On that fateful night in Godric's Hollow, Lily Potter escaped with her infant son. Far away, Draco Malfoy would lay orphaned in his crib. The two boys begin as unlikely friends, and each becomes the only thing that can save the other.

He'd tried to stay away, to protect Harry in the only way he could. Draco knows the morning may bring regret, but he can't help giving in to this darkness. slash.

The smallest change can create the most marvelous butterfly effect. Four fates can easily be irrevocably altered. When Harry is left alone on his first day in Diagon Alley, perceptions and events can never be the same.

After accepting Dumbledore's offer for protection, a broken down Draco Malfoy is sent to live at the Burrow. And if nothing is what he expected it to be, that may just be alright in the case of the Boy Who Lived.