A/N: I hope you enjoy this, I read the Harry Potter Series a LONG time ago but I recently read a Harry Potter story for another anime and I loved it! So if there is already a Bleach one like this - then I'm sorry because I wasn't aware of one! This is going to be a slow story - and most pairings will be hinted because most of the characters are only like 11 years old - and well not thinking of romance! I think I will split this up into more than one fanfic so this one would end in the first year they have. So most of these ships won't come until the other fanfics are written.

Possible Pairings: Bold = main ship

UlquiorraXOrihime, NemuXUryu, IchigoXRukia, HiyoriXShinji (brotherly sisterly love at first), KiraXMomo (either hints or one-sided), Soi FonXGrimmjow (crack ship since grimmy is always alone :3), GinXRangiku, UnohanaXKenpachi, MashiroXKensei, UraharaXYoruichi, ByakuyaXHisana, NanaoXShunsui, RenjiXJackie, HarribelXStarrk (hints), IkkakuXYumichika (slight), MasakiXIsshin (flashbacks), RyukenXKanae (flashback)

thoughts and book names are italicized

Chapter 1: Before

Ichigo Kurosaki first began exhibiting his magical abilities when he was around 5 years old. He obviously didn't realize it at the time, but when his action figures began flying around the house or when food Ichigo didn't like to eat for lunch suddenly exploded in his teacher's face - he showed to his parents he was definitely gifted with special abilities.

Any other parent would consider this abnormal, but Masaki loved her son and his abilities more than anything in the world, except maybe Yuzu and Karin who were recently born. But she knew if these incidents continued, other people will become problematic. So naturally, Masaki did what any other loving Mother would have done.

"Ichigo,"Masaki hums evenly after placing down the book she was reading to Ichigo for bedtime - Famous Quotes from William Shakespeare Plays - Masaki was certain Isshin was crazy when his co-worker at another clinic told him that reading Shakespeare to your kids will allow them to appreciate their literature. But it has clearly proven successful by Ichigo being attentive whenever she reads this book. He was brighter in terms of reading but math somehow stumps him. Masaki found it adorable.

"Yes?" Ichigo mumbles drowsily, his cheeks puffing slightly. He's turning 6 years old this summer and he still hasn't lost his chubby cute cheeks.

"You're special Ichigo, you know that right?"

He nods.

"Well, Ichigo I need you to promise me to not let your anger or sadness overwhelm you, okay? You need to control your feelings or bad things may happen." Masaki is serious and her voice has no room for objections.

"Like what?" Ichigo questions curiously.

"Well." Masaki pursues her lips, unsure of how to respond. She tries her best in explaining, "Someone can get hurt. No matter what they did you can't hurt anyone, okay?"

Ichigo's eyes widen and he sits up suddenly exclaiming, "But if they're mean" -

"Tell me Ichigo and I will be sure to fix it without hurting anyone." Masaki knows how hard it must be for him to understand what she's saying to him. Being a child means being free and expressive, but right now she's taking that away from her son. She's guilty but she can't allow people to find out about him and get suspicious - Ichigo would then be in danger. Asking this of Ichigo is very hard and he may not learn from his mistakes like other children get to, because making a mistake like that can mean the end of living in Karakura.

Ichigo lies back down when Masaki tucks him in once again. Masaki begins leaving, thinking her son may need to absorb what she asked of him.

"Okay Mommy," Ichigo says in the dark room after she closes the lights, Masaki turns to him the open door spilling some light into the room. He continues, "I promise."

Masaki gives her son a warm smile and walks back to him extending her pinky. "Pinky promise?"

"Pinky Promise." His pinky encircles her own and she catches the small smile on his face.

She heads to the door and says, "Goodnight sweetheart, love you."

"Goodnight Mommy, love you too," he mumbles and closes his eyes to fall to sleep. Masaki gives one last look at her sleeping son before closing the door to his room, darkness enveloping the bedroom.

…

Ichigo somehow began keeping his promise with his mother, though there were some slip ups. Thankfully most of them occurred at home around his little twin sisters. Lets just say Ichigo didn't enjoy it when they broke his toys, so Yuzu's barbie may have exploded in the backyard and Karin's favourite action figure may have flew over the fence all on its own.

Besides these rare instances, Ichigo kept control at school, reciting his Mother's words in his head whenever trouble occurred.

