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July 31, 1991, Number 4 Privet Drive
To the outsider Number 4 Privet Drive seemed normal or ordinary. Yet to one Harry James Potter life was nothing less than the deepest and darkest pits of Hades. Doing chores in the most extreme of weather had the doctors talking about irreversible damage, however the damage was for Harry, reversible. The burns and frostbites were always gone within hours or the next day. To you it might seem that Harry has no Hope, but you reader do not lose Hope for our little hero for his journey has yet to begin.
The day had started normally enough with Vernon Dursley screaming,
"Get me my coffee boy!" And Dudley Dursley demanding,
"Freak, more bacon now." And so Harry complied while his Aunt Petunia Dursley nee Evans stood over him and criticised his every movement like a hawk. But when Vernon heard the mail slot open he commanded Harry go get the mail. As he was sorting through the mail he came upon a letter that said,
"Harry James Potter,
The cupboard under the stairs,
Number 4 Privet Drive."
That was as far as he got before his uncle bellowed,
"Hurry boy I don't have all day!" So he put his letter in his cupboard for later and hurried and gave his uncle the mail. When he was sent back to his cupboard he checked out his letter which says,
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Conged. Of Wizards)
Dear Mr. Potter,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl no later than 31 July.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
P.S. Mr. Potter as you are living with less than desirable muggles I will be arriving on 31 July in the afternoon at 4 o'clock. Thank you.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Uniform
First year students will require:
Three sets of plain work robes (black)
One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
One winter cloak (black, with silver fastening)
Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.
Course books
The standard book of spells (Grade 1), By Miranda Goshawk
A history of magic, By Bathilda Bagshot
Magical theory,
By Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration
by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions
by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
by Quentin Trimble
Other Equipment
1 Wand
1 Cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Yours sincerely,
Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus
Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions
After reading the letter Harry was amazed and kept thinking if magic could truly exist. He continued on with his day cooking lunch and doing his afternoon chores, until there came a knock on the door.
"KNOCK"
"Boy go get the door!"
"Yes Uncle Vernon." Harry replied while he walked towards the door. When he arrived he opened it and looked at the imposing figure towering over him with a stern look on her face as she looked around. When she looked at him her face visibly softened and she asked,
"Hello, are you Harry Potter?"
"Yes I am, who are you?"
"I am deputy Headmistress and transfiguration professor at Hogwarts. Can I speak to you and your relatives please? He nodded and started showing her the way. When they arrived in the living room Petunia gasped,
"Minerva?"
"Yes Petunia, and Lily would be disappointed in how you treated her son and your nephew. Now, for the reason I am here, I will be taking young Harry and another girl shopping for their school supplies for Hogwarts, please do not try to impede. After that he will be staying at The Leaky Cauldron."
"Is magic really real?" asked Harry shyly
"Yes Mr. Potter magic is real, let me show you." she said as she transfigured the table into a pig.
"Mr. Potter, do you know how your parents died?" The Dursleys didn't dare say anything after the magnificent display of magic because they were scared into silence.
"No mam I don't."
"That is sad to hear. Let me tell you, they died fighting the Darkest Lord of all time."
"What is his name?"
"His name was Voldemort although most people don't dare say it as it was a bad omen during the last war. He is now dead thanks to you.
"Ok, good, now didn't we have to go shopping? Asked Harry. And with that they got up and walked to the door with Harry looking disdainfully at his cupboard on the way by. When they reached the curb Minerva looked up and down the street and pulled her wand out and held it flat. Not a second later they were met with a loud "BANG" and a vibrant purple triple decker bus loomed over them.
"Hello my name is Stan Shunpike, this is the Knightbus, please state your name and destination" Said Stan.
"Minerva McGonagall, the leaky cauldron please.
"Right away mam." What occured moments later could only be described as speeding through the streets of London while colors from all over zoomed by as they were in a hurry, or maybe it was always like this on the knightbus. With a screeching halt they arrived at their destination, The Leaky Cauldron. To the passing person it appeared to be a run down building, but that was to the passing person, to the witch or wizard it was The Leaky Cauldron, a bar leading to Diagon Alley.
"Professor, why are we here?"
"Because, Harry this is where you will find all your school supplies."
"In a leaky cauldron?'
"No Harry, the Leaky Cauldron is a pub that will lead us to Diagon Alley, that is where the supplies are."
