Chapter 2 The next decade

After the meeting on Halloween it was decided that Sirius would be the godfather of Alianna Marine Potter and McGonagall would be the godmother so the child wouldn't be ruined by his jokes and habits. The Potter went into hiding after successfully escaping from the dark lord thrice. Dumbledore had told them about the prophecy and told them that Voldemort could think that Alianna was the child of the prophecy. So they cast a fidelius charm on a cottage in Goderic's Hollow with Peter Pettigrew as secret keeper telling everyone that Sirius Black was the secret keeper.

Albus was ecstatic, his plan went according to his way of the greater good. He knew of course that it was only a matter of time before Peter would betray his friends and sell them out to Voldemort, he was as you call a coward. And he was in possession of James' invisibility cloak for 'research purposes'.

Halloween a year after adopting Alianna

Peter Pettigrew had betrayed the Potters. He told the exact location of their hiding place. At the eve of Halloween Voldemort blasted through the door of the Potters. As he walked in he saw James Potter standing there without even a wand. He smiled this was just pathetic.

"Avada Kedavra." He said with traces of glee. He watched as the green light shot out of the tip of his wand hitting the eldest Potter straight in the chest, letting the lifeless body of the head of house Potter slump down the stairs.

He made his way upstairs casting another look at the lifeless face of James Potter. Continuing with a smile on his face he reached the nursery where he blasted the door of its hinges.

"Stand aside girl and I may let you live." He sneered as much as he wanted to kill the mudblood, he also wanted to show he rewards great effort and Severus had asked for the mother to be spared.

"No, please not my baby girl. Take me instead." Lilly yelled desperately. Although she was not the biological mother of the child she loved as much as one could. She had prepared a runic cluster but that needed a willing sacrifice.

The tip of the man's wand glowed green and it shot towards the mother whose lifeless body hit the ground hard activating the runic clusters, not that Voldemort took notice he was focused on the child that was 'destined' to defeat him. Sneering he muttered the killing curse. He smiled as he watched as the curse flew towards the child, but that smile turned to a face of horror as the curse bounced back on an invisible force field and hit him instead. He let out loud scream as his body disintegrated releasing two wisps of smoke, one large and one small. The larger one made its way out of the destroyed nursery, but the smaller on tried to invade the body of the little girl. However the necklace that lay around the child's neck prevented the wisp from possessing the little girl. But a piece of wood from the crib she lay in was blasted toward he and gave her a crescent cut around her left eye that would scar unless treated.

Following night else where

Professor McGonagall was perched on the fence in her Animagus form of a tabby cat. Professor Dumbledore had asked her to see if the family of Lilly Potter was save after their niece defeated the Dark Lord.

She was horrified by what kind of muggles those two were and how the treated their son it made her want to cough up a hairball.

At that moment she heard a loud crack that echoed through the Private Drive. Not moments later all the light from the lanterns were sucked out of their bulbs. The man who had tasked her with watching over these muggles tonight stood there in one of his usually tasteless colorful (colourful for you British twats) robes.

"Ah professor McGonagall thank you for watching over the Dursley family for me." The headmaster and supreme Mugwump of the ICW with a twinkle in his eye. "Lemon drop?" he offered.

The deputy headmistress looked skeptically up at Dumbledore while declining the offer.

"I came upon a few parties along the way and I must say I am rather addicted to this muggle sweet. I am terribly sorry for asking you to watch Lilly's sister I know you might have wanted to party yourself." The headmaster apologized after explaining the origin of his most recent addiction.

Suddenly the sound of a motorcycle could be heard. "Dear god who could be awake at this ungodly hour." The transfiguration mistress exclaimed. As the noise grew louder she looked around to see where it was coming from. Only to be horrified that it came from the skies above.

"That would be Hagrid," Dumbledore explained as he pulled out an abnormal pocket watch "and right on time." He said much to McGonagall's astonishment.

"Tell me what does the keeper of the keys at Hogwarts have to do at this exact moment in time that would require him to be here, in the middle of a muggle neighborhood on a FLYING MOTORCYCLE no less." McGonagall whisper yelled at the headmaster.

"He will be delivering a package." He responded casually as if it was all he needed to tell.

With that the two looked on as a giant man with a large black beard arrived on a blue motorcycle, almost crashing into the cars that were parked along the street.

"Excellent work Hagrid, but where did you get that wonderful motorcycle. And on a more important matter did you get the package." Dumbledore said as he praised the giant that towered over him with at least 3 feet.

"Yeah, of course headmaster. Got the li'le las right 'ere, she fell asleep when we wer flyin over Bristol, try no' ta wake 'er." He said handing the little bundle of blankets over to the esteemed headmaster.

"Albus is this who I think it is?" McGonagall hissed at the headmaster.

"Thank you Hagrid. Would you be so kind to go back to taking care of our beloved herd of therstrals?" Dumbledore said ignoring the fuming professor McGonagall.

"Of course headmaster." Hagrid nodded eagerly. Dumbledore had saved him after he was kicked from Hogwarts and he did everything he could to return the favor. He picked up the motorcycle and started it up. As the engine revved he put on his goggles, he put his hands on the handlebars and he sped off into the night sky.

