When Lily and James felt the wards around their house break, they were in a panic. The only thoughts in their heads were of making sure that their dear Charles was safe. Lily even thought of how it was all her fault that poor Serena had probably died because she had decided to be selfish and go out. There was also the small lingering hope in both James and Lily's mind that Serena and Charles had survived and that young Harry had not.

The reason she called Harry 'The Accident' is because he was one. It was the night before graduation when she had the most romantic time of her life with James. Then, nine months later, a little boy was born. At first, James and Lily were ecstatic! They viewed Harry as the incarnation of their love.

But there was still so much that the seventeen year olds wanted to do, that did not include a baby. They wanted to see the world and become rich and famous! These plans were put on hold with the addition of a baby. Their child also made them shunned by some groups because he was born out of wedlock. All of these problems started fights between the two school sweethearts.

The two Griffindors soon began to resent Harry more and more, before they simply started ignoring him at the age of two. By ignoring him, Lily and James' relationship got better. They were also able to travel and start their dream careers. But they did this at the expense of Harry's health. If he weren't smart enough to be able to get the leftovers and fend for himself, Harry probably would have died and no one would have noticed.

When Lily and James were twenty-one and had their reputation back, they got married and promptly had Charles on the exact day they had Harry. The couple doted on Charles and most people had forgotten that Harry had even existed. Lily was happy to simply forget about Harry, but James' temper got even worse with Harry to the point of sometimes hitting or slapping him.

Harry remembered these beatings as he lay unconscious under some drywall. A large part of him hoped that he would die soon so that he could be somewhere happy. The only regret he was feeling was that he didn't know what happened to Serena. But, then again, he didn't know her too well and she would probably forget him just like everyone else.

Serena slowly began waking up to the sound of shrill crying and footsteps. She opened her eyes to see a bunch of people in what looked like frumpy, black bathrobes surrounding Charles. Seeing the boy, Serena immediately began to panic because she couldn't see Harry.

Right then, Lily saw Serena and rushed to her. "Are you OK? I know that you must be so confused! I am so sorry this, it's all my fault!" Lily said sobbing. Before, Serena would have tried to comfort Lily, but know all she felt was anger. Plus, her head hurt and the wailing of both Lily and Charles was making it worse.

"Where's Harry?" Serena asked blearily, even though she knew that they probably hadn't even bothered to look for him.

"Do you not even care about Charles at all? I know that you're just a muggle, but even you should realize how important he is. Especially now that he has done the impossible. Charles is the Boy-Who-Lived!" Lily yelled in Serena's face. Serena on her part stayed perfectly calm. She didn't know what muggle meant but could guess from the connotation. And knowing that she shouldn't waste her time arguing with Lily, Serena simply stood up and began carefully looking for Harry.

After a couple of minutes she finally found the green eyed boy. But as she was picking him up and checking him over for injuries, an old man began talking to her. "I know that you must be scared and confused, but I need you to tell me exactly what happened tonight," he said with watery eyes.

Serena explained how she attacked Voldemort with a pan, but he amazingly didn't get knocked out and overpowered her. Then she talked about how he made a green light appear that hit Harry when he saved her life. Serena made sure to sound as freaked out as possible and not let any indication that she had known about magic all along out. Who knows what damage they could do to her mind to keep their secret.

Dumbledore smiled down condescendingly at the girl. He knew that this couldn't be the real story because Charles had been the one to defeat Voldemort. He tried to get the real story by using legitimency on the muggle, but found that he couldn't find her mind! It was like she wasn't even there. Dumbledore was quite confused because even with a master occlomence, you could feel the wall around the mind.

But he quickly brushed it off in favor of finding out the truth. "I know that what happened was very traumatic, but I need you to tell me what really happened. I know that you couldn't have possibly been able to hit that man with a frying pan, and I also know that it was Charles that was hit with that 'strange green light.'" Dumbledore said while Serena felt more anger build up. If the people here weren't careful and wouldn't let her treat Harry, she would make them regret it.

"I know what I saw! I have a photographic memory. And if you're too stupid to know what that means, it means that I can remember absolutely everything with perfect clarity!" Serena yelled. Did they think that she was a halfwit?

