Chapter one
The staff of Hogwarts watched as all the students filed in, taking their seats at one of four house tables. A few minutes later Minerva McGonagall walked in with a group of children behind her. All the staff had been waiting for this day, the day the-boy-who-lived returned to their world.
One by one the eleven year old new students were slowly sorting into their houses. They were welcomed by their house mates before taking their seats.
'Harry Potter,' Minerva called and students started to whisper Harry's name. But no boy came forward, 'Harry Potter,' she called again. When no boy moved she went down to the last few boys, asking their names. Once she realised he was not there she knew she had to continue the sorting.
Albus stood, welcomed everyone to Hogwarts before he slipped through a door behind the staff table, but he was not the only member of the staff to disappear through that door. Severus Snape, the potions master of Hogwarts followed the headmaster from the room.
The two men headed outside the enchantments of Hogwarts then apparated directly to Surrey. The two men found number four Privet drive, they concealed themselves before opening the door. They did a few spells to detect the presence of eleven year old Harry Potter, when that revealed nothing they searched the house manually but did not find one thing that showed that the boy ever lived here. They quietly made their way to the kitchen after hearing noises, there stood Petunia Dursley, whipping something up in a bowl. Albus Dumbledore cast his spell, he entered her mind to find out about her nephew. The moment he found what he was looking for he gestured to Severus to follow him.
'Harry has not been here for three years, he ran away after some incident with Vernon Dursley, they never bothered filing a missing person's report, they were glad to be rid of him.'
'Maybe you should have checked on him through the years Albus. Are you going to alert the ministry?'
'No, I will contact everyone that was in the Order of the Phoenix and asked others about joining. The ministry cannot know that Harry Potter is missing or it will come back on me as I did make the decision to leave him with his muggle relatives. If the ministry asks I will tell them that I found out that the family moved overseas and I have people looking. I am hoping they won't ask until I know something. I will need all of them to find out where Harry Potter is, I just hope he's alive.'
'You have been anxious for Potter to arrive, why?'
'He is the main part of my plans Severus, he must be found so I can explain his destiny. It is Harry who is supposed to end the dark lord, we know this, but Harry himself will die at the same time. I am his guardian in the magical world, I believe you know what that means Severus.'
'Ah, you can take control of the Potter seats within the wizengamot. What about Black?'
'His will states that Harry will receive everything apart from a cottage and some money he plans to leave to Remus Lupin. So far Sirius has not succumbed to the dementors, even after all this time. I believe he has lasted longer than any other prisoner.'
'It's not like he's going anywhere Albus, eventually he will be left as a mindless vegetable. I am so please that you allowed me to help with that.'
'I always planned to allow you to have your revenge on Sirius, Severus. We must go so I can alert everyone I believe might wish to join the order, you must find out if any of your former friends have the boy, as that would be a disaster.'
The two wizards headed to a small park before apparating away, having no idea what has become of Harry Potter.
In the small town a boy with very dark red hair was working away in a kitchen of a very large and hot kitchen. The man who owned the restaurant believed the boy's name to be Evan, only the boy knew his real name. He had survived his uncles beating on pure luck, but he was a survivor, he had to be.
Young Harry Potter had left Surrey, but he had to make sure he wasn't found or they would send him right back to those people. Harry never went near a police station, he did not want to be sent back to the Dursley's. Apart from that fat bastard using him for his own disgusting pleasure, they almost killed him, most of the time he was lucky to get enough to eat, usually he had to sneak food out of the garbage late at night and take it to his cupboard. He was not going to return to Privet drive, he would rather live on the streets.
So even though the man made him work hard and long hours, he never hurt Harry and he did give him money for his work and allowed him to sleep in the small room at the back of his office. Harry had a mattress he would roll out onto the floor, he had a few clothes, two pairs of shoes and a small cupboard where he kept it all. He washed his clothes at the laundromat on the one day the restaurant closed. When he finished doing his washing he would head to the library. One thing Harry liked about working at the restaurant, he could take some of the leftover food at the end of every night which allowed him to save his money.
When Harry Potter first got to the big city he found the library, he loved it there and would often be sitting at the back on a comfortable lounge chair, his leg's curled under him while he read. He had gone to the record department in the city to find out about his parents, at first he found nothing. One long ago memory surfaced, he remembered that his aunt Petunia was sister to his mother, Lily, but had no idea what their last name was before Petunia married Vernon.
An older woman, who felt sorry for the young boy, helped him search for all siblings named Petunia and Lily. They found a few, some that had brothers, some that were too old or too young to be Harry's mother and aunt. But one pair of siblings seemed to be right. The woman wrote everything out for Harry then refused to take his money, but she handed him her packed lunch. She could tell the boy hardly ate, he was skinny but very small for his age, but the dark circles around his eyes told her that this boy did not have a good life, maybe he did not have a family and that was why he was searching for two sister. She was not sure if that was right as the boy was very quiet and hardly spoke unless he had to but when he did, he was very polite.
After Harry found out about Lily Evans, he found out she married James Potter but could find nothing on James Potter or his family, if he had family. It made him curious, he had done some strange and weird things over the years, magic Harry called it, but not like the magic he had seen on the Dursley's television. Once he was away from Privet drive Harry would practice, trying to make things happen. Slowly over the first couple of years Harry found himself being able to do a lot of magic. It made him wonder if magic was the reason he could not find any information on his father.
The reason why Harry was able to leave the Dursley's was because they forgot to lock him in his cupboard. Harry heard enough to know that Dudley had been badly injured, so Petunia and Vernon had dashed off without even thinking about Harry. It had been an opportunity that Harry was not going to pass up.
Harry grabbed a bag from his uncle garage, shoved his few clothes inside then hurried upstairs to grab a couple of blankets and a thick jacket, jumpers, trousers and a few shirts that belonged to his cousin, along with a few pairs of socks. All the stuff he took might be five times too big, but Harry knew that he would end up cold of a night, knowing he would probably sleep in alleyways and parks. He was not going to take the chance that someone would find him and send him back to the Dursley's.
Harry then went into his aunt and uncle's bathroom where he found a pile of rolled up money that he overheard his aunt telling his uncle about. He stuck that in his pocket before heading to the kitchen and took as much food as he could carry, but he also stuck food in sealed bowls that would keep his food fresh longer. He also filled up an empty Pepsi bottle with water before he hurried from the house. One more opportunity arose; it was dark when Harry left the house so he quietly made his way out of the Little Whinging.
After hours of walking, Harry found a large clump of bushes at the back of a park, so he put the large jacket under him then used one of his overly large jumpers for a pillow before pulling his two blankets over him. He sat eating as he looked around and listened, he was good at hearing things, he had to be so he could escape his uncle's beatings and his cousin's friends when they wanted to go Harry hunting. During his years at the Dursley's, Harry became very good at reading his aunt, uncle and cousin, it would allow him to get an idea if they were planning anything to do with him.
The one time they took him by surprise was when he thought they were finally going to kill him. His uncle had pushed his head into the brick wall then threw him into the pool. Harry had no idea how he survived because he did remember losing consciousness as he sank beneath the water. Harry put it down to his strange abilities, that magic or a miracle saved him. That is how Harry planned to survive on the street, so he was going to concentrate on anything he could think of and hoped the magic inside him would keep him safe.