This is a fanfiction, that means I don't own the characters or settings and therefore paying to read this will land me in a heap of trouble.

History and memory are funny things. Everyone remembers the the last Heiliger Kaiser of Ancient Belka, Olivie Sagebrecht and her betrothed, the Hegemon of Shutra, Claus Ingvald, but no one remembers the common-born warrior whose heart was broken by their bond. The Wizarding World and the Time Space Administration Bureau are about to be taken by storm when a man whose story was lost in the shadow of titans is reborn in the shadow of destiny.

Unadministered world 97, London, England. A gay rights rally is in progress and three fairly famous magic users, (even if one of them doesn't know he's famous or magical yet) are in attendance. A White Devil, a Black Angel and their daughter are about to contact with a Boy Who Lived.

Harry James Potter, wasn't mortally wounded, he wasn't freezing to death (it was April for crying out loud!) and while he was hungry, starving wasn't close enough to be a danger. He was however hiding from his cousin Dudley who seemed to be under the impression that Harry made a good punching bag.

He spotted a column of people marching down the road, inquisitive, he walked over to one of them, a very pretty woman with light brown hair and violet eyes and asked "Excuse me, but what is this for?" he asked.

"Well you see some people fall in love with people who are the same gender, and there are laws against that for reasons which really don't make any sense. We're trying to fight those laws by showing that the majority are against them." She replied in a tone that reminded him of what moms were supposed to be like. "I'm Nanoha Takamachi by the way."

"Harry Potter. Can I help?" When Ms Takamachi replied in the affirmative he took his place among the marching activists. Eventually they met up with her family, a blonde woman with red eyes (a warm red not a menacing red) who looked Nanoha's age and introduced herself as Fate Harlaown, and a girl Harry's age who referred to Fate and Nanoha as "Mama"

Harry introduced himself to the girl who replied "I'm Vivio, I wasn't born to these two but they are my precious mothers. Where are your parents?" The cheerful girl regretted her words almost instantly due to the darkened expression on the boys face.

"They died when I was one, I remember a lot of green light, which my relatives tell me was a car-crash." The boy frowned "Someone'll be angry if I don't get back soon. Uncle Vernon isn't pleasant when he goes without lunch and Dudley'll get violent."

"And your Uncle just tolerates this?" Fate asked. When Harry confirmed this, Fate looked at Nanoha, who just nodded, before a glow emitted from Fate's purse. This apparently changed the situation.

"Oh my …" Fate removed the glowing object, a sword pendant, and decided something. She gingerly placed it around the boy's neck and said "Keep that hidden as best as you can and don't remove it. One day, that so-called family of yours is going to go too far. When they do, imagine something that will protect you and say 'Yuri-Ken set up !'. Can you do that for me?"

Harry was confused but the nice woman seemed convinced that this would help and also seemed fairly intelligent, so he just nodded before setting out for more abuse at the hands of those whom he had been placed with.

Prophecies are more often than not self fulfilling, but Fate's words, as anyone familiar with her story will know were not of prophecy but instead the painfully earned wisdom gained from experience.

Fate Harlaown was abused herself, and as such knew that child abusers get worse until someone stops them, or the child dies. But by giving the child in question a way to fight back, she could prevent the worst of the psychological damage from being done. Considering the power of Terran Mages she sincerely doubted that this Vernon would have the nerve to harm the boy again when one of them finally snapped.

The Device she had given him would guide him into the fold. Adoption was rampant among the TSAB, and even if the boy would prefer to live alone he wouldn't be alone. Nanoha would no doubt tease Vivio about her apparent interest in the boy and Fate was reminded of a conversation she'd once had with Nanoha, something about the misery in Fate's eyes when they'd met?

If Vivio was anything like her adoptive mother, she'd just latched on the idea that she needed to save him, and nothing stops a Takamachi from saving someone in trouble. Fate would have to talk to the higher ups relating to this incident regardless of Vivio's interest. Terran mages were few and far between but when one showed up they tended to be ridiculously powerful.

