The Forgotten Hero

4th August 1991

"Padfoot, hurry up, we're ready to leave" shouted Harry as he waited at the bottom of the stairs in Potter Manor. He was dressed in a red t-shirt and denim jeans with white and blue trainers. They were heading to Diagon Alley today to get their school supplies, they being James, Lily, Harry, Charles, Sirius and Remus, they were also meeting up with the Weasleys in Diagon Alley so they could all complete their shopping together.

"Alright, keep your hair on, I'm coming" shouted Sirius as he appeared at the top of the stairs. He was dressed in his formal Black family robes.

Sirius made his way down the stairs towards the group. Him and Remus had come over the previous night and stopped over so that they could all leave together for Diagon Alley instead of meeting up at a pre-determined time. Sirius looked towards the rest of the group and nodded his head at them. Sirius and Remus weren't very happy with the way James, Lily and Charles had treated Harry over the last few days and they were showing it. However James and Lily either didn't seem to notice or didn't seem to bothered about it.

Other than Sirius and Remus only Dorea had showed Harry any sympathy and kindness ever since he revealed his views for Slytherin. Harry hadn't spoken to the rest of his family since that night but it didn't bother him that much especially concerning Charles who he hadn't been close to in years.

The group were using side along apparation to travel to Diagon Alley with James taking Charles, Lily taking Dorea, Sirius taking Harry and Remus following them. Sirius, Harry and Remus went first, with Lily and Dorea went second with James and Charles went last.

After James and Charles arrived in the Alley multiple reporters spotted them and made their way over to Charles shouting questions at him. As usual Charles was basking in the attention answering as many questions as he could. However this time was different Charles had noticed Harry's frustrated reaction at the situation and decided to take advantage of it.

"Mr Potter, Rita Skeeter Daily Prophet, what houses do you and your brother hope to be sorted into at Hogwarts" said a blonde haired female reporter known as Rita Skeeter who was dressed in dark green robes and wore hideous black glasses.

Charles smirked, he knew who Rita Skeeter was and how she twisted the truth to make a profit, he knew just what to say.

"Well like my parents, my godfather and my uncle I plan to be sorted into Gryffindor, like a true Potter should, as for my brother, we found out the other night that he has a strong desire to be a Slytherin, though we have no idea why" said Charles casually.

Harry tightened his grip on Sirius's arm and started to get angry.

"Really and how do you feel about that Mr Potter, angry, ashamed?" said Rita writing down as much information as possible.

"Ashamed really, I mean why would a Potter want to associate with a house that has a reputation for dark wizards" replied Charles looking at his brother.

"That's enough Charles, you've gone too far now" scolded Lily pulling her son away from Rita Skeeter.

"You should be ashamed of yourself Charles, that is your brother you are talking about" shouted Sirius glaring at Charles.

Remus moved over to stand with Sirius.

"Uncle can I stay with you for the rest of the summer, I'd rather not go back to a house where only one person can actually treat me like a human being?" said Harry.

"Course you can Harry" replied Sirius looking at the rest of the Potters with disgust.

Harry walked over to the Potters.

"My key please Father" said Harry refusing to meet eye contact with James and holding out his hand.

James sighed and then handed Harry his key rather reluctantly.

Harry turned to Dorea and hugged her.

"Don't worry Rea, I'll be back before the end of summer, I promise, also when you see Fred and George tell them I'll see them on the train" said Harry as he got up.

Dorea smiled at him and gave a small wave goodbye.

He looked at the other three members of his family but didn't say anything. He turned and walked away.

"Lets go" he muttered to Sirius handing him the Gringotts key as the three walked down the street towards Gringotts.

At Gringotts Remus waited in the lobby while Harry and Sirius went down to Harry's trust vault to withdraw him enough Galleons to pay for his equipment and cover him for an entire school year.

The three then started walking down the street towards the shops.

"Come on, we'll go to Madam Malkins first to get you your robes, Remus will you take him in, I need to pick something up" said Sirius.

"Of course" said Remus as he guided Harry into the shop.

