Chapter 1

Severus Snape was unimpressed. Honestly. After all, what possible reason was there to be impressed about the number one student of Hogwarts surpassing the highest exam rate? Again.

Nothing else could be expected from the Prodigy of Hogwarts, of course.

Harry would have probably been another James, had Severus not convinced Dumbledore to train Harry in preparation of the return of the Dark Lord. Dueto this, Dumbledore allowed Harry to stay with the Dursleys only for the necessary time the Blood Wards would take to hold, and then picked him up for training. Dumbledore had told Harry the truth about the prophecy and his destiny as soon he was able to understand; they treated each other as a father would treat a son, but also as friends.

Harry spent his first five years learning the concept of magic and potions, hand-to-hand combat, and all things about magical people and items. Harry didn't talk to Severus much, considering Albus was also honest about his betrayal of the prophecy whichhad resulted in the death of his parents. He did let Severus teach him about potions and train him in the art of Wand Stance. Harry was able to grasp things with ease, and if there was something he couldn't immediately understand, his ceaseless determination wouldn't let him stop until he did.

Dumbledore left McGonagall in charge while he took long absences to train Harry. When Hogwarts demanded attention, Harry was trained by Dumbledore's brother Aberforth. It had taken long bouts of cajoling and coercion to persuade Aberforth to help, but persistence pays off.

When Harry finally began his first year at Hogwarts, the newspapers had attacked him once they had found out he had become a Slytherin. Severus had been surprised. Hogwarts, still holding its ridiculous "Bad People come from Slytherin" view, began to look down on the Boy-Who-Lived, and few wanted to be seen with him.

The people who did become his friends surprised Snape; Blaise Zabini and Draco Malfoy. Dumbledore warned Harry to be careful in Slytherin - especially when Voldemort came back - and to watch his two friends carefully.

In the meantime, Aberforth took Harry off campus for training during the weekends, and Dumbledore trained Harry during the breaks, since neither really had family to celebrate with.

Harry was a top student during his first year. In fact, everything he turned in received an Outstanding. He spent a lot of time doing his homework, studying, or getting additional information from teachers or Albus. It wasn't till the end of the year that he surprised Severus and Albus the most.

Harry had caught Quirrell.

He had told Albus about his intense headache in D.A.D.A class and the feeling he had had that something was up.Albus had informed Harry of the presence of the Philosopher's Stone and had set a simple detection spell in the room where Fluffy, the three headed guard dog, was located.

Harry had ended the year by breaking the Exam records, missing only two questions in the History of Magic exam.

Yet let's be honest; no-one really cares about that.

That summer, Harry had spent his entire holiday - save the obligatory time with the Dursleys - in a different country that allowed underage magic, training in almost everything, gradually developing into a cold, introverted person.

In Second Year, Harry began his own intense training regime with both Blaise and Draco. He remained on top of his work, along with his severe training. He was, however, lacking in the social department. He only allowed Blaise and Draco to become close with him and still, they barely knew anything about him. His heart was cold and his manner icy. Severus suspected he was beginning to study darker arts than what he was learning from Dumbledore.

Attacks began as the school year progressed; Hogwarts was going to close soon as students, and even Nearly-Headless Nick, were petrified.

At the end of the year, no one knew what had happened when Severus and Albus found an unconscious Harry and a dead Basilisk. Ginny Weasley was gone, and Harry wouldn't reveal much on his encounter with Tom Riddle, how he defeated a Basilisk, or how Lockhart was crushed by rock.

Apparently, Voldemort appeared in the body of his younger self, having used Ginny's soul through his old diary to become Tom Riddle.

Harry and Albus spent that summer in deep training until the point where Harry would pass out for days after training both magically and physically. Harry was also more and more excluded after the Chamber of Secrets incident. Many even questioned if he had killed Ginny himself.

Searching for solace, Harry began to use the Chamber of Secrets as his base of operations, considering he knew of his Parseltongue gift from a young age and knew no one would be able to bother him.

Meanwhile, Tom Riddle did not waste time learning about what happened to him and instead brought the Death Eaters together. While they searched for a way to bring Voldemort, Harry began his third year.

The young Slytherin mastered his Patronus charm that year, after it was revealed Dementors would be in the school due to Sirius Black; The Potter's Betrayer, escapee of Azkaban. Harry learned the spell from Remus Lupin, the current D.A.D.A teacher at Hogwarts.

Learning the Patronus charm wasn't easy, but Harry was extremely ambitious. That was his driving point; whatever he set out to do, he would accomplish.

