Summary: If Voldemort never existed how would things have been? Would the Malfoys still hate the Potters? Would Snape still treat Harry badly? Would everyone evil be as nasty as they would have been? The answer is… well read and sees. AU
Disclaimer: Don't own any Harry Potter characters. They belong to the genius mind of JK Rowling.
Chapter 1 Return to Hogwarts.
Dear Mister Potter,
I am writing to inform you of you O.W.L (Ordinary Wizard Level) results. They appear as followed:
Pass grades: Outstanding (O)
Exceeds Expectations (E)
Acceptable (A)
Fail Grades: Poor (P)
Dreadful (D)
Troll (T)
HARRY JAMES POTTER HAS ACHIEVED:
Astronomy A
Care of Magical Creatures E
Charms E
DADA O
Divination P
Herbology E
History of Magic D
Potions E
Transfiguration E
"Harry, that's wonderful!" Cried Lily as she read over his results. He had just received his letter that morning and, to the surprise of James and Lily, had locked himself in the bathroom to read them alone.
"They are brilliant results, Harry." His dad said as he took the letter from his wife.
"Have you heard from the others? Your friends will have gotten their letters do I suspect." Lily said while gushing over her struggling son.
"Mum… I know… we're wizards… and that… we're special… but we… do have something… in common… with muggles." Harry said gasping from her tight hug.
"What are you on about?" His dad questioned with a grin as Harry looked like he was going to faint with lack of oxygen.
"We need… to breath too!" He yelled and Lily immediately let go. Harry laughed slightly as he fell back into his seat and took a drink of water.
"Well have you asked them?" She asked nervously. Harry guessed she was wondering how well Hermione and Ron had done. She had kind of adopted them as part of the family when they met her. Harry still laughed at the memorybecause poor Ron thought his ribs had cracked.
"I sent Hedwig off with a bunch of letters and told her to bite their hands if they didn't reply immediately." He answered.
Lily smiled and turned around to finish cooking the breakfast. It wasn't going to be long before Harry was off for another year at Hogwarts. He was going to be gone until Christmas and the mere thought of that brought her to tears.
"Must you do this every year?" James asked as he wrapped his arms around her.
"You have to promise me that you will be home for Christmas! No excuses!" She snapped through tears as she kissed Harry's head.
"I promise, mum. Wizards honour." He replied holding up three fingers.
A few hours later they were all sitting in the lounge room when Harry heard a tapping on the window. There was Hedwig with a mouth full of letters and some tied around her ankle.
"Oh that must be the results!" Harry yelped while jumping up to open the window. Lily immediately snapped her book shut and faced Harry. James rolled his eyes at her but he was just as curious as she was.
"Oh." Harry said reading each letter. "They all say the same thing." He laughed opening each letter.
"What do you mean? They couldn't have cheated. There was a spell on them!" Lily said in horror.
"No I mean they all say that they wont tell me their results. They want to tell us in person, together, when we go to Diagon Alley tomorrow. They also complain about sore fingers… and Ron's letter has blood on it." He looked quickly at Hedwig who was now pretending to sleep under her wing. "Good job." He laughed and spoke sarcastically and Hedwig clipped at him.
"You'll just have to wait then wont you." James said to Lily who had opened her book and went back to reading. The men both shared a grin knowing that she was not in the least bit happy about the letters.
The next morning they were up at Dawn and into the Leaky Cauldron by Floo powder. Hermione and Ron were sitting having some drinks with their families when they arrived.
"Harry!" They shouted and ran over to hug him. Lily and James went to greet the other family members who were shaking hands and hugging them before they could get a word out.
"How's your summer been?" He asked them and the pair suddenly broke into fast speech about what they had been up to. Harry clamped his hands over their mouths and motioned for them to shut up. Hermione laughed slightly and Ron blushed at their actions. "So where are your results?"
Everyone sat down around to connecting tables and showed off their results. Hermione got ten "Outstandings" and one "Exceeds Expectations". Ron received seven O.W.L results but had failed Divination and History of Magic. "Oh well, I passed all the needed subjects." He grinned and punched Harry on the arm.
"So are you ready to go shopping." Molly Weasley asked. "We can stop by Fred and George's shop if you like." She offered. Ron's face lit up, Hermione looked slightly worried and Harry frowned.
"Shop?" He asked.
"Oh we didn't tell you. Fred and George have finally got their joke shop opened. They won some sort of competition, which made them enough money to buy a place right here in Diagon Alley." Arthur explained. Harry grinned at how much the twins had wanted a joke shop. He was happy for them.
"Sure lets go." Harry went to walk forward but found his path blocked by someone. "Excuse me." He said politely and the person turned around.
"Well if it isn't Harry Potter." The boy smirked. He was facing none other than Draco Malfoy.
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