They went to sit in the waiting area when Remus heard a familiar voice call out to him.

"Remus Lupin, is that you, I barely recognised you" said a stern female voice.

He and Harry turned to look in the direction of the voice and were met with a average height woman with long blond hair wearing dark green robes.

"Lady Greengrass, it has been a long time, and where is Lord Greengrass, not hiding I hope" replied Remus calmly.

"Oh don't give me that Lady claptrap, call me Lucille, and Cyrus is at Fortescues with our younger daughter Astoria, I'm here with Daphne our eldest she's starting Hogwarts this year" said Lucille.

"What a pleasant surprise, Harry here is starting this year as well, Harry this is Lucille Greengrass a friend of your Aunt Andi's from school, Lucille Greengrass meet Harry Potter" said Remus Lupin.

"A pleasure to meet you Mrs Greengrass" said Harry taking her hand and lightly kissing her hand which caused Lucille to chuckle which caused Remus to smirk.

"The pleasure is all mine Mr Potter, and may I say what a polite young man you are, even this one over there never kissed my hand like you did" replied Lucille indicating to Remus.

Harry smirked.

"Really Moony, how could you not give this lady the common courtesies she deserves from you, you should be ashamed" said Harry causing Lucille to burst out laughing while Remus smiled.

"Mum, I've got my robes, were ready to pay for them now" said a young blonde girl with ice blue eyes walking out from the fitting rooms of the shop.

"Daphne, come here darling" said Lucille as Daphne walked over to her mother.

"Daphne meet Remus Lupin an old friend of mine from school" continued Lucille as she gestured to Remus who came over to greet her.

"Nice to meet you Ms Greengrass" said Remus smiling at her holding out his hand for her to shake.

"Likewise, Mr Lupin" replied Daphne as she shook his hand and smiled.

"And Daphne, meet Harry Potter, he'll be in your year at Hogwarts" said Lucille gesturing to Harry who was stood beside her.

Daphne turned to face Harry and held out he hand to him.

"A pleasure to meet you Ms Greengrass" said Harry as he took her hand and kissed it lightly. Lucille looked shocked and gasped as if expecting something else to happen. Instead Daphne smiled at harry and blushed lightly which did not go unnoticed by her mother.

"A pleasure to meet you too Mr Potter" said Daphne smiling.

Harry chuckled.

"Please call me Harry Ms Greengrass" replied Harry smiling.

"Then will you call me Daphne Harry" said Daphne retracting her hand from Harry's.

"Of course, Daphne" said Harry.

Remus and Lucille looked at each other and smirked.

"As much as I'd hate to tear you away from this handsome boy Daphne, I believe he is waiting to be fitted for his robes" said Lucille smiling.

Daphne blushed.

"Lucille, how much more do you need to get after this?" said Remus.

"Oh, wand, books, cauldron and potion ingredients, quills ink and parchment, and an owl for Daphne" replied Lucille checking her list.

"Well we haven't got any of that stuff yet, why don't you Daphne, Astoria and Cyrus collect all of your equipment with us, give the young couple a chance to get to know each other better" said Remus smirking at that last part causing Harry and Daphne to blush heavily and look at the floor.

"Sure why not, and I thought the old dog might be around here somewhere, we'll meet you at Fortescue's when your done" replied Lucille as she and Daphne walked out of the shop.

"See you in a bit Daph" said Harry as she was leaving.

"You too Harry" replied Daphne smiling.

As the door closed Remus smirked at Harry.

"What Moony?" said Harry sternly.

"I think you just outdid Padfoot Harry, even he didn't make girls blush when he was eleven, well done kiddo you just discovered girls" laughed Remus.

"Funny" said Harry sarcastically.

Madam Malkin appeared from the back room.

"Ready to be fitted young man?" said Madam Malkin.

"Yes ma'am" replied Harry.

"Very well follow me" said Madam Malkin as she walked into the fitting room with Harry following her.

After Harry had been fitted for his robes he noticed Sirius was back and was making a pretty poor attempt at hiding something behind his back.