"He's a scary delinquent, look at his orange hair!"

'They can't hurt me, they can't hurt me. I won't let them win by getting upset'

"Look at the carrot top, what a weirdo!"

'They can't hurt me, they can't hurt me. I won't let them win by getting upset'

"He doesn't even fight back, what a baby!"

'They can't hurt me, they can't hurt me. I won't let them win by getting upset'

Everything was perfectly fine, though no matter how many times his Mother complained about the bullies to the Principal it seemed that it wouldn't change. The bullies parents were never available and well, clearly could care less about what their kids even did or say as long as they attended school. Masaki was always angry whenever she came back from the office, grumbling to herself before giving a fake smile to Ichigo and holding his hand on the walk home.

Ichigo began going to a karate dojo and met Tatsuki Arisawa, who was in the other class at school. Tatsuki was a great fighter, while Ichigo wasn't very talented when it came to fighting but he always tried his best which Tatsuki just couldn't understand.

"Ichigo, you need to stand your ground more! Don't be afraid!" Tatsuki says loudly after beating him in a match once again. This time he lasted a few seconds longer though.

Tatsuki noticed every week that whenever his Mom came to pick him up a huge smile would spread across his face and she could never understand why since he normally was crying about failing to win against the other students.

His Mom was beautiful and would always say, "Look at how strong you're getting! I'm so proud of you!"

Ichigo would say he would protect her no matter what and Tatsuki would just shake her head, thinking that the poor boy would never realize how weak he is.

It was completely normal until the day Ichigo faced off against the boy in class who was twice his size and also a big headed bully. Tatsuki was always teased by him for 'hitting like a girl' and even she has never beat him in a match. Normally Ichigo ignores his comments, whispers something under his breath and looks away but a comment the bully said today seriously got to him.

"You're such a Momma's boy! Why don't you go cry to your ugly Mom!"

Tatsuki thought he would be the same as usual and ignore the bully, but when she noticed Ichigo shaking she put a hand on his shoulder asking nervously, "I-Ichigo?"

Ichigo pushed her hand off him and whipped around back at the bully. He pointed to the boy and yelled, "I challenge you to a match! No one says that my Mom's ugly!"

Tatsuki can almost feel how thick the air is in the room and Ichigo's narrowed eyes were extremely scary even from a distance. She wondered how the bully could not realize how determined Ichigo was - then again, the bully seemed to have a thick skull.

Tatsuki stood on the sidelines, her eyes glancing between the bully and Ichigo who were facing off each other on the mat. It was then that Ichigo suddenly headed straight to the boy and didn't stop after reaching him. He rammed the boy across the room. This was against the rules.

Sensei immediately came from his office, hearing the screams of the other kids yelling "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT." Sensei tries to ask, "What's going on?!"

Ichigo threw the bully to the ground, which Tatsuki knew was impossible and the next thing she saw was the bully flying across the room. Tatsuki couldn't see very well but she was pretty damn sure Ichigo couldn't do that. The class heard a loud thud and the bully was lying on the ground, not moving.

Sensei rushed towards him and called his assistant that was an older student to call an ambulance quickly. Tatsuki turned her head back to Ichigo, shaking since she felt as though he was the scariest person she ever met. Tatsuki was never scared, but she could feel it in her bones. She couldn't move her widened eyes off of Ichigo.

The bamboo boards around Ichigo bent and snapped out from the ground and the frames of awards on the wall from the dojo began rattling. The shelves at the back of the dojo began shaking and a kid moved just in time before one of trophies fell from the shelf. The kids huddled in the middle of the room and Tatsuki followed slowly, feeling as though the bamboo boards were closing in on them.

Tatsuki fell over unconscious along with the other kids and Ichigo was shaking scared as to what he did to everyone. Sensei stood slowly and said, "Ichigo calm down. The ambulance is coming." The assistant came back and added, "Your Mom will be here soon."

Ichigo's eyes were watering and he crumples to the ground, thinking he hurt everyone around him and that he broke his promise to his Mother.

She told me this would happen! I hurt everyone, even Tatsuki! I'm a freak - they're all right!

"Ichigo," Masaki says softly, while hugging him tightly, and patting his head, "everything is going to be okay, don't worry sweetie, you're safe." Ichigo felt warmth and began to calm down.

The bamboo boards stopped snapping in half and the noise stopped all around Ichigo.

