AN: Many thanks to those that reviewed on the first chapter. I am pleased that I actually have people that have added this to their alerts and favorites. Oh, and since I forgot to mention it in the first chapter, this will eventually be a slash fic. It won't be heavy on the romance wince this is my first fic, and I have to be comfortable with something before I try writing it, but if you don't like then don't read. There will be another authors note at the end of the chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Supernatural. Any characters or scenes that you recognize are the property of JK Rowling and Eric Kripke.

~~Chapter 2: Life Without Dad~~

The days after Bills death were hard for Ellen, Jo, and Harry. Ellen refused to inform the children the real reason their father had been killed. Instead she chalked it up to a hunting accident. The Harvelle family had a private burning for Bill, after which they tried to continue their lives. Ellen continued to run the Roadhouse by herself.

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It was a week after Harry's eighth birthday when Ellen decided to teach her children to defend themselves. She decided to teach them hand to hand combat before moving them on to actual weapons. Every move that she presented to them they mastered as quickly as possible. They wanted their father to be proud of them, which made them work that much harder. As there weren't any other children their age around, Harry and Jo we trained to fight each other, Ellen felt that Jo would be able to achieve a greater strength fighting a boy than if she was held back to a girls level.

By December of 1991, Ellen decided to move the kids on to a higher skill level. She took them out into the woods near their home, and they began learning to shoot a bow and arrow. Again they learned quickly. Harry caught on just a bit faster than Jo, and when he got his first successful kill a few weeks later he was overjoyed. Jo wasn't too far behind and a few days later she managed to kill a rabbit of her own. Ellen was proud of her kids, they were surpassing all of her expectations and she knew that Bill would be so proud.

On occasion the kids would get a visit from their 'uncle' John. It had taken her a few years, but Ellen was finally able to forgive him for her husbands death. On one such visit in early June of 1992, he gave both Harry and Jo a .45 revolver. Ellen, and occasionally John, spent the next few weeks teaching the two of them how to shoot. By the time that Harry's ninth birthday passed he and Jo had nearly mastered the revolvers and Ellen felt they were ready to move to different guns. Both of the Harvelle children where extremely talented, and by the time they turned sixteen there wasn't a weapon that could be found that the two of them couldn't use with expert precision.

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On Harry's sixteenth birthday his mother decided that it was time for him to begin driving his fathers old car. The morning of July 31st, Harry was roused from his sleep when his sister jumped onto his bed. The day started with Harry opening the gifts from his mother and sister. His sisters gift was a custom made, engraved silver dagger. The hilt was set with an emerald to match his eyes. When he opened the small box from his mother he was floored. The keys to the old Elcamino that had belonged his father were in the box, along with a note from the man.

Harry,

If your mother has given this to you, then I am no longer around. There is a secret about your childhood that your mother and I have worked for years to protect you from, and I feel that you are now prepared to deal with this knowledge. When you were six months old a demon attacked your family. I was the first hunter to reach your house, and once Ellen and I learned that both of your birth parents had died, we thought it would be best to make you part of our family. Since that night, I dedicated my life to discovering who it was that killed your family and if yours was the only family that this demon attacked. During my research I found at least two others that this happened to, and those children were fortunate enough to not lose both of their parents. I know that this will come as a shock to you, and I know that this is a lot of information to take in at once, but I want you to allow your mother to explain anything else to you. Just know that we have loved you since we brought you home with us and that that will never change.

Love always,

Dad

By the time he reached the end of the letter Harry's eyes were clouded with tears, and Ellen moved around to hold her baby boy. Harry dropped the letter to clutch his mother, and Jo picked it up to read it too. She couldn't believe that the brother she grew up with was adopted. She looked over at her brother and told him that she still loved him, and that he would be her brother no matter what.

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Over the next three years, Harry and Jo continued to train, and help their mother in the Roadhouse. All of the stories they heard from the passing hunters made Jo eager to have a chance to follow in her fathers footstep, while Harry just wanted to get away from it all. March of 2001 brought a new member to the Harvelle clan. Ash, a wannabe hunter, and a self proclaimed genius arrived at the Roadhouse one day, and never left. Ash soon became a necessary member of the Roadhouse team, and helped many a hunter when they couldn't get their hands on the information they needed.

The summer of 2002 was the last that the three Harvelles spent together as a family. While Jo would remain with her mother to Harry had decided that he wanted to further his education, and was accepted into Stanford University receiving a full scholarship for whichever program he decided to pursue.

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AN: Here is another chapter. In the next one Harry goes off to Stanford where he will meet Sam. I am going to be attempting to make all of the chapters to come involve actual conversations, as I have made it past the back story, and the real adventures will begin. Please review as they make me smile. And again, any criticism you have that could make the story better will be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.