This story came to randomly so it is just going to go with the flow and if I am suddenly stuck by a change of plot I will probably fix it up later. So no bashing me on my grammar I know I suck and I really need to work on it more and wrote more often(or at all)so keep off my back I am in college so I don't have much time for anything so I don't own Harry Potter J.K. Rowling does.
Summary
What happens when the Dursleys get in a car accident and little Jade is the only survivor, blind in one eye, and presumed dead by the wizarding world. Jade is taken in and finally learns love and becomes a musical prodigy and genius of the muggle world. What happens when she is given a letter from Hogwarts for one Jade Cudding?
Chapter 1 Prologue
Dumbldore watched as Hagrid placed little Jade on the doorstep of number 4 privet drive as Minerva spoke with him.
"Why Albus are you putting her with these people? I told you they are not at all friendly and Petunia obviously has a grudge with her sister Lily and her husband is to mean to be of any family to the poor girl!" she proclaims after whispering furiously with the elder wizard.
"If she grew up in the wizarding world Minerva she would grow up possibly being bigheaded on being famous and we already have enough purebloods for that. Know the girl shall be safe here and will be raised by her blood relatives, I am sure that it won't be as horrible in the long run for dear Jade, she is after all a girl." He replied to her after Hagrid came back to them slowly.
"Cheer up Hagrid, you will see her again soon my dear friend, let's be off before they wake up." Dumbledore said after he patted Hagrid on the back and soon the Headmaster and Deputy Head Mistress were gone in an appration while a slow rumbling of a flying bike could be heard fading out of the night.
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Well Jade grew slowly and showed to have a quiet manner about her as she is often considered mute and won't speak at all and did exactly what her aunt and uncle said while doing most of the chores around the house and living in a cupboard. She had little to no contact with others as they kept her locked away and gave her the scarps and raw meats off the kitchen table or from the garbage. She was very malnourished and underweight making her look very sad for her age of six who has seen too much of the horrid side.
As luck would have it she was going on outing with the Dursley family for the first time since they couldn't find a baby sitter for her and leave her be in the broom cupboard for some odd reason.
Driving through the busy streets Dudley suddenly screamed for something in one of the shopping windows they drove by startling Vernon into jerking the car to some incoming traffic.
This saw (I know it is the wrong saw but I can't think of the right one) to the end of the Dursleys.
When the ambulance and police arrived they worked through the wreckage and saw the first two adults dead after checking their pulse but the EMTs still needed to check. Then the grossly overweight child that seemed to be about six years old who was thrown to the front from what they assumed was a lack of proper seatbelt. Finally they saw the small frame of a child with long black hair and saw blood slowly dripping from her chin into a pool on her lap since her head was forward covering her face to get a good look at her.
They quickly called for help to get to her side of the car wreckage and found she had a weak pulse but still it was better than the others and slowly helped the EMTs remove her before they realized exactly what happened to her and got a good luck at her condition.
They gasped in union and quickly the EMTs got to work while they got her into an ambulance to the closest hospital. In the ambulance they were trying to stem the flow of blood that was running down the right side of her face where a large piece of glass seemed to scratched her deeply as well as a few broken ribs. But what was of great concern was the fever she was running and her overall physical that they had to complete for the surgeon at the hospital.
They could count all of her ribs and she was severely underweight for her age and seemed to them like a heavily abused child that is malnourished. They were going to have to have to check her stomach for food poisoning when they got her in the hospital. She also seemed to have a scar on her forehead in the shape of a lightning bolt as well as other bruises covering her body thankfully none showed suggestion of rape but just to make sure they wrote down that she should be tested her for that as well.
When she was rushed into the hospital after a few minutes they were met alongside by the best and youngest surgeon in the hospital as he seemed to have a grim look on his face as he rushed the others along to get her to surgery quickly. He was not at all happy about the fact that the child was in horrible condition before the crash and wanted to work on saving her life to hopefully give her a better one as he gazed at her small frame hooked up to the breather tubes and blood transfusion. 'She looked like a rag doll' sadly he thought from his perspective.
Dr Jason Cudding quickly got to work snapping out orders to the nurses and asking for test samples of her blood as well as other things while he repaired a very delicate body that seemed to be like a bird in fragility as he carefully worked on her. He prayed fervently for her to pull threw.
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Jade Potter after one week finally woke up in a strange white room that wasn't the cupboard under the stairs. She slowly moved her head as her eye roamed over the room allowing her to see the fluid bags beside her head and the heart monitor. She realized suddenly that she was in a hospital from what she has seen from the times she saw the TV from the crack in her cupboard. Then she realized something else, her right side felt very heavy and she realized suddenly her eye was covered in a heavy bandage as well as some of her face on the right side.
