Scarless

Disclaimer: The idea, characters, places, spells, and all things related to Harry Potter, are property of Ms. J. K. Rowling and Warner brothers. Anything not featured in the books is of my design. This story will have spoilers from the sixth & seventh & pretty much all of the books. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE HARRY POTTER BOOK SERIES, YOU PROBABLY SHOULD NOT READ THIS STORY, but you can if you want to. This story is based on the premise that Voldemort "dies" right out of Hogwarts.

Book 1: The Sorcerer's Stone rewritten or Harry Potter and the Mirror of Erised Prologue:

There is a critical turning point in the story of Harry Potter. It is the difference between darkness and light. It will change the wizarding world forever.

It starts with a cow.

Not just any cow, mind you. It is the favorite cow of Daniel Boris Zechariah Smith the II, a farmer that lives in the small village of White Mare. First, I will explain up to the point where the cow comes in.

Every one who knows about Harry Potter will know about Tom Marvolo Riddle (A.K.A Lord Voldemort). He is the darkest, most evil wizard that there ever was. In this part of the story, Tom has just left school and is searching for things to make into horcruxes, which are objects you store a bit of your soul in. He has just left his job at Borgin and Burkes, but has not gone to Albania, so he had not gained Nagini or the final item to turn into a horcrux. He had heard rumors of a group of giants who had helped Godric Gryffindor when he had gotten lost in the mountains near Ireland. It was said that he had given them a shield with his mark on it. So, Riddle went to try and obtain the shield.

He arrived at the giants' lair at about noon, so they were all eating. He decided to sneak in when they were all sleeping after the meal. He waited by a rock overlooking the village for what seemed like an age, then all at once, the giants belched and fell over where they sat.

Tom practically laughed at how easy this would be. He strolled by the lead giant's head and had to stop himself from poking the leader's belly. He wandered into the cave and muttered, "Lumos."

The end of his wand lit up and he walked along the corridor. About fifty paces from the entrance, he felt magic emanating from one of the walls. He eagerly turned, expecting to see a golden shield with a lion emblazoned on the front. He saw a lion alright, but it was drawn on the wall it self. Surrounding it was many runes which translated as saying, "No mere man shall find this cave, where these giant's dwell. As long as they remain faithful friends to him who drew this spell."

Tom cursed. The famed shield was a shielding charm. He cursed louder. Unfortunately for him, one of the giants was not dozing as soundly as the others and awoke at the sound of his echoes. The giant looked at the cave and saw a light inside. He pondered this, discovered it hurt too much to think while digesting, and so he roared at the light, hoping it would go away. This caused the other giants to awaken and, because they were irritated for being woken up, they roared too. This naturally caused Riddle to panic, for he had hoped to not have to face the tribe of giants. However, he made a very unwise move in his panic, and bolted for the entrance. Upon seeing a little man running out of their cave, the giants grew very angry and, upon picking up there clubs, started to give chase. Several of the younger ones were able to catch up to Riddle and so they began to whack at him with their sticks and clubs. However, because they had just eaten they tired easily and so they fell behind. Riddle kept running (hobbling really, because one of the giants had gotten a good whack at his left leg) until he reached a road.

This is the part where the cow comes in. Earlier that day, Farmer Zechariah had been out to milk his cows. His mood for the rest of the day was usually determined by how much milk his cows gave. One of his cows was pregnant, so he was short one cow as it was. Therefore, when his favorite cow not only refused to give milk, but stepped on his toes as well, his mood worsened considerably. If the cow had given milk, he would have been in a good mood. This is important for what comes next.

Just after lunch, Farmer Zechariah set out to sell the milk his cows had given. He took the very same road where Tom Riddle had collapsed. If he was in a good mood, he stops when he comes to Tom and, taking pity on his ragged state carefully carries him back to his house, putting his milk in his ice box in the barn. He nurses Tom back to health, and when Tom comes around, he murders the farmer, his family, and the cows, and, laughing, sets off to become the world's greatest dark wizard. However, if the farmer was in a bad mood, he merely glances at Tom, then hurries on muttering, "Lousy mountain climber, getting what he deserves, stamping across our nice clean hills. Don't see why I should waste my milk dragging him home. Got enough to worry about as it is." He leaves Tom lying there where he dies. However, because he had managed to make the horcruxes in the diary, locket, and cup, he didn't actually die. He was just a floating spirit and so he inhabited a crow and flew towards where he felt the diary was. It would take him a while to get there. It is this last series of events that I am going to write about.

Due to the fact that he died before his massive take over, events have changed. The prophecy was never made. Harry grew up in a perfectly "normal" wizarding family. People who died in the fight against Voldemort now are perfectly alive and well. People who were too wrapped up in the fight against Voldemort to think about love have now married. Neville's parents were still alive and, though this is just my opinion, because he got to live with his parents, he is now a bit more adept at magic. Professor McGonagall is married and her daughter is going to Hogwarts (but McGonagall doesn't favor her). Professor Trelawney is not employed there. Instead, a sort of hippie wizard, Professor Tariot teaches Divination. These are just a few of the changes that have been made. You will notice more as the books go on.

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