After the zoo incident the twins had been locked away in the cupboard for so long that the summer holidays had officially started and Dudley had managed to break at least half of the presents he had been given.

The time after seemed to pass to quickly and too slowly for Juniper, it was one afternoon when she and Harry had done all their chores they headed into the kitchen to get something to eat when a horrid smell filled their senses, and watched as their aunt began putting something into the tub that seemed to be producing the smell.

"What's in the tub?" Harry asked his aunt, watching as her face soured as it usually did when either sibling asked a question.

"Your school uniforms." June frowned at the thought of the school she and her brother were being sent to, Stonewall high, a school for troubled children.

Harry looked down in the tub. "Oh, I didn't realise it had to be so wet."

June barely held back a laugh at that. There aunt wasn't so easily amused.

"Don't be stupid!" She snapped, "I'm dying some of mine and Dudley's old clothes grey for you, it'll look just like everyone else's when I'm done."

Just then both Dudley and their uncle came in, wrinkling their nose in disgust at the horrid smell before they both took a seat at the table, Dudley had a cane that he was banging on top of the table, apparently it was part of the uniform code for his school.

The sound of letterbox opening and letters falling to the floor could be heard.

"Dudley get the post."

"Make Harry get it!"

"Boy get the post."

"Make Dudley get it!" Harry snapped back, but before anyone could say anything June jumped up.

"I'll get it!" Sometime she thought her brother had no sense of self preservation.

Picking up the post June curiously went through it, pausing when she saw both she and her brother got a letter, that was oddly addressed not just to the address but also to their cupboard.

Miss J. Potter

The Cupboard under the stairs

4 Privet drive

Little Whinging

Surrey

Harry's was addressed the same. With raised eyebrows she looked towards the kitchen door to make sure no one one was coming before slipping the letters into the cupboard.

She gave the letters to her uncle who made a joke about her taking so long and bombs, she didnt really listen instead she gave Harry a look and together they snook away.

Heading into the cupboard Harry gave June a confused look.

"What's wrong?"

Silently she had him his letter and together they opened both their letters. After a moment of reading and silence they looked at each other than swapped letters to see if they were both the same. They were.

"Is… is this for real?" Harry mumbled.

"It.. it must be, it makes sense think of all the things we can do."

"But how do we find out for certain?"

"They want a reply… so let's write one, then tonight when they're asleep we'll sneak out and find an… owl (that's what the letter said right?) and then maybe we'll hear back."

After cooking the Dursleys dinner and being lucky enough that not only did the twins get a slice of buttered bread each but a piece of fruit (to share) too they washed the dishes then went to their cupboard and waited.

It felt like forever. They waited till the clock hanging in the hallway said three am, the lights from the street shinned in giving them enough light to be able to navigate. Quietly they crept to the front door gently opening. June remained at the door keeping a lookout whilst Harry went outside looking for the owl.

He turned back to look at June in confusion. "How do I summon an owl?" He whispered just loud enough for her to hear.

She shrugged. "Maybe hold the letters up and let them know you have our replies?"

Holding the letters up awkwardly and feeling a bit like an idiot he called out just as quietly. "Urgh, I umm have our Hogwarts replies-" Harry cut off as an owl swooped down and landed on a fence nearest to him, the twins exchanged shocked looks, Harry walked over to the owl that held out a leg that had a holster for Harry to attach letters to, once done Harry watched in awe as it flew away.

"Harry, come on come back inside." His sister's voice snapped him out of his trance and together they snuck back in closing and locking the door as quietly as possible and then getting back into their cupboard.

They sat there for awhile a dazed smile spreading across Harry's face. "I can't believe it," he began. "It actually worked, it actually worked! Do you know what this could mean!"

June bit her lip, she knew her brother was excited and she didn't want to ruin it, but they still weren't 100% certain this wasn't a prank.

"Harry, maybe try not to get to excited… just in case." She said softly but Harry shook his head still Smiling.

"It's like you said June, think of what we can do. And who would pull the prank? There's no way the Dursley's would do something like this, plus that was a trained owl, they would of had to pay to prank us."

June snorted at the thought of the Dursley's paying anything for them.

Her brother grinned at her, "Precisely, I'll try and keep my excitement contained, but the moment the person you requested shows up thats it, we're free! "

June had written the reply for both her and Harry requesting someone to come and help them seeing as this all new to them.

