Rota Fortuna: Elements of Power
Complete Summary: (AU) Petunia Dursley's world is turned upside down in a single night when her husband and son die as well as her sister, and brother-in-law. Despite hating her sister's family, she immediately takes to young Harry Potter, her last living relative and perhaps her only real reason to live. They flee the country to start anew in America.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. I would also like to mention that Applewood is a made up town. The Pittsfield Municipal Airport is a real airport and I don't own it.
This chapter's quote is from quote land . c o m (remove the spaces)
A/N: I've decided to leave the immigration paperwork to the imagination. America must be hard to move to legally anymore, no wonder there are so many illegal immigrants. This is going to take place over a few years. Sorry if this moves to fast, I'm trying to get this out of the way so I can get on with Harry's years at magic school.
Chapter Three
Applewood
"When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes."
-Dylan Thomas
Not too long after Petunia decided what she had to do to get away from the UK, she legally changed Harry's last name to Dursley. It wasn't much, but hopefully it would keep the wizards from being so suspicious. She doubted that wizards had any interest in muggle law, even if it did involve one of their own.
By the next year, Petunia and Harry were in a taxi, heading towards their new home in Applewood, Massachusetts from the Pittsfield Municipal Airport. They arrived at their beautiful, blue-gray Victorian style home. It was three stories tall and had a circular tower and a wrap around porch. It was more than enough room for the two and whatever family that may be added.
Petunia had also started up a gardening shop in town. Gardening was something that she always loved and she was glad to be able to do it for a living. It was also an easy job to keep track of Harry so she didn't need to pay for a baby sitter or day care when she was at the shop.
Their neighbors, the Cunninghams were wonderful people. The African American family consisted of Adrianna, her husband Darius, and their children Isabelle, Langston, and Jonas. Adrianna, who was only a year younger than Petunia, quickly became best friends with Petunia. Langston was the same age as Harry and became Harry's "playmate."
A couple of years later, Harry and Langston started pre-school together. While they make other friends, Harry and Langston continued to be best friends. At her gardening shop, Petunia met a man known as Kinston Forge. He flirted and chatted with her a bit and asked her out on a date, to which she agreed.
Petunia and Kinston continued to date and fell in love. A year later they were married and Petunia became pregnant soon afterwards. However, not everything would go well at first for this newlywed couple. Imagine Petunia's surprise when she found out that Kinston was a wizard! She was devastated and refused to speak to him for weeks.
It wasn't until Kinston told his reason for not telling her that Petunia forgave him. She understood that he couldn't tell her because she was a muggle. Then Petunia explained that she wasn't very fond of the magical world because it took her sister away from her. They finally make up and try to make their relationship work despite their initial hardships.
On June 29, 1986, Petunia gave birth to two healthy twins, one boy and one girl. The girl is named Juliet and the boy is named Christopher.
Harry, Langston, and Jonas got in trouble at school when they ended up on a roof after being chased by a gang of bullies. Petunia and the Cunninghams were very upset that they had got into trouble and they were also grounded. However, Kinston knew what happened and that it was a form of accidental magic. He informed them about that and that it meant that Harry, Langston, and Jonas were wizards.
Not too long after the accidental magic incident, Kinston found out who exactly his step-nephew was. He was surprised that he had been taking care of the famous Harry Potter all along. Once Harry sees Kinston's surprise, a man that was like a father to him, he asked what was so important about his name.
That was when Harry learned the truth about himself. When he was born his parents were forced to go into hiding with him to avoid an evil man known as the Dark Lord Voldemort. Somehow, Voldemort found out their location and killed both his father and mother. However, when he got to Harry he couldn't kill him. No, Voldemort didn't suddenly grow a malformed heart. When the dark lord fired the killing curse, it backfired and destroyed him instead. Because of this magnificent feat, Harry became a hero of the magical world before he could even remember.
A few years later and Harry and Langston finished the fifth grade. Jonas was on his way to fifth grade and the twins were about to start elementary school. Petunia's gardening shop was flourishing and Kinston's job as an auror was getting less dangerous every day. Their life in America was going well and Petunia was quite proud of her decision to move to America. Harry, who would have had a horrible life if his uncle and cousin hadn't perished, was a happy and healthy young boy.
A/N: Sorry if this seems rushed, like I said I wanted to get some details out of the way. I want to thank everyone who reviewed; your reviews make my day. I'd also like to thank those of you who read even if you didn't review (you know who you are). I am just glad that you took the time of day to read my story. I have decided on a weekly schedule for this story.
Sorry for the short chapter, to make up for it here is a preview of the next chapter which will be where things finally start moving.
Next Chapter: Harry and Langston are invited to attend the Salem Academy of Magic, one of the most prodigious public magic schools in North America. However, Harry also receives an invitation from Hogwarts with his original name! Will he go to his parents' school or will he go to the school of the man who has been his father figure ever since he was in preschool?