The Forgotten
Chapter 1: New Beginnings
October 31st 1981
Lily and James came running into the room where the twins were sleeping the house was in ruins the boys were in their crib crying both sporting scars one was bleeding the other was not, Harry was whimpering more than crying while Tom was wailing loudly James picked up his eldest son while Lily picked up Tom, Harry stopped crying while Tom started to cry even more as the blood was wiped from his forehead and so our story begins.
Dumbledore arrived shortly afterwards to see the two boys and their parents and bring them to safety within hours of the attack Dumbledore had proclaimed that Tom was the boy who lived and that Harry was a squib one was left on their aunt's door step the other was taken into hiding so that he could be trained.
Little did Dumbledore know that the abandonment of Harry would nearly cost them everything, by the time the Dursley's woke up the only thing on their doorstep was the Letter Harry had vanished in the night Dumbledore and the Potters had forgotten about him already and by the time that they realized that he was not their he would be Hogwarts age.
January 17 1984
Daniel woke up in his room looking out on mount Olympus protected as he was the young god was awoken by his mother Hera who smiled down at the boy, Daniel had changed since the abandonment of his parents and family that night he now had a shock of blonde hair rather than black but the green eyes had stayed Harry had become the god of magic or at least he would when he arrived at sixteen and he became a man though for the time being he was just a child and that meant he could not be trusted with the big decisions according to his brothers and sisters and mum and dad which really annoyed him sometimes.
Daniel liked to visit the muggle realm all to often as well he would look in on the mortals that had abandoned him in the form of a snake that would visit his one time brother, the boy who lived who was far from a saint. It would drive his parents insane that he would disappear like he did but it didn't bother him in the slightest he liked to give his parents a heart attack it was his favorite pass time.
July 31st 1991
Daniel woke to his parents talking in his room he smiled at them as he sat up wiping his eyes of sleep they were holding a letter in their hands which intrigued him and a small smile played his lips as he looked at them for a moment before standing up.
"What could be so important that you wake me from my beauty sleep?" Danny asked with a cheeky grin on his face.
"Your letter from Hogwarts has arrived we sent a reply back using one of your phoenix's, you will need to get your supplies I can go with you if you wish or you can go on your own." Hera said to her son who looked down trodden.
"But mum I can do magic already why do I need to go and be taught how to by some crackpot old wizard who has no idea who I am." Danny pouted at his mother.
"You young man need to learn about the people in your pantheon and that means that you will be going whether you like it or not now get moving or I shall tan your bottom young man." Hera said causing Zeus and Danny to laugh.
"Okay fine but if I fry that grease ball in the first week I am so not going to be on restriction for the rest of the year." Danny said causing his parents to laugh.
Back on Planet earth
Danny ported into the human realm just outside the pub that lead to Diagon alley as he walked into the room he smiled at the people in the room he noticed that the Potters and if he was not mistake the Weasley's were making their way to the back of the pub and out into the alley itself he followed resisting the urge to use his own magic to gain entry.
His mother had told him to befriend the Potter boy and his friends it would make his time on earth much easy if he could, Danny saw his old parents staring at him and again resisted the urge to pummel them where they stood for all that they had done to him he still raged and hurt about their treatment of him after Voldemort's defeat the first time around.
Of course Danny having seen and heard about the fact that the man was not dead could not help but feel sorry for the mortals, two of whom were now walking towards him as he walked through the alley his old parents.
"Are you here on your own?" James asked.
"Yes I am my parents are away on business so they could not come the house elves are keeping me company at the moment." Danny said to the man.
"Would you like to stay with us for the day you shouldn't be on your own at your age." Lily said.
Danny seethed at this he was not some mortal child but he could hear his mother telling him that he should go along with him he cursed her for that and nodded at the woman in front of him, they walked into the wizarding bank together and walked up to the counter.
"How may I help you?" a goblin asked.
"I would like to make a withdrawl from my account I believe my parents set me up one before they departed." Danny said to the man.
