Soulful Encounters

Prologue

I sit there, looking out the window of my house. The same house that held so many memories, My marriage with Ginny, my first kid Albus and his first steps, James and his first words being papa, Luna and her first laughter. But this house also holds the memories of Ginny's death due to this unknown disease, Albus and his death due to an explosion that happened when two muggle nations were at war, James and his death due to a death eater, Luna and her death due to a prank one of her friends had played. It looked like a harmless prank but it ended up taking my daughter's life. 

Hermoine died a few years ago due to the same disease  as Ginny. When both my wife and best friend were struggling with the disease, I had gone to everyone, asking for help. But everyone turned their backs to me. I had sacrificed my everything for these people, fighting the dark lord, putting my life on the line, losing everyone dear to me to the dark lord, even dying once. But these people had nothing but contempt towards me. 

Thinking back now I wonder if it was even worth it. Everyone praised me for being their hero, saving them from the dark lord, but the moment I needed their help, their eyes filled with hostility. 

All my life, I had been running, fighting to survive, and losing my loved ones along the way. Was it worth it? Was all the efforts I put in, all the sacrifices I made worth this small moment of happiness that I got, only to be robbed of it again? Was I--

I was pulled back into reality by a crash sounding from the front door. I furrowed my brows, Who could it be? Everyone I knew is already dead.

I picked up my wand from the table beside my arm chair and slowly made my way to the front door. Only to see--

" Dumbledore?!" He turned around to look at me.

" Dumbledore! Its really you! H-How are you alive? Snape- he killed you! " in my rambling I hadn't noticed that Dumbledore had his wand pointed towards me.

" Ah, enough of it, now, I didn't come here, all this way, only to hear you ramble on." He says, I frown. What was he talkin about?

" What-" I started, but he used the body binding curse on me and I fell to the ground with a thud. He sighed loudly.

" My boy, My boy, the time has finally come, when I get to kill you with my own hands. " He said looking at his hands. I was so confused. What was he talking about? he wants to kill me?

" Finally I don't have to play along with the Grandad-like act. You must be wondering what I am talking about? That's right you were always the dumb and gullible type. "  He said chuckling at the last part. 

" You have to die now Harry, why? Because you grew stronger than me. Anyone who becomes stronger than me deserves to die. Grindlewald, Tom, and now you. I could easily take down Grindlewald, Tom wasn't all that strong, but then I received a Vision that there was someone who was going to be stronger than Tom and Me. So I made up a false prophecy, and drove Voldemort to kill you, But your mother's sacrifice saved you. And By that time Voldemort also had become stronger. So I devised a plan. I will grow you, in such conditions that will never allow you to reach your full potential, but make you strong enough to kill Voldemort. Then I was going to let you live, But then I found out that until the day you die, your power keeps growing. We cant have that now can we? " He rambled on, and with each word he spoke my heart sank deeper. This had all been a set up? All that I had done was for nothing? 

I felt my magic rage, I freed myself from the body-binding curse. And held up my wand to fire a cutting curse. Just as the curse hit Dumbledore on the arm, he fired a Fidelius Charm at me. 

I fired another cutting curse at him. He fell to the ground but before I could finish him off. I heard someone yell at me to stop. I looked around and found aurors had filled the room.

" My boy, I thought you would be happy to see me, Why such hatred? " I snap my head to see Dumbledore feigning innocence. 

" What are you talking about? Dumbledore you played me! You--" No matter how much I tried to tell everyone what Dumbledore had done, I just couldn't speak a word about the betrayal I faced.

Then it hit me, this was also his plan. To frame me for trying to kill him. The person I had trusted all my life, had played me. It infuriated me to no end. But the aurors had already snatched my wand away and bound me with a curse. I was dragged out like a criminal.  And thrown in a cell until my trail.

" Harry James Potter, you are in trial for the attempted murder of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore previous Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a Grand Sorcerer decorated with the Order of Merlin, First Class;  Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards and Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot. How do you plead? " The judge asked. 

I wanted to say something to defend myself but what's the use? I was under the Fidelius Charm  I couldn't possibly do anything but look down defeated. I was then sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban. After the trial, I was taken to the island where the Azkaban fortress stood. But it had been a few minutes and the aurors made no move to take me in.

Dumbledore then appeared in front of me. That's when another realization hit me. He didn't plan on keeping me alive in the first place. I laughed bitterly at my miserable life. 

All my life I lived as a pawn for Dumbledore and now when I was of no use to him anymore he is disposing me off. What a pitiful life. If only I knew, that this was the result of all my sacrifices, I wouldn't have tried so hard. 

Green light hit me square in the chest and I fell backwards.

If only, I had another chance to save myself from this future.

That was my last thought before everything went black.

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