Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

A/N: I do realize that the Harry-had-a-twin is a bit overused, but I intend to make it a bit different. A different prophecy will put a different story into play, and there will be different characters slightly. Dumbledore is manipulative, yet nice, and Voldemort is just plain evil. Lily and James will not be abusive or majorly neglectful either, nor will fame get into their heads so much that they will not care for their other child.

The one capable of vanquishing the Dark Lord,

Born at the end of July,

To the family that thrice defied him.

Fate shall dwindle,

Death shall finally prevail,

For the child will have a new ally.

Marked as a superior, though shunned by many,

A new era will arise from the hero.

These were the words echoed by the voice of Sybill Trelawney to the person known as Albus Dumbledore. The elderly man sighed, realizing that the prophecy was eminent, and hurried to tell the Order about his recent findings and how to defeat the Dark Lord.

…

It was a wondrous night, on July 31st, when Lily and James Potter gave birth to twin boys, Brian and Harry Potter. Both looked identical, with raven black hair and emerald green eyes that reflected the world around them. However, Harry's magical core was significantly weaker than Brian's, causing Dumbledore to instantly assume that Harry was not the Chosen One. Thus, Lily and James began to pay more attention to Brian, as any parent would naturally do, not because he was famous, but because he needed all the help he could get to shape him to defeat the Dark Lord. Harry grew up, though, with some love and affection, though most of it went to Brian.

Even as a child, Harry was very smart. He had learned how to read by the age of three, and though his parents had commended him on his achievement, they happily through a party for Brian when he learned, a few months after Harry. Remus and Sirius both played with their Chosen One, rather than the little boy who sought only to play by himself. Often, he was gently pushed aside by his parents to show affection to his younger-by-few-minutes brother, who he was slowly growing to get jealous of. He craved the attention of his parents and parents' friends, but most of it was given to his brother. He wasn't truly neglected or abused; it was just that he was not paid as much attention to.

"Mommy, can I have some sweets?" Harry asked, as Brian was currently eating sweets that Lily had forgotten to give to her older son. She sighed and looked apologetic, realizing that once again, she had not been fair with her children. But, who could blame her, if one of her children was going to die, while the other would still stay with her, but maybe as a Squib.

"Sure, dear," Lily said, as she handed him a plate of cookies. He happily chomped on the cookie while Brian stared, realizing that Harry had one more cookie than him.

"Mine," Brian said, as he snatched the extra cookie away from his older brother. Harry scowled and snatched it back, until Lily took it away from them both and popped it into her mouth, causing both of her two sons to gape at her. She smirked, and Brian started wailing for his lost cookie, while Harry just continued to eat his ones. At this, Lily handed Brian an extra cookie from Harry's plate, which stopped him from crying, but Harry looked mildly jealous from the action.

As she laughed with her two boys, the front door burst open. She screamed, grabbing the boys and hurrying to the safe room, as Death Eaters swarmed her house. Both boys huddled next to her, but she was shielding her younger son a bit more than Harry. The flap of the safe room, or actually the basement, was lifted up, and a familiar pale, snake-faced man came inside, with his slit-like red eyes staring at the two boys. Brian started to cry as he saw the man, until Lily shushed him. Harry, meanwhile, stared at the man, wondering how ridiculously scary the man looked. He didn't cry though, but stared.

"So, Mudblood, it looks like there will be no Chosen One today," Voldemort gloated, as Lily shielded the two boys with her own body and pulled out her wand. A simple Expelliarmus later, the wand was on the floor as the Dark Lord advanced to her.

"You will never kill my sons," Lily snarled, tears dripping down her face. Voldemort merely smirked and pointed the wand at her, which she stared defiantly at.

"So, what will your choice be… Harry or Brain?" he asked. She gasped, realizing that she had to choose, as he would kill one of them. Then, she realized that Voldemort did not know who the Chosen One was, just that it would be one of the boys or the Longbottom child.

"I won't choose," she said, as Voldemort smiled. His smile was large and sadistic.

"Then I will just have to kill the both and have you watch as the life of your children seep away from their bodies," he said, as she gasped, tears falling down her face.

"No! Take me or Harry instead! Just not Brian!" she yelled, officially making her choice. At this, Harry looked up eye wide, as the snake faced man smirked and pointed his wand at Harry. He then fired a Stupefy at Lily, causing the distressed woman to collapse.

"It looks like you, Brain Potter, will be dying tonight," Voldemort said, pointing his wand at the baby boy. Said boy began to sniffle, as if he knew what would happen.

Then, Voldemort fell, as a tiny body rammed into his legs. "Leave my brother alone!" Harry screamed, as he shoved Voldemort to the ground. The man got back up and pointed his wand to the boy, obviously irritated. He muttered the deadly words, "Avada Kedavra," and the green light headed straight for the boy.

Suddenly, a silver and black shield surrounded Harry, repelling the spell back to the man. Voldemort gave a high pitched scream, as his wraith-like spirit floated away into the air. Just then, the residues of the killing curse caused Harry to forcefully Apparate away, leaving a brown burned area where he was standing. After he vanished, Brian began to cry some more.

A/N: The next chapter will have where Harry has gone off too. My own OC will be mentoring him, if you all want to know. But, who he or she is will be the most interesting fact... Just read and review, and constructive criticism is appreciated, but flames are not welcome, and will go into my bonfire to roast marshmallows in.