A change in the states Chapter 1, a harry potter fanfic

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Harry James Potter, age 15 almost 16, walked the street down towards Diagon Alley in a good mood as he went over his plan in his head again.

First: Get away from Privet Drive under Snape's watch

Second: Get a hotel room in Muggle London and get some money from Gringotts.

Third: Get what's needed to get out of the country. Come up with a fake name.

Fourth: Get on the plane and get a hotel room in Muggle world.

Fifth: Make sure no one find me.

Sixth: Get new clothes and have fun.

Seventh: Come back and don't get killed by friends and family.

Eight: Go to school.

It was a good, easy plan that he could follow and it was plenty of room for having fun… It was then he heard a small cry from a child. As it was early on the morning and almost no one, except himself, on the street he looked around for the child. What he saw made his heart sink. In an alley sat two small children both of whom could not be any older than eight. They were dirty and had bruises all over themselves. It looked as if they had no other option; that they had lived on the streets; but it didn't look like they had been living in the streets for longer then a couple of weeks.

"Hey, how are you?" he asked the children and as soon as he said that they looked up at him with fear in their eyes. When they saw his calm and worried face, they seemed to calm down and the child that had been crying answered his question.

"I'm tired, hungry and dirty and we have no were to go" the little girl sobbed and started to cry again.

"How did you end up on the streets?" he asked and the little boy that was hugging the girl answered him this time.

"Our dad said we could go to the toy store and when we came out from there, he and the car were gone. They were no were to be found and now we have been all alone. No one cares about us." The boy hugged the girl as she was the last thing he had which of course she was.

Harry bit his lip. He couldn't leave them here and he had heard how horrible orphanages treated the children but what would he do with them? Could he? Well he could at least take them to the room to clean and give some food and then decide what to do.

"Do you two want to come with me? I can't leave you here and I'm sure you would like to eat something, am I right?" The mention of food seemed to do the trick. Both of the children's eyes went big when an older boy said he could give them food. He smiled and held out his hand for the girl who slowly took it, as she held her (he guessed) brother's in her other hand.

They walked the way back to Harry's hotel and walked up to his room before he ordered some soup. As they waited, the children sat down at the sofa while he sat down in a chair.

"What's your name?" he asked them and the little girl answered with a half angry half sad voice.

"I don't want to be called that name ever again, I don't like it! I want a new name, a name that he didn't call me!"

"What did he call you?" Harry asked calm and wondered if their father had been verbally abusive to them.

"Cicely and my brother was Malcolm. We don't want to be called that ever again!" she half screamed at him and her brother hugged her.

"OK, I won't call you that. Don't worry. My name is Harry" He didn't know why but he liked the children and at some point they reminded him of himself at that age. The brother spoke up.

"What will you do to us after we have eaten?" he probably was older then his sister as he was so protective over her.

"Well I was thinking that you two maybe would like to take a shower and maybe sleep a bit? You look a bit tired and no one will harm you here, I promise" Harry smiled at the children and this time he got two small smiles back.

The children didn't know why but they trusted this boy. He didn't look like he was going to hurt them and he had ordered food for them! He was the first nice person since their dad left and they were so hungry. When the food arrived, the boy looked at his sister and he saw it in her eyes. She wanted to stay with the boy named Harry and to tell the truth, so did he. Harry maybe could give them new names and take care of them. Harry seemed to have nice eyes even if they were sad too. It looked like he was as loony as they were. Harry came back to the children with the chicken soup and put the hot bowls in front of the children. He smiled a little and handed each of them a spoon and watched as they ate. When they had eaten the soup they seemed to fight as hard as they could against falling asleep.

"Go on and sleep, nothing will happen to you I promise" he said softly and his smile became even bigger as the little girl yawned before falling asleep on her brother. Not long after he fell asleep as well. Harry carried the two children one at the time into the bedroom and put them on the bed before he pulled the curtains closed so no sunlight came near the bed but he left it only half closed so they could see the room and left the room door half open to so that he could see inside to. Before he left the room he stood and watched the children sleep and realized that he felt strange. Like a need to keep his promise and make sure they were safe. Was it like this, how a parent felt? He sat down in the sofa and started to read the book about Oliver Twist as he wondered if he were going to keep the children or not.