Later that day she filed her report with her adoptive brother, Chrono Harlaown, a fellow Enforcer with the Bureau. "Dammit Fate why didn't you just remove him from the house and explain magic. That would have a lot less paperwork for me. Given your track record it wouldn't have been too difficult."

Fate replied "I'm not sure. Something kept me from getting him straight to a hospital right then and there. Or just following him to his home and teaching the abusers a harsh lesson. Nanoha felt it too, she must have." Otherwise there'd be a crater.

Chrono placed a hand under his own chin. "Yuri-ken isn't exactly Ace level hardware but it is an Armed Intelligent device. As a matter of fact I'd say it's about on the level of Raising Heart before Nanoha started upgrading it left and right. I'll talk to the higher ups but-"

Alarms began to sound aboard the ship "Warning: high level magic in use on the planet surface. Variant: Multiple Target locator type. Alerting Armed device Yuri-Ken that User is among the targets. Alerting Intelligent Device Sacred Heart that User is among the targets." Chrono looked shocked.

"I'll need to discuss this with our superiors but it looks like you, Nanoha and Vivio are going to have to remain here for a time while we get this sorted out." Chrono said to his sister. He was also shocked. "Go back to your hotel and find out why someone was so intent on locating so many different people at once."

Fate nodded once and focused her mana for the second dimension shift in one day. Relatively short ranged hops like that still exhausted her without the use of cartridges but the cartridge system was reserved for when it was needed, and no one wanted or needed a repeat of the incident that nearly killed Nanoha. Whatever mage was casting that spell hadn't done so on a whim. She steeled her nerves for the worst and made the jump.

Severus Snape was annoyed. It might have been the weekend but still Headmaster Dumbledore had insisted upon him tracking down someone who was most likely a muggleborn in the middle of the most difficult part of the school year. Even so, Severus had to admit he was msot likely the best prepared of the Hogwarts Staff for such a task.

One of the lessons learned from that magic hating abuser was that few people would stop to question a scowling man in a black business suit. Plenty of mundane explanations for that no matter what country you are in.

Eventually he reached the hotel where the letter had been addressed. He went right past the receptionist, and once he remembered how to work the elevators straight up to the room that the letter had been addressed to. He was expecting a very spooked muggle parent. He was expecting to have to explain the existence of magic. He wasn't expecting two witches that made Dumbledore look like a squib.

Recovering from his surprise the potion master made his introduction "I am Severus Snape. I teach at a boarding school called Hogwarts." Having said the first bit he pressed on, properly entering the room and closing the door behind him. "There wouldn't happen to be a girl named Vivio Takamachi here?"

One of the two women in the room decided to be cordial "Yes," gesturing at the girl in question she said "I'm Nanoha Takamachi, I adopted her a few years ago. The red-eyed blonde is my partner Fate Harlaown. But enough about us, I'd like to hear more about Hogwarts. Severus nodded and began his explanation at the end of it Nanoha said "It's Vivio's decision, but I will expect her to keep up with mundane studies as well."

Soon Vivio reached a decision "I'll go, but there's someone else whom I think you should make sure knows about this school. He said his name was Harry Potter. I know he's got magic but he looks like he's being abused."

Professor Snape snorted "The Potter brat grew up in fame because a Dark Lord killed his parents on account of a prophecy when he was one. Trust me that kid deserves whatever he gets."

"Is that so? Because Harry said that they died in a car crash. I've never heard of him before and he sure as hell didn't expect me to know him. He's being forced to cook for those guardians of his and they don't stop his cousin from beating him up." Fate was on the brink of losing her temper

Snape froze solid and his eyes widened in alarm as realization dawned upon him. He drew a breath and asked a question that he dreaded the answer to "Did he mention an Aunt Petunia, or someone named Vernon?"

Nanoha spoke up "He mentioned an Uncle Vernon, why?"

