was stunned.
"What now Albus, he's killed a person, animals, is one thing but a person, and two unforgivables and has mild insanity because of too much Veritaserum," James asked, not looking away from Harry.
"We stick by the original plan, I would rather not send a child to Azkaban or st mungo's, I suggest having Aurors search the forest, we try to starve the dark magic and hope its hold isn't too deep and he can return to the light and that over time he regains some sanity"
"Why dark magic, we are descended from Godric Gryffindor, not Salazar," James said as he stood up and walked over to Harry removing the restraints.
"Tomorrow I'm going to the bank, till Harry can prove he was with the light he is no longer first heir it will go to Rose," James said as he lifted him up.
Nodding in agreement James moves Harry up to his room and places a powerful locking charm on his door.
Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed it. Please leave a review or a flame about if I made any mistakes which I can clear up later, also any questions will be answered in the next chapter.