Chapter 2

After everyone had left Henry's surprise birthday party, Emma noticed a very large man with a pink umbrella standing in the corner of her apartment. She shares the apartment with Mary Margaret, who was now known as Snow White, and Henry. Emma wondered how she hadn't seen this very large man before. Once he had caught Emma's eye he walked over to them. He handed Henry a letter, it wasaddressed to:

Mr. H. Mills

The Sofa in the Living Room

Storybrooke

Maine

"W…who are you?" Henry finally asked after looking back and forth between the envelope and the large man.

"Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts. You can call me Hagrid though, everyone does. Now open your letter," he said.

"Um… alright," Henry said hesitantly as he slid his finger under the red seal on the back of the envelope.

Inside the letter 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. Mills,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term starts on September 1st.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall,

Deputy Headmistress

Henry glanced up at Hagrid with a questioning look on his face.

"You're a wizard, Henry," Hagrid confirmed.

"How could he be a wizard?" Emma asked, who had suddenly remembered how to speak after the shock of finding out that her son was a wizard.

"He is a very special boy. Henry has magical blood in him," Hagrid replied.

"Oh… so it must be from his father's side, right?" Emma asked.

"Yes, his father must have had magical blood in him, or perhaps you have magical blood in you," Hagrid answered.

"Oh…"

"A few days before term starts I shall collect you and your son to go and buy school supplies. You are welcome to see him off at platform 9 and ¾ at Kings Cross station," Hagrid said.

Harry had received a very similar letter and a very similar visit from Hagrid the previous night around midnight. In Harry's case it took a little more convincing that he was a wizard.

"You're a wizard, Harry," Hagrid said once he had broken the door down to the hut on the rocks that the Dursleys were staying at to avoid all contact from Hogwarts.

"I'm a what?" Harry gasped.

"A wizard, of course," Hagrid said.

"Hagrid, I think you made a mistake. I…I can't be a wizard," Harry replied quietly.

"Not a wizard eh? Did you ever make things happen when you were scared or angry? Things that you could not explain?"

As Harry thought about what Hagrid had said, he realized that Hagrid was right. He had made strange things happen when he was scared or angry.

The next morning, Henry woke up thinking that his whole encounter with Hagrid had been a dream. But on his bed stand was his letter, proof that it had happened. Henry decided to go see if Grace was up. Before he knew her as Paige but when the curse had been broken she was reunited with her father, Jefferson and she remembered her old name.

When Henry got to Grace's house he knocked on the door. He felt like he had waited for a long time but it was only a few minutes before Jefferson opened the door.

"Hi is Grace home?" Henry asked.

"Hello Henry, no, she is out in the forest picking mushrooms for supper," Jefferson replied.

"I'll go find her then," Henry said.

"Hey Grace!" Henry called out when he spotted her across the river picking mushrooms.

"I have to tell you something, you might not believe me though."

"What is it?" Grace asked curiously.

"Last night I was told that I was a wizard and I have been accepted to a magical school called Hogwarts."

"No way!" Grace exclaimed. "I was told that I am a witch and I will also be going to Hogwarts in the fall," she said shocked.

"When did you get your letter?" Henry asked.

"A few weeks ago on my 11th birthday," she replied happily.

"This is great! I can't believe that we will be going to the same magical school together," Henry said smiling.

"I'm so glad that I'll know at least one person when I get there," Grace said relieved.

"Wake up Harry," Hagrid said once he had woken up from his wonderful sleep on the couch. "We need to get an early start."

"Ok…" Harry mumbled as he started to fall back to sleep.

"You get yourself ready and I'll be back in an hour to get you. I need to collect two other people who also need to get their supplies."

Hagrid walked to Henry's apartment and he was just about to knock on the door when it opened.

"Oh I was just leaving," Emma said surprised.

"Well I was going to take Henry to get his school supplies today. Do you know where he might be?" Hagrid asked.

"He went out to go find his friend Paige… I mean Grace. They should be out in the woods," Emma replied.

"Alright I'll go look for them. I'll have them back around midnight," Hagrid said.

"Um…ok," Emma replied.

Hagrid went off to look for Henry. He approached the river where he saw Henry talking to Grace. "Well that was easy," he thought to himself.

"Come on you two, lets go get your school supplies," he called out to them across the river.

Harry was looking over his school list as Hagrid burst through Harry's door for the second time, he called out, "Come on Harry, time to go! But first you should meet these other two kids that I am bringing with us to get their school supplies too."

"Hi, I'm Henry Mills."

"And I'm Grace Hatter."

"My name is Harry Potter."

"Great! Now that the introductions are over, we have to go. We are on a tight schedule. Let's go," Hagrid said as he hustled the children out of the door.

"Where can we get all of this stuff?" Harry asked confused.

"London, of course. Here let me see that list," Hagrid replied.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Uniform

First-year students will require:

Three sets of plain work robes (black)

One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear

One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupils' clothes should carry name tags.

Course Books

All students should have a copy of each of the following:

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

Magic Theory by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble

Other Equipment

1 wand

1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

1 set glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set brass scales

Students may also bring an owl, cat or toad

"Can we get all of this in London?" Harry asked after looking over it again.

"If you know where to go," Hagrid said winking at the children.

Harry, Henry and Grace had never been to London before. The sights were amazing.

Hagrid took them to a small pub called the Leaky Cauldron. If Hagrid had not pointed where it was they would have missed it completely.

Hagrid led the children through the crowded pub, but before he could get to the other exit, he noticed a man with a turban in the corner and led the children over to him.

"This is Professor Quirrell, he will be one of your teachers at Hogwarts," Hagrid said excitedly.

"I'm Grace Hatter, this is Henry Mills and Harry Potter" Grace stated as she boldly stepped towards him.

"P-P-Potter, c-can't t-tell you how p-pleased I am to meet you," Professor Quirrell said with absolutely no interest in the other two children.

"What sort of magic do you teach?" Henry asked.

"D-Defense Against the D-D-Dark Arts," Professor Quirrell stuttered. "N-not that you n-need it, eh P-P-Potter?" he said while winking at Harry.

Hagrid took the children out of the back exit where it dead-ended into a wall with a single trash can.

"Let's see…three up…two across…" Hagrid muttered to himself as he tapped the bricks on the wall.

The bricks started to move and after a few seconds an archway appeared that they could all comfortably pass through. They walked through and the children were astounded by the sight of the crowed alley with all kinds of shops.

"Welcome to Diagon Alley," Hagrid said.

A/N: Hopefully I'll post weekly, but these ideas are hard to come up with, so it is taking a while to write. Plus...i get distracted easil- oh look a chicken! Thanks to my wonderful beta MrsBates93.