[That stormy night, a tall house, on a rock island somewhere out at sea. The Dursleys, including Harry have moved there, due to the chaos with the letters. The family is sleeping, with Harry on the cold, dirt floor and Dudley sleeping on a sofa. Harry has drawn a birthday cake which reads, Happy Birthday Harry. Harry looks at Dudley's watch, which beeps 12:00.]
HARRY: [to himself] Make a wish, Harry. [he blows the "candles" on the drawn birthday cake]
"Oh, Harry." His mother mumbled, tears brimming in her eyes.
She pulled him into a hug, sniffling as she did so.
His friends looked towards him with a sad expression. It was no wonder that he never felt as happy to celebrate his birthday. Even so, they always made sure that he had the best time.
[Suddenly, the door thumps, in sync with the thunder flashing. Harry jumps. The door thumps again and Dudley and Harry jump up and back away. Harry hides behind a wall, and Dudley cowers on a windowsill. Petunia and Vernon appear, with Vernon holding a double barrel gun.]
VERNON: Who's there?! Ahh!
"Is that a fucking gun?!" Hermoine screamed, covering her mouth with her hands in disbelief.
Other muggle-borns looked on in surprise, mirroring her disbelief. Others who had not much knowledge of the Muggle world looked on confused.
[The door bangs again and then falls down, and a giant man appears. As he comes into the clear lighting, the giant man himself reveals to be Rubeus Hagrid.]
HAGRID: Sorry about that. [He puts the door back up]
VERNON: [aiming his gun at him] I demand that you leave at once, sir! You are breaking and entering!
[As Petunia quietly gasps in fear, Hagrid grabs the gun and bends it upwards.]
HAGRID: Dry up, Dursley, you great prune. [The gun fires upwards, blasting a hole in the ceiling, causing the two to shriek in fear. Hagrid notices Dudley.] Mind, I haven't seen you since you was a baby, Harry. But yer a bit more along than I would have expected. Particularly 'round the middle.
A few of the smaller ones jump at the sound of the gun firing.
DUDLEY: I-I-I'm not Harry.
[HARRY reveals himself]
HARRY: I-I am.
"How can Hagrid mistake you for that?!"
HAGRID: Well, of course you are! Got somethin' for yeh. 'Fraid I might have sat on it at some point, but I imagine it'll taste fine just the same. Ahh.
[HAGRID hands HARRY the cake]
Hagrid: Baked it myself, words and all. Heh.
[HARRY opens cake, which reads "Happee Birthdae Harry" in green frosting.]
"Oh thank you, Hagrid!" Lily cried, whiping the tears from her face with a sad smile.
She was happy that with her not in the picture, at least someone was watching over Harry and giving him the love he deserved. She looked to James, who watched the screen with a disappointed expression.
He wished that his son didn't have to draw a cake on the dirty ground to celebrate his birthday. He wished that he could do something to change whatevers happening and fix it all.
HARRY: Thank you!
HAGRID: It's not every day that yer young man turns 11, now is it? Aye?
[HAGRID sits down on the sofa, takes out an umbrella, and points it at the empty fire. Two sparks fly out of the umbrella and start a fire. THE DURSLEY family gasps.]
"Magic infront of muggles? That's illegal." A man from the ministry uttered, but was met with multiple eye rolls.
HARRY: [puts cake down] Excuse me, who are you?
HAGRID: Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts. O' course, yeh'll know all about Hogwarts.
HARRY: Sorry, no.
"Oh so he didn't know anything about magic? Nothing at all?" Sirius asked, getting even more confused by the second.
Draco looked at the boy, the boy who lived and was supposed to have his life delivered to him on a silver platter. He'd always thought that Harry was just pretending to not know anything. Told himself that the boy just wanted more attention than he had. He didn't know at that time, and oh how he wished he could take it all back.
HAGRID: No? Blimey, Harry, didn't you ever wonder where yer mum and dad learned it all?
HARRY: Learnt what?
HAGRID: Yer a wizard, Harry.
[HARRY looks confused]
HARRY: I-I'm a what?
"A lizard, Harry." Halley rolled her eyes mockingly, laughing to herself.