"You all set for robes then Harry, Remus said were meeting your new girlfriend at Fortescue's so you can spend the day making each other blush" smirked Sirius.

Harry blushed.

"Here you are Harry" said Sirius as he pulled a grey cage containing a black owl with piercing yellow eyes out from behind his back and handed it to him.

"Sirius I" said Harry sounding shocked.

"He's a going away present from me and Moony, he hasn't got a name yet, so you can name him" said Sirius.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you so much, Ill call him shadow since he is black like night time" said Harry.

Meanwhile at Florian Fortescue's ice cream parlour Daphne and Lucille were sat at a table with a man and a young girl eating multi coloured ice cream. The man was Cyrus Greengrass who was over six feet tall well built and had a brown buzz cut hairstyle which made him look like he should be in the army. The girl was Astoria Greengrass who shared many similarities to her sister Daphne except for her chocolate brown hair instead of Daphne's blonde hair.

The group were chatting about the encounter with Harry Potter in Madam Malkins.

"-and she redder than a ripe tomato she did" laughed Lucille as did Cyrus and Astoria.

"Muuuummmm!" squealed Daphne embarrassed.

"Do I need to have a talk with him Daphie?" said Cyrus sternly.

"No daddy, you're embarrassing me" complained Daphne getting even more embarrassed.

"That's what daddies do" smirked Cyrus causing Daphne to punch him lightly on the arm before she crossed her arms and huffed.

"I wonder why he is here with Remus and Sirius instead of his parents and siblings though" said Lucille.

"We could always ask them Luce" replied Cyrus.

"Did young Ms Greengrass just punch her father a minute ago Remus, not a good show of wizarding manners is it" laughed Sirius getting the entire tables attention.

"Sirius Black, you always knew how to attract attention with smallest actions" said Cyrus as he stood up face to face with Sirius.

"Cyrus, my old friend, how are you" replied Sirius as he embraced him in a hug which Cyrus gladly returned.

"Good thanks, what about yourself?" said Cyrus releasing himself from Sirius's hug.

"I'm good, couldn't be better right now" said Sirius.

"And yourself Remus?" said Cyrus embracing Lupin in a one armed hug.

"Surviving, helping raise my god daughter among other things" replied Remus with a small smile.

Cyrus showed a sad smile at Remus's answer, he knew of his friends struggle through life as a werewolf but could do nothing about it.

"Shall we continue on then?" said Lucille getting up from her chair.

"Luce, could you take the kids to Olivander's, I want to have a private word with Sirius and Remus" said Cyrus.

"Okay, don't be too long though" replied Lucille as she guided the kids out of Fortescue's and towards the street.

Harry looked at Sirius and Remus.

"Go on Harry, it will be alright, we'll see you in a moment" said Remus calmly.

After Lucille had gone up the street with the kids Cyrus turned to the two Marauders.

"Okay I'll just get straight to the point, why is it that Harry is here with you without his family?" said Cyrus sounding concerned.

Sirius and Remus looked at each other concerned before turning back to look at Cyrus.

"As much as we'd like to tell you Cyrus, it is not our story to tell, its Harry's, he'll talk about it when he's ready" said Sirius.

"Look, you can see he's getting close to Daphne, if he chooses to tell her then maybe he'll feel comfortable telling you in time, until then we can't say anything" said Remus.

Cyrus thought about this for a few seconds.

"Alright, that's settled then, its just me and Lucille are worried about him that's all" replied Cyrus.

"I know its hard Cy, but its just the way it is, come on lets go catch up to the others at Olivanders, I wanna see my godson get his first wand" said Sirius who felt proud after that last statement.

The three set off towards Olivanders.

Harry was walking next to Daphne and her sister Astoria while Lucille walked just behind them.

"Harry, this is my sister Astoria, but we call her Tori she's nine years old" said Daphne.

"Pleasure to meet you Tori, my sister Dorea is your age, I'll introduce you to her if you like" said Harry.

"That would be nice, I look forward to meeting her" replied Astoria smiling at Harry.

