The Change

Prologue :The Change of Route

Harry was currently walking to the station on his own without knowing where he should go yet he just goes forward hoping he would meet someone who is also going to the same train as him, maybe he would make a friend which made Harry actually lighten up because he truly didn't have a friend of his own even if he tried everything,he just didn't simply fit in with anyone or even anything.

And right now Harry felt more lonely than ever before when he saw everyone come and go together in pairs in every size and shape :Family, couples,friends together hanging out,Harry was truly jealous of all of them yet he was glad at least other people weren't in the same situation like him yet he wished some were even if it was cruel :Just to have a friend at his side which actually made him think about the same man who practically stranded him here in this place.

Flashback

"Hey Hagrid may I ask what the Four branches are of Hogwarts ?"asked Harry to the big looking man who he sat across with on a table which was one of the restaurant they were which surprisingly could hold him because he broke already four of them when he only tried to sit on them much to his annoying.

"Sure Harry, like I said :There is Slytherin, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and RavenClaw, they are the branches named after the founders of Hogwarts but you will know about them more later on, anyways each department has a history that goes way back but like I said you will hear it when you go to the school, each Branch hold an animal within that represent the things that classifies you as one of them or that department." Said Hagrid with a gentle smile and a twinkle in his eyes, he really loved Hogwarts from the bottom of his hearth

"What are the animals ?"asked Harry with a wondering look,he wanted nothing more than to find more about the school he was going to because after all the school itself teaches you to be a wizard which he would likely more to find out

"That's simple :You have the Lion for Gryffindor which represents their braveness and loyalty to the ones they love, you have Slytherin with the snake that means their cunningness and ambition to achieve their goal no matter what, The Badger that stands for The Hufflepuffs their dedication, hard work but mostly for their kindness and lastly RavenClaw their thirst for knowledge and wisdom with their represented animal as you might have guessed the –"

"Raven ?" asked Harry making the obvious point

"No Hawk Harry, how do you think of that, that's just stupid . "asked Hagrid with a lifted eyebrow making Harry now confused,

'I mean I don't know hum RavenClaw and they get a Hawk, that's just weird .'thought Harry but he just let it slide for now as a question pops up in him making him directly say :

"What were you Hagrid ?"asked Harry to Hagrid who seemed to have his eyes twinkle even more

Flashback ends

Harry soon realized he was still in the train station searching for his train and with no avail and saw Hedwig being annoyed by the constant moving without stopping while the car he was pushing was wobbling like crazy so he sits down on a bench that seemed to have no one on it and rested there for a moment, it made him think actually :Is this all a dream ?

Was it truly a dream that he was told he was a wizard not so long ago ?

Was it just a good dream which he has to wake up from and see he is still in the same broom closet under the stairs ?

Does he still have to endure his nephews family even more and even if he could, could he ?

Does he still have to be all on his own for god knows how long ?

"Are you lost little boy ?"asked a voice next to Harry making him surprised and almost jump up and the view from the person he spoke to could actually make him even jump higher :

It was clearly a woman but the voice was so gruff and raw you would say otherwise and the woman her looks didn't help.

She simply looked homeless and poor :Her hair was gray and white clearly telling she didn't wash for a LONG time,her clothes were almost rags except for that little white piece that stoke out of her robe.

Now Harry moved on to the woman face which smiled with her teeth open and Harry saw her teeth were rotten and black and Harry could see her skin was so dirty as it could be, if that would be him if he didn't lived with the Dursleys than he was glad they took him in but then Harry froze realizing how bad things could turn out :

Could this woman be a kidnapper and capture him or lure him out ?

Who is this woman ?

What would she do to him ?

Would she kill him ?

But Harry then stopped his rain of thoughts when he looked once again at the same person sitting next to him, it was still the same old creepy lady sitting next to him on the bench and even though something said in his mind to just run away so far away from this woman yet he didn't and just looked at her now more closely and it were those three things that gave him a sign :

The first was :Her cheeks were somewhat molly but not too much and it showed that she actually smiles a lot .

The second thing was her smile :It wasn't a smile someone could muster to him to hurt someone or anything, it wasn't hurtful or threatening to him like he usually saw from everyone all around, it was a smile he only saw from yesterday onwards which was from the same person that saved him yesterday and introduced him to the new world he never imaged in his wildest dreams to exist, the smile proved this wasn't all a dream and that this was real life ,it was a smile of fondness and kindness .

