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The rain hammered against the windowpane of the Harrington's cottage a gentle home. Inside, the house smelled of warm stew and old books. Emily Harrington was setting the table whereas your father (Charles) sat with a newspaper open, glasses sliding down his nose. Edward, your older brother, practiced guitar quietly, one foot tapping out a rhythm. And you sat on the window seat, chin on your knees, watching him play the guitar.Your hair strands today a soft chestnut flickered at the ends. Blue for a second, then brown again.
Edward had teased you all afternoon."You're a mood ring with legs."You rolled your eyes, but truthfully... you didn't understand it either.Sometimes your hair changed colors, sometimes objects nudged themselves when you were upset sometimes birds sat too close to you. All of this felt weird to you ... but not dangerous.
You were normal, mostly....sort of and then
KNOCK-KNOCK.
Charles looked up. "Who in the world—?"The door shuddered again. Eddie stood. "Okay, that's... big. Dad, did you order a bear?" Emily frowned, wiping her hands on a towel. "Maybe the storm blew someone off the road..."
BOOM.
The door nearly jumped off its hinges. you exchanged wide-eyed looks."Alright," Charles muttered, approaching. "If it's a lunatic, I'm calling the police."But before his hand reached the knob
The door swung open on its own.
Rain and wind rushed in, and in the doorway stood a giant.
Not a tall man. Not a big man. A giant.
Huge, wild, covered in a drenched overcoat, black eyes like glossy buttons.He ducked under the frame, muttering, "Ruddy tiny Muggle doors..."
Emily gasped and stumbled back. Eddie dropped his guitar and you froze. The giant blinked around the cozy home then smiled, warm and wide."There yeh are!" he boomed. "Merlin's beard, I've been lookin' everywhere for yeh!"
Charles' voice shook. "I... I'm calling the police—""No need for that sir," the man said, taking out a soggy pink umbrella. "Name's Rubeus Hagrid. Keeper o Keys an' Grounds at Hogwarts."
"Owhhh Hogwarts!!" Emily whispered.
Hagrid looked straight at you." An' you, Y/N Lupin," he said gently, "yer a witch."
The world... stopped.
You stared at him.
Hagrid took a careful step forward.
"No easy way to say this ter a Muggle family... but she's magic. Born magic."
Your heart thumped painfully.
Witch.Magic.Lupin.
"What... what did you call me?" you asked quietly. "Lupin?" Hagrid's expression softened. "Aye... yer real name. Y/N Lupin." You felt your lungs collapse. "But that's not my name. I'm Harrington."
Your family shook their heads, your mum knelt down beside you and reached out a hand and said " no Y/n, he is right. You are not our child, you are not harrington, umm...technically you are but urghh how do i explain??"
Hagrid interrupted and took his chance to explain it to you, considering the harringtons do not know the wizarding world. "No mistake. Dumbledore told me everything. Yer... yer mother died trying to save you when yeh were little. Brave woman. And your father wanted you safe, hidden. The world was dangerous back then."
You swallowed hard, tears pricking behind your eyes..Father? Alive?
Emily's grip trembled. "We... we never wanted to hide anything from her. We were told to wait until—" "Until Dumbledore says," Hagrid finished. "He'd like to tell yeh the rest himself."You felt your knees wobble.The room swayed.Mother dead . Father alive.
Magic.
"I don't understand..." your voice cracked. "I...I don't even do anything magical except—" Your hair suddenly flipped to a bright streak of lavender. Eddie choked. "Y/N! Your head.... it's- it's tie-dye!"
Hagrid grinned. "Metamorphmagus tendencies! Blimey, hasn't been one in ages. Knew you would surprise us." Everything was spinning. You didn't know whether to cry or laugh or run. Hagrid knelt surprisingly gentle for someone the size of a small house."I know it's a lot," he said softly. "But you've a place at Hogwarts. A safe place. Folks proud of yeh. Charles, Emily, Edward too, they raised you well."
Emily burst into tears, hugging you tight. Charles' voice cracked when he said, "We're proud of you, sweetheart. Always." Eddie ruffled your hair, whispering, "Magic or not, you still owe me chores." That made you laugh through the tears.
Hagrid stood again, clearing his throat. "Right then. I've got another kid ter find next important one. We'll pick him up together. Yer comin' with me."You asked out of curiosity "Who?"
