The scene is set for the year 1943. The second world war unfurls like a steady burn, and the wizarding world begins to descend into a chaos of its own. Gwendolyn Gawmdrey leaves prestigious and dark Durmstrang Institute to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for her sixth year of schooling. There, she encounters friendship, death, and the mysterious and arrogant Tom Riddle. She soon finds herself plunged into a world of power, deceit, and manipulation. As the year surges onward, the malevolent boy and the Dark Arts begin to draw Gwen in, but under the curious gaze of Professor Albus Dumbledore, there's something else. But has the renowned wizard failed to realize that Gwendolyn Gawmdrey might have demons of her own? Perhaps one must know the darkness before being able to appreciate the light. 1 million - 1/31/22 2020- #1 in Voldemort, #2 in Riddle, #1 in 1940s, #6 in Harry Potter 2021- #3 in Fanfiction, #1 in WWII

Introduction - "Remember boy, you will not make any noise whatsoever tonight or you will be in a world of pain. Do you understand me?" "Yes." "Yes what?" "Yes, sir, I understand you." "Good. Go on boy, get!" Vernon nodded and pointed towards the stairs. Harry numbly ran up the stairs to his room which was originally Dudley's second bedroom. The bedroom didn't have more than a ratty mattress on a broken bed frame, a brown dresser in the corner near a window that was bolted shut and covered in bars, a nightstand near the bed on it, a broken lamp, and a desk that seemed a million years old. ~~~~ If you liked that make sure to continue reading! It gets so much more interesting!! Make sure to leave a kudos and comments also make sure to share this story with your closest friends, mailman, or even your great grandma who knows maybe she will enjoy it! Credit to the story Lord of Time on AO3 for giving me some ideas!! This is basically my own take on that!

When Voldemort hits Harry with the killing curse the night of the Hogwarts battle, a choice will present itself for young Harry to make. What will he choose? I do not own Harry Potter.

"You, Master, are now dead," Death spoke chillingly. Its bony fingers free of flesh slid down its scythe. Its hood ducked itself down, almost to show a sign of reverence. "The ritual is now completed. I am, most definitely, at your service, Master." The young man with raven hair and green eyes wasn't too pleased with Death. Before it said anything else, he carefully studied his surroundings. The way to the other life looked nothing like it had when he'd first died. Unlike the fist time, he stood outside Godric's Hollow, but the place was deserted and pitched black. It was so dark, Death easily blended in; the green glowing stone in its scythe was the only thing that alerted Harry of its presence. "Why did I not see you when I first died?" He demanded, anger from his previous life still lingering on. Death raised a bony finger. "You were not ready for me to reveal myself just yet. Your soul was too pure to be corrupt just yet; first you needed to complete cycle when it came to being my master." "And what is the cycle?" "One must use the cloak to hide from the danger. Resist the temptations of the resurrection stone. Master the wand made from the wood of the Elder tree and kill with it. One needs to corrupt their soul by taking a life." Death left some lingering silence, wanting for its new master to take in the newfound information before asking, "what do you wish of me, Master," even though it knew what was going on in Harry's mind. "You do not have to move on, I can grant what you desire." "You can grant me my family?" Death's hood tilted itself, making it seem as if it had ducked its head. Its bony fingers lightly tapped its scythe, making the sound of bone and metal echo in Harry's ears. "Undoubtedly," it confirmed. "If you wish to pay the price." "Do it."

The flames licking the walls of number 4 Privet Drive were impossible for the muggle fire fighters to put out, and were very odd in how they seemed to refuse to spread to the other houses even though they had quickly encased theirs. Unknown to the muggles watching other than the Dursleys themselves, Harry had run back into the flames, causing Dumbledore's secrets to be revealed, Fudge to loose his standing, and a new life for Harry, even if moving on from the fire and life with the Dursleys was difficult. ********** TRIGGER WARNING: As is suggested, there is a bad fire in which Harry gets permanently hurt. In addition to this there is some description of an eating disorder, abuse, racism, homophobia, and transphobia. If any of this is triggering for you I ask that you don't read it and look after yourself. You are valued and important and deserve the world. This book uses characters originally developed by @PsychoBootyShorts but I did help with some of them and adapted them to fit better with this story, they will be tagged at the end of the chapter(s) that introduce their characters. Obviously I don't own the Harry Potter series or it would have been very different, more queerness for one. Harry is ace aro in this story, so he's not going to be in a romantic relationship with anyone. This does have some crossover with the BNHA series, so don't read this if you don't like that.

