*Note-Me and my friend wrote this years ago when we both were into Harry Potter alot. This is what happened with our fandom. Also, I think we might have used some pharses or sections of the book in particular to go along with our original ideas. So enjoy what we have because I highly ever think that this shall be completed. We just don't have the time for it now. Sorry.*

Harry Potter(C)J.K. Rowling

Original Characters/Story(C)Chou220

Chapter Three

The Keeper of the Keys

Harry looked at the dirt he was laying on as he began to draw a picture. He began tracing out a picture of a birthday cake. At least he could celebrate his birthday on his own terms. He began to softly sing "Happy Birthday" to himself. He sighed as he looked outside. It was dark, stormy, as the rain hit against the window, the only window that was there. He hated the rain and he hated the fact that he was alone all these years. Suddenly the door was knocked down with such force that Harry jumped back. Harry jumped into a corner as he watched in horror as a huge black shadow appeared. He was so big as he had to lean down in order to get through the door. Once inside, he stood up to his full size. He shook himself to get the rain off, well at least some of it. He looked straight at Harry. Harry managed gasped, "Who are you?" Before Harry could get an answer, his uncle and aunt came running down the stairs in shock. The giant turned to them and could tell that they were not expecting him.

Turning back to Harry he replied, "Harry, I got something for yeh..."

Harry gasped, "You…you know my name?"

He looked a bit confused as he replied, "O' course I know yeh. Harry yer famous from where I come from, don't yeh know?"

Harry just stared at him in confusion. "Where you come from? The United States of America?" he said slowly.

"No," said Hagrid. "Yeh means to tell me that these Muggles didn't tell yeh 'bout yer par'nts."

"What's a muggle?" Harry asked confused.

"Oh, sorry Harry," said Hagrid, "a muggle is a none magical person."

"Muggle, magic? Who are you?" Harry asked even more confused than before.

"Sorry 'Arry, please excuse me for not introducing meself. I am Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts."

"What is Hogwarts, Rubeus?" To Harry this seemed to be getting more and more confusing.

"Call me Hagrid," he said, "everyone does. An' like I told yeh, I'm Keeper of Keys-yeh'll know all about Hogwarts, o' course."

"Er-no…" said Harry. Hagrid looked shocked. "Sorry," Harry said quickly.

"Sorry?" barked Hagrid, as he turned to look at the shocked, silent Dursleys. "It's them whos should be sorry! I knew yeh weren't getting' yer letters but I never thought yeh wouldn't even know abou' Hogwarts, fer cryin' out loud! Did yeh never wonder where yer parents learned it all?"

"All what?" asked Harry.

"ALL WHAT?" Hagrid thundered. "Now wait jus' a second!" He leaped to his feet making the whole house shake. He turned to the Dursleys as they cowered even more against the wall. "Do yeh mean ter tell me," he growled in a menacing voice at the Dursleys, "that this boy-this boy! - knows nothin' abou'- abou' ANYTHING!"

Harry got kinda mad. His marks in school were pretty good. "I know some things," he said. "I can, you know, do math and stuff."

"I mean about our world. Yer world. My world. Yer parents' world."

"What world?"

"Stop, I forbid you from telling him anything," yelled Uncle Vernon.

Hagrid replied, "His has every right to know about that world and yeh know it!" Harry snapped, "Would someone tell me what is going on here?"

"Harry," Hagrid started.

"STOP!!!" yelled Uncle Vernon.

"Ah, go boil yer heads, all of yeh," said Hagrid. "Harry – yer a wizard."

There was dead silence in the room. Only the rain outside could be heard. "I'm a

what?" gasped Harry.

"A wizard, o' course," said Hagrid, sitting back down on the sofa, "an' a thumpin'

good'un, I'd say, once yeh've been trained up a bit. With a mum an' dad like yours, what else would yeh be? An' I reckon it's abou' time yeh read yer letter."

Hagrid handed the yellow envelope to Harry. He nervously took it and opened it.

It read:

HOGWARTS SCHOOL

of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,

Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. 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 September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Minerva McGonagall,

Deputy Headmistress

Harry was floored; he didn't know what to say. He had so many questions to ask and he didn't know where to start. He asked, "What does it mean, they await my owl?"

"Gallopin' Gorgons, that reminds me," said Hagrid, clapping a hand to his head. He reached into his coat and pulled out a real, live owl and a quill with some parchment. He wrote a note that said:

Dear Professor Dumbledore,

Given Harry his letter.

