Disclaimer: Hello everyone this story is a H/Hr fic because I didn't like how the book ended and thanks go out to J.K. Rowling for the story line and the writers of The Belgariad for the group of people I used. This is the first of the series of seven for each year.
Chapter 1
Sightings
Harry was playing outside with his parents sitting right on the door step when all of a sudden they heard a popping noise. James and Lily knew it was the sound of apparition so they went to grab Harry but he had crawled too far into the road.
A dark figure walked up to him and looked down at him. "So this is the baby that is supposed to defeat me", a dark voice cackled. He raised his wand to kill the little Harry.
Meanwhile James was restraining Lily because he knew that if she left the barrier that she would also be killed. Then Lily's eyes glazed over and the leaves in the trees started ruffling from a wind that started ripping through them.
The dark figure aimed his wand at the boy's heart. "AVADA KEDAVRA!" He yelled. A beam of green light burst from the wand. As quick as a flash another boy covered the baby while screaming,"HARRY!" The beam connected and hit the older boy's body. The man kicked it over and found that it was just a toddler. He pointed his wand at Harry again and yelled the same incantation.
Instead of killing the boy it bounced back off a barrier and hit him instead. He screamed for a while until he went silent and fell to the ground. He was dead. Then Lily and James came and collected Harry and turned to look at the boy who had sacrificed his life to save Harry's. Then there was a flash of light, and then there was nothing.
Harry woke up and walked to his closet to look in the mirror at himself seeing as this was the first time in a long while that he had that dream. Harry Potter wasn't your typical boy with a typical life. He had almost been murdered by the evilest wizard in the wizarding world and all he had from that encounter was a lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead from the curse that bounced back to its sender and the dreams of that day.
Harry had black hair that was always a mess no matter what he did with it. He was tall and thin and somewhat muscular. He was tan because he constantly went to the beach with his parents and lay out in the sun to get tanned. So girls constantly were chasing after him for a future boyfriend so that every girl would know that he was taken. He threw on some shorts, a tee shirt, and some running shoes.
Harry went downstairs to find his mom and dad in the dinning room looking at the Daily Prophet, the wizard newspaper that sometimes got it right. They usually skipped over one page that belonged to Rita Skeeter, a writer that you usually couldn't trust. James and Lily looked up when they heard him come in.
"Happy Birthday Harry." They said together. He had forgotten it was his birthday, so when they said this he almost fell over in surprise.
Lily looked over with perceptive look. "Let me guess. You forgot that it was your birthday today. You are so much like James. At least you got my brains." James looked at her and scowled. "Hey."
This was true; while Harry was younger he went to a public school and was at the top of his grade along with a girl that he never met. Everyone said that the girl wasn't all that pretty so that Harry was the top of the class. Since then Harry had gotten plenty of attention from the girls in his class but he wasn't really interested in them.
Harry looked on the table to find that there was a letter for him. It was from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry knew this was coming because when a witch or wizard turned 11 they would get a letter asking that they would to come and learn to control their magic. But first they experienced a bit of accidental magic, for Harry he had accidentally released a house full of snakes at the zoo when some kids that constantly pick on him, for being so smart, cornered him in there.
"Congratulations honey." His mom came over and kissed him while his father came over and gave him a handshake. "Congratulations son. Your mom and I planned to go to Diagon Alley around noon."
"Alright." Harry ate his breakfast and headed outside for his run. Every morning after breakfast he went for a run around the block which was about a 5 mile run. Today, however, he felt like doing a different route.
So he went outside and started running towards the end of the block. Instead of going left he went right and followed a small trail that cut through the woods to a different area of houses. The first one he passed wasn't all that amazing but the next was something amazing. It was a big white house that had three trees and four rose bushes in front of the house. Harry continued on and decided to circle back to pass it again.
When he passed it again a little while later there was a girl in the front yard doing some kind of yoga. So he found some shade under a nearby tree and watched her. She was so graceful. She had on shorts and a tee-shirt and no shoes. She had brown bushy hair and long tanned legs that went on forever. She reached over her head which brought her shirt up. She had a tanned stomach which made him think that she must tan out in the sun.
