Granger Reunion Rewrite

Breakfast Pt.2

...They responded quietly with "engagment rings." "Okay let's start breakfast unless you want to have to pull a very angry oldest twin off of bubba, Aly." I say. The rest of the Nott-Lovegoods arrived and everything was going perfectly until I had to reach across the table to help Mercury and Ashley saw my scar. "OMG Hermione is that a tattoo?" "Which one?" I ask.  "The one that is in the middle of your left arm." "Oh that one's not a tattoo that's a scar that I got in a war." When I said this Blaise, Theo, and Ginny looked down. "To start I shouldn't even be telling you guys this but I'll get away with it since I'm the Minister of Magic but that school I went to in Scotland wasn't some rich kid boarding school, it was Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where I met my husband, brother, brother-in-law, best friends, my other friends, and where my kids go to school. The First Wizarding War was fought for approximately eleven years, from to . It included 's rise to power, the induction of the , and the mass chaos that resulted in his reign of terror.

Several great wizards were murdered in this time — brothers and , the , the , and and . Others, such as and , were left permanently both physically and/or mentally injured, to the extent that they could no longer perform .

The Potter family home under attack, Lily is murdered by Lord Voldemort

On , , Voldemort the home of James and Lily Potter in hopes of preventing regarding his downfall from ever coming to fruition.However, his on their son, , backfired due to the sacrifice Harry's mother made for him. Voldemort, having lost his physical body and magical powers, fled to a forest in Albania as a wisp of a shattered soul. The fragments of his soul stored in his (see below) prevented his actual death, which should have occurred when the Killing Curse backfired. Death Eaters were arrested by the ; others such as , , , , , , , , and claimed they had been enslaved by the . The First Wizarding War ended and peace was temporarily restored to the wizarding world.

Harry Potter is left on the doorstep of 4 Privet Drive

There was much speculation afterward concerning Voldemort's survival. Only had any confirmation he was in Albania. However, some, including , believed he was still alive, as he "wasn't human enough to die." As Dumbledore strongly suspected that the worst was not over, Harry Potter was taken into the care of his relatives, the . Dumbledore placed a protective charm on their home which would break on either:

The day Harry , orThe day Harry stopped calling 4 Privet Drive home (the day he left and never returned).Attempted theft of the Philosopher's Stone"Kill him!"—Voldemort ordering Quirrell to murder Harry

Lord Voldemort waited for his followers to find him, but he was instead located by , who sneaked him into Hogwarts so they could steal the Philosopher's Stone. However, Harry Potter, who was in his , thwarted them both, killing Quirrell and forcing Voldemort back into hiding.

Second opening of the Chamber of Secrets

Before his first downfall, Voldemort had split his soul into six fragments which he embedded into . He did this out of his terror and paranoia of death. One such Horcrux was , which Voldemort, through his servant Lucius Malfoy (who was ignorant of the diary's true form, not recognising it as a Horcrux, but thinking it was some obscure Dark object his master had created), tried to use to regain a physical form in .

This time his unsuspecting victim was , who unwittingly allowed the diary to siphon life from her to the preserved memory of . However, once again this plot was foiled by , , and , along 's phoenix, .

Harry stabbing Tom Riddle's diary with a Basilisk fang

Harry slayed the massive 60 foot serpent with Gryffindor's Sword that he acquired from the Sorting Hat. After slaying the serpent he unknowingly destroyed the Horcrux with a fang from .The basilisk venom destroyed the diary completely, putting it beyond the realm of magical repair. Harry was bitten by the basilisk in the process and was an inch from death. Fawkes' tears healed his wound and saved his life. This also led to Dumbledore having some proof of his belief that Voldemort had Horcruxes though not fully certain of how many.