Full-Size Summary: After Dumbledore leaves Harry Potter on the Dursley's doorstep, Minerva McGonagall and Filius Flitwick make a split-second decision regarding the young lad. They give the responsibility of raising the Boy-Who-Lived to Filius' brother, Eugene, and his wife Scarlett. What happens when a Harry raised in America shows up at Hogwarts, bringing with him his obsession with American History? How will this help to win the war against Voldemort? Covers first three years at Hogwarts. Sequel will be Welcome to the Future, Congress. Starts with a brief overview of Harry's life since being brought to Eugene and Scarlett, and then dives right into his years at Hogwarts. Like most of my other stories, the HP timeline is moved forward so that Harry starts Hogwarts in the year 2011. This means the Halloween of 1981 now is the Halloween of 2001. Has a lot of time skips.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER, OR THE MUSICAL 1776, WHICH WILL BE MENTIONED IN THE SEQUEL. I only own my OC's Eugene Flitwick, Holly Flitwick and Scarlett Sheard. The rights to Harry Potter belong to J.K. Rowling, and the rights to the musical 1776 belong to Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards. I also do not own any Disney movies/songs/characters mentioned throughout the story.

Now, let us delve into the mind of Harry Po- sorry, Flitwick.

Chapter One: The Calm Before the Chaos

Date: Wednesday October 31, 2001

Minerva McGonagall was a woman of many different personalities.

One personality, her stern, formidable exterior, she saved just for when she was within the walls of Hogwarts Castle, doing the thing she loved most, which was teaching the students.

Another personality was composed of her compassionate, mother-like instincts, that she reserved for when she was dealing with any of her family members.

Her third personality was one people hardly ever saw, and if they did, it would be the last thing they remembered, if she truly was angry. Minerva's third personality was reserved for when someone tried to hurt one of her family members or close friends. It was made up of her feral instincts that came with her animagus form, hatred, a desire for revenge, cunning, and a strong sense of overwhelming anger.

That third face of her was one that her colleague, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Manipulator Extraordinaire, was about to be on the receiving end of. How dare he leave James Potter's son on a doorstep, like he was delivering the morning paper?! And in the dawn of the month of November too! She just couldn't fathom that little Harry Potter, the only son of her apprentice James Potter, was going to be raised by these… these cowardly muggles! Minerva McGonagall knew, that in that very moment, she had to do something, so she could prevent that disaster from happening. The transfiguration professor just could not figure out what to do, however, and due to that she asked her other colleague, one Filius John Flitwick, if he had any ideas.

As it turned out, Filius did have a good idea. An idea that could help the wizarding world more than anything Albus bloody Dumbledore could cook up. Filius explained the idea, and she listened.

"Well, Minerva, you know my brother Eugene? The one that is planning on running for Minister of Magic in the next Election? Apparently, he and his wife Scarlett have been trying for three months now to give their daughter Holly a brother or sister she could play with, but to no avail. I propose that we task them with the task of raising young Mr. Potter, and it will be a win-win situation for both parties. Holly would have a brother, and you and me can rest peacefully knowing that Harry is safe from these (probably) abusive relatives of his. You know how much Petunia hated Lily. Lily has ranted about the injustice of it all on more than one occasion."

And so that is what happened.

Eight Years Later

Date: May 4, 2009

Harold "Harry" Eugene Flitwick sat in the sixth grade social studies classroom in Westwood Middle School, drumming his fingers on his desk. It had been eight years since Eugene and Scarlett had agreed to raise him, and during those eight years, he had made quite a name for himself in America.

Now, you may ask why he was in middle school when he was only nine years old. Well, you see, Harold Flitwick is what you may call a "child prodigy," meaning that he has an I.Q. way above the average level for his grade. After getting a perfect score on both of the yearly standardized tests the whole school was forced to take in fifth grade, the principal of the elementary school at the time, a man by the name of Mr. Jefferson, offered the opportunity to move up a grade to him. Jumping at the chance to learn more, he agreed after thinking it over for about thirty seconds. He quickly climbed the ranks of sixth grade in his first month there, (A/N: These will be explained in my concluding authors note) earning the much coveted rank of Head Boy, as well as much praise and appreciation from his teachers, taking private lessons from many of them.

