CPR/KM: Against my better judgement with that supposed-purge going on... I shall post this challenge. But fear not, I shall finish my other stories, too... should anyone show still interest in them.

Lilly: ... Wait, purge? I thought it was just some rumour.

CPR/KM: I thought so, too. But there are soo many useless chapters post with info about the purge as A/N. I gave up finding any real updates on some stories.

Lilly: I see...

CPR/KM: And I apologize to BlackSeaReaper for riddling them with so many question to this challenge~!
Lilly: mutters A wonder they did not run off screaming...

Disclaimer: I don't own anything...

Summary: No one really knows what had happened to the Gorgon Sisters while they had gone missing from Amazon Lily. Even less know of the origin of Boa Hancock or where she came from before the Elder Nyon had found her and taken her in. Now, this mystery shall be solved.

Warnings: AU, Crossover, OOCness, Gender-Bender as in Fem!Harry, Slavery, Language, Bashings

Pairings: If there are any, I have yet to decide on them. But you may send in suggestions.

The way of an Empress, How it all started...

Book 1

Prologue

~ 1981 October 31, All Hollows Eve, Godric's Hollow...

The night sky was cloudless and filled with few stars. A heavy silence was hanging in the night air, even though it was All Hollows Eve. To most it was better known as Halloween where kids could go outside in the night to play 'Trick or Treat' on adults. It was fairly common to them after all. Yet, to wizards and witches, and every other magical creature out there, Halloween was known as All Hollows Eve or Samhain, what most of those wizards and witches preferred to call it. Most wizarding families celebrated on this very night Samhain but not all of them did. There were some that did not believe in it anymore. Yet, others had grave reasons as to why it was impossible for them to celebrate it. For example, the Potters were not celebrating it. They were busy with another matter than this holiday, a very dangerous and grave matter at that.

The Potters were a well known family in the Wizardry World; most would refer to them of being of old blood. That may be because of the fact that the Potters could trace their ancestors back to the time of the foundation of Hogwarts, even farther than that, too. Some even claimed that the Potters helped to build the very castle where years upon years later, still children went to and learned what it means to be a wizard or a witch. Not many old wizard family could claim such and those who did, those were said to be the elite under them. Right now though, this was of no interest for the Potters that were in hiding from a Dark Lord that was after one of their children, possible even both. The place that they had chosen to hide at was in a small two story tall cottage in Godric's Hollow.

The cottage lay atop a small hill in Godric's Hollow. From the outside, the small cottage did not look like anything special. The paint was already peeling off of the walls and the wooden patio looked like it would break any time in. The windows were broken or shattered and from atop on the roof it looked like some of the roof tiles were missing. They left big and gaping holes. Yet, from the inside the cottage looked very much fine and had furniture everywhere. The outside was not matching up with the inside. That may have to do with the fact that the small cottage together with the Potters was under the Fidelius Charm. It is a very powerful spell which is able to hide just about anything if done right. Of course, this spell was in need of a trustworthy secret keeper or else, the spell may not work as it should.

The name in itself was already explaining how the spell works. The secret keeper was the keeper of a secret and was the only one able to talk about it, or tell others about this secret which he or she keeps. In short, the hiding place of the Potters was not about to be given price to anyone that did not know who the secret keeper is and as such does not know where they were hiding at. Well, save for the one that was the secret keeper and selected few whom were told about it. This was the best protection that the Potters had come up with after they had found out the Dark Lord, which was terrorizing their community, was now after them because of some prophecy.

Currently, the whole Potter family was found sitting in the living-room whilst the youngest was playing with a stuffed teddy bear. The family considered of four members who were James Potter and Lily Potter, the parents, and their twins, a boy and a girl. The boy was an exact copy of James Potter, save for the fact that he had Lily's fiery red hair but anything other was purely James. The boy was named Charles Edward Potter. The girl on the other hand was coming more after Lilly, save for her hair which was an inky black just like her fathers. The girl's name was Rose-Lynn Lily Potter.

"Ma~!" little Rose-Lynn shrieked happily when the teddy began to bore her. "Up! UP!"

Lily smiled at her daughter and her emerald green eyes softened up when she saw Rose-Lynn reaching for her, "Of course, sweetie, up you go!"

James was watching with sad hazel eyes his family in front of him. He couldn't believe that something so dreadful was supposed to happen to his family. It was just so hard to believe for him when his old Headmaster told him of the prophecy and how it was fitting a bit too well with his family. He let his eyes travel to his son sitting on the floor and playing with some wooden train. A small smile made its way onto his face. Would he ever be able to see either of his children all grown up? James wasn't someone to have such a negative look out in life but with the war going on, not even he could make himself believe the opposite anymore.

Especially with such a heavy threat hanging over his families' heads, it was impossible for him to believe otherwise.

"Ma~! Ma~!" Rose-Lynn babbled happily out while playing with her mother's fiery red hair.

"Huuuu!" Charles huffed out when the train did not go the way he wanted it to go.

"James?" Lily asked with a worried voice when she saw the expression on her husband's face. "Are you alright?"

Smiling lightly and willing his dark thoughts away, James tried to reassure his worried wife, "Of course, I am, Lils. Don't worry about me."

"If you say so," muttered a not convinced Lily while rocking a half asleep Rose-Lynn in her arms.

Smiling lightly at his wife doubting expression, James chuckled a little to himself. `Ah, good, old Lily, always worried about me and others.´

"I am taking Rosie to bed, James," Lily suddenly said, something was giving her the chills and she had the feeling she should get away. `But why?´ "Don't do anything stupid with our son, James."

"Why! I would never," James said with humour in his voice.

