I by the request of Kai will not put author's notes in the middle of the text. When I finished a book yesterday I thought that I should change that and also by seeing Kai's request I thought it should be done.
I am going to try and also make smaller authors notes because they add to the word count total of 2,500 minimum words per chapter.
This chapter has a lot of hits of what is to come in the next future.
I will NOT separate all of the Harry Potter books into different stories, meaning that for all of the Harry Potter books will all be under Like Yesterday. Unlike Fairy Tail Sorcerer's Stone where there will be a Fairy Tail Prisoner of Azkaban and stuff.
When I say I despise OCs I mean that I hate them as the main character or side character. I am completely fine with an OC in just 1 chapter.
Like Yesterday
Flashback End.
Natsu lazily had his elbows on his desk with his face being cupped by them while looking at the book in front of him. He hadn't changed much over the years and was still wearing his red wizard saint coat, black loose fitting pants, but now adorned a black t-shirt. He was now even more faded than when he first came out of his body but he still was colored in.
Natsu sighed he stood up and stretched his arms. "There is too much work! Tom is being such an asshole!"
Natsu heard a knock at his door and he closed his picture book.
"Nani?" Natsu said while looking at the door.
Out emerged from the door was an older woman, she wore forest green robes, a cliché witch's hat, and dark forest green flats. She also had a pair of glasses, brown hair pulled back into a tight bun, and had an urgent look on her face.
"I'm sorry to disturb you, Professor Dragneel, but you, Professor Heartfilia, and Mr. Rubeus are needed in the Headmaster's office immediately," she said.
Natsu shook his head quickly, turned around to his very cluttered desk, and picked up his wand before running out the door. He slammed his black door behind him.
Astronomy Tower
"Lucy!" Natsu yelled as he banged on the dark brown door very loudly. "There is an emergency, please get out here now!"
'What could have happened?' thought Lucy as she put down her second-year Astronomy books onto her desk. Lucy then grabbed her wand, golden keys, and ran to the door, opened it, and was greeted with a serious faced Natsu.
Lucy had also barely changed after the one thousand year difference. She now wore a large ball gown dress with pillows of red clouds on it. This dress also had the same alligator cuffs and she still wore black boots.
They all ran together outside to the little hut next to the Forbidden Forest.
Just outside of the Forbidden Forest
Natsu couldn't help but kick down the door and yell, "GET OUT HERE BRAT! THE OLDER BRAT NEEDS US IN HIS OFFICE! AND IF YA DON'T GET OUT HERE, THE PUNISHMENT GAME WILL COMMENCE!"
"Okay, Okay! Just give me a second will ya?" Hagrid slowly said while a little pale.
Hagrid was a giant. He had a curly head of hair and a long scraggy beard. He wore layers of clothing such as a black t-shirt as his inside layer and a long dirty, brown trench coat as his outside layer.
Since Hagrid was taking a whole minute to get out of his chair, Natsu walked over to him and started pulling him by the ear, like a child to be punished, all the way to the Headmaster's office.
In the Headmaster's Office
The door was kicked open by Natsu and out emerged Mrs. Dragneel, the Professor of Astronomy, and a scared Hagrid, the Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts.
Natsu looked around the circular room and saw that Headmaster Dumbledore was standing behind his desk with a plain expression on his face, his eyes were no longer twinkling.
Headmaster Dumbledore or known as "Older Brat" by Natsu had on a light grey, almost blue cloak. He had a long silver beard and white hair that stopped below his shoulders. He adorned a long nose that most likely was broken a few times, half-moon glasses, and more wrinkles than Professor McGonagall.
"What do you need us for, Headmaster Dumbledore?" Lucy's face clearly showed her concern.
"There has been another attack," Dumbledore calmly said. "and it involves the ones we hold most dear."
Natsu dipped his head down allowing his pink, faded locks to shadow his eyes. "What has Tom done now?"
"I can only show you. Hagrid, I want you to carefully go to Lily and James Potter's home and check the damage."
Natsu and Lucy gasped. They both had a special relationship with the Potters they both believed they were the nicest of students, maybe James was mischievous sometimes but he was still a fine student, along with Quidditch too.
"Professor Dragneel, Professor Heartfilia, and Rubeus you shouldn't worry, the young Harry Potter is not dead," Headmaster Dumbledore said, "Also my sources say that Voldemort has disappeared."