"Of course they did this way young one." The goblin said Danny smiled at the shocked looks on the Potters face's he had not been asked for a key which had taken them by surprise.
Ten minutes later they stood at his vault which had the number one written above it Danny had to smile at this once again his former brother and parents were looking on in shock as he walked into the cavenous room taking gold and some gems for money and looking at the stuff that was also in the room he could only smile as he walked out his parents had gone for over kill again.
"I didn't think they would be that generous." Danny said to the boy the look that he got almost had him laughing.
"Do you have any pets?" Tom asked him.
"Just a few but I am not allowed to bring them to school my parents think its best that I get my own owl while I am here." Danny said knowing all to well that if one of the phoenix at his command was to appear by his side it would likely blow his cover. "Do you have any brothers and sisters?" Danny asked as an after thought.
"I got two younger brothers my older brother died when I was a baby." Tom said sadly.
Danny could not help but glare at the backs of his former parents backs they had lied to him about the real reason his brother was not there now in his previous form they would pay for that with time he swore, Danny didn't like the parents but he liked Tom they talked while they were in Malkin's and got another taste of wizarding life in the form of a blonde boy who didn't know when to shut up and dug himself a hole that would be filled in with him in it later.
When they walked into the wand shop the two of them spent an hour while Tom got his wand and Danny was their another hour before he got his wand a shocked and worried shop keeper looked at the two of them for a moment before explaining.
"Your wand Daniel is one of great power in fact the brother of this wand was what gave your young friend his scar." The keeper said. "It has a phoenix core feather you see which is what gives it its power, it is rare that a wand with that core chooses a host as they wizard must be powerful to wield it." The keeper went on Danny had the inexplicable urge to laugh though he didn't his eyes danced with mirth at the shocked expressions of the people in the room.
"Your welcome to stay with us for the rest of the holidays you seem to get on quite well with our son." James said.
"Thank you Mr. Potter I would like that." Daniel said.
They headed back to the pub where they portkeyed back to the manor where the Potter's lived he found it quite amusing that he had to act like he had never been here before when he had visited many times checking in on his former family.
One of the bonuses of being a god of magic meant that he could take any form he wished and snake was a favorite of his if he was completely honest with himself, Danny watched as two more people entered the room he smiled at them warmly it was Remus he remembered the mans name and Sirius someone who was the twins i.e. his and Tom's god father.
"Who is this then a new a friend of yours Tom?" Sirius asked.
"This is Danny I didn't catch his last name but his been really cool." Tom said beaming at Danny and his godparents.
"Nice to meet you Danny." Remus said though Danny knew straight away that the man could tell who he really was and that his disguise was not hiding his smell no matter how much he had changed werewolves knew on instinct a member of their pack.
Later that evening when he was shown to his room he was not surprised to be visited by Remus and Sirius who he must have been told who he was, Danny smiled at the two men as he looked at them they smiled back before sitting down on the bed.
"Please don't lie to me and tell me that you aren't Harry I am no fool." Remus said to him.
"I won't lie I had forgotten to hide my scent from you or at least my true scent from you, I guess I don't spend as much time with mortals as I should do now I know why mother insisted I come to Hogwarts this year." Danny said he could hear his mother chuckle at the admission.
"You aren't at the Dursley's then?" Remus asked not at all surprised he had been so angry when they had left their eldest son at the Dursley's people who hated magic more than death itself.
"I have never lived with that family, I was taken the night I was left on their doorstep I am not Harry any more I have not been Harry since I was adopted and accepted by my new family." Danny said to them Sirius seemed shocked for a moment.
"Then who and what are you?" Sirius asked.
"I am called by many names by human's one of them is Mystra though I do not know why my name is Daniel and I am the son of Hera and Zeus king and queen of the gods, when I turn sixteen I will become god of magic." Danny said to them Remus and Sirius dropped to their knees. "Oh please like I haven't had that happen before you two showed me true loyalty when you found out what they did I have forgiven you and my former brother but my former parents will take longer." Danny said to them they returned to their seats.
"You don't feel angry about what they did to you?" Sirius asked.
