AN/: I do not own Harry Potter or Charmed.
Warnings: Violence. Language.
The time line is gone. Poof out the window. The Tri-wizard Tournament happened the previous year to this story (This is the summer holidays). Charles and Harry were 16 when Voldemort came back. (Charles' blood is still Harry's meaning Voldemort could still come back, but he's not as powerful as he would be if he used Harry's blood)
ALSO NO HORCRUXES! Vile things I refuse to have anything to do with.
Also, I adopted this story, so I won't change anything until I've posted all their chapters
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Lily Potter smiled as she watched her husband and son gushing over the new Firebolt broomstick in the store window. She loved her boys, but even as she watched she felt the pang of loss hit her heart.
Looking at Charles she couldn't help but miss her other son Harry. Part of her wished that she had never taken her eye off him, wished that he had never left.
Forcing down the bitter feeling that rose in her heart as her mind whispered "Why Harry? Why not Charles?" she shook her head chasing away the familiar dark thoughts that have haunted her since he left.
She forced a smile on her face as she looked at her son. He was one of the best things to happen to her. But Harry was so much like her, Charles was too much like James before he grew up. "Where are you Harry?" her mind whispered rebelliously.
Lily shook her head again, looking around desperately for something to distract her.
Diagon Alley was crowded today she noted. She didn't expect otherwise, the people were only too happy to believe Fudge when he claimed that Charles was an attention seeker and that Voldemort wasn't back.
She couldn't help but smile watching a mother wrestling with the squirming toddler in her arms. As she was watching the toddler broke free and started waddling down the Alley towards her. The mother had dropped her purse during the child's bid for freedom and bent to pick it up as the child ran.
A black haired young man suddenly stepped in front of the child and lifted him up to rest on his hip. "Excuse me Mister" she heard him say playfully as he walked towards the mother. "But I don't think that was very polite" she could almost hear the smile in his voice as he reached the mother.
"Here you go ma'am" he said transferring the child back into her arms.
Lily lost interest in the scene then and continued to look around. Hearing a commotion over by one of the announcement boards located all over the Alley she looked over her shoulder at her husband and stepped towards the board.
Finally getting to it as the crowd dispersed she looked at the bright new poster spread across the board.
"Harper E. and Ardex L are proud to present the Crossed Wands Duelling Competition. Ages 16 and up are welcome to sign up to enter this competition where they will duel one on one as the fight their way to the top. Prizes for the top 50 contestants." Lily read.
She skimmed over most of the small details, barely noting the dates of the qualifiers and the finals.
"Beautiful isn't it?" she heard a voice say to her side. Standing close to her were two teens. Lily recognised the shorter one as the young man from before. Looking at them both properly she could tell that they were only teenagers.
The blonde was standing closest to her looking like he was almost shielding the black-haired boy from her with the way he was standing. Her sharp eyes instantly picked up the high quality clothes they were wearing, which while looking a little scruffy were well kept and screamed 'Money' and 'Power' in equal measure, while the muggle sunglasses hinted at something Lily didn't recognize.
"I didn't think we would get that much attention" the black-haired one admitted. Lily froze, she knew that voice. She frowned slightly, feeling guilty that she wasn't able to place it.
His companion laughed, his short blonde curls bouncing slightly, he threw his arm over the raven's shoulder "You must consider the possibility that many of them will never even read the book" he said sagely.
Lily frowned before glancing back at the poster in confusion. Suddenly she noticed the second half of the poster that she had missed during her first glance over.
The poster mentioned that Harper E. and Ardex L. had written a book on duelling, 'Crossed Wands'. She snorted as she looked at the book's cover image shown on the poster.
"Definitely written by guys" she murmured aloud to herself "Only men could put that much sexual imagery and get away with it" a smile formed on her face without her realising it.
She heard two chuckles from beside her. "Guilty as charged ma'am" she heard one say, she glanced over and saw the blonde looking at her.
He gave a wolfish grin "In my defence we were drunk when we chose it, we should have waited to celebrate till after we chose the name, but we forgot about it completely." He admitted sheepishly.
Lily allowed her eyes to climb up and down the teen's body. He looked healthy and fit but he was still only a teen "And what would two teenagers know about duelling?" she asked him curiously.
The blonde raised an eyebrow "And what would Lady Potter know about these two teenagers?" he quipped back getting a snort of laughter from his friend who had yet to even look in her direction.
The blonde froze and looked at the poster "Brace yourself. The Dork Lord approaches" he said warningly.
Lily's eyes widened, was the boy saying You-Know-Who was coming here? And why was he just standing there.
As she was thinking that the teen moved. He stepped two steps away from his friend and stuck his leg out.
Lily frowned and opened her mouth to ask what he was doing.
Her question was cut off by a cry from behind her.
Panicking she spun around only to become more confusion by the sight of her son barrelling towards her.