The said boy turned to her and laughed too, their voices echoing throughout the Great hall. It made many people smile, seeing them laugh. Especially people from their time.
HAGRID: A wizard. And a thumping good one, I'd wager, once yer trained up little.
HARRY: No, you've made a mistake. I mean, I can't be... a-a wizard. I mean, I'm just... Harry. Just Harry.
HAGRID: Well, Just Harry. Did you ever make anything happen? Anything you couldn't explain when you were angry or scared? [HARRY softens his expression] Ah.
[DUDLEY whimpers. HAGRID hands Harry the same letter that has been sent the past while. HARRY opens it and he began to read.]
HARRY: "Dear, Mr. Potter. We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
VERNON: [to HAGRID] He will not be going, I tell you! We swore when we took him in, we'd put a stop to all this rubbish!
HARRY: You knew? You knew all along and you never told me?
"Oh, sis is angry." Barty whistled, elbowing Regulus.
They stared at each other for a few seconds until they burst out into a silent laughter.
"Potter and Lily madness combined, that's not good at all."
PETUNIA: Of course we knew. How could you not be? My perfect sister being who she was. Oh, my mother and father were so proud the day she got her letter. "We have a witch in the family. Isn't it wonderful?" I was the only one to see her for what she was. A freak! And then she met that Potter. And then she had you, and I knew you would be 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 you.
Lily looked down at her lap. She knew her sister didn't tolerate her, but not to the extent that it was close to hatred. She's always loved her sister, always.
HARRY: [to PETUNIA, angrily] Blown up? You told me my parents died in a car crash!
Hagrid: A car crash? A car crash killed Lily and James Potter?!
PETUNIA: We had to say something.
"You could have told him the truth?" Ron muttered, scratching his head as he tried to diffuse the tense air that began to arrise once again.
HAGRID: It's an outrage! It's a scandal!
[As the DURSLEYS argue with HAGRID, no one, including HARRY, is noticing DUDLEY taking Harry's cake away]
VERNON: He'll not be going!
HAGRID: Oh-ho-ho, and I suppose a great muggle like yerself's goin' to stop him, are yeh?
HARRY: Muggle?
HAGRID: [to HARRY, calmly] Non-magic folk.
[HE immediately draws his attention back to VERNON and PETUNIA in anger]
HAGRID: This boy's had his name down ever since he were born!
[As HAGRID was talking, DUDLEY was munching on Harry's cake.]
HAGRID: He's going to the finest school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world, and he'll be under the finest headmaster that Hogwarts has ever seen: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE.
[HARRY smiles upon hearing Dumbledore's name]
VERNON: I will not pay to have some crackpot old fool teach him magic tricks!
"Ooh, that's not gonna end well." Fred and George said in a singsong tone, both showcasing mischevious smiles on their faces.
[HAGRID whips out his umbrella and points it at VERNON, threateningly.]
HAGRID: NEVER – INSULT – ALBUS DUMBLEDORE – IN FRONT OF ME.
[HAGRID finally sees DUDLEY eating Harry's cake and aims his umbrella at his buttock. He fires a magic spark at it, causing a grey tail to grow.]
The hall burst into laughter, the sad and tense atmosphere dissolving from the room. (I have no idea if this makes sense, I'm too tired for this.)
DUDLEY: Ahh!
[THE DURSLEYS shriek in both fright and horror as they run off out of sight. HARRY laughs at this, so does HAGRID.]
HAGRID: Oh, um, I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone at Hogwarts about that. Strictly speaking, I'm not allowed to do magic.
HARRY: [Nods] Okay.
HAGRID: [checks his pocket-watch] Ooh, we're a bit behind schedule. Bes' be off. [he goes off to the door and pulls it down again before stepping out. He turns to HARRY] Unless you'd rather stay, of course. Hmm?
[He walks out. HARRY grins, looks back at the direction where THE DURSLEYS are gone, and grins again, before grabbing his jacket and joins HAGRID on their journey to London.]
AUTHORS NOTE-
hi guys! Sorry for not updating any of my books. Schools back again and it's just shit as usual. But I've pre made a few chapters and I hope that can last me until I have time to write more.
I hope you guys are doing alright, stay safe and hydrated!