Hi everyone, it's me Mae Silverpaws I am half of the writers for this story. The other half is KeeperOliver. Ollie and I decided to give co authoring a try.

We hope that you enjoy our attempt at co-authoring.

Mae and Ollie

How different would Harry's life have been if Alice and Frank and never been attacked and Harry had been raised by loving parental figures with Sirius and Remus as prominent fixtures in his life.

A few changes have been made, Ron is older then Fred and George and instead of the Weasley twins it's the Weasley triplets George, Ginny and Fred.

Come Together

KeeperPawsoffMe

Chapter 1

Halloween night, and the sun was starting to go down wanting to get their task over with, before the brats were out wandering about they hurried their steps just a little.

Both seemed to be in an excited Mood. It was to be the end of all hope, and they were chosen to take part in it. They being Bellatrix, and her husband, Rudolphus Lestrange they would be taking brat. With both possible children that were connected to the Prophecy dead, all hope would be gone. England would be ripe for the taking. And then who knows.

First things first though, it was time to do their part. What they didn't know was that Frank and Alice Longbottom were right behind them, returning from Frank's mother's place, where they had dropped their precious son Neville off for the evening, so that they could attend a Halloween party at Sirius' apartment. They learned earlier, that James and Lily could not attend, so they would stop off, and say hello, before they left.

They saw the couple in front of them, and gasped when they realized they were heading for their home. The Longbottoms saw the pair blow the door off its hinges and proceed into the house. Frank pulled Alice off to the side, to plan how the two were going to react. When the pair came out of Frank and Alice's house, the woman was ranting to the man in a high pitched whiney almost insane sounding tone about something. Neither Frank nor Alice could actually make out the words as of yet. Frank let them get closer, and then sent a shocker at the male. He went flying across the lawn; the woman screamed a spell and sent a green bolt towards Frank. Frank dived to his left, and sent a disarming spell her way. The wand left her hand, and she flew backwards, impaling on metal rod that was sticking out of the ground. She was dead before Frank could get to her. The man saw this, and drew his wand, but Alice being quicker, sent a cutting curse his way. The curse struck the man on his neck, cutting his jugular. He also died.

Frank thinking about the Potter, grabbed Alice, and apperated to Godric's Hollow. What they saw when they got there, had Alice in tears and Frank struggling to keep his own composure. The Door had also been blown off its hinges. James was on his back, as still as could be with a look of horror on his face Frank ran upstairs, and found Lily in the same position. The body of the Dark Lord was also there. And little Harry was in his crib, with blood streaming down his face, but there were no tears.

Harry saw his Uncle Frank, and raised his hands in the air. "Unca Fank." Frank picked Harry up and out of the crib, drawing him to his chest. Frank was crying, seeing his good friends dead in this way, and the bastard that did it, also dead. He took Harry down to Alice, and they started to walk out, when Sirius ran in to the house. He saw James, and looked to Frank and Alice, "Lily?"

"She's dead also, Siri and so is Dark Lord. I don't know what happened, but Harry has a very bad cut on his forehead. We need to get him looked at. Sirius, what happened, we thought you were the Secret Keeper."

"No, we figured the Dark Lord would think that I would be made the Secret Keeper, so we changed at the last minute, and made Peter the Secret Keeper. I should have known better. He was always leaving to see after his mother. Yet every time I saw her, she was fine. I should have put two and two together. I hope Remus is alright. Come on, let's get out of here. And they left for Franks home.

Just after they left, Hagrid arrived, and found the mess. James laying dead in the Living room; Lily the same in Harry's bedroom as well as the Dark Lord, but with no sign of Harry. There was blood every where, and judging by the bodies, and their condition, Hagrid would say the blood was Harry's. The question was, where is he?

Hagrid left, and reported to Professor Dumbledore, at the location he had given him. He found Both Professor Dumbledore, and McGonagall talking in the middle of a muggle neighbor hood.

"Professor Dumbledore sir; Professor McGonagall it was as you expected sir, Both Lily and James are dead, as well as He Who Must Not be Named. But there was no Harry, A lot of blood was spilled, but none of the bodies showed signs of bleeding. I imagine it was little Harry's."

"Thank you Hagrid, why don't you go ahead and return to Hogwarts. Minerva and I can handle the rest."

"Will do sir." and Hagrid left.

"Albus, what did they do with Harry's body? Why would they want it? And why would they leave their masters body behind?"

"All good questions Minerva, unfortunately none of which I have answers for. Let us go see what happened and try to figure it out." And they left Privet Drive.

Back at Frank and Alice's residence, Alice had cleaned up Harry, but, nothing she could do, would keep the scar from going away. It looked like it would be permanent. They took turns, trying to get him to sleep, and finally, Sirius tired him out enough for him to fall asleep on his own. For now, she laid him in Neville's crib. Frank flooed his mom, to tell her what was going on. Then they asked Sirius if he wished to spend the night. Sirius accepted the offer, and bunked out on the couch.

The next morning, the three were up early, along with Harry, when Dumbledore Flooed, asking to enter the House. He arrived, and saw Sirius and Harry playing on the carpet. "Frank, Alice, Sirius, I assume you rescued Young Harry here, but what was all the blood?"

Sirius raised Harry's hairline to show Albus the Scar on his forehead. "So, Harry is the Chosen One. What about young Neville? Is he alright?"

"He is fine Albus, he's with mother." Frank replied.

