18: Harry Potter: Focus Crafter

AU fanfic.

A young Harry Potter always had a knack for making things. Sadly, his 'family' did not like him, making his home life a wreck. On the day of his sixth birthday, he fled his home and found himself in a forest clearing with a tree nymph, a cyclops, and a druid. Fascinated, he watched them for three hours without getting noticed, then, when they went away, he stepped out and tried to imitate what he had seen. He didn't succeed, but he did well enough that, when they came back, they were interested in his talent. On finding out about his home life, they adopted him and taught him how to craft, how to use rituals, druid magic, nature magic, forge magic, and many other types of magic and mundane things. In his studies, he found he had a talent for making Focuses for magic. But not wands, mainly. No, staffs, axes, shields, swords, suits of armor, bracers, spears, and many other types of focus were crafted by him, getting to the point where they reached the peak of mortal creation. On his eleventh birthday, he received a letter from Hogwarts, inviting him to attend. Interested in refining his art yet further, he went, and the world would never be the same.