"Something's on your mind?" (Please note that all characters mentioned in this story are over the age of 16.)

Summary: Harry Potter the youngest son of Lily and Jameson Potter. He is ignored by his parents for his brother Alexander the wrongly declared boy-who-lived. Harry has never felt like he belongs with the Potters it didn't help that he had a strong affiliation with grey and dark magic. Harry never understood why he was different from rest of the Potters until his true identity was revealed. Harry finds out the Potters were merely his stepparents who blood adopted him after he was taken from his real parents. Imagine Harry's surprise when he finds out he was not actually born Harry Potter youngest son of Lily and Jameson Potter. Instead He was Perseus Black the missing son of Sirius Black.

Harry's first memory at Wool's Orphanage is of Tom Riddle. He thinks that Tom Riddle makes many exceptions for him. (He's right.) Featuring: poverty, death, morality, meddling old men and their wars. - Or, in which Tom realizes he's had enough of the purebloods. **Over 102,000 hits and 2,500 kudos on AO3!**

"I'm sick of being the 'Golden Boy', the 'Savior'! I just want it all to end," I scream to no one in particular. It was another Summer at Privet Drive and I don't think I can take another moment of it. I sit up from my spot in the garden and wonder what would've happened if I join Voldemort in First Year? With a swoosh of a cape, a cold an erie voice whispers, "The offer is still on, Potter." I jump up, wand ready in my hand. Voldemort takes a step closer, revealing himself, holding out his hand. "What would I get if I join you?" "Power..." *cover art by me*

Voldemort looked over at the two children, one was being extremely annoying, the female. But when Voldemort looked at the male baby, it still had the curiosity and understanding in its eyes. He approached the baby. He froze right infront of the crib, "Am I really about to kill a child? A baby at that." He sighed and didn't dare lift his wand at first, he was just watching the baby look at him. Dumbledore rolled his eyes, is he more sane then we think? No, absolutely not. He lifted his wand from where he was hidding and sent a compulsion, he needed this over with before Sirius showed up. Voldemort wasnt going to lift his wand Before the compulsion took control. Without his consent, he murmured the two words of the killing curse, heading straight for the baby boy. ↱Pairings↲ [ ☆- TRxHP ] [ ☆- NMxLM ] [ ☆- NLxLL ] [ ☆- Fem!OcxHG ] [ ☆- GWxDMxFW ] [ ☆- ABxEV ] [ ☆- RLxNT ] ➢ Warnings ➸Lightbashing ➸Weasley/Potter/Dumbledore bashing ➸Abuse/Rape ➸Torture/Killing ➸Cursing ➸Arson ➢ Highest Rankings ⃕ ♡-#1 potterbashing ♡-#1 wbwl ♡-#1 badlightside ♡-#1 goodpeter ♡-#1 darktwins ♡-#2 darkneville ♡-#2 darkluna ♡-#3 harrypotter ♡-#3 tomxharry ♡-#4 darkhermione ♡-#6 lightbashing ♡-#6 ginnybashing ♡-#8 ronbashing ♡-#8 darkside ♡-#10 weasleybashing ♡-#11 tomarry ♡-#11 darkharry ♡-#14 horcrux ♡-#25 mollybashing ☆ I do not own the characters. Only the plot and OCs ➸ A/N: when I finish this book, i will go back an fix because some parts just dont make sense ➢ 50k views - 6/19/22 ➢ 75k views - 7/12/22 ➢ 90k views - 7/28/22 ➢ 100k views - 8/8/22 ➢ 150k views - 10/22/22 ➢ 200k views - 2/26/23 ➢ 250k views - 5/27/23 [ HAITUS (EDITING) : 180k words ] →Start Date: April 13th 2022