Baby Harry is carefully examined by Dumbledore and is revealed to be a horcrux. Dumbledore, fearful that it might prevent the prophecy, carefully excises the soul fragment with a tiny lash of Fiendfyre- unaware that he was already the third step on the road of the Master of Death. *I do not own Harry Potter or the Harry Potter universe.

Harry dies unexpectedly in the graveyard at the end of the Tri-Wizard Tournament, struck down by Voldemort. Fate, preoccupied, delegates Harry's case. Instead of sending Harry on, Harry is sent back in time and into a time loop to fix his destiny... Too bad killing Voldemort is part of the 'end loop' conditions... *I do not own Harry Potter or the Harry Potter universe.