Lucille and the kids entered Olivanders chatting amongst themselves. Lucille stopped in her tracks as soon as they had all entered the store.

James, Lilly Charles, Dorea, Ron Molly and Ginny Weasley were all stood at the counter where Charles had just received his wand from Olivander. They all turned to look at the group who had just entered James, Charles and Ron all had looks of anger on their faces while Lily, Molly and Ginny looked shocked to see Harry with this group of people. However Dorea ran over to him.

"Harry, who are your friends?" said Dorea happily.

"Dorea, meet Mrs Lucille Greengrass and her daughters Daphne, she's going to Hogwarts this year as well" gesturing to Daphne "and Astoria or Tori as she likes to be called, she's the same age as you" gesturing to Astoria.

"Girls, this is my sister Dorea" said Harry happily

"Nice to meet you both" said Dorea excitedly.

"Nice to meet you Dorea" said Daphne shaking her hand.

"Really great to meet you Dorea, hope we can be good friends" said Astoria excitedly.

"I'm sure you will" said Harry.

"Are you going to introduce the rest of us dear brother" said Charles trying and failing to sound as kind as possible.

"Of course, how could I forget, ladies meet my brother Charles, my mother Lily and my father James" said Harry as he pointed to each one of them in turn.

Ron who was now angrier that Harry had not introduced him to the two the girls especially Daphne swaggered over to her and grabbed her hand intending to kiss it but before he could Daphne pulled her hand away from him.

SLAP!

Ron fell back to the floor with a red handprint on his face from the slap. He scrambled to get back to his feet and stood in front of Daphne.

"Back off Ron, the lady did not offer you her hand and she was not impressed by your rudeness, touch her again and you'll be in a lot of trouble" snarled Harry as Ron backed away from them.

Harry leaned closer to Daphne and whispered in her ear.

"Nice slap, he's had that coming for years"

Hearing this caused Daphne to smile widely.

"Harry, what are you doing with these people?" said James who was trying to keep his anger in check.

"What?" said Harry as he turned to face his father.

"What you hanging round with a dark family for Potter" snarled Ron.

"Because their future Slytherin students Ron, he's already mixing with them even though he hasn't been sorted yet, he might end up in Hufflepuff and they won't even think twice about associating with him if that happens" said Charles.

"Ronald Weasley!" shouted Molly.

James and Lily stayed silent.

"Shut up Charles, and as for your Weasel lapdog I'll explain this in small words so he can keep up, the Greengrass family are not dark they're neutral or grey if you want the other name, am I correct Lady Greengrass" snarled Harry calming down when he addressed Lucille.

Lucille was stunned for a moment finally understanding why Harry was not here with his parents after all the hatred and animosity he received because of his house choices was causing her to shake with anger.

"You are correct Harry" said Lucille still shaking with anger.

"What's going on here?" said Sirius as he, Remus and Cyrus all appeared in the doorway.

"Family reunion Uncle Padfoot, as you can see its going well, though I do feel sorry for Mr Olivander given how much of a racket we have made disrupting his fine business. Mr Olivander my apologies" said Harry.

Olivander only nodded.

Upon hearing this the others seemed to calm down as well as Ron and Charles had already bought their wands so the Weasleys and the Potters began to leave Olivanders.

"Mum, Dorea, wait a moment" said Harry.

Lily and Dorea turned around to look at Harry

"Mum as you know I'm going stay with Padfoot for the rest of the summer, but I will come back the night before we leave for Hogwarts, will you allow Dorea to stay with me, Moony and Padfoot tonight, if she would like to that is" said Harry.

"Can I go with Harry please mum" pleaded Dorea.

Lily sighed.

"Yes, you can go, but please be back tomorrow" said Lily ruffling Dorea's hair.

"Okay, thank mum" said Dorea excitedly as she bounced over to where Astoria was stood.

"Harry, can we talk in private please" said Lily sincerely.

Harry thought about it for a moment.

"Okay, Mr Olivander is there anywhere we can go to have a private chat?" said Harry.