The little girl who used to be named Cicely woke up first and sat up in the big bed. Soon she remembered the boy named Harry who had given her end her brother food and told them to go to sleep when they were tired. Now she looked around and saw thou the open door who the boy Harry sat on the sofa in the other room. Slowly she crawled out of the bed and started to walk over to Harry. She was just behind him when he turned around and smiled at her.

"Slept well?" he asked and put a book on the table before he turned fully against her.

"Better then I has for a long time, you are Harry right?" she asked shyly and he nodded smiling.

"Yes, Harry. You said that you felt dirty would you like to take a shower? He asked and she thought before she nodded.

"You can borrow one of my shirts so you don't have to put on your dirty cloths is that acceptable?" he asked and she really liked that idea so she nodded. They quietly got a big red shirt and a belt from the bedroom. He put on the shower for her and walked out from the room so that he could go and a hunt for a hair brush so that he could comb out her long blond hair when she was done in the shower. After a minute he heard some noise from the bedroom and the head of the boy looked out.

"Your sister is in the shower, don't worry I didn't hurt her. Why don't you sit down and wait for your turn while I see it I can find some clothes that you can wear." When he came back from the bedroom, he found a smaller shirt and a pair of jeans that was so small he had to wonder why he packed them. He saw that the girl just came out of the bathroom and sat down on the couch. Harry gave the brother the clothes and took up the hairbrush he had found so he started to brush out the little girl's hair.

"How old are you and your brother?" he asked her as he fought with her hair.

"We are seven and a half, our birthday is on the 17th of January." she said and grimaced as he had to pull the brush a bit harder.

"So you are twins then?"

"That's what mom said before she went to sleep. She hasn't woken up yet and dad won't tell us when she will wake up. Then he left us and now we have no one. You are the only one that has been nice to us." Harry started to feel that feeling inside again as he remembered how it was before Hogwarts and Sirius. Sirius, who he had died for him, and he would not let his death be for nothing. He would enjoy his life as Sirius had told him to do many times. The boy came out from the bathroom and Harry started to brush his hair to as it went town to his nose.

Sure Harry was only 16 years old and hadn't finished school; but there he could always find someone to watch them and it was not like he had no money. He had gotten a letter from Gringotts just yesterday that said he now owned everything that Sirius left after him and that was a looooot of gold and it would seem that he had other vaults from the Potter line too. He had a Dark Lord after him but these kids would probably be in danger even if didn't take them in. They were a chance for him to be something, a father, with his own family and not just a fake son like at the Weasley's.

"I would like nothing more than have you as my children and that goes for both of you. Would that be ok?" he asked them and he saw them realize what he said and then throw their arms around him.

"You two need names now don't you? Have any ideas?" they crept up against him in the couch and he put his arms around them.

"No I want a name that you give me!" said the girl and the boy nodded hard.

"I don't now… how about Julie and Jake? Julie and Jake Potter, children of Harry Potter!" They smiled the biggest smile he had ever seen on their faces.

"I like it, how about you Julie?" asked Jake and looked over at his sister.

"I love it, but can we… can you dad now?" Julie asked him and Harry thought fore a minute before he smiled down at her.

"Why yes of course, my beautiful daughter." tears were in her eyes as she hugged him again and soon Jake joined in with a big smile on his face.

Harry walked inside Gringotts and looked around until a goblin waved at him to come forward.

"What can I help you with Mr. Potter?" the goblin asked and looked at the young wizard with respect in his eyes."I would like to talk to someone about a lot of things that would need your help" he said and smiled sweetly at the goblin who told him to go to a goblin named Kuppa that had an office down a corridor. Harry walked to the office and knocked before he waited for the goblin to answer his call. A mere second later the door opened and the goblin told him to come inside.

