[DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Harry Potter!!!! (wish I did though...)

A/N: Yeah, I know what you're thinking.... another take at Harry goes back in time... but I really love the concept.... hope you like it...]

Prologue.

As Harry lay helpless on the battle field, his whole life did indeed flash before his eyes. Years at the Dursleys, Hogwarts, the war, everyone that died, both Order members and Death Eaters. Harry couldn't help but wish that he could have a chance to go back and do something to change his mistakes… for there were a lot of them… most of all he regretted trusting Dumbledore… Even as he knew he was about to die, he managed to get angry at the old bastard and those two red haired fuckers – Ron and Ginny, who manipulated and ultimately destroyed any chance for a normal life he had…

With the last remaining strength he turned his head and looked at those who lay beside him – Hermione, Luna, Tonks, Voldemort and the two Malfoys… Potter's vision dimmed gradually. He wondered why none of the survivors tried to save him… but no ideas came, as his consciousness slipped into oblivion.

When Harry opened his eyes, he was surprised to find himself in a very luxury room. The floor was made out of glass and below them… below them was the battle field he died on. The teen turned around and found a beautiful man sitting on the sofa and looking downwards. As he felt Harry staring, he looked up and smiled:

- Well, mister Potter. As you probably figured out, you're dead.

Harry blinked, the statement was rather blunt:

- Yeah… I thought so…

The man nodded:

- Good, very good. I am Destiny and I'm afraid that you won't be able to stay here.

- What do you mean? Am I going to be sent to Hell for all the people that died because of me?

Destiny snickered for some reason:

- Hell? No, of course not. Why does everyone always assume the worst? I simply meant that it was not your destiny to die today, Mr. Potter.

- So you'll send me back? I'll continue living?

- Not exactly…

- Huh?

- Very eloquent… what I meant was that I'll send you back to some time around your 10th birthday.

- Why then?

- Well… since you've been manipulated ever since you came to Hogwarts, you'll now have a chance to avoid that and do things differently.

- Wow…

Harry was in shock… his dream was coming true – he had a chance to go back and set things right… it was mind blowing… for a second he thought he was hallucinating, but then he remembered that he was in fact dead and therefore it was very much real. Silence became noticeable and Harry cleared his throat:

- Will I… will I have my memories? Of this time?

- Of course you will, otherwise you'd just make the same mistakes again…

- Yeah… I guess so…

- I take it you're ready to go?

- Is there… anything I have to know before you send me back?

Destiny smirked, obviously pleased that Harry managed to ask the right question:

- Well… it's very good you asked, Harry. You see, there are a lot of things you're not aware of that I couldn't speak of unless you asked… first of all, your mother, Lily, was not a muggleborn. In fact, she was not an Evans…

- Hold on… if she was not an Evans, then what about the blood wards?

- Patience, Potter. I'll get to that in due time. As I said, she was not an Evans, her birth name was Lilith Eve Warren, and she was the sole heiress of the family. Her parents were among the last victims of Grindewald and so she landed in an orphanage. Then she was picked up by Albus Dumbledore and given to the Evans family.

- So his manipulations go back to my Mom?

- Not quite. He's always been manipulative, greedy and power hungry. He knew Lily was from an old rich pureblood family, what he didn't know, was that her family was descended from Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slitherin.

- You're kidding, right? I'm the heir of Ravenclaw and Slitherin?

- No, I'm not kidding, now be quiet, I'm not finished. The Potters, as you know, are an equally rich and old family, descended from the other two founders – Hufflepuff and Griffindor. The Griffindor part was common knowledge, which was part the reason why Voldemort thought you'd be his equal, not Neville. Now what you'll need to do, when you go back, is to claim heirship the first chance you get. I'm pretty sure, you'll get emancipated. The rest you'll find out there.

- In Gringotts, or in the past in general?

- In Gringotts, of course. Make sure to do the test that all the pureblood children take to see if you have any extra gifts. If you do, make sure they're not bound, for that just might be the 'power he knows not'. Now our time's up, I'll send you now. Good luck, Harry Potter.

Harry nodded dumbly, still in shock from informational overload. His surroundings blurred out and then he fainted.

[A/N: And that's it for now. Please review and let me know if I should even continue *) ]