What if?
Summary: What if the Potters never died that Halloween night? What if everyone believed that Rose Potter was the Girl-Who-Lived? What if the Potters became egoistic gits and ignored Harry in favour of Rose? What if Harry knew all along that he was special and began practising magic at the age of 7? What if Harry began to do things that no one thought possible for a Potter?
Disclaimer: I own nothing of Harry Potter, it all belongs to J.K. Rowling, though if I did own it I wouldn't be here.
Italics are thoughts
Bold is Parseltounge or Beast Speak
Bold Italics is writng or letters
Underlined is Spells
Prologue: Down a Different Road Continued
Our life is not defined by actions,
it is defined by the reasons and choices behind those actions.
Godric's Hollow
Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew or 'Wormtail', both apperated into a small village by the name of Godric's Hollow. It was a Wizarding village, one that housed the next victim of Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. The two walked down a narrow path beside a cemetary. The path was so well hiddin that if you weren't looking for it or didn't know it was there, you would have missed it. They walked down the path in silence, both having different thoughts of what they were going to do after this mission was done.
Both men stopped abruptly at the end of the path. Wormtail stared at the invisible house to all accept him and its residents. He wondered how his life would change after tonight. 'James and Lily were the first friends that I ever had, then they betrayed me and left me alone after my father died. Now they will pay...' He began to think when he remembered that his Master needed his information to see and enter the house. "M-my Lord? The Potter's c-can be found at number 13 Godric's Hollow."
As he said that, the small cottage became visible to the Dark Lord. It was a simple house. It was very small and had an even smaller second story. It was made out of dull, grey bricks, and the windows looked as if they would fall off as soon as a strong wind blew at them. In fact, everything accept the front door needed replacing.
'So this is where the mighty Potter twins live, the only threats to my ascention of power. Pathetic.' Voldemort thought. He turned to Wormtail, "You are not to talk to the Potters, nor are you allowed to torture them. Once I am done with the twins, you can get your revenge on them." Wormtail nodded and smirked, his small mind beginning to come up with possible torture plans.
Together they walked up to the door. Voldemort drew his wand. He quickly cast some temporary anti-apperation and anti-portkey wards. Then he said silently Bombarda! The door blew neatly off its hinges and smashed into the opposite wall.
Voldemort heard a voice cry out, "LILY HE'S HEAR! TAKE THE TWINS AND RUN! I'LL HOLD HIM OFF JUST GET OUT OF HERE! Voldemort heard some footsteps run quickly up the stairs. He turned to the source of the noise and saw a young man standing there. He was James Potter, hero of the Light Side. He had short messy black hair and hazel eyes, which held a look of defiance. He looked to be around 5' 9" and was wearing some Muggle jeans and shirt. He had his wand out and looked ready to fight to the death to protect his family.
Voldemort smiled and said to James, "Ah James, how nice to see you here. This will make my job alot easier, unless of course you wish to join me? I may even spare your wife and children." He had no intetion of sparing the twins, but he would spare the woman, so he wasn't entirly lying.
James didn't even hesitate before he shouted, "NEVER!"
Voldemort just sighed and said, "I wont kill you today, you and your wife are the only ones who give me a challenge, so for now I will just..." Voldemort flicked his wand and sent a blasting hex at James, which sent him flying into the wall behind him with a crunch. Voldemort headed up the stairs to what he assumed to be the twins room. He found that it was locked and that a simple 'Bombarda' wouldn't break the door. He sighed and used one of his favourite dark curses, the Burning Curse, once hit with the curse, the object or person would be consumed by fire until the caster was satisfied or the target was dead or destroyed.
Voldemort stepped into the room and saw Lily Potter standing over the crib with the twins inside. She had long flowing red hair and piercing emerald green eyes. She too was dressed in Muggle clothes and looked to be about 5' 8". "Please," she begged, "not Harry and Rose." Voldemort didn't even waste time answering her. He just blasted her into the far wall, leaving her unconscious.
Voldemort walked over to the twins. One of them had black hair, much like the father, while the other had the same flaming red hair of the mother. He looked at the one with black hair, Harry, and said, "You pathetic children are my only means of demise? What was Dumbledore thinking? No matter I will kill you both now. AVADA KEVADRA!" As the green light left his wand, time seemed to slow down. Harry snapped opened his eyes and Voldemort saw the same colour eyes as the unforgivable cast at him. The boy smiled as the curse struck his forehead. Voldemort was about to smirk when suddenly the curse rebounded and struck him. He screamed in agony as he felt his dark soul being ripped from his body. With his last ounce of concentration he cast a spell that would keep his soul in this realm and not pass over to the realm of the dead. His spirit fled the crumbling house, not to be seen for another 10 years.
Back downstairs, Wormtail had enerverated James and had him under the Cruicatus Curse when he heard the scream of his Master. He looked up and saw the house start to crumble, along with the anti-apparation wards. He quickly cancelled the curse and apperated out, leaving with a large 'CRACK'. James got up, picked up his wand and ran upstairs. The small house around him was crumbling fast and he needed to check if Lily and the twins were okay.
Back in the nursary. The crib had collapsed and struck the red-headed twin, Rose, in the forehead. The way it hit her created a 'V' shaped cut on her forhead, which started to blead profusly. Rose started to cry. Harry looked over and brought his hand over her cut. A glowing pink mark emitted from his hand sealed her cut, leaving a jagged V-shaped scare on her forehead. Just then James came threw the door way and saw them and Lily on the ground. He was confused when he saw that all of them were alive when he was sure the he heard the words of the Killing Curse being said. He shook himself as another brick fell down near his head and the curtains on the window caught fire. He grabbed the twins and Lily and apperated out, just as the last of the sealing caved in.
I tried to make this chapter longer than the other one but I wanted to make it just the attack of Godric's Hollow, or I would have made it longer. Thank you so much to kyubbi reviewed even though the last chapter was rediculously short. Reviews would be really nice. Sorry if there is any grammer problems. I have a question though, does anyone know the name of the 3 headed snake? You know the one that had a dreamer head and a planner head and something else. I think it's an Ashwinder but I'm not sure.
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