Chapter Three

Call Me Ace

Ace walked threw the woods, in one hand he was carrying the letter from the school Hogwarts. The other hand was his bag filled with his loot he got that day. Ace was wondering how these people found him. No one else had been able to find him. Not even the police who keep trying to find him. He wondered if it had to do with his devil fruit ability. He was also wondering how they knew his name was Ace. He stopped and looked up at a tree. This tree was huge it had to at least be 300 years old. And was the perfect place to live. Ace pocked the letter then went ahead and started to climb the tree. The tree house was looked very similar to He smiled and climbed up the rope to get in his home. When he got in there he tossed his bag down of goods he got in town. He looked threw all the bags and wallets he had. He smiled seeing that today he had gotten a total of 350 pounds. He smiled knowing he could buy him self some clothes.

Ace walked to the upper level of the tree house. He had built it to look like the first tree house he had with Luffy and Sabo. He smiled as he climbed up he could see everything. He had picked up the biggest tree in the woods. And with his building skills he was able to make a mast in his tree house. He even put in a crows nest. He looked off at the sky and wonder how his brother was doing.

At Hogwarts McGonagall was in her office sipping tea. While she was looking over all the muggle born students, and students who needed to be taken to diagon alley to get their school supplies. She was looking at the time slot were she had to go meet up with the parents of a girl Hermione Granger. She smiled looking to see that the year was going to have more students than normal.

The Scottish woman looked up hearing an owl flying into the room. She watched as it landed on the table holding out it's leg. She quickly took the letter and saw the Owl was already leaving. She smiled and looked down at the note and opened it.

Ms. McGonagall

I would like to come but I know nothing of the school. Or how to get there or where to get the supplies on the list. Please send someone to help as soon as you can.

Thanks

Ace D. Portgaz or Harry Potter

She looked over the letter and re-read it five times. She thought the Dursley's would explain everything. And why was he calling himself Ace? She stood up and headed off to meet with Dumbledore. She needed to figure out what was happening and fast. She was told he fine. She walked up to the gargoyle "Crunchy Bars". The statue moved aside. "Albus you need to explain this to me now." She said tossing the letter down.

Albus looked down at the letter and looked up smiling "Don't worry I had already sent Hagrid to get the boy. And I sent him with a port key so he will be found don't worry."

Ace was laying on his floor when he heard it.

BOOM.

Ace ran over to look over the edge of the tree house. To see a man on the ground down below. He smiled seeing how tall he was reminded how tall pops was. He sat there watching waiting for him to do something first.

The giant of a man stood up from landing on the ground. His face was almost completely hidden by a long, shaggy mane of hair and a wild, tangled beard, but you could make out his eyes, glinting like black beetles under all the hair.

The giant looked around, "this is weird."

Ace jumped down on a lower branch and sat there. "Hey who are you. This is my area of the woods. If your after my stuff I will fight you." He said looking at him.

Hagrid looked up and saw Ace his face was slightly dirty and his clothes was shorts and shirt were there was a pirate symbol drawn on it. "Are you Harry?"

"I used to be called that. Though I go by Ace now. Who are you?"

Ace looked down into the fierce, wild, shadowy face and saw that the beetle eyes were crinkled in a smile.

"Las' time I saw you, you was only a baby," said the giant. "Yeh look a lot like yer dad, but yeh've got yer mom's eyes." Uncle Vernon made a funny rasping noise.

"Anyway — Harry," said the giant, "a very happy birthday to yeh. Got summat fer yeh here — I mighta sat on it at some point, but it'll taste all right."

From an inside pocket of his black overcoat he pulled a slightly squashed box. Ace saw Hagrid lift it up to him. He took it and opened in an in shock saw inside was a large, sticky chocolate cake with Happy Birthday Harry written on it in green icing. He had only gotten a cake from Luffy and Makino. Then his pops threw him a party once.

Ace looked at the giant. He meant to say thank you, but the words got lost on the way to his mouth, and what he said instead was, "Who are you?"

The giant chuckled.

"True, I haven't introduced meself. Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts."

Ace smiled and put the cake on the large branch and jumped down landing in front of Hagrid. "Ace D Portgas." He said and bowed. "Thanks for the cake." He stood up and smiled.

Hagrid held out an enormous hand and shook Ace's whole arm.

"So your from the school. I was wondering if you could tell me about it?"

"Sure thing, Harry."

"Please call me Ace. I don't like the name Harry. It just doesn't seem me." He said giving him a smile only seen on the D brothers.

