Chapter 1

Harry Potter was sitting on his bed in the smallest bedroom of number four, privet drive, his aunt and uncles home. Looking up the nights sky he realised he had one minute until he was seventeen. Suddenly his eyes caught sight of a white speck coming towards his room that could only be his owl, Hedwig. When she arrived his window was wide open waiting for her. Looking at the presents she had brought he untied them from her leg and swiftly placed them in the loose floorboard. Then he rolled over on his bed and fell asleep.

When Harry awoke the next morning he was shocked to hear no noises coming from the rest of the house. Dudley would surely be making the house shake like it normally did. Going into the bathroom he was shocked to discover that he was about three inches taller than the night before and had long black hair, which he immediately swept into a ponytail. Deciding not to he discouraged by his new looks he headed downstairs he found a note addressed to him.

Boy

Your Aunt and I have taken Dudley on vacation and we will not be returning until after you have left so you will have to work out food and supplies for yourself and as we are not there you will have to do this with your own money. You are not to go running to others begging for money and food and when we return we expect to find the house neat tidy and all our possessions that we could not take in top condition.

So he had the house to himself for at least a month. YES!!! No Vernon, No Petunia, No Dudley and best of all, No Beatings for doing something wrong or forgetting to do something. Going into the living room he switched the T.V on and started to watch the discovery channel when a knock on the door distracted him. He rushed to the door and opened it to see two children with emerald green eyes and black silky ponytails exactly like his own. A blond haired man with blue eyes walked calmly up behind them.

"Mr Vernon Dursley?" the man asked

"No. I am his nephew, Harry Potter. Can I help you?" Harry asked with all the politeness he had.

"I am not sure. Two nights ago I received a call from a neighbour of these youngsters telling me that their house was on fire and someone with a stick had killed their mother. Their files were saved owing to the fact that they were locked in a metal case but as we cannot find the father on any records we have to place them in the care of their relatives. How old are you Mr Potter?" Harry looked at him for a moment.

"Seventeen today."

"Happy Birthday. You are of legal age soon and you live with adults correct." Harry nodded "would you consider taking them in and become their legal guardian?"

"Yes. I would." Harry answered the man confidently.

"The Dursleys will be home soon I assume." The man said.

"Unfortunately no. They received news that one of their relations recently passed away in France so they flew out this morning and will not be returning for about a month due to the fact that they wish to stay with the family until they get over this." Harry lied fluently.

"Very well. I trust that a seventeen year old boy like yourself can be trusted to look after two five year olds. If you would please sign here and they are legally under your protection." He stated as Harry signed the papers.

"Thank you sir. I was wondering if I might see the files and birth certificate."

The man handed over the box and key then saying goodbye to the children he got in his car and drove off. Harry ushered the twin inside.

Once in the living room Harry sat the children down. "So what are your names?" he asked politely.

The girl answered respectfully. "I am Selina and this is my brother Sebastian Evans-Snape." Harry's mouth dropped. Snape. They looked like him and where related to Snape. 'Damn this can't be good' Harry thought.

"The muggle said we were stay with relations. Are you one of them?"

"Yes. I am your cousin...I think. One minute did you just say muggle?"

"Damn mum told us not to say that in front of muggles."

"Oh it's okay. I'm not a muggle. I'm in my last year at Hogwarts. Just a piece of advice, if we come back after today, please don't mention magic, Hogwarts, or anything to do with the wizarding world or they will hate you as much as they hate me. Now what relation are they to you?"

"Aunt Petunia is/was our mothers sister." Harry nodded to show that he understood.

"My Mother is dead too. She was killed by Voldemort." The twins just stood there and looked at him.

"Don't worry Harry, mum told us not to fear the name."

Harry took Selina and Sebastian up to his bedroom and took out a piece of parchment, his quill, a bottle of ink and then called for his owl whilst writing a message. He tied the note to Hedwig's leg and said simply to the bird, go find the greasy git of a potions master and if he doesn't reply peck him until he come for us. With that the bird flew off and Harry turned towards the twins. "I wasn't given any belongings so I'll just pack mine up and then wait for him to come." The twins looked at each other before bursting into identical smiles. Sebastian looked at Harry and saw his trunk.

Severus Snape sat at his potions table finishing off Lupin's Wolfsbane potion, which would be needed for the upcoming nights when an owl he immediately recognised as potters swooped in through his open window. Noticing she had a letter attached to her he removed it and read it thoroughly knowing that there must be something wrong for Potter to mail him.

Professor Snape

I recently became the legal guardian for a Miss Selina and Mister Sebastian Snape as their mother was my mother's sister. I was wondering if you would please collect us and bring us to Hogwarts as I feel they unlike I should get to know their father. I have also been subject to some magic over the past few days and find myself looking like an older version of Sebastian. Please come. Just so you know they are fully aware of the magical world and it should also be brought to your attention that the Dursleys left to go on holiday last night without leaving any resources for me. They do not know about the twins.

Thank you. Harry Potter

Looking up from the parchment Severus gathered himself and portkeyed to number four, privet drive. Knocking on the door he was shocked to see a seventeen and two five-year-old replicas of him at those ages. They all had but three differences from him; green eyes, a straighter nose and a red underlay on their hair.

"Professor, do come in. I've just finished packing."