A/N: I would just like to thank you guys for all the Follows and Favs! It really got me motivated to keep this up and is the reason to why I wrote this rather quickly and made it longer that I was planning. Special thanks to anarion87, xXMizz Alec VolturiXx, Man of Constant Sorrow, Guest (x2) and lillymariepotter for your reviews and positive critique.
To answer some of your questions, they are not child soldiers, they are trained by the SAS (The British Special Forces) which I hope I have shown in this chapter.
I'm from Sweden so my native language is not English so I hope that you can accept my spelling error and if you find some than please point them out so that I can fix them… Nobody is perfect ;)
Plot: The second the Dursleys laid their eyes upon Harry Potter they decided that they could not keep him. The dumped him on the curb in a slum part of London. But what happens when Harry Potter is picked up by somebody else? Somebody who is different? Who would raise Harry in a completely different way, who would teach him to be a leader, a man and most of all… how to be a soldier.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any other character that JK has created.
"Conversation"
'Thoughts'
PARSELTONGUE
"Allow me to welcome you to diagon alley" the man with greasy hair and a crocked nose said as the brick wall started to move, turning into a gateway. Harry and Sofie walked through the brick gateway and their jaws dropped. They took in everything at once, all the stores, all the people who was dressed in robes and walked between shops. Just as Harry and Sofie was about to run exploring their future Professor caught them by the collar of their shirts, stopping them from moving anywhere.
"You two are sticking with me" he hissed and loosened his grip of their clothes but not letting go completely.
"Well then let's go there" the two children said and pointed at two shops in opposite directions.
"No! We are going to Gringotts" he commanded and started to walk towards the giant building in front of them, pulling them along with him.
Harry, who realized that struggling against the man was a bad idea walked alongside the Professor, watching the stores around him with awe and admiration.
"Here we are" Snape said and stopped in front of the main staircase leading up to Gringotts.
Harry whistled impressed at the big, golden building in front of him. "Professor what is this place?" he asked and turned to look at the man on his right.
"This is Grongotts, the wizarding bank" he started and looked down at the boy looking up at him. He flinched when he saw the boy's eyes looking up at him, filled with curiosity. 'Her eyes' he thought to himself.
"This is where we will change your pounds into wizard money" he continued and looked at Sofie, who had stopped struggling and was watching the building with an open mouth.
"Huh?" was all that Sofie replied before turning her attention to the professor.
"Let's go" he said, not wanting to repeat himself.
A Different World Indeed
"They grow up so fast" William said to his best friend sitting in front of him, across the desk.
"Get your shit together" Stenemo growled.
"You're not the only one that will miss them" she continued.
"But you weren't the one who found him" William argued, his eyes focusing on nothing at all as he started to remember.
'Damn rain' The young man thought to himself as he walked through the streets of east London, the rain pouring down on him. He stopped in his tracks, hearing a baby's cry nearby. He looked around and saw a small alley and decided to find the source of the cries. Behind a big green dumpster he found the source, a small baby. William quickly picked the baby and hushed it.
"Where is your parents" he asked in a low voice as he rocked the baby. The cloth the baby was wrapped in was drenched in water. William quickly pulled of his uniform jacket and laid it down on the ground, placing the small baby on top of it. He pulled his long sleeve shirt over his head before unwrapping the baby, who he noticed was a boy and then wrapped him in his warm long sleeve shirt. The baby stopped crying and William quickly pulled his jacket on again, covering his naked arms. Just as he was about to turn around with the baby in his hands he saw a small envelope in the old cloth that had covered the baby. He quickly picked it up and put it in his pocket before heading to his temporary apartment.
"You will not take him away from me!" William shouted at the Military Police who was standing outside his commanding officers office.
"William please sit down and listen to me" the old man behind the desk pleaded, gesturing to the chair in the room. William sat down, still with the baby boy in his arms. He locked eyes with his commanding office.
