Between Lightning and Serpents

Harry Potter died believing his story had already been written.

Betrayed, scarred by war, and exhausted by a destiny he never chose, Harry's final moments were supposed to be the end. Instead, lightning carries him back to 1943-before Voldemort rose, before the war began, and before Tom Riddle became the monster history remembers.

With nothing but his scars and memories of a future that must never happen, Harry wants only one thing: to disappear. No prophecies. No heroism. No more wars. Just a quiet life where nobody knows his name.

But fate has never been kind enough to leave Harry Potter alone.

Because the boy walking through Hogwarts' halls is not yet the Dark Lord Harry remembers. He is Tom Riddle-a brilliant, ambitious, and dangerous boy standing on the edge of becoming a monster.
Harry knows what Tom will become. Tom knows there is something impossible about Harry. And as distrust turns into curiosity and hatred begins to blur into something far more dangerous, the two find themselves drawn together by a connection neither of them can understand.

Between lightning and serpents lies a choice.

A second chance.

A war waiting to be rewritten.