"Chapter four." Dumbledore read.

BOOM.

"Really Albus." McGonagall snapped at him for making them jump again.

They knocked again. ... package he had brought with them.

"Oh great! That's just what the situation needed; a mentally unstable, abusive, fat man waving a deadly weapon around." blurted Charlie W.

"Who's there?" he ... SMASH!

"Is that really necessary, Albus?" Snape complained quietly

"It was in all capital letters." commented Dumbledore, "That means you're suppose to shout."

The door was hit with ... landed flat on the floor.

"What, did they bring a battering ram?" Seth exclaimed.

"From the sound of that hut, I don't think it would be that hard to knock the door off." hypothesized Eddie.

A giant of a man was ... beetles under all the hair.

"Most of the descriptions in this book have been spot on, but this one makes Hagrid seem almost scary." interjected Tonks

"Well if you'd been on a rock in the middle of the sea, and some huge man knocks your door down, you might not be so opened minded either." Joked Harry.

"Fair point."

The giant squeezed his way ... not been an easy journey..."

"Did he just break down the door, and ask for a cup of tea, as casually as if he were an old friend stopping by for a visit?" marveled Ron.

"Good ol' Hagrid" snorted Sirius

He strode over to the sofa ... yeh've got yet mom's eyes."

"I bet you hear that nearly every time you meet someone who knew them." Tonks mused sadly.

Uncle Vernon made a funny ... corner of the room.

"He sure has some muscles on him, doesn't he?" noted Charlie S.

Uncle Vernon made another ... but it'll taste all right."

"You didn't eat it did you?" questioned Charlie W.

"It wasn't bad, I don't think he cooked it himself." reasoned Harry, catching on to his meaning.

From an inside pocket ... written on it in green icing.

"That has got to be one of the strangest and sweetest things I've ever heard." remarked Rose.

"That's Hagrid." grinned Fred

Harry looked up at the giant. ... Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts."

"Isn't that the school that you guys said was sending Harry those letters?" remembered Adrian. He was meet with a chorus of yeps, yes' and nods.

He held out an enormous hand ... stronger if yeh've got it, mind."

"We just got the deadly weapon out of the picture, we don't need to add alcohol." responded McGonagall.

His eyes fell on the empty grate ... was a roaring fire there.

"I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he isn't just really good at starting fires." sighed Alice.

It filled the whole damp hut ... starting to make tea.

"Good God, how many pockets does that man have?" wondered Christian.

"I think his whole coat is just made out of pockets." laughed Sirius.

Soon the hut was full of ... "ALL WHAT?"

The people nearest Dumbledore scowled at him for shouting once again.

Hagrid thundered. "Now wait ... knows nothin' abou' - about ANYTHING?"

Despite most people not knowing what Hagrid was talking about, nearly everyone had to laugh at how funny and unintentionally insulting his comment was.

Harry thought this was going a bit far. ... My world. Yer parents' world."

"What world?" groaned Emmett "We're four chapters in and I still have no idea what's going on."

"And we'll never find out if you don't let them read." Rosalie reminded him pointedly.

"What world?" ... to tell the boy anything!"

"It doesn't sound like you can forbid him from doing anything." remarked Leah dryly.

A braver man than Vernon Dursley ... "STOP! I FORBID YOU!"

Everyone was so caught up in the story that they didn't even glare at Dumbledore for shouting this time.

yelled Uncle Vernon in panic. ... both of yeh," said Hagrid. "Harry -

Dumbledore paused here, like he was wondering if he would be able to get away with not telling the group what was written. He made up his mind that he would say "You were the attempted victim of a mass murderer." instead; the words "Yer a wizard" glowed red and the rest of the words disappeared, letting him know that he would not be able to get away with that. So, he read what was written instead.

yer a wizard."

There was a moment of silence as the wizards watched the reactions of the other two groups, and the other two groups tried to process what they just heard.

"He's a what now?" blinked Rose.

"A wizard." repeated Dumbledore.

"Well than." she replied

No one else seemed sure of what to say, so Dumbledore to his chance to continue reading.

There was silence inside the hut. ... Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

"Anyone going to explain what all that means?" huffed Christian.

"An award given by the government, and potions in the government." Remus supplied.

Dear Mr. Potter, ... Yours sincerely,

"Hold on," Seth interrupted. "They await his what?"

"Hagrid explains in a minute." Harry assured, cutting off Hermione who looked like she about to explain.

Minerva McGonagall ... and a roll of parchment.

"He had an owl in his pocket? Why did he have an owl in his pocket? How could an owl breathe in his pocket?" objected Emmett.

With his tongue between his teeth ... talking on the telephone.

"Well, for a wizard it kind of is." broke in Tonks

"Yeah, I know that now."

Harry realized his mouth ... moved into the firelight.

"Good God, this guy doesn't know when he's lost does he?" Billy interjected exasperatedly.

