The Forgotten Son

Chapter 7: Year Four: Part One

A/N: Hey all thanks for sticking by so far. This chapter starts with the start of Harry's 4th year and Daniel's first so things will appear to be more canon. Some events will transpire the same as the books whereas others will not.

September 1st 1991

It was September first 1991, 10:17 am BST in London England. The long running King's Cross Train Station was bustling with those making the morning commute to work. Thousands of men and women waited anxiously for their trains to take them where they needed to go, but there was one specific section of the station that held a large gathering of people for an entire different reason.

In between the train platforms nine and ten, was a hidden barrier that held the Magical Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. This platform was alive with hundreds of parents, children and a multitude of news reporters hoping to catch a glimpse and in some cases, a quote, from their eleven year old National Hero. The large scarlet steam engine that was the Hogwarts Express waited patiently to carry her children to the halls of the legendary school.

Despite the large crowd anxiously awaiting the Defeater of the Dark Lord Voldemort, not everyone occupying the platform was eager to meet Daniel Potter.

At the moment, there were only two occupants on the entire train, as even the conductor and trolley witch seemed excited to catch a glimpse of the boy. In the last compartment of the last carriage sat two teenagers. A fourteen year old boy and a girl who had turned fifteen a mere week before the term would start. The boy was very tall for his age, standing at 5'10" with a head full of raven locks. His body was firm and strong with muscles as a result of his fondness for exercising he had developed at the mere age of ten. His face looked almost aristocratic with high cheekbones and emerald green eyes that were almost glowing with power behind them. Seated next to him with her hot pink haired head on his shoulders was his best friend. The young woman had a special gift that allowed her to morph her appearance into almost anything she could imagine. With her drifting off on Harry Potter's shoulder, she could not maintain every aspect of her ability and Harry could see that Nymphadora Tonks' eyes were swollen with a tinge of red around them.

Days prior to their departure to Hogwarts, Nym had received a letter from Charlie Weasley that broke off their nearly year long relationship. Though Harry was friends with Fred and George Weasley, he wanted nothing more than to eviscerate the second eldest Weasley child for making Nym cry.

Harry looked on at the chaos that had overtaken the platform and noticed that cries had erupted from the crowd. The tell tale flashes of cameras went off indicating that the 'Boy Who Lived' had graced them with his presence at long last. Through the crowd, Harry was able to see the black hair of James Potter standing next to his wife. Harry assumed that Daniel was in between them but the boy was too short to be seen through the throngs of admirers.

Harry was still cautious around the Potters. James and Lily had kept their promise and began to earn his forgiveness slowly and steadily. Whenever they saw each other, they would greet him warmly and talk about anything under the sun, making sure to not leave him out of any conversation. This of course ignored his brother to no end. Daniel was still immature and arrogant and had yet to grow out of the phase, or at least Harry hoped it was a phase. Despite being so young, he was able to recall many of his early childhood memories before the Dark Lord attacked their cottage in Godric's Hollow. This memory recall was a result of his Occlumency training. He remembered the happy, smiling baby that Daniel was, and was saddened and annoyed at how his brother turned out. Maybe there was a chance that he would change over the years. With Harry's progress in reconciling with his parents, he could only hope.

Forty five minutes later, the Hogwarts Express had left Platform Nine and Three-Quarters behind and was barreling out of London to the Scottish Highlands. Harry and Nym were joined by a few of their friends while many others stopped by to say hello. The compartment now consisted of the Harry and Nym, Roger Davies from Ravenclaw, Hestia Jones and Cedric Diggory from Hufflepuff, and Fred and George Weasley representing Gryffindor. Cassius Warrington and Aaron Vaisey, both Slytherin in their year stopped by and greeted everyone, having become semi-friends with everyone in the compartment. Fred and George were sitting next to each other as usual, and were exchanging whispers, clearly planning their next bout of mayhem.