ZY: Well, got this out of my head...
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Harry Potter and the Book of the Scribe, Part 1: the Sorcerer's Stone... Chapter 3
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"Sorry about the door..." said a man with unruly, long, black hair and beard, a giant brown overcoat with countless pockets, heavy work boots, and was really, really tall (he almost touched the ceiling with just his head). The giant introduced himself as Hagrid, the Gamekeeper at Hogwarts.
By this time, Topaz already fixed the door with her book. You wouldn't even know it WAS smashed into pieces. The three were now sitting at the table, Hagrid was using two chairs to sit in. The giant wrote a letter and gave it to a gray owl and it took off to Hogwarts, neither the children knew how the owl could find a way to the school. Maybe it was like a homing pigeon.
Harry poured Hagrid a cup of tea. The giant took a sip, trying to digest the information he was just told by Harry and Topaz.
Finally, Hagrid asked "Did ya at least get one of the letters?" Harry did show the giant the letter he got a month ago, he already explained that he forgot about it after being forced under "House Arrest", so to speak.
Hagrid took another sip. As much as he wanted to rush on over to the juvenile court to give them a piece of his mind, but it wouldn't do much good, he didn't know who to go after anyway.
"How are ya two twins again?" Hagrid couldn't help but ask, he still wasn't sure how these two future students are under the same roof when they weren't even related. "We were born on the same day..." Harry started, Topaz then said "...And we DO have a bit of a twin vibe between us." And the two finished together with "Plus, we've been together since we met." Hagrid still wasn't 100% sure what they meant, but he understood enough get the bulk of it. 'I think I should tell Dumbledor bout this,' Hagrid thought as he took the last sip of his tea.
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After everyone got up, got dress (okay, actually, Harry and Topaz got dressed, Hagrid just wore what he already had on when he arrived), and ate breakfast. The giant said he'll take them to get their school supplies in a place called Diagon Alley, since neither Harry or Topaz knew were it was. Besides there was NO WAY the unknown person in the juvenile court could do anything anyway, Harry was getting school supplies and that person couldn't stop Hagrid anyway.
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The trip was certainly strange. People kept staring at the giant, sed giant didn't understand "Muggle" money, and one thing Hagrid DID notice that no one really noticed the gem in the center of Topaz's forehead (this happened when she handing train personal the proper items). So he asked the girl when they were riding the train (in an empty cart, Hagrid took up two of the seats). "People without magic, muggles ya call'm, can't see my gem, no idea why, but because of that I don't know what kind of gem it is or if it's even real or not," Topaz explained as she wrote in her thick, blue, magical book with her left hand. "Oh I remember that. The jeweler thought you wanted to see if the gems on your book were real," Harry said with a smile. Topaz chucked at. Hagrid raised a furry brow at that, now he was curious. So he started asking the two some questions.
"How did'ja even get that in yar head?" was the first question.
Topaz shrugged and said "It's been there as long as I can remember." Harry added "And even then, only individuals with magic can see it, reason why no one says anything. Well, there were a few people who gave another glance." Topaz commented that those people probably had magic.
"How did'ja discover yar magic?" Was question two.
Topaz waved her book a bit and stated "Long as I had this and it's been with me since... As long as I remember..." The girl looked out the window for a bit. Harry quickly added "Since only magic folks can see Topaz's gem, I've been able to see it since I was five-six years old. So, I've been able to do some small or minor magical things." Hagrid did note that that question seemed to hit SOMETHING. Maybe he should ask something else.
"When did Topaz become a part of the Dursey's family?"
THAT MADE THINGS WORSE. Both Harry and Topaz's expressions soured.
"Never heard of that name until a year ago, and I wish I never heard it at all," Harry stated bitterly and Topaz added "I was neva apart of THAT so-called family."
Hagrid DIDN'T NEED ANY HINTS to understand those comments. Wait a minute... "Hold on! I know I left ya on their doorstep nine years ago because they were yar family! How could ya JUST learnt the name last year!" Hagrid exclaimed at Harry.
The boy bitterly replied "Simple, they dumped me at Silver Haven Orphanage literally the day after you brought me to their house. It was a year ago when Mark, one of the helper at the Silver Haven, was majoring in Forensic Genealogy and he decided to help shrink the Unknown group at Silver Haven." Hagrid couldn't help but ask "Unknown group?" Topaz explained "There are five types of children that arrive at an orphanage; tha first group is called Mercy group, it's when a child is brought ta an orphanage by a parent in order ta give'm a better chance of life. Tha second group is called Social Service group, it's when a child is taken away from their parents for their own wellbeing, that's usually when tha parents don't care for'm. Tha third group is called Police group or Last Resort group, depending on who ya talk ta, that's when a child is brought to an orphanage because their family is dead and there are no other living or able relatives. Tha fourth group is called Unknown, it's when a child is brought to an orphanage and there isn't any known reason for it, Harry's in that group." Then she added "Well he was, until a year ago when Mark found out that Harry's parents, the Potters, were dead and found his mum's sister, Pet-tun-ia Evens... Am I pronouncing it right? *Harry nods* So Mark and his friends found her, her husband, and her son and they "took in their dear missing nephew". Trust us it wasn't out of the goodness of their hearts. Now Harry's categorized in the last group, it's called Abandoned, it's self-explanitory."
Hagrid couldn't believe what he was hearing! He knew the Dursleys weren't the best people in the world, magic or otherwise, but you'd think they'd at least care for their young nephew, but noooooo, they abandoned him without a second thought... 'How'd they find this out? Naa, better not ask. But how'd this get passed... Now I KNOW I need ta tell Dumbledor,' Hagrid thought with his gut in a knot. After a minute or so, Hagrid finally said "I don't know what ta say..." The two kids wirily smiled and said at the same time "Actually, could you not tell any of the students or teachers. We really don't want any pity. Besides, Silver Haven's a good orphanage." Hagrid agreed, but he was still going to tell the Headmaster (Technically, Dumbledor isn't a teacher, which Hagrid silently noted).
The three got off at their stop.
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The three entered a place call The Leaky Cauldron. Everyone in there stopped whatever they were doing and stared at the mismatched trio. The next thing the three knew there was an explosion of noise and people crowding Harry trying to shake his hand.
Okay, the Soul Twins should have seen this coming, but still. Even after Hagrid told the two about Harry's parents and why he was left at the Dursly (and The reason why Harry was called The Boy Who Lived), they still couldn't believe it, they almost thought the giant was joking. But nope it was all real. At the moment, both Harry and Topaz knew they would never get use to this.
After a good five minutes, the three met one of the professors at Hogwarts. A nervous looking fellow with a purple turban on wearing long dark robs, he introduced himself as Professor Quirinus Quirrell, their Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Poor fellow couldn't stop stuttering when he spoke. When the professor left Hagrid explained that Professor Quirrell was always looking over his shoulder and added something along the lines of the professor being changed after an adventure or expedition, or something like that.
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In the back of the Leaky Cauldron, Hagrid tapped on some bricks on a brick wall. The brick sank into the wall, then the entire wall disassembled itself, and reviled a whole another world to the Soul Twins.
"Whither art we?" Topaz asked and Harry added "Yeah, where are we?"
Hagrid grinned and replied "Welcome to Diagon Alley. Where we're gunna be getting all yar school supplies. But first, we got ta get ya two some proper money." Harry and Topaz looked at each other in confusion, what did Hagrid mean by that?
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ZY: Next chapter is going to be about Harry and Topaz getting their school gear, and FINALLY learn about the Book of the Scribe.