She felt a smile pull at her face, her brothers happiness catching on to her not to mention the thought of freedom, even did it end up being brief, made her feel giddy.

They were too excited to sleep now so Harry recounted all the odd things that happened to them over the years that backs up the letters being real, from the time June turned their teachers hair blue and the time Harry was being chased and somehow ended up on top of the school roof, the more stories were told the more June felt certain that it was all real, and yet to good to be true.

It was a week later when they finally found out the truth. Both twins were locked in the cupboard, Dudley had broken a vase and blamed it on the twins despite at the time the pair had been doing the outside chores.

The doorbell rang and when their aunt had answered the door she let out a high pitched shriek and began saying "Your kind is not welcome here!" June and Harry exchanged looks and rushed to look out through the grate in the door. They could see a slight obscured outline of what appeared to be a woman.

"Well I never! Mrs. Dursley, you already have two of my kind in your house. Now where are they?"

Their aunt froze for a second before haughtily saying, "They're not here right now."

It was at that moment Harry sneezed, drawing both women's attention to the cupboard. The new lady let out a startled gasp.

"Oh they better not-"

"I will not let you step fu-" she broke off with another shriek.

"Stand aside you silly-" The lady cut herself off with a huff and walked over to the cupboard and said some funny word and then-

The twins flitched as light suddenly filled their dark space, then they both looked up into the shocked face of the lady.

"Are you a witch?" Harry blurted out after a moment of silence, his face turning slightly red at his outburst. "Sorry." He mumbled after. The lady's face softened.

"Indeed I am Mr. Potter, now how about you and your sister come out of…"

"Our room?" June supplied helpfully. It was the first time she ever called it that. But now another adult knew of it the Dursley's would be forced to do something about it.

The lady's eyes widened in shock again before anger took over and she spun around to face their aunt.

"Their room! You let them live in that tiny cramped space."

She didn't respond, June guessed her aunt didn't see a point in lying.

"Right I don't see the point in hanging about, I wouldn't wait up, you won't be seeing the twins for the rest of the summer! Come along Potters."

As Harry and June followed happily after the stern looking lady they heard their aunt mutter under her breath "Good riddance." and then the door was slammed behind them. Harry and June became slightly weary as the lady continued to glare ahead.

"Umm Mrs? Where are we going."

"Just up to the park Mr. Potter, I believe I saw a bench there, a much better place to sit and talk rather than back at those muggles house."

"What are muggles?" June and Harry shared confused looks.

"Non-magical people Miss. Potter."

They held off asking more questions till they reached the park.

One they were all seated at a picnic bench the teacher eyed them both, and was disappointed to see how underfed they looked.

"I assume that they at least told you about your parents and magic?"

June shook her head and Harry said, "They told us our parents were drunk layabouts that died in a car crash."

To see that McGonagall was shocked was an understatement, she couldn't believe the disgusting lies that had been fed to these children and then to also be treated so cruelly, she'll be having words with Albus about this!

"Of all the ludicrous absolutely ridiculous things I've ever heard." She took a deep breath trying to relax, she didn't want to scare that twins, she looked over them and her heart broke, Harry looked just like his dad whilst June looked like her mum, except they both had Lily's eyes, she told them this, their eyes widened. They always wondered.

"I need you both to listen to me fully and then ask questions after, ok." When they both had nodded she began telling them everything. All about how amazing brilliant their parents were. How at one time they had been a happy and loving family, and how all this changed when the Dark Lord attacked them, how both children our celebrated as the children who lived, and how they're both a famous icon across the wizarding world. She then told them about Hogwarts, about the castle, the lessons and the houses, she even mentioned the other Professors in brief. She then told them the plans she had had for them for this afternoon, to go to Diagon alley and get their shopping sorted, and then be dropped back of at the Dursleys. Though they would be a slight change of plans to that now.

The twins sat their wide eyed processing what they heard, they couldn't believe that they were famous for something they didn't remember. June hated the thought of being famous for something that ruined their lives.

"Do you have any questions?"

Both twins shook their head, in truth they felt they had millions but no idea how to word them.

When the professor stood up the twins followed suite.

"We're going to travel to London now, it would be quickest if we used side along apparition, so hold on tight." The twins took a hold of the professors arms each and then they felt the most weirdest feeling ever and then they were in london, both siblings doubled over gasping.

"The first experience is never pleasant I know, but when you're both ready. We're here."