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Author's Note: With the exception of characters who have unique mutant power sets (basically Harry & Hermione), all characters that have mutant powers or who are based on Marvel characters, will have the powers of their Earth-616 counterparts. That said, this story does NOT take place on Earth-616, or for that matter any of the known Marvel Universes. As such I WILL be modifying the backstories of several of the characters in this fic in order to make them mesh with Potterverse better.
xXx Friday, December 28th, 1979 xXx
xXx Northern Dutchess Hospital xXx
xXx Rhinebeck, New York xXx
Lily Potter sat in the waiting room of the maternity ward waiting word from her husband on the status of their mutual lovers child. Thinking back on the past three years, it had been quite a surprise for Lily when she had first encountered Elaine Grey.
Elaine's father, John Grey came from a long line of people that even the Pure-Bloods in Britain could probably appreciate, and although James wasn't really in a position to properly marry Elaine alongside of Lily, the two women easily came to an agreement to share the man.
It wasn't long however before both Lily and Elaine had become pregnant. Elaine was the first of the two to become pregnant however, which was why the three of them were currently in Elaine's home nation. Elaine wanted to give birth to her children where she had the comforts of her home, and so that she was in close proximity to her parents. James being the darling man that he was couldn't say 'no' to one of the two women of his life.
Suddenly the door opened and James came out with an exultant grin on his face "It's a girl!"
Lily stood up and rushed over to James wrapping him in a hug before asking "What did you two name her?"
"We decided to name her Jean. Unfortunately I cannot pass primary heirship to her without a proper marriage, so her name will be 'Jean Eleanor Potter-Grey,'" James explained.
"Oh, I see. Well at least she gets to have the Potter family name in her name to some extent," Lily cooed.
"There is that, yes. Interestingly enough though, she has your eyes," James said amusedly.
"Well that certainly is odd," Lily agreed.
xXx Thursday, January 3rd, 1980 xXx
xXx Saint Mungo's Maternity Ward xXx
"Congratulations Lord and Lady Greengrass, you have a pair of beautiful twin girls," The Mediwitch told the proud new parents as she handed the children to the Lady Alexis Greengrass.
"Emmett, what should we name them?" Alexis asked.
"Hmm… I think that this one, we will name Daphne Anna Marie, and her sister we will name Astoria Katherine Anne," Emmett Greengrass stated with all the care and love that a Pure-Blood Lord is normally allowed to demonstrate in such circumstances.
"Those are wonderful names, I agree wholeheartedly with them," Alexis enthused.
"I will get the birth certificates ready then milord," the Mediwitch stated as she walked off to get the necessary documents.
xXx Friday, February 29th, 1980 xXx
xXx Magneto's Throne Room, Genosha xXx
"Milord, it has been confirmed, you are now the proud father to a Witch born in Wizarding Britain to the House of Bones," one of Magneto's many advisors informed the man.
"Excellent, plans are moving along smoothly. Inform me when the girl comes of age in the Wizarding World," the man known to the world as Magneto stated smoothly.
"Yes milord," the advisor stated with a salute.
xXx Friday, June 27th, 1980 xXx
xXx Room Above the Bar xXx
xXx Hog's Head Inn xXx
Headmaster Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was getting utterly tired of the load of crap that the woman in front of him was trying to sell him, "I am sorry my dear, but if you have nothing productive to offer to the school, then I am afraid…"
Suddenly Trelawny's eyes rolled up into the back of her head, and her breathing became labored. She then began speaking in a weird sort of double tone as she began saying what Albus could only assume was a True Prophecy:
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches… born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies… and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not… and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives… the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies…"
There had been a banging noise outside of the room about halfway through the prediction. Albus could only assume that his brother had caught someone eavesdropping on him and Miss Trelawny, he would have to ask Aberforth about that later, but for right now there were more pressing matters to attend to.
"Well my dear, in light of this stunning new development, I can't help but offer you the job you were applying for. I would appreciate it if you were able to move into the castle at your earliest possible convenience," the Headmaster stated to Trelawny.
"Oh thank you, Headmaster! You won't regret it!" Trelawny stated enthusiastically.
xXx Same Day xXx
xXx Malfoy Manor xXx
Severus Snape remained in his position, prostrate on the floor in front of his lord after having delivered what he had heard of the prophecy given by Trelawny. Unfortunately for Severus, he had only heard up to the part saying that the child would be born as the seventh month dies. Perhaps if Severus had heard the remainder of the prophecy, he would have been more hesitant in reporting the prophecy to the Dark Lord Voldemort.
As it stood, Voldemort, or as he was known at birth, Tom Riddle, sat in his throne with a look of consideration painted upon his handsome face. The only sign that he was anything other than a normal human being were the blood red irides in his eyes.