"What!" They all exclaimed.
"Professor McGonagall and I will be waiting at 4 Privet Drive for Harry and you other two may say your goodbyes."
"Oh no…" Lucy whimpered. Natsu made all of the expression on his face disappear and he grabbed his wife's hand as he walked out.
Hagrid started crying like a baby and went out to an unknown transportation device, heading toward the Potter's Residence.
At The Potter's Residence
A figure dressed in darkness appeared and shot to the ground. He straightened his back and slowly, putting one foot in front of the other, walked up to the door.
The house was two stories with broken windows on the second floor. The door looked like it was halfway off the hinges. As he went into the house he could only hear the roaring of his blood in his ears. Once he got to the stairs he saw to corpse of James Potter and quickly looked away. As the black cloaked figure slowly went up the steps the whole event had taken ten seconds, but for him it had taken hours in slow motion.
Once he got to the top step and looked up from his feet, he saw that the door was in the corner of the room with a corpse in front of a crib which held a crying baby. It was Lily and Harry. He couldn't help but break down by seeing his childhood love. He wrapped Lily up in his arms and cried.
A few minutes later, he heard a sound above the house which signaled that someone else was here. The figure quickly jumped out of the window and turned to darkness again.
A few minutes later, Hagrid appeared. Once he got off of his mysterious form of transportation, he took a deep breath while looking at the house. But when he saw the bodies he started bawling like a baby, again.
Once Hagrid walked up the stairs he saw Lily and Harry. Harry was crying and wailing in his crib whilst in front of him his dead mother lay, paralyzed. Hagrid took out a baby blue blanket out from his dirty, brown trench coat and picked up Harry. When Natsu and Lucy first appeared, Natsu's eyes widened but narrowed as he walked through the broken door.
Hagrid heard slow footsteps going up the steps and it revealed to be Mr. and Mrs. Dragneel. Natsu had a cold look with no emotion flowing in his squinted, multicolored eyes while Lucy had tears rolling down her pale cheeks.
"This is terrible…" Natsu said slowly while looking at the room. "I am so sorry Hagrid, this should never have happened. We should clean up and get out. Headmaster Dumbledore will think we are dawdling if we take any more time. Also just before we departed Dumbledore said that a few people will come over to remove the c-c-corpses."
They all slowly nodded. Hagrid wrapped the blanket around Harry and descended down the stairs first. Lucy gave one last look to the corpse of Lily and James Potter before sobbing again and walking out of the house.
When the two were out of the house, Natsu turned to lighting while Lucy turned to the Celestial Realm and went back to Earthland to the street. When Hagrid was out of there he saw a man with slick black hair on a motorcycle in front of him.
"S-Sirius?" Hagrid stuttered.
All the while a certain figure was flying towards Hogwarts.
Privet Drive
Headmaster Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall were both waiting for the four people to arrive. Dumbledore had used a little lighter looking thing to take the lights out of the streetlamps and in the distance cheering was heard.
Dumbledore sighed while thinking, 'Gossip sure spreads around fast.'
The two both looked up when they heard a *VVVRRRRRRUUUUMMMMM* sound and saw a giant riding a peculiar motorcycle with a passenger cart.
*SCREEEEECH*
Hagrid got off of his motorcycle and turned to the passenger cart and took out Harry wrapped up in the blanket. Hagrid walked up to Dumbledore with tears in his eyes and gave Harry to him.
Two bright flashes occurred and two figures appeared next to Dumbledore.
"Why is Harry going to a muggle home?" Professor Dragneel asked.
"I agree," Professor McGonagall said, "This boy will be legend, no one will not know his name."
"I could eh, adopt 'em ya know," Hagrid offered.
"We cannot do that Professor Dragneel, Minerva, and Hagrid. It is far better him not living close to that and anyways these people are his actual family."
"They are the worst kind of muggles, I have watched them all day. He will be treated like a disgrace!" Professor McGonagall said.
"It is law. We must," Headmaster Dumbledore said.
The six of them walked to the door of number 4 Privet Drive and the other five could only watch and cry as Dumbledore gingerly placed Harry on the doorstep. Albus then put his finger on the lightning bolt scar for a moment and said, "We will be expecting great things from you, Harry Potter." and took a letter out form his cloak and placed it on Harry's chest.
"We shouldn't worry, it isn't really goodbye is it?" Dumbledore said with a small smile on his face whilst looking at the other workers at Hogwarts.
