All wizards and witches of England know what happened on Halloween: the fateful night that the Dark Lord Voldemort attempted to kill a family of four at Godric's Hollow. James Potter, his wife, Lily, and their twin children, Harry and Jinhai. He half succeeded. James and Lily Potter fell that night, and their loss was felt deeply by all those who defied Voldemort. But when the Dark Lord raised his wand to young Harry Potter, and the reason why still unknown to all but a few, he did not succeed. Somehow, the Killing Curse that had served Voldemort so well failed that night, and Harry survived while the caster died. By the morning, the entire Wizarding World knew this story, and would tell it to their children, safe and peaceful, to put them to bed at night.
No one gave much thought to Harry and Jinhai Potter; who would tuck them into bed? Who would keep them safe? Was peace even an option for two who had only known death and war in their short lives?
Albus Wulfric Percival Brian Dumbledore pondered these questions in the young hours of the morning of November the first. With Pettigrew dead, Black halfway to Azkaban already, and Lupin in pieces (understandably so; Albus felt for the poor man, as he was not unfamiliar with the feeling of one's life being yanked out from under them), where were poor Harry and Jinhai to go?
Those two would not be separated - that, Albus would not do, even if it would allow Jinhai to live a semi-normal life with a Wizarding family. Albus was firmly against such a treatment for Harry. Already, talk had begun of "the Boy Who Lived", and "Harry Potter Day". No, he must be raised in the Muggle world. Albus would not subject a child to that scrutiny.
It took a little digging, but Albus found Lily Potter's remaining Muggle family in London. He recalled sadly the Muggle sister of hers writing him a decade ago now, pleading to be let into Hogwarts with her sister. She had moved on, it seemed, a husband and child of her own, now Petunia Dursley. While she was not named a godmother for the twins, Albus was quite honestly running out of options - and, undoubtedly, the love that Lily had shown for Harry and Jinhai by dying for them would live on in her sister's blood, witch or woman. This would protect them, more than Albus could with all the work he would have with Voldemort finally vanquished.
Mind made up, he sent word to Rubeus and Minerva. Petunia knew of the Wizarding World, and would (hopefully) tell the twins all she knew, but would still be disconnected from the fame they would be bound to receive. Oh, and he'd have to contact Arabella Figg, without a doubt....
All these plans and precautions were reasonable for someone who did not know Petunia Dursley, or why she was not placed as a guardian for the Potter twins. In fact, they were reasonable for someone who did, and wanted Harry under the protection of the blood magic Petunia unknowingly carried. Perhaps she would have found him on her doorstep on November second and taken him in, albeit reluctantly, out of a final shred of dignity. Perhaps Harry would have grown up under the stairs, chased around by his bully of a cousin.
But Petunia took one look at two children on her doorstep and promptly sent for Vernon to call the orphanage.
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Twin Madness - FOLIE À DEUX
FanfictionHarry Potter and his twin sister, Jin, have lived in Wool's Orphanage since they were a year old. They know practically nothing about their parents, their history, or the Wizarding World. They use all of their wits and strength to survive the harsh...
