Week 6 Story

Author's Note: The story that I have retold was called Kunti and Her Son from a Public Domain site. The story that I have written was based off of this. I used some hints of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to retell the story as well. 

Harry Potter: Retold

During the reign of the “He Who Must Not Be Named” (Voldemort), no one ever felt safe. Mothers feared for their children’s’ lives along with their own. There was death everywhere. Voldemort and his followers killed families regularly and spared no one. Voldemort and his followers claimed that the only witches and wizards that should be allowed in the wizarding world were purebloods. There was a group of witches and wizards who had devoted their lives to fighting “He Who Must Not Be Named”, they called themselves the Order of the Phoenix. They were very different from Voldemort and his “Death Eaters” and they had more civil beliefs. They believed that anyone could be a witch or a wizard, pureblood, half-blood, as long as you were chosen to be a witch or wizard, it did not matter what your blood percentages were to them. This group laid everything on the line to protect people from Voldemort and the Death Eaters although Voldemort had vowed to kill every last one of them. This was a bit scary for many of the members of the Order of the Phoenix because they had small infant children. Many of the families were forced to go into hiding altogether because of the threat that was posed to these children. One couple in particular were James and Lily Potter along with their infant son, Harry. James was a full-blood wizard and Lily was a half-blood witch. This made their son Harry a half-blood. They knew they were in danger for their heritage along with the fact that they had been fighting against Voldemort’s forces for months. They decided to go into hiding. They found a safe house in Godric’s Hollow, a small community that many other wizarding families lived in. They lived there for quite some time in hiding, but James and Lily knew that they could not stay hidden forever. Not many people knew where they were hiding, but a select few knew just because they had helped with the move. One of these people was Peter Pettigrew, who was a long-time friend of Lily and James. Peter had been cornered by Voldemort himself and he gave up Lily and James’ location. He had betrayed them. Once Voldemort knew that Lily, James, and baby Harry were hiding in Godric’s Hollow, he went there at once. He broke through all of the enchantments that Lily and James had placed on their home in hopes that they would aid them if Voldemort came looking. Lily and James heard Voldemort enter their gate and they knew that the time to fight to protect both their son and themselves had come. They hid Harry as best they could and drew their wands. They were ready when Voldemort blasted the door open. They dueled him for what felt like hours, but in the end it was Lily and James who won the battle. Voldemort had been beaten so badly in this duel that he could not stand or even remember his own name. Voldemort had been defeated at last and the Potter family along with so many others would remain intact.

                                            The Potter Home in Godric's Hollow