All of them retreated back to Hogwarts but not before giving another glance to the boy who lived.
"I am so sorry Harry." A lone tear fell.
Back at Hogwarts
All of the professors were at their dining table in the Great Hall. Most of the professors were clanking glasses of wine with one another but people who had to see the corpses and transport Harry had glum expressions on their faces. Almost at the end of their meal, Natsu heard something, a knock on the door.
He got up from his seat and ignored the questions coming from behind him, he was only focusing on a voice, one voice. He slowly made his way to the door and opened it very slowly. Natsu grabbed his wand inside of his coat while doing that and gasped when he saw who was outside.
It was a man with a very pale completion. He had a large bent nose, black greasy hair, black cloak, black pants, and black dress shoes.
Natsu smiled as he said, "Snape-san?"
Many years later at the Dursley's Residence
Harry woke to the sound of loud banging coming from his bedroom door, otherwise known as the Dursley's broom closet door.
"Get Up!"
*BANG BANG BANG*
Harry rose slightly from his bed and turned on the light above him.
Harry lives in the small, tight broom closet underneath the stairs. Harry was treated like a nuisance in the home that he was reluctantly adopted into ten and a half years ago. He had gotten all of the hand me down, oversized, dirty clothes from his cousin, Dudley, who was treated like a king in his castle. Also there were no pictures of Harry anywhere around the house, almost as if he didn't exist.
*STOMP STOMP STOMP STOMP*
Dudley, the fat cousin of Harry, came running down the stairs from the second floor and started running back up again, he barely did any exercise other than when he was with his gang, punching and hitting Harry, or running up and down the stairs allowing dust to fall in the broom closet where Harry did his daily affairs.
"WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP! TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY! GAHAHAHAHA!"
Harry rose fully from his bed, grabbed his circular glasses and opened his dark brown door to make way to the kitchen, only to be pushed and thrown back by Dudley.
"GAHAHAHAH!"
Dudley then proceeded to run to the half kitchen half living room while Harry slowly walked over there.
Harry wore a large dirty blue plaid shirt and loose black jeans. He had circular broken glasses fixed by tape above the nose and a mop of black hair. He also has a lightning shaped scar on the right part of his forehead.
Dudley wore a clean light blue tight fitted extra large t-shirt and had on a pair of khakis.
When Harry looked at the living room and he just rolled his eyes. Dudley was everything for the Dursley's so of course they would buy "their little pumpkin" many MANY presents.
"How many are there?" Dudley said in the middle of the living room.
Mr. Dursley looked up from his newspaper and said, "Thirty six, I counted them myself."
Mr. Dursley, otherwise known as Vernon Dursley, was a very fat fellow. He had a large nose, large moustache with curled ends, pink skin, black pants and suit and tie.
"Thirty six," Dudley tested on his mouth. "BUT LAST YEAR I HAD THIRTY SEVEN!" Dudley now had a bright red face of rage. He started to grab his presents and throw them on the floor like a two year old.
"Oh! It's okay my little pumpkin, how about we buy you two new presents this year?" Mrs. Dursley said while walking up to him, kneeling down to make his eyes parallel with hers and putting her hands on his shoulders. "Does that sound alright to you? And how about a trip to the Zoo?"
Mrs. Dursley otherwise known as Petunia Dursley was a very tall and thin woman. She had curly brown hair on her head, a floral pattern apron, with a pink half thigh ending dress underneath. She had hollow cheeks and usually had a scowl on her face.
"Okay," Dudley said.
The fit of rage of Dudley was calmed down in less than two minutes, as always. Mr. Dursley then whispered something to Petunia, his wife, and she paled.
Harry grabbed an orange from the refrigerator and looked at the living room to see the three looking at him.
"What?" Harry said.
"You, boy, will be coming with us to the Zoo and I don't want any funny business at all. I am warning you," Vernon said.
Harry backtracked, "What?"
"Your babysitter has a broken leg," Mr. Dursley said, "She is unable to care for you so Dudley, you, and his friends are all going to the Zoo together."
Harry dropped his orange.
"PICK THAT UP!"
At the Zoo
Harry had the best day of his life at the Zoo to put it lightly. The ice-cream man gave Harry a chocolate ice-cream cone with two scoops and when Dudley didn't want to finish his pineapple flavored cone, Harry also got it. The buddies of Dudley also didn't bother Harry today either and they left early. But Harry didn't know that his fun would be cut short once he went to the Reptile Exhibit.