The potions professor said "Just my mistakes coming back to haunt me. In my quest to prevent people from suffering like I did, I caused it. Join me at Charing Cross on July thirty-first if you wish to send Vivio to Hogwarts." He excused himself.

Severus then hurried from the room and went to confirm his suspicions. He spent a week spying on Number four privet Drive in his spare time and did not like what he saw. He confronted the headmaster "I would like to review Harry Potter's placement with the Dursley's immediately!"

"Unfortunately Severus, there is no other place for him to go. The blood wards-"

"Will not protect him from those muggles. They are abusing him because of his magic. A pain I know all too well. Please is there anything we can do for him, anywhere we can place him without-"

"Unfortunately not Severus Voldemort's followers are far too numerous and influential even now. Unless you knew a way to get him off of this planet entirely I am certain that's impossible." Dumbledore said disappointed with himself.

Severus once again cursed his impotence and said "One day I'll find a way that will let him have safety and happiness. When that day comes Petunia will rue the day she chose to hate magic. Then you and I are going to have a serious chat about proper childcare." the last sentence was said with clear murderous intent.

"I suppose we will." Albus of far-too-many-titles said before sitting down. "In the meantime we need to make preparations for protecting the stone. After all if Voldemort is still around we can't have that thing falling into his hands."

"No we can't." muttered Severus, making a note to rip apart the restricted section of the library in his spare time. Severus would eventually calm down but he wouldn't forget his oath. By hook or by crook he was going to get Harry to a place where he was loved and where Voldemort couldn't get to him. He owed Lily that much at least. After all if he hadn't been foolish enough to listen to the Dark Lord, Voldemort would never have learned the prophecy, and maybe Lily would still be alive. He thought this, ignoring the fact that Voldemort would probably still be on the loose as well.

Dumbledore however was ashamed of himself. How could he have assumed that Harry would be loved purely by blood connection? He was too busy dealing with the school to do it himself but it seemed Severus would like a crack at those Dursleys.

The headmaster decided to send one letter normally and if that didn't get a reply, send Hagrid on July thirtieth. It wouldn't be as effective as, for instance, sending Severus but the Potions master was already scheduled for something that day, and even with this sudden change of heart regarding the boy Severus might come across as too harsh.

When July thirty first came Hagrid needed to go out to some damned island in the middle of the channel to track Harry down. Headmaster Dumbledore had entrusted this task to him and he wasn't going to fail because of some child abusing muggle with a normalcy obsession.

Dumbledore had seen fit to inform him of Harry's unfortunate situation and how the Dursleys would almost certainly take measures to prevent Harry's attendance of Hogwarts. Hagrid's job was to remind them of how futile such measures really were.

After all muggle tech didn't know how to keep a wizard out if he was determined. Hagrid might not be a fully qualified wizard but he was more than Vernon Dursley could handle and little did he know it but he wasn't all the Dursleys would be dealing with on that fateful night. As Hagrid pounded on the door he had no way of knowing what was going on inside.

When the noise started Harry Potter was awake, intending to scare his overweight cousin Dudley. The noise scared him but he hesitated after the first boom, after all they'd given him the necklace for when the Dursleys "went too far" and this clearly had nothing to do with them.

Harry's hand crept unbidden to the pendant, as his fear grew, with it grew hope, maybe if he helped Dursleys with his freakishness they'd stop hurting him for it. Suddenly a voice echoed from within his mind.

"So you desire the strength to protect someone, even though they have derogated and derided you your whole life. Truly you are worthier than I ever was." It said before a loud chuckle Harry knew only he could hear. "Power doesn't come free, so be prepared to pay the price. Your heart knows what I want already, after all-"

"Thou art I and I art thou." Harry whispered. He took hold of the pendant and roared out "YURI-KEN SET-UP!"

[Hai Aruji] came a mechanical sounding voice from the pendant as red light bathed the room. Gone was the timid little boy that had been their punching bag. In his place stood a man in a hybrid style armor.

