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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Graphic_Depictions_Of_Violence, Underage
  Category:
      F/M, Multi
  Fandom:
      Harry_Potter_-_J._K._Rowling
  Relationship:
      Harry_Potter/Severus_Snape, Harry_Potter/Tom_Riddle, Harry_Potter/Tom
      Riddle/Severus_Snape
  Character:
      Harry_Potter, (Female_Harry_Potter), Severus_Snape, Sirius_Black, Matthew
      Potter, Albus_Dumbledore, Kreacher_(Harry_Potter), Portrait_Regulus
      Black, Remus_Lupin, Tom_Riddle, Gellert_Grindelwald, Original_Male
      Character(s), Draco_Malfoy, Slytherin_Student(s)
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      Female_Harry_Potter, Female_Harry, Romance, Horror, Alternate_Canon,
      Different_Boy-Who-Lived, Dark!FemHarry, Powerful_Harry, Smart_Harry,
      Manipulative_Harry, Cunning_Harry, Prodigy!FemHarry, FemHarry_is_Regulus
      Black's_daughter, Gellert_Grindelwald_is_the_Dark_Lord, Future_Dark_Lady
      in_training_-_Female_Harry_Potter, Orphanage, Wool's_Orphanage, Tom_and
      FemHarry_grow_up_together, Dark_Harry, FemHarry_is_born_the_31st_December
      1976, Tom_Riddle_is_born_the_31st_December_1976, Half-Sibling_Incest,
      Step-Sibling_Incest, Pseudo-Incest, Slytherin_Harry, Against-
      Muggles!FemHarry, Against-Dumbledore!FemHarry, Pro-Dark-Arts!FemHarry,
      FemHarry_wants_revenge_on_Grindelwald_for_having_killed_her_father
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      Published: 2014-11-05 Chapters: 1/? Words: 2026
****** Lady of Darkness ******
by esm3rald
Summary
     In December 1976, Lily abandons her illegitimate daughter in the
     orphanage when a boy named Tom Riddle will be born a mere two hours
     later. As soon as Regulus finds out, he swears to find her but he's
     killed by Grindelwald before he can. In 1980 the Prophecy is told. On
     Hallowen night 1981, Matthew Potter becomes the Boy-Who-Lived. AU.
     Dark!FemHarry. (Kind-of-)Evil!FemHarry. SS/FemHP/TMR.
Notes
     I CHANGED THE STORY SLIGHTLY! I ADVISE ANYONE WHO HAD ALREADY READ
     THIS PROLOGUE TO REREAD IT SO THEY WILL NOT TO BE CONFUSED WHILE
     READING THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS!
     This is my new story. It will be AU even if it will follow Canon
     somewhat. And don't worry I didn't give up on my other stories, I'm
     still writing but this idea didn't want to leave me alone so here I
     am.
     For the sake of this story Regulus Black was born in 1960 instead of
     1961 and he attended Hogwarts in the same year as Sirius, Severus and
     all the others. For anyone who doesn't know, Sirius was born in 1959
     but he had to attend Hogwarts one year later, at 12 because he was
     born in the Fall.
     Lily is born the 30th of September 1959, instead of the 30th of
     January 1960. The Hogwarts letter arrives if the eleventh birthday is
     between January and August, otherwise there's the need to wait
     another year.
     In this story FemHarry is not the Child of the Prophecy. Not Wrong-
     Boy-Who-Lived or anything like that. She's simply not the one the
     prophecy refers to. And the Dark Lord this prologue refers to is
     Gellert Grindelwald, not Voldemort. In this story FemHarry and Tom
     Riddle will have the same age. And Tom Riddle has not yet become
     Voldemort.
     FemHarry will be older than in Canon. She's born the 31st of December
     - like Tom - 1976 instead of the 31st of July 1980. The Boy-Who-Lived
     of this story is born in the 31 of July 1980. Tom Riddle is born the
     31st of December 1976.
     It will be a FemHarry/Tom Riddle story mainly but also FemHarry/
     Severus with some threesome elements too. If you don't like it, don't
     read it!It won't be a love triangle though. She will simply be with
     both of them.
     In this story FemHarry will be Dark - and "Evil" if going against
     Dumbledore and being against muggles means being evil - and she
     definitely won't be the hero of the story. There is some Lily Bashing
     in this prologue, for whoever likes her character, sorry!
     Since the Dark Lord is Grindelwald, Severus is Grindelwald's follower
     and not Voldemort's in this prologue.
     Tom Riddle will still be Tom Riddle but you'll probably notice that
     he will be less of a leader than in the Canon story; that's because
     FemHarry will be the one 'in charge' so to say.
     - I imagine FemHarry as Katie McGrath in this story BTW. She has the
     perfect appearance for the character I have in mind when I think of
     FemHarry in this story -.
