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. Only JK Rowling, her publishers, Warner Brothers and who JK Rowling says can make money and she has not given me permission for that, so no I do not make money off this, again it is for fun!
Summary:
Gender switch! Harriett Dorea "Rose" Potter is born instead of Harry James Potter. Because of this a very different hero, er heroine comes to Hogwarts.
Yes this is a Harry is a girl fic, seems most have to do one of these and so too did I. This will be a more confident more sure of herself Rose who will not stand for bigotry or injustice. She is smart, skilled pretty but not a Mary Sue. We know Harry was a handsome man and if he had been born a girl he would have been a beautiful young lady. Rose is not perfect of course, that would not keep the spirit of things after all and she will have her moments. Still she is light and good and will not stray to the dark or evil.
This will feature good! Dursleys and it will be realistic in how they are good here as well. They will be out of canon but they will be good to both Rose and Dudley though there will still be no talk of magic around Dudley. There will be a manipulative but still good Dumbledore but no bashing that was not done in canon. This means good Weasleys, I love them and that is that. No slash and no, Rose will not get with Draco, ewe, never happening, not on my watch!
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Prologue:
A Bit of History:
The time that lord Voldemort chose to take over magical Great Britain could not have come at a worse time. It was the height of the cold war and never had the magical world been so affected by the muggle world since before the treaty was signed to go into hiding centuries before. Even Grindlewald had pretty much stayed out of the muggle conflict, letting Hitler do what he wanted and not helping or hindering him at all. The problem lay with Stalin, a man like him never should have gained as much power as he had and he should not have been able to kill the millions he had. He was a deformed little man half blind and with a foul evil temper. But having your own oath sworn wizard helped and oh how he had his own oath sworn wizard.
It goes back to Rasputin, we all know the "mad" monk, how it was near impossible to kill him and how many tried. In the end they nearly succeeded but he managed to get away though the world thought him dead. He would have died had not a low ranking man in the Bolshevik revolution taken him in and saved him, the son of the son of a squib he got an oath from the weakened wizard and so his ride to the top was assured. He used that power to kill millions and basically enslave the magical population of Russia, those that had not fled that is. Those that stayed were actually very loyal to Stalin and after swearing an oath that they and their children's children would serve the Soviet Union they made for formidable troops.
The International Confederation of Wizards (ICW) was formed as the western European answer to the Soviet threat. This was much like NATO but unlike NATO they actually fought real battles with the Soviets. It was during this time that Voldemort was able to rise to power in England. With mainland Europe busy fighting the Soviets there was no help to come to the aid of the magical people in England. Things were coming to a head and it was nearly too late when Voldemort made the mistake that cost him the war. He attacked the wrong family and killed James and Lily Potter and tried to kill their daughter. This had backfired horribly on the evil dark lord and he was vanquished for a time.
There was no reason for him to turn as evil as he had. He had been raised in a orphanage true and it was a poor orphanage, but everyone was poor then so it was normal to be poor. He was a bit better off than many children as he had three meals a day where many only had two and he had a decent roof over his head. Being raised poor in an orphanage did not make for an abusive situation, and he was not abused, the workers at the orphanage did care about the children there and did their level best for them in those days. No Tom Marvolo Riddle, aka Voldemort went evil because he wanted to and that was that.
Things would have gone different if a few things had not changed. One was the fact that one Severus Snape, once spurred by his oldest friend got revenge on her in a unique way. He turned from the dark arts he had been pursuing and threw himself into learning all he could about healing and potions. By the time he left Hogwarts he had a journeyman in potions and was well on his way to his master and was accepted as an apprentice healer. He never did speak to Lily again but instead became friends with her sister and united with her in her dislike of one "stuck up perfect princess" as they called Lily.
Petunia married Vernon Dursley while Lily married James, Severus attended the wedding of Petunia but neither Petunia or Severus went to Lily's. Lily was hurt but Severus thought she deserved that after her very real betrayal of him. He had said one word, apologized so hardly for it and she threw him aside like trash, well trash he was no more, that was the realm of traitors as far as he was concerned. James of course thought Lily was smart to toss aside Severus and good riddance to the dark wizard, who needed him around anyway?
Things would have continued this way if not for the birth of the Potter's first child, if it had been a boy James would not have done what he did. But it was a girl and Harriett Dorea Potter fit the bill of the prophecy and as a girl she needed to be protected. This was why James swallowed his pride and went to see Lily's sister, Lily had a plan and so James wanted to see his daughter more than survive if they did not. Things were set up, accounts made, phone numbers and names given out and then the Potters went into hiding.
They were betrayed and they died, all but Harriet who when the evil dark lord Voldemort turned his wand on her and cast the killing curse on her the protections her mother put in place blasted the curse back at him. Because she was a witch not a wizard she was far better protected and though she got a curse scar and a part of Voldemort's power she was not turned to a Horcrux at all. She lived, went to live with her aunt and uncle and was hailed as "the girl who lived". She would not be seen in the magical world for ten more years.
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So this sets the stage for what is to come. Here with a few changes and James more worried for his daughter (fathers tend to think their daughters need far more protecting and they are right) she will grow up far different than canon Harry ever did.
Anyway, review please!