She saw that her finger was attached to some white contraption that seemed to have a button on it that she realized only after she inadverntly pressed it. Jade slowly moved her head back in its original position and waited for something, anything, or anyone to happen.
The door opened to her room and in stepped in a nurse that was looking over something in the charts on her clipboard before looking up to see the one eyed frail girl staring back at her. She gave a slight eep as she was startled out of her thoughts by seeing her awake then quickly rushed over to the girl and asked if she was in any pain. The girl slowly moved her head back and forth in a small no to her.
The nurse immediately afterwards paged the doctor since he said he wanted to be told immediately when she woke up. She was considered in the hospital a wounded little fairy for her absolutely vivid black sable hair, after she was bathed thoroughly and shampooed to rid of possible lice, and small stature.
But what was sad was that this girl it seemed after doing a check of the vehicle the Dursleys were in that the girl was the only survivor and she was obviously not an immediate relation after the blood work came back. It seemed she might be a niece of the wife and after the police checked out the Dursleys home and checked up with there own personal doctor it seemed the girl had no medical file, nothing no files at all. She has never been for a doctors appointment once. They also found in the house little proof of her even existence until they opened the cupboard under the stairs in the house.
After it became clear she was treated little better than a slave and was suffering from many ailments in the stomach and had to have all of her shots and kick up her immune system. Dr Cudding was a frequent visitor to the ward and was often seen asking up on her and checking up on her during the week.
She walked slowly out into the hall to wait for the doctor and sure enough she saw him walking quickly over to her and gave her a small thank you for informing him before stepping into the room and closing the door behind him.
Jason gazed at the little girl in front of him, he had a basic idea of what he figured was her life and what was done to her in that family and will be soon taken to an orphanage or by a social worker who will just drop her off somewhere. He just couldn't let that happen to her as he attached to her and really cared for the child. He wanted her to have a great home and would have tried adopting her himself if he didn't think he would be hurting her in the long run because of his crazy work hours, not because of inattention but because he himself wouldn't be there during the day but someone else was and he knew if he could just get him to come see her he would adopt her as his own allowing him to still be with her as well.
He quickly flipped open his cell phone and texted a short quick message before closing it. Then slowly walked toward the girl.
"Hi my name is Dr. Jason Cudding what's yours?" he asked softly as he sat in the chair beside the bed.
She stared at him and didn't say anything, not anything at all. It saddened him to look into her eye and see absolutely nothing in them. What a sad child to go through life without knowing love.
"Can you speak?" he asked quietly and she slowly hesitantly nodded her head. He was startled because report says she was a believed mute.
"Then will you speak?" she shook her head in negative response.
"Why won't you speak?" He asked her softly she looked at him then slowly away at the ceiling not replying, then again, how could she reply he thought to himself, if she couldn't speak.
"I am sorry to tell you that the three people with you in that car have died. Is there anyone I can call who will take you in?" She shook her negatively and then slowly her eyes started to droop. Her beautiful and yet dull Jade eye slowly closing and she fell asleep.
He sighed and brushed her hair back from eye as he stared at her long black wavy hair that seemed to have lost the luster it should have had if she had been let out in the sun. The pale light scar of a lightning bolt interested him and knew she will have a new scar much more bold on her face that went through the right eye causing her to lose sight in that one eye. Surprisingly they were able to save the eye itself so she didn't have to wear an eye patch. Her depth perception though will change and she will be really disoriented for a while.
Finally his cell rang back and he quickly answered after check the ID.
"Hey baby bro what was with the urgent call? I am kinda busy here but I finally got some minutes to spare, so whats up?"
"I am kinda of in a predicament... see there was this car accident and everyone but the 6 yearold girl died if you remember i told you at dinner a week ago..."
"I remember, that's really sad having her family die on her.."
"She was abused." Silence was met one the other end until finally he choked out
"What?"
"She is so small Brian, it hurts me seeing her so malnourished and the bruises, she was beaten daily, I can count her ribs easily and her stomach had severe food poisoning. On top of all that she practically doesn't even exist on record. She has no doctor records or schooling the only way we even knew this was because when we sent police to the house we found nothing of her in the house except in a cot with old bloody bandages and ratty hang me downs as well as the tool shed in the back where we found a cane that has blood on it. We asked around quietly and they say she is a ghost that rarely comes outside except to pull the weeds or mow the lawn. When they asked the woman of the house who she was she said it was just her sister's daughter, Jade, and that "they had to raise her even though she was retard, stupid and a bloody mute since her parents died in a car crash when she was one." he said in a snarky voice."
