Chapter One: The Boy Who Never Went to School
AN: My story begins in the Hut-on-the-Rock by the Sea just after Hagrid hands Harry his Hogwarts acceptance letter.
Harry reached out his hand to receive the beige colored packet, addressed to Mr. H. Potter, the Floor, Hut-on-the-Rock by the Sea. Looking up with tears in his eyes at the giant of a man, he sadly said, "Sir, I can't read this, because I've never been allowed to go to school to learn things."
"Yeh mean ta tell me they never let yeh go ta school?" asked Harry.
"No, they said freaks like me aren't allowed to go to school to learn things the way normal kids like Dudley are," answered Harry, hoping beyond all measure that the kind-hearted half-giant would grant his greatest wish and take him away from his vile relatives.
"Well, I ain' never hear' the likes a thi' lot en all me life!" roared Hagrid, pointing his large umbrella at the Dursleys. "The whole lot a yeh, git yer arses in tha' bedroom, n don' make nary a peep, or I'll run all three a yeh wit' a poker from the fireplace. Harry, Dumbledore jus' told me ta give yeh yer letter n take yeh to buy yer school things, but this changes everything."
"I'm sorry, sir," said Harry, cowering in front of the raging Hagrid.
"It's them Dursleys tha' ough' ta be sorry, not yeh," said Hagrid, calming a bit. "Tell yeh wha', we can' do nary a thing 'bout it tonight, so why don' yeh kip fer a bit on the sofa, n in the morning I'll take yeh ta see Dumbledore n find out wha' he wan's ta do 'bout yeh never bein sent ta school."
"Hagrid, does this mean I'm finally going to get to go to school and learn things?" asked Harry, as he sat on the sofa.
"Tha's wha' we need ta see Dumbledore 'bout, but one way er another, yer gonna be goin to school," answered Hagrid, causing a huge grin to spread across Harry's face, as he made to lie down and go to sleep.
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"Harry, we're gonna take thi' lil boat across the water, n from the boat dock we'll walk on over ta tha' wood over there, where I'll be takin yeh ta Hogwarts by somethin we call Apparatin so we can talk wit Professor Albus Dumbledore 'bout how we can get you some schoolin," said Hagrid, exiting the hut with Harry before the sun rose the next morning.
"What about the Dursleys, how will they get back to their car?" asked Harry, squinting in the dark as he got into the boat.
"Well, I figure, when the bloke tha' hired the hut to yer uncle gets out a o' bed he's gonna see his boat tied back ta his dock wit the Dursleys' car still parked in his lot n go over ta check things out in his hut," said Hagrid. "It'll serve em righ' if he don' come over righ' away n they have ta stay there all day today er maybe even longer."
"Dudley and Vernon will be going spare without anything to eat and Dudley and Petunia will really be all hacked off if they have to miss any more of their TV shows, to boot," added Harry with a feral grin on his face.
"Now, Harry, I'm 'bout to Apparate you n me ta Hogwarts n yeh have ta remember ta hold on real tigh' er I migh' lose yeh along the way," said Hagrid after they'd entered the wood not far from the boat dock.
"Hagrid, you're too big for me told hold on to any part of you," said Harry.
"Hang on ta me coat n I'll fasten it 'round both of us," said Hagrid.
"You didn't tell me it might make me sick," said Harry holding his stomach after they had appeared next to a giant gate.
"Sorry, 'bout tha'" said Hagrid, as Harry vomited on the ground. "Follow me over to me house n I'll fix ya up some breakfast n give yeh somethin to help yer stomach. I gotta warn 'bout me dog, Fang. He won' bite, but he'll be sure ta star' lickin yer face if yeh don' keep em away from yeh."
"When are going to see Professor Dumbledore?" asked Harry, following Hagrid into his hut.
"Fang, get off him!" snapped Hagrid, as his large boarhound bounded over to Harry and began licking his face.
"Is he usually this friendly?" asked Harry, seeing Hagrid pulling the large friendly dog off him.
"He's friendly with most everyone 'round here 'cept for one o' the professors from the castle," replied Hagrid. Taking a kettle and a skillet form the wall next to his fireplace, the kind half-giant asked, "All I have from breakfast are some bread n sausages, woul' yeh like me ta make some fer yeh?"
"If they're like the one we had last night I would," answered Harry.
"Harry, now tha' yeh've had somethin ta eat, let's head on up ta the castle ta see Professor Dumbledore," said Hagrid about thirty minutes later.
"Hagrid, the people in the pictures on the wall are moving," said Harry, as he ran to keep up with Hagrid once they entered the castle.
