Title: A Winner's Game

Summary:

Harry Potter is not a Potter? Quatre Winner is not the only Winner son? When Hari Winner disappears just after his mother passes after giving birth events will occur and a prophecy will unravel. But neither twin is a passivist like the rest of their family. They will fight for those they love and will search for that which is missing. They will drag the unsuspecting along with them and bring chaos to their worlds.

Slash pairings include Heero/Duo/Hari, Trowa/Quatre, Wufei/Zechs and others.

Disclaimer:

Not mine, never will be mine. I just write for entertainment. Ideas belong to Howlingblackwolf.

Notes:

This is the prompt Howlingblackwolf asked for being my thirtieth reviewer to Chiisai Tenshi. She has been helping me with the ideas and dealing with me to bring this out to you. So please enjoy.

Fourteen year old Iria Winner stood in the hospital waiting room with her father. She had been permitted to accompany him to the births of her two youngest siblings, twins. Her mother Quaterine wanted the gender to be a surprise and had not learned their gender. Though the other twenty-eight Winner children were divided on the issue. Some thought the twins would be both girls as no Winner child was male before. Some thought the twins would be one of each. But others, Iria included, thought the twins would both be boys.

She waited impatiently to see her mother and two littlest siblings. However, no matter how impatient she was she made sure to be calm. She did not want to be sent away on such an auspicious occasion.

Finally father and daughter were allowed into the room. Though the doctor had pulled her father aside and spoke quietly with him. They entered to find her mother laying exhaustedly in the hospital bed. She was pale, too pale Iria knew. And suddenly she knew that such a beautiful occasion would be filled with tragedy. Later she would realize just how true that thought was. Truer than she could ever have feared.

Quaterine Winner lay in bed with two bundles of blankets. She smiled at her husband and Daughter. Holding up one of the bundles,

"Our eldest." She murmured. One of the nurses attached a band around his little wrist, placing a pale blue mark upon it. At first Iria was confused at the nurses actions, but then her mother lifted the second bundle and she knew.

Her baby brothers were identical twins. The nurse put a dark blue mark on the wristband and moved away to give the family some privacy. It would not be long.

Quaterine gripped her husband's hand in her weak grasp.

"Please." She asked softly. "Please name one of them Hari."

Zayeed Winner kissed the back of his loves hand.

"The eldest shall be Quatre Rabarba Winner. And our youngest shall be Hari Zayeed Winner."

Quaterine smiled weakly up at him.

"Thank you my love." She murmured. She knew he hated the decision of her carrying her children. She was not strong enough and this would be her last act of life. But she had wanted the experience. And for him to agree made her realize just how much he loved her. Her love for him had grown over her pregnancy, she could not have died a happier woman.

She would never know what happened mere moments after her passing. It would have broken her to learn that just after her last breaths one of her precious sons would go missing. Sweet little Hari would never see the nursery his mother had lovingly set up for him and his elder brother.

Oooooooooooooo

Lily Potter nee Evans may not have liked James when they were younger, but now she had to wonder at her younger self. James had proved to be a wonderful man, loving and caring. It had not taken long for her to truly fall in love with him. And her childhood best friend? He had proved to be the spoilt little brat James had portrayed. After calling her that monstrous name in fifth year Lily could not forgive him. She had told him over and over that the other children he hung out with were no good. And now he calls her a name so despicable, after arguments against him making such alliances. If he would call her that she knew her friendship meant nothing to him. And so she would not forgive him.

He had not taken the news well. And then when she began to date James he became unbearable. It was during this time Lily saw just how petty Severus Snape truly was. And then he had done something unforgivable. He had hit James with an infertility spell.

That last action made Lily realize she could never forgive or forget Snape's pettiness. Even years down the road she could never let go of his actions. Those years of friendship were gone and a burning distain for him filled her every being.

The spell did not break them up as Snape surely hoped. Instead they grew closer and agreed to adopt when the time was right. Neither suspected the time would be so soon though.

Three years after graduating from Hogwarts Dumbledore came and delivered a newborn baby. Lily was suspicious, but her mothering nature soon took over. She and James doted upon the baby. It had taken long hours of discussion, but they presently agreed to put a timed glamour upon the child. If after sixteen years he wanted to find out about his true parents neither Lily or James would stop them. They would have searched themselves, except the potions needed were lethally harmful for anyone under age twelve.

Lily had been suspicious of Dumbledore, so when he arrived and told them they needed to go into hiding she began to plan. James went along with her plans. It was war and even if they made it it would not hurt to have matters taken care of. First they wrote missives and left information in their new sons trust vault. Then James adopted the baby using the weakest blood adoption ceremony that would in fact allow him to inherit and not mess with the boy's birth genealogy. Lily said something about leaving DNA alone.

James had not wanted to believe his old headmaster was as corrupt as you-know-who. But Lily had pointed out how lenient he had been towards the marauders. She had even forced him to read the rule book. Then after Snape had hexed him and the headmaster had only taken ten points from the boy and given him a single nights detention. Even as he had lost the magical world a prominent pureblood family. James himself had been given a month's detention for "antagonizing an already volatile situation" even though he hadn't even spoken to Snape all year. The fact Snape should have by all rights been expelled and on trial for his actions. So, in the end James had to acknowledge that Dumbledore was manipulative and would do anything to empower himself.

So when Dumbledore dropped off the infant and insisted they blood adopt him entirely his hackles rose. They did not do as he asked. They even made it clear they wanted him nowhere near their property if something untoward would happen to them. James even left his families business in the hands of a proxy, having no mind for business himself. Cypress Greengrass had been his choice, being both Slytherin enough to keep the business out of Dumbledore's reach and neutral in the war. Greengrass had signed many magically binding contracts but was pleased with the opportunity to stick it to the old man. And James was pleased with the others hard work.

Therefore the Potters were as prepared as they could be when the dark lord attacked Halloween. Both died for the small boy, who was not their son but who they loved with all their hearts. They could only hope all their planning would free the boy from whatever fate had in store. And when the dark wizard turned his wand upon the child he believed to be the Potter spawn, a prophecy began to unravel. Because of three reasons. Hari's parents had not defied him three times, he was not born as the seven month died, and despite all of Dumbledore's plans he would never have control over the weapon he meant to create. Fate really hated false prophecies.

Ooooooooo

Fabian and Gideon Prewit knew what a harpy their little sister was. It had not pleased her when she learned they were courting Arthur Weasley and she had thrown a tantrum like none you have ever seen. Still, she was their baby sister. They could not have foretold she would do this. Not to family. And the actions had caused them to realize how true the Potter's fears were. They had not wanted to believe it.

Molly and Dumbledore had staged their deaths. They were kept locked in a side room to the Chamber of Secrets. One accessible from the Headmasters office, though no one could go further as the other door was accessible only through parseltongue.

They were chained to the wall. And every year their sister would come with the old man and gloat at them. She had seduced their little sub and had given birth to two more children. She was now mother to their five children. Though they had to laugh when she would rant about Bill, Charlie, and the twins. The fact sweet little Percy was suffering not only under Molly's attentions but from his brothers hurt them. Percy had always been a quiet lad. He had loved to read. And apparently their little sister had made sure the only things he read were textbooks and that his brothers disliked him.

Percy was so much like their bearer. It had been easy for Molly to break him. Each year Fabian and Gideon would loath their sister and old Headmaster a little more. To treat such innocence like trash and to encourage emotional abuse. If they could only get free they would show these monsters the true force of a Prewit. Little sisters bedamned.