"What can I do for you Mr. Potter?"

"I would like to ask about adoptions. You see, I found a couple of abandoned twins today and they have agreed to stay with me. Is there any law against it or what do I do?" the goblin looked at him in a funny way before he started to talk.

"Mr. Potter it's a very honourable thing that you wish to do and in order to do so you have to have a kind heart. All you have to do is to fill out these forms about the twins and give them to me. I will do the rest for you because I know you will take care of those children" the goblin said and put some papers in front of him.

"I am also planning on going to the states for the remainder of the summer holiday and I would like to go without being followed by either Dumbledore or Voldemort's little groups. So I would like to open up a vault with a false name… is that possible?" he smiled when the goblins face lit up in a smile to that made him look even uglier.

"Why yes of course. Anything for our favourite client, no one but the goblins will know about it and we won't tell a soul about it… or soulless beings. We would actually like to protect you and your little family on this trip. Had you any plans at where you would go or do in the states?" Harry shocks his head no and the goblins smile became wider.

"We could easily get you a room at one very good hotel that we know of on the Muggle side of New York. It's nice and quiet. If you need to go somewhere without the children the candy girl in the lobby usually can spare some time as she herself lives there and it's very secret about the guests. We could easily help you with everything that you might need while there and keep people you wish to keep away here"

"That sounds wonderful Mr. Kuppa but can you tell me why you are doing this for me?"

"As I said you are our favourite client and you should know that you have our respect. You are famous and it hasn't gone to your head and you still have a hart kind enough to take it up on yourself to take care of the twins you found on the street. That Mr. Potter is why the goblins respect you. You even treat all creatures you meet with respect and politeness that not many wizards show their own house elf" Harry's mouth got the shape of an O and then he smiled again.

"Had any name in mind for the other vault?" Kuppa asked.

"Yes, from now on I'm Raven Oliver Twist if that could be arranged?"

"Yes Mr. Twist how much would you like to put in this vault?"

"One million galleons would due and I need to get some Muggle money to…"

"May I suggest a sort of credit card we have here? It works in Muggle and Wizarding world and when you are in, for example the States, the card changes the money into dollars."

"That would be perfect Mr. Kuppa when can I pick it up?"

"You can come in the morning and don't forget those forms Mr. Potter."

"I won't, thank you Mr. Kuppa and good night." Harry got up from his chair and walked out of the office. The goblin looked after him still with the smile on his face.

"That boy really is something special."

Harry had sat with his children on the airplane and it felt a bit weird. Now he had children, twins. His only hopes was that they were not like the Weasley twins when they were older. But now they sat next to him and had a thumb war. He smiled and watched as he wondered what he was going to do when they got there. Maybe he needed a new plan for the trip? Well first they should go to the room that Kuppa had gotten them and after that they probably should get some clothes. Right now all they had was what they were dressed in. After that? Maybe it was a good idea to tell them that magic was real. He looked over and saw how they had fallen asleep. With a sigh he himself closed his eyes and soon he too fell into the darkness that was sleep.

At the airport he looked around for someone that would take them to the hotel. The children were rubbing the sleep out of their eyes where they stood next to his legs with their small hands holding onto his jeans. It was then Harry saw a girl with a sign that said "Twist". He walked over to the girl and when she saw him she smiled.

"Mr. Twist? I'm Sasha and I will take you to the hotel. This way please." They followed her and got into the black car and looked out at the huge city they travelled into. The car stopped in front of a tall building with big windows. They checked in and walked up to the room on the fifth floor.

"Daddy can I go to sleep now?" asked Julie and yawned.

"Yes you can Julie. I will take a nap too and later we will go out shopping… got it?" The children nodded and walked over to the door were they thought the bedroom to be.

He woke up later by two things jumping up and down in his bed. "Why am I being attacked so early?" he muttered as the twins pulled him out so he fell to the floor.

"Shopping Daddy!" Julie half screamed as she tried to push his shirt over his head.

