This is a completely different universe than the books, as is allowed by rule of a Fan FICTION, therefore this doesn't follow ANY of the books or really any plot that you know of. Kaythnxbai P.S. In actuality I think I'll put this as a 'everyone is a muggle fic'
Draco Malfoy seemed to have everything, according to Harry. The blond had friends, fortune, family, prestige, a fancy house, love,everything. Harry, on the other hand, only had celebrity.
Hogwarts Academy was a grandiose private school, usually catering to the wealthy, yet by luck and a terrible accident, Harry was granted entrance. Harry James Potter was orphan of a well-known yet poor family- his parents having supported his low life aunts and uncles on his mothers side.
On the eve of Harry's seventh birthday, his parents were at a public speech for the homeless when a gang battle broke out from several sidestreets-catching a multitude of innocent citizens and the Potters in the middle-and little Harry was an orphan. His baby sitter, uncle Siri, had to break the news to him first and to bring him to his Aunt and Uncles after it was all done.
What Petunia and Vernon didn't know was that even after expressly forbidding Harry from writing; he would sneak a packed envelope once a week to the mail full of daily notes telling him all about life at the Dursleys. The only way Sirius could get a letter back to Harry was after Harry made friends with the postman-who incidentally didn't like the Dursleys either, claiming they threw a shoe at Him for yelping more than a dog and interrupting their peace. Once Sirius tried to take the Dursleys to court for neglecting Harry and such but nothing ever seemed to stick.
As Harry grew older he was forced to work in the lawn and care for the garden, building his strength and quite a nice tan too, and while it stormed he was either in the kitchen or sitting room scrubbing until everything glistened. He never let Petunia know but he adored the cooking she made him do. He studied hard in school, pissing his family off because he did better than Dudley, yet with Dudders brutish attitude Harry still had no friends.
When Harry turned twelve, Sirius wrote him a letter, telling him to change the address he wrote to. Harry's response letters were full of why's and what's going on's until Sirius responded almost two weeks later. He had finally gotten a permanent job at his old prestigious high school and he hoped Harry could make it in when he was old enough.
That was what kicked Harry into overdrive until he could send in his application two years later. Only twelve children were chosen a year to go on scholarships and Harry was hoping he could make it. Three days before school was to start, Harry got a letter.