Chapter 2
The next week Harry was ignored by his relatives except for maybe one of two times a day to be let out for the bathroom. He had even been excused from chores which meant varnon was holding a terribly large grudge.
To Harry it seemed like he was only in his “room “ for merely 3 maybe 4 days but when he was finally allowed out of his “room” had he looked over at his uncles new paper while scanning the room. the news paper his uncle said it was already July 16, how long have I been in my cabinet he thought to himself,
“well? Boy!” Harry head shoots away from the news paper and looks at his aunt Petunia
“ go start breakfast, you ungrateful little brat no wonder your mother drank herself to death, I would’ve done the same if I were her ” she spats before going to the window to spy on the neighbours.
Harry cooked a normal breakfast and it seemed that Vernon and aunt Petunia had forgotten Dudley’s birthday and now only have a simple hatred towards him. Harry went to the upstairs bathroom and looked his soulless green eyes which he got from his mother or that’s what aunt Petunia told him once. he looked at his disgusting scar, the putrid thing was from when his parents died. They were driving while drunk and on top of that with a one year old in the car, how fucking dumb were they really. on top of that my father was a fucking cheater, aunt Petunia told had told him that his father had had a secret relationship with a man, that why my mother got drunk, he was in the car along with his lover shouting at his mother while she drove. They were all fighting and then she slipped and crashed the car into a bloody ditch, Harry had a vague memory of green fire, makes sense since it was Autumn and it was getting colder harry thought before scoffing at the mirror and he then pulled his new beanie onto his head only leaving a bit of hair to cover his scar visible then he left the bathroom.
Down the stairs he noticed the mail pushed through and a flash of green catches his eye. as he walks to get the pile he sees a latter addressed to him but not him. It was addressed to a Harry James black-potter to the cabinet under the stairs. First off rude, why not the house address?, why was it addressed to cabinet under the stairs. and second Harry never had a middle name or second last name. He had always been Harry Potter and he didn’t even learn his fall name until he started school before then he had been boy or Harry. Harry turned to walk and was met by a bratty Dudley who was waiting for some magazine that he had subscribed too, “sorry Dudley, your magazine isn’t here” Harry says quickly hiding the latter. Luckily Dudley hadn’t notice and went to the living room to sulk. Harry walked past his “room” carefully pushing the latter thought the slots without missing a beat in his step then walking into the living room to see Dudley on the couch watching tv, aunt Petunia on the phone gossiping and Vernon still reading his newspaper. Harry walks over and carefully placed the pile of letters on the table and went to complete his chores.
Harry couldn’t concentrate at all. all he could think was the letter, even during aunt Petunia screaming match toward him which he knew that if she found out he wasn’t paying attention, she would send Vernon in to finish the his punishment . Harry immediately started dinner to try to get in his aunt good graces , after dinner he does the dishes and then goes to bed, aunt Petunia making sure to lock the latch so he couldn’t get out throughout the night.
“Finally” Harry sighs “ok let’s see what this joke of a letter says” he mumbles to himself.
he turned it over to see a wax stamp the shape of a h, Harry rubs the stamp before sliding his thumb under the flap breaking the seal and pulling out the letters inside, unlike the envelope using what appeared to be bright green ink the letter used a black ink, it read
“Dear Mr Potter, We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July. Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall”
Harry had a million things running through his head, for starters wizards and witches being real??? It would make sense for a lot of his abnormality, Harry thought to himself then he picked up the second page and it read
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
UNIFORM
First-year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupil’s clothes should carry name tags.
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)
by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic
by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory
by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner’s Guide to Transfiguration
by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions
by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
by Quentin Trimble
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring, if they desire, an owl OR a cat OR a toad
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS
ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICK
Yours sincerely,
Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus
Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus
Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions
“This can’t be real, right?” Harry said aloud to no one “but who would go though so much effort just to prank the Dursley’s biggest mistake” (yes people have called him that )
Harry still starstruck picked up one of his old school books and ripped a page out and wrote his reply, since he didn’t have any envelopes and he knew aunt Petunia would immediately notice and it’s not worth facing Vernon’s wrath over something that could be a prank so he scribbled over the green ink and wrote to Hogwarts professor Minerva McGonagall his response letter read
Dear miss Minerva McGonagall
I would like to clarify that you are telling me that magic and witches and wizards are real?
I hope this letter reaches you and if you could tell me more of this hogwarts?
