The forgotten shadow

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Chapter 2
~8 years later~(he is now 9 years old)

In time he got really good at manipulating his magic at some point and taught himself to read and write. He learned new things in the family library.

He tried to impress his parents with the things he had learned but neither of them seem to care. The only thing either of them cared about was Ethan...his baby brother....the Chosen One.

He would do magic and would try to get their but every time he did it, both of them thought it was is baby brother doing it. He didn't brother to correct them as he got older as his parents would only make him go away and accuse him of bothering his baby brother.

That was another thing that set him apart him his baby brother.

He could always control his magic better than most, he never had accidental magic. He was positive that his parents thought he was a squid or barely above one.

Finally...he snapped out of his thoughts and felt it was safe to get something to eat.

He sneaked out of his room and used magic to silence his footsteps. He made it to the second story before he heard voices.

He was ready to dash back to his room when he stopped and heard his parents and the old man, Albus Dumbledore...headmaster...? He couldn't remember. He didn't really know because the man never really talked to him personally. The few times he did speak to him was when the man asked about his parents or where his twin was.

Harry Potter and Ethan potter were easy to tell apart since his baby brother had dark brown hair and hazel eyes while the oldest had pure Raven black hair with red highlights and emerald eyes so green this looked like they glowed.

Curious as to what the man was doing here so late, he got closer to hear what the three of them were speaking about.

Apparently it was about him and his brother...

"...but professor is it really wise to do this? I mean, he hasn't done magic. Since he was born." James whispered

"James, I believe it will be wise to do this since he is magical. I have checked the list myself and he is on it." Dumbledore answered, "Ethan is the only one who can defeat the dark lord. The three of us know that is not gone and that he will return, it must be done."

"Can we even be sure this will work, Albus? I mean, we haven't seen Harry showing signs of magic...and even if he does, what if his magic is so small that it does not do any good?" Lily reasoned, "I agree...that a sacrifice must be made for both of them to live through this, but...what if it's not enough?"

"I agree that the possibility is there, but what else is there for us to do? The ritual has only been done with those that have a close family bond and you two are his parents. You two are both the best fighters of the light side has..." Dumbledore murmured," for the greater good, Harry must his magic no matter how small, transferred to his brother to help him defeat the Dark Lord. This could be the 'Power he knows not' portion of the prophecy."

"Alright, we'll bring them to the castle towards the end of the week."

"Afterwards, we will probably have to place Harry in an orphanage so that he doesn't have to grow up being a squid brother to the Chosen One. It would just fill him with jealousy." James sighed, in resignation.

"No! We are already taking his magic away, we can't send him to an orphanage. That is cruel, James. He is still our child and he will stay with us" Lily said, angrily.

"I already planned to disown him tonight, Lily." James whispered "Ethan is going to be the next lord potter if someone something happens to us. I was planning on going down to to gringotts and empty his trust vault, too. Explaining that we found out he was a squid."

He had heard enough. Those three people were going to take away his magic and we're going to be merciful enough not to send him away, but make him live with magic all around him as a reminder to what he had lost.

That would make them pay more attention to him?

He let a few tears fall as he quietly made his way back to his room.

Grabbing a blac tribal backpack from the corner of his room, he cast an extension charm on it.

He packed what few belongings he had as he thought about what he had to do. He knew...he couldn't stay there and while he had no place to go, he knew that he had to get away. He didn't bring extra clothes because he didn't want any connections to his 'family'.

He didn't have any money...but his baby brother did.

Finishing throwing his belongings in the backpack, he packed a few books on magic.

He made his way to the library and grabbed a few books on goblins so he could try and understand at least a small amount about their customs.

Entering his baby brother room, he found him snoring...like a pig. He made his way over towards his brothers closet and grabbed the sack of money he remembered he had there. His brother wouldn't miss it, would think he misplaced it. He would just ask his parents for more because he thought he misplace his other.

Once back in his room, he grabbed his backpack and placed the money in it and looked around the room to make sure he had everything he needed.

He took a moment to remember his uncle pad-foot and his uncle moony, both of which had been nice to him for awhile...only to fall his parents routine in overlooking, too.

Uncle moony still remembered him on his birthday though, but because he didn't have a lot of money he had always bought his baby brother a present...and he gave nothing to him. He wasn't important to them and he understood that...

His uncle made it up to by simply remembering it was his birthday too and spending a small amount of time with him.

He would miss them, only for the fact that his uncles had lasted longer.

Turning around, he disappeared with a sound.

I will started to finish the rest of the other of the other chapter on a later note also with my chapters thank you for reading