McGonagall turned to the esteemed headmaster beyond pissed. There he was with her goddaughter in his arms going to do god knows what. "And pray tell 'headmaster' why did you have Hagrid of all people bring MY goddaughter here to this neighborhood?"

"I trust Hagrid with my life." He answered to her first question. "And I asked him to bring young Alianna here so her aunt an take care of her as she is the only living family she has left."

Dumbledore pulled a letter from his robes and put it between the folds of the blanket Anna was sleeping in. The deputy headmistress was beyond furious by now.

"May I remind you Albus," she hissed with more venom than a snake "that Petunia resents her sister. She and her husband hate everything that is related to magic, a single letter is not going to change that. They are the stereotypical muggles the blood purist try to paint. And most important Anna doesn't even bare any blood relation these muggles, you were there the night the Potters and made Sirius Black the godfather and ME the godmother, we would take care of her if anything were to happen James and Lilly."

"Obliviate. And even if I could do something to remove the scar I wouldn't scars can come in quite handy. I myself have one that looks like the Subway net of London." Dumbledore said casually.

Dear miss Dursley.

I wish to inform you that on the night of Halloween your sister and her husband were killed by a dark wizard. I leave your niece in your care, make sure she grows up without happiness. For your effort you will receive 10.000 pounds per month.

Sincerely prof. Dumbledore

PS don't leave to many scars or injuries that take long to heal.

Time skip 2 years (age 3)

We see a tiny little girl with red hair running away from a gang of little boys. The boy were playing one of their favorite games called 'Anna Hunting' they would chase her nonstop (AN due to she not receiving enough food she doesn't have the stamina that a normal Atlantean would). When they would catch her they would beat and kick her until they got bored. Their leader was a mini whale with a blond wig who also happened to be the cousin of little Anna.

Since she has come to live with the Dursley Anna has learned the true meaning of hell. She had to do every chore around the house. If she broke anything she would get beaten. Her uncle had on a few occasions thrown her out while it rained as punishment but he ceased those punishment when he learned that she actually enjoyed being out in the rain.

Little Anna was often very dirty because was only allowed to shower once a week, this was due to the fact that she became happy and relaxed when she was in the bathtub. This cause her also to be banned from the living room and the dining room, the Dursley would still need their cook so she was allowed in the kitchen but no further she had to eat everything from the same plate she always used in her cupboard.

Until she went to preschool a year later she would have said her name was 'freak' because that is what her relatives always told her.

Time skip 3 years (age 6)

Alianna was many things but she was not dumb, she was stubborn, smart and had bubbly and kind persona to those who earned. She also had a hellish temper that came out whenever you were mean or harmed her and she was also certainly not weak. She had almost gotten a beating for that but then she lashed out at her uncle. From that she was not scared of her relatives any more. Vernon had tried to beat her with his belt but it didn't leave a scratch, he then tried with knifes and everything pointy but some even shattered on impact with her skin.

In school she was the best in the class the Dursleys had first forced her to perform worse than Dudley saying she used her freakishness to make him perform worse, her relatives received a mouthful from her for that.

She said: "That that fat lard of a son of you can't perform better than me is because he is just plain stupid, I have nothing to do with it we are not even in the same grade. That he is too stupid to answer a simple question is his fat-ass problem."

Dudley had ceased his games of Anna Hunting because it wasn't fun to hunt someone who would beat you to a bloody pulp. Vernon and Petunia allowed her to shower once a day but only for two minutes, she took it.

Time skip 4 year (age 10 and 11 months)

"Freak wake UP!" today was Dudley's 11th birthday and Petunia stood screeching at the door of the cupboard for her niece to wake the hell up.

Her aunt was a horse like lady who had no friends and spied on every neighbor. She always boasted at tea parties over her prefect prize winning garden. Funny fact she hasn't touched any plant since her niece could walk and work in the garden.

Anna had grown quit bit after some shouting and intimidation she was finally allowed to have a normal portion of food. Thanks to that she had actually grown quite tall for a girl her age surpassing her cousin by a head.

Anna emerged from the cupboard with a nasty glare aimed at her aunt. Her aunt flinched and handed her a frying pan without daring to make eye contact with her niece ordering to make beacon for the birthday boy. Without a word she walked into the kitchen seeing her uncle reading the newspaper of this morning. Her uncle was overly obese he had a thick brushy mustache and he resembled a walrus in looks size and weight.

As Anna was frying the beacon for her fat lards of an uncle and cousin. As she turned the pieces of beacon her aunt came in with Dudley as she held her hands over his eyes to surprise him with all the presents in the kitchen. Anna could make out a bike (not that Dudley would ever use it), a new game station he had begged for and another dozen of things she didn't want to bother with.

As Petunia removed her hand Dudley began to count the present but lost the count after eleven, it surprised Anna that he could count further than ten. He gave up and asked his dad how many presents there were.

"35, counted them myself this morning." He stated proudly.

"35? Last year I got 37 that means I got … 2 less than last year." He shouted at Vernon.