If this is just one of Dudley’s pranks don’t reply
Sincerely Harry James black-potter
Harry had decided to add the extra bits of his name that was on the envelope he received to his letter so if this Minerva McGonagall did exist she would know who was sending eaters to her.
In the morning harry continued his usual routine or well tried to stick to his routine. Harry last bit of hope had been put into that shitty envelope that sat in his pocket until he could send it off.
“ boy!” Vernon yelled, Harry’s head snapped in his uncle direction “did you hear me, go get ready”
“I’m sorry uncle but my ears aren’t working well, could you please repeat yourself” Harry says facing the floor
Then his uncle the colour of a tomato, waddles aggressively towards Harry and slaps him in the face” listen here boy, you are extremely lucky I’m feeling generous enough today to allow you to do our shopping. now go! “ he spat in Harry face
“you aunt has a list of what to get” then his uncle wadddles away and plops himself down on the couch next to Dudley.
“here, boy” aunt Petunia says handing him a list of items” expect you back in an hour . we are having Marge over for dinner”
“Yes aunt Petunia“ he says taking the list and envelop filled with cash.
Just like that Harry was walking through the streets to a small shop that was closest to the Dursley’s. After Harry completed the shopping he stoped by a mail box and puts his letter into it.
When Harry returned he was greeted by his aunt Marge whom had arrived early. between aunt Marge and aunt Petunia it was like a field day for them to make fun of Harry’s parents, it’s not like Harry didn’t not agree with them. After dinner aunt Marge stayed the night in the guest room which resulted in aunt Petunia and her drinking wine and gossiping all night which meant Harry got no sleep what so ever.
The next few days Harry stalked the mail man to insure that his relatives never found the reply letter if there ever was one. As Each day that passed Harry felt his only remaining hope slowly slivering away. harry decided That’s if a return letter hadn’t come by the 31st he would just forget about it. Finally the 31 of July came which meant that the letter was a joke after all. He resigned himself to the Dursley’s life style, he knew this was all his life was going to be.
That day aunt Petunia had sent Harry out to buy breakfast from this fish and chips shop that had recently opened near the Dursley’s house that Dudley demanded he had to have. As Harry walked out of the shop after buying food one cold chilly morning just as the shops opened. His eyes glancing down the opposite direction of the way Harry had to walk. Doing so his eyes spots a giant man who looked to be over 7 feet tall looking distraught, like he that lost something. The man turned and seems to light up with joy walking in Harry’s direction, harry thought nothing if it, maybe the guy was looking for a person, or address? who’s know he thought again then Harry turned away,
“Harry! Wait up” the giant man who now is closer.
Harry turned to look at the man getting bigger as he approached closer. it is apparent that the giant man has a questionable wardrobe that specialises in looking like a shady villain in a fantasy game or maybe more of a shop keeper considering how many pockets the coat he was wearing had, that only real color from the man was a small pink umbrella that looked glued to his oversized hand.
“Hiya Harry, long time no see “ the man chuckles “ I haven’t seen you since you was a baby, Harry.”
“D-do I know you?” Harry replied, still is disbelief to a stranger speaking to him but also that Same stranger claiming to know who he was, and had apparently knew him as a baby?
“Oh well guess yeh wouldn’t recognise meh “ the man spoke “ meh name Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts. O’ course, yeh’ll know all about Hogwarts”.
“No” Harry says “wait ……….You mean it actually exists?”
“Why o’ course, haven’t you wondered why yeh parents learnt it all?” Hagrid spoke
Harry couldn’t speak , still in shock . by now the shop was starting to collect customers, few who where now staring at the weirdo kid talking to a Giant man
“ um- here follow me ” Harry says, walking towards the man grabbing his arm walking the opposite direction from his house,
“O’h where we headed harry?” Hagrid asked” to yeh aunts and uncles I presume?”
“No, I’m taking somewhere where you can explain all of this” Harry says gesturing at the air
“Well whotcha want to know” Hagrid beamed
“Why- no how can I go to hogwarts” Harry says “ I’m not magical”
“O’h why yeh you are wizard” Hagrid says turning towards Harry, kneeling down to be at eye level with Harry
“You’re A wizard. Just like lily, James and regulus” Hagrid
“Who are James and regulus?” Harry asked hagrid, Harry knew who lily was since aunt Petunia had told him
Hagrid frowned “ yeh don’t know yah own dads?”