The last sign was actually the thing that made him trust her completely without a doubt :It were the twinkles in her eyes that was all too familiar, it showed like the smile kindness but also determination and understanding but also with a glint of expectation on the end and Harry couldn't help but smile back

'Just like Hagrid's .'thought Harry to himself while staring at the woman and wondered if they could be related although that couldn't be true as it seemed this woman was also very short so he doubt it and her hair was brown and not dark.

Then Hazzy broke off his daze and realized he was still staring at the old woman without realizing and snapped making him realize also it had been five minutes since he sat on the same bench and saw the woman still looking at him with that same smile although strangely enough her smile widened even more and the glint of expectation was coming more and more in her eyes.

"H-Hum sorry ma'am I didn't mean to stare." Said Harry quickly but polite while giving her a small bow making the woman just smile more while the twinkle in her eyes increased, if Harry believed he never saw a true wide smile than here is something new.

"It's alright boy although I expected you to run far away from me." Said The woman still with the same rough voice although Harry could notice the somewhat joking in her voice making him chuckle but not too much as it was kind of true .

"Sorry." Said Harry once again making the woman just shake her head

"It's alright little boy but may I know how come you are here on your own ?"asked the woman kind but polite making Harry jump up in surprise while widen his eyes and then he remembered what he came for.

"Oh hum I am looking for my train but I-I don't know where I should find it and I don't have much time left." Said Harry making the woman pause and Harry noticed the woman was casting a glance at Harry making him somewhat uncomfortable but then he chuckled :Didn't he just do the same just a moment ago so he moved his face to met the old lady's one and then their eyes met…

"…"

"…"

"…"

There were no words spoken and Harry felt strange, it was just a little but it was noteworthy , he felt strange, like he was saw flashes from his past :From being kicked awake by Dirk when he was two, being punched in the face by Dirk when he was Four while his parents were brushing Harry of like he was dirt and praised their son with treating him to an Ice Cream ,the first moment he was introduced to the closet since he was old enough to walk on his own which was around 5 years old, the bullying and pestering that has gone on for years till…till the day his life changed :The moment Hagrid busted the door open with a bang and revealing he was a wizard and soon enough he remembered his conservation with Hagrid just now and then….it stopped…it all stopped and blinked looking around he saw the woman smile at him although it was now more forced, it was like she saw something unpleasant and doesn't want to make him sad…did she read his mind ? Or even memories ?

But that didn't stop, he soon saw the woman smiling brightly again even more than before and then nodded but just to herself while whispering something, she lifted off the bench and said :

"I expect great things from you, you have my blessing and my guidance when the time is right, let your heart follow you through the darkest times and when the time is right then I will come by once again to guide you, to prove my blessing have this." Said the old woman while moving closer to Harry making him scared, was his assumption incorrect ?

Harry was scared now and he knew it, the last time anyone moved close to him is when all the boys have beat him up and leave him on the cold ground and if that wasn't bad enough,he got detention for being late on school and even though he explained it to the teacher who nodded and gave Dirk only a warning making he got a beating of Dirk's father for accusing his dear little son for something like that and said he deserved every damn second of that beating and then stopped him in the closet for two weeks without food making Harry shut up about the beatings since then.

But then he felt something soft against his cheek it was something familiar, something he didn't have since a long time and then followed by a little pet on the head and then something unfamiliar again on the roots of his hair making Harry Shiver but once the feeling was gone and disappeared Harry groan in disappointment once the mysterious but nice feeling was gone yet he felt better now, he felt all his doubts were away and he felt a little bit of courage coming up in him saying to face the new day , change AND the whole world so he only could say one thing to the woman while slowly opening his eyes again.

"T-thank you ma'am….ma'am ?" asked Harry somewhat but then he shot his eyes open and realized one thing :Where is the old lady !

Immeaditely Harry shot up surprising Hedwig who chirped in annoyance saying he interrupted her beauty sleep but Harry ignored her and ran around the station quickly searching for that strange woman even though he realized he almost was late for his train !

He realized he must thank the woman for something he couldn't understand but strangely enough something inside him said he would eventually meet the woman again, soon.

And so Harry shot up like he had a good night sleep and was ready to take on the day,it was like he knew that today was going to be a great day,like he was blessed with love and luck for a whole year, he felt great and something in him whispered that he has to search for her and then worry about searching the train and Harry just now noticed he had a little voice in him that he was unfamiliar with.

'Go left, then right now just go straightforward' said a little voice in Harry's head and Harry did so even though he should be freaking out,so he did as he was still on the same train station and even though people were looking at him strangely because he had Hedwig with him but he was also smiling like an idiot but he didn't care what people thought about him and that was just what was so strange, one moment he just sat on a bench talking to an old lady and now he is running like an idiot while smiling like one.

