Disclaimer:
I do not own the characters of Harry Potter, these belong to that wonderful author JK Rowling and the various publishing companies used to publish her works. I am however borrowing them, no not to make money but for fun and fun only.
Summary:
When Harry was orphaned by Voldemort his cousin was orphaned at the same time, both Phin and Harry were sent to Petunia as Lily had managed to set blood-wards posthumously to protect her son and Phin. Ten years later the boys are on their way to Hogwarts.
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Prologue:
When James Potter and Sirius Black decided on a double wedding they had no idea what would come of this later on and the darkness that would befall them. The couples were lovely, James Potter with his messy black hair, hazel eyes behind square glasses clad in robes of red his bride Lily Evans with long dark red hair and eyes green as grass beside him clad in white. Sirius Black stood taller than his friend with shaggy black hair and gray eyes clad in robes of deep blue, Mary MacDonald had long brown hair and blue eyes tall and willowy she was clad in white. On that late June day in 1979 they had a quite ceremony with just family and a few friends attending. It was a day that they would not ever forget as long as they lived.
A little over a year Lily and Mary were expecting to fine wizards and in fact went in labor on the same day, July 31st 1980, at nine in the morning Mary had little Phineas Charlus Black, he had a few black hairs on his head and his eyes were violet in color. Four hours later, after much swearing and threatening James's manhood Lily gave birth to little Harry James Potter, he had a tuft of black hair on his little head and his eyes were, even at this age the same green as his mother. Both sets of parents were so happy with their sons and looked forward to having more despite the horrible prophecy that hung over them. It was engrained in them now as either boy could be the one, though the Longbottom family was in hiding as they were (they had given birth at Godric's Hallow with Poppy acting as midwife) they knew deep in their hearts it was one of their boys.
The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... And the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives
They had not known at this time that the wizard they chose for their secret keeper was about to betray them. Peter Pettigrew had grown apart from his friends, they had done all they could do for their dear friend and brother and he was about to betray them, he had gone and joined the dark lord, and once marked, on a cold October evening he told Voldemort where the Potter's and Black's were hiding. The last day of the month Voldemort when to attack the children and kill them, he did kill the parents but when he turned his wand on little Harry Potter and sent the killing curse at him, the curse did mark Harry with a horrible cut but it rebounded and hit Voldemort in the head and caused him to vanish.
One day later, after the boys were checked out Dumbledore realized the only place that was safe for the boys was at Harry's aunt's house. He hated having to do this but there was nowhere else for them, he put the boys on the porch with a letter, made sure to add warming charms and a sleeping spell that would wear off when the boys were taken into the house and then left. There was one good thing about this, if it could be called good, Arbela Figg, a squib lived nearby in a very muggle house with her cats that she bred and hopefully she would keep an eye on the boys as they grew up. It was really all he could do as Lily had somehow set up blood wards on her sister's property and the boys would be here until they came to school.