     SPOILERS: PSEUDO-INCEST. Tom and FemHarry will grow up together and
     will believe - for awhile - that they are actual siblings. I don't
     believe their relationship can be considered an incestous one since
     they are not brother and sister but they will make everyone believe
     that they are related so, once they will get involved together
     romantically, it could be considered incest in the eyes of the law(?)
     but I personally don't since they are not really blood-related(even
     with a blood adoption in the mix). Just wanted to warn you!
     Well, I think I said everything I needed to. Hope you like the
     prologue and that you will continue to read my story.
Prologue
31st December 1976 - London, Wool's Orphanage
She wasn't proud of what she was about to do but she knew that it would be
better like this. After all, who could possibly want her, a mudblood like her,
after knowing that she had had a child at seventeen, without being married? No,
she couldn't keep the baby with her.
It would be better like this, she repeated once again in her mind.
Sure, the baby would grow up as an orphan but at 11, she would be accepted to
Hogwarts; she would be considered a muggleborn like Lily herself, but in the
end, she would be happy. She would get married, starting a family on her own
and soon she would forget about the parents she had never known.
Lily shook her head to chase those thoughts away. She couldn't keep thinking
like that. This was not her daughter, she was just an obstacle in her path to
become a rich, powerful and respected witch. She would marry a pureblood wizard
and soon everyone would forget about the muggle blood flowing in her veins.
It was because of this that she couldn't keep the baby with her.
It had been easier than she had thought it would be, hiding the fact that she
was pregnant. She had always been slender anyway and she hadn't gained much
weight because of the pregnancy. At the sixth month, when her belly had started
to really grow, all she had needed was a concealing spell to hide whatever
visible suspicious bulge.
She could just imagine the reaction of her family if they had found out about
the fact that she got knocked up. She could picture without any difficulty the
smug smirk of her sister Petunia and her malicious thoughts: "Not so perfect
anymore, eh sister?"
She gave birth in a muggle hospital and then she had erased the memory of every
doctor and nurse who had attended the birth. Nobody beside her knew that that
night she had given birth to a girl, nobody ever would.
All of this had brought her there that night, in that precise moment, in front
of a muggle orphanage, with the infant she refused to call her daughter in her
arms.
She needed to be quick, nobody had to see her there.
She looked at the baby one last time and almost winced when she realized that
the baby was awake, completely silent, staring at her, almost accusing her
because of what she was about to do.
The baby's eyes were green and looked huge on that pale face, a tuft of dark
hair on her head, certainly a trait of resemblance with her father. The baby's
eyes were too similar to her own for comfort, and yet in that delicate, perfect
face they looked even greener and brighter.
She took a deep breath, trying not to look the baby in the eye while laying her
gently on the first step before the front door.
She hadn't even given the baby a name, the people of the orphanage would take
care of that.
She looked at the baby one more time, wrapped in the warm blanket to shelter
her from the cold air of that winter night. Then she turned away and apparated
away from there, returning to her parents' house like nothing ever happened, a
slight smile of relief painted on her lips. She did it.
January 1977 - Hogsmeade, Three Broomsticks
"How could you Lily? She's my daughter too, the one you abandoned in some
muggle orphanage who knows where. Did you really think I wouldn't find out?"
"It doesn't matter Reg. It's better this way, for the both of us. I didn't want
anyone to find out that I had a baby at seventeen and out of wedlock. And
anyway, what do you think your parents' reaction would be if they knew that you
had a child with a mudblood?"
"I don't care. You should have told me. You should have consulted me before
abandoning our daughter among muggles. Tell me where she is or I swear Lily
I..." He clenched his fists in anger but also to try to control himself and not
resort to physical violence like some common muggle. In that moment he wanted
nothing more than to slap her.
"I'm sorry but I won't tell you where she is. Forget about her, it's better
this way" She repeated once again.
Regulus didn't even try to hide the extreme disgust he felt in that moment
towards Lily, the woman who had once been his lover.
"What was I thinking, deciding to get involved with the likes of you?
Especially knowing what Severus feels for you." he asked her rhetorically "My
parents are right. Mudbloods are just scum and you're the worst of them.
Goodbye Evans, I suggest you to stay away from me or you won't like the
consequences". And with those last words he left the room at the Three
Broomsticks where the two of them had locked themselves in to avoid prying eyes
or ears. He didn't look back once.
He would find his daughter, even if it meant visiting every single muggle
orphanage of the United Kingdom.
December 1979 - Black Family Cottage, South Kent
"Promise me Sirius! Promise me that if anything happens to me, that you'll keep
looking for my daughter in my place and that you'll take care of her as if she
were yours".
Regulus looked at him with an intensity in his eyes that Sirius had never
before seen in him. Regulus was usually very in control of his emotions, so
seeing his brother so rattled worried Sirius more than he could express.
"Why do you think something would happen to you? What makes you more in danger
than everyone else involved in this war?"