"You can go in the storeroom" replied Olivander as he pointed to a door in the corner.

Sirius got up to go and follow him.

"Its okay Sirius, I need to speak to mum alone" said Harry.

Harry and Lily entered the storeroom and stood at opposite ends of the room facing each other in silence.

"What did you want to talk about?" said Harry.

"You and Charles" said Lily.

"What about it" replied Harry.

"Why can't you two be civil to each other, your brothers yet you act like your enemies" sighed Lily.

"Maybe its because he is an arrogant berk and acts like his fame gives him a right to do whatever he wants" said Harry.

"That's quite unfair Harry, you know the pressure he is under because of his destiny" reasoned Lily.

"Pressure, mum he acts like he's gods gift you saw how he treated my friends today calling their neutral family dark because they stayed out of the war, giving Rita Skeeter enough information to publish an article which will no doubt be about that I am going to become a dark wizard, insluting me on my birthday because I wish to be in Slytherin, and you saw that he lets his best friend treat me exactly the same way, yet you and dad stood there and did nothing, how do you think that made me feel?" said Harry in anger.

"I don't know what you want me to say?" said Lily shamefully.

"I want to how a mother can stand there and allow one of her children to completely humiliate and ridicule the other and not say a single word or try to stop it" said Harry calming down.

Lily stayed silent but tears were threatening to fall.

"Your my mother and I will always love you, the same goes for dad, but I feel as though we barely know each other anymore, which should not be possible ever" said Harry looking down at the floor.

"You've changed so much Harry, your father and I feel like we don't know you anymore" sobbed Lily with her hands around her face.

"I have changed, I changed the day that old goat Dumbledore walked into our house on my 7th birthday mum, the day he showered glory and fame on Charles and pushed me to the side, the day I decided that I would not live in my brothers shadow, why do you think I spent all of my time studying and learning how to be better at what I do" said Harry.

Lily removed her hands from her face.

"Is that why you wanted to be in Slytherin Harry" replied Lily.

"Part of the reason, but that does not matter because you, dad and Charles showed me that you could never trust a Slytherin, what would you do if I became a Slytherin Mum would distrust me?" said Harry looking directly into her eyes.

"I don't know Harry, please just stop being this way with me, your my son, I love you" sobbed Lily.

Harry moved over to his mum and took her in his arms.

"I love you too Mum, but sometimes I feel so unappreciated and alone in my home its becoming unbearable, I'm sorry but its the truth, next summer after I've finished my first year we as a family are going to have a discussion about what has happened to me in this house and if I feel the need to leave then I will do so" said Harry.

Lily looked up to him with wide eyes and a shocked face. However this quickly turned into one of understanding.

"I understand Harry, I really hope that you don't leave but I'll understand why if you do decide to leave in the end" said Lily looking at him.

Harry nodded.

"But promise me Harry, that no matter whether you stay or go, promise me that you will keep in touch with, I lost most of my family and friends in the last war, I don't want to lose you or Charles or Dorea either, please don't shut me out of your life Harry" said Lily sobbing into his chest.

"I promise mum" said Harry as he held his mum close to his chest.

She wiped away her tears before both of them left the storeroom.

"Goodbye mum" said Harry as he hugged her.

"Bye Harry, bye Dorea" said Lily as she knelt down to hug her daughter.

Lily got up and walked out of the shop saying goodbye to the rest of the group.

"Thank you Mr Olivander" said Harry.

"Your welcome young Mr Potter"

"Ready to get the rest of your stuff Harry" said Daphne as she put one of her arms around his shoulders.

"Yeah, I needed to do that, I said some things to her which needed to be said, I told her about my problems with my home life and she understood in the end, were going to stay in contact and see if we can work through our problems together" said Harry relieved.

"Then lets get started" said Daphne smiling.

"Ladies first" he laughed pointing to the counter.

