I have always been a fan of the Harry/Hermione pairing since I was a kid and Harry/Ginny and Hermione/Ron didn't make since to me. With that being said I am going to use this as a fun/interesting way of 'If Harry went a different rout' story. This story will be in the year circa 2019 with the wizarding war finishing in 2015. Hope you enjoy I do Not Own Harry Potter characters at all
Harry POV
I cannot believe I am on my way back to England for the first real time since the war ended. I say that let me explain myself after I beat Voldemort I decided that I changed too much for anything to happen with Ginny and I and truth be told I saw the kiss between Hermione and Ron. Seeing the woman I realized I truly loved kissing my best friend crushed me. With a broken heart I informed Sirius and the Lupins that I was going to go to the States to try out a muggle sport called baseball. Unknowingly to all I was pretty skilled at the sport and knew I could just be myself on that field hell Oliver even said in my first year I would have made a fine beater, so I played when I was home from Hogwarts in the Rec leagues which is the only fun thing the Dursleys allowed me to do since it Dudley took to boxing my league games were of no charge . I jumped on the first plane I could and during the Bowman tryouts I was told I could be great but im really rough around the edges. My main position is 2nd base but I also played some 3rd. I was drafted in the Third round of the 2016 Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays. I was almost immediately a top prospect of theirs. In my first year I was in AA Montgomery for a month playing strictly designated hitter (DH) then was promoted to AAA Durham. There I learned 2nd playing every day. I also worked on my speed in Durham with the park being so big. I was in AA for a few months before being called up to Tampa and once I started there it was like nothing else. 25th of June 2016 will always be a date I treasure. Not only was I called up that day but I also hit a home run off the Baltimore pitcher in my second at bat. After that my first year just flew and before I knew it I was in the Home Run Derby going against people like Carlos Gonzalez, Todd Frazier, Mark Trumbo, Will Meyers, Giancarlo Stanton, Adam Duvall, and Corey Seager. Even though I didn't win that one it was more than an experience for only being in the league for less than a month and being in the All-Star activities. The first year didn't end in a playoff run it was a good learning experience. I played in the futures game as well and even though I went 0-3 I saw a lot of talent that would be joining me in the next few years. We finished third in the division my first year and missed the playoffs, but I knew that this team was something special. In the off season is when I was really able to sit and reflect on everything. I was free from the horrid relatives that I was with my first 17 years of life, I have a new job that I enjoy and dammed good at, my agent who happens to be one of the few people that I can trust over here about my life BB (Before Baseball) Daphne Greengrass and she calls me out when she sees that I am getting down on myself. People always thinks we should date of shag but we just have mutual respect of each other both before and after the war. The next five years pass much as the first as I continue to work on my game meaning more all star games and home run derby's and the running joke is that I could never win one of those. I came close my third year in the league only losing to Kyle Schwarber in the semi-finals and he lost to Bryce Harper in the finals so I finished third in my mind. As a team we slipped a bit finishing fourth the last three years and third last year. Each time missing out on playing October baseball, but now as we sit here remembering the past we are currently second with only those fuckin Yankees in first. We are 3 games back and it is only June. There is a ton of baseball left but I can feel it that this year is the year for us. I am brought out of my thoughts by someone from the Rays audio crew members tapping me on my shoulder.
"Im sorry for disturbing you Mr. Potter but have you put any thoughts into your walk up music for this special series?" The Rays rep asked. I remember that they asked me to think of some music for me to walk up to the plate for this special series since I was "Returning home" and all. Normally I let myself have fun with the music and its something the fans can get into like "Handclap" or ""intoxicated". This time I said I wanted to change things up because I just have a feeling in my bones that shite might hit the fan and I want to smile as it does. "Yea I have let me get the chorus to 'X Gon' Give it To Ya' , from 00:40-1:00 of 'Waiting by jeezy" the intro of 'On to the Next One by jay-z' and finally from the chorus of 'Sorry Not Sorry by Demi Lovatto' you know just before the beat drops in that" I say smiling knowing that this is going to start some fires. Good thing I already called up the Tigers pitchers and let them know that it is nothing against them and I called Daph so she can let Sirius and co. what was going to play. He knows that the only people he's not to tell is them IF they show up. Now my might ask why call the opposing pitchers, well to me I see the music played as a sign of what that player wanted to show to the other team. Thoes songs are so not what I normally display I felt I had to warn them before hand, and they were thankful but that it was not needed to do something like that. The poor audio staffer is shocked but writes down all I said and apologized again for disturbing me. I put my headphones in and drift off to sleep.
So that is the first chapter of this "What if" story. Next chapter will be from multiple POVs and reflect on what Harry touched on including some Hermione POV of the last few years without Harry. Please leave constructive criticism as I enjoy feedback.