"If she's like this at eight then how will she be when she's a teenager?" he muttered to himself as looked after the girl. Jake helped him up and together they walked after his sister. Soon they were walking down a street and looking into different windows.

"Wow, look at her!" Jake suddenly said and pointed on a girl in the mass of people around them. Harry followed his finger and when he saw her he just stared at her. She had the blondest hair he had ever seen and the tops were coloured in a beautiful navy-blue colour. Her pale face was painted with dark tones of make up and she had a silver ring around her full bottom lip. She had some sort of dress that looked like it was floating around her while it looked like she had been born in it. Her steps were easy even though her shoes had large heals that sounded really heavy. Then she looked up at him and smiled. Her blue grey eyes were laughing as she stopped before him.

"Hey, you look kinda lost. Need help?"

"err… yeah I think so, you see we just came here today and were going shopping but I've never really had anything but my cousins old hand me downs so… I'm out in the blue and now I have to help these two too and I have no idea were to go or what to get. I really like your clothes though, not so fixed up and boring as everyone else" He blushed when she broke out in laugh at his rambling.

"Well thank you, do you two like my clothes too?" when they nodded she held out her hand to Julie who slowly took it.

"Yes, they are special" The girl led them into a shop were it was a bit dark but in a nice way.

After about three hours with the girl in the shop, they walked outside to get a coffee and some cake.

"And now after three hours shopping my name's Melona you guys?"

"I'm Raven this is Jake and Julie thanks for the help."

"Well it was needed, couldn't let a potential hottie like yourself go and become normal now could I?" The twins suddenly jumped up and was running to the playcorner of the café they were in and left Harry alone with Melona.

"Thanks… I think" he said and took a snip of his coffee trying to hide his blush.

"So who's the mother?" she asked.

"I have adopted them just a few days ago, found them on the streets of London."

"That's horrible! But you must have a big heart to do that" her smile made him tingle and he gave her a smile back.

"You sound like a British person so I guess you go to Hogwarts?" this made him almost choke on some cake he just put in his mouth.

"How did you know?"

"I can feel the magic around. It's thrilling to know someone posses power like that… you're special Raven… or should I say Harry?" At this he stared at her with wide eyes.

"How…how?"

"I just happened to get a flash of your scar don't worry, with your hair, it won't happened again." She was right about his hair. It was a mix of James and Sirius hair from their fifth year so it fell down his face in an almost "I have just had the great shag" way.

"Daddy I liked Mel, can we meet her again?" asked Julie as she unpacked all her new clothes from the bags. Julie's new wardrobe was most striped tights in different colours together with knee long skirts and some striped shirts. Jake had baggy dark jeans and t-shirts together with long-sleeved shirts and some baseball caps that he wore backwards. Harry had something similar to both of them. He had baggy dark jeans to both long-sleeved shirts and t-shirts with texts on them. He also had only clothes in black, dark green, dark blue and blood red.

"We will see she just disappeared after we came out of the café as you saw" he said and smiled evilly as he got an idea. He picked her up on his shoulder and started to spin around as she laughed. Jake watched from the other side of the room until Harry threw his sister on her bed and picked him up.

"Mercy" Jake laughed before Harry put him down and looked at them.

"Time to change into new clothes don't you think? So Jake you are first and then you Julie, got it?" when they nodded he walked to his room to unpack his things. As he did this, he put the radio on and made a grimace at what he heard.

"Lucas Prata? Hell no…" he started to flip between the radio stations before he found one that seemed ok.

"Welcome to yet another hour with us at Hell No and with you tonight are me, Dan …" Harry nodded at that and started to work.

"…and we will remind you that this is the last week that I will be spending here so anyone who thinks they can handle the job can show up and try it out for an hour then the listeners call in to the office and the one who gets the most and best gets the job…"

Harry didn't hear more because the twins came running in playing tag.