"But some of the presents this year are bigger than the presents last year." Petunia said trying to stop his fit from happening. However Dudley had other plans as he began shouting that his parents didn't love him and that this birthday was the worst birthday ever.

"Then we'll buy 3 presents later for you when we're, okay my little Dudykins." Petunia said while hugging her son who had stopped crying instantaneously.

"That's my boy he just want his money worth just like his father." Vernon said smiling while ruffling the 'wig' that lay on his 'whale' of a son.

As Anna served the slices of beacon the phone went off. Her aunt went to answer it.

"Hello. Yes that's me. And you're calling me to-. Are you sure. No I understand. Bye." She said as she hung up the phone and let out a deep sigh.

"Ms. Figgs has broken her ankle, by tripping over one of her cats. She can't take care of her." Petunia said while nodding to her. Vernon began to list anyone that could take care of her while they went away like they did ever year on Dudley's birthday. They eventually settled on bringing her along. They opted to leave her behind in the car, but Vernon protested with it saying it was brand new.

Dudley looked up from unpacking his umpteenth present he looked at his parents than at Anna who silenced him with a glare.

She knew they were going to the zoo today and she wanted to see the aquatic exhibition they had. She was always fascinated with the sea and its inhabitants. But she was never ever allowed to go near any beach.

So she wound up being sandwiched between her cousin and his ratty friend Pierce Polkins while the took all the space on the back seat or rather Dudley took all the space on the back seat. She wasn't too happy about it but it had to do.

As they walked into the zoo Dudley and pierce went straight to the house of reptiles to see if there were any dangerous ones. Dudley and Pierce stood at the habitat that housed a Beaked Sea Snake the picture next to it said it was the most lethal sea snake. Dudley was furiously pounding on the glass trying to wake it up nothing happened, he turned to his father and demanded he wake the damn thing up, Vernon knocked a couple times to wake it up, but soon Dudley and Pierce lost interest. Anna walked past the window that housed it muttering an apology.

What she not expected was the snake responded by bowing his head while she continued on further. She was surprised by the action but thought nothing further on it. Next they went to an ice-cream stand. The man asked Dudley and Pierce what kind of ice they wanted, he also noticed Anna and asked her the same question.

"She is lactose intolerant." Aunt Petunia in before she could think about it. She scowled at her aunt who did not want to meet her glare. The man behind the stand notice this and smirked.

"Well lucky that there is no lactose in these, to many parents complained about it and no everything is lactose free." He stated with a smirk.

Petunia looked defeated and Vernon wanted to walk further like nothing happened but there had already formed a massive line curtesy of Dudley and his elaborate order. He didn't want to make a scene so he let Anna order a simple strawberry, chocolate and vanilla cone. Anna smirked at her victory.

When they had eaten their ice cream Dudley and Pierce wanted to see if there were sharks in the aquariums. However they were very disappointed at discovering that al the fish in all tanks were non-predatory fish.

Anna walked past a tank that housed a family of dolphins. She looked at the intelligent creatures as she tapped the glass. One dolphin that was close by swam towards her and butted his nose at the glass where her hand rested. Dudley and Pierce saw and pushed her away from the glass wall. As the boys leaned against the glass they suddenly sunk through it. The dolphins in the tank swam towards them and started playing with them by pretending like they were beach balls.

Once the boys were fished out the tank and Vernon had yelled they found their way back home. Dudley was not as soaking wet as his friend, this was because he was dried with a towel and Vernon had forced Anna into giving 'her' clothes to Dudley.

Once Pierce was picked up by his mother Vernon rounded on her by punching her hard in the face.

"THAT WAS THE LAST OF IT YOU FREAK. WE GIVE YOU CLOTHES, *punch* FOOD *punch* AND A ROOF AND THIS IS HOW YOU THANK US *punch*! I'VE HAD IT WITH YOU! *punch*" he shouted at her his face becoming dark purple. He grabbed her by her hair and walked to the door.

"OUT WITH YOU!" he said as he threw her surprisingly far considering he had more fat than muscle.

She stretched he palms out to dull the impact of the landing. She picked herself up and did a little victory dance. But then it became dark needed a place to sleep.

The following morning found her waking by the rays of sunlight. She opened her eyes while trying to rub the sleep from them. She was met with a rather odd sight. There perched on a branch next to her in the tree she had been sleeping in was an owl with a letter addressed specifically addressed to her. It had a crest with a capital H. she opened the envelope and read the first letter.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster Dumbledore
Order of Merlin, first class, grand sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards

Dear Ms. Potter,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of necessary books and equipment.

Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.

Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress

Anna looked at the owl with a questioning look after yesterday she had no problem believing in magic.

"You got any pens on you." She asked the owl.

The owl looked at her shrugged and offered his left claw where there was a little jar of ink tied and also some paper. She untied those but what the owl did next surprised her, he reached behind him and plucked on of his own feathers offering it to her.

She looked at it before she wrote her response.

Dear Deputy Headmistress McGonagall,

I don't know if I can accept the offer to go to you school. Yesterday my uncle has thrown we out on the street and I have no money to afford the necessities. I we can maybe meet up we might come to an agreement.

Yours sincerely,
Alianna Marine Potter.