Harry Potter: Changing the Course of History

Just to Clarify:

The storyline and writing belong to me, whereas on the other hand Harry Potter the series belongs to J.K Rowling, for without her this series wouldn't be possible. As well as, this story starts BEFORE Hogwarts, In this story Harry is 10 and Dudley is 11, they are one year apart in this rewrite.

Chapter 1: The Forest

Harry James Potter stood there in the forest. His voice quivered. His eyes widened. For once the boy who lived showed a different side of him. A new side of him that had been hidden away in a casket. A sensitive side of him. He was scared. He had just ran away from Uncle Veron after he got scared but what shook him to his core was when Dudley said, “See! Look what you did! You scared Harry! Again!” And then he ran after him...but Harry was faster then Dudley, with all the practice he does in track, he better be. That’s when a voice^___and not just any voice^___came out of nowhere.

“Harry!” A filmar, faint voice called. “Harry please! I can’t lose you^____not again!”

“...O-Over here D…” Harry said, curled up in a ball by a tree that had been turning red and yellow by the attack of fall.

“Oh thank god!” Dudely said, bushing the leaves away and going to Harry. He slouched down beside him. “I um...if you were too..I..can I um..” Dudley had a hard time getting his words together. “Oh Harry please don’t leave us!” For the first time Dudely was crying, in full tears. Hugging tightly on to Harry.

“Oh Dudley...I would never in a million years leave you.” Harry grinned slightly, something that rarely appeared on his face when he was with the Dursely’s.

“...I….are we going to go back?” Dudley asked. He’d jump if Harry said jump, he’d fall if Harry said fall.

“We have too.” Harry said. “They will literally kill us if we don’t, we are already going to be in trouble for leaving.”

“I know it’s just that…” Dudley never finished because before them a snake approached them.

“Harry! Snake!” Dudley said, arming himself with a twig.

“Oh calm down. That’s just Nagni.” Harry said, laughing at Dudley’s attpment to arm himself. A snake couldn’t be stopped by a twig, ya know.

“Oh hi!” Harry hissed. “What are you doing here, Nagni?”

“Tom wants you.” Nagni hissed.

“I already told Tom I couldn’t!”

“You did? Well, Tom doesn’t remember that one.”

“Ugh! Come on Nagni….please, c’mon I’m dealing with...things.”

“What things? What do you mean?”

“Unimportant there’s a million things I haven’t done”

“You really shouldn’t make a habit of saying that.”

“And why?”

“Because. You're obviously uncomfortable. You always say that when you don’t want to talk about it.”

“Whatever.”

“I’ll tell Tom you can’t go but…”

“But...what?”

“He might go to the Dursely’s and umm...barge in.”

“If he does he has to follow the rules.”

“And those are?”

“No magic. No killing them. No curses.”

“Alright. Okay. Fine.” Nagni slivered away.

“You can understand it?” Dudley asked, still frightened by the snake.

“Yeah….and it’s a she not it, Dudley.” Harry said, standing up and lending a hand so Dudely can get up. “Uncle Veorn is going to kill us, c’mon.”

“Whyyyyyyyy?” He groaned. “We can just stay here.”

“Dudely, c’mon.We have too, we have nowhere else to go.” Harry knew this was a lie. They could go to the Riddle Manor but then they’d be in more trouble. And he also told Nagni that he wouldn’t be coming.

“Fine.” Dudley took Harry’s hand and they walked back to Privet Drive together. Hand in hand. Dudley knocked on the door first, and Harry rang the doorbell.

“WHAT^___” Veron Dursely looked at the two. “You.” He whispered.

“Dad. No. You, I ran after him, you scared him.” His face felt hot with anger and then a burning pain and a scream of fright from Harry.

“Don’t talk to me boy.” Uncle Veron ordered. “Just because your my blood doesn’t mean I can’t treat you the same as this one over here.” Harry felt hot and he hid his sensitive side. Just for the moment.

“Shut up!” Harry yelled, “You're allowed to push me around. Not him.” Sparks flew off of Harry. His anger had gotten the best of him and both him and Dudley knew it.

“Harry!” Dudley yelled, then he thought what would get him to calm down? “Umm...breath in Harry.”

“What?” Harry snapped.

“Breath in Harry In one, out two, in one, out…” Harry followed Dudley’s words until he was calm enough to speak.

“We are leaving. Now. C’mon Dudley.” He grabbed Dudely’s arm and dragged him down the street.

“Where?! I thought you said^___”

“Dudely please shut up. I’m trying to prepare myself.”

“For who?”

“An angry Tom Marvlo Riddle.”

“Why’s he angry?”

“I normally call Nagni to let her know I’m coming but I can't because she already left.”

“Nagni?”

“This big snake from early? I thought I told you this.”

“Oh...the big, big snake.”

“She’s not that big.”

“Why are we in the forest then?”

“Shhh Dudley. I told you once, shut up.”

“Alright...fine….” And they walked in the forest in silence. Only the crunching of leaves and the wind was heard.

“Tom..? Is this how I reach you?” Harry hissed silently in his mind.

“It is, hatchling. What’s up?” Tom hissed back in Harry’s mind.

“Me and uh..someone is going to be coming to the Riddle Manor.”

“But you said^___”

“I know what I said but what I do is always different from what I say.”

“Alright...fine. So I need to prepare your room and a guest room?”

“Yes but I left and everything was in^____wait...did you make a mess of the Manor already?!”

“Sorta of. Don’t worry about it.”

“Yeah, Yeah Tom. Bye.”

“See you there.”