AUTHOR'S RAMBLINGS…

Now, if you read my profile (which I'm sure you didn't – no worries though) you'll have noticed that I tend to ramble a bit to tell you the history of these stories. Well, not so much the history, but more the reason and the background information, just so you're not lost. So here's what you need to know…

-- As much as I have bruised myself by saying this, you honestly need to forget the major plots of the current, running, Harry Potter books in order to understand this Fan-Fic. You'll see why in number two.

-- Some things don't happen here, or they happen at different times. As an example, Harry does NOT go to retrieve the Philosopher's (or Sorcerer's) stone, he does NOT battle the basilisk, he does NOT have the whole "Prisoner of Azkaban deal," he does NOT compete in the Triwizard Tournament (it doesn't even happen, actually) and he does NOT study Occlumency and find number 12, Grimauld Place, etc, etc. No, it is NOT a boring story. Honestly it isn't. It's its own story.

-- Like I said before, things might happen at different times, so PLEASE don't hate me if I make something that happened in Book 3 happen here in Year 5. Please don't. It's supposed to be spaced out a bit… okay?

-- If any of you are confused about something that's going on… I REALLY need you to review or email/message me to tell me. I honestly don't want you – or any other readers – to be confused. I plan for this to be a bit long.

Now for an explanation…

This story is based entirely off the question, "What if?" This is basically what would have happened if there was no Voldemort, no hiding, no death, no scar, no prophecy. This story is basically the fairy-tale land with its own ups and downs and problems to face – without the teensy problem of Voldemort.

Peter is excluded from this story (I will NOT forgive him for what he did – and I just don't like him all that much), so if he's your favorite bugger off. But, this story is better without him any way.

So here's the story...