"Well then, since I was going to tell you what happened, and you already know. I must tell you, that as much as I hate to say it,, Young Harry must come with me, so that I can take him to a place that is better warded. It will be safer for him."

"I don't think so Albus. Harry is staying right here. He is more than safe enough. It was in James and Lily's will that should anything happen to them that Harry would go to us, and if we weren't available, then to Sirius. Lily and James were very careful about Harry if anything were to happen to them there is a long list of names in their will for Harry's care. All people they knew and trusted. The one they didn't want him to go to was Lily's muggle sister Petunia. Since that is where I think you are trying to take him to, then the answer is not no, but, Hell No."

"Alice, please be reasonable. There are Blood Wards surrounding the house that are the safest place for him."

"I said no, and I mean no. If you wish to take this to court, then by all means go ahead. And if you try to hide the will, don't even think about it, as it is filed with the Goblins at Gringotts. Lily said by no means was Harry to stay with her Magic hating sister, and her no good Husband. Her words, not mine."

"Very well then Alice, at least let me put a Fidelius around your home, and make me your secret keeper. Fine, Fidelius yes, you no. Frank will be the secret keeper. If you don't like that, then we will get the Goblins to set it up. Now if there is nothing else, we have to go get Neville. Oh and Albus? We will be adjusting our will to include both boys and their care if something were to happen to Frank and I."

Albus agreed and left. Frank flooed to his mom's and picked up Neville and returned home. He placed Neville next to Harry, and they and Sirius played for a long time. Sirius had brought Harry's toy broom, and he and Neville took turns riding it. Poor Sirius was the target of the two terrors. Sirius was loving it. He would switch to Padfoot when Sirius was getting tired and giving the Boys rides.

Frank and Alice watched the interaction between the boys and Sirius. They were amazed at how easily they took to the young adult. They also wondered how he was keeping up with the two bundles of energy. Finally Alice stepped in to give Sirius a break. "Alright boys, it's time for your bath Harry went peacefully, but, Neville still wanted to play, Alice gave Harry his bath first, and then she took Neville. By the time she was done, she brought him back, only to find Padfoot and Harry asleep with Harry lying against his Dogfather. Alice had Frank get his camera to take a picture of it.

Alice finally got Neville to sleep, and had Frank take Harry upstairs, while she carried Neville.

"Frank, I think we need to get Sirius a home, some where around here. He can't keep sleeping on the floor or the couch. He needs some privacy."

"Why don't we fix up the Carriage house that would be more than big enough for him. We could make it a two bedroom, in case he has a friend over."

"Or better yet, have Remus come stay with him. After all, they were best friends in school. He could probably use the help keeping up with our two bundles of joy. Frank, since James is... No longer with us, do you think Remus could become Neville's Godfather."

"We could ask. I hope he doesn't take it like he was the second choice. Alice, do you think Molly Weasley would let the triplets come play with Neville and Harry. I think Ron might be just a little too old for them. I think having the triplets over, or having Neville and Harry spend some time there might be a good idea."

Alice flooed the Burrow, and Molly answered. Alice called out. "Molly, how are you? Are the triplets wearing you down yet?"

"Alice, just the person I needed to talk to. Dumbledore was just here, asking all kinds of questions about you and Frank. What's going on?"

"Hold on a minute Molly. Frank, I need to go to the Burrow, will you be alright with the three kids?"

Frank laughed, and shooed her away. "Molly, is it alright if I came over, I think we have a lot to talk about."

As she entered the Burrow, she was pulled into a hug by the sweet woman. "Come in Alice dear, and join me in a cup of tea". As Molly was fixing the tea, Alice told her story. Molly went from shocked to angry to sad, as the story unfolded. She went back to mad, when she heard what Albus tried to do. "The nerve of that old coot, Harry would have been at the mercy of those magic hating muggles. Lily used to tell me how they treated her, when she had to stay with them during the summer holidays, after her parents were murdered by that beast."

"Now you know why, I fought him so hard. I couldn't bear to see the poor child mistreated by that bunch. Albus was very upset, and then he tried to set up a Fidelius Charm, with him as the Secret Keeper. I told him the charm yes, but the Secret Keeper, no. Frank would be the secret Keeper. He didn't do it. I'm sorry if you have faith in him Molly, but, I think he is going senile."

"Actually, Alice, Arthur and I were just discussing it. We feel he is starting to become too controlling. He doesn't like to share information. For instance he said you, Frank and Sirius were being very unreasonable with a request you had asked of you, but, he wouldn't say what the request was. I like Albus, I really do, but I am losing my faith in him as a leader of the light. I really think we should be looking for a new leader."

"Yes but, who?"

"Mad-Eye Moody."

"Hmmm, Yes, I can see the logic in that. He is strong, almost as strong as Albus. He is smart, brave and calculating. But would every one agree to it. Albus has been in command for a very long time. Would he just step down, if asked?"

"Well, that is a matter for another time. Now, what is it you wished to talk about dear?"

"Oh yes, Frank and I were wondering if the triplets could visit Neville and Harry, and vice a versa? I mean they get along great, but I think if there were more kids around, Padfoot could get some well deserved rest. You should see him with the boys. He is awesome. He plays with them on the floor, gives them doggie rides, he lets them fly Harry's toy broom. I know he has as much fun as they have."

"I like that idea Alice, Fred, George and Ginevra would probably like the change from Ron, Percy, Charlie and Bill, although Ginevra loves Bill to death. Let's go talk to Arthur."

Arthur liked the idea as well, and they set it up for the weekend.