Quetzal - why YES I have indeed started another story without finishing the others, ^_^ I'm sorry I haven't updated 'Becoming the Wind' yet it should be up in a few days, Snow Points new chapter will be up mid to early January. My reason for being behind is simply that I'v been very sick, first I had bronchitis which is now luckily clearing up, and then I ended up in the ER for a mysterious infection of some kind in my jaw. I looked like a mutant chipmunk my face was so swollen, thats on the way out as well however so I should be getting back on schedule sooner or later.

Summery - Theres no such thing as an accident and when Jamie and Sophie's mother is killed in a house fire it seems like everything is falling apart. Harry thought he was done saving the world, and never even considered the possibility of other family, but Fate has a funny way of making sure things work out.

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Do you Believe in Magic?

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Jack rested silently on the sill of the hotel room, Sandy was hovering in the room watching the two children intently, golden sand curled above their heads, occasionally bleeding into black until Sandy beat it back into submission. After the day these two had, the least they could do was make sure they were free from nightmares. Jack closed his eyes and sighed softly, wondering what he would have done if he and Bunny hadn't taken the kids to the Warren for the night, they would have died just like their mother. Loosing them, he wouldn't have reacted well, he knew that without a doubt.

Flash back

Jack listened intently as Jamie told him about the last week, apparently some kid had been making fun of him for believing in them, not that Jamie let that stop him. Only a few months had passed since the kids had helped the Guardians defeat Pitch. Halloween was fast approaching and the other Guardians were concerned about the power Pitch would gain from the holiday, it was unlikely he would actually be able to do anything so soon, but it payed to be careful. They had been making sure to keep a close eye on Jamie and Sophie, as well as the other kids to a lesser extent, but if Pitch went after any of the kids it would be those two.

A giggle and a quiet voice from the next room told him that Bunny had chosen tonight to visit Sophie as well. Jamie rolled his eyes having heard them as well and darted out of the room to see the Easter Bunny as well. Jack smiled faintly and followed. Entering the room Jack could only stare for a moment before snickering, wishing desperately that he had a camera. Sophie was perched on Bunnies head hanging onto the rabbits large ears as she argued with her brother.

"You two tryin' to wake your mother?" Bunny asked exasperated Jamie went quiet and looked out the door as though expecting his mother to appear at any moment. Sophie just giggled while Bunny tried to remove her from his ears.

"Bunny home! Bunny home!" The little girl demanded happily making Jamie perk up.

"Could we?" He asked hopefully, Bunny hesitated.

"You two really ought to be gettin' ta bed." He pointed out. Jack rolled his eyes while Jamie snorted.

"pleeeaassee? He asked looking up at Bunny with wide hopeful eyes, Jack winced, the dreaded puppy dog eyes. Bunny wavered for a moment then Sophie leaned over his head and looked at him upside down with bright hopeful eyes.

"Bunny home?" She asked sweetly Bunny sighed deeply while Jack laughed. That little girl had the rabbit wrapped around her finger.

"Oh alright ya ankle biter. But only for a little while! Ya still gotta sleep sometime or Sandy ill get upset with us. Got it?" He asked Sophie cheered.

"Bunny Home!" Jamie grinned as well.

"So I actually get to see your Warren then?" He asked excitedly Bunny nodded amused.

"Ill carry Sophie but your carrying Jamie, Frost." Jack nodded grinning and picked the ten year old up. Jamie giving an indignant yelp at being snatched up. Bunny chuckled and pulled Sophie off his ears holding her securely in his arms while he opened up a hole and jumped down, Jack darting after him.

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They had played at the Warren for a few hours when the kids had finally been to tired to keep their eyes open anymore. Bunny had then tried to open a tunnel back into Sophie's room, it hadn't worked, so Bunny had gone to check out what was wrong. He had arrived to find the house in flames and fire engines just beginning to arrive. After a moment of shock he had opened another tunnel and darted back to the Warren. A mad scramble to the North Pole had followed, waking Jamie after they had decided what to do had been bad.

Jamie had been taken over to Cupcake's house though, he claimed that he had Sophie had snuck over in the middle of the night, something they HAD taken to doing recently so it wasn't too out of the question. Cupcake only lived a few blocks from Jamie so it wasn't to odd for them to rush down to see what was going on after claiming to have heard sirens.

Jamie and Sophie had been taken to the police station once it had been determined that their mother hadn't escape the fire. The two had been in shock. Everyone had figured that their mother had gotten out, they had just been worried about an excuse for why the two weren't in the house. The two were now spending the night at a hotel room with one of the female officers staying with them for the night until child services could arrive in the morning.