And then something said in him :STOP! And so Harry did so wondering what or why he was stopping and then the voice said something to him he didn't suspect to be said to him or anyone :

'Run into that wall' said the voice making Harry Pauze and Harry wanted to reply saying it was a bad idea but then the voice continued :'Trust me, go between the numbers 10 and 9, if you do so than you will arrive at your wished location starting your change.'said the voice making Harry pause for a second but then he just ran into it at full speed,he didn't know once again why or how but Harry trusted this person more than anyone in his life it was so strange yet it felt like he was guided by someone high from above.

And before he realized it :He arrived at different location than before and slowly Harry's thoughts and feelings were sinking into him :

"What happened to me ?"asked Harry confused to himself , it was like someone guided him without his knowing…was this a part of magic ?

"On Board everyone who is leaving for Hogwarts , it's your last chance !" said a loud voice making Harry snap out of his thoughts quickly and soon he set out to the conductor, he looked like the ones he saw from before yet something was different he couldn't place it yet to be honest but then his mouth fell open.

"Th-That's my train ?"asked Harry to himself almost yelling in an amazed way , there stood it :A long black train with red on its side,he never saw this before in front of him although he did study it in class and that made him confused :Why are they using such an old model ?

But Harry just shook his head and walked to the conductor who saw Harry and nodded to him with a strange sign of pity yet kindness showing he understood his condition he was in as he was all on him yet it made Harry think :were all wizards so friendly because he never met so many people smiling at him in his whole life except if they were laughing him out.

"Are you here for Hogwarts kid because you are lucky that one of our controllers of this train was just gone to the toilet, he was just about to leave, may I take your baggage oh and don't worry about your pet, she will be placed in a special room only for the new students their pets,so how about it ?"asked the man to Harry who nodded in excitement and relief while silently thanking the voice in his head…that came wrong out

Anyways Harry gave the man his little cart and he nodded at him which the other person nodded back in appreciating.

"Good luck on Hogwarts, Harry Potter." said the man making Harry turn around and saw the person was gone already leaving Harry fazed but then sigh, could this day get any weirder ?

But Harry just steps in the train and saw it was already completely full and other kids his age were trying to search for an open place, it seemed every little room was just made for 4 person each so he could guess why everyone was pushing everyone aside yet he wondered why people were just walking in circles, were they looking for someone ?

Harry was still on the same place he entered when he stepped up in the train and now he was really wondering what he should do :"Should I take right or left ?"asked Harry to himself, it was already full so he better be searching for a room before the train would leave otherwise he had to stand for the whole ride, so he sighs and ponders :"Should I take right or Left ?" said Harry wondering and then his senses were saying to him nodded and was about to go left but then he stopped once he hears a familiar voice in his head :'Go right and your future will change, go left and it will the same.' Said the voice making Harry shocked that the voice now spoke to him making Harry think for a minute until

"We are going to leave, it's the best if you search for a seat otherwise you have to stand the whole way until we are in Scotland." Said an intercom of the train making Harry freeze

'WHAT?'thought Harry shocked almost yelling out

"W-what should I do hum ." said Harry to himself but it had no avail it was a very mysterious and confusing day and he honestly didn't know what he should do or how but then it snapped once more realizing something and smiled to himself while saying :"I guess it's time for a change."

While heading to the right corridor and opened the door without realizing how much he changed his destiny, if he had chosen left than he would have met Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley and so he would have the same events going through that we all know and love but like Harry said :It's time for a change, a change and it seems he was lucky, there were only two persons in that corridor and it were people he have never seen before so he opens the door carefully and said in a polite tone :

"Excuse me but can I join ?" It was time for a change and the change was going to begin now.

Ok here ends the chapter, if you are wondering why it is so short than I will simply say :It's kind of an prologue yet an important part of the story.

You should except normally from 4000 and more words per chapter and I will try to update at least once in every two weeks although sometimes I don't even bother while on other times I go overboard and write a lot, it has to do with school and stuff but I will do my best to make my very first Harry Potter story a good one.

I hope you enjoyed it and raised some questions

Here is a question by the way :Can you guess what Harry is going to be ?

A Gryffindor, a Slytherin, a Hufflepuff or a Ravenclaw ?

One warning though :I have grammatical issues and I know my English isn't the best as It is my second one and I WILL search for a BETA, I hope you enjoyed.

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