Jake looked at his sister as she played with a doll Harry had gotten her. He himself had other toys but right now he felt like watching his sister have fun rather than himself. He had and would always look out for his sister. It was how he was; he was the quiet boy who protected his sister and he liked to play alone sometimes. She was the chatting, charming girl who played with everyone even if they didn't want to. She just was the cute chatting blonde girl. Now that Harry had taken them in he didn't need to protect her as he used to on the streets. It was nice to know someone was looking out for them now. Both of them.

Harry walked out from the movie theatre and looked around on the street. The sky over him was darkening slowly in an almost comforting way. He had left the children with Sasha, the babysitting candy girl, and had just seen some action movie. When he looked around he was a bit shocked to see Melona walking down the street, but she didn't appear to see him.

"Hey Mel!" he called and waved at her. She looked at him and her face broke out in a wide smile.

"Hey potential hottie who turned out hot!" she said and laid one arm around his waist. He laid his arm around her shoulders and they started to walk down the street again.

"So where's the adorable twins I met?" she asked and looked up at him, her eyes heavy with make up.

"Sasha is watching them. She works at the hotel" he explained and looked around at all the people.

"So when do you have to be back?" She asked as they walked inside a big building.

"Some time later, she lives in the hotel so it doesn't matter. Why?"

"Wanna meet my friends? We go to school here so they should be in their rooms" she said and pushed the button that called for the elevator.

"You can stay in school over the summer?"

"Yeah Madame C has to look after us, now come on!" she started to drag him out of the elevator and down the corridor to a door with the number 57 on it. Mel banged on the door opened and pushed him inside and slammed the door shut again.

"Guys!!" she called and Raven was a bit shocked to see two girls and one boy appears out from the doors.

"That's the potential hottie?" one girl said as she put some neon pink substance in some of her hair.

"Who really turned out good!" said the other girl who had dark brown hair who was busy turning her hair full of small plaits.

"Yeah, yeah. Raven, this is Nina and Kane, the boy are Zach. Nina, you need any help with that colour?" The girl with the pink substance nodded gratefully. Raven sat down on the couch and looked as Zach played with a video camera.

"Now we will have an interview with a hot fellow named Raven Twist. Why have you come to New York, Raven?" Zach asked playing he was a TV reporter.

"Well I and the twins I take care of came here for a vacation" he said and smiled into the camera.

"You take care of twins? Tell us more…"

"He has twins? So let me get this straight, he's hot, nice, a loving father and he are single?" Nina asked thoughtfully.

"Yeah that's right" Mel said as she held the hairdryer over Nina's head in one hand and a magazine in the other.

"Then go get him! God knows that if you don't I will!" The soon pink haired girl said and looked seriously at her friend.

"Now?"

"Yeah!"

With a bit of worry she got up from the chair she'd been sitting in and walked over to Raven and Zach.

"Hey Raven, I was thinking. Maybe you and I could go out sometime?" she asked and almost melted when he looked at her. She had never felt like this before only some butterflies in her belly but now it was full of pixignomes.

Raven felt a bit torn about that question. Yes he had wanted to see her again and when he had done that he had felt the urge to kiss her; but was it only lust or was there more? Now when she looked so hot standing there waiting for an answer he said the only thing he could think of:

"Yes, I would like that very much Mel."

He smiled at her and could felt Zach zoom with the video camera at them.

"You free this Friday?" was it only him or did the others in the room know something that would happened this Friday.

"Yeah, what shall we do?"

"Well every second Friday the students here have a karaoke night. It is always fun so I was thinking you and I could go" he nodded and smiled at her.

"I'll be there."

Kane looked this Raven up and down. The half long black hair fell down his face, black and dark green cloths hung nicely around his slender and strong form and his face had a warm and open expression. His eyes, oh his eyes. They were big, shining almost like emeralds in the sun. They gave away emotion and looked somewhat haunted. If she were to get a boyfriend it would be him but in this case she was sorry to say she didn't swing that way. But for her friend he would do. She smiled and waved to the camera as Zach moved it her way. She had a growing feeling it would be a long summer.

