They can't take him to the other side, not when he has ripped his soul into pieces. When there is no end in sight, the only way could be to send him to start all over again.
Harry cheated death when he was a toddler, leaving with a scar on his forehead. When Dudley pushed down to his death, he got up with a boy talking to him inside his head. And Tom made all the difference.
A one-shot of a different Petunia. Previously published and re-uploaded after editing.
A short story of how I think Harry had would have turned out at Hogwarts if he had been less like his parents.
Here is a story of a different Petunia, one who did some things differently for Harry. One-shot. Sort of.