This is my first crossover fic, so please be nice. I don't own either Harry Potter or Sailor Moon. Reviews are helpful and encouraged. Enjoy!
What a hot, humid day it was. Harry couldn't understand why his relatives decided to make him do the hardest jobs on the worst days. It was like they went out of their way to figure out ways to punish him for simply being born. It's not like he had a whole lot of choice in the matter, or the fact that his parents were not around to care for him, leaving him in the care of these "lovely" relatives.
Harry had come to live with the Dursley's year ago when he was just a baby because his own parents had somehow died. He was told that there had been some car accident but any time he tried to get more information he was just pushed off. It seemed that his aunt and uncle wanted to pretend that they never existed at all. Maybe they were really still alive and something was keeping them from saving him. Maybe the Dursley's had stolen him because they wanted a live in servant who couldn't leave. He would never know, only dream.
"Daydreaming again Harry?"
Harry's head snapped up and saw a young girl with long golden blonde hair leaning out the window next door. "Hi Mina."
Mina, who knew how the Dursley's treated Harry was upset that he was working out in a day like today. "Why in the world are you out playing with a rake on a day like today? I swear it's hot enough to melt rubber! Want to come in for some lemonade?"
Harry looked longingly at Mina, but shook his head no and picked back up his rake. "Mina, you know what will happen if I don't finish this before sundown."
Harry loved Mina. She was the one person who treated him as though he mattered. Because of her, her parents would say hi to him. She would give him small gifts that he could easily hide, and care if he was raking out in excruciating heat. She wore her heart on her sleeve and Harry wondered if one day that wouldn't cause her more pain that it was worth. It was easier in the long run to not care. Caring got you in trouble, broke your heart, and left you empty.
"Harry, if you don't come in out of the heat it's not going to matter either way what they do to you, you will be fried to a crisp!" shouted Mina. She was annoyed that her friend, who would rarely even acknowledge that they were friends, would continue to just do everything that those horrible people wanted him to do. She had learned in school that slave labor had been outlawed but she was sure someone had forgotten to tell the Dursley's.
"Don't worry about me Mina, I'll be fine. Talk to you later." And with that Harry turned his back on his only friend and went back to his chores, hoping to be done soon so he could escape back under the stairs where it was cool.
And so it continued. Mina would do everything that she could to help her skinny black-haired neighbor and he would continue to push her off. She didn't know what was more frustrating, watching how Harry was treated or how Harry just took the treatment without a word either way. Sometimes she wished that she could be a superhero like Wonder Woman or Supergirl and take Harry away from those people and allow him to have a happy home. She might only be 10 but she knew that no one deserved that kind of a home. Especially because of the love she received from her mom and dad.
As the school year came, Mina knew she would be sent off to private schooling again. Her parents didn't seem to like the local elementary school and so found one of the most prestigious schools. This meant she would leave Harry alone again. Hopefully this year something good would happen and someone would become friends with him so that it wasn't always him against Dudley. Little did Mina know, but this year would be a changing point in both her and Harry's lives, and it all started with a talking white cat and a letter addressed to him with no return address.