Chapter One

Something strange happened on the night of October, 31st 1981. Tom Riddle, better known by the name Lord Voldemort went to a house on that night. That house was a home to a very loving family that consisted of a mother, a father, and a son. They knew that they were in danger and had done everything in their power to keep their only son safe from this horrid man. But this innocent family was betrayed…betrayed by their best friend. On the night of October, 31st 1981, Voldemort came to their house to kill them. Unlike most of the tales you hear about how Voldemort first killed James Potter, the father of this innocent family, this tale, or rather the truth, is different. Voldemort did not kill James Potter, he merely stunned him and left him on the floor to go into the child's room. He did the same thing to the poor mother, Lily Evans-Potter, as he went on to kill their one and only son, Harry James Potter. The Killing curse left his lips and hit the boy, but when it did, something miraculous happened…a bright white light filled the house weakening Voldemort and transporting him to another place. Lily and James Potter woke up to find their son crying in his cot. Aurors quickly filled the house to find the happy cradling their son and crying happy tears. After talking to Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, the Headmaster at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and telling the story of what happened on that frightful night, they were left to live their lives with their son and their friends, after the friend that betrayed them of course was sent to Azkaban, and sentenced to receive the Dementors Kiss. Fifteen years later, this family was still alive and well. Voldemort had come back and had come after Harry James Potter numerous times, but they somehow managed to make it through it all. They even managed to have another four children.

Harry James Potter, woke up on the morning of July 31st, 1996 with a smile plastered on his face. It was after all his sixteenth birthday, so why shouldn't he be happy? He looked around the room, only to find three familiar trunks sitting on the floor. His smile widened as he jumped out a bed, put on his glasses, and threw a shirt over his head. As he ran out the door, he ran right into someone. "Sorry Andrew." Harry said as he helped up his four year old brother from the ground.

"Happy Birthday Harry!" Andrew said as he wrapped his arms around Harry's legs to give him a hug before running off, probably to go and play with Jasmine, his eight year old sister. Harry shook his head as he smiled and continued to make his way downstairs. As soon as he got downstairs, he heard the familiar booming voice of his godfather Sirius Black. Harry almost got him killed the previous school year at a fight against the death eaters, Voldemort's followers at the Department of Mysteries. Lucky for him, James Potter was there and saved him before he fell through the veil to his death. He walked into the kitchen to see a variety of familiar faces, but three not so familiar faces.

"Harry!" a girl screamed as she jumped out of her seat and ran to hug him.

"Hey Hermione." Harry said with a smile as he hugged back one of his best friends. He breathed in her familiar sent and butterflies went through his stomach as the hug lasted for a rather long time.

"Happy birthday Harry." She said to him with a smile as she let go of him. He then proceeded to greet his other best friend Ron Weasley and give him a 'man hug', and his little sister Ginny Weasley.

"Harry, I don't know if you remember them or not for you haven't seen them in about ten or so years, but these are your Second Aunt and Uncle, Ramón and Saraphine Weasley," Lily said to him motioning to the two adults he didn't recognize, "and their daughter Sapphire. Sapphire will be entering Hogwarts this year for her sixth year." Harry looked at them with a dumbfounded look on his face. He didn't understand, they had the last name Weasley…

"Weasley?" he asked them. Ron had the same dumbfounded look on his face that Harry did.

"Yes dear, don't you remember? Saraphine is your father's cousin and she married Arthur Wesley's cousin, Ramón, so Sapphire is not only your second cousin but Ron and Ginny's first cousin as well." Lily said to them.

"I had completely forgotten about that." Ginny muttered while both she and Hermione held fascinated looks. Harry shook his head before sitting down at the table in between Hermione and Ron and across from Sapphire and Sirius and ate his breakfast. Breakfast was surprisingly quite today, something that hardly ever happens in the Potter household for Sirius and James are always bickering like an old married couple, or Harry's younger siblings were fighting or playing or rather running around screaming.

"Well you all need to go to Diagon Ally or something because we have your birthday party to plan so shoo!" Lily said with a wide smile on her face and her emerald green eyes sparkling with joy. Hermione and Ginny laughed as all the kids, including Sapphire walked upstairs so that Harry could get ready.

"Oh and take your siblings with you!" they heard Lily yell from downstairs. Harry groaned knowing there was absolutely no way out of this. When Lily told him to watch them, she meant it and nothing Harry could do or say could change her stubborn little mind.

"Oh don't worry about it mate, it won't be as hard to take care of them since there are so many of us. We can just give them some ice cream and stick them in Fred and George's shop and be on our way." Ron said they walked into Harry's bedroom.

"Ronald Weasley we will NOT do that! Mrs. Potter told us to watch them so that is what we will be doing whether you or Harry like it or not! Now Harry go clean yourself up so that we can go." Hermione said with a stern look on her face causing Ginny to smirk and Harry to roll his eyes before walking into the loo to go get cleaned up.

"So, Sapphire is it?" Hermione asked as she turned to the girl who had been quite this whole time. She looked up from the ground and looked into Hermione's Brown eyes with her almost aqua colored eyes and nodded. Hermione gave her a warm smile as she stuck6 out her hand. "Well, I'm Hermione Granger."

"Nice to meet you Hermione." Sapphire said in a quiet voice, so quite that Hermione almost didn't hear her.