Disclaimer: I don't own a smidgeon of the Harry Potter universe, but I hope that I'll have a wand by the time I go to Universal… But the good news is, I have money to buy myself Arby's Potato bites again, hooray for birthdays!
Pairing/s: Yeah, still thinking, thought I do have at least one or two pairings that are concrete in my mind, won't say what they are yet, but I think people'll be happy with 'em. If not, be polite, just because we have different views on the romantic relationships of fictional characters doesn't require us to act like barbarians about said disagreements… Without a proper coliseum that is… Anyways, that won't be for a long while yet anyhoo, they're KIDS! And shota is just friggin' sick and creepy… Shudders…
A/N: Okay, first few days of school, not as bad as I thought… Unfortunately that means the rest of the year is going to be just that much more grueling later on… Oh well, anyways, here's the first chapter peoples, read, enjoy, and leave a review to tell me what you think! =)
NOTE: Great, now I'll have even less time to write… I've decided to start playing the piano again, after a three year quit gap… I wonder how much I've forgotten… Oh well, time will tell I suppose…
OTHER NOTE/S: Okay, I don't know if it's universal, but by the time that I was the age that the twins were in this chapter, I was already capable of articulating myself without sounding like a toddler. So yeah, I'm not doing a childish stutter unless they're really big or complicated words. Also, yeah, Noelle isn't albino anymore, since people got so incensed with that one, if you guys noticed that I never gave a physical description of her in the prologue, you now know why. I decided to make her look normal, there, now…
REMEMBER: This HP universe is set a WHOLE decade ahead than what JKR used, so if the canon birth year of the Marauders and anyone of their ages is 1960, they will have been born in 1970 instead, that makes Harry's birth year 1990 instead of 1980. But some events(historic) may be mish-mashed around as I see fit, so not complainies!
AND if anyone can come up with a better chapter title than this one and tells me, I would be eternally grateful, because this chapter title is crap…
IMPERIO! (I command thee to read!)
Chapter 1: Lifetime Commencement
The sun rose, bright rays of light filtered through blue-tasseled curtains, illuminating the room in a slow shuffle.
The room was the bedroom of two, modestly sized, rather squarish in shape, with walls painted a light, purplish blue with mottled, light grey trim. There were two twin beds, one on the far side of the room right next to a window framed by dark, pin-striped purple curtain. The window was situated more towards the far left corner of the room from the door. The comforter was blue and white floral print on dark lavender, it didn't really matter though, it was never used anyway.
On the left wall was another bed, closer to the far left corner of the room, near the first bed and the window, the dark red and black comforter with moving snitches zipping around, was bunched around two, small, lumps…
"Harry…" Came a groggy, girlish voice beneath the comforter, "turn the sun off."
"'M not the master of the universe Elle…" Came the soft murmur of her brother.
"Meh." To that, the dark haired girl simply turned over and buried her face into the pillow.
Nearly four years had passed since the defeat of Voldemort that Halloween night in Godric's Hollow, life had settled down in the Wizarding World, and relief had been keen on everyone's minds.
The Potter's had moved back to the Potter Manor, James's childhood home, after the war had ended. The Wizarding World was peaceful once again, life was good.
That wasn't to say that the War hadn't left its scars on Magical Europe, almost everyone had been left facing great losses in the wake of the war that Voldemort had started, even comparable to the previous Dark Lord, Grindelwald.
And the Potters weren't without their own loss, Lily's parents had been killed in one of the Death Eater's Muggle raids, and James's parents as well to another Death Eater raid on one of the safehouses.
Even closer to home, Peter Pettigrew was had disappeared, it was assumed that he was tortured for the location of James and Lily and obviously, he was never found. Several months after the war, he had been declared KIA and awarded an Order of Merlin – First Class.
It was a point of sadness that was felt by all the remaining Marauders, and the fact that Sirius and James had even considered Remus to be the mole as well had been a hurdle that took time to heal.
But all in all, childhood for the Potter siblings was good.
A good as it could be, Andrew was always a bit more demanding from his parents, always toddling off into trouble, and certainly much louder than his elder siblings.
Harry was more of a happy-go-lucky child, and was never very keen for his little brother's company after Andrew dropped a copy of 'One-Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi' on his head when they were three in a bout of accidental magic, it may have been unintentional, but the book still hurt…
Noelle groaned as Harry pushed her and the rest of the comforter off the bed.
"Harrryyyyy…" Noelle whined as she disentangled herself from her cocoon of sheets.
"Good morning Elle!" Harry said cheerfully as he put on his black, wire-rimmed, round glasses, as if he hadn't just shoved his sister off the bed just to wake her up. Needless to say, Harry unfortunately, had inherited his Father's poor natural vision.