"You have done well Severus, and shall be rewarded. Lucius, see that Severus here, is granted the robes of station associated with a member of my Inner Circle. Now that will be all. There is much for me to consider in response to this new information. We will convene again in three days time, you are dismissed," Voldemort stated to the assembled Death Eaters.
xXx Monday, June 30th, 1980 xXx
xXx Malfoy Manor xXx
"Alecto, do you know of anyone who is expecting a child in the latter days of the month of July?" Voldemort's sibilant voice inquired of one of his female Death Eaters.
Alecto nodded saying "Yes milord, the wife of James Potter, and the wife of Frank Longbottom are both expecting children at around that time of the year."
"Excellent. If they are foolish enough to give birth in Saint Mungo's then I want a full on assault of the building to eliminate those children. If not, then other arrangements will need to be made," Voldemort stated to the assembled Inner Circle.
"Yes milord," was the general consensus.
Unseen behind his mask, Severus Snape's face was rapidly draining of color at the knowledge that he had accidentally put Lily in danger.
xXx Tuesday, July 1st, 1980 xXx
xXx Potter Manor, Nottinghamshire xXx
"So, as you can see, the most likely candidates for to fulfill this prophecy will either be your child, or the child of Frank and Alice. Now the Longbottoms have already agreed to have their friend Marlene McKinnon serve as their Secret Keeper. That means we just need to establish who you want to serve as yours?" Dumbledore explained to James and Lily over afternoon tea.
"Well the obvious choice would be to have Elaine do it, and then to have her return to America," Lily stated.
"Alas, I am afraid that a Secret Keeper cannot be a Muggle, no matter how close the three of you happen to be," Dumbledore said in his sad grandfather-like tone of voice. This of course was complete b.s., but there was no reason to inform James and Lily about this fact.
"Oh, well in that case I guess we can have Sirius do it," James stated.
"Very well, I will make the necessary arrangements by the end of the week," Dumbledore stated as he got up to leave.
"It was nice talking with you Headmaster. You should visit more often," Lily said pleasantly from where she was seated.
"I should at that. Well if you two would excuse me. I have much to do," Albus stated as he left via the floo.
xXx Thursday, July 31st, 1980 xXx
xXx Potter Cottage, Godric's Hollow xXx
"Well, I am pleased to inform the two of you that you are now the proud parents of a beautiful baby boy," Amanda Abbott stated, she was the only midwife and healer that was currently working with the Order of the Phoenix and had an extremely stressful past twenty-four hours due to having to deliver two baby boys in the span of just twelve hours of each other.
"Oh, James! He's just adorable! What shall we name him?" Lily inquired of her husband.
"I was thinking we should name him Harold Jamison Potter, or Harry James Potter for short," James stated.
"That sounds lovely," Lily agreed, "Be sure to let Elaine know while I recover."
"Of course dear," James agreed.
"Lord Potter, here is the Birth Certificate, if you will sign here, and have the boy place a palm and foot print on the document it will bind his magic to it. I will be sure to have Sirius and Elaine sign as well as his Godparents," Amanda stated as she guided James through the process of establishing Harry as his son and Heir.
"Now that that is done, I will be off. Lily, you make sure to get plenty of rest for the next few days and drink the potions in the manner I instructed you too. I will be back in a week to check up on you."
"Okay Amanda. Have a safe journey home," Lily said warmly to the other woman.
Unbeknownst to all the adults in the room, Harry had almost instantly begun a mental conversation in baby-talk with his slightly older sister. Apparently young Jean wasn't the only member of the family who would be getting the gift of strange mental powers.
xXx Thursday, December 25th, 1980 xXx
xXx Potter Cottage, Godric's Hollow xXx
"Lily! James! I would like to introduce the two of you to my long lost cousin, Raven Black," Sirius crowed as he led a tall woman into the room.
James and Lily froze in surprise as they saw this woman. She was wearing a typical Muggle outfit of a crop top, and blue jeans, but that was about all that was normal about her. She had bright yellow eyes, and it wasn't just her irides that were yellow, but the entirety of what could be seen of the eye. Then there was the fact that her hair was a pinkish shade of red. Next, and perhaps most startling was her blue scale-like skin.
"Er… hello, please make yourself at home," Lily said, offering the woman a seat.
Raven smirked and said, "I guess even among Witches and Wizards my appearance can be a bit unnerving. Relax Mrs. Potter, I am simply what is known as a Mutant. I have an active X-Gene. Interestingly, according to the word on the grapevine, little Harry and Jean both have truly phenomenal X-Gene's, but they are both much too young for any of the groups normally interested in such things to even bother paying them attention beyond acknowledging their existence."
"I see, and I suppose your presence here has nothing to do with them?" Lily asked.
"Family looks after family. I may be estranged from the Black Family, but I have kept in touch with Rommie, and I am also fully aware of the relationship between the Black Family and the Potter Family. I will do my damndest to make sure nothing bad ever happens to the children of your family," Raven explained.