During a trip Hogsmeade that year, Harry finally encountered the man who that murdered his parents. Looking insane and muttering about Pettigrew, the Convict had dragged Him to the shrieking shack, uncaring of his desperate struggles. Never before had Harry felt so Helpless, and in a sudden rush, Harry sent a cutting curse at the convict. Not caring to see if the spell had hit or not, he ran to tell Dumbledore. Only in the next morning, in the paper, did Harry realize that he had killed a man. Losing the minuscule childhood innocence he retained.

That summer, nightmares stalked his sleep and it was easy to see that the death of Sirius Black was eating Harry up. Aberforth had helped Harry come to terms with killing, explaining that it would be part of war and to expect it, yet still stressing that it should always be a last resort.

Harry took a break from training to spend time with both Blaise and Draco, still upset about killing someone. Remus, of course, had been fired due to an unexpected werewolf transformation, and had begun to do jobs for Dumbledore.

Voldemort, along with Tom Riddle, began to rebuild the Death Eaters and began to reconstruct the system; he was disappointed to find out how many people turned their backs on him. Voldemort had introduced a new way for complete honesty between Death Eaters. The Dark Mark 2.0. It was designed to kill anyone who would betray the Death Eaters or reveal any plans.

Voldemort created "The Elite", his inner circle. It was a major step above being a Death Eater and meant Voldemort's trust in them, which was high praise indeed. Snape was the first Inductee. The Tests to get in were extremely hard, and the new tattoos that went with being Elite demanded a lot. They would kill him on the spot if he revealed anything, but they gave him a huge boost of magical strength.

Albus also began to rebuild the Order of the Phoenix and recruit, though with less barbaric inductions.

During Fourth Year, Albus introduced the Triwizard tournament, in which Cedric Diggory-a Hufflepuff from Hogwarts-competed with Fleur Delacour from Beauxbatons, and Victor Krum from Durmstrang. Harry spent the year as usual; training, working, and being number one in absolutely everything, ignoring all distractions including the Yule Ball, instead training with Aberforth.

Things took a turn for the worse at the end of the year. Moody the DADA teacher turned out to be an imposter, using the absence of wards to bring Death Eaters, Tom Riddle, and Voldemort into Hogwarts, unaware that Harry was catching up on an essay in the Chamber of Secrets.

Prefects shuffled Hogwarts students in the school, as Triwizard champions were still in the maze and unaware of what was going on.

Tom Riddle and Albus battled. Throughout the battle, Tom Riddle clearly was subpar. Suddenly, Albus was attacked from behind by none other than Peter Pettigrew, who had turned from his animagus form. Tom then used Dumbledore's blood to resurrect the true form of Voldemort.

Voldemort did not kill Albus, as he wanted to leave before the Aurors showed up-considering he was still weak. Harry was upset that there had been an attack and his mentor had been injured, all whilst he had been studying, but his ambition grew. He wanted to kill Voldemort with all his heart and mind. Harry set more effort into his training than ever before that summer, especially after realizing he indeed had killed an innocent man; Peter Pettigrew was really the Death Eater who held those convictions.

Harry isolated himself completely from everyone to focus on studying. Even Blaise and Draco, who had achieved best friend status, were isolated from him that summer. Cedric won the Triwizard, but no one cared-considering previous events.

Severus didn't know how bad things could get …until Light. After freeing the Azkaban prisoners a few days later and having them pass the Elite Test, with Bellatrix becoming leader of the Elites; a young individual named Light joined their ranks. He usurped Bellatrix quickly to become Voldemort's number one and most trusted follower.

Tom Riddle handled the lesser Death Eaters; Voldemort controlled the Elite. At the end of the summer there were only nine Elite, four not from the first war. The Elite began to do assassinations and faced more powerful foes as the war continued.

Harry reached Fifth year; he was a darker person after returning from his training, but he still had hope. Dumbledore couldn't stop the darkness that grew in the young boy, knowing that Harry would have to decide whether he wanted to be the Leader of Light or the Leader of Dark.

The Order of the Phoenix came to power and Harry became their secondary leader. He was given a special pass to leave school and join the Order of the Phoenix, and the force had received a decent amount of recruits since Dumbledore had gained more time to prepare.

War was declared when the Death Eaters attacked the Ministry and Light assassinated Fudge, Scrimgeour taking his place as Minister. That day, Harry experienced his first battle, in which he was flawlessly skilled, and the Order only lost one member. It was then that Harry suggested they form teams; each team would do something different based on skills to provide efficiency.