He glanced at the slight frost that had gathered on the other side of the window and grinned, what a beautiful January…
Though she was quiet, Noelle quite preferred her twin brother's company to that of her younger sibling, who tended to take toys and snacks just because it wasn't in his hand.
Plus, Andrew always threw fits when their Uncle Moony tried to hold him, even set his jacket on fire once, it was enough to make Noelle dislike him. It's not like they spent any time together, unless it was Andrew hogging their parents and Uncle Sirius's attention.
Uncle Sirius loved the three to pieces, and was the patented 'Fun Uncle' who could let them get away with almost anything. Though Andrew was still cute enough to steal his attention away a lot of times, he loved all his Godchildren.
Remus Lupin, or Uncle Moony to the Noelle and Harry, loved the three as well, even if the youngest just didn't seem to like him, though James, Lily and Sirius assured him that Andrew would grow out of it. He always gave good chocolate boxes, as the twins found out when they were two and they discovered his super-secret chocolate stash in their very own house and were bounced(almost literally too) up and down the hallways of Potter Manor in the throes of a historic sugar rush.
Noelle and Harry were well aware that their parents loved them, very much. But always felt as if their little brother Andrew, whom was hailed as the savior of the Wizarding World, the sole conqueror of Voldemort, also known as the Boy-Who-Lived, was just a bit more attention catching than they were. Andrew had an almost star-shaped scar on his chest, kind of like his badge of honor, and it was famous.
Like when their Mum and Dad took them all out, people would stop and gawk, whisper and many other things…
Harry on the other hand had a much cooler scar, in his sister's opinion. It was on his forehead, slightly off-center towards his right side and it looked like a bolt of lightning.
All Noelle had to show from that night in Godric's Hollow was a horizontal scarline located near the top of her left cheekbone, but it had already begun to fade.
Harry usually took it all in stride, though when he conferred with his sister, as they were prone to doing, she usually pointed out that something about Andrew was just… Weird.
But today, Andrew, was off playing with his toys in his own room.
Noelle saw the opportunity, and she and Harry each took a parent. Harry went to Lily, and Noelle went to James, and spent as much time with them before Andrew's short attention span ran out and made him cry for Mummy.
Harry was happily showing his Mum his drawings of their family, then frowned.
"Mummy are you okay?" Harry reached up his little hand and put against her forehead, taking note that his Mum and Dad seemed to look a bit paler than normal these days.
"Of course, Mummy is just a bit tired today." Lily reassured her son, wondering vaguely why she couldn't recall spending time with him or her daughter the day before…
Noelle was listening to her Daddy talking all about Quidditch while sitting on his lap as he showed off his copy of 'Quidditch Through the Ages' and how at he caught Dark Wizards at the Auror Department… Then Andrew ran into the room…
"Mummy! Hungry!" Andrew leapt about excitedly, his hazel eyes flashing merrily.
Calmly, Lily left to begin preparing lunch along DeeDee, one of the Potter family House Elves.
Andrew ran up to their Father, and tugged at his long sleeve, "Daddy! Up! Up!"
Suddenly Andrew had floated up rather quickly to his Father's lap, effectively wrestling his sister out of her claimed spot.
Andrew always tended to have a lot more accidental magic than Harry or Noelle, but then again, they weren't as difficult to please either.
"Andrew, be nice to your sister." James said almost half-heartedly, before his face split into a small grin, "your accidental magic's just all over the place isn't it?"
And there they went again, leaving Harry and Noelle alone in the living room, again…
Harry did spot his Father trying to turn his head towards them, but his eyes slid over them as if distracted by a passing flyaway thought.
"We'll get you for lunch 'kay Harry? Frankie?" James said without waiting for the answers from his almost five-year old twins as he left the room, carrying Andrew the entire way.
Harry sighed, before realizing that he'd dropped his drawings when Andrew had entered the room, so he bent to pick them up.
Only to find blackened ashes in their place…
Harry walked to joined his sister in front of the unlit fireplace before-
CRASH!
An almost deafening crash sounded from just behind him, Harry turned around, to see the bookcase that lay face down on the floor that just missed crushing him by mere inches…
Two pairs of green eyes met with curiosity and slight apprehension, as the air seemed to whisper with a latent, something…
'Weird…' Harry thought as his sister followed him back to their room, hoping that their Mummy would get a good night's sleep the coming night…
A/N: FOR THE LOVE OF PETE! I actually finished something today! Aaaauuuggghh! That was practically painful and I haven't gotten up outta this chair since this morning except for potty breaks… Dear lord my back is stiff… Anyways, yeah, first chappie, WOOOOOOO! Please review! Tell me what you think! (If there are mistakes, point them out to me, I will edit them, editing is much easier than writing… I think…)
ALSO: This particular chapter is set in January of 1995.
AAAAANNND, notice anything… Unusual?
And if you don't take requests then…
IMPERIO! (I command thee to leave a review!)