"Oh, ok." With that they entered but not before Minerva conjured a hat for Harry to cover up his scar. As they walked Minerva chatted with the residents and greeted the people, but when she saw the brunette with wild brown hair she beckoned Harry to follow her.
"Mr and Mrs. Granger, what a pleasure to see you again. You as well Ms. Granger."
"Always a pleasure Minerva."
"Harry, this is the Grangers and their daughter Hermione, she will be in your year. Grangers this is Harry Potter."
"Pleasure to meet you Harry."
"Now it is time to purchase you school supplies, now follow me." said Minerva as she walked away. Everyone else hastily followed. When they got to the brick wall Minerva tapped the brick wall in a pattern with her wand and when the bustling alley was revealed she said,
"Welcome to Diagon Alley."
September 31 1991, somewhere in New York, USA
Henry Harrington POV
Ok….. so you probably won't believe this but um… i'm a wizard and not just any run of the mill wizard either I am a special wizard picked by a goddess but not just any goddess the goddess of love. Also, I am not alone. There are three other champions out there but I only know two, they are Emma Holmes and Alta Harrington. They are currently my only friends. You must be wondering how I came to know this, well it all started two months ago during English class in summer school.
FLASHBACK
"Who can tell me who the goddess of Love is?" My teacher asked.
"Mr. Harrington, how about you."
"Um… the goddess of Love is Aphrodite." I replied.
"Correct, now can you come up here and tell the class what myths she was in?"
"Sure. Um…. I think she sided with the Trojans in the Trojan war, and she had many lovers, and." Then I promptly fainted along with Alta and Emma.
When I woke up I looked around and saw that I was in an all pink castle with my best friends laying next to me. I quickly got up and that was when I saw them, A beautiful lady with no flaws and a pink dress with blonde hair, three decrepit old ladies with a loom, A pitch black woman who looked like the first lady but with a black dress, and a Women with orange hair and an orange dress.
"Who are you? I ask.
"And what happened to my friends. And where are we?"
"Good young one, you are friends. Do not worry we are Love, Fate, Death, and Hope. Your friends should awake soon, then we will talk." The pink one, Love I guess responded. It only took five minutes for the girls to wake up, when they did they started to demand answers.
"Silence. First you are all in the castle of Love, second We are Love, Fate, Death, and Hope, and you are our chosen ones."
"Hold your questions and let me explain. From the beginning of time there were four heroes who were destined to bring peace, harmony, and hope. They were to be the champions of us. There was a prophecy made, you will learn it in due time, do not worry, but with the fall of the dark lord in 1981 we made our decision to choose our champions quickly but correctly. You all embody many traits with each other and with us ourselves. For one Henry you embody the traits of Love. Emma you embody traits of Fate. And Alta you embody traits of Death. Now before you ask, Hope's champion is in Brittan and clueless to his status as the second most powerful wizard in the world. You will learn the most powerful wizard after your training. Now, your job is to train, become powerful, go to Hogwarts in 1994 and protect the young champion and introduce him to his heritage." Love explained.
"And how will we train for our mission?"
"You will train with us in special kinds of magic long lost, but magic also connected to your goddess." After some discussion between us I stepped up and said,
"We are in on one condition, we stay together during our training."
"Why, of course, we wouldn't dream of separating you three."
"Ok good."
"Good, let us begin."
Back to the present
So yeah that's how I found out I am the champion of love and a wizard. Today we get our wands. As I am heading down to the wand making room I am joined by Emma and Alta. We head down in a comfortable silence, although Emma did link her arm through mine about halfway down and we both blushed. Finally we arrived to find Love, Death, and Fate waiting. I am also pretty sure I saw Love smirk at me and Emma.
"Champions it is time to build your wands Henry the strongest shall make his first. Put your hand over the woods and let the magic in the woods call to you and choose the perfect one." on the table there were an array of woods varying in size and color. I hovered my hand over the wood and instantly found the woods that called to me perfectly.
"Hmmm… interesting Olive branch from an Olive tree represents peace but willingness to fight back with might, cypress which represents those who are willing to die or suffer for their friends, and blackthorn which represents a warrior. Most interesting as I have never seen a person with three woods, well go on now choose a core or two." I hover my hand over the cores and two call out to me even and I point them out as Love picks them up.
