A different upbringing leaves Harry with a unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and a passion for all things magical. A different upbringing leaves wizarding Britain unaware that the newborn who sacrificed himself that night wasn't truly dead. A different upbringing leaves the world blind to the dark times that loomed over the future, and deaf to the mutterings of death and war... AU

Voldemort takes a chance when there are two children in the cot instead of one. Apparating to Magical Tutshill,he uses the Killing Curse but is thwarted. Harry, left alone on the street, is taken in and raised by a wizarding family. On his 8th birthday, they take him along as they travel around the world, and return to England in time for his 11th birthday. Is Hogwarts ready?