"Sure Ace. I have some things to ask you also. I thought you would be with your Aunt and Uncle are you all Camping."

Ace shook his head no.

Hagrid nodded and smiled at him, "Well what about some tea then?" he said, rubbing his hands together. "I'd not say no ter summat stronger if yeh've got it, mind." He said joking.

Ace smirked "well I will get some wood for a fire. Will be right back."

Hagrid watched James and Lily's little boy run down a path that Ace had made in the past. He walked up to a tree and kicked it knocking it over. Hagrids little beetle like eyes widened when he saw this. He could not believe the kid jus did that. He clamed down thinking 'ok Hagrid Lily was able to do magic as a kid. That has to be what he just did.' and kick a tree knocking it over.

Ace soon came back with the firewood putting it down in front of Hagrid. Ace had it set up ready for a fire. When Hagrid pulled out a pink umbrella and whispered something and fire burst from the umbrella. Ace smiled. "How did you do that?"

"Magic." Hagrid said smiling and getting a tea pot ready for them to have some tea.

The giant sat down on the ground while Ace sat on the floor looking at him. Hagrid started to take things out of his pockets: a copper kettle, a squashy package of sausages, a poker, a teapot, several chipped mugs, and a bottle of some amber liquid that he took a swig from before starting to make tea.

Soon the area of the forest was full of the sound and smell of sizzling sausage. Nobody said a thing while the giant was working, but as he slid the first six fat, juicy, slightly burnt sausages from the poker,

He passed the sausages to Ace, who was so hungry he had yet to have his meal yet. "I will be right back." With that he climbed up into the tree house to come back down with some meat he had taken that morning. He took some sticks and put the meat on it and put it over the fire.

After a bit they were eating. "I am sorry, but I still don't really know who you are. I know your from the school but I know nothing of it."

The giant took a gulp of tea and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. "Call me Hagrid," he said, "everyone does. An' like I told yeh, I'm Keeper of Keys at Hogwarts — yeh'll should know all about Hogwarts, o' course."

"Er — no," said Ace. Who was annoyed.

Hagrid looked shocked. "Didn't your Aunt and Uncle tell you about it. Did yeh never wonder where yer parents learned it all?"

"All what?" asked Ace.

"ALL WHAT?" Hagrid thundered. "Were are those Dursley's."

Ace looked at him annoyed, "I don't know were they are if I did I would make them pay. They kicked me out of the house a few years ago. Left me here in the woods. So I started living here."

Hagrid looked at the boy… "Oh boy, I will need to get ahold of Albus. He will need to know about this. "Ok Harr- I mean Ace have you done anything strange in you life you couldn't explain."

Ace sat there thinking, "Not really why?"

"What about knocking down the tree?"

"Oh, that I am just strong. Wait is this Magic?" He was wondering if devil fruit powers was called magic here.

Hagrid watched as the little boy seemed to set on fire and soon had his hand up in fire. "So is this magic?" he said turning back to normal.

Hagrid looked at him, "Has to be though I have never seen that. But any way your mum and dad were a witch and wizard." Hagrid spent the rest of the after noon and late into the evening telling the boy what magic was and the school was like. Ace did not care to go but when he heard he get stronger he agreed to come with him.

Ace was laying up in his room thinking of everything he learned that day about himself. His Mum and dad from this world gave there lives to save him. He groaned not wanting more people to have died for him. He wondered though what would happen tomorrow when he went shopping with the giant. He looked down at the man to see him writing a letter and sending it off with an owl.

Albus looked to see an owl flying to him. He smiled taking the letter from the owl to see it was from Hagrid.

"Dear Professor Albus Dumbledore.

With Harry, though he wants to be called Ace. He asked if he could change his name since he had called himself Ace D Portgas for a long time? Well that was what he wanted to ask. But I need to tell you something important. Ace that's Harry he wants to be called Ace. Anyway Ace does not live with his Aunt and Uncle. He lives by himself in a forest out side of London. They kicked him out of the house when he was a child Dumbledore. I can't believe they did that. He has built himself a huge tree house and lives in it. I worry I was thinking of having him stay in the leaky cauldron before going to school. If you could get back to me that would be great. Hoping to hear from you soon. I will be taking him to get his supplies in the morning. He seems to look forward to it he his a good kid. Also were should I take him?

Hagrid

A/N: Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Next chapter will be shopping for supplies. And finding out were he will be staying.

Ok, vote were should Ace be staying

Forest

Weasley's

Leaky Cauldron

Dursley's

Longbottom

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