DISCLAIMER: THIS STORY IS BASED ON CHARACTERS CREATED AND OWNED BY JK ROWLINGAND BLOOMSBURY BOOKS. I MAKE NO PROFIT OUT OF THIS AND NO COPYRIGHT OR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT IS INTENDED.

Story Notes: Hey guys, I recently had a lot of free time and after hearing a lot of reviews on how my other fic would have been much better if I had avoided some mistakes. So I've decided to take it down and rewrite it from the start. Till then, I hope you enjoy this new twins fic. As always, you reviews make me feel and write better. So make sure you leave a lot of them!

Rayuga.

Chapter 1

Life was full of changes.

Life had changed very much for Hadrian Potter, the Other Potter twin.

It all changed when the Dark Lord lost his body on that fateful night of Halloween. Edward Potter, a one year old child had supposedly reflected back the Dark Lord's Killing curse and destroyed his body in the process thus giving him a lightning bolt scar on his forehead and a bigger than life title 'Boy Who Lived.'

After making sure that their savior was safe and healthy, Albus Dumbledore had informed the press about a prophecy that had prophesized the end of the Dark Lord and how Edward Potter was the child of the prophecy. The full lines of the prophecy was not published due to security reason but Dumbledore gave an highly edited version which he claimed that Edward Potter was the next coming of Merlin and how he was destined to get rid of the Dark in the world and that he would bring a golden age of Light to the Wizarding World.

After that, there was no stopping the fame that the Potter family gained worldwide. A child born to destroy all Dark would have sounded far-fetched and no doubt many would have been skeptical. But this was backed up Albus Dumbledore, the Leader of Light himself. If he said Edward Potter was the next Merlin, then he was the next Merlin. There will be no questions asked.

As the years rolled by, the Potter family changed. Gone was the easy going, irresponsible James Potter. He was now Lord James Potter, the father of their savior. The political climate had dramatically changed with Dumbledore's declaration. Many neutral and dark families had migrated towards his side and he now led a huge coalition in the Wizengamot, along with his best friend Lord Sirius Black and Lord Franklin Longbottom. No one wanted to be on his bad side and James's ambitions grew. He quite enjoyed the fear and respect people had for him and became a full time Lord.

Lily Potter had undergone a few changes as well. The sudden thrust to fame had changed the muggleborn witch drastically. No longer was she the compassionate, kind woman who drew people to her with her thirst for knowledge and charisma. She was now Lady Lily Potter, wife of Lord James Potter and she began acting her station. Her son was destined to get rid of the Darkness in their world and that could only mean that dark purebloods would be wiped out and Light would rule right? She began acting like the very same people who she had despised in school. She became snobby and selfish and she began snubbing her muggleborn friends as well. They were shocked at her changes but Lily had rudely told her to mind their station and think before addressing the Lady of a Most Ancient and Noble House.

The press began hounding them everywhere and the Potter couple began developing an addiction to the limelight. Even though it was their son that was prophesized to be their savior, they as the parents got a separate share of fame for themselves. James Potter became an icon as an ideal father. Strong, brave, handsome, rich (some witches giggled) and powerful while Lady Potter became the rallying icon for thousands of witches with her good looks and intelligence.

Together with their son Edward, they were without the doubt, the most powerful couple in the world.

At the beginning, Lily Potter would take both the twins to the press conferences and pose awkwardly with two of them in each arm as James was supposed to put his arm around her shoulder. That was how an 'ideal' husband was supposed to hold his wife but the presence of the twin brother of their savior complicated things. The photographer suggested she hold only Edward as the 'Boy Who Lived' was more important than his twin and deserved the full attention of the public. It would also made things easier for Lily.

After she discovered how easy it was to hold only one child for a photo and how good the picture turned out in the magazine, Lily stopped bringing Hadrian to these photo shoots. When someone questioned about this, Lily claimed that she loved both her children equally but the press was after Edward's photos and it would be rude to include her other son in the photos as well not when the public wanted to see 'the perfect couple.'

After that, Hadrian was always referred to as the other twin.

While his parents paraded their savior around, little Hadrian Potter was left in the care of their elves all alone in Potter Manor. When his grandfather, Charlus Potter found out about this, he was disgusted at the level his only son and daughter in law had fallen and demanded that Hadrian be left at Potter Castle instead of being all alone.

James and Lily agreed immediately as this gave them more time to concentrate on their favorite son, Edward.

