Summary: In an attempt to find the missing Potters, Severus Snape goes through an experimental magic ritual—one that opens up a multidimensional gate. When he survives the ritual, he finds himself in a strange world with the loudest and most confusing family he had ever seen.

A/N: These first few chapters may not sync with what you imagine from the summary, but this is an introduction. I've written the first chapters (alone) seven completely different ways, and scrapped elements of each. The next several chapters are a chronological rendering of the elements I kept from each first chapter version. All the versions were part of the same head-canon (which included asexual and gender fluid characters) but hopefully this presentation makes the altered backstories more understandable ~ with love, depressedchildren

Prologue

October 31st 1981 was a day no wizard or witch could forget, for it was the day the Dark Lord was defeated by an infant. The Dark Lord had plagued the British wizarding world for over a decade, promoting blood purity and muggle subordination. All who stood in his way eventually were killed or subjugated to his will. It had been a fearful time, but that was at last over because of one small child.

This child was Harry Potter, and to many in the wizarding world, he was heralded as a savior. His mother, Lily Potter née Evans, became a symbol of a mother's love, for she alone had stood against the Dark Lord when he came for her son. Her husband, James Potter, was the one figure in this family the wizarding world could not decide on. Some thought him a coward for leaving his wife and child alone that night, but others saw a man to be pitied for his loss.

For months, James Potter seemed to be a shell of the man he once was. He was hardly ever spotted in wizarding society, and rumors claimed he and his son had moved in with his wife's muggle sister. When Sirius Black was charged with the murder of 13 muggles and Peter Pettigrew, it was the first time the public had seen more than a vacant expression from James Potter. Rumors abounded from Sirius Black's trial, but they were soon overshadowed by a more salacious event.

May 15th 1982 was the last time anyone had seen James Potter. He had been spotted at a number of stores buying obscure ingredients, and withdrawing money from Gringotts in the form of gold. The same day, in Muggle London, Lily Potter's sister, Petunia Dursley was seen buying a number of provisions. The two were seen leaving via apparition from the Leaky Cauldron.

May 16th 1982, muggle authorities raided Petunia Drusley's home at the behest of her now estranged husband.

Apparently, as the Daily Prophet later reported, soon after James Potter moved in with the muggle relative, Mrs. Dursley's relationship with her husband began to devolve. Three months into the arrangement, Mrs. Dursley had—according to Muggle records—kicked her husband out of the house. There was an ensuing divorce process, during which time the muggle woman had custody of her muggle child. She denied her muggle husband visitations. When the muggle husband attempted to wrest his son from the woman on May 14th, she had (reportedly) bodily attacked him. Thus, the muggle husband had turned to muggle authorities to sort the issue.

However, as the muggle authorities searched the residence on the May 16th, the muggle woman, James Potter, and their respective children were missing. May 16th soon became the next date no wizard could forget, for it was the day Harry Potter—their savior—disappeared.

TBC

A/N: More to come. I have the next few chapters planned and hope to update within a month if not sooner. Thanks for reading ~ much love, depressedchildren