Disclaimer: I am not J.K. Rowling, therefore I do not own Harry Potter. I just like to play around with the characters.

This fan fiction was inspired by Paffy's Behind Blue Eyes

A/N: Ugh, sorry, the pagebreaks I'm making aren't showing up. Sorry if it confuses you!

Chapter One:

July 10-13th, 1996

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A middle aged woman walked down the halls of Mercy Hospital, her heels clapping on the tiled floor. Her hair held a tight bun, she wore a business suit. A kind smile displayed on her face as she walked next to an elderly stout woman.

"He is a very kind young man, Mrs. Piper. He is always helping the staff out, watching the younger children, among other things. You will love him." the business woman, Jenny Arnolds, said to the elderly woman. The elderly woman gave a kind smile as she followed the other woman into a residential wing of the hospital.

"The doctors are not sure, but they suppose, judging by his bone structure that he is in his mid teens. Perhaps fourteen or fifteen years old. Maybe older." Jenny continued as she looked at the numbers of the doors. "Ah, here it is." the pair of women stopped in front of a door marked 35D.

Inside, the elderly woman, Mrs. Piper, saw a young man, with thick black hair stand play a game of cards with a younger boy. Mrs. Piper smiled as she watched the two boys laugh and joke together.

"Johnny!" Jenny exclaimed fondly, smiling as she walked over to the two boys.

"Jenny!" 'Johnny' mimicked the woman, his bright green eyes wide behind his rectangular glasses as he exaggerated. The young teen smiled as Jenny gave a slight roll of her eyes.

"Johnny this is Mrs. Piper. Mrs. Piper this is Johnny." Mrs. Piper gave Johnny a kind smile as he gave her an uncertain one, he hadn't realized Jenny had brought someone with her. "She will be your foster mother once you leave the hospital tomorrow."

"Oh." the younger boy said, glancing at the faces of everyone in the room. "I'll - I'll just leave then…" he hurried out of the room to get out of the way.

No one said anything. Jenny coughed to break the silence, Johnny looked away from Mrs. Piper to Jenny. "Well, I believe I'll leave for you two to get acquainted." she left without further ado.

For quite some time, Mrs. Piper and Johnny only stared at each other. Not saying a word or making an facial expression. It was as if they were both calculating each other.

"Hello." Johnny said finally. Mrs. Piper gave him a grin.

"Hello."

Johnny looked at her with uncertainty, as if he was about to say something, instead he just patted the chair that sat next to his hospital bed. Mrs. Piper sat down gratefully.

"Do you enjoy it here?" Johnny nodded. "Have you any friends?" Johnny shrugged.

"A few."

"What are their names?"

"Robby and Jake." Johnny paused, he wasn't sure what to say. This whole experience was uncomfortable - for him at least. "Robby was just in here."

"Ah." Mrs. Piper said, picturing the young boy who had rushed out of that room in her head. Johnny nodded, not knowing how to respond.

"I have a few grandsons, around your age. They live a few blocks away from us."

"Us?"

"You and I. It'll just be the two of us in the house."

"Oh…"

Mrs. Piper, noticing his confusion, said, "Mr. Piper passed away some years ago. The house has gotten a bit lonely, I figure its about time to get the house up and alive again." Johnny looked at her with surprise.

"I'm sorry to hear that, Mrs. Piper."

"Oh, don't be child. You needn't worry your mind on things that have long passed." she patted her hand on Johnny's in a grandmotherly way. "Now, tell me about your life here."


Jenny came back hours later, to find that Mrs. Piper and Johnny had yet to leave the room she left them in. Surprisingly, happily so, Jenny found that they were talking animatedly about several things - both enjoying themselves.

"Knock, knock." Jenny said as she walked into the room. They both looked at her with grins.

"Oh, I suppose its time for me to leave isn't?" the elderly woman said, sighing as she stood up.

"I'm afraid so, Mrs. Piper. Visiting hours are over." The elderly woman bobbed her head in understanding, yet Johnny frowned in disappointment.

"I shall see you tomorrow, child." Mrs. Piper told Johnny gently and patted Johnny's cheek, he gave her a grin.

"If you don't mind, I would like to ask Johnny a few quick questions before we leave… in private."

"Alrighty, dear." Mrs. Piper gave Johnny one last wave of goodbye before leaving the room. Once they were alone, Jenny looked at the teen.

"Did you like her?"

"She's nice."

"Do you feel that you could live with her? If you don't want to that's okay." Jenny continued.

"I'll live with her." Johnny's social worker's face positively beamed.

"That's great, Johnny! She's going to fill out some papers tonight and she'll come by tomorrow to pick you up - now you need to get a good rest in! Okay?" Johnny laughed at Jenny's happiness and nodded. "Oh, I'm so happy for you - I'll be checking up on you about once every two weeks, but if you need anything, don't hesitate to call me okay? You know my number. Oh, Johnny, this will be great. You are going to love Mrs. Piper."

"Goodnight, Jenny." Johnny said with a chuckle. Jenny smiled and said goodnight back at him.

In the hall, Jenny found Mrs. Piper waiting for her.

"Thank you for waiting, Mrs. Piper. If you'll come with me to the nurses' station, there will be some things for you to sign and such."

"Lead the way." Mrs. Piper said, Jenny nodded and started down the hall. They soon came upon the center of the floor where the nurses sat. A blond male nurse noticed them and stood up.

"Hello! Are you the lady who's taking in Johnny?" at the women's nods, the nurse continued. "Great. As you both know, Johnny is a John Doe. He has no memory before waking up in this hospital. There is a possibility that he'll recover his memory, but since its been so long since the incident, its doubtful.