"I could see these cores choosing you, the ones that called to you were a White river Monster Spine which is known for producing spells of force and elegance. You also got a tooth of a Cerburs which represents your determination to protect that which you love." I hold the wand in my hand and a pink glow appears around the room as I bond with my wand.
"Next, Emma the one who is destined for great things, step up and put your hand over the woods." She does as told and Fate picks them up and says,
"Red oak for fast reaction making a good dueling wand, and Redwood for your ability to make a good choice and think on your feet. Now choose your core." She does as told and Fate picks them up.
"Phoenix feather for your ability to learn more varied magic, and a feather from a pegasus wing representing your pureness. Now pick it up and bond with it. Emma did as told and when she claimed her wand a bright (but not as bright as pink) blue glow came into the room as a woman and wand bonded.
"Finally, Alta champion of Death chose your wood(s)." Alta hovered her hand and two woods chose her and Death explained.
"Willow for your great potential and Vine for your greater purpose. Now choose your cores." She repeated the process and Death once again picked them up,
"Rougarou hair for your affinity with Death, and a feather from a Dove's wing for your love of your friends and someone else. Now bond with it." As she did the lights went out and there was a chill and then the lights were back on.
"Good young ones your wands are made and you start tomorrow for now get some sleep, for you have a lot to learn in three years."
Back to Britain
"Oh's" and "Ah's" could be heard from the party as they gazed upon the alley.
"Ok first we go to Gringotts to get money here for Mr. Potter." So they started to walk up the steps to the bank and were greeted with the Goblins.
"Good morning Mr Harry James Potter wishes to make a withdrawal please."
"Yes, yes does he have his key?"
"I do right here."
"Hmmm… okay follow me." They went into the cart and they started going really fast. Hermione looked really sick.
"Alright Mr. Potter right this way and hurry up."
"Wow thats a lot of gold" And he was right of course because there were stacks of stacks upon stacks of gold, silver, and bronze coins. After Harry collected his money they were back up to the normal level. With quick goodbyes Harry and co were off to get wands for the two kids. As they entered Olivander's the bell went off and Harry and Hermione stood there when Harry heard a voice say,
"Call him out young one." And so he did. He said,
"Hello we are here for our wands please."
"Oh yes of course Mr. Potter, Ms. Granger just a moment. Mr. Potter wand arm please." said the wandmaker.
"Right"
"Ok let me find a wand for you, ah just the thing. Holly wood with phoenix feather, give it a wave." And he did as told, or tried to because as soon as it was in his hands it crumpled to dust.
"Oh my let me find you a better one. Ah right here although I don't remember making it at all. Elder wood with theseral hair and a horned serpent horn. Give it a wave." When he gave it a wave, an orange and warm glow surrounded and enveloped the three people.
"Ok now Ms. Granger wand arm please."
"Right."
"Okay give me a moment and ah, Vine and dragon heartstring. Give it a wave." Sparks shot out of her wand.
"Have a good day Mr. Ollivander."
"You too young ones." As they left the old wandmaker muttered to himself,
"Destined for greatness those two are and I am to believe there are more people to come into play here, we are in for a ride." Later when all the purchases complete and the Grangers home and Harry in his room after bidding McGonagall goodbye the only notable purchases were Harry's owl named Artemis for the Maiden goddess, and Hermione's cat named Crookshanks. McGonagall gave Harry some basic magic and reading to do now that he is in a magic environment. And so now Harry just has to wait for september 1st and man is it approaching fast.
July 31, 1991, Hogwarts, somewhere in Scotland
"Ah Hagrid how was your trip with young Harry?"
"Um.. Professor there was no trip, he wasn't at the Dursleys, but I still retrieved the package." Said Hagrid as he placed the package on the desk of the professor.
"It is okay Hagrid maybe you can try again tomorrow and." Said the professor before he got cut off.
"No need professor, Harry's letter saying he was coming arrived."said a portrait on the wall.
"Hagrid dismissed."
"Yes Professor." Once the profesor was sure no one could hear him cast anything he sent a very dangerous and dark curse flying at Fawkes the phoenix, but a shield of pink protected him.
"Bumbling idiots looks like I will have to do this step by myself. Harry will be my pawn."
Way longer chapter here do you like the middle cut or not? Let me know.