Okay, so this is a completely AU Harry Potter story, with two Dark Lords - Voldemort, who is aiming to eliminate all pure-bloods, and Bellatrix Lestrange, who aims to destroy all muggles/muggle-borns. Both were at war with the rest of the Wizarding world during the first Wizarding War, and both were removed from their bodies/power by Harry Potter, after they both tried to kill him at the same time, to deal with the prophesy. This story is about Harry going through Hogwarts, and trying to deal with both Dark Lords trying to return to power and destroy everything he holds dear.

This is a completely AU story, and many canon characters have been killed off/don't exist in this world. For example, Snape was killed in the first war, the Malfoy family was eliminated and Draco was never born, and Gilderoy Lockhart never existed. Also expect many AU characters to be very important to the story.

Anyhow, time for you to read. First chapter, following this prologue should be up by tomorrow. This is intended to be a very long story, spanning all seven hogwarts years and beyond.

A man in dark robes appeared near the graveyard in Godric's Hollow, and strode towards the Potter house. He walked without pause through the piles of autumn leaves that covered the road.

As he reached the door, he could see that it had been blasted off its hinges. The man cursed. He had to be the first here. He had to mark the boy.

Stepping over the dead body on the doorstep, he walked hurriedly up the stairs, and opened the closest door, to reveal a dark-haired woman standing over a red-haired woman, who was cowering with a baby in her arms.

"Bellatrix". The man said shortly, raising his wand.

The woman spat "Tom" in response. And then there was just green.

Two days later

Minevra McGonagall carried a sleeping baby along Privet Drive as the sun was beginning to rise. This was no ordinary baby.

Silently, she cursed James and Lily – if only they had planned this better, their son wouldn't have to stay with these horrible muggles. Although it was not really their fault.

They listed several potential guardians in their joint will, and all of them were unsuitable. Sirius Black had just been arrested for murdering twelve muggles, as well as Peter Pettigrew (another listed guardian) the day after he betrayed Lily and James. Remus Lupin, he was a werewolf, and Wizarding law would never allow a werewolf to adopt a child, let alone adopt the child who just vanquished the two worst dark wizards in recent history. Plus, he had vanished the night James and Lily died. Severus Snape was dead, apparently he'd been playing all three sides of the war – he sealed his own fate. The McKinnon family was wiped out by Voldemort two months before.– Marlene McKinnon had been Lily's closest friend.

Minevra was stuck. None of the list of guardians could take the child, and the Wizarding adoption law stated that if no guardians were listed, or suitable, the child would go to its closest blood relatives. Lily's sister, and her walrus of a husband may not want him, but they had no choice.

Minevra knew she was condemning him to ten long, unhappy years. She apparated away from the street in Little Whinging.

Ten years later…

Headmaster McGonagall appeared on the same street in Surrey, in the middle of the morning.

She proceeded up the sidewalk to number 4, and knocked on the door. The door was answered by a very tall, very thin lady, with very thin lips.

"Hello, Petunia", the witch said evenly and politely. "I'm here to see Harry".

Harry Potter stepped out of the cupboard under the stairs, and looked at the elderly woman.