As not to get caught he left and went home to take a shower. 'Wow that girl was beautiful. I wonder who she is.' He thought while getting in the shower. Afterwards he grabbed his sketch notebook and climbed into his favorite tree. Since he was a little kid he had a love of nature and was constantly found in the tree drawing something. This time he could not get that girl out of his head so he decided to draw her. He called forth the image from his mind and held it there.
Lily and James got ready at noon but couldn't find Harry anywhere. "Lily go look in that tree he likes to climb in." James suggested.
Lily went outside and started climbing the tree while not making a sound. She snuck up behind him and looked over his shoulder to find him sketching a girl with such detail you would think he watched her every day and memorized her perfectly. The picture went into great detail and she wondered how he learned to draw so well. "You ready to go." Finally making her presence known.
Harry snapped shut the book but knew it was too late. "Yeah I'm ready." They climbed out of the tree and walked back into the house. Harry wasn't scared of how silently she moved because he knew what she was.
Lily and Harry were both Dryads. Dryads are the protectors of the forest. They weren't like the witch doctors that some people mistake them for, but their powers came from the trees. When a dryad is born a tree was placed near the sight where they were born and that is where you could find young dryads.
Young dryads could walk and talk around the age of one year old and they could also
Dryads disappeared for a while since they were hunted down for who they are. They would stay in their forests and hunt people who came in without their permission and they also took travelers off the road to make sure that young dryad children could be born and make sure dryads stayed in the world.
After a while dryads started coming out once agreements were made and they stopped killing people. Lily didn't know of her heritage until she was 15 and when Lily had Harry she was surprised because he was the first full blooded dryad boy in over 300 years.
James and Lily grabbed Harry and apparated him to Diagon Alley to get his school supplies. When they arrived Harry and Lily went off to go get Harry some money while James went off to go meet some friends. When Harry got his money they went to start on his shopping list. They started with his potion things then they went to the robe shop to get Harry's clothes. When going in Harry bumped into someone coming out. All Harry saw was a wall of brown hair before the girl ran off again,
"So rude." Lily scoffed.
"Mom, don't worry about it. She was crying so I think that she wasn't watching where she was going." Harry explained while trying to see her again.
They went inside to see a blond boy leaving with his mother when he heard him talking to her. "Finally got the muggle born to leave."
"I'm so proud of you Draco. I just know your going to be in Slytherin." The mom said going out the door.
"Malfoys." Lily hissed under her breath.
Harry got his robes while wondering who that girl that bumped into him was. At first he thought it was the yoga girl but then realized that there was no way the girl could be magical. They left and went to Ollivander's to get his wand. While Lily was talking to Mr. Ollivander Harry disappeared down the shelves. Suddenly he felt something pulling at him, so he followed it and pulled a case from the rack and took it up front
"Mr. Potter I see that you have already found your wand and not to say I'm not surprised that this wand picked you."
"Why." Harry asked.
"I remember every wand I've ever sold. As it turns out the phoenix that gave its tail feather gave only one other feather. And that feather was put into the wand that gave you that scar." He explained.
Harry left the shop after paying the 7 galleons for the wand of holly and phoenix feather. Harry and his mom went to Flourish and Blotts to get his school books. Harry also picked up some books on dryads for study. Afterwards Harry went to a shop to go pick up more artist supplies and also an artist bag so he could keep his stuff together while was at school.
Later they met up with James, his Uncle Sirius, and Godfather Remus. The group headed back to the house to have dinner seeing as they had been in Diagon Alley for at least 4 ½ hours getting all of Harry's school supplies.
After dinner they had birthday cake and opened Harry's presents. From his parents he received a hansom snowy owl and some books. From Remus he received some defense books and 2 two way journals (one for his parents and one for him). Finally from Sirius he got a wand holster made from dragon hide. When he said his goodnights he opened his school books and read late into the night.
A/N: So this is the first chapter. I want to thank all of you so if you could please R&R.