Summary: Very AU. Lily and James did marry but were divorced because of James' unfaithfulness. Instead of having one child, they had twins, Harry and Catherine. Because of a long drawn out custody battle, the courts decided to give Harry to James and Catherine to Lily. Harry Potter never became the boy who lived, so Lily and James are alive. After the divorce, Lily took Catherine to Salem, Massachusetts, the biggest all-wizarding community in the world.

Prologue:

"JAMES WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN HERE!" Lily Potter shouted, as she entered the house her and her husband had bought almost a year ago. She stood there, fuming, at her husband who had just thrown the blonde girl, who was straddling him, onto the floor.

"Lily, this isn't what it looks like." James said jumping up.

"Oh then, pray tell, what is it? To me it looks like you were about to sleep with another woman, even though you're married and have twins." Lily said, putting her hands on her hips.

"Alright, so it is what it looks like." James said. "But you can't blame me."

"Yes I can." Lily said

"NO YOU CAN'T, BECAUSE IT'S YOUR OWN FAULT!" James yelled.

"OH DON'T YOU DARE TURN THIS AROUND." Lily said. The blonde girl that James was about to sleep with had buttoned her shirt and swaggered out of the house. "But, I am curious to know how this could possibly be my fault."

"You've been a miserable cow for almost a year now." James said crossing his arms.

"I was pregnant with twins who still aren't sleeping straight through the night, James. You were supposed to support me, not sleep around with anything with two arms, two legs and two breasts." Lily said. Suddenly the blonde girl re-entered the house.

"Sorry, forgot my bag," She said, "And in my justification, he told me he was divorced."

"Don't you worry, he very soon will be." Lily said, as the girl left the house.

"What does that mean?" James asked

"Precisely what I said," Lily said, starting to cry, "James this is the third girl I have found out you've slept with. The first one, I thought you'd grow out of it. The second, I thought of the kids, but now I think I should leave."

"But Lily, I thought we loved each other." James said

"We did, but I can't trust you. There is no love without trust." Lily said, going up to the bedroom she shared with James, and went to the cots along the wall.

She looked down at her children. Each had raven hair and green eyes. They were both incredibly small, only 6 pounds each at birth, and were always moving. She reached down into one of the cots and pulled up her one month old baby girl. Lily looked down at her, and burst into tears. At the sound of Lily's tears, the children simultaneously burst into tears.

"Shush," Lily said, soothingly, "Come on Catherine, stop that noise." She said, lowering her daughter into a green car seat. She repeated the action with her son into a blue one. She then packed everything she owned into a suitcase and used her wand to shrink it and she placed it into her pocket. She picked up the car seats and walked to the landing.

"You can't take the kids, Lily." James said as she brushed past him, "You can't take my children away from me." He said, running after her.

"James, I can't do it for good. We have to have a custody battle." Lily said, sarcastically as she buckled her kids in the car, "Goodbye, James." She said as she got in her car and drove off.

------------------ SIX MONTHS LATER-------------------

"In the case of Catherine Elisa Potter. The mother will receive total custody, and the father will receive visitation rights." The judge said, banging his gavel on his pulpit, "And in the case of Harry James Potter, the father will receive total custody, and the mother will receive visitation rights." The judge said, again, "Court adjourned."

Lily walked away from her stand and picked up her daughter, and went over and kissed her son goodbye as James did the same to his daughter.

James watched as Lily turned around and walked out of the courtroom and out of his life.

James and Harry stayed in England, at the house he and Lily had bought. Lily, not long after the divorce was finalized, moved to Salem, Massachusetts with Catherine.

Harry and Catherine never really heard from each other or their other parent. On their birthdays, they would receive a card, but other than that, no real contact was shared.

And that is where the story begins…