Thanks to obsidianembrace for inspiring me to imagine the possibilities and to Marvelous for pushing me to write it down, and hugs to both of you for keeping me going.

This fic takes place before Harry turns ten years old, before he knows about a place called Hogwarts and before he knew who his parents were.

Disclaimer: The Chapter titles and Harry Potter universe are not mine. I’ll say where the titles come from and Harry Potter of course belongs to J.K. Rowling.

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Hello all!  I have no words to describe the absolute shame that I feel for not being able to update in literally forever.  But rest assured, I'm using my winter break wisely and am currently re-writing the currently posted chapters and as soon as I have them all finished and possibly the entire fic finished, I'll re-post said chapters and finish this off!!  I really don't quite know where I wanted to take it originally, but I'm going to start plotting out the rest of the story to see how many more chapters/how much more writing I have to do!  Hopefully you'll be hearing from me again, sooner rather than later and with good news instead of foul.  Until then, enjoy the snow!  (That is, if you're in the midwest of the United States like me, if however, you're in lovely England...sorry!)

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