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Summary: A Cross-over of Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings. Harry was 'enjoying' a holiday away from Hogwarts when, on his Birthday, he receives an anonymous package which takes his away from the world he knows into a new world and new adventures.

-Prologue-

12:01 am

"Happy Birthday to me" Thought Harry Potter grimly. "16 years old and still stuck here with the Dursleys. Yes this is going to be another memorable Birthday."

Sure he had his friends but apart from that his life was basically terrible. He had to live with his muggle relatives who hated him, his godfather had died only a few months ago, he wasn't told anything and to top it all off he had a blood thirsty maniac after him.

Yes he had the perfect life.

Many times he wished he wasn't here, that he was not Harry Potter, the boy-who-lived. He longed to be with someone who would care about him…anybody. Someone who wouldn't look at him as some hero he never asked to be, or treat him differently because of something he could hardly remember doing or something he had no control over in the case of his relatives. He longed to be with someone who would like him as just Harry.

His friends did, the Weasleys did and some of the order members did. Remus Lupin never treated him as some icon, he treated him as the son of James and Lily Potter, as Harry.

As his thoughts dwelt on this an owl appeared at his window. He stood up and allowed it to enter. The owl dropped a parcel on his bed then flew away. Harry walked over to the parcel and looked at the message. All it said was "To Harry Potter".

Shrugging he sat down upon his bed and drew the parcel upon his lap. He tore away the wrapping to reveal a box. He studied the box for a moment. It had Silver edges and a silver lock, there was a small silver plaque on the top with nothing written on it and the rest of it was black.

After a moment Harry set the box down, grabbing his wand he pointed it at the box as he carefully opened the lid.

A bright light shone from under it and it engulfed him when the lid was fully opened. Suddenly he felt as if he was being pulled away from the house in Privet Drive, away from the world he knew and into something quite different.

And as suddenly as it came it left as he came crashing down again. He hit the ground with a heavy thud and then all went black.

-End Prologue-

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