“No” Harry replied “my aunt and uncle only ever told me my mother’s name, never mentioned a James or regulus” harry says avoiding eye contact. Harry knew that James and regulus must’ve been his dad and his affair partner
“Blast muggles, always hiding secrets. what else do yeh want to know?” Hagrid ask scratching his bulgy beard
“Why are you here now, how come no one ever replied to my original latter” Harry says starting to walk again
“Oh O’course here, thanks for reminding meh” Hagrid says patting all one thousand pockets then pulled out a letter, walking next to Harry then Handing it to him
Harry opens the latter and it reads
Dear Mr potter black, I’m saddened to be informed you think hogwarts and I are an elaborate prank but non the least we are both real.
It seems the wards surrounding you and your address are restricting owls from delivering letters,
I have sent a hogwarts representative to deliver this letter and (and if you choose to attend hogwarts) to escort you Diagon ally where you can buy your items for the school new year
Sincerely
Minerva McGonagall
“So what yeh think?” Hagrid asked “ do you want to attend hogwarts”
“Yes, I do “ Harry says
“We’ll wot are we waiting around we for” Hagrid say “ we ought to get a move now if we want to get you things”.
Hagrid insisted we take a train so he could see all the interesting muggle things they had made. He would point and loudly exclaim over items, that every time he did at least 2 or 3 people would turn around to see what was happening only to be met by a giant man standing next to a rather skinny boy dressed in clothes 3x to big for him.
Hagrid had explained how the wizard in world was secret and how a lot of muggles (who are non magical people Hagrid explained) don’t know about it, then Hagrid got sidetracked talking about his pets. Harry also learnt a Hagrid had a Speciality name creatures he owns and gives them the cutest names for example he owned a Grindylow ( what ever that was ) called gills that Dumbledore told Hagrid to get rid of the Grindylow because it had became to big to fit in the bucket it had been living in.
“Um Hagrid, how am I supposed to buy my stuff for school?” Harry says “ I don’t have any money or my item list”
“Oh well for the money problem we’ll just head Gringotts” Hagrid said “and for that list problem.
Professor McGonagall always sends representatives with an extra list just In Case the original is missing or destroyed”
“Oh that’s useful” Harry replies “ what’s Gringotts?”
“O’h Gringotts is the only wizard bank in all of London. It’s protected by goblins so no one ever messes with it” Hagrid says
“Goblins are real?!” Harry says “ wow, Merlin I have a lot to learn before the new year don’t i?”
Hagrid chuckles” not to worry hogwarts supplies classes to catch muggle born up to the same magic knowledge as half muggles and pure blood”
“Oh that nice” Harry says, still trying to process half the words Hagrid just said.
They make it to the London platform and then they exit. Harry and Hagrid spent the next 20 minutes walking up and down streets going in and out of alleyways. Finally they stop at this ratty looking pub called the leaky cauldron. Harry looked around and noticed that every muggle that walked by their heads would all turn to the over side of the street, “ Hagrid what’s wrong with them” Harry ask pointing out the weird interaction.
“ O’h the leaky cauldron has muggle repel charms set up around to stop ‘em from just walking in”. Hagrid informed
As they enter, Harry is at an awe. the inside of the pub seemed to be lively, filled with patrons while the outside gave the impression of an abandoned building. A few people shouted out to Hagrid wondering if he wanted to join a game or two of cards which he had to turn down “cause he was on offical hogwart duties”. To which both parties Sighed at the news and turned back to playing. Hagrid was then shortly ushered over by the bar man. Hargrid introduced Harry and the bar man to each other and the bar man immediately started saying thanks and how it was an honer to have met him. While in the bar Hagrid pointed out a man in the corner that happened to be one of Harry’s professors.
“Um Hagrid” harry says “why did the the bar keeper act like I’m a celebrity “
“Well that’s cause yeh are” Hagrid said walking into the ally behind the leaky cauldron.” Didn’t yeh relative’s tell you yeh your parents were a famous lot but then they died in the war which yeh should know all about”
“ aunt patina told me it was because my parents died in a car crash” Harry said facing the ground closely following Hagrid
“CAR CRASH” Hagrid roared turning towards Harry ” how could a car crash kill James potter and lily evans?! It’s an outrage! A scandal! Harry Potter not knowin’ his own story when every kid in our world knows his name!
“But why? What happend!?” Harry asked
The anger faded from Hagrid’s face. He looked suddenly anxious.