That was the day Ichigo began to hate his abilities, he tried to not let emotions control him and cause his powers to be used. He didn't smile as much and his Mother was angry about it. He talked rarely and his sisters began missing playing with him in the backyard.

"Ichigo, your powers can be used for good, I promise you, when you're 11 years old you'll understand. I promise you!" Masaki says while petting Ichigo's spiky orange hair after reading the Shakespeare book she always reads to him before bed.

Ichigo gives his Mother a frown, "No. I don't like them."

"You will, promise me you won't be so unhappy Ichigo. Your sisters miss you, and I miss you!" Masaki pleaded.

Ichigo is surprised by his Mother's sad face and didn't realize how much is Mother had been worrying over him. He felt guilt stabbing into his heart and he gave his Mother a big smile before hugging her tightly.

"Mom I'll be happy, okay! I'll use my powers to protect!"

Masaki sobbed as she hugged her son to her chest, stroking his hair with her free hand. She felt relief that her son was better. Isshin smiled when he peeked into the room after reading to the twins for their bedtime story. "You never cease to amaze me," Isshin says to himself as he watches Masaki and his now happier son. "I could never do this without you."

…

Ichigo lived his life ignoring those who bothered him and was a happy normal child. The dojo ended up believing an earthquake caused the dojo to begin breaking and rattling and that the bully was flung back by one of the bamboo boards and hit his head. Masaki was just relieved that they didn't question her explanations and still allowed Ichigo to attend classes. Well, only after a serious apology to the bully.

The slip ups Ichigo had were still there but not all of them were bad. For Yuzu and Karin's birthday when they shared a cake, Ichigo somehow caused the cake to grow twice as big. Ichigo never forgot the huge grin that erupted onto his younger sisters faces. His heart began to love his powers and he promised to himself that he would never forget his mother's words.

It was when Ichigo was 9 nine years old and after karate practice he saw something strange. A robed figure was standing in the rain alone and he wondered what exactly they were doing. He realized they were near the water and thought he saw a light near them. He immediately thought the figure was like him since the light was coming from nowhere, just floating in the air. He let go of his Mother's hand and ran to the figure saying, "Hey!"

He thought he could get answers for how to protect others with his abilities but his mom yelled, "Ichigo! NO!" He stopped before reaching the figure and realized there was a wooden stick being pointed in his face. He felt himself being pulled behind his Mom's back and then he saw nothing.

…

He woke up feeling rain still pelting onto his face and a heavy weight on top of him. He realized it was a body when he saw familiar brown hair on his face. He quickly began sliding out from under the body and peered over the person. His heart began hammering when he saw his Mom lying there her eyes closed and her mouth not moving. Ichigo started yelling for help and shook his Mother's body that was ice cold. He grabbed her frozen wet hand and told her that everything would be alright.

He was sure that nothing bad could ever happen to his Mother.

…

Ichigo hated his Mother's funeral. It all felt pointless and his Father told him it helped in reaching closure to everything but he never felt closure. He could only hate himself for being so foolish. His Father smiled despite his wife being gone and his children being Motherless. Ichigo resented his Father for not allowing himself to show his sadness and he somehow wished he could do the same.

Ichigo decided to live as his Mother told him, to cherish his abilities in secret. He tried his best to seem happy but he knew that doing so without his mother alive was not the same. His sisters were so young that they did miss her but they were able to move on far quicker than he ever was. They didn't have as many memories of her as he did, which caused Ichigo to feel even worse about being involved in his Mom's death.

For his Mother's first year death anniversary they visited her grave and Isshin tried his best to make it fun for them by bringing food to have a picnic afterwards. Yuzu cried and Karin showed no emotion, silently grieving. Ichigo was the same, he silently wished his Mother happiness in the afterlife though not entirely sure whether one actually existed.

Isshin made silly jokes, causing his young sisters to laugh and Ichigo to only scowl at his Father in complete frustration since he was trying far too hard to get their minds off his Mother. Isshin spoke fondly of the old times with their Mom and Ichigo didn't feel the need to open up or share his favourite times with Mom despite how much Yuzu and even Karin talked about her.

It was when Ichigo finally turned 11 years old on July 15th that his Father asked to speak with him after dinner, unusually sounding serious. That was when everything in Ichigo's life had changed completely.

"Ichigo, you're not just special. You're a wizard."