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A Different Life, A New Family

Chapter One - A New Family

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3 years later

Little four-year-old Harry was sitting in the Potter library, reading an advance book about potion making. Harry knew that his parents never really loved him. He was an unexpected and unwanted surprise and he knew that the only reason why the Potters kept him was that it would be bad for the Potter family name if they were to give him away.

The Potters never cared for him or looked after him, but they never abused him either. Harry was mostly taken care of by the house elves, as the Potters were too busy pampering and spoiling their other children as well as the two-year-old twins, Andrew and Anna. The potter children also ignored Harry and most of the time, more like all the time actually, they forgot that there were five of them.

Harry's Uncle Sirius and Uncle Remus also forgot about him. They would occasionally say hello to him or play with him for a bit but then his siblings would come and take them away and Harry would be forgotten for the rest of the day.

Harry grew up rather quickly. By two, he knew how to speak and by three, he knew how to read and write. But he still had the belief that his parent would one day acknowledge his existence.

After picking another book and deciding to read it in his room with some cookies, Harry over heard a conversation between his parents and Mr. Dumbledore as he passed by the living room.

"We can't keep him anymore Albus." That was his mother's voice.

"He has to go." That was his father's. "We need to train them and Harry might get jealous that his brothers and sisters are going to be way ahead of him in their studies."

"Very well then. Are you going to send him to your sister's, Lilly?" Dumbledore asked.

"No. She dislikes magic."

"We were thinking of sending him to a muggle orphanage so he won't be able to hear about us and get upset."

"Very well then. Have you found an orphanage?"

"Yes, well be bringing him there in a week"

Little Harry stepped away from the door with tears in his bright green eyes.

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One week later

"I know your upset, honey, but it's for the best." Lilly said as he hugged Harry and lead him to the caretaker of the orphanage.

"That's alright, mother, I understand." Harry said quietly, holding back his tears. He knew that no matter how much he cried, his parent would not bring him back home and he wouldn't be able find his way home if he walked.

The caretaker, Miss Anderson, took Harry's hand and said, "Don't worry Mrs. Potter. We'll take care of little Harry." Inside, Miss Anderson was fuming. 'I can't believe these people. They obviously have a lot of money. They should be able to take care of this child. And I can't believe that they are giving up this adorable little child.'

When the Potters left, Miss Anderson showed Harry around the orphanage, where they ate, the kitchen, the bathrooms, the laundry room, were the children play and were they slept.

"This will be your bed, Harry. You get up at seven in the morning and lights are off at eight. You have to straiten your bed every morning and the sheets are changed every Sunday. There's a chore chart in the living room that shows what chore you have that day and you must have them done." Miss Anderson told Harry. "Now, do you have any questions, Harry?" she asked.

Harry shook his head. "No, I just want to lie down for a bit. "Harry replied quietly.

Miss Anderson smiled down at him. "Of course dear. I'll have one of the older kids wake you for dinner. Alright?"

Harry nodded and watched her leave the room. Harry then slipped beneath the covers of his new bed and cried silently underneath the covers.

The other children, who witnessed the Potters dropping off Harry and leaving, felt sadden to see the little one cry. Most of the children were from broken homes and they couldn't believe that a wealthy couple would give up a child especially when the mother looked like she was expecting. All the children then decided that they would help out the little one as much as they could.

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4 months later

Harry enjoyed being at the orphanage. All the children were friendly and they would play with him. The older children would teach him what they learned in their classes and he would teach the kids his age and younger how to read and write.

Also, during his stay at the orphanage, Harry developed an ability to see the dead. Normal wizards and witches could see the ghosts of other witches and wizards but they couldn't see the muggle ghosts and that's what Harry could see. Harry would occasionally talk or help out some of the ghosts he meets. He never told anyone what he was seeing because he knew that they would think that they were just imaginary friends, so Harry kept it to himself until that day in the park.

On Saturdays, Miss Anderson would always bring the children to the park to play. That day, Harry was sitting underneath an old oak tree and was reading a story to one of his ghost friends. Harry didn't notice the orange haired boy watching them or when the boy went and sat in front of Harry, listening as Harry read his story. It wasn't until the boy asked the ghost what he thought of the silly girl in the story did Harry notice the other boy.

Harry looked at the boy with wide eyes, "You can see him?" Harry asked him.

The other boy replied, "Of course I can see him, otherwise I wouldn't be talking to him. Oof!" It was the other boy's turn to be shocked.

Letting him go, Harry smiled up to the other boy, "I'm Harry and this," Harry indicated to the ghost beside him, "is Matthew. Who are you?"

The other boy smiled down at Harry, "I'm Ichigo Kurosaki. It's a pleasure to meet the both of you."

Harry and Ichigo became closer and closer each time they meet. Every Saturday they would meet up by the oak tree and read a book or play with the ghosts or the other children.

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6 months later

"Really!" Harry exclaimed. That afternoon, Ichigo and his parents arrived at the orphanage. Ichigo's parents went to speak with Miss Anderson while Ichigo went to look for Harry and tell him the good news.

"Yup!" Ichigo nodded enthusiastically. "They thought it would be nice to have another kid. Also, they both love you and they keep telling me that I never stop talking about you. So they decided to adopt you! They already talked to Miss Anderson about it and all they have to do is sign some papers and then you'll be my little brother!" Ichigo started hugging Harry and Harry hugged him back.

Harry couldn't believe that he was finally going to be in a loving family that he always dreamed of having. He hugged Ichigo as tight as he could and started to cry. "I love you, big brother." Harry whispered to Ichigo.

Surprised at the sudden tears, Ichigo smiled. "I love you too, little brother."

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