The chest piece was red and metallic, the shoulders being metallic as well only silvery. Something resembling a mail turtleneck protected the throat. White leather-like sleeves led down to silvery vambraces over red gloves. The trousers he now wore could be described as white jeans, but the boots were clearly armored. The necklace was gone as well, but there was a katana sheathed at his hip. Finally the door gave way to whatever was attacking it and in strode a giant of a man "Alright Dursley I know yeh've bin mistreating Harry, and it ends now!"

Harry just scoffed "Yeah right. With one exception everyone who has ever said something to that effect has failed, that is assuming they ever intended to try. Taking other jobs, suddenly falling ill, or straight up disappearing."

"You look an awful lot like James, any explanation for what you're doin' here?" the large man asked.

Harry looked down and realized that he looked alot bigger. "Oh right. Yuri-Ken, Stand down." he ordered. [Hai Aruji, Busokaijosuru] came the device's response. He returned his attention. "Hello sir, I'm Harry. I'm not sure who's been so determined to contact me or why but it had better be important. I had to deal with a lot of extra crap on account of those letters."

"My name is Rubeus Hagrid. I'm gamekeeper at a school called Hogwarts. I'm also something of a problem solver," He glared at Vernon "for instance dealing with stubborn muggles." noting Harry's confusion at the term he elaborated "Non-magic folk. Yeh think this is the first time a muggle raised wizard or witch faced opposition from their ... family?"

Many of the questions that had been burning in Harry's heart had just been answered "Magic, this explains quite a bit about what's happened around me. I take it I'm to be a student at this place then?" He asked.

Hagrid nodded in the affirmative and was about to explain some other things, as Harry clearly didn't know much if anything about the magical world when Vernon, being an idiot tried to stop him "You listen here freak I'm not paying-"

"I don't care, Vernon." Harry was oddly enough the one to speak. "I don't care if I have to work for it but I am going. You won't stop me. You won't break my spirit and you won't control me." Clutching the necklace that at last made him feel strong enough to defy them "Fate Harlaown gave me this to protect me and it's doing the trick."

Hagrid just looked amazed at the power Harry had just demonstrated and at such a young age. "You'll be a fine wizard when we're through with you."

"There's one last thing Mister Hagrid." He pointed at the Dursleys "They told me my parents died in a car accident. I find that lie a bit hard to believe. What kind of car crash makes green light?"

"They were murdered. Severus will tell you the rest. He was your mom's best friend at one point." Hagrid said with a frown. "We'd best get some sleep, long day ahead but before that." Hagrid rummaged through his coat for a moment before finding what he was looking for. He removed a small package from a pocket and said "Happy birthday Harry."

The package contained a cake, the first birthday cake Harry had ever received. Hagrid sent a messenger owl to Dumbledore

Professor I've got Harry and we'll get what he needs for the school year tomorrow. Dursley's are scared but the kid's got power and nerve like you wouldn't believe. Apparently someone named Fate Harlaown took action and gave the kid something to protect himself with. Hope you are well.

Hagrid then removed his heavy moleskin greatcoat. "Might want to kip under that Harry, has to be more comfy than whatever excuse for a bed these animals have you sleeping on."

Harry ate his cake and then drifted off to sleep. His dreams were racked with nightmares though. Not of what the Dursleys had done to him but of a war he didn't remember participating in.

When he woke the next morning all he remembered of his nightmares was the last bit, a woman bleeding to death in front of him. A woman who looked an awful lot like Vivio...

AN: I'm sorry about the update false alarm, but I realized after posting this that I'd made a few grammatical errors and we can't have that. Periodic tweaks will be made on various chapters if I notice a continuity error or something, so fair warning with an epic length like this one you might get another few hundred such false alarms. Review and if you are enjoying tell a friend.

A big shout out to EfylNep as they pointed out a few plot holes I hadn't realized were there. Thank you.

I'm planning for the next chapter to get them to Hogwarts but that may change depending on how many holes need plugged and of course how to avoid any bashing.

See you next time