"Don't try to lie to yourself, now," was the last thing Lily said before she turned to go upstairs.

James just smiled at his wife when he suddenly felt the wards around their cottage acting up. It was as if they were trying to warn him that someone was trying to enter their hide out that should not know about it. `But why?´ It was absurd, Peter was their secret keeper and James trusted him not to tell anyone that was not supposed to know where they were hiding. Yet, something was telling him otherwise when the wards acted up again. It couldn't possible mean...? When the wards just flared up yet again and this time with more force than before, James was sure. Their secret keeper had betrayed them.

"Lily! Take the children and run!" James could hear himself say.

"J- James? What's wrong?" Lily asked fearfully while watching how her husband made a 180 degree turn in personality.

"It's him, Lily. He is here!"

That was the only thing that Lily needed to be told before she took her son and darted upstairs. Maybe she could at least hide her children from the incoming monster before it was too late. She did not dare to turn around and take a look at her husband. She knew that this may be her very last time that she would hear or see James. She did not want to believe it right now, she would rather believe that they would make it out alive, both of them together with their children.

"I love you, Lily-Flower," Lily chocked back a sob when she heard James whisper those words.

She did not have any time to answer him before their front door was blasted open and she could hear that high, cold and cruel cackle of the madman that was after her family. It sent shivers down her spine and it frightened her that she was able to hear the laugher up to the rooms of the children. `James, please make it out alive,´ Lily thought while hiding in the nursery with her twins. `Let us all make it out alive of here!´

Lily stared down at her children who had begun to cry the moment the door was blasted open. She couldn't blame them. She would have cried, too, but she couldn't, she had to be strong for her children's sake and make sure that they made it out alive. Even if she had to sacrifice herself for it to happen, then so be it. She would gladly do it for her children's sake.

"Hush, hush, my children," Lily tried to say with a strong voice. "Mommy's here, hush, hush."

But the wailing of her son didn't cease at all while her daughter's wails suddenly seem to quite down and become silent sobs. How very strange, it was as if she understood her mother's words. Lily smiled at her daughter and stroked through her dark hair, soothing the little babe even more. She tried to do the same with Charles but the baby boy just screamed louder. It seemed that nothing could stop his wailing. She smiled sadly at this. For him to not even calm down when she tried to comb his hair with her fingers, it was telling her how much afraid her son was.

Another loud blast was heard in the cottage suddenly and Lily turned around on her heels, staring with hard eyes at the person that had blasted the door away from the nursery. Charles wailing didn't stop at all and seemed to become even louder while Rose-Lynn had suddenly become oddly quiet. Something was very wrong with that picture.

"Ah, thought you could escape, didn't you, little Mudblood?" the high and cruel voice of the Dark Lord Voldemort rang through the room. "Did you really think I let you escape with those two filthy things?"

Lily bared her teeth at man clad in a dark robe which was hiding his whole being. That thing had not just gone and insulted her little babies! How dare he think that he could do that? He had no right to do that!

"You-!"

"I, what, silly girl?" the voice had taken on a mocking tone of sorts. "You should be careful there what you say to me or do you want to let your children to die so badly?"

"Never! My children won't die, they never will," Lily spat with disgust, she did not like where this was heading. "You filthy monster, you are the only one that will die."

"My patience is running thin," anger was clearly heard in the voice, yet some sort of pride, too. "Now, stand aside and let me kill those filthy half bloods!"

"NEVER!" Lily said with an outraging voice. "I will never stand aside!"

"I am being generous to you, stand aside now!"

"No! I'd rather die!"

"Stand aside," Voldemort was clearly angry at the silly woman now. Why did she not accept already? Her life for her children's, it would make things so much easier for him. "I will not ask you again!"

"I told you already! Never, you disgusting creature!"

"Very well, filthy Mudblood!" the hissing was well heard in the voice. "Avada Kedavra!"

And then, everything went black for one Lily Potter.

"Now to you, you disgusting things," came the sneer.

~ Point of View from little Rose-Lynn...

Mommy? Why did you fall over, Mommy? Wake up, Mommy! The bad man is trying to hurt me and brother! Mommy, do something! I don't like the way he is looking at us. Mommy, stand up! Come on, Mommy, make him stop. Make that bad man go away; I don't like him and what he did to you. You should punish him like you did with Daddy when he is silly. He is pointing something at us. I don't like it. It feels bad and he is laughing at us. Why does he do that, Mommy? The stupid bad man did something to brother, he is so silent. I don't like this.

Mommy? Wake up, already. This is not funny anymore. Mommy? Please? He hurt brother! You have to punish him now, like you punished Uncle Wormtail when he made brother cry. Mommy, why aren't you answering me?

Bad man, this is your entire fault! You made Mommy go silent, you made brother go silent and you hurt Daddy. I don't like you. Stop pointing with that silly thing at me.

GO AWAY! GO AWAY! GO AWAY! YOU HURT MY FAMILY!

You should feel the same as my Mommy and brother did!

STUPID BAD MAN! STAY STILL AND GO AWAY!

~ Change to normal Point of View...

Voldemort was staring with wide eyes at the little baby girl in front of him. He could feel something incredible powerful inside the little girl. He stared with wide eyes at how his Avada Kedavra was stopped in mid air and seemed to be pushed back at him. He tried to duck away from it but something powerful was holding him in place. He had no control over his body anymore and he could only stare with wide eyes at his incoming death.

"Curse you, Potter! You and your rotten family!" were the last things Voldemort said before everything went black.

CPR/KM: And that's that~!
Lily: How... interesting...

CPR/KM: I know~~! So, please be so kind as to leave a review behind~!