The Same World
by Healer Pomfrey

All recognizable characters belong to J. K. Rowling, and I am not earning anything by writing this story.
I am not a native speaker of English. Please excuse my mistakes.

A story with small, daily updates! COMPLETELY AU! Partly OOC.

It is my story, and I intend to write it the way I want it. If you don't like it, go and find something else to read or write your own story to your liking!


Harry and Connie curiously followed Sirius through Diagon Alley, exchanging a confused look when the Marauder led them into the Ministry of Magic.

"Sirius Black, Harry Potter and Connie Potter, we'd like to speak with Amelia Bones," Sirius said at the reception, handing over his wand.

"Your wands," the seemingly grumpy receptionist said, holding out his hand towards the children.

"She doesn't have hers yet," Harry quickly said, pointing to Connie, as he handed over his own wand, feeling his wife's uncertainness through their link.

To their relief, they were allowed through and did not have to wait long, before they were called into Amelia's office.

Harry had always liked the kind witch, however, he was wondering what Sirius wanted from her, and Connie did not have a clue either.

"Good morning Amelia," Sirius spoke up, giving the friendly witch a charming look. "I'd like to file charges against Albus Dumbledore for child abduction."

"Excuse me?" Amelia enquired in clear shock.

"Dumbledore himself cast the Fidelius charm, so he should have known that I wasn't the Secret Keeper," Sirius began to explain. "Nevertheless, he denied me the custody of my godson and placed him with an abusive muggle family. Moreover, he is still bothering Harry and me insisting that Harry had to return there for four weeks during each summer. Of course neither Harry nor I agreed with his plans, and we made sure that the old coot actually doesn't know where exactly Harry is spending his holidays."

"Does Professor Dumbledore know that Harry was abused at his relatives' house?" Amelia enquired.

"Yes," Harry confirmed in a firm voice. "I've informed him about that, but he was like I was too young to understand and everything was for the greater good."

After a thirty-minute conversation that ended with Harry placing a couple of well chosen memories into a Pensieve, their meeting ended with Amelia's promise to have Dumbledore questioned in front of the Wizengamot.

"Harry and Connie, it would be fortunate if you could both participate as witnesses," Amelia informed them.

"We will," Connie promised, smiling, before the small family took their leave and returned straight to Grimmauld Place from the Ministry fireplace.

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"I thought to invite your friends and their families, of course Giselle and John as well, and visit the Potter vineyard in Australia," Sirius admitted, when they sat down for lunch. "It's a small island with nothing but the vineyard and a couple of houses for the people working on the vineyard on it," he explained, grinning in apparent anticipation. "The people there are like a huge family, but they were always very friendly to us when we visited."

"Also to muggles?" Connie asked, sceptically.

"Yes," Sirius confirmed, smiling. "Once James invited the Evans along, Lily's parents, and they were muggles, but they loved the island. They always had parties during the summer, and it was much fun. Although it's supposed to be cold there, as it's winter in Australia, the whole island except for the wine mountain is charmed to be always warm like a tropical island."

"I can't wait to go there," Harry replied, smiling happily. "I just hope that our friends will be allowed to come."

"Connie's parents as well as Remus and Tonks will join us in any case," Sirius informed him, pleasantly.

"I'd love to get to know Hermione's parents," Connie spoke up, smiling, "and so would my parents."

"Yes, that would be great," Harry agreed and added, "I'd also like to get to know Neville's grandmother a bit better."

To Harry's joy, Neville and his grandmother as well as Hermione and her parents also agreed to spend the first three weeks of August with them.

It was after a huge birthday party for Neville and Harry on the 31st of July that Sirius instructed everyone to take the Floo to the Potter vineyard. While he went ahead to make sure that everyone arrived safely, Remus watched the others step into the fireplace, threw Floo powder in and pronounce their destination correctly, before he finally followed them.

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The Potter vineyard was just amazing. As it was winter in Australia, there was not really anything to do that they could help with, the children spent most of the day on the beach, which was charmed to an agreeable summer weather.

Connie and her parents especially enjoyed talking to the Grangers, who had been thrown into the magical world as sudden as themselves.

At the same time, Harry spent much time with Augusta Longbottom. Neville's grandmother was very strict, however, knowing that Harry had grown up with muggles, she seemed to see it as her task to inform him of everything that a soon-to-be Lord of one of the noble, ancient houses had to know.

Augusta Longbottom also insisted that the children had to study at least one hour each day. "Preferably a subject that you're not good at," she instructed the friends.

One day, Harry noticed in amusement that Neville's grandmother observed how Connie helped Neville with a Potions essay that Tonks had assigned the small group. Her expression was one of clear amazement, and when the old lady finally left the room, a small smile was playing on her lips.

'Connie's absolutely amazing,' Harry thought for the umpteenth time, giving her a proud look.

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When they returned home with just a week of summer holidays to spare, a letter from Amelia Bones was awaiting Sirius, Harry and Connie with an invitation to the next Wizengamot meeting that was going to take place on Tuesday morning.

"Are you sure that they'll want me there?" Connie asked, uncertainly, when they readied themselves to head to the Ministry of Magic for the Wizengamot meeting.

"Don't worry Connie," Sirius replied in a firm voice. "We're all with you, and Amelia and Augusta will be there as well. We won't let anyone harm you."

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Nevertheless, it was with a strange feeling of foreboding that Harry and Connie followed Amelia and Sirius into the room, where the meeting was going to take place.

At the beginning, Amelia presented the charges as child abduction of Baby Harry Potter, lying about the Secret Keeper, a fact that had led to the circumstances of having put Sirius Black into Azkaban for ten years, and finally tolerating the neglect and abuse of Harry Potter in the house of the muggles, whom he had selected for the boy.

"I only did what was essential for the greater good," Dumbledore replied, sighing. "I don't believe that the Dursleys really abused him. They have a boy at the same age, and I'm sure that the two of them grew up as brothers."

Harry could not prevent himself from letting out a snort, which caused Amelia to call him as the first witness.

Harry did not say much, however, placed three memories into the Pensieve, which Amelia had brought to the meeting just for this purpose. "This all lies in the past," he said, once the memories had played out in front of the Wizengamot. "However, Professor Dumbledore is still pestering me about going back to that hellhole, and this I wish to stop," he finally said.

"Fully understandable," Amelia commented, before she called Connie as the second witness.

When Connie described how Harry had been chased by his cousin, been called a freak by his relatives, and how he never had a lunch packet and had always been wearing Dudley's much too large, old clothes, Dumbledore interrupted her.

"Excuse me, young lady, but who are you? What is your relationship to Harry Potter?"

"I was his classmate in primary school," Connie replied, wearily.

"Are you a muggle?" Dumbledore asked in a stern voice. "Harry, did you not know that you're not allowed to alert muggles to the magical world let alone bring them in front of the Wizengamot? You better say good-bye to her now, as I'm afraid that we have to obliviate her of everything concerning the magical world including the existence of one Harry Potter."

tbc...

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