Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter (tragic). All I have is imagination, a bit of time, and a plot.

A/N: As is quite obvious from the start, there are quotes to introduce each section. To the best of my knowledge these are correctly attributed. If you find a mistake, please let me know along with the source so I can make corrections. Also, while this intro may make it serious, I assure all those who appreciate Gred and Forge, that I shall try to live up the their grand example and ensure some humor in this humble story.

From quiet homes and first beginning,

Out to the undiscovered ends,

There's nothing worth the wear of winning,

But laughter and the love of friends.

Hilaire Belloc

We were three children, as different as any three people could be, all embarking on a new and unknown adventure. One came from a huge, loving family knowing his place in the world. One came from a cold house, not a home, not knowing who he was. One came from a different world, eager to make her way and excel. Three lived quiet, expected lives until age eleven. Three children leaving behind what they knew to enter school far away.

We were three children bound by fate to live out great stories. At first, we were strangers, then a touch of animosity, then inseparable. By the dawn of November our first year, the three of us became what would soon be known as the Golden Trio. Our concerns were not yet those of the wizarding world. Even when embroiled in battling evil and fighting wars, what we fought for was so much simpler. We fought for each other. We fought for what we held dear, each other.

We were three children, robbed of our childhood. Caught up in the Second Wizarding War and all the events leading up to it, we did not have the carefree existence most children and youth enjoy. At times, true to our youthful natures we rebelled against that fate. In the end though, we fought evil, not fate. We traveled to the edges of what the world knew and what the human condition could survive. We three saw more in seven years than most see in their lifetimes. We three journeyed, fought, and finally found victory.

That is quite the somber introduction to this story, but it is the truth. Luckily, the darkness passed and we found ourselves in the light. Like the rest of the wizarding world we three were able to live our lives free of fear. We three made our plans and went on with life.

Life is what happens to you

while you are busy making other plans.

John Lennon