The Battle Group, the Recon Group, and the Support Group; the three groups all played a vital part in the Order; membership also grew after the attack on the Ministry.

The Second Wizarding War had begun.

Harry spent his fifth year in and out fighting Death Eaters, so his grades slipped marginally. At this notion, Harry began to study even harder while keeping up with his fighting. At the end of Fifth year, Harry had surpassed an average Wizard in skill and knowledge. Harry grew darker, but he still fought for good, though he wasn't as merciful as Dumbledore.

Severus heard a pop as he turned from his desk too see a young boy. This boy had a thoughtful smirk on his face. The boy had messy raven hair along with emerald eyes that only reminded him of… her.

He wore a black cloak that covered his tall body, and had a long skinny sword strapped across his back.

"Severus, we're back, Dumbledore has sent me to get you. He is in his office." Harry said with a distinct coldness. Harry and Dumbledore had been on a recruitment and Recon missionfor themajority of their summer.

"Very well. Will you attend the feast tomorrow?" Snape asked as they began to walk to Dumbledore's office

"I wish I didn't have too, but Dumbledore decided I should be a prefect so I can keep an eye on the school. He wants me to focus on my social life and not on the war now." Harry said, clearly upset. Social trivialities were exactly that-trivial and petty.

"He does have a point Harry. You're too focused on this war. It may be important, but you need to enjoy yourself once and awhile." Severus said

"Damn it, you two, enjoying myself won't help me beat Voldemort. I can't kill Voldemort with relaxation."

"Potter, you've been training before you even started Hogwarts. You can keep up your training and studies, but make some new friends. The war isn't going to end tomorrow."

Harry gave a nonchalant shrug, "Whatever. Who's the other Slytherin Prefect?"

"Daphne Greengrass; I believe she's fairly talented, and she's ranked ten in the smartest students in Hogwarts. I chose you two, considering that there are now Junior Death Eaters running around the halls."

Harry let out a smile. Draco talked about this girl more than he should. He fancied Daphne and would probably be incredibly jealous at the new revelation.

"Pepper Imps," Snape muttered. Obligingly, the gargoyle moved aside and they walked up the stairs.

Dumbledore sat behind his desk filling out a bunch of paper work as both wizards walked in.

"Ahh, Severus, did your mission succeed?" Dumbledore asked looking up.

"It did, Aberforth and I managed to get soldiers from the French and Spanish ministries. Slughorn is taking my place, so Aberforth and I will go to the Russian ministry. Have you figured out how to reverse these tattoos?" Severus asked, taking a seat.

Dumbledore nodded before looking back down at his paper work, "Harry has looked over them. It's a new spell laced with an old one. Voldemort might have put another curse, so you wouldn't be able to take them off."

"Dumbledore, the Hogwarts Students are here." Harry said nonchalantly

"You should go get changed as you're a Prefect."

Harry simply walked out, leaving Dumbledore and Severus in silence.

"Severus, I don't have much time left."

Severus' eyes widened as Dumbledore pulled up his sleeves. His arm was black and it seemed to be spreading.

"Severus, I am an old fool. It was unthinkable that I would go down with a Curse. It is a curse I have yet to find a cure to."

"D-Dumbledore, no. We still have time left! Did you tell Harry?"

"I-I tried, but it was so much harder than it should be. I have to die this year, Severus… I want you to kill me."

Harry Potter walked to the Great Hall. He could hear the chatter of the Hogwarts students as they came in.

"Potter."

Harry turned around to see both Draco and Blaise standing behind him. "Malfoy, don't you know it's impolite to sneak up on someone."

"It's not like you didn't know."

"Are you leaving?" Blaise asked

"No. Draco, Blaise. I need to know where your loyalties lie. You have to choose a side. It's sudden, but I have to know."

Draco smirked, "My loyalties lie with you Harry."

Blaise, in his usual coldness, shrugged. "Zabini's have always been neutral, but I guess it's going to change. I knew being friends with you was going to kill me."

Harry gave a thoughtful smile before they all headed into the Great Hall. People still gave Harry a glare or whispered about him behind his back, but it was something Harry had learnt to ignore.

Daphne Greengrass watched as Harry Potter entered in the Great Hall. He, of course, always had a cold and guarded look. It was a look that she herself gave to not be bothered.

"I can't believe you and Potter are Prefects. I hope he doesn't kill you!" Her talkative friend, Tracy, said.

Daphne smiled, she didn't believe rumours so easily, but he did attract a lot of attention; he was just so mysterious and distant.

She had a feeling it was going to be a very interesting year.

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