Author's Note: And so begins the most likely long piece where I show snippets of fics that may never see the light of day.


"Let me just stop you two for a moment," Harry said calmly. He closed his eyes and inhaled through his nose. His eyes opened again, and he looked at Lily and James Potter with a hard look on his face, "You thought I was a Squib."

It wasn't a question. It wasn't an accusation. The flatness in his voice, the simple delivery of the words, and the expressions on the crowd behind him said it all.

"You. Left me. At the Dursleys. For thirteen years. Because. You thought. I. Was. A Squib."

Harry was expecting a sleuth of explanations, cries of 'it was a good idea at the time' or 'you wouldn't have understood' or even 'yes, we did, and we're sorry.' But he honestly wasn't expecting his parents and – he supposed he wasn't an only child anymore – twin brother, Danny, to just stare at him as if it was truly the first time they were seeing him.

"Anything you got to say?" Harry prompted dryly, "Anything? No? Dumbledore's not saying anything, so I'd say this is a surprise to him."

It was true. Dumbledore seemed to have stopped breathing the moment two former students he thought head suddenly appeared at 12 Grimmauld Place with a boy who looked exactly like Harry except for a V-shaped scar on his forehead and hazel eyes the same hue as his father in tow. In fact, Harry was quite certain that he fainted not even two seconds later.

Snape's permanent sneer was not there. Instead, his pale face seemed to have grown pink the more he stared at the Potters. Harry could have sworn he was looking at James, but all Snape said was,

"Lily…?"

There was time to unpack that later.

"Would you just say something?!" Molly Weasley snapped, voicing what everyone else was thinking.

"…how…?" Remus stared.

"What." Hermione said.

"ARE YOU MENTAL?!" Ron screamed. Down the hall, Mrs. Black's portrait started screaming on about Mudbloods and Blood Traitors defiling the house of her forefathers. No one made a move towards the screaming.

"It…" Lily tried, but her voice failed. It was as if she was actually realizing how incredibly stupid and petty their reason for sending Harry away was.

"You thought I was a Squib and – and," Harry paused, blinking several times and coughing, trying to ignore the wetness that was coming over him, "And you didn't look back."

"Did it ever occur to you two that Danny might not have been doing all of that accidental magic?" McGonagall asked incredulously. She looked disdainfully at the two of them, though it seemed that Lily Potter was getting the blunt of it.

"Right…" Ron spoke slowly, "So…was there some kind of spell you used to, you know, prove Harry was a Squib? I mean, we have this friend, Neville, and he…"

His ears turned bright red now and his expression was filled with stormy fury.

"Bloody hell!" He snapped, "Neville's own family thought he was a Squib and they never sent him away! What the bloody hell is wrong with you?!"

"There's no spell to tell if someone is a Squib or not," Hermione scoffed, "Honestly, if a spell like that existed, do you realize how many people could have proven that? How many family trees wouldn't have been "pruned" by overzealous Purebloods? How could a witch and wizard that have been called smart be this stupid?!"

She directed the question at the Potters, who still didn't speak.

The boy, Danny, spoke up for the first time,

"You knew I had a brother?"

James flinched and looked to his younger son. He tried answering, but Danny cut him off,

"You left him with people who hated Mum?"

Lily's face resembled an aged bowl of porridge. James' resembled a bright apple.

"Sweet Merlin…" James finally said, "What were we thinking?"

"You mean this has never occurred to you before, Potter?" Snape sneered.

Danny stepped away from his parents and looked uncertainly at Harry with wide, tearful eyes.

"Get out," someone whispered.

Everyone looked to see that Sirius was the one who spoke up. His face reminded Harry of Uncle Vernon whenever something truly upset him – which was often, where Harry was concerned – and his wand suddenly appeared in his hand.

"I want you to get out of this house, Potter!" Sirius snarled, now looking into the eyes of the man he had once called his best friend, "That goes for you, too, Evans! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!"

Lily and James didn't reply and simply made their way towards the exit. They stopped when they realized that Danny wasn't following them.

"Danny," Lily held out her hand, "We've got to go."

"No," Danny shook his head and took a step back, "You threw Harry away, that could have been me! You never told me I had a brother! You never told me anything about him! I'm not going with you!"

"But –"

Sirius pointed his wand at James, sparks flying from the tip.

"He can stay," he said coldly, "You can't."

And then they were gone.

All the strength Harry had suddenly left, and he knelt to the floor, almost appearing to be in prayer. Ron and Hermione were at his side immediately. Danny stood there, helpless, now sobbing uncontrollably while Mrs. Weasley wrapped him in a supportive embrace.

Snape, for the first time, was looking at Harry with something akin to sympathy.

"Potter…"

"I'm not a Potter anymore," Harry said hoarsely, fighting back tears, "I'm Harry. Just Harry."

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Author's Note: I honestly have a hard time believing that the same parents who risked their lives to protect their only son would easily send him away for flimsy reasons, not to mention be idiotic about it. I mean, come on, they send their son away because they think he is a Squib without properly investigating it?! Neville's family might have gone about it the wrong way, but they never stooped to that level of stupidity and cruelty! Silently Watches' The Black Queen series tears apart the whole "we thought you were a Squib and sent you to live with relatives whom we have bad blood with" excuse apart by just pointing out how stupid and petty it was. The protagonist, Fem!Harry named Jen told Lily that it was an idea no better than a Pureblood supremacist.

This was an idea I wanted to do, but I don't think I could make this into a full-fledged story. So, it is going to go up as a plot bunny for all to see. Same with other ideas I have no time to work on. If anyone is interested, feel free to PM me about them.

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