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The Potter family. A family that holds much happiness. If one were to look at the family, they would find an average family. A mother working in the kitchen. A father reading in his study. Two children, a boy and a girl playing the the den.

But if one was to peel away the layers of the house, one would find a dark corner in this light family. In the smallest bedroom of the house lies a child of five years. His name is Hadrian, or Harry for short. He is the eldest potter child, and yet, most of the world doesnt even know of his existence.

Sadly, his parents have been neglecting him for roughly 3 years now, ever since his little siblings "saved" the british wizarding world. The real story, is much different than what is told...

Time turner turned!

Three years ago...A dark, lone figure approached a small home in Godric's Hollow."James, can you go check up on the kids," Lily asked. "Sur-" James started before the door exploded of its hinges. "Lily go! It's Voldemort! I'll hold him off! Reducto!" James yelled. Lily ran upstairs, ignoring the spellfire behind her."Ah James. Good to see you again. I hope I'm not interupting?" Voldemort asked while dodging a spell James had thrown. "Get the hell out of my home!" James yelled before casting another spell. "I'm sorry James, but i have a meeting with your children, and i most certainly can't be late," Voldemort said before casting a spell that knocked James through the wall, essentially knocking him out. Upstairs lily had made a rudimentary barricade with some furniture and some hastily drawn runes. "Expecto Patronum!" She telled conjuring a small doe. "Go to Professor Dumbledore, tell him we've been attacked!" She told her patronus before it disappeared in a pop.

"What messy wards you have Lily, but i guess you only had so much time. Reducto." Voldemort said calmly, shredding through Lily's wards. "Move aside girl, you've been promised to another." Voldemort said, leveling his wand at the witch. "No, i wont let you touch them!" Lily yelled, throwing a reducto at the wizard. Voldemort blocked before casting his own reducto, knocking Lily into the wall.

"Know, lets see the young children." Voldemort said, moving over to the cribs. "It seems all three of them will be powerful in the future. I'm sorry children, but, it's me before you." He said before raising his wand and firing three killing curses.

"Now, to collect the rest of the Potters." He started, not realizing the killing curses he cast had formed together. "Haha," Voldemort heard before spinning around to see a large green spell shooting at him. The over powered Killing curse shot straight through the Dark lords body, destroying his body in an explosion that destroyed that part of the roof.

A dark mist was all that was left. It studied the three children before floating through the roof. Ten minutes later Dumbledore rushed into the room. "LILY!" He shouted upon seeing her body on the ground. He rushed over and exhaled in relief to see that she was just unconscious. "Enervate." He said reviving her."Uh what hap- HARRY! ROSE! DAMIEN!" Lily yelled as she woke up. "They are fine. It seems that Voldemort was destroyed, i can only sense a small amount of his energy." He said as he made his way over to the triplets. Upon examination he found a cut on both Damien and Rose, while Harry was fine.

Dumbledore cast a spell on them and found that Harry's core was significanty smaller than it was when he was born. He also found that there was some dark magic surrounding the scars on Damien and Rose. "Are they okay? And where's James?" Lily asked. "I sent James to St. Mungo's. It seems Voldemort planned on comming back for him. When i found him he was partially through your kitchen wall. As for the children, there is some dark magic on the scars of Damien and Rose. Other than that it seems that their cores actually increased with magic." Dumbledore said.

"And Harry?" Lily asked. Dumbledore was silent for a moment. "Young Harry, Im afraid, has a very different condition. Physically he is fine, but his core seems to have shrunk." Dumbledore explained, causing Lily to gasp in shock. "Will he be okay?" She asked. "I believe Voldemort, in his final moments, tried to steal Harry's magic in order to protect himself. It seems that whatever Damien and Rose did stopped that, as they stopped Voldemort. I believe he will be fine, but he will never be as strong as his siblings." Dumbledore said. Had he brought them to a healer, a very different story would have been told, as you see, Dumbledore was wrong, and a very different chain of events happened before he had arrived.

what had happened was that when Voldemort gave Lily the option to move aside, she chose to protect her children. Magic, being the ever living being it is, used its limited abilities to save the three, expecting Voldemort to have killed Lily. Instead he only hit her with a reducto that caused her to be knocked out. Magic was not prepared, so it did the only thing it could do, use the closest magical core to protect the three.

Sadly the closest core that was not part of the problem was Hadrian's. Using the boys core, magic stopped the three curses and combined them before shooting the overpowered, and unstable, killing curse back at the dark lord. The bad news is that in doing so, magic drained Hadrians core, and making it seem as though he lost some of his magic in the process.

The excess energy from the explosion flew through the air and into the open wounds that rubble from the falling roof caused. the result was that the wounds sealed shut, but remained visable due to what little magic that remained from the dark lord rushing to the same wounds.

Across the country, a spirit awoke from its slumber...

Chapter 1: A new hope.

