Harry Potter runs away from home at the age of 7 and ends up in the rundown neighborhood of Spinner's End. Severus Snape takes his nightly walk as usual, and finds a boy cold and alone. He takes him in, and sets off a chain reaction that will affect the entire wizarding world.

War. War never changes. The light uses people as pawns, the dark kills mercilessly, and neither side is really that different. When both sides feed off of prejudice, one hero believes that change is necessary – and so the adventure begins.

When Harry finds out the truth about his destiny, his world changes rapidly as he seems to be following a path that will lead him straight to a disastrous showdown between the Light Lord Albus Dumbledore, and the Dark Lord Voldemort. Grey!Harry. Harry/Hermione. Neville/Luna.

"Hey, Harry." Harry gave a hug to Neville and said, "Great job on killing that bloody snake. You helped me kill Voldemort." Neville was relishing in this embrace by Harry, before he realized that now was his time to tell Harry about his feelings. Neville/Harry.

Harry Potter, in the summer after his fifth year, has been abused by his uncle so badly that when Snape comes to rescue him, he nearly dies. Sometime later, Draco Malfoy begins to reconsider his feelings for Harry. What happens next is for you to find out. Draco/Harry. Warning: graphic abuse (rated M). Continued from a story by Elfendork. Chapters 1-28 are his, the rest are mine.