"As you command colonel" he hissed.
"We are the SAS, we can't take care of children" the older man started but was interrupted by the William.
"Why not!? He can live in the old barrack that no one uses any more" William argued, knowing that he was right.
"And who will take care of him?" the colonel asked his best officer.
"I will" William snapped, not wanting to lose the boy.
"And when you are out of the country?" he asked, hoping that William would do what he had whished for the last three years.
"Then put me behind a desk! Just don't take him away from me" William said and rose from his seat. The colonel smiled, William had said just what he wanted to.
"Very well" he said and pressed a button on his desk phone, summoning his assistant.
"Get barrack 3 cleaned out and put a bed in there and a cradle" he ordered. "William, I'm promoting you to Major and give you the task to train all the troops" he said before gesturing towards the door. "Now get the baby out of here and into his new room.
"Sir, his name is Harry" William said before turning around and walking out of the room.
'Déjà vu' was all that William could think about as his second in command and best friend stood in front of him.
"You want her to stay here? You know that you'll end up with a desk job just like me" he said and gave his best friend a sad smile.
"I know I just had to" the woman said and looked down at the little girl clutching to her leg. Her blond hair was all over the place and filled with dirt.
"Go talk to the colonel about this" William said and walked around the desk.
"I'm just going away for a few minutes but William here will take care of you okay?" Stenemo said to the small girl before gently prying her arms away from her leg. As Stenemo walked out of the office William kneeled down so that he was eyes to eyes with the girl.
"Hi there, my name is William. What is yours?" he asked her with a friendly voice. He could see the bruises covering her arms and legs, her torn clothes not doing much to cover her damaged and skinny frame.
"I'm Sofie" the little girl said in a low, scared voice.
"It's nice to meet you Sofie" William said and smiled at her.
"You know there is a boy here who I think you will come along with pretty good" He said and thought about Harry. 'Somebody who don't either have any living family left' he thought to himself.
"At least they are together" he said in a low voice.
A Different World Indeed
'The boy is different' Severus Snape thought to himself. 'The boy is not like James, he seems to enjoy playing around but not in the way he did' Snape trailed on as they were walking out of Gringotts. Their visit in the bank had gone smoothly and without hiccups. They had started by going to Harry vault, recovering money from there before retuning back up to the surface and changing the money he had received from colonel Johnson.
"Now give me fifthteen galleons each and I will go and buy your school books" Snape said and hold out his hand for the two children to place their money in.
"And what are we going to do while you are buying our books?" Harry asked as he handed the man the galleons.
"You will visit that shop and buy your school robes" he replied and pointed at Madame Malkins.
"Last one there will have to clean the others bunk" Sofie said and quickly ran towards the shop that the professor had pointed out.
"I win!" Harry exclaimed as he ran through the door that Sofie had opened.
"Are you here for you Hogwarts robes dears?" A woman asked as she walked through a doorway into the front of the shop.
"Yes we are ma'am" Harry said and walked up to her.
"My name is Harry and this is Sofie" he said and gestured to the girl that was behind him before offering the woman his hand.
"A pleasure to meet the both of you" Madame Malkin said and shook Harry's hand.
"Please follow me" she said before turning around and leading them to the back of the shop. The walls were covered by stacks upon stacks of different fabrics and in the middle were two small round pedestals, about a foot above the floor and wide enough for a grown man to stand on.
"Who wants to go first" She asked them, gesturing to the closest of the pedestals.
"I think that the Lady will go first" Harry said and gestured to Sofie who was quickly guided on top of the pedestal by Madame Malkin. While Sofie had her measurements taken, Harry walked along the walls, looking and feeling the different fabrics. He could feel somebody watching him and when he turned around he saw a boy, about his age and heighted with beautiful blond hair and … eyes watching him from the other pedestal. 'How can I have missed him before' Harry thought to himself.
"Good morning" Harry greeted the boy.