The pair acquired their wands after a few tries each. Daphne had a 10 inch Mahogany and Unicorn hair wand while Harry got a 9 inch Yew and Dragon Heartstring wand. After buying the rest of their equipment together they headed to Eyelops Owl Emporium to get Daphne's owl, they found her a grey tawny owl that she named Ice. She told Harry she chose this name because of her Ice Queen persona/mask that she uses at social parties to stop unwanted attention from people she didn't like. Sirius, Remus, Harry and Dorea bid the Greengrass family goodbye at the Leaky Cauldron. Harry gave Daphne his address and told her to write to him and that he would see her on the Hogwarts Express if not sooner.

Harry packed all of his belongings and clothes into his new trunk (unknown to everyone except Harry) Sirius had placed an undetectable extension charm on the trunk so that Harry could pack twice as much into his new trunk. Harry gave his mother a hug goodbye, he looked past her into the kitchen towards James and Charles but neither acknowledged him they shout goodbye to Dorea though which caused Lily to give him a sad smile and apologize about the lack of affection shown by his father and brother.

"Don't apologize for them mum, its not your fault" said Harry managing a small smile.

After sending Shadow ahead to 12 Grimmauld Place Harry travelled with Dorea through the Floo network. Harry and Dorea took delight in telling Sirius and Remus how Daphne had slapped Ron in front of his mother in Olivanders which had the two Marauders howling in laughter.

Before Dorea left Harry loaned her the mirror that Sirius had given him for his birthday for the rest of the summer and told her she could mirror call him whenever she wanted. Harry took Dorea back to Pottor Manor using the Floo network and discovered that only his mother was at home that day since James and Charles were at the Burrow visiting the Weasleys. Since they were alone Harry stayed to talk to his mother about what him and Dorea had got up to while at Sirius's house. She asked him questions about Daphne and Dorea's friendship with Astoria and promising to spend Christmas at Potter Manor. Harry stayed until early evening before finally heading back to Grimmauld Place.

Two days after Dorea left Harry received a letter from Daphne. Opening it eagerly he sat down on one of the sitting room chairs to read it.

Dear Harry

I hope you've been okay, hope things with your mother are okay as well.

Were having a party at my house on the 12th August and I've invited some people who will be attending Hogwarts with us this year. You might know a few of them Neville Longbottom and Susan Bones. Anyway I want you and Dorea to come and bring your mother and uncles if you want as well. Let me know ASAP whether your coming or not.

Hope your enjoying your summer.

Daphne.

Harry smiled at the letter, he knew Sirius and Remus would happily go to the party, he knew Dorea would go as well and he could ask her today and he would ask his mother as well at the same time.

However also on that same day Rita Skeeter's article about Harry Potter appeared in the Daily Prophet. Harry began reading the article in question.

Harry Potter – Dark wizard practitioner

According to the Boy Who Lived Charles Potter who I personally interviewed yesterday in Diagon Alley, Harry Potter twin brother of Charles Potter has revealed to his family that he has dark aspirations to be sorted into Slytherin house at Hogwarts instead of Gryffindor house which is where the Potter family has been sorted for years.

When asked about why Harry would want to be in Slytherin Charles suggested that we ask Harry himself who conveniently walked away before he could be questioned. Could his actions be an admission of guilt? Who knows?

Is Harry Potter an aspiring dark wizard and if so what does this mean for the Boy Who Lived, knowing that his own brother could be on the dark path many dark wizards have already walked down in the past. What do you think readers.

Rita Skeeter

Harry threw the paper on the floor in anger. Great he thought now everyone is gonna think I'm an aspiring dark wizard, thanks a lot Charles. What did I do to deserve such an idiot of a brother like you are in my life.

Harry thought back to the letter he received from Daphne which cheered him up slightly, realizing that he could have a bit of revenge against Charles he went to find Sirius. He found him in the kitchen eating sandwiches for his lunch.

"Padfoot" said Harry causing Sirius to turn around and look at him.

"Harry, come and sit down" replied Sirius pulling the chair next to him out from under the table for Harry to sit in.

"Thanks" said Harry as he sat down next to Sirius.

"What can I help you with then Harry?" said Sirius before taking another bite out of his sandwich.

