A/N: I own nothing but this plot.

Prologue

Hadrian stared in distaste as he watched his mo - no, he thought to himself, she is not my mother – Lily buy Sabrina all the toys that she wanted. Hadrian knew that they would not be used; they would be merely tossed aside along with all of her other toys the moment they got home. He did not know what his father saw in his mo - Lily.

"Here you go, Sweetie," Lily cooed as she passed a blue stuffed rabbit to Sabrina.

Sabrina's eyes twinkled. "Thank you! Can we go home now?" Sabrina smiled enthusiastically.

Lily smiled, "As you wish, Princess."

Hadrian sneered as Sabrina wrinkled her nose at him.

Sabrina was spoiled rotten by both James and Lily Potter, because she was the Girl-Who-Lived. Hadrian snorted at the thought; Sabrina was a year older than him and had an average magical core. He, on the other hand, had started accidental magic years before Sabrina and preferred books over dresses and dolls. James Potter had, however, stopped showering Sabrina with gifts recently and had grown distant towards Lily and Sabrina. Despite Lily's concerned inquiries, James had reassured her that he was fine and that he only needed some time to think. Lily shrugged, passing it off as stress from working too hard. She didn't know just how wrong she was and how everything she set up so perfectly was about to fall apart.

When they got home, Hadrian went to the Kitchen to get a snack, passing many vacant and dusty rooms. He sighed. Lily had freed all the house elves despite James' protests, saying that it was 'wrong' and that they didn't deserve to be 'enslaved'. Now they were limited to several rooms in the mansion to make it easier to remain neat and tidy.

Hadrian snorted. House elves are more than happy to serve our homes and they need a master to live. James said that the house elves were passed down the Potter line for centuries, yet his words went deaf in Lily's ears.

You see, Lily was a muggleborn, and as a muggleborn, she wasn't taught about Wizarding rules, customs, and histories - excluding goblin wars courtesy of Professor Binns. As the stubborn woman she was, she didn't believe that traditional Wizarding customs were important, and as such, she forced James and her family to celebrate mundane muggle traditions. However, holidays, such as Samhain, are important. They keep Wizards' and Witches' magic strong and healthy as it plays tribute to the balance of Mother Magic. Lily thought that it was total rubbish. Hadrian shook his head angrily, Foolish woman! It was like she never picked up a book in her life.

-Hadrian's POV-

My father told me that in Hogwarts, Lily was the brightest witch of her age. Always studied hard, got the highest grades, and had a stunning personality. He told me that he fell in love with her looks, open mindedness, stubbornness (he had found it endearing at the time), maturity, and kindness. He didn't fall in love with the woman that Lily had become: stubborn, narrow-minded (in terms of the Wizarding world and she had no intentions of changing that), biased, and arrogant. She always thought she was superior to James.

Lily and Sabrina chose that time to walk in as I sat down at the table with the sandwich I made with what I found in the kitchen.

"Can Ginny and Ron come over?" Sabrina said loudly.

"Sure." Lily agreed. "Hadrian, prepare some snacks for them."

I looked up at Lily's cold gaze.

I shook my head. You're the one who agreed that they should come over, you make them. I thought.

Lily glared as Sabrina looked smug.

She raised her hand to slap me when the floo flared and James appeared.

"What do you think you're doing?" James said, dangerously quiet.

A/N: Review please! I'm leaning towards a Lucius/James pairing. But I can do Severus/James if you guys really want to. So tell me!