As the youngest child of Lily and James Potter, Harry Potter was almost always ignored for his two older brothers, Charlus and SR AKA Sirius Remus and his older sister, Roseanne. SR, the second child, was also the one to defeat Voldemort. They praised Charlus for being just like James, SR for being the hero and Roseanne for being the only girl. They all ignored Harry because he was an accident that was never supposed to happen.

And they already had their perfect family by the time Roseanne had been born. While all four Potter children had strong magical cores, Harry had a hard time understanding what the tutor his parents hired for him and his siblings, gave him to work on. The tutor kept saying to Lily and James that Harry was smart once he understood what was in front of him. But they kept ignoring their youngest anyways.

Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were always the ones to give little Harry the attention that he deserves and needs. Lupin and Black, unless asked differently, would go out of their way to ignore the three eldest Potter children like Lily and James would do with Harry. They both loved Harry so much more than Charlus, SR and Roseanne. They also knew that their friends wouldn't notice if Harry was not there for a few days.

But one day Harry snapped and decided to do the most drastic thing he had ever done in his life. After Lily and James ignored their youngest son's seventh birthday, Harry decided to runaway from home. But he didn't want to go to either of his uncle's places as they always give him back to his neglectful parents. Harry decided to go find some people who did not have ties to the Potter family or their allies.

Harry sent a letter to both of his uncle's because he knew that they care about him more than his parents ever did. And he knew that they would do something to Lily and James that he couldn't do. Harry knew what he needed to take with him from camping with Sirius and Remus during the summers a lot. So after packing some clothes and non-perishable food, Harry ran into the thick Welsh woods.

After being in the woods for about a day or two, and accidentally aperating a few miles several times, Harry stumbled upon a castle. Something or someone had lead him to this place because he wouldn't come here otherwise. At the gates of the castle he found a man with blonde hair and blue eyes and was dressed like he was supposed to be the hired hand to whom ever was inside. The man was also muscular in build.

The man also had several house elves who tended to the garden and processed any animal they were given. Harry suspected that the elves, like any of the other's he had met, also made the beds, cooked the food, did the laundry and cleaned their masters home. The only Potter house elf that liked Harry and took his orders was the head elf's right hand named Bobby. Besides the head elf and Bobby, all the other elves stayed away from Harry.

They didn't want to get their master and mistress mad at them by being overly nice to the child they were trying so hard to ignore. Harry worriedly walked up to the man by the gate as he was second guessing his decision about going up to him. He was worried that the man would turn him away, or send him back to the people he was trying so hard to stay away from. The blonde haired man looked up from a wood pile when he heard human footsteps coming towards him from the woods.

This man was Arthur Pendragon, king of Camelot and now the king of all magical England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales and was know as such by the rulers and leaders of the muggle side of the countries. Arthur had noticed the worried expression on the face of the kid in front of him. Arthur was known in Camelot as the most compassionate of all of Camelot's rulers. And his first rule was always to save women and children in a time of need.

"You okay there?" The man asked in a calm questioning fatherly tone

"No!" Harry said in a small voice while shaking his head

"What is your name?" The man asked while tilting his head to his shoulder for a second

"My name is Harry Potter. What is your name?" Harry said

"My name is Arthur Pendragon. And how old are you Harry?" Arthur asked

"I'm seven. How old are you?" Harry asked

"Technically I am over 1000 years old but I am forever 26." Arthur said

What Arthur didn't tell Harry was that he had a curse placed on him by his ex girlfriend AKA the Dutchess Morgana Le Fey. Morgana was really upset because her maid Guinevere was looking at her boyfriend seductively. But Morgana did promise Arthur that he will start to age again when he has an heir to his throne. And mother magic has to approve of the heir otherwise the curse she placed would not lift.