During his fourth grade year, he had discovered a happy talent for many instruments, the most prominent being the violin and piano. That was also the year he had discovered he was a wizard, which did not surprise him one little bit. Of course, when it was offered, he had immediately joined up with the school orchestra, and rapidly claimed the position of Concertmaster.

His Co-Concertmaster was a witch by the name of Hermione Jean Granger, who had taken up the violin at about the same time he did. She, like him, was also a "Child Prodigy," and also had the luck to be invited to start Middle school early. They had become fast friends. The two shared a common goal in becoming the youngest members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra ever, which was coming along quite well. As of this current time, they had both accepted Alternate positions in the local orchestra, New York Philharmonic, meaning that they could step in for any member of the orchestra that could not make it to the concerts.

But anyway, back to the present. Today was the date that marked two months before young Mr. Flitwick's adopted birthday. You see, all those years ago, Eugene and Scarlett had realized that in order for people to not realize that Harry Flitwick was Harry Potter, they had to change a lot of aspects of him. One of these, among many, was his legal birthday, which went from July 31st to July 4th, which was the anniversary date of Eugene's favorite historical event, the signing of the Declaration of Independence. They also had to change his appearance, to make him look more like them. Instead of his biological father's ebony locks, he now possessed the chocolate brown, wayward locks of his adoptive mother, as well as the physique of his father. In order to finalize his appearance, they had performed a Blood Adoption Ceremony, with the help of the Director of Gringotts, Ragnok, himself.

Groaning in annoyance behind his Occlumency barriers as he listened to Mr. Carr drone on and on about the ancient Egyptian civilization, Harry clicked his pen and began to jot down a series of short notes. He really couldn't wait until this bell was over, and then it would be FREEDOM! Freedom for a whole wonderful two weeks, due to spring break. After spring break, it would be back to school for only a week, and then school would let out for the summer.

As he looked around at the faces of his fellow classmates, he could tell they were counting down the minutes until spring break as well. There were just ten minutes of agony left until school let out. Screw focusing, he was too excited.

This year, Harry would be spending Spring Break on a Disney Cruise with his family, including his Uncle Filius and his Aunt Minerva, as well as the Grangers. They would all leave early tomorrow morning, so they could catch a morning AM flight from JFK Airport. It would take them two hours, fifty five minutes to get there. THe only reason they were not just apparating there was they were just travelling by plane for the heck of it, as per tradition. As of right now, Harry was not really taking notes, instead he was finalizing the copy of his packing list that resided in his journal. He gave Hermione, who was sitting right next to him, a wink and mouthed "I'm working on the packing list, Mione. Can't focus very well."

Hermione nodded in understanding. During Mr. Carr's classes normally, she just doodled in her journal, or wrote to Harry via their identical Two-Way Notebooks. Glancing at the clock, she squealed inwardly. Only five more minutes, and then she could finish packing! Give it about twelve hours after finishing packing, and they would be on the airplane! In about thirty six hours they would be boarding the ship!

One Year Later

Date: July 3, 2011

One day.

One day until Harry Eugene Flitwick's Hogwarts letter would be sent to him, and he could finally start learning magic! The cruise two years before had created a very strong connection between Harry and Hermione, so much so that they could talk telepathically, something that had puzzled the adults to no end. Even Filius, the charms master in the family, could not figure out the reason for the strange development, much to his own annoyance and his nephew's amusement. Hermione and Harry's ten year sister (who was going to Hogwarts next year) got along famously as well, and were always teaming up with Harry to pull pranks on the adults.

The next day when Harry and Hermione's Hogwarts letters were sent to them, the first thing the group did was go to Diagon Alley, even though there was an American wizarding shopping district, so as to give Harry and Hermione an opportunity to meet new people. After getting gold from Gringotts, the group split up into groups of three. Eugene, Filius, and Dan (Hermione's dad) went in one group, while Minnie, Scarlett, and Emma (Hermione's mom) went in another, which left the three children to go on their own. The male adults headed straight for a store called Antonio's Gaming Tools, a store that sold wizarding versions of muggle gaming devices and electronics. The ladies headed for Madam Malkins, and the kids dashed off to Flourish and Blotts.