"Daphne has invited me, you Dorea, Moony and mum to a party at her house on the 12th I was wondering if you would come with me to Potter Manor to tell mum and Dorea" replied Harry.

"I'm guessing that's not the only reason you want to go there Harry" said Sirius raising one eyebrow.

"You're very perceptive uncle, but your right after seeing that trash Skeeter wrote in the Prophet I want to see if Charles will get jealous when he finds out that Mum and Dorea were invited and not him" smirked Harry.

Sirius laughed.

"Just like a true Marauder Harry, we'll go once I've finished lunch" said Sirius.

Harry smiled and thought to himself.

"This is going to be fun".

Sirius quickly Floo called the Potters to see if him and Harry could come round for a quick chat.

Harry and Sirius stepped out of the fireplace into the Potters sitting room. James, Lily, Charles and Dorea were all sitting on the two settees looking at the fireplace. An unfinished game of 4 man exploding snap was on the floor showing that they had been involved in a game just before Sirius Floo called just minutes earlier.

"Mum, Dorea how nice to see you" said Harry striding over to the settee the two were currently occupying and giving each a kiss woman a kiss on the cheek.

"Dad, Charles" continued Harry looking at James and Charles while doing his best to smile.

James curtly nodded at him while Charles just ignored him and reached for the Daily Prophet and began to read.

"James" hissed Lily while glaring at him.

"Harry" said James in a rather strained voice.

"To what do we owe this pleasure" said James again in a strained voice.

"Mum, Rea, Daphne has invited you to a party at her house on the 12th if you two would like to attend" said Harry politely.

Charles snorted.

"Just your Mother and Dorea who are invited Harry, that doesn't seem fair" said James.

"Its not my choice who she invites Father, its her party" replied Harry.

"Harry, I agree with your Father this is not fair to him or Charles, Dorea can go if she wants but I am going to decline the invitation, but please thank Ms Greengrass for inviting me" said Lily sincerely but managing a small smile.

"Of course Mum, I understand and I will thank Daphne for you, Dorea I already know what you are going to say so I need not ask" said Harry smiling.

"Of course I'm going Harry" replied Dorea getting up and hugging Harry.

"Goodbye Rea" said Harry hugging her back.

"Goodbye Harry, talk to me soon" said Lily hugging Harry.

"I will mum" said Harry hugging her back.

He turned towards James and held out a hand.

"Goodbye Harry" said James not shaking his son's hand.

Harry frowned.

"Bye Charles" said Harry.

Charles didn't speak or even look at Harry causing Lily to frown at the actions of her husband and son.

Harry walked towards the fireplace and got received some Floo powder from Sirius.

"Harry, I'll see you at home, I need to have a private chat with Charles first" said Sirius looking directly at Charles who lowered his newspaper upon hearing this.

Harry looked puzzled for a moment before understanding.

"Okay Uncle Padfoot" said Harry as he made his way into the fireplace.

"12 Grimmauld Place" shouted Harry as he threw the Floo powder down into the fireplace and was surrounded by green flames.

The last few weeks of summer flew by for Harry as he found himself having more fun than ever with his Godfather and Remus whenever the latter was round at Grimmauld Place. Sirius had started to teach him some basic defensive spells along with some minor hexes and jinxes since he could use magic in Grimmauld Place. Sirius had also continued to teach him Occlumency and he was progressing quite well with it being able to throw Sirius's attempted Legillimency off multiple times, but despite his progress he would not be able to do this as easy against a more accomplished Legillimens like Dumbledore or Snape.

Sirius had told him that he spoke to Charles about his interview with Rita Skeeter and his behaviour towards Harry but Charles had refused to listen to him. Harry thanked him for trying but told Sirius it was not worth the bother, if Charles didn't realise what he was doing to Harry is wrong Harry wasn't going to waste any time trying to convince him otherwise.

By the end of the summer Harry had mastered the Protego shield spell and the disarming spell as well as a number of minor jinxes and hexes like Jelly-legs to cause ones legs to feel like jelly making it easy to harder to stand up, and the tripping jinx which tripped a person to the ground if done successfully.