Jacks eyes darkened slightly, if Pitch had anything to do with this... Sandy glanced his way a slight frown crossed his face apparently picking up on Jacks rather vicious thoughts, the sandman didn't give Jack time to dodge before he was wreathed in dreamsand. Jacks eyes drooped while he glowered at Sandy, the sandman only smiled sadly and shook his head as Jacks eyes slid closed. The moonlight brightening slightly as Manny did what he could to easy both Jack and the children's dreams.

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"So we have a cousin then?" Jamie asked quietly, Miss Evan nodded trying to cheer the siblings up with a happy smile, it wasn't working. It was around noon and Jack was still sitting on the window sill watching over them. Sandy had left around dawn, needing to get back to spreading dreamsand around the world. The sand could do its own thing to a certain extent but only within a certain range of Sandy, so he had to head out and help it now. The lady, Miss Evan's , had arrived around half an hour ago. Bringing the ever present good news and bad news with her. The bad news being that their father had refused to take them, the good news being, well...

"His name is Hadrian Potter he's your second cousin, so that means you have the same great grandparents. He's coming to see you today to see if you'd like to go live with him. We contacted him this morning and he booked a flight out an hour later, he lives in Europe though so he probably won't be here until later tonight." Jamie just nodded staring at the table. Miss Evan sighed softly, she couldn't hold Jamie's lack of enthusiasm against him, it hadn't even been a day since his mother had been killed in the fire that he and his little sister had miraculously escaped due to a nighttime sojourn to their friends house.

"well, I'm going to go get you two lunch alright? Is a sandwich alright or do you want something else?" Jamie shrugged.

"Its fine." he answered quietly Miss. Even nodded and left the hotel room. Sophie sniffled next to him.

"I want mommy." She whispered clinging tightly to the stuffed rabbit North had sent with Tooth a few hours ago, Jack had pulled a faint smile when he'd seen it, it bore a suspicious resemblance to a certain rabbits tiny bunny form. Jamie looked tiredly at Sophie for a moment before cambering onto the bed with her and hugging his little sister.

"Me too." he whispered.

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Harry sighed and ran a hand threw his unruly black hair wondering just why Fate insisted on throwing things like this his way, not that he minded the prospect of taking the two children in. Far from it really. He had plenty of money to take care of them, and Teddy could uses a brother and sister.

He adored children and really always had. After the war had ended he had decided he'd had enough of fighting unless he couldn't help it, and had taken a healers apprenticeship at Saint Mungo's. Working with children was his favorite part of the job so far. He still kept up on his combat training through, dueling with the Aurors in his spare time, he had a deal that in return for training with them they could call him if they needed a little extra firepower. He was still the strongest wizard in Britain, at least in raw power, since Dumbldore.

Currently he was standing outside the hotel were his cousins were waiting for him while the sun sank below the horizon. He wished he had known about them before, things could have been so different if he could have gone to their parents instead of the Dursleys. After a bit of thought he had left Teddy to spend the weekend with his grandmother, he had decided it would be best to meet his new children by himself, he snorted, not even 21 and here he was with one kid already and about to adopt two more.

With a faintly apprehensive look on his face he stepped forward the automatic doors sliding open for him. "Excuse me." He asked the teenager at the desk, the boy looked up from his magazine completely uninterested. " I'm hear to talk with Jamie and Sophie Bennett, do you know what room they would be in?" He asked, the teen blinked before nodding.

"Who are you?" he asked, Harry blinked before mentally smacking himself, he was getting to used to everyone knowing him on sight, he needed to get out more.

"Harry Potter," He answered the teen sighed and nodded.

"Room 234"

"Thank you." Harry answered politely before heading over to the elevator, he heard the teen paging the room and telling a 'Miss Evan' that he was heading up. The elevator ride seemed to take forever before the door softly 'dinged' and slide open. Walking quietly down the hall he quickly arrived at the very last room, the 234 in shinny brass letters. He hesitated for a moment before knocking, a brief pause preceded the sound of the lock being undone. A short lady with light brown hair and dark eyes smiled at him.

"Mr Potter! I'm glad you could make it so quickly, I know it must have been a very long flight." He nodded glancing past her and into the room, two children eyed him from the far bed. A little girl around 2 or 3 years was curled up in her brothers lap clinging to a stuffed rabbit. The boy looked around 10 with messy brown hair and brown eyes and was glaring challengingly at him. Harry sighed internally, oh this was going to be fun he thought grimly.

