Prelude-

Harry Potter woke early the morning of his seventh birthday, his emerald eyes filled with pain as he stared desolately around the cupboard that had served as his room for over five and a half years, the same cupboard that was coated in wet and dried blood from where his uncle would punish the over small child. He looked to be about four, maybe five at the most, none suspecting him of his actual seven years. He dressed in his extremely overweight cousins hand-me-down, even if the clothes hung off his small body, and set to fixing the breakfast for his relatives. After he had finished, a new burn added to the callused hands of the youth, he consumed a piece of stale bread and a piece of burned bacon. Then he headed outside to begin his chores for the day, which included but were not limited to; mowing the yard, tending the garden, painting the shed, re-potting several roses, scrubbing the kitchen, cleaning the sitting room, cleaning the bathroom, and what ever else his aunt Petunia wanted done. As the day wore on, he began to feel... different, light headed and his already poor vision blurred. His body began to ache, especially near his ears, and by the time he was thrown into the cupboard, beaten and still bleeding, he fell into a deep, peaceful sleep, unaware of the bright white light that filled the cupboard, streaming out from the crack, and causing the largest power outage in London's history.

In Middle Earth, two boys are adopted by Lord Elrond of Rivendell.