Two years older than Harry Potter, Y/N Potter remembers things he does not — flashes of red hair in sunlight, the warmth of her mother’s arms, the echo of laughter in Godric’s Hollow. When her Hogwarts letter arrives at eleven, Petunia Dursley cannot stand to look at Lily’s reflection any longer and lets her go without resistance. What begins as distance becomes permanent when the Dursleys refuse to take her back after her first year. With Albus Dumbledore’s approval, Y/N is welcomed into the Burrow, raised in warmth and noise by Molly Weasley and surrounded by a family that chooses her.