DISCLAIMER: Not mine. Really, why we have to bother with these I don't know. EVERYBODY knows that Harry Potter doesn't belong to FanFic writers, and in any case, JK would be the only one ELIGIBLE to sue…and she likes fanfiction! (JK if you are reading this…WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!? YOU SHOULD BE WRITING HP7!!!! DON'T KEEP US LOYAL FANS WAITING ANY LONGER THAN NECESSARY!) Hehe…moving on… Also, credit goes to my Sister who came up with the term multimagus, but I came up with element-all.

At the bottom of this chap is a bit of info about the story and characters. I recommend that you read it first off. It's not necessary, but you might not understand some of the things that are happening.

Now…on with my new story –

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Street Rules Apply – City Scratch

Dawn had just broken and Harry Potter surveyed the city below him through his sharp emerald green eyes. He and the rest of his gang were camped on a hill that overlooked the large city. A small grin formed on Harry's lips at the thought of all the stuff he and his team would be…borrowing…that day.

He turned; ready to announce that they would be leaving as soon as everyone was ready, only to come face to face with an angry looking brunette.

"Harry – I can't see why we can't go with you!" Suri snapped at him.

Harry sighed. He had decided the night before that, since it was such a difficult city to scratch, thanks to the sheer size of the city and the large number of policemen, that only the more experienced Nippers would be going. He, Ayden, Sam and Kirsten would go into the city, whilst the rest stayed back on the hill.

Which of course they (the ones staying back) were very irritated about. They hadn't stopped badgering him since the announcement.

Which of course, he was very irritated about.

"Suri," Harry said, exasperated, "we've been through this. None of you lot are experienced enough to do a scratch like this!"

"Yes but," Suri continued, determinately, "how are we ever gonna learn to be better Nippers if you never let us practice on anything except outback towns?" (AN: Do the English use the term 'outback?' Oh well…)

Harry mock gasped in offence. "Now Suri! You know that's not true! You and the other kiddies get plenty of time to practice! And, I repeat, this is a really difficult and dangerous city to scratch! Besides! You are only ten."

"What does that have to do with anything!? You were only nine when you Ayden started out! And Sam was only eight! Only ten…Pft!"

"Yeah but…well…"

"Spit it out Shad."

"Well…you're a girl." Harry replied, barely hiding his grin.

Suri gasped furiously. "I resent that Harry James Potter! You think that just because I'm a girl that I can't Scratch!? Well what about Kirsten then?! She's a girl! I don't see you banning her!"

"Uh oh." Ayden said, walking up to the two and turning to Harry, with a well hidden smile on his face. "You told her she couldn't come 'coz she's a girl didn't you."

Harry grinned in response.

Ayden sighed loudly, more to attempt to cover the grin on his own face than from real exasperation. Unfortunately for him, Suri saw the grin and yelled high pitchedly at Ayden.

"You agree with him don't you?! You think that I can't Scratch! Just coz I'm a girl! Well let me tell you something! …"

Suri continued to rant and rage, but none of what she said really sunk in for Harry and Ayden. Not because they were arrogant bastards who didn't listen to anyone, but because Suri regularly lost her temper.

At least once a day, Suri would be found screaming her lungs out at someone. And usually over nothing.

And because her temper was so easy to tip, and because the boys all found her tantrums to be terribly amusing, they regularly provoked her.

"…so fine! Leave! Go into the city with your Elite Team, and I hope you all get caught by the police! Because that will show you that you are not perfect!" And with that, Suri stormed of angrily.

Ayden turned to Harry, still chuckling, and said; "We're ready to go when you are. And Sam said to tell you that he wants a race. As usual. He said you could transform into your horse form, and Kirsten could ride on your back. That way she wouldn't be left behind. He recons he's been building his stamina, so he can run further now."

Harry snorted lightheartedly. "He'll never beat me. Least ways not in a long distance run. He probably recons having Kirst on my back will slow me down. Not likely. But why not? Sure we'll race."

Five minutes later, there was white wolf, a brown and gold cheetah, and a black horse with a girl on his back standing on the hill top.

Dhani, Jesse and the girls had come to watch the race (Suri had recovered from her tantrum), and Dhani was the starter.

At his "Ready…Set…GO!" the three animals (and the girl) set off at an incredible pace.

Sam and Harry drew into the front pretty quickly (Sam in front by a head), leaving Ayden behind, but not by far.

It seemed at first as though Kirsten was slowing Harry down, and that Sam was going to win…but then Sam started slowing, and Harry, who hadn't changed his pace once through the race, galloped on past to win the race.

Kirsten jumped off his back and Harry transformed back into his normal, grinning self.