With that said, the adults all settled in to watch Harry and Jean maul their presents.
xXx Thursday, October 1st, 1981 xXx
xXx Potter Cottage, Godric's Hollow xXx
"Oh! Hello Padfoot, Wormtail, what can I do for you guys this evening?" James inquired of his old friends.
"Well… you see, the thing is… I don't really think I am the best option to be your Secret Keeper anymore, Prongs. I think Wormtail here would be a much better option, especially if we don't tell anyone about the change. Wormtail can just go into hiding and no one will ever be any the wiser about the change," Sirius stated to his childhood friend.
James gave his two friends a serious, pardon the pun, look as he assessed them for this decision, "Are you okay with this idea, Wormtail? I know you weren't the bravest of men, so I don't want to force a decision like this onto you."
"T-that's a-alright, James. I d-don't m-mind at all," Peter stated hesitantly.
James nodded saying "Alright, I just need to inform Lily about the change in plans…."
"No!" Sirius practically shouted causing James to give him a sharp look, "What I mean is that, if this is to work, no one, not even your wife or Elaine can know about the change! You know that if the Secret Keeper dies, everyone who knows the Secret at that point automatically becomes a Secret Keeper for that secret. If this is to work, then only Pettigrew, you and I can know the secret."
James considered this for a moment, before nodding his assent. With that done, the three of them began setting up the small ritual that would transfer the secret to Pettigrew and remove knowledge of the Secret from all those who already knew it. Only those who were already inside of the house would automatically be graced in on the secret, but the moment they left the house, if they did not get the secret re-issued to them, they would immediately forget it.
xXx Saturday, October 31st, 1981 xXx
xXx Potter Cottage, Godric's Hollow xXx
"LILY! It's him! Take Harry and run!" James yelled out to Lily from the living room. Lily had been half way down the stairs when she heard him the yell. As soon as she did, she promptly turned around and ran back to the nursery where she had just laid her son down to sleep.
Entering the Nursery, she quickly grabbed the emergency portkey that she had prepared ahead of time to immediately take her and Harry to Elaine's house in America. With that in hand she rushed over to Harry and picked him up. She then tapped the Portkey and wandlessly attempted to activate it, due to her wand being in the other room.
Nothing happened.
"Dammit, he must of put up Anti-Portkey wards before even coming in here. Which means there are probably Anti-Apparition Wards as well. It's too late to try for the floo, and we are on the second floor," Lily frantically ran down her options that she no longer had access to. Right now she was cursing the fact that she wasn't any good at flying those blasted brooms, or else she would have taken to the sky with her son.
Suddenly the door to the nursery opened and there stood the Dark Lord in all his glory, "Stand aside you miserable girl."
"NO! Take me instead!" Lily begged the monster.
"I said stand aside, I will not ask again. Now move," the Dark Lord commanded.
"No! Not Harry! Take me instead!
"Stupid girl… Avada Kedavra!" the Dark Lord said as he waved his wand at Lily causing a beam of green energy to issue forth from it and strike the woman.
Unseen by either Lily or the Dark Lord, in opposite corners of the room stood two young girls. These were the Cosmic Entities, Destiny and Death. They both stood and bore witness to how Lily had willingly sacrificed her very life in the vain hope to protect her son.
In a time between time, Destiny spoke saying "Be at peace, Lily Marie Evans-Potter, your son's destiny does not end this day. The sacrifice you made will enable him to live many more years into the future and to achieve many great things."
With that said, Death leveled a distinctly vicious glare at the Dark Lord and said "Before too much longer, even you will know the sanctity of my embrace Tom Marvolo Riddle."
As time reasserted itself the Dark Lord leveled his wand at the child in the crib, and with a decidedly nasty smirk said "You will never be my equal, Harry Potter, Avada Kedavra!"
The green light that issued forth from the wand struck the child smack dab in the forehead. However much to the Dark Lord's shock and surprise, the light bounced off of the child's head and struck the Dark Lord himself, causing the Dark Lord's many contingency spells and rituals to self-destruct rather spectacularly. All that was left was a charred and smoking robe, the Dark Lord's wand, and a crying toddler.
xXx Aftermath xXx
Because both James and Lily had passed away that night, the Fidelius Charm that had been placed around the Potter Cottage in Godric's Hollow collapsed under the weight of its own magic.
Sirius Black arrived mere moments before Rubeus Hagrid. While Sirius wanted to perform his duties as Harry's godfather, Hagrid was rather insistent that he had been told by the Headmaster of Hogwarts to take Harry directly to the Headmaster. With no way to really contest the Half-Giant, Sirius relented to that decision.
It was because of that decision on Sirius' part, that Sirius made the rather unfortunate decision to go looking for Pettigrew, and predictably got played.
Harry, unfortunately did not end up in the care of his Godmother, but instead ended up in the care of his mother's sister, Petunia Dursley, and her husband Vernon Dursley. By the time Raven Black discovered this deception, there were impenetrable Blood Wards in place that prevented all but the closest of kin from physically locating Harry's place of residence unless manually keyed into the wards.