"Good morning" The boy replied, not taking his eyes of Harry.
"My name is Harry" Harry said and walked up to the boy and offered him his hand. 'Always be polite to strangers' Harry heard William say in his head. The boy looked down at his hand and seemed to think about it for a second before shaking it.
"Draco, Draco Malfoy" The boy introduced himself.
"Are you also going to Hogwarts?" Sofie asked and turned to look at Draco.
"Well of course I am" the boy replied, turning his gaze to Sofie.
"I presume that you are too?" the boy asked Sofie.
"Well yes and I'm really excited" Sofie said and gave Draco a smile.
"I didn't know I was a witch until yesterday…" She started before looking at Harry.
"None of us knew" she said and gestured to Harry. Draco almost dropped his jaw at that. 'Harry Potter not knowing he's a wizard until yesterday?' he asked himself.
"Now it's your turn dear" Madame Malkin said and gestured for Harry to take Sofies place. As she was taking Harry's measurements Harry decided that he needed to ask the woman.
"Ma'am I presume from your stock that you don't only sell Hogwarts robes?" Harry asked her.
"Well of course not dear" Malkin replied and smiled at Harry before turning to Draco.
"You can get down from there Mr. Malfoy, I do believe that your father is waiting in the lobby for you" She said and looked at the blond boy who nodded and walked towards the doorway.
"I'll see you at Hogwarts" Harry said and smiled at Draco who stopped, turned to nod at Harry before walking to the front of the shop.
"Well I would like to buy a set of dark green robes" Draco could hear Harry say. He smiled at that, 'maybe he will go to Slytherin' Draco thought to himself before walking out of the shop with his father.
A Different World Indeed
An hour later Harry, Sofie and their future professor was walking down Diagon alley, their hands filled with shopping bags.
"The only thing that is left is a pet if you want" Snape informed them and gestured to the pet shop to their right.
"Oh Harry, can we go in there? Please?" Sofie begged and used her puppy eyes on Harry.
"Sure" he said before looking at the professor.
"What kind of animal would you recommend professor?" Harry asked Snape.
"A lot of students buy owls to be able to send letters to their family and friends, but if you can't afford one then then you could use one of Hogwarts" The professor informed harry. The boy had made an impact on the man during the day. Severus expected him to be just like his father, arrogant, demanding and always thinking that he was the best. But this boy was formal, wasn't scared of showing that he didn't know something and loved to learn. 'He may look like his father but he is like his mother' Snape thought to himself.
Harry nodded at his professor before walking into the shop.
"Harry come quick! There's something I want to show you" Sofie exclaimed as she ran up to him and dragged him into the back of the store. The back wall was covered with snakes of different shape and sizes. Harry let out a whistle in impression and looked at all the snakes.
"Harry look out!" Sofie exclaimed. They had been doing the obstacle course in the forest and harry had tripped on a root. A few inches from his face was a snake, and it was hissing at him.
"GET AWAY FROM ME HUMAN"Harry could hear the snake hiss.
"I'M SORRY, I'LL GET AWAY"Harry said and slowly mowed his hand forward, watching the snake so that it wouldn't be scared of his movements. The snake watched him with what he thought was awe in it's eyes as he place his hands on the ground next to his shoulders and pushed himself upwards, standing up.
"THE HUMAN CAN TALK TO ME"the snake hissed shocked.
"THE HUMAN UNDERSTANDS ME!" the snake continued, bobbing it's head up and down in excitement.
"WELL I GUESS I CAN" Harry said and scratched his neck with his right hand.
"I DIDN'T HURT YOU DID I?"Harry asked the snake with worry in his voice.
"WHY NO. YOU ONLY SURPRISED ME." The snake said and moved towards Harry.
"Harry look out it's going to bite you!" Sofie exclaimed from a few yards away.
"Not it's not. I just scared it when I fell" Harry said to Sofie, keeping his eyes on the snake that moved up to his foot before stopping.