"I call this meeting of Order of the Phoenix to order. Anyone has anything of importance to report?" the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Albus Dumbledore said loudly in the crowded room. The Order was together in a room, and all looked over at the old man and stayed quiet for some seconds.

"Have anyone heard from Harry?" asked Tonks suddenly and looked around. Everybody shook their head. This had Albus get a little worried.

"Severus you go check on him and come back here and give a report afterwards" he said and saw how his now even grumpier potions masters disappeared out of the room. The others started to report what they had found out since the last meeting but it was loudly interrupted when Snape rushed into the room again a couple of minutes after he left.

"He's gone!" he said and threw some papers and a notebook on the table in front of the Headmaster.

"He left this behind for us to find" he said and glared at he book.

"How'd ya know he left by himself" Mad-eye Moody growled when the magical eye spin around even faster then usual.

"Look at the last page in the book Headmaster" was Snape's only answer. Dumbledore calmly opened the book and flipped to the last page with Harry's small and untidy handwriting and read what it was said aloud.

Hello Dearest and Most Worried Order

I have come to a decision that happens to concern me and that means that I will have to inform you now don't it? I have decided to go on a well needed vacation for the summer and also decided not to take anyone of you with me. Now if you will kindly listen you will see that if it was possible for me to sneak out on you, and we count all the time Voldie and I have spent talking, I bet I can survive the summer. Now I can't say I'm sorry that I chose to get away under Professor Snape's guard or that I will come back safe and sound. But I can promise that if you find me and bring me home I will be pissed; and Headmaster you wouldn't want that to happen again huh? Now I wish you all a good summer and I will see you at the end of this holiday.

Bloody boy who wouldn't die

Harry P

P.S I do recommend the Quibbler. It is an extraordinary paper!

Dumbledore put the book down and looked around in the room. Almost everyone was in shock except a few who were laughing like nuts.

"So we've been guarding an empty house for one week? That's priceless!" Fred Wesley laughed and dried a tear that fell down his face.

"He sure is our business partner that one!" George said and picked himself up from the floor with a big smile on his face.

"Be quiet you two! What if anything happens to him? What if You-Know-Who finds him before we do? The poor dear is so thin as it is…" Molly Weasley started to worry for her surrogate son. Nobody really took note on Snape, who promised pain and revenge at the boy, but looked up at the leader again. The exception was Tonks, who was digging in her bag after something.

"Nymphandora what are you looking for?" Albus said tiredly and looked at her as she finally pulled up a paper out from her bag.

"Harry told us to read the Quibbler so I am. He is up to something I just know it" she said and started to flip through the paper.

"Of course he is, that boy is always up to something! Albus we have to find him! We can't leave him out there!" Molly said. At the same time Tonks made a sound of excitement and success.

"Hear this!" she said as she started to read.

The Potter Children?

Yes that's what I think. A few days ago Mr. Potter left his home to go on a well needed vacation but when he was in London to get some financial matters attended to he found a pair of twins. He took them home and as I understand he later adopted them. The twins are a boy and girl (now named Julie and Jake Potter) and look to be around eight years old. The new father took both of his new children with him to a location I will keep to myself for security reasons. Mr. Potter, when he arrived at his destination, was picked up by a girl in a school uniform, who took them to their recent location. The day after the Potter family went shopping and was after about ten minutes joined by a beautiful young woman who helped them find their way in the big new city. We wish him a nice vacation and luck with his new family

Raven O. Twist

"So?" she asked and looked around. Many looked skeptical…a fifteen year old taking in street rats?

"Tonks I say it's just a coincidence. Harry knows better then to do any of that and he wouldn't go so far for his vacation" Albus said and looked out in the room.

"Why wouldn't he? If I were him I would! He hasn't started to attack other countries yet so it's perfect. I believe this is true" Tonks said a bit desperate in her voice.

"Then you can follow up and see if there are any more articles about Harry or from this Mr. Twist and then report back next week"

tada