Harry Potter: A Different Tale

Without hesitation, our granddad rushed to him and shoved a portkey into his hand to get him to safety and a hospital. He saved that guy but was distracted long enough for the killing curse to hit him. The person who killed him was found dead about five years ago, our grandfather lived and died a hero. In the face of him, can you really call yourself a hero? You, a boy who has done nothing worthy of your fame compared to a man who died so another could live"

"I…I am worthy of my fame" Adrian said slowly "I…I lived when Voldemort attacked"

"So did I" Harry pointed out "so did mum, so did dad. Did you deflect Voldemorts killing curse? I doubt it, not because I don't like you or to irritate you. But genuinely, do you actually think you're capable of deflecting a killing curse, let alone one from Voldemort?"

"I…I…I can. Of course I can!"

"Prove it" Harry pulled his wand out and then placed it on the table, in front of Adrian "I'm emancipated and my wand doesn't have the trace on it. If you're truly so confident, then you won't mind taking that wand, putting it against your throat and saying the words"

"A…are you serious?" Adrian's eyes shifted between Harry and the wand

"No, he's upstairs" Harry replied and finished his glass of water before leaning forwards and taking Adrian's glass out of his hands and putting it on the table. "If you truly believe that you could survive another killing curse, then by all means do it."

"T…that's in…insane" Adrian stuttered

"Death eaters are insane, Voldemort is insane. Half the people in Knockturn alley are insane, heck a lot of people in Hogwarts are insane"

"Does that include yourself?"

"Definitely" Harry replied without missing a beat "I am insane, I've always been insane and I'll always be insane. You see brother, you may have been the boy-who-lived, but I…I'm the boy-that-survives. You can only judge based off your own experiences, I imagine for you not getting attention may seem horrible, for me it's just a daily occurrence."

"You?" Adrian looked at him with disbelief "You are used to not getting attention?"

"Didn't get much of it before I came to Hogwarts" Harry responded "but as I was saying, you can only judge based off what you've experienced. Trust me when I say that there are people who have experienced worse than you"

"Like you?"

"Like Sirius, who grew up with a family that hated him because he didn't want to join the death eaters and then was betrayed and framed by one of his best friends for putting his brother in all but blood into a coma along with his wife." Harry wanted to mention Remus but decided he wouldn't do that as he didn't want to reveal the man's secrets "or perhaps our parents.

Dad who has lost both of his parents, was betrayed by one of his best friends and was put in a coma along with his wife. Mum, who had a sister that hated her because she wasn't magical, was also put in that same coma after she gave birth to the saviour of a world that judged her for being muggleborn.

There are plenty of people in the world, plenty who have lived life a lot worse than you. A punch to you may seem like a tap to others, not being able to afford the latest broom is nothing to those that have starved. There's always someone who has had it worse, always." A silence fell over the two

"And you?" Adrian asked slowly

"What about me?" Harry narrowed his eyes

"H…have you suffered?"

"Yes I have, I've suffered through things that you couldn't imagine. I'm different in ways that you couldn't believe, when you were riding toy brooms, I was hoping to be allowed to eat something. When you were splashing in pools, I was getting drenched in the rain whilst being forced to garden. When you saw people taking pictures of you, I watched people looking like they wanted to kill me. When you wanted presents, I wanted mum to wake up and rescue me."

"Y…you do seem to like mum" Adrian noted, his eyes looking down, away from Harry.

"Look at me" Harry said in a low commanding voice and Adrian couldn't stop himself before he found himself looking up into the intense eyes of his brother "we owe that woman more than we could ever give. If she told me that she wanted the minister of magic dead then the first thing I'd do is ask if she had a preferred method for me to use when I do it.

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