“I never expected this,” he said, in a low, worried voice. “I had no idea, when Dumbledore told
me there might be trouble gettin’ hold of yeh, how much yeh didn’t know. Ah, Harry, I don’
know if I’m the right person ter tell yeh — but someone’s gotta — yeh can’t go off ter Hogwarts
not knowin’.” Hagrid let out a sigh
“It begins, I suppose, with —
with a person called — but it’s incredible yeh don’t know his name, everyone in our world
knows —”
“Who?”Harry said with urgency in his voice
“Well — I don’ like sayin’ the name if I can help it. No one does.”
“Why not?”
“Gulpin’ gargoyles, Harry, people are still scared. Blimey, this is difficult. See, there was this
wizard who went… bad. As bad as you could go. Worse. Worse than worse. His name was…”
Hagrid gulped, but no words came out.
“Could you write it down?” Harry suggested.
“Nah — can’t spell it. All right —Voldemort. ” Hagrid shuddered. “Don’ make me say it again.
Anyway, this — this wizard, about twenty years ago now, started lookin’ fer followers. Got ‘em,
too — some were afraid, some just wanted a bit o’ his power, ‘cause he was gettin’ himself
power, all right. Dark days, Harry. Didn’t know who ter trust, didn’t dare get friendly with
strange wizards or witches… terrible things happened. He was takin’ over. ‘Course, some stood
up to him — an’ he killed ‘em. Horribly. One o’ the only safe places left was Hogwarts. Reckon
Dumbledore’s the only one You-Know-Who was afraid of. Didn’t dare try takin’ the school, not
jus’ then, anyway.
“Now, yer mum an’ dad were as good a witch an’ wizard as I ever knew. Head boy an’ girl at
Hogwarts in their day! Suppose the myst’ry is why You-Know-Who never tried to get ‘em on his
side before… probably knew they were too close ter Dumbledore ter want anythin’ ter do with
the Dark Side.
“Maybe he thought he could persuade ‘em… maybe he just wanted ‘em outta the way. All
anyone knows is, he turned up in the village where you was all living, on Halloween ten years
ago. You was just a year old. He came ter yer house an’ — an’ —”
Hagrid suddenly pulled out a very dirty, spotted handkerchief and blew his nose with a sound
like a foghorn.
“Sorry,” he said. “But it’s that sad — knew yer mum an’ dad, an’ nicer people yeh couldn’t find
— anywa…” Hagrid stopped for a second to wipe a tear
“You-Know-Who killed ‘em. An’ then — an’ this is the real myst’ry of the thing — he tried to
kill you, too. Wanted ter make a clean job of it, I suppose, or maybe he just liked killin’ by then.
But he couldn’t do it. Never wondered how you got that mark on yer forehead? That was no
ordinary cut. That’s what yeh get when a powerful, evil curse touches yeh — took care of yer
mum an’ dad an’ yer house, even — but it didn’t work on you, an’ that’s why yer famous, Harry.
No one ever lived after he decided ter kill ’em, no one except you, an’ he’d killed some o’ the
best witches an’ wizards of the age — the McKinnons, the Bones, the Prewetts — an’ you was
only a baby, an’ you lived.”
Something very painful was going on in Harry’s mind. As Hagrid’s story came to a close, he saw
again the blinding flash of green light, more clearly than he had ever remembered it before —
and he remembered something else, for the first time in his life: a high, cold, cruel laugh.
Hagrid was watching him sadly.”Took yeh from the ruined house myself, on Dumbledore’s orders.”
“Oh… tha- thats a lot” Harry said after a few minutes of silence, feeling himself full of dread
“Sorry didn’t mean to upset yeh especially since its yeh first time going to diagon ally” Hagrid replied
“Don’t worry” Harry said “ you didn’t upset me at all. Come let’s head in” Harry said to reassure Hagrid but he couldn’t shake that feeling
“If yeh says so” Hagrid answered.
After another minute Hagrid finally moved again, he picked his wand up and tapped some of the stones in the wall they had been facing. Suddenly the bricks disappeared and open a hole. Harry walks through and is met with absolute wonder. Harry felt as all his dreadful feelings melted away. There was shops with items flying around, people dressed in robes, animals everywhere. Next to Harry Hagrid let out a chuckle, “Do you like it Harry?”
“Hagrid it’s- it’s amazing” Harry said still in awe “I’ve been missing out on this my entire life?! Come on Hagrid I really want to have a look around .. please” Harry said
“Yeah let’s go ” Hagrid answered