As Edward grew up, he realized that there was nothing he couldn't have. All he had to do was pout and force some few tears and his mummy or daddy would move heaven and earth to fulfill it. His parents kept no secrets from him and as soon as he was six, they explained the heroic fate he had performed as a baby, killing the Dark Lord and protecting his brother from the falling debris.

They also explained his destiny as the savior of their world and said he must be ready for it. Edward vowed to destroy all darkness and make his parents proud. But only if he got two servings of dessert every day.

Edward knew his destiny and the limelight that came with it. During the countless photographs he had posed for, he had mimicked his father's lopsided smile much to his delight and soon a natural in posing. His photos sold for hundreds of galleons and he became the wizarding world's first child model. His face was plastered on a variety of products from toy brooms to his very own 'Edward Potter Adventure Series.'

The Potter family raked the profits from these exploits and Edward Potter was set to become the first millionaire before he was ten. Lily and James kept each and every galleon that Edward had made in a separate vault and had forbidden entrance to anyone except themselves and Edward.

While the famous Potter twin posed for photos or interviews, the forgotten twin Hadrian Potter was no less busy. As soon as he was able to walk and talk, his grandparents practically made him live at Potter Castle, as James and Lily were least bothered about him and they filled the void that was supposed to be filled by his parents. No child had to grow up without love and support and Dorea Black swore no grandchild of hers would feel abandoned and unloved. While she did somewhat love her grandson Edward, she was fonder of Hadrian as Edward's boastings tended to grate her nerves and she was practically a mother to Hadrian.

Dorea explained to Hadrian why his parents preferred his twin over him and how, instead of hating them and his brother, he could make them pay by becoming better than his brother ever could be. That would be a real blow to his fame hungry parents and would hurt them more than words or curses ever could.

Hadrian Potter threw himself to the training with such dedication it made Charlus and Dorea partly proud but mostly scared. Potter Castle, being the ancestral seat of power of the Potter Family had one of the biggest libraries in the entire world, even bigger than the one at Hogwarts and Hadrian haunted the place daily.

He had an insatiable thirst for knowledge and devoured book after book dealing with Charms, Transfiguration, History, Runes and Potions. His prodigious intelligence and almost photographic memory made sure he was reading through the library at an astonishing pace. While the world saw the Potters as a Light family, they were actually a Grey family and no one outside the family knew of this. While Hadrian had absolute freedom to study anything he wanted and was not restricted to study topics classified as 'Dark' by the Ministry, his grandparents restricted his studies of Battle Magic, Dark Magic and higher Magic such as Illusionary Arts and Elemental Magic until he was older and more mature. Charlus had made sure Hadrian understood that there was no 'Light' or 'Dark' magic but only intent. He did not mention the black magic that was still being practiced in secret.

While it was true James was publically Lord Potter, the Potter family headship was still controlled by Charlus and he had named James as his successor only in the Wizengamot. So when Hadrian turned five and displayed tremendous control over his magic(he turned his grandmother's graying hair pink and then changed the colors according to the rainbow), Charlus took Hadrian to the Potter Family Vault and showed him row and rows of wands mounted on the walls below which a small golden plaque which named the owner of the wand and what year he lived along with the wand's details, and asked him to choose one which he felt most magic from.

After moving through the wands of Potters from the 14th century, Hadrian finally stopped in front of a smooth black wand with runes all over the handle and his grandfather had paled when he saw his grandson choosing the wand that had belonged to Jacen Potter. Made from Elder and Griffin heartstring, the pitch black wand had served its master very well. Jacen Potter was known throughout history as the one who had single-handedly defeated the Horde during a goblin rebellion in which the goblins had almost succeeded. A Horde was an unit of the goblin army back then which wielded magical resistant, goblin forged weapons. What made them especially terrifying was that they were made up by the most blood thirsty and vicious goblins and their weapons were highly magic resistant and could be blocked only by the goblin made shields only so whatever shields or physical obstacles conjured by the wizards, the weapons cut through them like paper.

Somehow, Jacen Potter seemed to have missed this memo and he, along with his faithful wand stood as the last obstacle in front of the Ministry of Magic entrance facing the Horde alone. No one had seen the battle first hand and Jacen didn't see the need to share details(to the public) but it was speculated that Jacen and his wand's magic was so strong that they automatically nullified the magic resistant properties of the weapons and a full body shield protected his body as he mercilessly slaughtered the Horde and thus enabling the Ministry to take back control and wave a flag of truce.