Charles shoved black-haired teen out of the way as he went past.
Lily's eyes suddenly noticed the way the blonde's leg was placed, and as if waiting for her to notice her son's leg swept out of nowhere and collided with it.
A loud squawk of shock turned a lot of heads as the nearby wizards and witches looking in time to see the Boy-Who-Lived smash his face into the cobblestone street floor, a dull thunk echoing down the Alley.
"Are you alright?" the blonde asked concerned, before stepping over her son as if he wasn't there and offering his hand to his friend.
Being pulled to his feet the black-haired teen sneered at Charles who was staring in shock at the blonde for tripping him.
Lily saw a smirk flash across the blonde's face "Oops" he offered, not even trying to sound like he was sorry.
"How dare you?" Lily heard James roar.
She winced mentally, this was not going to go down well, for some strange reason however she believed it would be her husband going to St Mungo's not the boys. She assumed it was the arrogant confidence that the boy had radiated when she questioned him.
The blonde's smirk returned again as he turned to Charles who was still lying on the street. "Yes!" he exclaimed "How dare you?"
"You could have seriously hurt my friend shoving him viciously like that" he scolded loudly, only causing Charles to add confusion and anger to his look of shock.
James let out a cry of outrage as he surged forward and grabbed the blonde's arm. "How dare you attack my son? He's the Boy-Who-Lived!" he snarled.
Lily's eyes widened as the teen just spun around gracefully his hand coming up to grip James' arm in response. As quick as the movement had begun he twisted and dropped to one knee.
James flew over his shoulder and landed on his back in the middle of the street.
Lily watched her husband scrabble to his feet, the action finally causing Charles to do the same.
"You are under arrest for attacking the Head Auror and the Boy-Who-Lived!" James yelled his face twisted into a dark sneer.
The black-haired boy raised his hand and removed his sunglasses with a graceful flick of his wrist revealing two sparkling emerald green eyes.
"And what of your punishment then?" he drawled "After all I'm a Leo and he's a Pisces"
Lily chuckled at his comment before everything clicked.
She ran her eyes over the teen's hair, it was shorter than James' but still seemed to defy gravity. His eyes were exactly like her own, his nose and lips were hers as well, while the rest of his face clearly belonged to his father.
"Harry"
The teens looked over at her clearly having heard her startled gasp.
The black-haired teen tilted his head "Actually I got by Harper now" he said slowly "But you may address me as Lord Gryffindor" he added with a smirk.
Harper turned back to James and Charles who were staring in shock at him.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." He said shaking his head slowly "Imagine how The Prophet will see this" he mused aloud looking over at the reporters standing at the side lines, quills already scribbling on parchment.
"The Lost Potter son returns after all these years to be attacked by the Boy-Who-Lived and Head Auror in the middle of Diagon Alley" he exclaimed dramatically.
Lily almost snorted as her mind unhelpfully pointed out that he got that need for drama and attention from his father.
Lily stared at her eldest son, and finally stepped forward only to freeze as a wand was pointed at her.
"I'm sorry Lady Potter, but please stay there. We don't want to have to hex you" the blonde warned her, the glint in his eye confirmed to her that he was serious and actually enjoying this.
He tilted his head slightly in thought "Well actually Harper doesn't want to hex you. I've got a lot of bones to pick with you." He corrected glaring slightly at her.
"Harry?" Lily asked softly, feeling incapable of doing anything else.
"Harper" Harper corrected her gently.
Lily stood there staring at her son, truly looking at him instead of the quick glance she had made earlier.
He was healthy that much was obvious, his tight shirt clung to muscle. His hair stuck up but even from where she stood she could tell it would be as soft as a kitten's fur.
Lily looked eyes with her son. Emerald clashing with Emerald.
Lily sighed, she could see he was happy. He had a strangely content look in his eyes that Lily knew didn't come from his looking at her.
She inclined her head at him slowly, willing her eyes to show her feelings.
To her surprise Harper inclined his head back to her.
"Harper, we have to go. Goblin's wait for no one remember?" the blonde cut in causing Lily to jump as she had forgotten he was there.
Harper let out a sharp exhale as he looked over at the blonde. They communicated with their eyes for a moment before Harper put away his wand.
"Farewell Mother" he said nodding to her with a ghost of a smile flickering across his face. For a moment Lily could almost convince herself she saw love in his eyes before the hard look was back.
"You'll need to use the Dome Charm too" the blonde said to Harper who merely nodded to him.
Together the two teens turned and began to walk towards Gringotts.
James snarled and raised his wand "Stupefy" he yelled his wand aimed at Harper's back.
As one Harper and the blonde moved. They both spun around with their wands raised.
A large shimmering purple shield poured from Harper's wand, forming a dome around the two of them.
The bolt of red light flew towards them and collided with the shield which only began to glow stronger.
