Black As Is The Raven

Two, perhaps nearly three, years after the fall of Lord Voldemort, the wizarding world begins to heal. But deep in the shadows, Bellatrix Lestrange still burns with the need to prove her loyalty to her vanished master. When fate places young Harry Potter in her path on a cold, storm-lashed night, she prepares to strike the ultimate blow of revenge.
And yet… she doesn’t.
In a single moment of clarity, Bellatrix sees not the Boy Who Lived, not the symbol of her master’s downfall, but a child, bruised and neglected, cast away by the very world that claims to worship him. Driven by a twisted blend of vengeance, obsession, and something achingly close to maternal yearning, she steals him from the Muggles’ grasp, determined to shape him into something greater. Her own dark legacy.
As Harry grows under Bellatrix’s fierce and fractured care, molded by the shadows instead of the light, questions begin to stir within him. Who is he really? Savior or weapon? Pawn or player? As the years pass and Hogwarts looms on the horizon, the world teeters unknowingly on the edge of a future rewritten.
One boy. One woman. One night that changed everything.

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Chapter 1: Prologue

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Black Family Crest

BLACK AS IS THE RAVEN
DARK AS IS THE NIGHT
SOULS OF WONDROUS YEARNING
LEFT LOST AND SEARCHING
IN THE COLDEST DEPTHS OF FRIGHT.

MAGIC HEARD THEIR WAILING
TOOK PITY ON THEIR PLIGHT
MAGIC MADE THEM SCIONS
STARS BURSTING FORTH WITH LIFE

SHINE THEY DID AGAINST THE BACKDROP
CALLED OUT SO ALL WOULD KNOW
BLACK AS IS THE RAVEN
BUT PURE AS IS THE GLOW.

THE HOUSE OF BLACK WOULD LEAD THEM
ALWAYS PURE AND GLEAMING,
TO MAGIC’S RADIANT HOME.

Pre-Hogwarts Years: Chapters 1-23

Year One (Age 11): Chapters 24-54

Year Two (Age 12): Chapters 55-?

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