Here we go, I edited this because someone reminded me that the original first chapter sucked. Thank you very much Schnuff. :-) Hope it's a little better...

Rating: T for mild violence, crude humor, minor drinking, character death though not universally liked character, swearing, mention of abuse, and lots of insanity. I think that it's... Oh, OC's. Lots of OC's. I stray from Mary-Sues as much as I can because I abhorr them.

Pairings: As of March 28: OC/OC (Danny/Serenity), TMR/OC (Voldie/Dawn Lamia-Riddle--very minor), HP/HG eventually, eventual DM/GW though you'll probably have to wait until a sequel to really see it because I forgot about it. Hm, I think that's it besides minor crushes or people dating that is mentioned once or twice.

Genre: Humor/ Drama

Length: Long 48-50 chapter as of now (3-28-07)

For better understanding...

"Talk"

'Think/mental conversing/vampires violating people's mental privacy'

Generic writing though it is noted if there's more

Flashback, if something else, it's noted

EDITED

Chapter 1

Once Upon a Time…

Harry Potter was in a horrendous mood. No, it wasn't the Dursley's, for once in his short life, but the fact the Order of the Courageous Chicken somehow got it in their heads that if Harry left the house then good old Voldie would swoop down and kill him. That was an exaggeration if you've ever seen one. He doubted Voldemort even knew where Surrey was, let alone Privet Drive. Though it was a pretty funny visual if you imagined it.

'Then do something. Duh.' A voice suddenly suggested.

That was his friend Danny for you. Danny was a fellow orphan at an orphanage Uncle Vernon would drop Harry off at when there was no where else to take him. Harry was still trying to figure out why he was allowed to go, but he had a feeling it had to do with the fact that Danny and Serenity would horrid little imps, and he was the only one they would even semi-listen to. Besides, that damn orphanage was getting ready to open a daycare center up, so they may have been testing to see if the staff could really handle watching extra children.

Harry had met Disaster Dante "Danny" there before they were in the same class at school. Yes, his first name was really Disaster. They had this really weird mental link thing that neither could make sense of. In other words, the two teens could speak in the other's head for some freak reason, quite useful when pulling pranks, not useful when Harry is trying to get some sleep and the vampire was hyper. No one knows about it except their other friend Serenity "Ren". She somehow figured it out; Harry still didn't know how, but Serenity was probably one of the smartest people he knew, right up there by Hermione.

'Fine… What's the address of the place where you, Ren, and those munchkins that followed you when you ran away from the orphanage are?' Harry sent back with a pout gracing his face.

'Uh… Wait a second… Ah! There we go, mate. 99 Lightning Lane,' a chirp came. Harry simply rolled his eyes although Danny didn't know that.

'I'll be there when Tonks looks the other way, okay?'

'Yep.'

'Now leave me alone so I can prepare myself for the experience of being surrounded by a bunch of street rats,' Harry demanded in faux sterness.

The only response to that was a sarcastic 'Yes Mother,' from said co-leader and co-caregiver of said street rats.

Soon, Tonks tripped over a rake Harry had "accidentally" left out, giving Harry the perfect opportunity to grab his invisibility cloak and wand, and run out the back door for a couple of streets until it was safe to take the Knight Bus to a street Harry knew was just a short walk to Lightning Lane. Intelligently, he had grabbed a hat to cover his scar with.

"Hawwy!" A joyful voice chirped. Harry suppressed a snort and ruffled the six-year-olds hair.

"Hi Mindy. Do you want to help me, Danny, and Ren prank my relatives and sneak my school stuff here? The Order is too protective." A squeal was heard from the young girl.

"It's Serenity, Danny, and me, smart one," came the supercilious reply of Serenity herself. She wasn't done yet though. "How many times have I told you to stop calling me Ren?"

'Way too many times for the both of us…' came a reply that no one but Harry could hear.

'Hear, hear!' That got Danny laughing loud and clear.

"Will you stop laughing out of the blue? Last time, a bunch of girls came searching for the source of the sound!" one of the random munchkins demanded. She continued to throw insults under her breathe and ranted how life was better before she came to the street rats headquarters.

"Now see here! He protected you, I fed you, we picked you off the streets so you wouldn't die, and this is how you repay us?" Serenity snapped.

'Oh… That must be the monster you always WHINE about…' Harry taunted.

'Yep that's her all right.'

"Wow! I thought Dante here was exaggerating when he talked about a little girl who was really a monster in disguise…" Harry drawled playfully at the young girl.

"You're a meanie! …wait, Brother Danny's name isn't Danny but Dante…? That sounds funny!"

"You never told them." It wasn't a question but a statement.

"They didn't need to know…" Danny muttered under his breath with a bit of a whine.

"No, you little monster his first name is Disaster… If you ask why he doesn't go by that then you need your head examined…" Harry told the eight children while ignoring the death glare aimed at the back of his head. The glare intensified when the munchkins and monsters started to laugh their heads off.

