Disclaimer/Warnings: See chapter 0
A/N: Thanks to Mercury Shadow, first reviewer!
The Harry Potter Chronicles: Lost in Time
Chapter I
The Beginning or the End?
--Every story must have a beginging—
--….--
October 31st, 1981, Godric's Hollow.
The cold night air was disturbed only by the shouts and laughs of children as they celebrated All Hallows Eve. They milled about, laughing and chatting about everything and nothing.
One figure, a cloaked adult, strode purposely up the street. He could have been mistaken for an older boy, trying to celebrate Halloween one last time, but there was something about the blood red eyes that stared out from under the black hood that made others avoid him, even crossing the street to do so.
The figure smirked, as he found the house he had been looking for. That snivelling worm was good for something after all, he thought.
Looking into the window he saw just what he had come here for, a family of four. The father entertained two twins by blowing smoke rings from a thin wooden stick-A magic wand.
He smiled and stood, sticking the wand in his pocket, to the disappointment of the infants. The father only smiled before turning to the mother, a redhead, who he kissed lovingly on the cheek.
So sweet, the dark man thought in amusement, it's almost a shame I'm going to kill them.
Striding easily through the open gate, he crossed the small garden to the door, which, surprisingly, carried no defences other than being locked. Surely there were other spells beside the Fidelius Charm?
The dark man smirked; this was going to be easier than he thought.
Reaching into his robes, he pulled out his own wand, this one more bone-like, and pointed it at the keyhole, "Alohomora". The lock clicked, before the door swung open with an ominous creak.
" Sirius?" The father asked, stepping into the hallway to greet the friend that wasn't there " That you?"
He gasped," Voldemort!" The dark man simply smirked "Indeed it is, James"
James pulled his own wand free before yelling:" Lily, it's him, take the boys and run!"
There was a gasp, before the sound of breaking glass and a scuffle of movement, as the mother-Lily- grabbed her two boys and fled up the stairs.
"Decapio!"
Voldemort, despite his surprise, dodged the curse easily, before taunting: "I never thought you had a Decapitation Curse in you, Potter"
Potter took aim again, crying: "Ossis-!"
"Avada Kedavra!"
James leapt to the side, in order to dodge the deadly Killing Curse; it instead hit the wall behind him, exploding in a small cloud of green fire. The explosion was enough to send Potter flying in the wall with a sickening crack.
Voldemort watched him slide down the wall, leaving a thin trail of blood on the wall." I'll deal with you later, Potter "
Voldemort walked past the now unconscious Auror, before ascending the stairs to the second floor, where he knew Lily would be desperately trying to ward the door in a valiant effort to stave him off. Shame it wouldn't work.
A silent Reductor Curseblasted the door clean off it's hinges, amid the screams of the two babies. Voldemort stepped over the shards of the ruined door to face a defiant Lily, using her arms to shield the crib that held her beloved children.
"Stand aside and I need not kill you"
"Please" She begged; "Kill me instead"
He paused, as if actually considering what she said, before:" No, I think not, I shall enjoy watching you suffer"
"Stupefy!"
Lily lunged forward in a last ditch effort, but Voldemort simply reflected the Stunning Spell back at her, causing her to collapse to the ground in a heap. All too easy.
He stepped across the room to the crib that held the prize he had come here for, and smirked down at the infants that could potentially cause his downfall.
Even though such an idea is laughable. However, just to be sure…
The Dark Lord raised his wand, tip glowing with the sickly green of an uncast Killing Curse, at the twins.
One had a mop of dark auburn hair and hazel eyes, and the other had a jet black nest and sparkling emerald eyes." So, who shall die first, hmm?"
The redhead giggled and reached for the wand as though it were a toy, and Voldemort spoke, "So you, wish to be first, do you, Samuel? Very well…"
The infant fell back, and the wand glowed brighter. The other one, realising something was wrong hoisted itself up and moved in front of his brother
"Bad man!"
"Indeed, Harry, very bad"
And with that, Voldemort unleashed the Killing Curse on the little boy's head.
Suddenly, a shining golden aura exploded from the boy, mostly deflecting the curse except for a sliver that slipped through and struck the boy's head, just above his right eye, leaving a lightning shaped scar. The light was so intense that a white shade that left the boy went unnoticed.
Voldemort screamed as he felt his soul being torn from his body, and fled.
A shard of glass from the shattered window sliced the other boy, across the cheek, leaving a spiky "S" as a souvenir.
As suddenly, as the explosion of magic came, it ended, leaving silence in the ruined home.
"Okay, I think I overdid those runes a bit" A voice said from the corner." I wonder where all that power came from?"
A cloaked figure shimmered into sight and took in the destroyed bedroom.
"Meh, it's not like I ruined anything important" He muttered, stepping lazily over the torn cloak that had, just a few minutes prior, clothed the darkest wizard in decades.
Stepping up to the relatively untouched crib, the figure pulled down his hood, revealing a mess of grey hair and the beginning of a beard. Twinkling emerald eyes stared at the baby that had destroyed the Dark Lord, whose very soul now resided in the far past.
"So…you're me, huh?"
Somewhere a long time ago….
A figure crept through the grassy lands, trying to return to his clan without alerting predators. He paused and listened, as he heard the sound of a crying youngling.
Moving swiftly in the direction of the youngling's wails, he soon found what he was looking for, a young child with black hair and green eyes. Without a second thought he scooped the child into his arms and scurried off in the direction of his clan.
A/N: This chapter just sets up the story. If you've got ideas then leave a review