Author's Note: Hagrid is in this chapter, but i can NOT do his accent at all, so I'm not even going to try. Sorry!

Disclaimer: Not mine.

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Chapter 2

The next morning Harry woke up to a huge racket coming from downstairs. He quickly changed and went down to the kitchen to find Remus having had picked Violet up and was swinging her around, while she was shrieking with joy. James and Peter were standing nearby, watching them with wide smiles on their faces, both of which dropped the moment Harry stepped into the room.

Violet smirked at him as Remus set her down. "Well, well, if it isn't the bratty little squib. I just got my Hogwarts letter; did you get yours? No? No wonder I'm the one who You-Know-Who targeted; why the hell would he care about a stupid squib?"

Harry barely stopped himself from yelling at her, or telling her that yes, he did receive his letter, which would wipe the smirk right off her face. Neither option, however, would go over well with James, and Harry shuddered thinking about the punishment he would receive.

He knew that if his father found out he had received his letter first, he'd be dead. Of course, it made a lot of sense that Violet got her's today, as the letters were given out according to the month one was born in (someone who was born in January would get their letter a few days before a person born in June). Violet had been born just after midnight, which was technically the next day. But as there had been a prophecy made about a child born in late July, James had decided that the nurse had made a mistake, and that she had been really born a minute before. God forbid the chosen one would be anyone other than his little daughter, the first female to be born into the Potter line in centuries. James had always thought that Violet was special, which was why he had immediately decided that Violet had been the girl-who-lived when he had first seen Voldemort's fallen body, and the two twins alive and healthy. He had easily convinced the headmaster as such, and by the time Harry had realized who they thought had defeated Voldemort, it was too late. It didn't matter that Harry remembered that night clearly; no one would ever believe him. Besides, maybe that was a good thing; if people knew he was the boy-who-lived, he would be famous, and there weren't many things that he despised more than fame.

Harry was interrupted from his thoughts by his favorite house-elf, who had just joined him in the kitchen.

"Mr. Harry Potter, sir," she squeaked, "We just received this letter for you, from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Harry smiled thankfully at the house-elf, and said, "Thank-you Jinky."

Violet glared at him, and then whined, "Daddy, I don't want Harry to come to Hogwarts with me, he'll ruin it! It's not fair!"

"Violet, honey," James said, "I'm sure he'll be in a different house than you, you'll barely ever see him."

"But Daddy!"

"I'm sorry sweetie. Why don't I buy you a new owl to take with you to school, then you can write me whenever he does anything to ruin your day. Will that help sweetie?"

Violet paused for a minute, thinking, and then nodded. "Can we go get it now?"

"Of course, sweetie. In fact, why don't we get all of your new supplies now, so we don't have to worry about it later?"

Violet nodded, and James turned toward Harry. "You can come with us, I don't want anyone wondering why we would leave you at home. I won't let the public find out that a dark, evil freak came from the Potter line."

Harry nodded, and they all flooed to Diagon Alley.

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The five landed in the Leaky Cauldron, and James went to order some drinks from the bar (for everyone but Harry, of course). When he came back, he was being followed by a pale, trembling man. James then said, "Violet, this is Professor Quirrel, he's going to be teaching you Defense Against the Dark Arts. Professor, this is my daughter, Violet Potter."

Harry stared at the man as he shook hands with Violet. He was trembling a lot, as if he was scared of his own shadow. 'This guy is supposed to be teaching me how to defend myself against the dark arts?' Harry thought incredulously as the professor said, "P-p-pleasure to m-meet you, V-violet."

Harry rolled his eyes at the teacher's stuttering. He could barely say a single word without stuttering! And why was he here, anyway? Shouldn't he have been at school, preparing for the next year?

Harry sighed as James excused themselves. "Come on, you lot. We've got to get to Gringott's, to get some money for Violet's supplies."

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Remus Lupin sighed as he watched Harry Potter converse excitedly with the goblin who was taking them to the Potter vault. James was glaring at Harry, not that that was anything new. Remus knew James thought of goblins as inferior to them, and that no human being should talk with them except for to order them around. Harry, however, paid no mind to James; he was obviously used to the glares he received, and refused to be ordered around by them. The thought made Remus feel slightly guilty; he knew no child should have to deal with that. But yet, if he said anything about it, James and Peter, and perhaps Sirius, would stop being friends with him. And he had no idea how he would survive without them, now that he knew what it was like to have them.