"If I did they would be dead not breathing as they are at the moment, though that would likely get me on restriction for the rest of the year my parents believe that I can learn a lot from these people about humanity and the races that you have subjugated to slavery." Danny said to them his eyes flashing dangerously at the term.
"So you're here for a short time?" Sirius asked.
"I am here until the end of my schooling at the very least after that I do not know we shall see what the next seven years bring." Danny said.
"Seven years isn't that long." Sirius said.
"In the life of a god of course not but in the life of a human it is a lifetime." Danny said.
"I'd like to get to know you more if your allow it." Sirius said.
"You're here are you not that is a sign that I wish to get to know my family." Danny said with a smile.
"So tell me just how much magic do you have?" Sirius asked.
"Well I command all that is magic I have phoenixes at my beck and call should I wish to use them and people love me they grant me my power by using theirs." Harry said to the older man who smiled.
"A god that needs people to use magic to continue in existence." Remus said.
"Of course we all need to have people following us by people using their magic they keep me in power and as such I can grant them that magic it is an ever ending circle I am afraid, if I die then magic dies with me while I am on this plane I am as vulnerable as you are I can die here at least physically though I cannot be permanently killed here that can only happen on Olympus at the hands of another god." Danny said.
September 1st 1991
Danny walked down into the kitchen where the family were eating breakfast Remus and Sirius were their also he smiled as he sat down Tom started talking about quidditch to him which meant very little him at the moment Sirius was grinning as it became apparent that Danny was paying little attention to the conversation that was being held but nodding and saying yes in all the right places.
When they arrived at kings cross Danny spotted his mother and rushed over to her he hugged her tightly she was laughing as she hugged him back.
"Was living with mortals that bad?" Hera asked.
"I have no idea what they are talking about half the time which idiot invented quidditch I think I may wish to murder them in their time and prevent it." Danny said his mother was laughing even harder at him now which frustrated him even more.
"Your father sends his love and regrets that he has to deal with Apollo again seems the idiot as gone and made a fool of himself again and your father has had to come and bail him out, he has promised to see you at Christmas. Have you told them yet who you are or are you still hiding that?" Hera asked.
"Yes I am still hiding it from them I told Sirius and Remus only because Remus caught my scent and I could not hide it quickly enough." Danny said.
"A werewolf my you are holding strange company." His mother told him he glared at her so she ruffled his hair.
"You should tell them; maybe healing that rift in your heart will help balance the pain the magical world feels because its god is hurting over past events." Hera said.
"And that will help me how?" Danny demanded.
"I didn't say that it would be easy but it would be the first step along the road to acceptance you know and healing is never something that should be turned away from." Hera said.
"Mother I do not wish to forgive them and telling them the truth will not help in the here and now." Danny scolded his mother she glared at him for a moment causing him to chuckle at the look on her face it wasn't often that he could get away with that.
"You have already healed one painful memory by letting things with your brother and godparents of the hook so to speak. I can see that you are as stubborn as your father is probably even more so than he trust in me son and tell them the truth they cannot hurt you anymore than they already have and you need to remember that. This is why we send you to this world to learn about magic it is so that you can understand that sometimes people make mistakes, do you not think that your brother deserves to know that his brother is still alive even if it means hurting him in the short term." Hera said to her son.
"I…" Danny began. "Fine but if this backfires on my arse I am going to fry yours mother." Danny said his mother laughed at him for that and disappeared he walked back to the group they seemed to be perplexed for a moment then started to laugh.
"We thought that we had lost you for a minute but come on you don't want to miss the train." James said.
"We are coming with you as well we are teaching at the school this year different subjects of course but we are all teaching." Lily said.
"That's good because we need to talk." Harry said to the Sirius and Remus exchange looks between themselves and grinned slightly.
They walked onto the train Danny closing and sealing the doors behind them so they had a compartment to themselves and privacy he did not want this to be over heard and that meant no one could come into this room for a time.
"So what is it you want to talk to us about?" James asked.