"I'm sorry Lily, but this is the only way." Dumbledore said with a grim look. "But why!? Why must we send Harry away!?" Lily sobbed. She loved Harry, but she had to give almost all of her time to her other children. "We must get rid of all distractions in order to properly train Damien and Rose. Harry has been asking to learn with them, and they want him around. If he were to leave then they woulf focus on their training and be ready for when Voldmemort returns." Dumbledore explained.

"It's for the best Lily. Our children must be prepared and Harry is the weakest amongst them." James said hiding his disgust. To him having a weak heir to the Potter line ment less honor for him and his family. The easiest way to fix this is just get rid of the weak link. After all Harry was only born a few minutes earlier than his brother Damien.

"W-we can send him to my sister's. She will understand." Lily said, caving to her husband and previous professor. "When can we see him again?" Lily asked. "Hm. I would say after his first year at hogwarts is when he can return home. By then Damien and Rose will be far more advanced than Harry will, causing Harry to try his best to make friends with them, but realise that he will never be on their level." Dumbledore speculated. "Six, almost seven years of his life without his parents." Lily said tears in her eyes. "It will do him good to be gone." James said. "I will be by in the morning to pick him up. Please write a letter to your sister explaining everything," Dumbledore said before exiting the mansion via the floo.

"How are we going to tell Harry?" Lily ask. "We can't sugarcoat it. We must tell him the truth," James said with a steeled voice. The two made their rounds in the house, checking on their children. Damien and Rose were currently in the play room with each other. Harry was in his room. "Harry, can we come in?" Lily asked outside the door. "Sure mum." His tiny voice said. Harry was a quiet child, somewhat of an oddity in children.

"Harry, w-we... that being Grandpa and us, decided it be best if you went to live with your aunt and uncle for a while." Lily said, hanging on to James for support. "How long will i be gone?" Harry asked. "We will come get you when its time for you to go to Hogwarts. After that you will live with us again." Lily said, stifling a cry. "W-when do i leave?" Harry asked, tears in his eyes. "In the morning. Start packing your things." James said. Harry nodded before going to his dresser.

The next morning Dumbledore arrived to see Lily putting something around Harry's neck. "Come my boy, its time to go." Albus said with a twinkle in his eye. Lily gave Harry one last hug, and James patted him on the shoulder. Albus grabbed a hold of Harry's shoulder before saying, "this will feel very strange," and apparated the two to Private Drive. "Now Harry my boy, as your parents said, they shall collect you a few weeks before you head off to Hogwarts to get your supplies and reconnect to your family. This is for the greater good my boy, I hope one day you realize this." Dumbledore said with a sigh.

"Is this the boy?" Vernon said as they approached the door. "Yes indeed Mr. Dursley. I hope you take good care of him." Dumbledore said before leaving. "I must be off now Harry, I will see you in a few years." Vernon waited until Dumbledore left before shoving Harry in the house. "Alright boy, as you may have figured out, I am your uncle. You will refer to me as Uncle, or Sir. Do you understand?" Vernon asked.

"Yes Uncle. Where might I put my trunk?" Harry asked. "Up stairs, first door on the left. Be grateful that we are taking you in boy." Vernon said with a bit of venom. "Yes Uncle." Harry said before dragging his trunk up the stairs. Upon finding his room, Harry found it to be about the same size as the one in his old house. Harry sat down on the bed with a sigh, a puff of dust jumped off the bed comforter. "Get back down here boy, we need to talk." Came Vernon's voice from the ground floor.

"We need to discuss the chores you will be doing once you get settled in." Vernom said after Harry got down. "I will give you the rest if the day and tomorrow morning to get your things unpacked. After that there are things that I expect you to do around the house, seeing as you aren't going to a normal school." Vernon said with disgust. "You will start small, and as you get older I will have you do more tasks. It will build character. For now, you will be doing small things, watering the plants, helping your Aunt in the garden, and dusting the shelves. After you learn some math and reading, you will start helping your Aunt in the kitchen during meals. At some point I expect you to start making meals yourself." Vernon explained. "If you dont finish a task, you will be punished. Have I made myself clear?" Vernon asked threateningly.

Harry just nodded quietly. "Then you understand your lot in life. Oh yes, keep your freakyness down and preferably away from your cousin." Vernon said before turning on the t.v. Harry then asked, "will I have any time to myself?" Vernon looked away from the t.v. for a moment before saying, "if you finish the chores assigned to you before dinner then the rest of the time is yours. Keep out of the way, or there will be trouble. If you really must do something the library is down the street." Vernon said, turning back to the television.

The next few weeks Harry slowly adjusted to his role as a servant. He would learn measurements for cooking by his aunt. He was berated by his cousin, and actively attacked when he was alone, and he slaved away doing the chores his uncle didn't want to do. This cycle continued for the next two years...

I hope you like my new story. I bid you all adieu!