He was also continuing to practice the stunning spell and the summoning charm but still had difficulty performing these two. He had remembered to ask Daphne at her party if she would like him to teach her the spells he had learnt to which she eagerly replied yes.

Thinking back to that party two and a half weeks ago Harry smiled, that was one of his best memories of the summer. Daphne had introduced him and Dorea to her friends Tracey Davis a short bubbly brunette who Harry got on with straight away and Blaise Zabini a tall black male of Italian descent who was rather broody at first but Harry found him to be fiercely loyal and had a good sense of humour.

Meeting Neville Longbottom and Susan Bones again was nice as well as Susan's friend Hannah Abbott. He wasn't as close to them as he was Daphne and her friends but had reconnected quickly and become good friends.

He promised to meet Daphne and her friends on Platform Nine and Three quarters on September 1st at 10.15 so they could find a carriage together.

"Potter Manor" shouted Harry as he the Floo network transported him from Grimmauld Place to Potter Manor along with his trunk packed with all of his school supplies and clothes.

Harry exited the fireplace and was almost knocked over by Dorea when she ran into him and hugged him.

Harry smiled and hugged her back.

"Harry glad your here, where's Sirius?" said Lily.

"He'll be along shortly, he's just finishing up a few things at home first" said Harry detaching himself from Dorea and walking over to Lily who hugged him.

Harry and Lily had mended most of their fractured relationship over the last few weeks as Harry made sure to have as much contact possible with his mother. He even told Dorea to show Lily Sirius's mirror so she could use that to talk to him when he couldn't come round.

Things with his father hadn't changed much with the two barely talking to each other when they were in the same room together, as their conversations only consisted of strained hellos and goodbyes. Harry had given up trying with his father instead opting to wait until James wanted to talk to him.

If anything his relationship with Charles had gotten worse, the two hadn't spoken to each other since that day in Diagon Alley. Everytime the two were in the same room they wouldn't even look at each other.

While hugging his mother Harry realised what he needed to do and that he needed to do it now before it was too late.

"I forgive you" murmured Harry while hugging Lily.

"You forgive me, for what?" replied Lily sounding shocked.

"For everything, for what happened on my birthday, for Diagon Alley, for all the times when we were arguing" said Harry.

Lily released him from the hug and looked down at him, her eyes showing traces of tears.

"That day in Olivanders, you poured your heart out to me and all I did was apologize back, I should've told you back then, but I couldn't get the words out, I forgive you for everything Mum and I want things to go back to normal between us" said Harry with slight tears in his eyes.

Lily wrapped him in a hug again and held him tight.

After a few minutes they released themselves from the hug.

"I'm going to go and speak to Dorea, I'll be down for dinner Mum" said Harry.

"Go on Harry, you do what you need to do" said Lily smiling at him.

Harry made his way upstairs towards Dorea's room. Arriving outside the door he knocked twice and asked Dorea if he could come in.

"Come in" said Dorea.

Harry opened the door and walked inside. Dorea was sat up against the headboard on her bed. Harry saw what were traces of tears in her eyes.

"Rea, what's got you so upset?" said Harry sincerely as he sat on the bed next to her and wrapped her in his arms.

She turned into his shoulder and started sobbing.

"Its just, its just that you've been gone the last few weeks, now your back and your going away again for longer this time, and I won't see you until Christmas" sobbed Dorea.

"I know, but I'll stay in touch with you I promise, besides you'll have Tori to play with as well so you won't be completely alone" replied Harry.

"You'll write to me, as often as possible" said Dorea lifting her head up and looking at him.

"Yes, I'll tell you all about the castle, I promise" said Harry wiping away her tears with his fingers.

Dorea smiled and reached over to her bedside table picking up the two way mirror.

"You can have this back now, you'll need it" said Dorea handing him the two way mirror.

Harry put the mirror in his coat pocket.

"Come on, lets go down to dinner" said Harry as the two stood up from the bed and walked out of the room together with Harry's arm around Dorea's shoulders.