"Do not speak to him that way! You are to treat Professor Dumbledore with respect! I know that your mother taught you better!" Lily scolded.

"You have no right to tell me about respect! You people won't even let me look over Harry to make sure that he's okay! With the way you are abusing him, he will have some major issues when he's older! And you will turn Charles into a pompous brat with the way you spoil him! I mean look at his room compared to Harry's!" Serena ranted while gesturing to the two very differently sized, ruined rooms,

Lily saw red. "You have no right to speak to me or my family that way! From this point on, I will no longer consider you like a little sister! You are just as bad as Petunia! Albus, you need to obliviate her so that I never have to deal with her again. She is never coming near Charles ever again." Serena's mind worked madly at Lily's statement. She was sad at the loss of friendship that had just happened with Lily. But Serena was more worried about what obliviate meant. From the Greek meaning, Serena could guess that it was a spell meant to make her forget.

As quickly as she could, Serena picked up the still sleeping Harry and tried to make a run for it. But before she knew it, two huge men were blocking her. Serena knew that she was severely outnumbered but still tried to fight her way out, with Harry in her arms. However, within minutes, the Order of the Pheonix members took Harry and pinned Serena down.

Serena screamed and struggled yelling for them to let her go. She even yelled Harry's name because of her sorrow at the thought of forgetting him. Albus walked up, gruffly held her head still and cast the spell. Then, he roughly pushed her down.

"Done," Dumbledore said soothingly to Lily and James. All the while Serena was in shock. Were some of her memories missing? She could still remember the hours with Harry and the fight with Voldemort. Her mind was set up so that she could tell there wasn't a single gap in her set if memories. But, not wanting for them to try something else while she was outnumbered, she pretended to be unconscious.

Harry felt a tear slip down his cheek. He was woken up by Serena's shouts and recognized the spell they cast on her from a book he had read. He felt the same connection to her as she felt to him. He knew that she didn't want to forget to him, but his least favorite person, Dumbledore, forced her to. Harry felt a pair of arms carelessly pick him up and passed out again as he was disapparated.

Serena panicked when she saw Harry disappear. She couldn't let those people abuse Harry more than they already had! Picking herself up and feeling slightly dizzy, Serena rushed to her house. How dare those wizards just leave her on the floor! But her thoughts were cloudy as blood was escaping a gash from Serena's head. Why didn't she notice the blood before? Serena wondered during her long track home. She remembered that it was over three miles to the nearest store.

As she walked and tried to stop the blood flow from her head, Serena came up with a plan to get Harry away from his hateful family. She also thought about simply calling the police on them for abuse so that they wouldn't be able to ruin Charles as well. But there was a reason no one knew about wizards and Serena didn't want to risk them finding out that she still retained her memories. That was something that confused Serena. Why did she still remember? Based on their assurance that she had forgotten, Serena knew that most people did forget. Serena knew that it was a problem for another time. Her first concern had to be Harry.

Serena finally reached a 24-hour gas station and used the concerned cashiers phone to call a cab. Serena didn't want to worry her mom, or alert her that something was wrong. Her mom had enough to worry about without putting her in danger from these wizards.

After the cab ride back to her house, Serena snuck into the house. Suddenly there was a crash and the sound of something breaking. She ran up to see a man in the black robes and a mask disappearing. Serena felt her heart break when she saw her sweet mom lying on the ground, looking blankly up at the ceiling. Just to be sure, Serena felt for a pulse that wasn't there and fell apart.

All she could think was that this was her fault. She would never see her Mom's smile again. She would never be able to make their special waffles with her mom ever again. She could never even tell her mom that she loved her again. In the distance, she heard the strange keening sound, only to realize that she was the one making it. But Serena couldn't stop. She hugged her mother's body to her and stayed like that for the rest of the night; lost in memories and feelings of guilt and anguish.

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Sorry about the sad note I'm leaving this on! But I will update soon, maybe even tomorrow! I can't believe that so many people have favorited my story and added it onto their alerts! It makes me really happy! And shout out to my first reviewer, thank you! I always love reviews and ideas on what you want to happen in the story. If I like it, I will make it happen and give you a shout out! Love you guys!

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