Taking him to buy his things tomorrow.

Weather's horrible. Hope you're well.

Hagrid

He rolled up the note and gave it to the owl who put it in his beak, then he threw the owl out the door and into the storm. He came over and sat down as if what he was doing was as normal as breathing. Harry realized his mouth was open and quickly shut it.

"He is not going!" said Uncle Vernon very sternly.

"Oh, and I suppose a great Muggle like yourself is going to stop him," said Hagrid just as sternly.

"We swore when we took him in we'd put a stop to all that rubbish," said Uncle Vernon, "swore we'd stamp it out of him! Wizard indeed!"

"You knew?" said Harry. "You knew I was a - a wizard!?"

"Knew!" shrieked Aunt Petunia. "Knew! Of course we knew! How could you not be, my dratted sister being what she was? Oh, she got a letter just like that and disappeared off to that - that school - and came home every vacation with her pockets full of frog spawn, turning teacups into rats. I was the only one who knew her for what she really was - a freak! But for my mother and father, oh no, it was Lily this and Lily that, they were proud of having a witch in the family!" She took a deep breath. "Then she met that Potter at school and they left and got married and had you, and of course I knew you'd be just the same, just as strange, just as - as - abnormal - and then, she went and got herself blown up and we got landed with you!"

Harry turned very pale and lost his breath. When he found it again, he said, "Blown up? You told me they died in a car crash!"

"CAR CRASH!" roared Hagrid, jumped up full of anger. "Lily and James died in a car crash! Well I nev'r! The scandal! Harry is one if the best known people in our world! Almost everyone knows his name!"

"People…know who I am?" asked a confused Harry. "Why, what happened?"

Hagrid calmed down. "I never thought you didn't know. I didn't realize there would be this much trouble getin' ya. I don't know if I should be tellin' yer this, but, you have to know."

"Know what?" Harry asked.

"Well, I'll tell ya as much as I can, mind you, I can't tell you everythin', it's a great myst'ry, parts of it…" Hagrid sat down and Harry sat across from him. Hagrid seemed nervous as he replied, "Want that other wizard did was wrong, all he wanted was power. Something I guess most evil Wizards wanted in their lifetime…"

Harry asked, "And what of this wizard? What happened?"

Hagrid stared straight into Harry eyes as he replied, "He was a dangerous wizard that he was. Everyone feared him. Everyone even hated him for what he did. His name was never spoke of ever again, only to those you knew of what he did."

Harry impatiently, "And what of his name, Hagrid?"

"His name…No. I can't say it out loud Harry."

Harry asked, "Then can you at least spell his name out for me?"

Hagrid replied, "Nah, can't do that either. All right, I am going to say his name for you Harry and only for you, but then promise me that you'll make me never say it again, understand?" Harry not really seeing the point to this agreed. Hagrid sighed as he replied, "His name was….Name was…Voldemort.

Harry replied, "I don't see what so terrible about that, Hagrid…"

Hagrid replied, "Once you see what he has done, then you'll know…" Hagrid got up as he and replied, "Harry, time to go to Hogwarts…"

Harry replied, "Wait! What, I mean is how did he kill them."

Hagrid eyes were almost sad and close to tears. He replied, "Your very own father tried to defend him off, but failed. He died bravely… Your mother, you see umm… well… she… died protecting you. She held you to her chest when he attacked. That killed your mother and left you with that little scar on your forehead." Harry touched his scar. He always was wondering about that. Hagrid replied, "Time to get going." Harry nodded as for the first time he was getting answers in his life.

Uncle Vernon shouted, "Wait just a moment! He is not going to your kind of school so that crack pot teacher can teach him magic tricks!"

Hagrid was now beyond pissed off as he shouted, "NEVER - INSULT - ABLUS - DUMBLEDORE - IN - FRONT - OF - ME!!! YOU - WORTHLESS - MUGGLE!!!!!!!!" Uncle Vernon stumbled to the effect of the shouting. Hagrid putted his umbrella at Dudley as he mumbled something and out popped a pig tail right above his tailbone. Dudley began to shout as his mother and father rushed to his side. Hagrid turned to Harry as he replied, "Better not mention this to Dumbledore, ain't allowed to use magic outside of school." Harry smiled as Hagrid and he walked out the door together leaving the muggles behind.