"Harry," Hagrid said. "Harry Potter."
Rain eased as Hagrid marched you through the storm towards the motorbike he borrowed from Sirius Black long ago though he didn't mention that.You clung to his coat as you climbed on behind him. He glanced back fondly. "Now don't be scared, Y/N. This'll be a bit bumpy." "A bit...?"
VROOOOOM. The bike soared into the clouds. You screamed. Hagrid laughed. The wind ripped at your hair (which turned bright sky-blue in terror).
The storm had been getting louder for hours. Harry sat awake on the cold floor of the hut-on-the-rock, counting the seconds between lightning and thunder. Dudley was snoring on the mouldy sofa. Uncle Vernon sat pointing a shotgun at the door as if the weather itself might break in. then
BOOM.
The entire hut quaked. Dust fell like snow from the ceiling. Uncle Vernon jumped to his feet. "Who's there?! I I'm armed!" Harry backed away from the door. He wasn't prepared for what happened next.
CRASH.
The door didn't open; it simply smashed inward, ripped clean from its hinges and thrown aside like paper. A giant stood framed in the storm.A massive man, wild hair plastered with rain, beard dripping, shoulders filling the entire doorway. But his eyes were dark and warm, softened when they landed on Harry. "Evenin'," the giant boomed. "Sorry 'bout the door", and behind him, half-hidden under the enormous coat he was sheltering her with, stood a girl.
Harry thought you might be the same age as him, though smaller than him in terms of height and yourhair flashed oddly in the lightning a strand of it briefly shifted into a pale blue. The giant nodded at her. "In yeh go, lass. Careful now." She stepped fully inside and gave Harry a startled look, clearly just as confused as he was. Uncle Vernon pointed the gun at both of them. "Get out! Get OUT of my house NOW!" The giant barely glanced at the weapon. In a single movement, he plucked it out of Vernon's hands, bent the barrel into a loop & tossed it into the corner. you flinched at the loud metallic clang but didn't run. The giant stomped over to Harry and beamed.
"Harry Potter. Knew yeh right away." Harry blinked. "Um... sorry, but... who are you?"
"Rubeus Hagrid," he said proudly. "Keeper o' Keys 'n' Grounds at Hogwarts,"he turned and gestured to the girl. "And this here is Y/N. Y/N Lupin. Another first-year I'm escortin'." The girl swallowed hard and managed a shy wave. "Hi", you managed to say it out nervously.
Hagrid rummaged his hands through his pockets "I have got something for you....Happy birthday harry!!" he handed harry the cake which was somewhat crushed.
"So we should now go to Hogwarts?", asked hagrid. He saw harry was confused. He asked, "Im sorry, but where??", "Hogwarts, don't you know about Hogwarts?", hagrid stated.
"Erm- no"said harry.
Hagrid stared at the Dursleys who backed off a little bit. "Did yeh never wonder where your parents learned it all?" "Learned what?", harry asked.
"Stop , stop i forbid telling you anything to him"Vernon spatted. Petunia gasped in fear.
"Harry - you are a wizard", hagrid stated. "I am WHAT???", "A wizard harry just like your parents, here's your letter to the school"
Petunia said, "NO he is not going anywhere, Lily my sister go the same letter like this, everyone was so happy that we have a Witch in the family, I saw her being freak total nuisance- then she met that weird Potter and then she got blown up and we were supposed to look after you"
"Blown up??, but you said my parents died in car crash-", harry said confused.
"CAR CRASH.........how come a car crash can kill James & Lily. LIARS!!"harry not knowing his own story when every child in our world knows his story is a Scandal, you took so much from the child."Hagrid said furiously.
You just stood there quietly trying to digest soo many things. Hagrid snapped out of it. "Right then! Grab your things, Harry. We're off to the Hogwarts tomorrow." Hagrid turned slowly. "You have kept him in a cupboard, starved him half to the death, and lied to him about his whole life. I'll be takin' him now." For a moment you almost pitied the Dursleys - almost.
Harry returned with his small bag, looking at the giant and at you as if he'd been dropped into a dream. And together Hagrid, you, & Harry stepped out into the night that would change everything.
⋆.˚ ☾⭒.˚ The ones that Love us never really leave US ⋆.˚ ☾⭒.˚
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