"I betrayed The Dark Lord. He had asked my help in creating protections for a
very valuable object he needed to hide. When I realized what that object was
though, I knew that I couldn't serve him anymore. So I've stolen the object and
hid it where he can't find it and I'm trying to find a way to destroy it. This
means that I'm in danger. The Dark Lord Grindelwald could find me at any
moment. I could die before having been able to find my daughter. So promise me
that even once I'm gone, you'll keep searching for her".
"I promise you brother. I'll do whatever it takes to find your child"
August 1980 - Location Unknown
"Yesterday, something of great importance has been reported to me" Grindelwald
spoke to his loyal followers in a cold, clear voice. "It seems that a prophecy
has been made, designating the person with the power to defeat me".
Worried whispers immediately started among the followers in attendance at those
words.
"The Prophecy speaks of a boy born when the seventh month dies, born from
parents who has thrice defied me. It could refer to both the Potters' child or
the Longbottoms' child. I'm certain that Dumbledore would do whatever he can to
keep those two families safe, probably going as far as create a safe location
for them to hide. As if it existed a place safe enough for them to protect them
from me. Peter, you are one of James Potter's best friends, if there is a
person able to discover where they will hide, it's you. Find where they will
hide or I'm sure I won't have to tell you what the consequences will be".
"Yes, My Lord" Peter Pettigrew squeaked in a meek, frightened voice before
lowering his head in a sign of submission.
Severus Snape, one of Grindelwald's followers, listened to the Dark Lord's
words with a sense of dread and guilt, knowing that he had unintentionally put
the woman that he loved in danger. He waited until the end of the meeting
before approaching the Dark Lord.
"My Lord, I know I don't have the right to ask you this but, in case My Lord
should decide that the Potter boy is the one the prophecy is referring to, I
would like to ask for the life of Lily Potter to be spared".
"You still worry about that mudblood? You still care about her even if she has
rejected you and has chosen your worst enemy as her husband?"
"Yes My Lord" Severus merely said in response, not willing to explain to the
Dark Lord why he still cared about Lily.
"Very well. If she's so important to you, I'll spare her, after all it was you
who reported the prophecy to me. You have been an invaluable servant and
because of this, I'll consent to your request. If Lily Potter won't try to stop
me and she won't cause me problems, I'll spare her. After all, I only care
about her son".
Severus knew that it was highly unlikely for Lily to simply stand aside,
allowing the death of her son to happen but Severus didn't know what else he
could do to save her. Then suddenly, he knew what he had to do. He needed to
talk to Dumbledore - the only one the Dark Lord had ever feared - and ask him
to help him protect Lily. It was the only way to save her.
31 October 1981 - Godric's Hollow
Grindelwald entered Godric's Hollow and immediately heard James Potter's voice
screaming for Lily Potter to take their son and run. He shook his head at the
Auror's stupidity before finally crossing the door to the cottage in Godric's
Hollow where the Potters had been hidden until Pettigrew had revealed the place
to him. Potter didn't put much of a fight and with a jet of green light later,
Grindelwald was ascending the stairs towards the nursery.
He entered the room and immediately noticed the fiery red head standing
protectively in front of her son's cradle.
"Lily Potter, the mudblood who was able to marry a rich pureblood. I would
never understand why Severus still cares about you. Think that he even went as
far as to ask me to spare you. What it is about you that is so special? What it
is about you that brings intelligent men to love you so deeply? It doesn't
matter. You are and always will be an inferior being. Stand aside and I'll let
you live...this time"
"Please, take me, not Matthew!" Lily Potter pleaded desperately in response.
"Stand aside you silly girl, there's no need for you to die" Grindelwald tried
one more time.
"Please, kill me, not Matthew, please!" The girl continued to plead and beg,
not moving an inch from her position.
Grindelwald mentally sighed, thinking that Snape wouldn't be happy to hear the
news. "Don't say I didn't warn you". He casted the killing curse on her and
watched dispassionately as the body of Lily Potter hit the floor with a thump.
He passed over her body and smiled triumphantly at the child on his feet inside
his crib.
There was nothing or no one who could stop him from killing Matthew Potter now,
the child who has been prophesized as the one with the power to kill him.
He pointed his wand at the one-year-old child, who was staring at him with big,
brown eyes.
He pronounced the spell that would end the life of the only one who would be
able to kill him.
The jet of green light headed towards the Potter's boy forehead. Then something
strange happened.
For a moment it seemed the curse had hit his target, and yet a moment later it
was sent back towards the one who casted it, ending up hitting Grindelwald
square in the chest.
The Dark Lord widened his eyes, torn between surprise, fury and fright, then
his body disintegrated and he found himself wandering like a specter, outside
the house that had seen his momentary end.
Since that night, Matthew Potter became known all over the Wizarding World as
the Boy-Who-Lived, the only person in the world that had ever survived the
killing curse and the person who had apparently caused the disappearance of the
Dark Lord Grindelwald.
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