In the middle of a normal street, in a normal neighbourhood some thing abnormal was happening. Little Harry James Potter the only son of Lily Potter ( Evans) and James Potter who looked no more that 5 years old was washing up, or earning his keep as his Uncle told him. He was wearing his cousins old hand me downs ,although his cousin was at least 4 times his size and a good ft taller, so they swallowed his cousin, Dudley a whale of a boy ( much like his father) came running in and knocked poor little Harry so he dropped his Aunts most treasured bone china. Poor Harry's heart stopped and it seemed to play in slow motion as the plate hit the hard floor and smashed. Dudley whose favourite thing to see was his cousins get in trouble ran to make sure his parents knew, just in case they hadn't heard the noise.

Harry wished that hadn't happened as his Uncle had recently discovered that keep Harry and his sister Tigerlily apart was one of the worst things the children hated and Vernon being a rather cruel man loved to see them when he separated them. Suddenly Harry saw all the bits of the plate coming back together , but unfortunately for the Potter children Vernon and Petunia had also seen this happen. Harry looked up to see his Aunts face go very pale and his Uncles face go an unnatural shade of purple and Dudley wisely hide behind his mother.

Harry felt his blood turn cold and out of the corner of his eye he could see his little sister, he was always protective of her, he always tried to take the blame for everything, although that didn't stop Vernon, instead he just gave them both a ' good whipping'.

Then Vernon started shouting " YOU WORTHLESS , USELESS FREAK! HOW DARE YOU USE YOUR FREAKISHNESS IN THIS HOUSE! WHAT ARE YOU,BOY?''

Harry shyly looked up and just as shyly answered in monotone "I'm a worthless , unlovable freak, like my parents and sister"

Vernon who seemed happy at this answer told Harry to go to his cupboard, the cupboard was the 'bedroom' he share with Tigerlily. But then Vernon turn to Tigerlily and dragged her by her hair out to the shed and locked her in. Tigerlily was never called by her name by anyone she was either 'Girl','freak' 'Tiger' or 'Tilly'. When Harry once called her Lily Aunt Petunia got very angry and locked them in the cupboard together for 3 days with no food, but it had sounded like she cried but you couldn't really be sure. Back then they would be locked in together although it wasn't nice to be locked up in the cupboard she felt safe with her brother near her, unlike now when she could hear things moving and yet couldn't see a thing. But Tigerlily would never cry, even when she was by herself. She never spoke either unless it was only her and Harry. Her Aunt and Uncle never tried to get her to talk, they didn't care and to be totally honest they didn't notice. Although Dudley sometimes said it was like having a ghost in the ghost look was spoilt by the fact she also had to wear her cousins hand me downs but if they ever went out ( which was very rare ) her Aunt Petunia would get her some of her old dresses or sometimes make them when she was really bored, which also was very rare. As Petunia enjoyed gossiping and looking at what the neighbours were up to and always trying to be one better.

There were only 2 major differences between the siblings. 1) There appearance , Harry had black messy hair that would never do what he wanted it to, he wore broken glasses and had bright, brilliant green eyes whereas Tigerlily had an unnatural shade of red hair that would sit flat most of the time, but when it got wet went big and curly, she also had the same bright, brilliant greens eyes her brother had. 2) Harry believed most of what the Dursleys said but not everything, he didn't believe his parents died in a car crash as that doesn't involve green light or explain his scar but Tigerlily believes everything she is told, so truly believes she doesn't have a right to anything including talking and love.

That night Tigerlily huddled to keep herself warm and drifted into an uncomfortable sleep. While Harry cried quietly as he had just received a beating from his Uncle to 'beat the freakishness out of him'. He heard a noise of someone walking down the stairs, at first he thought his Uncle was coming back to finish the job but realised to foot steps were far too light to be his Uncle or Dudley. He was a little confused, Why was his Aunt Petunia was coming down stairs, unless Dudley was in need for a snack. But when he heard the sound of the lock of his cupboard moving he was confused and terrified. The door swung open and his Aunt was there bent down to his height and was looking like she did at Dudley when he cried. She also seemed nervous like she didn't know what to door she suddenly burst out and said " You look just like your Mother when you cry" Although she tried to hide it, you could tell talking about her dead sister made her very upset and a single tear left her eyes. She couldn't bare to look at her nephews face any more it was too upsetting, she simply passed him a warm blanket and closed the door. She then headed towards the kitchen and then unlocked the back door and went to the shed, she undid the flimsy lock and saw her little niece, who looked just like her mother, it was almost as if she was a clone of her went and put a blanket around her although she was cold Petunia didn't care that much she helped them more than she had to. With that thought of her good deed she went back into the house and went to bed.

In the morning as usual Petunia was first up she went to go and retrieve the blankets and wake up the burdens. She went to get Harry first as he was inside, she opened to door to the cupboard to see Harry already awake and changed and the blanket folded. She took it and Harry followed her out and went and started on breakfast. Petunia almost smiled to herself she had trained them well. She then headed outside and got Tigerlily, she also ran into the house she gave her brother a hug and started to get to work to. Petunia Stood there watching the pair but her attention was more focused on Tigerlily. Vernon had always wanted a son and when Dudley was born he was so happy, although he would have loves a girl just as much she was sure. But Petunia had always wanted a girl and she was planning on getting pregnant again, but then these 2 appeared on her door step and that put an end to her plans.

She was pulled out of her thought when Vernon came down the stairs along with Dudley both of whom looked at the food that had already been placed on the table, like they had never eaten before. Harry and Tigerlily hadn't finished breakfast yet, Vernon and Dudley always wanted seconds and thirds. While Harry and Tigerlily had to hope their Aunt would be kind and let them eat something when Vernon was at work and Dudley at school.

The Potter siblings didn't go to school but their Aunt had refused to let them be totally stupid so had taken it upon herself to teach them to read, but that was all. Once Harry could read she let him teach his Sister.

Now they could both read better than Dudley, but Petunia wasn't completely cold hearted or evil, so she never told her husband she had taught them to read. She didn't buy them any books, but then it would be obvious even to her husband. The main reason she had taught them was so she could give them a list of chores and go and do whatever she wanted.

That morning Dudley didn't want to go to school as it was a Friday and the last day of term, so Petunia promised him that if he went to school she would make sure there was a fresh batch of cookies for him when he got back. So eventually he agreed to go to school. Petunia gave the children a list of chores to do while she went out and had her hair done. As soon as she left the Children looked at the list of chores they had to do before Vernon was back.

-WASH UP

-DO THE LAUNDRY

-SWEEP THE KITCHEN FLOOR

-MOP THE KITCHEN FLOOR

-TIDY DUDLEY'S ROOM

-CLEAN THE WHOLE HOUSE

-DUST THE WHOLE HOUSE

-WEED BOTH GARDENS

-MOW THE LAWNS

-MAKE DINNER

The children knew from experience it was going to be tight, the outdoor chores should be done first before it became too hot they split the chores between them and ran to get to work.