Enter Sandman
Summary: Loosely based off the Metallica song. After running away from his neglectful parents who favor his twin brother Matthew, (the supposed BWL) 4 year old Harry Potter takes the hand of a man who he shouldn't have and turns into something else completely. Meanwhile his parents beg forgiveness as they search for Harry. 11 years pass and a strange man by the name of Professor Johnson becomes the DADA teacher. 15 year old Matthew (not a spoiled brat!) is curious as to why he seems so familiar. Pairings Harry/Hermione, Matthew/OC. Will introduce other minor pairings later. Speech "Thought"
Chapter 1: Tears and a Grain of Sand.
Young Harry Potter looked at the clock next to his bed. 1:03 it said with colorful lights. "This is it" He thought. "I guess I should gonow." He had been planning to run away for quite some time now. It was all because of his parents. They only had the time and love for his brother Matthew who was supposed to be the Boy-Who-Lived. Harry was not jealous of his brother at all. All he wanted was some love. But it seemed his parents couldn't give him that one thing. He went over to the bag he had been hiding. In it was some snacks, his favorite book(The Children's Biography of Merlin),and a picture of his family. While they had neglected him, he still loved them very dearly. Sadly, that picture didn't have him in it due to him doing chores at the time. Harry checked the bag to make sure that everything was inside. Everything was in order so and attached his bag to the end of his favorite walking stick just like the hobos in the cartoons Matt always watched on a muggle television. Then he crept quietly out of his room and down the stairs to the front door. He gave one last look at his home before he left without a word. Nothing remained of the sad Potter boy except his abandoned room which his parents were supposed to discover in the morning. Had it not been for James Potter's groweling stomach. Shortly after Harry's departure James had gotten up to get a snack seeing as he had little dinner the night before due to him having to work overtime at his office on a case about a wizard child abductor called The Sandman . Damn those crappy piles of mush the House Elves at the Ministry call dinner. I mean come on how hard is it to make a sandwich?! James grumbled to himself. James had made it to the kichen and proceeded to make a sandwich. He sat at the table and ate silently thinking about how his life was pretty good but there was something wrong. He couldn't figure out what. He decided that it was just imagination as he ate the last bit of his sandwich. When he was done he put the plate by the sink and waved his wand to clean it. Now that was a sandwich. As he walked back upstaires he noticed something. What is Harry's door doing open at this hour. Honestly that kid is really strange sometimes! I wish he was more like Matthew. James quietly muttered to himself. As James went in to check it out, what met him confused him. Where's Harry? James then walked downstairs and found Harry nowwhere to be found. What the hell?!James was starting to get frantic frantic by now. Harry where are you ? James soon ran to the front door and saw the gate at the entrance to Potter Mansion open slightly but just enough for a little boy to fit through. No…