"Aionkoma!" the blonde shouted, a sickly green jet out light darting out of his wand.
James raised a shield quickly only to be shocked as the spell went through it like it wasn't there hitting him dead in the chest, the power behind the spell knocking him off his feet.
Lily's eyes widened at both of those spells. She had heard of nothing like them before.
As she watched her husband quickly climb to his feet she saw him pause and clutch his stomach like he was going to be sick.
Suddenly a large farting sound echoed throughout Diagon Alley.
James' free hand darted back to clamp over his arse as his eyes widened in shock.
Lily could only stare as more farts sounded each of them coming from James who looked horrified and furious at the same time.
She felt a strange sort of pleasure at watching him humiliate himself in public and didn't want to step in, especially not to fight her own son.
Charles let out a roar of rage much like his father, he would have sounded more intimidating if his nose wasn't blocked and the sound didn't come out like another squawk.
He raised his wand and began casting spell after spell at the two.
Lily saw as each spell was just absorbed into the purple dome that Harper was still holding steady.
She saw the two teens exchange a look. Then with a nod from Harper the blonde raised his wand again pointing it at Charles this time.
"Rictumsempra!" he yelled.
The gathered crowd watched as a large beam of glowing silver light exploded from his wand and sped straight towards a shocked Charles.
Charles shut his eyes tightly as the spell neared him.
Stupid boy was all Lily thought as she watched him get catapulted backwards into the announcement board and collapse to the ground laughing.
Looking at her son again she saw Harper lower his wand, the purple dome dissipating into the air.
Once again the two teens turned their backs on the Potters and slowly walked away from them.
Lily didn't want to think about why it hurt more that Harper didn't look back than it did that her husband and son had their arses kicked with just three spells like that in public.
Lily looked over at a still laughing Charles, she had noticed how his sloppy his aim was and how he had only used up to fifth year spells.
She couldn't help but mentally compared Charles and Harper in her mind. No matter how she spun it Charles was coming up short every time.
"This is why you always liked Harper more, he had the brains and the ability to use them" her traitorous brain pointed out, Lily didn't bother shushing it this time.
Things were going to change in the Potter household.
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Lily sat at her vanity, staring sadly at her reflection.
When she had gotten home she had firmly set down some house rules for her husband and son. She had glared them both into submission when they seemed likely to argue with her.
She smirked, she still had the ability to make James cower from her when she wanted it. That was one skill she was glad she had learnt.
She picked up her hairbrush and started combing her hair lost in thought.
She was so lost in thought she didn't hear James enter the room.
Nor did she hear him calling her name. He left when he realised she wasn't listening.
Lily paused and slowly set down the hairbrush.
"Marret" she called softly.
With a crack the old house elf appeared beside her stool "Hows can Marret be helping the Mistress?" she asked.
Lily looked over to her personal elf with a fond smile. "I saw Harry today" she said feeling smug as the old elves eyes lit up and she began to bounce on her feet.
"You dids?" Marret asked excitedly "Hows was the Young Master?" she inquired curiously.
A sad smile forced its way onto Lily's face.
"I don't know" she admitted softly "I think he's alright though. He looked very healthy and strong" she said her smile slowly becoming lighter.
Nodding wisely Marret beamed at her "The Young Master kept his promise to Old Marret he dids" she said happily.
Lily froze and looked at Marret in shock.
"You knew" she said simply.
Marret also froze before her hands snatched one of her large ears. "Marret dids." She admitted guiltily "Marret gave hims food from the kitchen and a never-end bag. Young Master promised he would eat well" she added twisting her ears.
Lily narrowed her eyes as she thought about this new development.
Noticing what Marret was doing she reached out and grabbed her wrists. "You are forbidden from punishing yourself remember" she said sternly.
A contemplative look crossed Lily's face.
She stood quickly and headed to her closet and pulled out a dress. She shrunk it down and turned to Marret.
"Will you be able to find Harry?" she asked the elf.
Marret paused and thought before nodding excitedly her huge ears flopping around.
"Then as punishment for punishing yourself I give you this dress" Lily announced and handed the dress to her.
Marret's eyes widened in horror as she held the dress. She looked up to her old mistress with tears in her eyes.
Lily ignored her and sat back down at the vanity, picking up her hairbrush and beginning to brush her hair again.
"You know" she said to her reflection "I bet Harry could use a house elf, if only there was a free elf nearby who could care for him"
Lily smirked and triumph flashed in her eyes as she heard Marret's gasp of understanding and the crack of her disappearing.
She began humming as she continued to brush her hair a satisfied smile on her face.
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AN/: In no way is Lily dark. Like Petunia she had a strict vision of how she wanted her life. She looked back at her husband and thought that 'this wasn't the man I married' she looked at her son and found him lacking, not meeting the image she wanted to see.