The following stories are the untold experiences of the characters of Harry Potter
These stories do take place in an AU but one that is similar enough to be canon that it can be rather difficult to tell the difference.
For each volume there is 1 story per character
But just remember...
...Every story is important.
Harry Potter
June 31, 1987
4, Privet Drive, Little Whinging, London
A Very Rotten Birthday
Harry was confused at his surroundings as he looked around. He was in the lap of an adult. This adult seemed different from the ones of whom he lives with. He came to this realization as Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon never showed him any affection. He also felt strange, comforted and relaxed even, from this stranger. He struggled to get a better view and he saw a beautiful woman with auburn hair and green eyes. There was a sort of feeling of contentment and happiness from being around this woman. He also noticed a man of black hair and hazel eyes next to the woman . The feeling of which he had experienced with the woman was also present with the man. He soon came to realize that these are the parents he always dreamed about. Then he realized he was actually dreaming. Before he could forget and continue the dream. He awoke to the sound of rapping on the cupboard door.
Harry loathed this noise but knew at once that consequences were to commence at the refusal to awake and leave the cupboard. He then began the day waiting for his guardians to assign him chores as he always was expected to. But this was not before Dudley decided to complete his daily routine of startling Harry by jumping on the stairs.
As he left, Harry realized it was his birthday. He was tempted to tell the Dursleys as he longed for his birthday to be celebrated for once and decided that today was the day. He then went to the kitchen to complete his first chore, serving breakfast. Uncle Vernon then bellowed,"Blimey boy, how much oil did you use, this looks like a black flying disk, can't you do anything right"? He then looked at Petunia in despair who the looked at Harry. "Our Diddykins is going to grow up to be more athletic and handsome than he already is and we will not have you ruin it by poisoning him"! Harry then looked at Dudley in confusion as Dudley did not seem to resemble a model or an athlete but rather a small yet heavy pig that doesn't look to different from his father. Ignoring the thought, Harry then said, "I am sorry, Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia, I will start over now". As Harry proceeded to throw away the dark brown hotcake, he then heard his uncle say with displeasure, " What do you think you are doing with that"? Harry replied, "I am putting the burnt hotcake in the bin." Vernon then laughed, "I don't think so, since you find it amusing to burn food, you can eat it for your whole meal today". "But Vernon...", Harry said urgently, "...it was an accident". "Do you want to make it two boy"? Harry, defeated, decided to remake the hotcake with double the amount cooked. "AND I BETTER NOT SEE YOU COOK ONE OR SNEAK ONE FOR YOURSELF OR I WILL MAKE IT A WEEK". Harry then served the new and improved hotcakes and proceeded to do his chores.
Five hours later, hoping that his guardians had forgotten the incident earlier, Harry decided to ask them if he could celebrate his birthday in which Vernon replied, "Who the bloody hell do you think your are, burning food and messing up chores and you have the audacity to ask a question like that? I better not hear you ask such a selfish question again boy". Harry, determined for some kind of celebration, kept asking the question until Uncle Vernon gave up and asked Petunia who then said, "Calm down Vernon, I am sick of this too but we need to keep his mouth shut and the last thing I need is a headache". Petunia, who at this point gave up at silencing Harry, reluctantly agreed to take him to the park with Dudley.
At the park, Petunia, barely interested in babysitting Potter and Dudley, started reading magazines. Dudley, who loves to mess with Harry thought it we be fun to play several party games. The first game was called Spin and Swirl : The objective was to spin Harry for as long and as fast as possible. The result of that game usually ends in heavy dizziness with a chance of vomit. The next game was called Knocked Over : The objective was to knock Harry off anything that he tried to use. First, he managed to climb above the monkey bars and pry off Harry's fingers. Second, He actually pushed off Harry when he was near the top of the slide. Third, He pushed Harry so hard on the swing that Harry had to jump to get off, which would have hurt him had he not landed feet first. Bored, Dudley discovered a large puddle of dirty water and dragged a resistant Harry into the puddle, using another game called Lawn Mower :in which the objective is to drag Harry around like a grass-stained mop, causing him to be soaking wet with dirty water. He then decided to leave Harry there and run home as a sick joke as his mother hardly noticed a missing Harry.
Furious and sad, Harry ran all the way back to 4, Privet Drive and ignored everyone as he stormed to his room. The cupboard, despite being small and cramped, had developed some sort of feeling of familiarity and contentment as it was the only place in the house that allowed Harry to think freely. He had thoughts about how he hated his birthday, that he would rather have not been born, and how he vowed to keep his birthday news away from the cruel Dursleys from now on. His final thoughts for today were of the people who were in his recurring dreams and how he wished he could wake up in a good house with a loving family. He often wondered if these were glimpses of his parents. At the thought of his parents, Harry cried in sadness and frustration. He knows that his actual parents would never allow him to have a childhood as awful as the one he got. These thoughts swirled around in his head as he cried for an hour, eventually falling asleep.
