A Different Beginning
10 Years Later
A boy with unruly black hair sat up in his bed. His eyes flew open to revel green eyes. His hand flew up to his lightning bolt scar on his head. The pain was slowly fading away, and there was a knock on the door.
"Harry?" a voice called out.
"Yeah, come in," Harry croaked out. The door opened to Lily, James and Harry's little sister, Selena. All three of them had worried looks on their faces.
"You screamed out," Selena stated.
"Oh, just a bad dream," Harry replied sheepishly.
"Really son, are you ok?" James asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Harry lied. James believed it, and took Selena downstairs.
"Harry, tell me the truth," Lily sat down next to him on the bed.
Harry sighed, "I dreamt of the night Voldemort came to us." Lily sighed, and put an arm around her son.
"That was in the past, now all you should be worried about is when you get your Hogwarts letter. Your safe now, Harry, surrounded by all the people who love you," Lily told him.
"What if you and dad had died, then what would've happened?" Harry asked, feeling a little better.
"Then you would live with Sirius, Remus or the Longbottoms," Lily answered.
"What if they weren't around?" Harry continued to question.
"Then you would live with Dumbledore, and if it comes to it, you would be sent to the Dursleys," Lily shuddered.
"I guess I can be really grateful, that dad slipped on my toy duck, and that you love me so much," Harry sighed, "I just feel like something's missing sometimes, like there's a part of me that can't be satisfied with the life I have. I don't mean becoming a spoiled rich kid, just that my life as a whole needs something." Lily sat there in shock, she never heard her son be like this. Growing up, his only friends were Neville and Selena, purely because most people were friendly to him because of him being the boy-who-lived.
"Well," Lily started, "Why don't we go to Diagon Ally, meet up with Neville and go shopping?"
"Ok, that sounds fun," Harry smiled. Lily stood up to leave, and kissed him on the head.
"We all love you, Harry, never forget that."
A/N: I typed this in the car, and finally got internet, so here's chapter 2. Thanks so much for the reviews, story alert and favorites, it really made my heart swell. I'm not too sure about this chapter, but I put it up anyways, since so many like it already. Just to let you know, Selena was born June 28, 1983, so she'd start her first year at Hogwarts when Harry is in his third(right?). I'd also like to say Happy Birthday to Daniel Radcliffe, since when I woke up, that was one of the first things I realized.