Disclaimer: I do not, in any way, shape, or form, own Harry Potter. I do however, own this fic's plot and anything I have created in doing so.

This is my first fanfiction, please be gentle!

Prequel: A Past Remembered

Shade smiled slightly, brushing his black hair out of his emerald eyes. If this to work, the Dursleys would have to stay asleep. Pulling a lock pick out of the corner of the two's domain-the cupboard. Carefully, trying to keep the cot from creaking, he wiggled the thin, metal bar up and down, knocking the sliding bar back into its holder, unlocking the door. Carefully padding into the kitchen, he opened the fridge slightly, wincing as the bright light assaulted his eyes. Pulling some milk from the fridge, he carefully closed the fridge door. Forgoing a glass, Shade drank strait from the carton.

"Freak: 1, Dursleys: 0," he commented softly. Replacing the milk, he wandered over to the fruit basket and grabbed an apple, polishing it off in a matter of minutes. Carefully placing the core in the waste bin, Shade smirked.

"Make that Freak: 2, Dursleys: 0," Shade slipped whispered triumphantly. He slipped back into the cupboard. He grinned when he heard the door click behind him. The Dursleys made his life so much easier him with that little feature.

-Good Night Harry- he mentally sent to the little one.(A/N this bit is really awkward. Any suggestions would be helpful.)

/Night Shade,/ Harry murmured sleepily, his mental voice barely reaching Shade in his current position at the 'head', controlling their shared Vessel.

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Miles away and years later, a 16 year old awoke, brushing black hair out of emerald eyes.

/morning Shade, everyone. Good night?/ Harry asked, though if anyone had been awake, they would not have heard it.

-Hello, little one.- Shade voice echoed in Harry's head. He sound vaguely amused. –Dreaming of when there were only two of us, not four?- Harry blushed, realizing that Shade had once again been caught up in Harry's dreams.

Hi, Hi Harry! an excited child's tone rang out, heard only by Harry and his counterparts

/Hello Little Mouse. Six in the morning and already hyper? It must be a record./ he teased lightly.

Ah, the arrogant Gryffindor awakes. What shall the 'spoiled brat' do now?

/Cranky Aries? Maybe you should start drinking coffee./ Aries temper, and dislike for Snape and his belief that Harry and Co.(though Snape, like the rest of the world, had no idea of the 'and Co.' part.) are spoiled brats was well known to the four personalities. Who also happened to share a Vessel that happened to be more famous then Elvis in the U.S.A.

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Hi! I know I tend to use huge words, but you see, I'm a certified nerd. I have a vocabulary larger then some teachers in my school. Sad, isn't it? Anyway, Please Review!