AU. Ron and the twins never made it to Surrey to rescue their trapped friend; instead Harry spends his last weeks locked in a small room surviving on one can of soup a day. Weak and ill from malnutrition Harry makes it to Hogwarts only to recive three weeks of detention with Snape. When Harry collapses during the first detention life changes dramtically for both of them.

After his mother died, his father abandoned him with his relatives. Harry grew up emulating his uncle, a shrewd businessman. With his best friend and neighbor, Hermione, by his side, he has big plans to be at the top! However, his plans get derailed when it's revealed that not only is he a wizard, but his father is one too and that his twin brother is the famous Boy Who Lived!