At the Reptile Exhibit
The Harry was lazily putting his elbows on the rails in front of the glass of the Python Exhibit while Dudley had his fat face pressed up against the glass.
"Why won't it move?" Dudley asked.
Vernon came up from behind Dudley and banged his hand against the glass and said, "Move."
"Quiet he is asleep!" Harry hissed.
Vernon gave Harry a death stare and walked away along with Petunia.
"This is BOOOORING!" Dudley said before walking away with his father.
"I am sorry about him, he has no patience and doesn't know about lying around all day," Harry said while shaking his head no at the python.
The python then opened its eyes and slowly rose up and starting staring at Harry.
"Can you hear me?" Harry slowly asked.
The python shook its head up and down while Harry's eyes widened the size of dinner plates. The python then started moving towards Harry but Harry was now on the ground from being pushed by Dudley.
"Mummy look it's moving!" Dudley said while putting his face up against the glass again.
Harry had enough and glared at Dudley. The glass disappeared from the front of the exhibit, allowing Dudley to fall over the railing and into the python's bathwater. The snake then slithered its way out of the cage into the walkway leading out of the building. The snake turned towards Harry and said, "Thankssss."
"Don't mention it," Harry replied while still on the ground.
The python then slithered out of the building which made the people attending the Zoo yell out, "SNAKE!" and "AHHHHH!"
Harry then turned his attention back to the Python Exhibit where banging was heard.
"MUMMY HELP ME!" Dudley was the one banging on the glass from the inside while Petunia was banging on the glass from the outside, mirroring her son's movements.
Harry couldn't help but laugh but soon stopped when he saw the glare that Vernon was giving him. Harry was then grabbed by Vernon and thrown in the car while they went out to search for someone to get Dudley out of the python cage.
Back at the Dursley's Residence
The oak door was kicked open by a furious Mr. Dursley holding Harry's ear. Mr. Dursley pulled Harry aside to the bottom of the stairs to allow Mrs. Dursley and a blanket covered Dudley into the kitchen.
"What did you do, boy!" Vernon half yelled.
"I don't know!" Harry replied. "It was like magic, one second the glass was there and the other it was gone!"
"There is NO SUCH THING AS MAGIC!" Vernon screamed in Harry's ear. Vernon then pulled Harry to the broom closet underneath the stairs and threw him in. Mr. Dursley then locked it and opened an envelope sized hole and said, "No meals for a week!" and slammed that too.
Later
"Harry get the mail!" Mrs. Dursley said or rather demanded.
Harry got up from eating his meal of scrambled eggs and sausage and went to the door. Harry shuffled through them as he walked back to the kitchen table. He widened his eyes once he read the title of the third letter. He placed two of the letters in front of Mr. Dursley who was reading the newspaper and held the last remaining letter in front of his face, as if to see if he was not blind and reading it correctly.
"HEY, LOOK HARRY'S GOT A LETTER!" Dudley said while snatching the letter from Harry's hand and putting it to his own face.
"Who would be writing to you?" Mr. Dursley said while putting his newspaper down and grabbing the letter from Dudley.
By now Petunia came out of the kitchen and stood behind her husband. The two gasped when the overturned the letter.
~From Professor Dumbledore~ and ~Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry~ were a few of the words on the letter. Vernon and Petunia looked at each other before looking at Harry who had an innocent face.
Vernon ripped up the letter and threw it in the trash while Petunia opened the broom closet underneath the stairs and shoved Harry it.
You may have been smart and noticed that in the last chapter I addressed Lucy as Natsu's girlfriend and now I have addressed Lucy as Mrs. Dragneel. I will most likely explain the wedding once Harry gets to Hogwarts and Natsu has a 1,000 years at the school party.
I know what I am going to do for the ending of Like Yesterday :) but when I realized how slow I was doing these chapters I thought 'This is going to take maybe a year to finish.' I would try and write 5,000 word chapters every week but that would most likely be impossible with school and stuff. Also if I were to do 5,000 word chapters then the quality and ideas that I have would be lowered. It is really hard to fit in a character that doesn't belong in another story into a story.
If this story were to roll into the summer you should maybe expect more updates but not every day or every 2 or 3 days.
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