"I checked blood records and there is the confirmation of DNA that supports that it is indeed her niece AND that she has never had any of her shots or a doctor's appointment. We got in touch with the family doctor and he was shocked because he has never heard of her or seen her so she has never been to a dentist either."
"It is just sickening what they have done to her and her body is so fragile Brian ... I don't want her to be in a similar situation again if she has to go through adoption. I want to adopt her and if it weren't for the fact that I practically live at work..."
"I will be down there in half an hour. What room?" Brian said in a cold voice.
"Third floor paediatric ward 343." He replied and immediately heard the dial tone as his older brother snapped the phone shut.
He knew his brother well and they were similar in their views and thoughts. Heck they were practically twins if it weren't for the fact he was born two years earlier making Brian 32 and himself 30. They even lived in the same house...ok maybe mansion would be more accurate. He had slightly wavy shoulder length deep chestnut brown hair from his mother(think Orlando Bloom) while his brothers hair was even longer at mid back but a deep sable black similar to the girl in bed, that had their father's slightly green (natural in the sun) highlights that was pulled most of the time in a low ponytail at the base of his neck.
They were from an extremely wealthy family and their parents unfortunately died last year and it still hurt knowing they were not there anymore but he knew they were there in spirit and that was what mattered to them. They inherited everything equally and were sharing everything and made decisions on the family business together as well if it were something major. But mostly Brian took care of it as president of the leading music, and most entertainment business industry, around the world but heavily in Britain and America. They had branches all over the world but the home base was Britain and they practically owned the music industry and heavily influenced and had major share holds in the entertainment industry around the planet.
Making him and his brother number one and two for the richest/handsome bachelors in Britain and top ten, apparently, around the world. Making them virtually have no trust in others outside their close knit circle of family and their staff, since most of them were raised together since the entire staff was from a single family that has served theirs for as long as he and his brother can remember. Then again another annoying part was that the mansion was actually an estate since it has been in the family for centuries as in his brother was Lord Cuddingham , they shortened their name for easier purposes and moderinism but their birth certificates say the full name.
He sighed in thought of the semi royalty and, he air quoted, prestige they had. His brother and himself agreed after some incidents in their earlier youth that dating was to troublesome and most were in fact after their money. They do well to not be gossiped about and seen much since they were reclusive...ok his brother was reclusive and he only really went to the hospital and was friendly enough with everyone but his brother didn't leave the estate unless necessarily.
As he watched the girl slowly breathing in and out he checked the progress of her injections to fight her food poisoning, unfortunately, he thought angrily, they couldn't pump her since there wasn't anything in her stomach to pump and she has yet to eat anything and from some professional opinions from other doctors she will have trouble with it since she most likely won't be able to eat anything except in small doses for a while.
He checked to make sure that she was given every shot that she should have and that it wasn't reacting to her system to much when he finally heard rushed footsteps in the hall.
He stepped outside the door and saw his brother coming towards him and motioned him inside. He let him go in first to see her and wanted to see his brother's reaction to her.
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½ hour earlier
Brian was working on a new rift for the guitar and he just can't seem to get it to come out right. He wasn't even sure what it was he was hoping to hear but he knew he would once he heard it then the song would come and flow out to be something new and fresh.
He sighed and left the music studio in the mansion that he and his brother called home and collected his cell phone off the table outside to check for messages. One of his eyebrows raised at the text for his brother to get back to him as soon as possible which was weird since he was usually busy with surgery or paperwork and didn't prefer to be called while he was on shift in case of emergencies.
He dialled his brother's cell as he walked to his office that his brother called the "Place of World Domination," he worked on some papers that should get to soon about his head of branch offices in America with updates on their most promising artists and their plans for future promotions and music studios CDs and tapes with music and songs to be previewed and listened to before sent out on the market. His brother answered the phone.
He was absolutely LIVID! He shouted, in a rush, to the maids and his personal butler to put off all calls today and meetings and reschedule with his assistant because of family emergency. He couldn't believe the phone call he had with his brother as he walked down the main stair case to the massive front door that was opened for him and his car mustang already pulled up and waiting for him at the bottom of the steps. He took his keys from his valet as well as his coat and hat to mostly hide him from view as he put his cell and wallet in one of his pockets while getting on seatbelt and driving off down the winding road of the estates gardens and forest and through the mechanical gate, since his car was idling.
Brian couldn't believe what he heard from Jason about this little girl. It was absolutely horrific and from what he could tell from his brother's emotions he knew that his brother felt the same way and even more so if he wanted to do what he was pretty sure he knew his brother wanted. That's why he needed to get there quickly to see her. He knew his brother was acting strange all week and it had something to do with the car accident from last week since Jason worked on the only surviving member. The names weren't released to the press of the family that died and now he knew why.