Years later, Charlus had found Jacen's journal in the family vault and he had found how his prodigious ancestor had linked his wand to his own core which enabled him to draw much purer magic than others. This led to his spells being much more powerful and potent. He also found that the runes carved on his wand would draw ambient magic in the air or the Ley lines in the Earth automatically. This ambient magic would fill his core gradually, thus making him feel magically drained impossible.

The only downside Jacen described was that he had to perform a ritual to strengthen his core so it wouldn't shatter if excess magic was drawn from the air when he visited places that had naturally high magical density like Hogwarts. He also theorized that the wand would work perfectly only for him and the chances of it working for his descendant was extremely less.

Charlus had decided to take a gamble and asked Hadrian to take the wand. Nothing dramatic had happened and at Hadrian's muttered Lumos, the wand glowed bright but nothing exceptional. Charlus then realized that the wand was not linked to Hadrian's core and the magic absorbing properties was disabled as he was not the wand's true master. When they were back home and Hadrian returned to his studies, Charlus had poured over Jacen's journal and finally found the entry on the rituals his ancestor had performed to link the wand and strengthen his core. He also found the runes needed to be carved on the wand for it to absorb magic.

He decided to give Hadrian this knowledge when he had gotten his own wand later. It would be tough to beat an opponent who got stronger and stronger as the fight went on wouldn't it?

Some knowledge like Politics, Traditions and Manners, Family History and Magic was not found in books and these subjects were taught by Charlus and Dorea. They also taught him a bit about what they had learned in their profession. Charlus, being a Hit-Wizard in the Grindlewald war, taught him attack and defense tactics and diplomacy while Dorea, also a Healer in the war taught him basic healing and promised to teach him more if he was interested.

Between classes and hearing stories, Hadrian Potter was kept busy and his thoughts were academically inclined. Then why did he feel the sudden loneliness at times? Whenever he was home, he was barely acknowledged as his parents were always busy fawning over his twin and Edward never let him forget it, taunting him and claiming no one wanted Hadrian around. He also poured fat to the fire saying he had lots of friends and Hadrian had none. As intelligent as he was, Hadrian was still a child and tears streamed from his eyes and he ran to the floo. He could still hear his twin's cruel laughter as he drove his point home. He was not wanted.

Grandmother Dorea quickly put an end to this line of thought and quickly hugged him and his grandfather ruffled his hair affectionately which made Hadrian feel maybe he wasn't abandoned. Who needed his parents or twin when he had such loving grandparents? He vowed to become a greater wizard than Edward could ever hope to be, just to make his grandparents proud. Hate for his brother filled his heart.

After his emotional outbreak, it was decided to add two more subjects to his already vast timetable. Occlumency, to help control his emotions and shield his mind from invasions and the other was friends his age. Hadrian was dreadfully lonely with only his grandparents for company. Asides from a few formal occasions that they had dragged him to, he didn't go out much and Dorea was determined to help him make friends his age.

When Hadrian looked uneasy at the thought of meeting new people, Charlus took him aside and explained how it would be good to have friends and how it would make Edward's comment about him having no friends false. After hearing this, Hadrian made his mind.

Charlus Potter was very close friends with Lord Arcturus Black and Lord Abraxus Malfoy. They had been major political players back in their days and now in retirement, they spent all their time with their grandchildren. Charlus felt friendship with the heirs of these houses would greatly benefit House Potter later on and also these families were not big fans of the 'Boy Who Lived.' It would break Hadrian's heart if someone befriended him only to get close to his famous twin.

It had been a very memorable day for Hadrian and one of his few good memory that didn't involve studying new magic. They had flooed over to Black Manor in London dressed in stiff formal robes and landed in the house of Black. A boy his age was waiting to greet them. He bowed stiffly to his grandfather and eyed Hadrian. They both stuck out their hands at the same time and couldn't help but smile at it. They were ushered to the playroom as the adults discussed 'business.'

"So what's your name?" the strange black haired boy asked Hadrian as he lounged on a tiny chair. He was a little too big for the chair but Hadrian didn't dare point it out, afraid of offending a potential new friend.

"Hadrian Potter." Hadrian said in a careful voice, looking for the tell-tale signs of someone's eye lighting up as they realized he was related to the popular Edward Potter but it never came. The boy rolled his eyes and asked "Any chance related to that ponce Edward Potter?"

