Yet another variation on 'dead Harry'

As always JKR owns all the rights I' just having fun and keeping my mind busy.

Harry Potter disappeared shortly after returning home at the end of his fourth year at Hogwarts.

The Weasley's wrote to the Headmaster when their owl failed to leave with letters to Harry Potter shortly after they returned from their fourth year at Hogwarts. The'd even gone so far as contacting Hermione Granger asking her to try using muggle means which also proved unsuccessful.

When Dumbledore returned from his International Confederation of Wizards meeting he read the owls from the Weasley's each one increasingly concerned. Looking over his shoulder he noted each tracker he had on Harry had gone still and the ward indicator was also still.

Rushing to the floo he made his way to Arabella Figg's house on Wisteria Walk in Little Whinging, and then towards Privet Drive where Harry lived. As he approached the house at number 4 he could see it was destroyed. A quick scan of a muggle neighbor's mind told him all. The house had been destroyed shortly after Harry had returned home and no bodies had been found.

Earlier in the month At Malfoy Manor Voldemort looked over as the door to the Malfoy's grand front room now his throne room was opened and Lucius Malfoy strolled in. "Lucius I am surprised to see you. Were you successful in retrieving Harry Potter?"

With a deep bow and eyes directed to the throne room's floor Lucius replied. "Not as such my Lord."

"Well out with it! What has caused you to interrupt your assigned duties?"

Lucius knew there was pain in his future if he messed this up. "My Lord I've brought the muggle husband of Lily Potter's squib sister. He is waiting outside the door to your throne room. His wife and child are under guard in the dungeons."

"And why is he waiting outside of my door?" Voldemort growled out upset at having to again prompt his servant.

"Knowing of your interest in this matter I was unsure how to proceed once he claimed to have killed Harry Potter."

"And how does he claim to have done it?"

"He broke the boy's neck."

"And where is the body?"

"He refuses to say. I was reluctant to torture it out of him without your direction." Lucius replied his eyes still on the floor.

Voldemort contemplated his options. He could have Lucius torture it out of him but he had others who were far better at it. He was sure Bella could have him talking far sooner if he allowed her the pleasure. Still this was a story that should be verified without the distortion torture occasionally induced. "Bind his hand and feet then have one of the guards assist you in bringing him in."

"Yes my Lord." Lucius replied backing his way out with His eyes still downcast.

The door opened again a few minutes later with Lucius levitating a ball of a human being into the room with Rabastan Lestrange following behind.

"Rabastan pull your wand and insure this creature does nothing I do not order it to do." Voldemort said.

"Of course my Lord." He replied pulling his wand positioning himself off to the side where any spell he fired would not be towards his lord.

Lucius let the body fall to the floor and while there was obvious movement no sound emerged. Seeing his master's glance towards him he replied, "The man is silenced my lord. He spews his most vile curses anytime we remove it."

"Put your wand away Lucius and don't draw it again without my command," Voldemort said giving a nod to Rabastan who understood if Lucius reached for it he was to stop him.

With a lazy wave of his hand Voldemort removed Lucius's silencing charm. Vernon Dursley heard his voice for the fist time in over two hours and was ready, "You f'ing freak I told you what you wanted what the f'ing hell did you bring me here for?"

As Vernon drew a breath to continue Voldemort flicked a finger to re-apply the silencing charm before saying, "He brought you here so you can tell me precisely how you killed Harry Potter and where his body is."

Vernon turned his head to face this new voice. As his eyes took in the nose-less, hairless, and all around creepy face of the individual who'd spoken with the silencing charm again removed he said, "Damn man who in the hell f'ed you up?"

While Rabastan and Lucius both recoiled in shock that anyone dared say that to their lord. Voldemort smiled a most insincere smile replying, "What you have the temerity to look upon is the result of a lot of pain. However my opponents are all dead."

"Yea I'd off anyone that did that to me too," Vernon replied.

To his followers astonishment Voldemort let that reply slid asking, "What can you tell me about young Harry Potter?"

"Well it's like I told your man. He'd just come back from that freak school of his and we were standing on the second floor outside my Dudley's second bedroom that we let him use during the summer out of the goodness of our hearts. I was laying down the law and he back talked me. I don't take that from anyone outside of work and backhanded him a good one. We was at the top of the stairs and he cartwheeled down them breaking his neck as he did. When I finished coming down after him he was laying on the floor still breathing," Vernon stopped needing to catch his breath after talking for so long.

"Go on," Voldemort encouraged realizing if this story was true the prophecy was worthless.

Gathering himself Vernon continued, "I knew if I called an A&C he'd tell his story and I've be in trouble. Same thing would happen if we contacted any of those freaks. So I gave his head a good twist finishing what the fall had started."

"Precisely how did Harry end up living with you?"

"Some Mubbles fellow left him on our door step after some other freak killed his parents. Why they couldn't have just killed the boy too I'll never understand. We well my wife and I tried to sent his away multiple times but he kept ending up on our door step every f'ing time."

Voldemort was enjoying the way his followers were reacting to Vernon's tale. It was obvious they wanted to tell Vernon just who he was talking to. And where is Harry's body?"

"Don't precisely know. I borrowed a friends boat he had moored down by Littlehampton on the river Arun. My boy and I put the freaks body in my car then snuck it on board the night before and after the tide had risen to float the boat the next morning we headed out into the channel. Out of sight of land and everyone I wrapped some chain I'd scavenged around it and tossed it over the side. Made sure the boat was nice and clean when I returned to the dock and no one was the wiser."

"Arn't you worried we'll go to the authorities?"

"Nah, given how free your boys are with those sticks I don't think I have to worry about that."

"You may be right. Look me in the eyes," Voldemort practically hissed out.

Vernon complied not knowing why he did but he soon found himself remembering the events he'd just told this thing. As he did he realized there were times the memories slowed down almost to the point of stopping before continuing on.

Though Vernon never realized it Voldemort was able to notice his horcrux leaving Harry an instant after Vernon had violently twisted Harry's neck. Sitting back in his throne Voldemort lazily waved his hand restoring the silencing charm on Vernon while also petrifying until he could make up his mind what to do with the muggle who'd killed Harry Potter.

Both Rabastan and Lucius knew not to move or make a sound while their Lord was contemplating his next action.

Deep in thought Voldemort was going through the multiple books he'd read on Horcruxes trying to find anything concerning what happened to the portion of the soul contained within when a horcrux was accidentally destroyed. Given the accidental destruction had potentially never occurred it took him a moment to verify that was indeed the case. He shifted to going through his memories of the time when this creature had killed Potter and found no evidence of that portion of his soul returning. With that determined he then weighed the comparative value to him of losing a horcrux against having Harry Potter killed. All it took was a subtly glance and a finger twitch for Rabastan to fire a killing curse at Vernon. Looking at Rabastan he said, "Place him in stasis he could feed Nagini for quite a while." Then turning to Lucius he added, "Go kill the rest of his family. You may enjoy yourself while doing so."