Merlin tried to take the curse off himself because he went to school with Morgana for years and knew everything about her spell work. Morgana learned the spell from Genevieve Ravenclaw, Helena Ravenclaw's twin sister. But Merlin ultimately failed when the curse only grew instead of going away. Merlin did get a letter from Morgana years later saying that she placed the same curse on herself but it will only go away if she gets Arthur's love back.

Arthur vowed to never love Morgana again until he gets his mother magic approved heir and will age once again. Morgana agreed to his terms because she wants to age with Arthur and not have him watch her grow old and die. And even though they haven't talked in years, they know where to find each other when the time is right. The letter that Morgana sent Merlin said that the sign that Arthur met his mother magic heir was his wand acting up and that is what Arthur's wand is doing now.

"Are you a wizard like me Mr. Pendragon?" Harry asked

"Yes I am. And I was taught by Merlin himself." Arthur said

Because of Uthur's hatred for magic, at his own hand by the way, Arthur had to hide his own magic from his father and the knights for years. Arthur even couldn't go to Hogwarts when his letter from the four founders came. And when the mad king died, Arthur let magic back into the kingdom and set peace everywhere. Only Gaius, the court physician at the time, knew of Arthur's powers during Uthur's reign.

Gaius gave Arthur a book on magic and spells so the young prince and his magic wouldn't become a thing called an obscurus and would destroy everything in its path. And when Merlin came to Camelot from Hogwarts, Gaius asked if he could teach Arthur how to control his magic further. Merlin even took Arthur to get his own wand at Olivander's as soon as he could so Arthur could actually use magic. Merlin teaching Arthur became a little bit easier when Uther made Merlin Arthur's servant.

Merlin spent a lot of time in Arthur's rooms at night till Arthur didn't need to study so much, or in secret.

"Is this your castle Mr. Pendragon?" Harry asked

"It sure is Harry. I'm actually the king of magic." Arthur said

This excited Harry as he never actually met any royalty, only lords and ladies that were at the parties James and Lily hosted all the time. Now the question of Harry being out in the woods all alone with no adult supervision crossed Arthur's mind.

"Now, Harry, why are you out here all alone?" Arthur asked

"My parents don't like me. They would rather pay attention to my older brothers and sister." Harry said

"And why is that?" Arthur asked

"I have a hard time understanding things. It takes me a little longer to get my work done." Harry said

After hearing what Harry had told him, Arthur was both saddened and angered over this. How could parents not love their child because they are slow to understand things and slow to get things done. Arthur himself had a hard time understanding things growing up and Uther was very patient with him. It wasn't until Merlin came into his life that Arthur finally could understand things.

Arthur then had a thought that he could be Harry's Merlin and help him with the things he needed to know, like reading, writing and math. But there was one obstacle that was still in the way of multiple things, including making Harry his heir. And that was the fact that Harry was still the child of the neglectful parents Arthur was told about. And there was only one thing Arthur could think of that would remedy that.

And that would be blood adoption via Gringotts bank and the goblins who ran the bank. The blood adoption would erase the physical evidence of Harry ever being the Potter's child. Arthur also had a drop of Morgana's blood for the adoption because of the rules the goblins put into place. The rules said that someone could not adopt unless they had another person adopting with them or have a biological parent with them

The goblins who ran the bank were mean, vile creatures that would only listen to 7 humans in the whole world and five of those people are dead. Arthur was the tenth person to ever get a vault at Gringotts bank and one of the two people still alive that could make the goblins behave. His account was after the founders, the Olivander family, another shop near the bank, Merlin and Morgana. The only other person to have the ability to quiet down the goblins would be Morgana and she has a potions shop in Diagon Alley across from the bank.

Morgana would also go and have a chat with the goblin king everyday to see if there were any problems she needed to take to the ministry or send a letter to Arthur about. There were a few times when both Arthur and Morgana could not calm the goblins down quick enough. And those times would be the goblin revelations that only quieted down because of negotiations with Arthur and Morgana. The last revelation Morgana wrote up a treaty that all sides still honor to this day.