Brian had been curious about the patient his brother had been keeping tabs on and would call from at home to check to see "is she awake yet?"
Brian shifted down at the stoplight and waited impatiently at the red light as his fingers tapped and impatient pattern on the wheel.
Jason was actually very fond of the girl and he wanted to see why. If this girl had such a profound effect on him and he was almost betting in his head that if his brother seemed to like her already, if not love her, then he would most likely to and that was why he was going to the hospital. If they were going to adopt this girl they would make this decision together and since he was going to be at home most of the time working in his office he was going to be the one in her life the most since his brother had a hectic schedule.
He finally got the green and shot through traffic and was at the hospital parking lot. He quickly parked and locked the car as he strode quickly through the hospital and waved to the security and since they recognized him as Dr Cudding's brother they waved him through as he used the elevator to get to the third floor. His foot tapped impatiently as he waited for his floor and gave a quiet sigh of relief as he finally saw the doors open to the third floor and quickly walked through the hallways to 343. He saw the room at the very end with his brother just coming out of it and waving him over. Jason stepped aside for him to step into the room first.
He inhaled sharply at the sight. She was so small he thought. Like a wounded fairy. He saw the bandages over half of the right side of her face and her eye and looked at Jason. He shook his head and gave a sad sigh.
"The crash caused her to lose her vision in her right eye and leave behind a scar. Thankfully I could save her eye but the glass got in her pupil in fact she is healing up quiet rapidly that the eye doesn't even seem to have damage except for the fact if you look really close you can see a scar going through the eye and her pupil faded almost out of the eye itself." He replied as Brian slowly approached the girl and took off his hat and coat and laid them over the chair Jason previously occupied.
He winced inwardly as his heart went out to the girl as he got a closer look at her. She was so small and frail, a ghost of what should have been, he thought wirily, of a beautiful girl. He saw her body tense and quickly looked up at her face to stare at the single most heart breaking thing he ever saw. Her eye was just like as vivid and deep as her name sake and just as empty of emotions. Her family..NO! Those monsters have succeeded in breaking an innocent soul that he wanted them alive just so he can pummel them and crucify their careers' and lives just as they destroyed hers.
He knew immediately why his brother wanted her with them he to felt extremely protective of her and wanted to keep her safe. He slowly smiled at her as she watched him warily and he spoke in a soft voice as gentle as possible to keep her from being frightened of him.
"Hello my name is Brian Cudding, Jason, your doctor's, older brother. We want to ask you a question Jade," as he spoke Jason walked over and stood beside his brother giving her a smile and a small wave when mentioned.
She gave a hesitant nod saying she was listening. They both smiled reassuringly at her.
"We were wondering if you want to become a part of our family."
Jade stared at him. Brian was wondering if she understood what he had asked when he saw something in her eye. A spark of hope. It grew slowly and made her eyes so breathtaking that he swore to himself that they would never ever become emotion less ever again, when he heard the most beautiful voice say hesitantly even slightly hoarsely.
"Re..ally? A..part of...your fa..mi..ly?" Brian was dazed for a moment at the words then snapped out of it quickly.
"Yes! We really mean it!"
"The...n yes."
Both brothers turned to each other and smiled happy of the outcome. Jason rushed over to her and asked if she could sip some sip some water so it could help her sore throat while gently stroking her long black sable hair. She nodded gratefully at him as he helped her sit up slowly as she sipped the water. She coughed a lot but managed to get some water down her sore throat. Brian opened his cell and quickly started making the necessary arrangements. He thought for a moment about the media and realised it would best be kept a secret where she exactly came from so everyone would assume that everyone in the family died in the crash which technically was true. They will just separate that particular incident from her but keep Jason treating her part. They don't need talk about her being his illegitimate child.
He quickly got in contact with his family lawyer and explained the situation saying he didn't want too much fuss brought up over the incident and that she was going to become to sole heir to the Cuddingham fortune and empire since both the brothers inherited and were no longer heirs. He couldn't believe he was becoming a father but a father he was going to be and he swore to himself that she would have the best of education and should never want ever again for the love of a family.
He would not know that the actions keeping her safe would also cause the wizards who were observing her to return for their monthly visit on Jade, although they never really saw her being beaten since they came usually on the days she mowed the lawn and was seen in public and never got close so didn't really get a good look at her, see that the house would be put up for sale and hear from the neighbours that the whole family went out on a drive and died in a car accident resulting in what would presumed to be the death of their beloved savoir Jade Lily Potter.
