Twins: A Different Life

Day Two with The Potters

"As much as it may pain you, you may wish to make a hasty retreat before James comes looking for you." Snape pointed out, and Harry groaned, draping himself over the desk.

"Astronomy tower, here I come." He muttered, making Sirius burst out laughing at the overdramatic behaviour.

"Get moving, Pup. The sooner you get it over with, the quicker you'll be free," Sirius soothed, and Harry nodded.

He left with a heavy sigh, dragging his feet all the way back to his ever-adoring family. When he entered, Rosalie was standing with her wand pointed at a book.

"Accio." She called, frustrated; the book barely twitched.

"Don't worry, Rosie. It's a difficult spell, and you're still much more advanced than every other first year," James told her soothingly, and Harry barely covered his snort with a cough.

"What are you doing back?" Rosalie demanded, "I'm in the middle of training." Harry looked at her with amusement.

"Not very successful, apparently."

"I'd like to see you try and do a 4th-year spell." Rose snapped, and Harry shrugged, taking out his wand.

"Accio." He said with a flick of his wand.

The book flew into his outstretched hand instantly, and he nodded, knowing the spell like the back of his hand, having edited it himself. James's look of disbelief was almost as amusing as Rosalie's outraged horror. He laughed, and, just to tease them, he banished the book back with a wave of his wand.

"Carry on. I see I am very much outclassed here." Harry said, his voice dripping in sarcasm.

He spun on his heel and entered the room he was staying in, chuckling to himself as Rosalie stormed off into her own room.

"How did he do that?" James asked, shocked.

"I don't know. Rosie has been trying for weeks and still hasn't succeeded," Lily said, shaking her head. "Everything seems effortless for Harry when it comes to magic, and there are rumours that he can perform wandless magic."

"Don't be ridiculous, Lily, that's impossible." James waved off, "I expect it was just luck."

Lily didn't respond.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Time skip brought to you by the wondrous girl who lived and her idiotic father ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Harry believed he was being punished. That was the only explanation for why he was subjected to a full "family day." It felt like a cruel and unnecessary punishment, and he nearly pleaded with the deities for release as they all sat around the fireplace together.

"So Harry, I expect you have a few questions for us. What would you like to know?"

"Why Muggles?" Harry asked immediately, which made them shift. He saw Rosalie smirk out of Lily and James' line of sight and almost rolled his eyes; he was glad not to have grown up with her.

"It was the only option. After Voldemort's fall, it was still dangerous to trust anyone. Dumbledore mentioned that Rosie would need to train for the possibility of that monster returning. You would have been pushed to the side, which wouldn't have been fair."

"I would have been in the way, you mean," Harry muttered.

"No! Not at all." Lily denied, and Harry scoffed.

"Still doesn't explain why you gave me to muggles."

"Like I said," James told him strongly, "No one knew who to trust."