Harry discovers his powers

"No food for you today!" Uncle Vernon tossed a five year old Harry in his cupboard, locking him up. Harry rubbed the bruise on his cheek before crying, stuffing his face in his pillow to prevent sound from escaping. A piece of white paper floated next to him. Harry looked up from the pillow baffled.

Grasping the piece of paper from the air, he examined it. He didn't remember seeing any pieces of paper, let alone paper that just floated out of nowhere. Suddenly, a piece the same size seemed to peel off his arm. Looking at his arm immediately, he didn't see any noticeable changes to his skin, other than that it seemed less dry.

The kid felt another sheet peel from his hip and out his shirt. He even notice paper peel directly from his baggy shirt, but the paper remained white. They were all floating in the nonexistent wind.

Suddenly, they folded themselves into paper cranes. Harry didn't know what this was, but he smiled. It looked free, something that Harry had always asked for. The crane landed softly on Harry's open hands.

Hagrid comes over

Harry lied on the floor of the hut as he folded a paper flower using the paper he supplied himself. While he was stuck in the cupboard, he would frequently practice his abilities and even eventually learn how to do origami by hand. Sadly, he was forced to bury them to prevent his so called family to see it.

The watch was ticking to midnight, and as the arms touched twelve, a loud bang thundered in his ears. Seeing that he wasn't deaf, Harry faced the source of the noise. A large man that seemed like a giant with a long beard and pink umbrella (from what Harry had inferred) seem to be the one who blasted open the door.

Petunia, Vernon, and Dudley woke up. "VERNON! IT'S ONE OF THEM!" Vernon grabbed his shotgun and aimed it at the mysterious figure, only the grab the barrel and bend it back towards the shooter. Dudley screamed.

"Arry'?" The man looked at Dudley. Harry intercepted. "I'm Harry, sir." His face lit up. "Appy' birthday, Harry." The giant gave him a pink box, and inside was a cake with the words 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY' was frosted on top. "Oh, sorry. I'm Rubeus Hagrid. But you can just call me Hagrid. That is a nice flower you got there, Arry'."

Harry had completely forgot he was holding the origami flower, but thanked Hagrid for the complement. No one has ever said nice things about his creative works.

Train ride

Harry was folding a crane when he heard a knock on the compartment door. A boy with ginger hair and freckles opened the door partially. "May I come in? All the other compartments are full." Harry nodded before the redhead sat down, forgetting to close the door, not that Harry cared.

"I'm Ron Weasley." He extended his hand. "Harry. Harry Potter." Ron shook his hand. "I heard of you. They say that you defeated You-Know-Who when you were one. Which in my opinion is just really bizarre. Turns out common sense isn't common." Harry chuckled. He had been thoroughly annoyed by the publicity he was getting.

"I mean, everyday after I heard the full story I keep saying 'he was one year old, he can't defeat a dark lord by himself like that'!" Harry was laughing when a girl grabbed their attention. She had brown, bushy hair. "Have you seen a toad? Neville's lost his."

Both boys shook their heads when Ron took out a marionette. "Hey guys. Check this." Ron used one hand to hold the puppet while he aimed it with his palm on the other. To their astonishment, as Ron dropped it, it stayed upright, and he made it do a dance by maneuvering his fingers.

"Pretty cool" Ron smiled. "Oh. Hermione Granger." She shook hands. "Ron Weasley. That's Harry Potter." Done with introductions, Harry grabbed their attention. "You have that power? See what I can do." Harry pulled back the sleeve on his arm.

Paper was peeling off his skin. Both gasped. "I found out about it when I was five." The pieces of paper that were floated folded themselves into origami works, still floating and not going down.

Hermione closed the door and drawed the curtain. "Both are cool, but check this out." Suddenly, her body dissolved into a flock of crows that flew to the other side of the compartment, mending together into a Hermione again. Harry and Ron nearly fell off the cushions.

"Bloody hell!" Ron screamed. Then Hermione remembered something. "You guys should get changed. See you guys later."

Sorting

Hermione put on the hat. "Hmm, interesting. I see you have unlocked an ability at a young age. Crows?" Hermione nodded mentally. "I always had a fondness of crows. Another reason why people often avoid me. I managed to have a crow land on my finger once." thought Hermione. After ten seconds, the hat bellowed. "RAVENCLAW!" Hermione sat with the Ravenclaws.

It was Harry's turn. "You seem to also found an ability along with Granger. You love origami and have the ability to make paper, correct?" Harry mentally nodded. After a moment of thinking, the hat bellowed. "RAVENCLAW!" Cheers roared from the Ravenclaw table while the others clapped respectfully.

Finally, Ron sat down. "Puppets, huh? You seem very different from your family. You also seem to have some common sense about Harry defeating You-Know-Who." Ron mentally scoffed. "Please. Harry defeating the Dark Lord at age one all by himself?

Rubbish. Even Harry himself agrees with me." The hat chuckled. "I know EXACTLY where you belong." The hat spoke. "RAVENCLAW!" All the purebloods and half bloods were muttering. His brothers were pale.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat together. They were freaks, even in the wizarding world. And they loved it.