A.N. — After someone so loathsome, here is a genuinely nice fellow. That's even more remarkable since life saw fit to give this outsize man a large slew of issues that could hamper his mood. Happy birthday, Rubeus Hagrid.
340. Rubeus Hagrid
Cradling the shards of a shattered dream in your hands was a metaphor for most. To Rubeus Hagrid, gazing at 16 inches of oak snapped in two resting in his broad palms, it was a stark reality.
The magical world had made a routine of rejecting him. First his mother, then the general populace deemed him unworthy. Now, the government had made it official. Hagrid was forbidden from doing magic... with a wand.
It ended up being a blessing, as Hagrid became adept at both wandless and wordless spells. He was formidable now, and not just due to his size.