Remus still remembered what his childhood had been like, having no friends. But then he had befriended James, Peter, and Sirius. Remus didn't know how he would be able to survive without them now. His youth had been horrid, and he never wanted to go back to being so lonely.

Remus glanced back at James, and realized that, after all he's done for him, the least he could do was side with him on the issue of his son.

And then he reverted his thoughts back to a safer topic, but only after vowing to stop feeling so guilty for what he let James do to his only son.

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Harry left Gringott's bank quite cheerfully. He had befriended one of the goblins, called Griphook, and James had given him a decent amount of money to pay for his supplies with. James had claimed that as disgraced as he was, he was still a Potter, and no Potter went to school with old, used supplies. They couldn't have anyone believing they, the family of the girl-who-lived, were low on money or something.

Right as the Potters, Remus, and Peter left the back they ran into a huge man with a long, shaggy mane of hair, and a wild, tangled beard. James' lip curled up in distaste. "Hagrid," he said, "What are you doing all the way down here? Surely you can't fit inside the bank?"

The man ignored James' last comment, obviously used to such remarks, and instead focused on James' first question. "Hogwarts business, Mr. Potter. Are these your children?" He nodded at Violet and Harry, one of the first people who acknowledged him as James' child, and not just Violet.

"Of course," James replied, putting a hand on Violet's shoulder to keep her from getting too close to the man. What did you think, that I just took care of random children?"

"Papa," Violet said, "Who is he? And why is he so big?"

Harry sighed, feeling guilty for his family's insensitivity. "This is Rubeus Hagrid," Remus answered for James. "He's the gameskeeper at Hogwarts."

"Why would Professor Dumbledore hire someone like him?" James and Peter chuckled, while Remus sent an apologetic glance at the gameskeeper.

Harry glared at his family, his good mood having had already evaporated.

"No one knows, Violet," Peter replied. "It's a great mystery to us all."

Then James said, "If you'll excuse us Hagrid, we have more important things to do than stand here wasting our time with a guy whose probably too tall to hear us anyway." He pushed past Hagrid, beckoning everyone to follow him. Harry sent an apologetic glance at Hagrid, not wanting to test his luck on getting supplies by doing anything more.

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Thanks to everyone who reviewed, you guys rock!

lmill123- No, actually, it was James who picked Violet as being the gwl, as you can probably see from this chapter. She was always his favorite, and so he thought she would be the one. Of course, no one would really listen to him, but he easily convinced Dumbledore, and everyone listened to him. Also, I like your idea, but I already have this planned out, and that would totally change things. Sorry!

Swirling Bloom- Yes, i'm hoping to keep Harry pretty balanced. I can't imagine him ever siding with Voldemort, and he won't be in this. Yes, he may be dark, but he will NOT be evil. I think that having Lily having had loved him still will also keep him from becomign too dark Thanks for the advice!

Kin Pandun- A lot of your ?s were answered in this chapter, and most of the rest will be answered in the next few. I'll give you those answers now anyway tho. James didn't check Peter for the dark mark because by the time Peter came back to them, claiming to have been under teh imperious, James had become incredibly arrogant. He didn't believe that someone he had befriended could have been evil- his friends were all better than that. Also, he didn't believe that anyone would dare betray HIM and HIS family. So therefore he didn't check Peter for the dark mark, but everyone assumed he had, and so no one else did.

Yes, Harry is going to be in Slytherin. He spends most of his time reading, when he's not doing his chores I mean.

Sirius is going to come into this later on. Harry and Sirius are very close, but Sirius does not know about the abuse. Sirius came from a dark family, who loved to torture muggle-borns and muggles and everything. Sirius felt guilty about coming from a family like that, and so he became very dedicated to his work as an Auror. He is often gone, and doesn't see the Potters much. Also, he and James do get along, but they're not as close as they used to be- Sirius is a lot closer with Harry than James.

Harry will most likely visit Knockturn Alley later on, I'm thinking before third year, but maybe sooner.

Harry and Draco will become friends in the Mme. Malkin's scene.

I loved your suggestions, thank-you so much! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!