Disclaimer: I'm too young to be Rowling, so Harry Potter sadly cannot be mine…
Description of the story: Something is wrong with the Dursley family. For ten years Harry Potter has been living with his aunt, now he will go to Hogwarts… but why is his aunt complaining about him packing boxes and why is the potion master of Hogwarts talking with the potion master of Hogwarts just before the first year class?!
Information: The story will follow the books at least until the end of third year. I won't follow Harry's PoV because then I would have to simply copy the books. Instead I will concentrate on (mostly) letters between Harry's family members – and there are definitely more family members than in the books.
I don't do own characters in this story so every character mentioned you will find in the books (well, there might be a slight name change so that they fit in this story… xD
Now, on with the story…
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Letters in 1979
sSs
Of dying and hiding
Dear brother,
I had to die today. Can I use your cellar to hide myself away?
Your baby brother
R.A.
SsSsSsSsSs
Dear baby brother,
You are a dunderhead. Kindly find another cellar to hide. I have a cover to keep after all – and there's a blond narcissist (your cousin's husband, if you remember) visiting me regularly!
Sincerely
Your brother
P.T.
(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx
Of family secrets and weddings
Dear Caspet,
Thank you for your wedding invitation. My boyfriend James and I will gladly attend. It will also be an opportunity for him to get to know our whole family (yes, those three as well!), after all he is planning to purpose to me, soon. I saw the ring he bought in his jacket.
On a different matter: I hope you will be happy with Vernon. He seemed to be a nice man, when I met him after he asked father for your hand in marriage. Nice and normal, exactly like you always wanted it. Tell me, big sis, does he know about my kind? Does he know the family secret?
If he doesn't, you maybe should tell him before the wedding. I don't think it's a good idea to shock him after or at the wedding! That would be awful. And you know James, I don't think he will be able to keep his mouth shut.
I'm sorry about that beforehand.
Lots of love.
Lily
PS: Did you invite that boy? You know, our 'neighbour'? If you did, did he answer? I have not heard from him in quite some time. Quite unusual, I tell you.
SsSsSsSsSs
Dear Lilu, my little sister,
Thank you for coming and yes, Vernon knows. I would not let them loose on him without telling him about your kind. It would be an awful way to learn about that if I did. And don't worry, he has no problem with our family secret, I promise.
And yes. I invited that boy. I had to, hadn't I? No answer until now, but the others didn't answer as well. I'll keep an eye out but it seems that something happened. Well, happened again, god knows they are genetically unable to keep away from trouble. I'll come back to you if it's something sirius.
All my love.
Petunia
(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx
Of cellars and sob-stories
Dear Caspet,
Thank you for your wedding invitation. I will gladly attend. I am sorry I am late answering your letter. 'My' baby brother died a week ago and there were some complications with returning his body to our family.
Does your new house have a cellar? P.T. refuses to store away the package for me. He claims that Lucy, the narcissist visits him too often. Can I store it at your house? I promise it is potty-trained.
Lots of love
Your brother,
The S.O.B-STORY
SsSsSsSsSs
Dear drama-queen,
(I'm definitely not calling you my brother right now – you should have written us two weeks ago!)
Thank you for updating your file. I will copy it and send it on to every Lily-flower I find.
And yes, I have a cellar. An empty cellar. You can fill it if you want.
(Definitely not) all my love
Petunia.
(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx(vvv)xxx
Of that boy
Dear Caspet,
Thank you for your wedding invitation. I will gladly attend. Tell Lilu I need to talk to her as soon as possible. I'll be home next week.
Sincerely
That boy
P.T.
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After those letters, James Charlus Potter's life would take a completely turn-around. Whatever he thought was real, after those letters he would soon learn, he was mistaken about everything. Well, mistaken about everything concerning Lily and her family.
Before those letters, he thought he knew the facts:
1) Lily was a Muggle-born who never heard about the wizarding world before she got her Hogwarts letter.
2) Lily had a jealous older sister called Petunia
3) Lily's parents were Muggles, called Eileen and Marius Evans. They knew nothing about wizarding traditions and customs.
After the letters he was soon sucked into the reality of the Evans family – and the secret the family was guarding better than their own lives.
And at fault for the sudden crash of James' world, were the Brother, the Baby Brother and That Boy.
But James was lucky. He was going to be family.
Regrettably Albus Percival Brian Wulfric Dumbledore was not.
And so where James' just had a huge shock, Dumbledore's world would shatter into peaces just three years later – not that Dumbledore knew.
After all, who would share a family secret with a stranger?