A panting cheetah transformed into Sam, followed by a laughing wolf that turned into Ayden.

"Don't worry little guy." Harry said, ruffling Sam's hair playfully, "Just know that you are faster than me over short distances."

"Geroff me!" Sam grumbled. "I don't just want to be better than you at short distances…I wanna be better than you in long distance too! And don't call me little guy. I'm only a year younger than you!"

"True, true." Harry admitted. "But I'm still bigger than you!"

"Yeah, whatever. Are we going to scratch this city or not?" Sam growled, trudging off towards the city entrance. Harry, Ayden and Kirsten waved at the rest of the team on the hill, who waved back, and then they set out after Sam.

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Flashback

"…Happy birthday dear Jayme…Happy Birthday to you!"

The now nine year old Harry stood out in the hall, listening to the sounds of his twin brother's birthday song, and sighed.

Even though it was his birthday too, no one seemed to have remembered.

And it wasn't the fist year either. Harry could never remember a year when both his and Jayme's birthdays had been celebrated.

It had only ever been Jayme's.

A tear welled up in his eye, and he glumly brushed it away. He turned, ready to go upstairs to his room, but two people darted out of the party room and came up to him.

"Hey kid." Sirius said. "Remus and I've been looking for you."

Harry didn't say anything in response, but kept looking at his shoes. It wasn't that he wasn't comfortable with Remus and Sirius, in fact, they were the only people he did feel comfortable with: it was just that he was very down in the dumps.

Remus and Sirius knelt down next to Harry, and Remus put his arm around Harry's shoulders.

"Your parents ignored you again?"

Harry sniffed. "And everyone else. You two are so far the only ones who remembered about my birthday. And it's not like it's hard to remember! It's on the same day as Jayme's!"

"We know kid. We know. But guess what?" Sirius said, his voice rising happily.

"What?"

"Remus and I didn't forget about our favorite godson! We got you a present!"

Harry sniffed again. "Really?"

"Really really. It's outside! Come on!"

Harry trailed after Sirius and Remus, glad that someone had remembered about him.

When they got outside, Remus produced a long skinny parcel.

Harry took it, and unwrapped the paper gently. He gasped when a small, child sized broom fell out onto the ground.

"It's from both me and Remus." Sirius said. " It's the newest model in kids brooms. The Crimson Tail 290. What do you think?"

"It's wonderful!" Harry cried, happy for the first time in a long time. "Can I try it out?"

"Of course! We didn't buy it to be a shelf broom!"

Harry got on the broom and kicked of from the ground. Because it was a kids broom, it was charmed only to go to a height of 3 meters. Harry flew around happily, speeding up to try and catch a bird or a butterfly, then slowing down again.

His happiness was interrupted however, when Jayme say Harry though the window, and came out to demand that Harry give him the broom.

"Hey! Harry! Give me that! I want it!"

Sirius stepped in gently, well aware of the large number of adults who had followed Jayme out of the house. "Now Jayme, that broom is Harry's. You've got a whole lot of presents inside the house. That one belongs to Harry."

"I don't care! I want it! Harry! Come down now and give me that broom!"

"But Jayme!" Harry replied, " Sirius is right! You DO have a lot of presents inside! And I know you have at least three brooms! This one belongs to me!"

"DAD! Make Harry give me the broom! I want it!"

"Come on Harry. Come down and give the broom to Jayme."

"James!" Remus said angrily. "That broom is Harry's! Sirius and I bought it for him to have! Not Jayme!"

"You may have bought it for Harry, but I am their father and I will decide who gets what! Harry! Come down this instant!"

"No! Dad!"

"Don't make me come up there!"

Harry slowly came down to land on the ground, tears welling up in his eyes again.

"You always give him everything! Why do you always give him everything?"

"You will not talk to me that way young man! You are grounded for a week for your rudeness!"

"I never get to go out anyway!" Harry yelled, tears now running freely down his face. "I never get to do anything! You always give Jayme everything!"

"THAT IS ENOUGH! Go to your room right now!"

"FINE!" Harry screamed, "But don't expect to ever see me again! I HATE YOU!"

With that, Harry ran into the house.

And the only two people who were even slightly worried by what he said, were Sirius and Remus.

End Flashback

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"Well I for one think that that was a very successful scratch." Kirsten said happily, her hands full of shopping bags.

"Yep, I would have to agree there Kirst." Sam replied, his hands (and mouth) also full.

Harry, Ayden, Kirsten and Sam had been out almost the whole day and were nearly back at the hill and had managed to scratch quite a number of items, including new clothes for everyone, a basket ball and two footballs, and a large amount of food. Which was being steadily eaten by Sam.