"He's not going," ... stamp it out of him! Wizard indeed!"

Again, this caused drop in the mood of the room. Even those who didn't know exactly what that would cause were upset by the Dursleys horrible attitude toward Harry.

"You knew?" said Harry. ... a witch in the family!"

"As they should be, you miserable old harpy." snapped Ginny.

"Ginny Weasley!" admonished .

She stopped to draw ... we got landed with you!"

"You're talking about your own sister woman!" gasped Rose "You could at least pretend to care."

Harry had gone very white. ... happened?" Harry asked urgently.

"Yeah, what happened?" Emmett wondered.

"We know what happened." Alice pointed out. "They said in the first chapter."

"Yeah, but it wasn't the whole story. Like who was this guy that Harry defeated? Why was he trying to kill Harry in the first place?"

"All questions we'll never know the answers to if you don't let them read." said Edward.

The anger faded from Hagrid's face. ... everyone in our world knows -"

"He's not going to say it." Sirius grinned. "We tried to get him to the whole time we were at school, and he never did."

"Who? "
"Well - I don' like sayin' ... people are still scared.

"People were still scared ten years after he was killed?" asked Seth.

"People are still scared four years after that." grunted Madeye.

Blimey, this is difficult. ... All right - Voldemort."

Flinch

"He said it!" gasped Sirius.

"We heard." Remus replied.

"Shut it, Moony." Sirius pouted.

Hagrid shuddered. ... a high, cold, cruel laugh.

Shivers ran across the room.

Hagrid was watching him sadly. ... beating wouldn't have cured -

"I'd like to give you a good beating Dursley." growled Sirius.

and as for all this about your parents ... without them in my opinion -

"Well no one asked for your opinion, you disgusting piece of human filth!" Charlie W. snapped.

asked for all they got, ... knew they'd come to a sticky end -"

"Oh for Gods sake, what is wrong with this asshole?" asked Rose.

But at that moment, ... questions to ask, hundreds of them.

"I think most of us do." Carlisle added

"But what happened to Vol-, sorry ... "Some say he died. Codswallop,

Percy made a noise that might have been disagreement, but refrained from further comment. This was most likely due to the death glares given by most of the order, his siblings, Harry, and Hermione.

in my opinion. Dunno if he had enough human ... you stumped him, all right."

"And no one has any idea what really happened?" Lissa asked

"There are theories, but no one knows for certain." confirmed Kingsley.

Hagrid looked at Harry ... kick him around like a football?

"Unfortunately magic usually doesn't work that way." Remus said with a small, sad smile.

"Hagrid," he said quietly, ... think I can be a wizard."

"Always the pessimist." Ron joked elbowing Harry and getting a small smile in return.

To his surprise, Hagrid chuckled. ... set a boa constrictor on him?

"Well technically you only opened the cage, you didn't set the snake on him." pointed out Hermione grinning.

Harry looked back at Hagrid, ... give in without a fight.

"You will clearly lose, just quit while you're ahead." Charlie W. huffed.

"Haven't I told you he's not going?" ... TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!"

"Oh he's done it now." laughed Sirius.

"Oh dear." worried

Those who didn't know Hagrid were looking between the amused and/or worried faces of those who did.

yelled Uncle Vernon. ... a hole in his trousers.

"Hold on if his uncle was the one he was mad at, why'd he give his cousin the pigs tail?" frowned Eddie.

"Yeah that seems kind of messed up." added Adrian.

"But he deserved it. He made Harry's life miserable." Ginny pointed out.

"But did Hagrid know that?" grimaced Bill. "And even if he did, he attacked an eleven year old."

"I hate to say it," said. "But this looks like a case of muggle baiting."

Dumbledore took the few seconds of silence to continue reading cutting off any further conversation as Kingsley finished the latest note in his notepad.

Uncle Vernon roared. ... wasn't much left ter do."

"That sounds funny, but can you imagine how horrible it would be if he had to live out the rest of his life as a pig?" Hermione frowned. "He's been horrible to Harry all his life, but did he really deserve that?"

He cast a sideways look ... "Why were you expelled?"

"He'll never say." grinned Sirius. "We tried everything, to get him to tell us, didn't we Moony?"

"We did." agreed Remus.

"So did we." George nodded

"Yeah, and all it did was get us kicked out of his hut a few times." Fred huffed.

Sirius and Remus nodded in sympathy. Harry, Ron, and Hermione shared a look while no one was watching.

"It's gettin' late and we've got ... dormice in one o' the pockets."

"So he had an owl and mice in his pockets?" Seth laughed.

"I think the mice were to feed the owl." Harry said.

"That was the end of the chapter." Dumbledore said, having tried to read ahead but being unable to. "It says Jacob is to read the next chapter."

Jacob jumped up and got the book from Dumbledore.