"Those'd be magical portraits, Harry, n people in magical portraits move 'bout, some even ta other portraits," explained Hagrid. Coming to a stone gargoyle guarding a spiral staircase, the half-giant said, "Nestles' Crunch. Harry, you go first n I'll follow yeh on up."
"Hagrid, can you tell us why you have brought young Harry to Hogwarts and not taken him to Diagon Alley to purchase his school supplies?" asked Albus Dumbledore, as Hagrid entered his office with Harry following him.
"I ran inta a bit a trouble wit the Dursleys," answered Hagrid. "Yeh see, those sorry excuse for Muggles never sent him to school, n he can' read, write, do math, or any o' wha' yeh need ta know before comin ta Hogwarts."
"Young Mr. Potter is this true; your relatives never sent you to school?" questioned Professor Minerva McGonagall, who had been eating breakfast with the Dumbledore.
"Yes, ma'am, it's true," answered Harry. "Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia told me freaks like me aren't allowed to go to school to learn things the way normal kids like my cousin Dudley can."
"Harry, before we continue, let me make one thing perfectly clear," said Dumbledore. "You are in no way shape or form, a freak. You are a human being blessed with the ability to perform magic, which, at one time, is something your Aunt Petunia wished she could do, as well."
"She hates me and everything to do me, especially magic, but you're telling me she wishes she could do magic, too," said Harry.
"She only hates magic because she herself does not possess such ability," continued Dumbledore. "When your mother received her Hogwarts acceptance letter, your aunt sent me a letter asking that she be accepted into Hogwarts, as well. When I denied her request because she had no magical ability, your aunt then because most jealous of your mother and allowed her jealously to turn into hate of your mother and magic. As you, Harry, are your mother's son, Petunia then transferred this hate unto you. While your aunt and uncle are at fault for not sending you to school, I am to blame for this, as well, for I am the one to make the decision to leave you on the Dursleys' doorstep and never bothering to check up on how well you were faring. It is most unfortunate that you must pay for the mistakes I made, and we must delay your enrollment at Hogwarts for at least one year."
"Albus Dumbledore, you are indeed the one to bear the most blame for the crimes committed against our heir, however my dear wife Rowena and I have a solution that will allow young Harry to start Hogwarts with the other youngsters of his age group," said the portrait of wizard mane-like red hair, green eyes, and a powerful build, standing next to beautiful witch with long dark hair and brown eyes.
"As Godric hath said, we have a solution, but to do so we shall require the presence of at the minimum of three other direct descendants of the Founders of Hogwarts to implement our solution," said Rowena Ravenclaw.
"Where are we going to find three other direct descendants of the Founders of Hogwarts?" question McGonagall. "For that matter, even if you find them, how can you get young Potter ready to attend classes with his age group in just one month?"
"The method we wish to use to teach young Harry what he needs to know before starting Hogwarts involves the use of time-turners we have hidden away in our secret chambers inside this castle," said Rowena. "The use of these time-turners will allow us to teach Harry and the other three heirs for a year in one month's time. Before we passed from this world the four founders of this great school charmed a book hidden in our chamber to record the names of all of our magical direct descendants. One of the heirs is a young witch by the name of Hermione Jean Granger and the other two are Harry's cousins…"
"You mean Dudley's a wizard, too!" gasped Harry.
"No, your cousins that I am referring to were born Chloe & Zoe Prewitt, and their mother Sophia was your father's older sister," said Rowena.
"Fabian and Sophia Prewitt along with Fabian's twin brother Gideon were all killed about six months before James and Lily, but we never discovered what had happened to their twin daughters," said Dumbledore. "We all thought they must have died along with the parents and Uncle Gideon."
"Chloe and Zoe were both adopted by others and now go by the names of Ginevra Molly Weasley and Luna Selene Lovegood," said Rowena. "We know not the circumstances surrounding their adoptions, as all our book shows us is their names changes."
"I'd say time is of the essence, and we should endeavor to bring all three of these young ladies and their parents to Hogwarts for a meeting," said Dumbledore. "Minerva, while I pay the Dursleys a visit, would you be so kind as to invite and make arrangements for the young ladies mentioned and their parents to come here as soon as possible. Send me a Patronus with the time and date you set up."
"Professor Dumbledore, before yeh set off ta see the Dursleys, yeh'll need ta take Harry's envelope wit yeh ta fine where we left em," said Hagrid, handing the aged wizard Harry's envelope. "When yeh get there yeh'll probably fine em still locked up in the bedroom like we left em."
"I see," said Dumbledore looking over his half-moon spectacles at the half-giant, as he accepted Harry's envelope.