"Sam, if you don't stop eating, we're not gonna have anything to give the rest of the termites."

"Suri would kill you if she ever heard you say that Harry. And we've got heaps of food! Don't worry about us running out."

"I dunno about that little brother." Ayden said. "You have a bottomless pit inside of you. If given enough time you would easily polish off a whole grocery store."

Sam was about to reply to that, but was distracted by Ebony and Jesse running down the hill towards them.

"Harry I'm so sorry! There was nothing I could do! They all just disappeared! Jesse and I turned our backs for a second and they were gone!" Ebony wailed, panic in her eyes.

"What?" Harry asked sharply. "What are you talking about Eb?"

"Suri, Dhani and Anna! They must have gone into the city after you! Suri said something about 'proving she could' or something! Harry we're so sorry!"

Harry sighed angrily. Bloody Suri! She just couldn't accept that there were some jobs for them all, and some only for the older ones. Not only that but she had convinced Anna and Dhani to go with her too!

"And what were you both doing when they slipped away?" Sam asked, anger in his tone.

The two fourteen year olds blushed.

"It doesn't matter Sam." Harry said resignedly. "We'll have to go get them. You two come too. We might as well move camp to the other side of the town since we're going back in."

Ebony and Jesse nodded while Ayden and Kirsten ran back up the hill to pack the rest of the gear up.

Five minutes later, all of their stuff had been shrunk, lightened and put in pockets, and the six of them moved off.

It took them about half an hour to locate the three runaways. And apparently they found them just in time. Harry, Ayden and Sam had to conjure a decoy each to led the police officers who were chasing the tree in a different direction.

Harry turned to Suri, Dhani and Anna with anger smoldering in his eyes.

"What would you have done if those police had caught you?" He asked icily.

Anna, Suri and Dhani averted their gazes from his.

"We didn't realize security was so tight in these cities." Dhani said in a small voice.

Ayden let out a noise of frustration. "That's exactly what we told you! That's why we were the ones to go and not you guys! Because security is really tight in large cities! More police! More security guards! We told you but you ignored us!"

"We're sorry!" Suri replied "We just wanted to prove to you that we can scratch…"

Harry sighed in annoyance. "And what have you three learned from this…adventure?" he asked, deciding to give them a break.

"That there are some cities we cant scratch yet." Anna said, speaking for the first time.

Harry smiled. Trust Anna to bring the peace. "Suri? Dhani? Do you agree?"

"Yes." They replied in unison.

"So next time when I tell you to 'stay put', you'll stay put?"

"Yes."

"Good."

"I'm hungry. Lets go find somewhere nice to sit where we can eat dinner, then we'll go set up camp on the other side of this city." Sam said, his stomach rumbling loudly.

After dinner, the gang headed out. They were all chatting and laughing, the earlier offence forgotten, when they walked past a long alleyway.

Harry stopped when he saw a youngish boy dressed very poorly on the ground and two older boys with hoods on standing over him.

"I don't have any money!" The boy on the ground yelled.

"Sure you don't!" the taller of the boys sneered. "And I'm not about to kick the daylights out of you if you don't tell the truth you bloody street rat!"

Harry pulled his hood over his head. If they were going to hide, then so was he.

"Hey!" He called, ignoring Ayden's muttered 'Heroes complex…' "Leave that kid alone!"

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Street Rules Apply - Basic info

A/N: Harry's a bit different in this story than other stories…if you don't like it, fine, but don't bother letting me know through a flame review. I'll just delete your review. Simple solution… don't read the story if you don't like it. Also, there is a fair bit of description before the story actually begins…although I don't recommend it, just skip to the story if you want to.

Summary: Harry's parents didn't die, but his twin, Jayme, got the credit for the Dark Lords down fall. As a result, Harry is ignored and shunned. Fed up, Harry runs away at nine years old, joins a bunch of street kids and discovers a few interesting things about himself.

Brief character description: There are five guys in the gang (Harry, Ayden, Sam, Dhani and Jesse) and four girls (Suri, Anna, Ebony and Kirsten). If any more characters come in I'll describe them too. Oh and there's Rust, Harry's pet fox. And don't worry, there'll be the how he met them's for some.

Harry: If you don't know who Harry is…what the hell are you doing here? You know…the guy with jet black hair (Well, he has a few random red streaks in his hair, but we'll get to that later), lightning bolt scar, emerald green eyes…he only defeated the most dangerous wizard ever to walk the face of the planet, but ya know… He's 16 in this story btw and his hair is longer than it is in the books/movies, but not too long. Just…I've gone without a haircut for too long long. Like…hot long.