"He is my twin brother."

"Sucks to be you I guess. Hey, can you two manage to be in the same room at once? I figured that's not possible because his head is too big to fit in one room." The boy said, cracking up at his lame joke and Hadrian was in unknown waters. Whenever he introduced himself as the twin brother to the famous Potter twin, he either had to politely refuse to get them an autograph or explain that he indeed existed and that Edward Potter indeed had a twin brother but this boy had completely thrown him off the hoops.

"I did not think they have invented a device to measure his large head yet. It must be larger than a room. Two rooms at least." Hadrian offered tentatively and the boy stared at him for a second before he burst out laughing. Hadrian felt a strange emotion coursing through him and seconds later, he too started laughing.

They laughed for a while and when the boy calmed down he offered his hand and said "I'm Rigel Black. Friends?"

"Friends!"

There were nigh inseparable after that and whatever concerns Sirius had of his son making a new friend vanished as he found out that it was James's son Hadrian himself. James of course was too busy to enquire and waved the news aside when Sirius informed him. Every day after lessons, Hadrian would floo over to Rigel's house or Rigel would floo over to Potter Castle.

Dorea was so happy and proud of her grandson that she bought him and his new best friend a beginners broom to play and after that there was no stopping the Quidditch obsessed boys. After visiting Malfoy Manor and being introduced to the Malfoy heir Draco, the three of them hit it off instantly. Draco and Rigel being second cousins knew each other from a long time and Hadrian felt a bit jealous of them having such a friendship from early age but they always included him in the conversations and told him all the pranks they had pulled when they were younger that had Hadrian howling with laughter. The boys were also very united in their mutual loathing of Edward Potter, 'The Brat Who Lived.'

James and Sirius had tried to make Edward and Rigel friends after James got wind that Hadrian and Rigel were best friends but Rigel had flat out refused to be his friend after only one meeting. James tried to force it but Rigel was outright stubborn and declared that he'd rather dye his hair red, paint freckles on his nose and be adopted as a Weasley no matter how ridiculous Rigel Weasley sounded than being friends with a ponce like Edward Potter. James took major offense at this and while Sirius was still his best friend, his opinion about his son was certainly bad and Rigel assured them that his heart had broken that day and that he still cried into his pillow at night. He also declared, amidst Hadrian's and Draco's tears of laughter and Nacrissa's amused smile, that if not for Hadrian and Draco along with his twin cousins, he'd have committed suicide long ago for disappointing James.

Rigel was too macho to admit it in front of the girls that he indeed liked them but Draco was scared of his cousins, especially Virgo and Cassiopeia Lestrange.

Bellatrix Lestrange nee Black, sister of Narcissa Malfoy nee Black had once visited Malfoy Manor once and had brought her twin daughters and Draco had avoided them like the plague, claiming they had 'the cooties.' He had flooed over to Potter Castle in a hurry, seconds before they were set to arrive but Hadrian dragged him and a reluctant Rigel back so they could introduce him to their cousins.

Bellatrix had some initial doubts about Hadrian and expected him to start boasting about his brother which she quickly quelled seeing the polite way he greeted her and also claiming he was unfortunately related to Edward Potter and hoped she would not hold it against him when asked. She was also impressed by his manners as he greeted his daughters with a bow and a kiss to the knuckles which had both of them blushing. She could tell her twins were also impressed with the other Potter twin since they had had the misfortune of meeting him once in a party. Edward Potter looked at them like they were below him and ignored all customs on how to greet pureblood ladies. Likely, he looked at them as if he expected them to kiss his hand, the utter prat.

The Lestrange twins became additions to the group and as they talked and got to know each other, Draco lost his fear of his female cousins, much to the amusement of his doting mother and reluctantly agreed that they might not be so bad. Of course Rigel and Hadrian never breathed a word about this to the girls, fearing the tantrum Draco would throw if he got wind of it.

As the turned ten, their formal schooling would begin and it promised a lot of new adventures and fun.

Author's Note: And Chapter 1 is done! I've tried to be as clear and precise as possible and avoided flashbacks and stuff. I'm so excited writing this fic that I'm going to start on the next chapter immediately and might even Chapter 2 if you folks leave lots of reviews(bribery ;-) ;-)…)

Until next time, Cheers

Rayuga.

Word Count: 3784(including Notes)