When Scarlet Potter, the true savior of the Wizarding world, brother is declared the boy who lived by Dumbledore, she is cast aside by her parents. Mistreated and abandoned by her family Scarlet is found by a new family, one that loves her & will help show the world her power. With her new family by her side Britain better look out for the Hawke Family.

Prologue- One "family" lost, another found

The chilled August air ghosted over the park; a lone occupant being its sole population. The child, a little girl with vibrant red hair and sparkling green eyes, sat on the swing set unmoving and downcast just staring blankly at the bark the playground was situated on.

"Come on Mom, Dad! I want to play!" Came a shout drawing the child's attention as an older girl came running into the park, her short black hair whipping around as she did.

"Aidan, slow down!" Another voice shouted; this one older and obviously a woman's. "And for goodness sakes make sure you're careful!"

A loud boisterous laugh followed the woman's reprimand. "Come now, Lana Dear, let Aidan have some fun. She's been doing so well in all of her classes at Salem that soon she'll be able to go to Mahoutokoro's for her combat training soon."

"That's only because she takes after me when it comes to her studies, but when it comes down to fighting and playing she takes after you Malcolm," The woman, Lana, retorted.

The little girl watched as a man and a woman came up from behind the older girl, Aidan, both smiling at their daughter's antics.

The man, dressing in simple blue jeans, white tennis shoes, and a dark teal polo, had copper skin while the woman, dressed in an elegant yet simple light purple summer dress, had light, fair skin. The father shared his daughter's hair color, but where his eyes were grey, the girl's were a deep blue. The mother shared her daughter's eye color, although it was a deeper shade. It was obvious that Aidan inherited a blend of her father and mother's skin tones.

Neither the couple or Aidan took notice of the little girl at first, but that soon changed when Aidan came over running to the swing set.

"Hello," greeted Aidan with a grin as she took a seat on the swing next to the younger girl's. "I'm Aidan, Aidan Hawke."

"H-Hi," timidly greeted the other girl. "I'm Scarlet Pot- Scarlet, my name is just Scarlet."

The newly identified girl, Scarlet, sadly looked away from Aidan. Believing the older girl would think her weird or beneath her, just like her brother and parents.

"You're such a loser!"

"What did I do to deserve such a stupid daughter like you!"

"Why can't you be more like your brother?"

"Nice to meet you, Scarlet," smiled Aidan, shaking Scarlet out of her thoughts. "Wanna play together?"

Uncertainty filled those sparkling green eyes as she stared into deep-sea blue. How she had longed for someone to say those words to her and actually mean them. To have someone who wanted to be her friend because of her and not her brother.

"S-Sure!" Scarlet happily agreed with a 100 watt smile.

Aidan let out a "whoop!" of excitement as she jumped from her swing, grabbing Scarlet by the hand, and running to the jungle-gym. The two played for, what seemed to them, hours and were having a blast. Aidan's parents watched the two with smiles on their faces, but couldn't help but wonder where the other girl's parents were. The girls continued to play without a care in the world, but it soon came to an end.

"Aidan it's time to go!" Shouted Lana as she tucked a stray stand of her long chestnut brown hair behind her ear, "and don't pout! We've already stayed longer then we planned."

Aidan looked at her mother from her spot in the sandbox, she was about to argue but the stern look from her mother quickly made her change her mind.

"I guess I have to go now," Aidan pouted as she stood up. "What are you gonna do? Are you going home now?"

Scarlet looked started at her words, but instead of answering she started to cry. Seeing Scarlet crying instantly caused Aidan to pull her into a strong, comforting hug.

"Scarlet, what's wrong?"

"I don't want you to leave! You're the only person who cares about me!"

Scarlet continued to ball her eyes out, clutching onto Aidan with all of her might. Watching from afar Lana and Malcolm quickly made their way to the girls. How could they leave knowing that a little girl was crying because they had to go home?

"Aidan, what seems to be the problem?" questioned Lana as she sat down on the sand not caring if her dress got dirty with her husband taking a seat next to her.

"Scarlet doesn't want me to go," mumbled Aidan as she rubbed the younger girls back. "She said that I was the only person that cared about her."

"Now I'm sure that's not true, your parents must lov-"

"No they don't! They hate me 'cause I can't be like Harry! Even though I already know a lot of spells!"

Both Lana and Malcolm looked startled at this, for a child to believe they were unloved like the child before them meant they were abused… either emotionally or physically. Lana immediately grabbed Scarlet into her arms, rocking her back and forth to calm her and to allow her to feel love.

'Wait a minute! Did she just say spells?' Malcolm thought in haste as he stared down at the little girl in his wife's arms. 'The girls name is Scarlet, she's a witch, and she has a brother named Harry… She must be the Potter's other child! How did she get to the states though?'

After a few minutes Scarlet calmed down, her cries quieting to shuddering breaths. Lana and Malcolm shared a look before returning their gazes onto Scarlet, who looked as if she was in Heaven being held in Lana's arms.

"Scarlet," called Malcolm gently. "Can you tell me what your full name is? And, if you can, tell us why you're here in the park and how you got here?"

Scarlet nodded, but she did not remove herself from Lana's embrace. She shifted in Lana's hold so that she was facing Aidan and Malcolm.

"My full name was, Scarlet Lily Potter," sniffed Scarlet. "But then I heard Daddy yelling at Dumbledore, he said that he was gonna get rid of me and Dumbledore just agreed and said he would make sure I wouldn't go to Hogwarts! So I took what I could and asked my house elf you bring me as far away from home as she could."

Malcolm and Lana looked disgusted at what the poor child had to go through. No child should ever have to suffer like that. Aidan however was angry, angry that her new friend was treated like garbage by the Potters.

"Then you don't have to go to that stupid school!" Shouted Aidan as she accidently tapped into her magic. "You can go to school with me!"

Aidan's magic spiked out of her body like lightning and attached itself to Scarlet's magic. In that single moment Scarlet's magic, filled with the desperate need for love and a family, attached itself to the magic of the Hawke family, more specifically Aidan, binding them together as "family."

Soon the black and red glow of Aidan's magic died down, receding back into the Hawke heir as she blacked out. Malcolm and Lana stared at their daughter in disbelief; she had somehow adopted Scarlet into the family without any type of ritual.

"W-What just happened?" asked Scarlet fearfully as she slowly edged toward Aidan. "Is Aidan okay?"

"Aidan is perfectly fine," assured Lana as she gently patted the little red head, only to notice it was slowly growing darker. "It seems though that Aidan has adopted you into our family."

That surprised Scarlet greatly. No one, except a small few, had ever shown such interest in her or such love, not her parents, certainly not her brother, and definitely not Albus Dumbledore. Slowly she reached out her hand and grabbed Aidan's, tears flowing down her face.

"Thank you," she whispered. "Thank you so much."