"YOU WOULDN'T MIND GIVING ME A LIFT OVER THERE, WOULD YOU?"the snake asked and bobbed its head towards a few bushes on the other side of the clearing. They were at the edge of.
"NOT A PROBLEM" Harry said before bending down before gently picking up the snake.
"Harry what are you doing?" Sofie asked with chock and worry in her voice.
"I will just carry the snake to the bushes over there" Harry said and gestured to the bushes.
"What if it bites you?" Sofie argued and looked at the snake with doubt in her voice.
"You heard it. I only scared it" Harry said as he started to walk across the clearing.
"The only thing I heard was it hissing at you and you hissing back" Sofie said with a low voice, walking next to harry on the other side that the snake.
"You mean to tell me that I speak snake?" Harry joked and smiled at her.
"I looks that way" She said, no finding anything funny with the situation.
"Wicked" Harry said with a grin on his lips.
"THIS WILL DO JUST FINE"the snake said as they reached the bushes. Harry placed it down on the ground next to the bushes.
"THANK YOU" the snake hissed before making its way into the bushes.
"Harry, you can talk to SNAKES!" sofie exclaimed, putting tone on the last word.
"Try and see If you can talk to these snakes to" Severus Snape could hear Sofie order Harry.
"Harry can talk to snakes? How can that be?" Snape muttered under his breath. 'This boy continue to surprise me' he thought to himself. And true enough, Snape watched as Harry hissed at one snake after another, and they replied in the same manor.
"I'll buy this one" Harry said and pointed at one of the smaller snake. It was … and hade piercing amber eyes.
"That's a viper, one of the deadliest snakes on the planet, are you sure that you want this one?" Snape asked the boy.
"Yes I know it's a viper and I want it" Harry replied and looked beyond Snape, at the shopkeeper.
"I'll buy this snake, please" Harry told the shopkeeper.
"Are you sure?" the shopkeeper asked Harry.
"Vipers are really unpredictable and can bite you without warning" the shopkeeper said as he walked up to the boy.
"Can, I, Buy, This, Viper, Please" harry said, marking each word.
"Very well" the shopkeeper said and turned around to go and get the snake handling equipment.
"Just open the glass and I can retrieve him2 Harry said and gesture to the look that was keeping the viper in. The shopkeeper looked at Harry with surprise in his eyes but complied. Harry reached his hand inside the snakes living area and it gently climbed into his arm and made its way to his shoulder where it sat.
"Very strange" the shopkeeper muttered to himself as the boy walked past him to look at snake food and similar equipment that would be needed. Snape looked around and couldn't see Sofie anywhere.
Fifteen minutes later Harry had purchased all that was needed and was about out of the store when Sofie surprised him.
"Happy birthday Harry" she exclaimed and held up a caged with a beautiful snow owl in it.
"You bought her for me?" He asked with surprise in his voice.
"Well yes, why wouldn't I?" she asked him. Harry's eyes teared, it was the most beautiful gift he had ever received and it would make it possible for him to talk to William.
A/N: You didn't think I was going to leave Hedwig out did you?
I was planning to do Olivander's in this chapter too but it just go soooooooo long, so now I leave it up to you. Either I will put their wand purchase in the next chapter or I'll skip it… Leave a comment or PM me and tell me what you think!
A/N2: I will hopefully write more that the first book and then I will do pairing but right now they are too young to be dating so I'll wait with that until they are older. Please follow if you like that story (if you haven't already) and comment if you see any spelling errors or if you find any flaw, or just if you want to tell me that it's a great story, it's really motivating!
A/N3: Sorry for all the author's notes but I just want to give you guys a heads up, right now when I'm writing this I'm sitting on a plain to Spain so I might not be able to quickly answer or post as much right now :(
I'll be working on my tan and when I'll come back home I promise you that I will have chapter 3 (and hopefully 4) up for you guys to read. Peace out!
