It had been two days since Harry Potter had stopped the Dark Lord also known as He Who Must Not Be Named or his more fearful name Lord Voldemort in Godrics Hollow as an infant.
Death Eaters had tortured many of the Order of the Phoenix's members for information on how the Dark Lord was defeated. A woman named Serena Corduroy ran carrying her two sleeping children from her home as her husband Sergus Corduroy had bought her time to run from the Death Eaters who had invaded her home.
A bright flash of green light had emerged from her house and the sound of her husband screams could be heard. Tears of agony and loss had filled her eyes but she kept running for the sake of her children.
She ran to the nearest house and used their floo network to send her to Diagon Alley. She hid in the Leaky Cauldron and placed her two sleeping children on the bed in the room. Her eldest child who she named Jasmine was two years old, had red hair up to her waist tied back in a pony-tail and was in a pair of light green pyjamas. Her youngest child who she named Daniel was only five months old had a small patch of black hair on his head, piercing blue eyes and was wearing a blue jumpsuit.
Serena cried for the loss of her husband and was also scared for she knew the Death Eaters were still after her for she and her husband were members of the Order of the Phoenix. Her husband's family the Corduroy's were a long line of pureblood wizards and witches and friends to Albus Dumbledore. Unlike some pureblood wizard families, they were one of the many families who had accepted muggles and their magical children into the wizarding world.
Serena had met Sergus at Hogwarts during their first year. They were best friends despite being in different houses. Sergus was in Gryffindor while Serena herself was in Ravenclaw, as time went by a budding romance had sprung between the two as they went through their final years of school, they both had joined the Order and then had gotten married.
Not long after the wedding, Jasmine was born and then two years later Daniel was born. Although the Dark Lord's reign had terrorised the wizarding world for so long, there never was a happier family. They were also good friends with Lilly and James Potter as well as Molly and Arthur Weasly, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew.
When her and Sergus had heard the horrible news that James and Lilly were killed and little Harry Potter had survived, they both mourned for the loss of their friends. Two days later while their children were sleeping, a few Death Eaters had appeared in their home demanding information about the Dark Lord's defeat and the location of Harry Potter.
Sergus had told Serena to take Jasmine and Danny and run as he started fighting them off. Obeying her husband she made sure her children were deep asleep and then ran out of the house. It was the last time she saw her husband.
She continued to cry and fear for her children's life. Dumbledore then came to the Leaky Cauldron and she had told him the sorrow news of her husband's death.
"I am so sorry about Sergus. He was a fine man and a good friend" Dumbledore said as he comforted her.
She nodded and sniffled as her crying then dropped to quiet sobs. She then looked back at her sleeping children and said, "I now fear for my children's safety"
"Is there anything I can do?" Dumbledore offered.
Serena was silent and then said, "I will place them into hiding. Into a muggle family and then when they're older they will return back to the wizarding world. But to who I don't know. It may be the only way to keep them safe"
"Are you sure about this Serena?" Dumbledore asked. Serena nodded and then said, "There's no other way. I will miss them so much but if I want them safe, I have to part with them"
"Then I will help. I know a place where we can place the children" Dumbledore said as he took her hands into his. "There is a woman named Madeline Fenton who lives in London. She is a squib and her husband Jack Fenton had just passed away in an accident and she is all alone"
"Will you come with me?" Serena asked. Dumbledore nodded and said, "I shall my friend"
Serena then wrote a letter and then picked up Danny and Dumbledore picked up Jazz and then left the Leaky Cauldron. Dressing up in normal clothing, the two took a taxi to the home of Madeline Fenton. They arrived at her house and they placed the children down in a comfortable position at the doorstep and then Serena placed the letter on top of Harry.
Tears of sadness fell from her eyes and she kissed Jazz on the forehead and then Danny on the cheek and whispered, "I love you my children. I shall see you again one day hopefully. You two are the last of the Corduroys and I am proud of you two always and so is your father. Goodbye"
Dumbledore held her close as she cried and then knocked on the door hard before disappearing into thin air.
A woman named Maddie with short red hair and wearing a blue dressing gown opened the door. Her eyes widened in shock at the sight of the sleeping children at her doorsteps. She picked the children up along with the letter and brought the children inside.
She opened the letter and read,
"Dear Madeline Fenton,
I ask you to please care and love my children Jasmine and Daniel Corduroy. My husband was killed by Death Eaters in the wizarding world and in order to keep them safe I have to leave them. Dumbledore said you could be trusted to take care of my children but please do not tell them anything until they're old enough or when their magical abilities come out.
Once that happens Dumbledore will return for them and hopefully I will too if I survive.
Please love my children as if they were your own. They are all I have left in the world.
Serena Corduroy."
Maddie understood the letter and then looked at the sleeping children again. She smiled warmly at them and then said, "I will keep you safe until you are ready. I make this promise to you Serena wherever you are, that I will love and care for your children as if they were my own"
She continued to look at the children and then said, "Welcome to the family Daniel and Jasmine"
TWELVE YEARS LATER
Twelve year old Daniel was fast asleep in his bed until he felt a gentle hand shake his body and a warm voice said, "Danny sweetie. It's time to get up"
Danny yawned and sat up from his bed. His hair was messy and he wiped the sleep from his eyes. Maddie smiled warmly and said, "Good morning honey"
"Morning mum" Danny yawned.
"Come downstairs when you're ready" Maddie said as she left the room. "I have breakfast cooking"
Danny got dressed and walked downstairs to find his fourteen year old sister Jasmine or Jazz as she liked to be called reading a book and eating breakfast. He sat down and then Maddie placed a plate of bacon and eggs in front of him.
She then sat down and started drinking her coffee and eating her breakfast. Danny smiled and started eating his breakfast, he was feeling excited because they were going to the museum to go and see the brand new Astronomy and Space Exhibit that had just opened.
A lot had happened during their childhood. One event was when Danny was five, he was checking out the old Ghost Portal Maddie and Jack had once invented but unfortunately never had the chance to activate it. He pressed one of the buttons accidently while on the inside of the portal and before he could do anything, he was caught in the blast and the accident had given Danny the power to turn invisible and phase through walls like a ghost.
Maddie and Jazz accepted what happened and didn't see him as a freak.
"Mum last night I had this weird dream" Danny said. "I think it was about dad only he looked different"
Maddie's eyes widened at that and then Jazz said, "Funny I had the same one two nights ago as well"
"Uh well….dreams can sometimes play tricks on you. Remember they are the gateway to the subconscious" Maddie said. "It probably wasn't even your father"
"Yeah you make a point mum" Danny said.
Little did they know that on this day, Danny and Jazz's lives were about to change forever.