"Anyways, how's life in the wizarding world?" Serenity cut in.

"They're terrified of the Nundu's and are talking about going everywhere in search of us to the point of arresting random street kids. Unfortunately, you two have helped taken care of at least half of them momentarily… They want to get us out of the picture and focus on Voldie badly."

The Nundu's were the resistance groups that were in the gray that Danny, Harry, and Serenity formed. Harry had lost his temper right after his trial and had already told Danny about the Order the instant he heard about it. Danny told Serenity about what Harry wanted to do who started researching, planning, and plotting with Harry; Poor Danny was used as the operator in between. Harry had hoped that one of their older friends would be the leader, but no, the others just had to shove them up front and say Danny, Serenity, and Harry were the leaders.

It started slow at first with most of the Nundus as they eventually called the group hiding in trees, shrubbery, etc. shooting spells and throwing little things like rocks and bricks at the wizards' heads.

How was this possible? Well, Danny, Serenity, and the rest weren't muggles, but wizards were in the minority. Most were magical beings. Vampires, sirens, veela, mages, werewolves, and others made the majority of their little gang.

A little known fact was Harry Potter was a lightning mage. Danny was a shadow mage and a vampire hybrid. Serenity was a solar mage and veela hybrid. They had found out when they were only twelve while talking outside when mages appeared and kidnapped them after a chase. They had managed to escape after they learned enough to get out, but you'll hear about that more later in the story. Danny had the ability of warping like all vampires and could sneak to the place where the mages hid and steal books for more spells and knowledge.

So here they were, meeting and plotting while goofing around almost a year later.

"Okay, that little arresting every street rat child could be a problem… But, I have an idea. I found the counter spell to the one the Ministry of Morons uses to pick up underage magic… Harry can cast an enlargement spell on this place and we can all help ward it… It'll have to do until we find a way to get around this. That can't be legal," Serenity decided.

"You did? What is it? I know it has to be a mage spell, but that it's…" Harry said while on the brink of a spazz attack.

"Breathe…" Danny muttered while leaning against the wall.

Harry just gave a snort at his friend. Harry just noticed how… different… Danny and Serenity looked compared to others their age. Danny had sparkling sapphire eyes as vivid as Harry's emerald ones and also had shaggy, raven hair that barely reached his shoulders. His body was well flawless, and this was coming from someone who was like a brother and straight. Serenity was prettier than Fleur with the same light blonde hair, but her eyes were the exact shade of honey. It was creepy if you thought about it. Now that Harry was thinking about it the only thing those to have in common physically was that they were built absolutely perfectly. Everything else was the exact opposite… Danny looked like he never has been out in the sun one day of his life with a tint that only happened when one stands in the moon. Serenity was the opposite looking like she radiated sunrays. Must be the vampire and veela genes or some weird mage thing…

Harry slapped himself in the head when he realized he was checking out the two people he considered siblings for the last ten minutes. Oops…

"Earth to Harry. Come in please…" Danny said and waved a hand in front of his friend's face in concern.

"Oh well… Encanto do desative!" Serenity stated. A golden beam shot out of her hand and hit Harry while he was off who-knows-where.

Danny snorted as Harry dazed off for another ten minutes or so. It didn't help that Mindy decided to jump on his shoulders while he was out there.

Suddenly Harry slapped himself on the head and blinked a few times before fully reaching this plane.

"Wha…? Mindy, why are you on me?"

"Angie said you wanted me to… Did I do something wrong…?" Mindy said in all her six-year-old innocence.

"That brat…" Serenity muttered. Harry blinked at his friend in confusion.

'That brat Renny yelled at earlier,' Danny explained.

"No, it wasn't you. Angelica just is taking Brother Danny and Sister Serenity for granted," Harry whispered soothingly to the young girl with pointed ears.

Danny smirked when Harry used the title the majority of the children called Ren and himself. The monsters wouldn't stop no matter how much he asked them not to. Some were calling Harry Brother Harry now. He and Harry hated it while Serenity found it adorable.

"'Kay, as amusing as that is, someone need's to cast a couple spells here," Serenity said with a pointed look at Harry.

'Huh…'

'Ren cast the spell while you were of in La-La land, bro.'

'Oh…' Harry is oh so intelligent sometimes…

"Fine, fine, hold your horses for Pete's sake. Engorgio!"

The room expanded instantly to twice its side. One down, a lot to go. It was going to be a looooooooong night… Hopefully, Serenity would be nice enough to share her caffeine with him. Harry was going to need coffee, lots and lots of coffee.

It's still a little on the short side compared to the 13,000-14,000 word chapter I just posted, but oh well. I'm going to keep editing the earlier chapters in my spare time, but I need to work on the next chapter before I get death threats for that cliffhanger. Heh...