"Why don't you come inside with me and get cleaned and have some warm food." Arthur said

Harry nodded his head and followed Arthur into the castle all the while passing well dressed elves and even better dressed moving and talking portraits. Arthur soon lead Harry to a large room that was used as an informal dining room and tv room for when he doesn't have any guests. After Harry showered and got his food from the elves, he turned to Arthur. Harry really wanted to write to Sirius and Remus and tell them that he was alright and safe.

After about a half hour, Arthur soon noticed the look of questioning on Harry's tiny seven year old face. This worried Arthur because he didn't know what Harry was thinking about at that moment in time. Harry could be thinking about how to get out of the castle and how to get to America, or to France, or any other country he knew of.

"You okay Harry?" Arthur asked

"I was just wondering if I could get some parchment, a quill and some ink off you. I want to write someone that I'm safe." Harry said

"And who do you want to write?" Arthur asked with his heart starting to pound in his chest

"There were two people that my parents hung out with all the time, they are like and they treated me like family and ignored my older siblings whenever they were over. They would be worried about me if they don't know if I'm okay." Harry said

What Harry had told Arthur worried the elder man a lot, like a lot a lot. Arthur wanted to have Harry stay here so he could adopt the young child and finally have the heir he was denied for so long. Arthur wished to mother magic that Harry wanted to stay here and not to leave with the men he viewed as family. Arthur was also screaming inside that Harry wouldn't leave just because he could.

"Would they try and take you away from here? Even if you don't say something?" Arthur asked

"They will not take me if I say that I want to stay here. Because I do want to stay here with you. You've been nicer to me in the past hour and a half of knowing me then my birth parents have been my whole entire life." Harry said

This warmed Arthur's heart to the point where it was practically melting. And with Harry saying this Arthur was thinking that Harry could feel the connection between them and that he was supposed to stay here. Then the last sentence that Harry said in his mini rant hit Arthur like a ton of bricks. Was this supposed to be Harry's way of saying that he wants Arthur to adopt him and get rid of the Potter blood and influence?

"What are you saying Harry? Are you saying that you want me to adopt you?" Arthur asked

"Yes, I am. I feel that my magic keeps pulling towards you for some reason. And I don't want to leave here. So please adopt me!" Harry said

This made Arthur real happy as consent to adoption was everything in this situation. See Gringotts bank has many rules on any and all adoptions that they oversee. And one of the rules states that if the child can form words and can understand that the adults in their life want to adopt them, the child or children in question have to give consent before going forward. Otherwise the adoption will take a whole lot longer then it should or have to go through the ministry's child welfare department.

After the food was finished, Arthur lead Harry to his office where the quills, ink and stationary were kept. Arthur kept watch as Harry wrote the letter just in case that Harry needed help with any of the words he needed to use or mailing the letter via the owl post. Harry wrote to Sirius and Remus about Arthur and how he didn't want to leave because he felt more at home in the two hour since his arrival then the seven years living with James and Lily. And that he had asked his host to stay there till he was old enough to move out.

After Harry wrote the address, Arthur mailed the letter out to the recipient of the letter whom Arthur learned the names were Remus Lupin and Sirius Black. The rest of the day passed with no reply to Harry's letter. Arthur and Harry sat outside and got to know each other, about their favorite foods, candies, movies, things to do outside. Harry grew happier and happier when he continued to talk with Arthur.

During lunch the next day Harry finally received his reply from Sirius. The letter said,

"Dear puppy,"

"I'm glad to hear that you found a place that makes you feel at home and feel safe. I'm also glad that your host is willing to house you until you turn seventeen. And the fact that your host wants to adopt you and make you his heir makes me feel that there is hope for you in this world. You deserve to be happy and you can't get that with James and Lily ignoring you unless they want something."

"I hope that I can come visit you whenever I'm aloud too. And I want you to know that whenever you want too, or in need of company, you can come visit me here like you have always done."

"Hey cub, I hope that you're safe. Write to me whenever you can."

"Love Padfoot and Moony"