"First let me show you my old face and that would be a good place to start." Danny said and changed back into what he used to look like the adults except Remus and Sirius looked at him like he had grown a second head he looked just like Tom did now.
"That's impossible." Tom said as Danny turned back.
"Remus will tell you that he smelt me the first time we met he knew who I was, I have never been to the Dursley's before you ask." Danny said.
"Then where have you been all these years?" James asked.
"I went to stay with my parents, I have not been mortal since you left me on their doorstep." Danny said.
"Then what are you." Lily asked.
"I am a god in waiting I am to young to take that role at the moment and my parents thought it best that I learn something about mortals before I took the role so that is why I am here I have no need to learn magic I am magic." Danny said one of his phoenix popped into the compartment causing the others to yelp slightly Danny took the letter from the leg. "Thanks Tonks that will be all." He said to the bird who trilled and was gone again.
Dear Daniel
I am pleased that you have finally told them the truth I know that this is hard for you but there is more than one reason why you need to be on earth at this moment in time you will understand that with time, they are your family even if you have no wish to admit it at this moment in time you will see that they are with time and forgive them with time.
Tom needs your help I know that you know something is coming even if you do not know that it is as bad as what we fear it is and know it is your mother has just corrected me. We will see you at Christmas you may wish to invite some friends and or family over.
With love your father.
Danny smiled at the letter before looking at the others in the room his former parents looking at him in shock for a while he read the letter again then folded it and let it rest in his pocket before looking at Sirius and Remus.
"Your Harry?" Lily asked.
"I was Harry now I am Danny or Daniel." Danny said to them.
"But why?" James asked.
"You tell me mortal I was not the one who abandoned my son on the doorstep of wizard hating muggles." Danny said his eyes flashing warningly.
"I.. oh god we made a mistake." James said.
"I believe that would be classed as an understatement you abandoned me but that was a blessing in disguise the letter was from my father Zeus telling me that I am here for a reason to help your son I will do that then I will be gone from this place. You made your choice a long time ago and because of you your son as you only have three sons now as been made to suffer for it." Danny said.
"Is their no hope?" Sirius asked him Danny looked at him for a moment before nodding at him.
"Then I hope that maybe with time you can forgive us for some of what we did to you." James said.
"And me?" Tom demanded.
"We were just babies when this happened what have I to forgive you for?" Danny asked then hugged the boy. "I'd like us to be friends I am no longer your brother in blood but I would like us to be brothers in arms if that is possible." Danny said the boy cried into his shoulder Danny didn't break contact with him just held him crying his own tears of happiness and pain into the boys shoulder.
"Sirius and Remus knew which means that you had no intention of telling about you did you?" James asked the question.
"I had no wish to tell you about me but my mother told me that I needed to do what is best for your world and not what was nesscarily best for myself your world is hurting because I am apparently when the god of magic is in pain the magical world is. So you get the chance to safe it by saving me you have quite a task on your hands Potter let your side down and you condemn your side to defeat." Danny said.
The rest of the journey went without a hitch when they pulled into the station they had done a lot of soul searching and Danny had taken Tom to a different realm where they could talk in private when they returned the two of them were smiling laughing and joking but Danny refused to say what they had been talking about it made no difference to him how many times he was asked he just said that it was private and that they would not talk of it further which meant that they had been dismissed.
They arrived in the great hall the two boys walking in together talking animatedly ignoring everyone else their was one girl in particular that they didn't like very much and a blonde boy who was so obnoxious that it didn't bare thinking about.
Their names started to get called out Danny was up first as he stepped up to the hat he sat down and let it be placed on his head he didn't feel anything for a moment then he heard a voice in his head.
"Aha what do we have here aw I see a Potter no not quite but you were once I see, you are a god oh that old goat is going to be regretting the day he put you on their doorstep but where to put you I really don't know where would you like to be put?" the hat asked.
"Gryffindor if you would old chap please hurry up I am awfully hungry and this is getting boring now." The boy said to the hat and so it was he was sorted into Gryffindor where Tom joined him a short time later the two of them were laughing and giggling all the way through the feast.