Miss Evan turned back to the kids, smile still on her face. "Jamie, Sophie, I'd like you to meet Hadrian James Potter."

"You can just call me Harry." Harry said softly, Jamie's eyes narrowed further and Harry braced himself for the inevitable explosion, but Jamie surprised him by gritting his teeth and refraining from yelling at him.

"If you want I can step outside and give you three some privacy to talk?" Miss Evan suggested. Harry shrugged.

"I think that might be best." Harry agreed Jamie nodded after a moment still glaring. Miss Evan smiled again and moved aside so that Harry could enter the room before stepping outside herself.

"Theres a sitting area just down the hall, ill be there if you need me, take as long as you want alright?" She called Harry nodded and let her close the door before looking back over at the siblings on the bed.

Jamie eyed his new cousin warily, this guy was supposed to take care if him and his sister now? Not a chance! He didn't even look like he was twenty, let alone able to take care of anyone. "Look, I know you don't want me here Jamie. And I'm sorry that I have to be. I admit I have no idea what your going through, but I want to help." Harry said quietly Jamie just glared, he didn't care what this idiot thought! He didn't need any help! He had Jack! Harry sighed softly at the sour look he was getting, contrary to what he said he did kinda understand. When he had lost Sirius he had hated everyone and everything. So the scowl didn't hurt as much as it might.

"Jamie?" He asked cautiously. Jamie closed his eyes, he didn't want to go anywhere! But he remembered what the social worker lady had said. Harry was probably his only chance of staying with Sophie, if he decided not to go then they would go to an orphanage, and it was very unlikely that they would both get adopted by the same family. He couldn't do that to his little sister, no way.

"It doesn't matter, we'll go with you." He grumbled. Harry frowned, he had been expected an interrogation followed by a refusal before talking the kid around, not resined acceptance.

"I'm surprised you would just agree like that without even getting to know me first." He asked curiously Jamie snorted looking out the window at the moon which was just starting to rise.

"They said if we don't go with you we'll end up in an orphanage and probably wont get to stay together, I'm not leaving Sophie." He said Harry blinked a little taken aback. They lady had actually told them that? Well, if it had been him he would rather know what could happen, but still! He should have gotten the chance to at least think about it before having something like that dumped on him!

"Unfortunately that is true, but you still don't have to come with me if you don't want, although I'm sure Teddy would love you two." Harry agreed. Jamie glanced at him.

"Who's Teddy?" He asked trying and failing to hide his curiosity.

"Teddy is my godson, his parents were killed in a terrorist attack in Britain so I adopted him. He's about 4." Jamie gave him a baffled look.

"You already adopted someone else? Why do you want us then?" he demanded. Harry shrugged.

"I don't have a reason not to. So why shouldn't I give you a home? Family means a lot to me. I lost my parents to the same terrorists that killed Teddy's when I was only a baby. So I never knew them. I want to help where I can." Jamie frowned at him like he was some strange exotic creature. Harry just smiled wryly. "Do you still want to come with me?" He asked. Jamie hesitated and glanced down at Sophie. She looked up at him silently for a long moment before holding up here bunny.

"Bunny?" She asked worriedly.

"Do we have to go back to...Britain?" He asked after a moment, he didn't doubt the Guardians could visit them where ever they lived, but he didn't like the idea of moving away from Jacks lake. Harry tilted his head to the side, thoughtful.

"I don't suppose so, iv been meaning to get away from home. After all the chaos with the terrorist a new place would be nice, so yes we can stay if you want." Jamie looked back at the moon which now rested a bit off the horizon, it seemed to brighten a bit, he looked back at Harry and nodded.

"We'll stay with you." he agreed Harry smiled brilliantly at him.

"Thanks for giving me a chance Jamie." He said before a wry grin crossed his face. "Now for the deal clincher. I couldn't tell you this until you agreed to come with me, but if you decide you don't want to live with me anymore that's ok, its for you to decided. So then Jamie, all I have to ask is this." Jamie frowned at him once more wary, but he moonlight was calming him down.

"Whats that?" he asked, and with a flick of his wrist Harry's wand shot into his hand and he sent a cloud of iridescent butterflies to flutter around the room.

"Do you believe in magic?"

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Quetzal - well what do you think? This was inspired by Mia Vaan's story 'Lullabies' which although not a crossover gave me the idea for the old 'harry has other family' plot, BUT IN REVERSE! ^_^