Once inside, the kids all split up, with Harry and Hermione heading over to pick up their school books, and Holly heading over to the Muggle Fiction section. With Harry's school books, he also picked up numerous other books, including Hogwarts: A History (Much to Hermione's glee), Quidditch through the Ages, 1001 Useful Charms For the Average Hogwarts Student, 100 Famous Muggles that were also Wizards, Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts, and a selection of other books. Hermione also chose the same ones, so she would not have to steal Harry's copy, and they both selected to buy a customized bookbag. Harry's bookbag was made up of black leather, with Unbreakable, Unlimited, Shrinking, and Featherlight charms. Hermione's was much the same, except her leather was colored white. Both had their names written on the side in sparkly gold lettering.

However, as the duo was walking out the door, Harry accidentally bumped into someone. Books went flying everywhere, causing a slight amount of chaos.

"Sorry about that!" Harry exclaimed when he saw the redheaded girl sitting on the floor, and offered his hand so he could pull her up. Once she was vertical again, she introduced herself.

"Oh, it's okay. I was not watching where I was going. I'm Susan Bones, by the way. Heiress to the Noble and Most ancient House of Bones. And you are?"

"Oh, I'm Harry Flitwick, Heir to the Noble and Most Ancient Houses of Flitwick, Gryffindor, and Ravenclaw. This is my companion, Hermione Granger. Nice to meet you. And before I forget, please feel free to call me Harry."

After that, Harry invited the Bones Heiress to shop with the duo, and a rapport was quickly formed. It just so happened, that on their second to last stop of the day, which was to Quality Quidditch Supplies, they ran into another redhead, but this one was not as friendly as Susan.

"Hello. Hogwarts too?" Asked the redhead.

"Yes. And may I ask your name?"

"I'm Ronald Weasley. And you are…?"

"I'm Harry Flitwick. This is Susan Bones and Hermione Granger."

The only name Ronald heard was "Hermione Granger." He could tell she was a bookworm, (and a mudblood) as she was carrying one of those book bags from Flourish and Blotts that his sister Ginny coveted almost as much as Harry Potter's inheritance. Ron could tell that she would probably be top of the class, and he could coast through Hogwarts next month with her essays around for him to copy. He just needed to get the Flitwick kid and the Bones girl away from her. But of course, with his big mouth, he had forgotten right after that that he was trying to become Granger's friend.

"Well, Flitwick, you can do better than hanging around that mudblood Granger. Why don't you come hang out with me? You're welcome too, Bones."

Little did Ron Weasley know, that was the wrong thing to say. Little did Ron also know, two of his future Professors were in that shop at the very moment, and they were great friends with Granger.

"MR. WEASLEY! IF WE WERE AT SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, I WOULD GIVE YOU DETENTION FOR TWO MONTHS, AND TAKE A HUNDRED POINTS FROM WHATEVER HOUSE YOU ARE IN JUST FOR SAYING THAT WORD, NOT TO MENTION INSULTING A FELLOW CLASSMATE! YOUR MOTHER WOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOU!"

McGonagall lost what calm exterior she allowed herself to show in public, and Ron flinched at her bellowing. Her yelling was almost as loud as that as his mum's!

"Minerva, just what is going on in here?"

The voice of Molly Weasley filled the air, and Ron mentally groaned.

Speak of the devil, and the devil shall come.

About thirty minutes later, Diagon Alley was finally Weasley-free. Harry, Hermione, and Susan had laughed themselves silly after Molly finished chewing out Ron, and in public at that! As a last-minute idea, after getting their wands and pets, Harry invited the two girls to spend the night at his family's place in New York. Amelia, Min, and Scarlett all agreed that that was a good idea, so long as they were careful. Upon hearing the news, Harry and Hermione's face split into identical wicked grins filled with mischief.

END OF CHAPTER!

Whew! My hands hurt after writing that! I think that that chapter might just be one of the longest I have ever written! (Correct me if I'm wrong.) But anyway, here is the promised explanation of the ranks of the middle school. It is the same for each grade. If you want an explanation of the ranks, just email me. I am checking my PM's every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. It will take me a while to get the explanation to u however. And yes, the ranks will eventually play an important role in the story. The Head Boys/Girls of each grade are much like the Hogwarts Prefects in their amount of power and their responsibilities.

On a side note, this story will be the first three years of Harry's Hogwarts adventure. Fourth year will be the sequel, which will be a really crazy crossover between the musical 1776, Harry Potter, and (maybe) PJO/HOO. It depends on my mood. This story is currently my priority.