A/N: Ok, first of all this is my first "Harry Potter" fic, so go easy on me. I'm probably not as up to speed on lot's of HP terms like most of you who may read this, but I do promise you I have actually read the books. Anyway, this fic is a little bit from most HP fics as it does not actually contain any of your favorite and much loved HP characters. Yes, I'm quite sorry, but this story happens to be about some characters I myself invented as I was afraid were I to use the actual characters they would be so incredibly unlike themselves that the whole story would be terrible and I'd get a plethora of flames for it. So be a bit open minded about this story and feel free to let me know what you think? Hate it? Great, tell me why. Love it, also great and tell me, as I am human and do enjoy occasional praise. So just need to say that any people or places from the Harry Potter series that appear in this piece are not owned by me, but most characters, such as the Rose family, are.

Prologue: Open your eyes

The whole Rose family had gone camping out at this beautiful nature preserve. They had gone on a hike, the mother, Amelia, carrying the infant Danny in the front, the father, Jason, lecturing his sons Alex, Jake and Nick about all the plants and vegetation, leaving the little daughter Talynn all alone, trying to keep up at the rear. She had seen a deer to one side of the path and her curious nature caused her to leave the path to follow it.

 About a half an hour later, a big storm had risen up. Rain started falling in thick heavy drops and thunder and lightning split through the sky. The family saw this and hurriedly headed back to camp, but as they got near the camp, Alex noticed Talynn was missing. He tried to call out to his parents, but they were too preoccupied with getting to shelter to care about Talynn. Alex had been noticing more and more lately how selfish and uncaring the pair was. Especially to his little sister. It was one of the main reasons why he had started to become so rebellious and wild. He hated his parents and didn't want to be like them at all. So, standing in the rain, Alex decided to go find Talynn. He knew she must be scared and lonely. Turning away from the group he ran off back along the path to look for her.

Talynn had sat all alone by a huge oak tree, scared to death and bawling for her parents. The thunder and lightning crashed above her head, as if screaming at her like her parents always did. Disappointed in her for having such a wandering mind, yelling at her and punishing her. Saying, "You deserve this because you're such a terrible daughter." She knew all this at such a young age and couldn't understand. No matter what she did it was never good enough for them. She sobbed and tried to apologize to the storm, her little 4 year old voice crying out "I'm sorry Mommy! I'm sorry Daddy! I'll be good, just don't leave me here!"

Alex had heard the faint scream of his sisters voice off in the depths of the forest and he went running off the path into the brush. Pushing away sharp, wet branches and wading through slick, wet mud while rain constantly pounded down on him Alex made his way towards the faint crying of his distressed little sister. Finally he came to somewhat of a clearing and saw his four year old sister standing in the middle, screaming up at the sky about how she was sorry that she was such a bad daughter, that she would be better and try her best to make her parents proud of her. He was glad for the rain for it hid the hot tears that suddenly sprung from his eyes. It was in that one moment that he aged about 5 years and realized how truly despicable his parents were. He ran to his little sister and scooped her up in his arms.

"Alex!" she had cried, in relief, throwing her arms around his neck and holding on tight. Alex had held the small frame of his only sister, anger at his parents burning within him. They probably didn't even realize that Talynn was gone. As he hurriedly made his way back to the path to the tent, he fumed, pondering what he should say to them.

"You're my hero," little Talynn had whispered into his ear and hugged his shoulders. He softly rubbed her back, knowing what he had to do. As they approached the tent he set Talynn on the ground and looked into her little blue eyes, almost exactly like his own.

"Talynn," he said, "No matter what I say and do later on in your life, I want you to always remember I love you. Ok? Can you remember that?" Talynn, rather confused had stared at him wide-eyed before nodding. He stood up and took her hand in his and walked into the tent. There, his parents and three brothers all sat huddled together, reading a book. His mother looked up.

"Oh! Alex you're back! We were worried about you!" She said, then looked at Talynn, horrified. "TALYNN! What have you DONE to yourself?" She moved to grab Talynn's arm harshly, but Alex stepped in the way. He stared coldly into his mothers eyes. She was quite taken aback. "Alex..?" she began.

"Shut up," He ordered icily. His father made ready to protest, but one sharp look from his 10 year old son, told him not to speak. "You are cruel and horrible parents," spat Alex. "You went on a hike, leaving your 4 YEAR OLD daughter unsupervised at the rear, trying to keep up. Then it starts raining and you all run back, not realizing that she is MISSING. Then, when I say we should go look for her, you pretend to not hear me and run off to shelter in the tent. I go running off and find my little sister, alone in the middle of a storm crying to GOD about how she is sorry and won't disappoint you again, if you would just take her back and let her live," He paused, letting that one sink in.

Amelia looked at her little daughter for confirmation, praying her son was lying. Hiding behind Alex's legs, Talynn stared at her with big, sad eyes. "I'm sorry Mommy. Please don't be mad at me," She murmured. Amelia was crushed. Cold, harsh realization set in on her that day. Memories of all the unfair things she done to Talynn, all the times she'd ignored her, the times she'd told her how she wasn't good enough. Tears started streaming from Amelia's eyes and she knew she was a horrible mother. More horrible than most. Her ten year old son had had to yell at her to make her realize it. Her precious daughter had almost died tonight because she was so terrible. All Amelia wanted at that moment was to curl up and die.

How would Talynn ever forgive her? She wondered, yet, here was her daughter, afraid of her and asking her for forgiveness. Amelia slumped over on her husbands shoulders. She could see in his eyes, he'd come to the same realizations too.