Author's Note: There are two things in this world that I love more than anything, and those things are Harry Potter and Glee (Not really, but you have to admit, it's a good idea for a crossover). I'm sure it's been done before, but I wanted to take a stab at writing the characters of Glee into the world of Harry Potter.
This is going to be a very experimental process, and I'm sure some of you will disagree with the houses I sorted the characters into, but I think it'll be fun if you just bear with me.
I'm going to approach this story from the standpoint of replacing the characters of Harry Potter with the characters from Glee, and seeing how they all interact within the Wizarding World. They will not be in a glee club, because let's face it, it's probably too much.
Despite my love for Mr. Schuester (not really at all, I hate him so much) I have come to the difficult decision to keep the Hogwarts teachers the same.
Also, the characters backstories make more sense in America, but Hogwarts will still be in England. They're just boarding a very very far way away now.
That all being said, I hope you enjoy the Wizarding World of New Directions.
A/N edit: Recently, I've gotten a review complaining about how these introductory chapters work. To be honest, you don't need to read them to understand the story. It's kind of self-explanatory once you get to chapter 15, and you'll only need to know the characters' houses, which is something revealed in the introductory chapters. So, if you want, you can just read your favorite characters chapters, and then move onto the real story which starts in Chapter 15: Complications and Contradictions. I'll put a little intro piece in there so that you know the characters houses and friendships, just in case you choose to skip over these introductory stories. That being said, I hope you do read these little short beginnings, because they took a lot of time and dedication for me to finish. Thanks for reading!
A/N edit (2): I have changed the listing to "Normal" because even though this is technically a cross-over, the only reason it's a cross-over is because it takes place in an alternate universe for the Glee characters. So it's more of an AU than a crossover, so I listed it as "Normal" so more people might get the opportunity to read it.
Rachel sat in the train compartment alone. She was actually used to doing a lot of things by herself. All of her life she'd been mostly alone, instead taking solace in her singing. Her dads had always told her she was so talented, that she didn't need friends. She was their little angel, headed off for Broadway and a whole new world of opportunities. She took acting, dancing, modeling, pageanting, and singing classes since the age of two, and she had never once looked back.
But Rachel knew from a young age she was different. Sometimes, when bullies would steal her things at school, they would magically reappear later. Occasionally, when people threw their lunches at her, she would stop the food midair. There was never a reasonable explanation. It just happened. And she couldn't explain it. No matter how many times teachers sent her to the principal's office when a kid who had bullied her somehow ended up on the roof, there was still nothing she could say to explain what happened.
But Rachel didn't complain. Her "gift" protected her. Kids stopped bullying her so much. She found herself having time to just be alone and practice. Anytime so new bully thought they could defeat her, they always found themselves in some remote location on school grounds. Rachel couldn't explain it to even herself, but she never questioned that she was the one making these things happen.
One particularly windy day, Rachel was walking to school. She was just 11 years old, but she'd still had a lot of hardship. On this day, the papers all flew out of her backpack. She ran after them, tripping on her shoes and falling in the mud as she tried to retrieve one particular piece of paper. She lay there, humiliated, when a hand reached down to grab hers. She looked up to see one of her fellow peers extending their arms towards hers. She grabbed the hand and mumbled "thanks". Suddenly, she felt another force push her back into the mud. The girl who had just helped her up had a friend.
"Stop it, that's mean" the girl, Katie, said to her friend. Her friend just laughed and said, "So? She's a freak" before spitting on Rachel.
Suddenly, the girl's hair caught on fire. She was screaming and Katie whipped around and yelled at Rachel, "What did you do?"
Rachel sat there, covered in mud, and cried, "I don't know! I'm sorry!" as she started to sob. The fire in the girl's hair went out, and Katie hurried her away mumbling "freak" under her breath.
Rachel was still crying 5 minutes later when a voice behind her said, "Come now, a little mud can't be all that bad". Rachel jumped out of the mud hole and saw a tall man with a long white beard standing there. He was wearing very peculiar clothing, and he had a large pointy hat that he took off after addressing Rachel. His glasses were half-moon spectacles, and the bright blue eyes behind them seemed to be staring straight into Rachel's mind.
Rachel continued to stare at the strange man until he said, "It's not polite to stare". Rachel's eyes snapped back to the man's bright blue ones as he chuckled. "It's alright, you don't need to be afraid of me". Rachel paused for a second, but he seemed to be telling the truth. She decided to trust him for the moment.
"Who are you?"
The man smiled and responded, "My name is Albus Dumbledore."
"Why are you talking to me?" Rachel asked.
Albus Dumbledore walked towards her and took out a stick from his long sleeve. Rachel eyed it nervously as it skimmed over her clothes, slowly removing the mud that was dripping on them.
Rachel was shocked. The mud just disappeared. Into nothingness. She looked around her trying to find any trace of it just falling onto the ground, but there was nothing. The man called Dumbledore laughed. Rachel turned her head to face his again and asked, "How did you do that?"
Dumbledore wasn't laughing anymore. He smiled at her and said, with the same tone as describing someone's shirt as blue, "I'm a wizard. I can perform magic".
That was the day that Rachel Berry's life had changed. Dumbledore had taken her home that same day, assuring her that missing school would not be a big deal, and explained to her two dads that she was different, special. After hearing it all her life, Rachel hadn't been too surprised, just surprised that it was magic rather than singing.
That same year, she had begun attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was now in her sixth year and every year, she started sitting alone in her compartment.
Her friends weren't the type to be tactful. Every year, they boarded at the exact same time. Exactly three minutes before the train left the station. It had become Rachel's duty to save them a compartment so they had somewhere to sit when they arrived late.
But Rachel didn't really mind. When she went to Hogwarts, for the first time in her life, she'd had friends. And more than singing, more than magic, that was what she loved the most. At Hogwarts, for the first time ever, she wasn't alone.
In her sixth year, she still had the same group of friends since first year, and the same boyfriend since fifth. It didn't seem like that long of a time, but it was still special to Rachel, and her friends meant more than the world to her. Even sitting alone, she knew how much they cared about her and how they would do anything for her.
Despite liking being alone so much as a kid, Rachel didn't know what she'd do without them.
Rachel shifted uncomfortably in her seat and checked her watch. Five minutes left. It was almost time. She adjusted her red and yellow tie, waiting for her friends to board the train.