He's the leader of the gang, because he's an awesome combat fighter (like, he can fight with anything…fists, feet, head, stick…etc.) and …ready for the bomb shell? He has total control over his magic, and he's an element-all (No, not elemental…element-all. He has control over all elements…element-all…get it?) And he's a multimagus. (An animagus times lots…he can change into any animal. Credit for that one goes to my sister, who came up with it. Isn't it a cool term? I recon it's so cool.)

Harry's nickname is Shadow…Shad for short. He discovered he was very good at moving around unseen, like a shadow, so Ayden and Sam decided it would be a good nickname.

Jayme: Harry's identical twin (except that he has no red hair and has no scar on his forehead, but one on his cheek.). But he doesn't come into it for quite a while…I don't think he's in this chap…anyway, he's a total prick.

He's been spoilt almost his whole life and can practically get away with MURDER…because he's the cough cough Boy-Who-Lived. His best friend is… (Dare I say it?? I can't believe I'm doing this…I HATE when people use this guy in FanFictions! But I couldn't think of anyone else who'd fit the bill! Aaaargh, here we go…take the plunge Bundi…) Blasie Zabini. (sobbing there…are you happy? I did it! wails and runs off) They both hate anyone who's 'beneath them,' for example, the Weasley's, coz they're poor, but only infront of the kids themselves. They make sure they're the teachers' pets everytime else. Whenever someone complains about the bullying, they are told that they are "just trying to snatch some of the lime light."

Ayden: Harry's best friend and Sam's brother. He's 16 too and he and Harry have been best buddies ever since Harry first ran away (Which was 7 years ago). Brown eyes, dark brown hair (Like, almost black) and it's longish. Not too long, just good long. Second in charge, alongside Kirsten. He can do magic too and is an animagus. His form is a giant white wolf.

Sam: 15 years old and, as afore mentioned, Ayden's brother. Light brown hair and blue eyes. He's been around from the start. He and Ayden decided to run away after their parents were killed in a car crash (yes, an actual car crash, not an excuse made up by some horrid Aunt) and they were going to be sent to their only living relatives, their grandparents…who HATED them. They decided that life on the streets would be better than life with them. And, needless to say, their grandparents didn't make too much of an effort to find them. He can also do magic and is an animagus, and his form is a cheetah.

Dhani: (As in Daniel. Pronounced Danny…heaps of ppl say it as d-han-ie…but its not.) He's 10, one of the newer additions to the gang; he's only been with them for 2 years. Short curly/wavy brown hair, hazel eyes. Ran away from an abusive father.

Jesse: 14, blond, blue eyes. Arrived four years ago, he was abandoned by his parents and left at an orphanage, but he hated it so he left, bumped into the gang, and joined. (So I love 'Free Willy'…what are ya gonna do?)

Suri: 10, been around for 3 years, long curly hair, brunette, VERY quick tempered. Also ran away from an orphanage.

Anna: 8, arrived just recently, only a month previous actually (but has already been integrated as part of the family), and youngest of the bunch, blond, light grey/blue eyes. Harry rescued her from a burning house and afterwards had to endure a two-hour lecture from Ayden in regards to Harry's "hero complex." There will be a flash back at some point.

Ebony: Black hair, brown eyes, 14 years old. 5th year running as a part of the gang. Her parents died and she didn't want to go to boarding school. She looks after all the younger ones when Kirsten, Ayden, Sam and Harry go out scratching. She and Jesse are dating…well…dating as much as you can as a street kid.

Kirsten: Harry's other best friend. (NO, not romantically…at least…not at this point in time…who knows what time may change!) 15 years old, been with Harry, Sam and Ayden since she was 9, that's 6 years. Straight blond hair, blue eyes. Second in charge alongside Ayden. Same kind of story as Harry, mum and step-dad ignored her in favour of their 'new' children, so she left.

Rust: As I said before, Harry's fox. Harry adopted him when Rust's mother was run over by a car and Harry saw it. Harry practically thinks of him as a furry son, and is VERY protective of him.

Other info: Harry and the team regularly 'scratch' cities. 'Scratch' is their term for going into a city and stealing stuff. The gang moves from city to city. They're almost always on the move to prevent being caught by authorities. A "Nipper" is what they call themselves when they're in scratch mode.

Appeal for help: There are going to be some pranks later on in this story…not telling how/why! But there will be, and I need some help coming up with some. If you have ANY ideas, please tell me. Even if you reckon they're terrible, tell me, I can fill in the gaps! If you want I will mention you!

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So, whatcha think?? Review! Review! I've got chapter two typed up, and chapter three half done, so it shouldn't be too long before I update…on the condition that you REVIEW! ;p

Cheers,

Bundi