DESCRIPTION: Harry Potter's older brother, Jason Potter, and Harry's honorary older sister, Philomena Black, were given what many see as a gift, but every gift has its downsides, and they use it to do everything in their power to protect Harry from dying, and from turning into someone like them along the way. Manipulative Dumbledore. A DARK STORY! Rated for abuse, rape, suicidal thoughts & actions, torture, & death.

Author's Note: I don't own Harry Potter or any of the characters. The only thing I own are my characters, Philomena "Mae"/"Martina" Weasley/Black and Jason "Jase" Potter, and the plot.

I've had the idea for this story for awhile now, and I've finally decided to start writing it. The uploads for this story are going to be sporadic, but I will do my best to update quickly.

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE STARTING THE STORY:

I changed it so that Arthur Weasley and his brothers aren't the sons of a Black, but of another pureblood wizarding family on their mother's side.

Also, the name Martina means "of Mars (the roman god of war, who is often associated with fire); warlike; warring". I found the nickname for Philomena fitting for her personality and abilities, as you will later see.


April 17, 1979 - London

A little girl, only eleven months old at the time, perked up in her crib at the sound of a door being blown off of its hinges. The girl's mother, Estella Weasley (neè Black), and father, Bilius Weasley, came rushing into the little girl's room and quickly picked her up.

Estella, tears streaming down her face, quickly hid her daughter, Philomena Weasley, in the closet in the room, underneath some old blankets. She whispered, "Don't worry, Martina. Your father and I love you. Be safe, mia figlia. Give 'em hell for us."

Estella and Bilius quickly moved away from the closet door and towards the door that led to hallway, wands drawn.

Voldemort quickly came up the stairs, and even though the couple fought hard to protect their daughter, they were still overpowered by Voldemort and lay on the floor, wandless, unable to do anything.

"Tell me where the headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix is." Voldemort ordered them. "I'll make sure you'll regret it if you don't."

"Never." They both said.

Voldemort then got his satisfaction out of torturing the couple for information. He used the cruciatus curse and mutilated them for what seemed like hours before he finally gave up trying to get any information out of them and went on to end the couple's misery. "This is what you get for being a blood traitor. Avada Kedavra!" he yelled, pointing his wand at Estella, forcing her husband to watch the life flicker out of her bright brown eyes. Bilius' shouts filled the room, cursing at the man who had tortured killed his wife in front of his very eyes. Bilius turned his head towards the closet door, realising for the first time that it was still a crack open, and the last thing he saw was his daughter's haunted and tear-stained eyes staring back at him as a green light filled the room once again.

Beyond the two limp, dead bodies and the pools of blood and severed appendages, Tom Marvolo Riddle never saw the little girl through the crack of the open closet door, watching silently, tears streaming down her face, her parents' screams still ringing in her ears.


October 31, 1981 - Godric's Hollow

"Jase, stop drawing on Harry's face!" Philomena Black scolded when she saw what her best friend, Jason, was doing. Jason was Harry's older brother. Jase and Mae (Philomena) were born on the same day, May 12th, 1978, at the same moment. Since they were the only two children in the house other than Harry, they soon became best friends.

Sirius Black became Mae's guardian after her parents were killed since Sirius was her mother's brother, and one of the few Blacks that wasn't a Death Eater. The Weasleys weren't even considered as an option because Bilius had severed ties with his family after they refused to accept that he was, at the time, dating a Black. They hadn't, and still don't, even after their deaths, know that Estella and Bilius had gotten married and had a child.

Because of the Fidelius Charm, Mae had moved in with the Potters at Sirius' request, not that the Potters minded. The Potters treated her like she was one of their own and she was soon very happy, despite the deaths of her parents.

"But it's fun, Mae!" Jase said back to her.

"He's only one, he can't even try to stop you."

"But that's the fun part, I can do whatever I want to him." Mae walked over and took the marker out of Jase's hand.

"Hey! I was using that!"

"You're turning into your father, Jason." Came a voice from the doorway. Lily entered the room and quickly began to wipe the marker off of Harry's face. "I can barely deal with one of him, and now he's corrupted you too. I suppose the fact that you've been spending all of that time with Sirius doesn't help." Lily said with a small smile.

"But we love Sirius!" Jase and Mae chorused together, causing another smile to erupt onto Lily's face.

"Jason, can you please stop drawing on Harry's face. I'm sure he doesn't appreciate it." Lily said.

After a lot of contemplating, Jase finally said, "I'll try."

"Jase, why don't we go upstairs and play in our room?" Mae asked.

"Sure!" Jase said enthusiastically. The two of them hurried upstairs to their room to play with their various toys that they had gotten over the past two and a half years.

When Mae first moved in, she had a separate room from Jason's, but they immediately started to sleep in the same bed together, so Lily and James moved Mae's things into Jase's room and it became Mae and Jase's room.

Lily and James assumed that once Mae and Jase were older they would want separate rooms, for obvious reasons, but for the time being they could share one, it seemed to be helping Mae after she witnessed her parents' murders.

A few months before Estella and Bilius died, the two families went away for a week for a much needed vacation. A few days into it, there was a poisonous spider that had gotten into the house the two families were sharing. The spider was heading straight for Jase, but Mae saw it. Mae quickly put her hand to the floor and a line of flames immediately went from where her hand was on the carpet towards the spider, instantly killing it. The four adults were awestruck. It wasn't uncommon for children to perform accidental magic, but it was always just that, accidental. What Mae did was deliberate and powerful. They soon found out that Mae was a fire elementalist, which was very rare.

Then, later on during that vacation, everyone was playing and relaxing at the pool. A poisonous snake came out and headed straight towards Mae, who was sitting on the side of the pool, and Jason saw it. He quickly pointed his hand at the snake and water immediately started pouring out of its mouth and eyes, causing it to drown to death. They soon found out that Jason was a water elementalist, which was also very rare.

Then, on Mae and Jase's second birthday, Mae and Jase started talking about that same vacation, using specific details that even Lily and James could barely remember. They soon found out that they both had eidetic memories, photographic memories.

Later that night, Mae and Jase were playing hide-and-seek with Lily and James. Mae and Jase were hiding in the closet in Harry's room, underneath some old blankets (A/N: Sound familiar?). Then the sound of a door being blown off of its hinges filled the house. Mae and Jase were frozen in fear, it felt as if history was repeating itself all over again (Mae, of course, had told Jase what had happened). James' shouts filled the house, as he desperately tried to protect his family from Lord Voldemort. They heard a loud thump from the stairwell and someone slowly walking up the stairs.

Harry was sitting up in his crib as Lily was quietly talking to him, "I love you. Be safe. Be strong." Voldemort quickly entered the room, his wand raised. A green light lit up the room and with one final act of desperation to protect her son, Lily jumped in front of the spell, her shriek filling the room, and saving her son from the Killing Curse. Her limp body collapsed to the floor in front of the crib. Her bright green eyes dull and lifeless.

Voldemort muttered, "Filthy Mudblood." as he walked closer to the crib. He pointed his wand at Harry and yelled, "Avada Kedavra!"

A bright light filled the room once again, and when it dissipated, Lord Voldemort was gone, his large black cloak lay forgotten on the floor.