"Now, another thing. Johnny takes several pills a day right now. By next week he should be down to two pills and he'll have to continue those pills for, most likely, his whole life."

"What are the pills for?" Mrs. Piper asked when the male nurse paused for a breath.

"Glad you asked. The pills are for the nerve damage that was done before anyone found him. Its mostly likely from falling at an incredible speed and landing on those nerves. The nerves that are damaged, only slightly, but its still damage, are the nerve that's right next to his eye." the nurse pointed to the spot where Johnny was damaged on himself.

"It controls blinking and such, have you noticed how he closes his eyes and scrunches his face up sometimes? That's the blinking that the nerve damaged caused. He only does it, from what we've found, is when he is under high pressure, confused, or concentrating. Otherwise, the blinking isn't that bad. Do you got that?" Mrs. Piper nodded and the male nurse continued.

"The other damage was a nerve that controls his hands. His right hand has a slight shake, he hides it very well, but it becomes noticeable when he's high on emotion, like the ones I listed for his blinking. The pill he's taking for the nerve damages keeps the nerves from getting worse. The other pill, is to help with the shaking in his hand, to keep it to a minimum."

"That's basically it for now, when you come and get him in the morning you'll have to sign an release form and his prescriptions. Any questions?" the nurse looked at the both of them and seeing they both completely understood, he handed a red folder to Mrs. Piper.

"This isn't really anything medical. It's just something the girls and the residents put together for Johnny. A farewell of sorts." Mrs. Piper smiled and took the folder from the nurse.

"Thank you."


The next afternoon, the tall black haired teen known as Johnny Doe, sat in a small white car in the parking lot of a mall. His green eyes stared widely at the enormous building bustling with hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people. He hadn't even gotten out of the car yet and he was feeling claustrophobic.

Gathering up his courage, he stepped out the car and stood next to his foster mother. Mrs. Piper took his hand as if he was a small child and hurried across the parking lot and into the mall. It was worse then Johnny expected. It wasn't normal people. Not a real mixture of people at all. It was full of teens. Johnny knew that he was a teen also, but he couldn't help but be a bit frightened by some of the teens there. One was staring at him with an absolute death glare - he could feel his blinks already starting. Thankfully, even as if it looked like he himself was incapable, Mrs. Piper was dragging him around by the hold on his hand.

"Lets see… shall we start with formal wear? I think you might like that, you seem like a boy who'd wear a button up shirt." Mrs. Piper gave him a grin, he couldn't help grin back as she dragged him to a store that had mannequins dressed in tuxedos in the window.

"Hello, can I help you an any way?" a man dressed in a tux, with a pin that read 'Michael Roth at your service', said.

"Yes, you can. My son here is looking for some nice tuxedos." Mrs. Piper beat Johnny to the reply.

"Wonderful, do you know you're size?"

"No, we do not know."

"Mrs. Piper-" Johnny started to protest but she shushed him.

"No problem, now if you come with me to the dressing room I'll measure you and bring you some clothes." the salesman smiled friendly, completely ignoring Johnny's protest. He turned and walked to the back, with Mrs. Piper and Johnny following him. Soon, Mrs. Piper and Johnny were out of the shop with a sack of formal wear.

"You didn't need to-"

"I am your guardian and as such I provide food, clothes, and shelter for you. Don't protest." Johnny looked at Mrs. Piper with surprise. A grin formed on his face as he ran to catch up with the elderly woman.


It was late afternoon when Mrs. Piper and Johnny arrived to the small neighborhood where they lived. It was the first time that Johnny saw the house where he would be living in with Mrs. Piper.

It wasn't long until they pulled into a driveway. Johnny stared out his window at the small two story house before him. It was small, but very… quaint.

Johnny stepped out of the car just as Mrs. Piper did. He grabbed arms full of the sacks of clothing that Mrs. Piper had bought him. Seeing so many bags of items for him made him feel like he was taking advantage of Mrs. Piper. He shouldn't make her pay for all that! But she did say that she's suppose to do that right? The whole things made Johnny confused and frustrated with himself.

Mrs. Piper grabbed the single last sack and closed the car door. Johnny followed her into the house, his new home.

His foster mother led him down the hall and up the stairs. The walls were filled with several pictures of the same people. It began with a black and white photo of a couple, whom Johnny presumed was the newlywed couple Mr. and Mrs. Piper. The next ones were family photos mostly, it seemed that the Pipers had only one child, a girl. Whom was married and now lived a few blocks away from there with her family.

Johnny practically ran into the stout Mrs. Piper when she suddenly stopped in front of an open door.

"This is your room now, Johnny." he looked at her and then the room with trepidation.

He was pleasantly surprised. He set the sacks of clothes and items from the mall onto the ground gently. The room, it wasn't pre-decorated, no, all it was was a single bed next to the wall. As well as a dresser, and a closest across the room. He loved it.

Mrs. Piper's voice broke him out of his thoughts, "Decorate it as you will. I know that our Darla loved to decorate her room when she was your age, even though she's a girl and you're a boy, I figure it can't be that muc-"

Johnny cut her off as he engulfed her into a hug.

"Thank you."

For the first time Johnny could remember, he had a real life ahead of him with someone who cared. At that moment, even though they had just met and had so much more to learn about each other, Johnny vowed he would do everything in his power to repay Mrs. Piper for what she did for him.

A/N: Thank you for all your reviews, faves, and alerts! That means so much to me! I didn't think anyone would actually read this, so thank you for liking it enough to put it on your alerts/faves. I hope you like this chapter, I was going to post a "one year later" chapter right after the prologue, but I decided this would be better - I hope you thought so too! :)