Harry James Potter was a Strange boy by anybody's views. He didn't talk much, or interact with children of any age. Most of the time, when someone paid attention to him, he was staring off into the Distinctly curious and focused look in his eyes, the few that say it felt rather uncomfortable at the mature expression. Of course his quiet, determined silence made him forgettable so no one reported this.
Those he lived with, the Dursley's, only spoke of him as a monster or a Delinquent ( Depended on how angry they were or how much attention they wanted.). Yet few could believe the boy was as vile as they said, mostly as Harry was never seen doing something other then Doing Chores while at Home. A Few suspected abuse but no one said a word...
Of course, one must take into consideration the fact that not everything was visible. No one suspected the Brillance of Harry Potter's Mind... no one knew that he had stolen a considerable number of Journals from other Students and was chronicling the abusive behaior of the Dursleys. No one knew that he had taken a Video Camera that Dudley Received as a Gift ( And broke a few days later) and was video taping the damage the Neglect had done to his body over the Years.
No one knew that he had been Sneaking into his school library during Lunch and learning how to Survive on his own, how to use the law Against others and a variety of other subjects. Or that he had been stealing pocket change from the Dursley's Laundrey ( Their pockets) for years, or even that he had been stocking up on nonperishable foods. Anything to give him an Edge... he had been planning his escape since his seventh birthday, two years from today...
All were flabbergasted when a Reporter on the Daily News reported a Story on Harry James Potter and that abuse of his relatives... claiming that they had received a box full of a Videotapes, Journals and a Letter claiming that until he knew he was safe, he would run away and live on his own. When all was said and done it was too late for the Wizaring world to cover it up... all knew that truth...
The Dursley's were imprisoned, Dudley was placed into Juvenile Hall... Albus lost many positions of Power once news of Mr. Potter reached the knowledge of the ICW... Sirius Black was freed once they searched for Harry's Magical Guardians and learned that he had no trial... Severus Snape nearly took his own life, unable to deal with his failing of saving Lily's child... All of the Hogwarts Staff, especially Hagrid and McGongall fell into a depression at the knowledge that they had abandoned a Boy with such abusive people...
And yet, For Harry Potter, his Life truly began... and he was happy. At least, For two years... until he received his Hogwarts Letter...
