Truth and Trauma

After being kidnapped and forced into a blood ritual to resurrect Lord Voldemort, Harry is traumatized and cut off from any kind of contact with the wizarding world. So when he hears someone Apparate on Privet Drive, he does the rational underage wizard thing and hides under his invisibility cloak. Except this just so happens to be the same day someone at the Ministry decides to Do Something about Harry Potter.The Peverell heirloom is capable of hiding from death; dementors are barely a stretch. Instead they seek out the greatest concentration of magic in the area - despite Petunia's best efforts.Blood Wards based on the Dursley's love for Harry are less substantial than cobwebs and so the dementors do what soul-sucking demons will when offered helpless sacrifices. And in a dazzling display of competency, the Ministry of course blames the only wizard in residence.Yet dementors will go to any lengths to get the most out of their meals - including unearthing hidden memories from a past life. Centuries have twisted his tale beyond all recognition, but this might just be what Harry needs to stand up to a wizard decades his senior. And restore Hogwarts' glory whilst he's at it.Better be... Slytherin.