Chapter 4: Acceptance Letter to Hogwarts

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⚡️Harry's Pov⚡️
We eventually ended up staying in a house on a rock in the middle of the ocean. I was laying on the floor with Dakota, Holly, and Hope since Dudley was asleep on the couch. I was looking at Dudley's lit up watch and watched the minutes tick by as my birthday got closer. I looked over at Dakota who was doing something in the sand.

"Kota, what are you doing?"

"Making you a cake." She replied as Dudley's watch beeped to signal that it was 12:00 midnight.

"Make a wish Harry and Holly." Hope told us as we blew out the candles that Kota had drawn in the sand

Suddenly, the door thumped. Dakota, Holly, Hope, and I all jump at the sound. The door thumps again and Dudley wakes up and then the five of us jump up and back away. Hope, Dakota, Holly, and I hide in the corner. Aunt Petunia comes down the stairs with Uncle Vernon, who was holding a gun. The door bangs again and then cracks open, and a giant man appears.

"Who's there? Ahh!" Uncle Vernon screams

❤️Holly's Pov❤️

"Your mom wears hair curlers to bed?" I asked Dakota in a whisper

"Apparently." She replied as me, her, and Hope tried not to laugh

"Sorry 'bout that." The man said as he puts the door back up

"I demand that you leave at once, Sir! You are breaking and entering!" Uncle Vernon demanded

The giant comes over, grabs the gun and bends it upwards.

"Dry up, Dursley, you great prune." The giant said before the gun fires

"Ahh!" Everyone screamed except the 4 of us

The giant sees Dudley and goes up to him. "Mind, I haven't seen you since you was a baby, Harry, but you're a bit more along than I would have expected. Particularly 'round the middle! And where's Holly?"

"I-I-I'm not Harry." Dudley said nervously

"I-I am." Harry said as he came out from around the corner with us

"And I'm Holly." I told the man

"Oh, well, of course you are! Got something for ya. 'Fraid I might have sat on it at some point! I imagine that it'll taste fine just the same. Ahh. Baked it myself. Words and all." The told me handing me a box

I opened the box to reveal a birthday cake. "Thank you!"

"Mmm. That looks good." Hope said

"It's not every day that your young man and woman turn eleven, now is it?" The giant asked

He sits down on the couch, takes out an umbrella and points it at the empty fire. Two sparks fly out and the fire starts.

Harry puts down the cake and then turns to the man. "Excuse me, who are you?"

"Rubeus Hagrid. Keeper of keys and grounds at Hogwarts. Course, you'll know all about Hogwarts."

"Sorry, no."

"No? Blimey, Harry, didn't you, Holly, and Hope ever wonder where your mum and dad learned it all?"

"Learnt what?" I asked

"You're a wizard, Harry." Hagrid told him. "And Holly, Hope, and Dakota are witches."

"We're what?" Dakota asked in shock

"A wizard and witches. And thumping good ones at that, I'd wager. Once you train up a little."

"No, you've made a mistake. I can't be...a-a witch. I mean, I'm just... Hope. Just Hope." Hope told Hagrid

Well, Just Hope, did you, Harry, Holly, or Dakota ever make anything happen? Anything you couldn't explain when you were angry or scared?

Hagrid hands Harry and me the same letter that has been sent the past week. Harry opens his.

"Dear, Mr. Potter. We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts' School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

"They will not be going there! We swore when we took them in we'd put a stop to all this rubbish!

"You knew? You knew all along and you never told us?" Harry asked our aunt and uncle

"Of course we knew." Aunt Petunia said. "How could you not be? My perfect sisters being who they were. Oh, my mother and father were so proud the day they got their letters. We had witches in the family. Isn't it wonderful? I was the only one to see them for what they were. Freaks! And then Lily met that Potter, and then she had the two of you, and I knew you'd be just the same, just as strange, just as abnormal. And then, if you please, she went and got herself blown up! And we got landed with three of you.

"Blown up? You told us our parents died in a car crash!" I yelled

"A car crash? A car crash kill James and Lily Potter?" Hagrid shouted

"We had to tell them something." Aunt Petunia told him

"It's an outrage! It's a scandal!" Hagrid yelled

"They'll not be going!" Uncle Vernon replied

"Oh, and I suppose a great Muggle like yourself's going to stop them, are you?" Hagrid snapped back

"Muggle?" I asked

"Non magic folk. These kid's have had their names down ever since they were born! They'll be going to the finest school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world, and they'll be under the greatest headmaster Hogwarts' has ever seen, Albus Dumbledore." Hagrid explained

"I will not pay for some crackpot old fool to teach him magic tricks!" Uncle Vernon snapped

"Never insult Albus Dumbledore in front of me." Hagrid said threatening Uncle Vernon

"Dudley! That's Harry and Holly's birthday cake!" Dakota exclaimed

Hagrid sees Dudley eating me and Harry's cake, and points the umbrella at his butt. A pink tail grows.

"Ahh!" Dudley screamed

"Ahh!" An aunt and uncle screamed chasing after Dudley.

Hope, Harry, Dakota, and I laugh

"Shouldn'ta lost me temper," he said ruefully, "but it didn't work anyway. Meant ter turn him into a pig, but I suppose he was so much like a pig anyway there wasn't much left ter do. Oh, um, I'd appreciate if you didn't tell anyone at Hogwarts about that. Strictly speaking, I'm not allowed to do magic."

"Okay." Dakota replied

"Why aren't you supposed to do magic?" Harry asked.

"Oh, well -- I was at Hogwarts meself but I -- er -- got expelled, ter tell yeh the truth. In me third year. They snapped me wand in half an' everything."

"Why were you expelled?"

"It's gettin' late and we've got lots ter do tomorrow," Hagrid said loudly. "Gotta get up ter town, get all yer books an' that."

"I guess we can't go to Hogwarts until next year, huh?" Hope asked sadly

"Yeah, sorry Hope. You and Dakota are only 10." I replied

"That's okay."

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