Love Is Thicker Than Blood

What if Harry Potter had not been left on the doorstep of Vernon and Petunia Dursley after his parents were killed? What if he had not grown up reviled and abused, living in a cupboard under the stairs? What if, instead, he was adopted, and loved, by a very different family? Here's one AU version of what might have happened.

What if Harry Potter had been adopted--and loved--instead of growing up abused by the Dursleys? In this chapter, the Grangers adopt Harry and he grows up as Hermione’s virtual twin brother. Except for the occasional odd incident, they are normal middle-class kids. They attend primary school in Little Whinging and occasionally have less-than-friendly encounters with a certain over-fed, spoiled brat who lives in Privet Lane.

During a week-long visit with their grandmother in Scotland, Harry and Hermione encounter a few surprises--but even bigger surprises await them when they return home.

What if Harry Potter had not grown up with the dastardly Dursleys but, instead, had been adopted and loved? In this chapter, Harry and Hermione meet Rubeus Hagrid and make their first foray into the Wizarding World. They discover that shopping for school supplies for Hogwarts is a lot more interesting, and unusual, than shopping for school in Little Whinging ever was.