The village of Hogsmeade is bordered by a forest haunted by dangerous creatures, and most who enter the forest are never seen again. Harry enters the forest on a dare and attracts the attention of a murderous creature by the name of Tom who lets Harry live. But Tom's obsession with Harry continues to grow, and he'll get Harry by any means necessary

In a world run by Voldemort, Harry tries to get by as an unnoticed half-blood until he discovers a strange diadem which sends him into a coma for over a year. He finally awakens and is made to return to Hogwarts to complete his seventh-year that he missed, and it is there that he meets the new Dark Arts teacher, Professor Riddle.

When Harry is four he is sent back to the year 1932 where he is adopted by Gellert Grindelwald. Harry grows up with his loving father and housekeeper, Percival, and attends Durmstrang where his father encourages his studying of Dark Magic. Harry's world falls apart when Dumbledore defeats Grindelwald, and Harry vows to get revenge and collect the Deathly Hallows for his father. He

Harry and Tom were childhood sweethearts who broke up in their final year of Hogwarts when Tom's fascination with the Dark Arts became too much for Harry. Five years later Tom is slowly taking over the Ministry, and meets Harry again when he is arrested for rioting against the Ministry-and neither of them ever quite got over the other.