AU. Fearing attack on his son, James Potter makes the difficult decision to send Harry, his younger brother, their mother, and Remus Lupin to America to keep them safe. Meanwhile, he has stayed behind to continue the fight against Lord Voldemort.

AU. If Sirius Black had arrived in Godric's Hollow only minutes before Hagrid, would anything have been different? What if he had taken Harry instead of hunting down Peter Pettigrew? Chapters one and three rewritten.