Chapter 1
The day was cold and dark for Harry, for you see Harry spends most of his days in a tiny little cupboard under the stairs. But you already know this so I will not explain how he came to live in such a poor looking cupboard. The people who Harry lives with his 'family', if you can call them that, mistreated him. This again you know so I will spear you the details.
Ever since he could walk and understand orders he was put to task. First it started of with something simple. Petunia, Harry's horse of a aunt first ever order to Harry was to put Dudley's toys away. Something which was simple and innocent at that time soon became orders like cleaning the house to watering the garden and all the way to things like cooking food.
The abuse that Harry gets from these people is enough to make any mothers heart bleed. But Petunias was stone cold and only had space for he little Duddykins.
Harry woke up startled and the noise of squeaking wood. Dudley was awake and about. Harry swears that one day the wood would give out to that humgus yak and break giving Harry a nice 6 inch hole to look out of.
"Get up freak!" yells Aunt Petunia from the kitchen.
Harry gets up and groans from the pain in his back. Usually ten year old's don't have bad back but harry is not a normal ten year old is he?
He open the door and steps out only to have Dudley push him back in slamming it shut on his face. Harry was used to this sort of behavior from him so just got back out like nothing had happened.
Have you ever seen a childs eyes? That spark in it? That little something which makes them so cute? Every child has it. Some may not know it is ther but it is. For Dudley his eyes shone like diamonds when he saw his presents lined up in front of him. He wasn't cute in any sort of the sense, he has that face only a mother would love, but, they were there, that shine.
Harry walked in and after his aunt got in her everyday beating and bashing he set about his work making breakfast for the cows and the horse.
He snapped his attention back to them away from the food when he heard Dudley scream/whine.
"36?! 36! Last year I go 37!" The fat baby cried.
"Well some of them are quite bigger than last year." said the second cow in the house, Vernon.
"I don't care how big they are!"
"Now, now this is what we will do dear", said Petunia hurriedly to her son to prevent him from bursting, "when we go out today we will get you two new presents how's that?"
Harry spent the rest of his morning like he usually did watch the pigs stuff themselves.
It seems that the Dursleys were going to the zoo to celebrate Dudley's birthday and that Harry was allowed to come along.
But before Harry got inside the car he was stopped by Vernon, "Now listen here boy the only reason that you are allowed to come along is that Mrs. Figg is preocupied for some reason and the poor dear dosn't need you're freakness bugging her. I will say this only once boy don't do anything freaky today because if so there will be know food for a week."
Harry quickly nodded his head. It was not like starvation was a new thing for him.
The zoo was fun for Harry his eyes almost looked like it had some hope in them. The animals were all up and about entertaing the zoo visitors. Harry moved along untill he saw something which caught his eye. A dark green python. Harry hadn't seen many snakes in his short life but he knew that this snake was beautiful.
He stopped by and just stared at it and time slipped by.
"Mommy why is the snake not moving?" asked the pig, to his mother.
"Move!" cried Vernon tapping the glass trying to startle it wake.
"Move!" yelled Dudley tapping harder.
"It's sleeping." said Harry, he wondered do they really think that the snake could understand them?
"Boring thing."
Once they left Harry turned to the snake ^Sorry about that, they don't know what it fell's like. Having people's ugly face on the glass looking at you like you're a freak.^
The snake then looked up like it was startled at what he said.
^Can you understand me?^
It nodded it's head, ^Of course wizard.^
"What!" Harry screamed out loud. His eyes then finally glowed with the happiness and surprise like a child would have.
"Mommy! it's awake!", yelled Dudley to his parents and ran pushing Harry to the floor to push his ugly face to the mirror. Harry looked up at the pig and felt something, anger pure anger. His hand grew hot like fire was in it.
The glass then disappeared and Dudley fell in face first into the cage. The snake crawled out of the cage plopping onto the floor and looking at Harry saying, ^Thanks Amigo, next stop Spain!^
^No problem?^ stammered Harry.
The snake then slithered away scarring the people to clear the corridor, ^Come on chicas don't be like that!^ cried out the snake to the women screaming and running away.
"Dudley!" screamed Petunia when she saw Dudley inside the cage. The pig finally got up and tried to go back the way he came but the glass suddenly reappeared blocking the way.
Dudley started crying hitting the glass with his fist desperate to get out.
Harry then smiled giggling to himself that the pig finally knew how it felt trapped.
"Boy!", cried Vernon, the big pig cried turning to Harry with a look that could kill.
The light in Harry's then faded away.
The next hour was a blur as they passed. Dudley eventually got out but had some problem walking out of the back door in the cage being as fat as he is. Vernon did however dragged Harry back inside the house by his ear.
"I don't know what you did boy, but you are in big trouble!" screamed Vernon.
"But i swear I didn't do anything on moment the glass was there the next it wasn't it was like magic!" cried Harry through the pain in his ear. His ear pained like it was about to be ripped out.
Vernon then threw the boy in the cupboard and shut it. "There is no such thing as magic!"
No, thought Harry, there is. His fist started shaking and then grew warm like the time before when the glass disappeared and then, in the dark cupboard, light came from his hand.
Harry looked down and then opened his hand and there on the palm of his hand was his proof that magic did exist. There on his palm was a small flame dancing just above his skin. And then it disappeared just like it appeared.
It was a week later since anything of note happened at the Dursley's home. Dudley, the fat pig, started telling everyone in school what happened at the zoo. But this was his own twisted version.
In his version the snake got out and then attacked Harry, who cried for his mommy, when Dudley being the courageous boy he is attacked the snake and the scared snake ran away from Dudley.
The kids didn't really believe him but didn't say anything because they were scared that they would get hit by the biggest bully in the school.
They did however believe that Harry got hurt by the snake and he did call for his mommy. Why? Because Harry had a big bruise on his neck. Like he was strangled. But it wasn't the snake though, it was a different kind of animal an animal by the name of Vernon.
It happened one night when Vernon was drunk of his rocker and thought that he could release some steam by tacking it out on Harry.
Harry also had wounds on his rids and one on his knee, The other he hid under his clothes but the neck bruise was kind of hard to do.
It was Wednesday today and Harry started on his daily routine of breakfast for the pig's and horse. He saw what he thought was dead elephant skin in a pot of boiling water which the horse was steering, it seams that that was to be his new uniform.
It was in actuality just Dudley's old clothes, so Harry wasn't quite off when he thought it was elephant skin.
Harry then went to get the post like he always did but this time there was something different.
Harry looked at the letters and saw that one of them was for him. The strange thing was he never got letters. So why now?
He walked back to the kitchen giving all the letters expect the one for him which he hid in his back pocket. The day went on like normal, Harry hid the letter under his matters to read later that night.
School, lunch, dinner and even Vernon daily bashing went on before he went to his 'room' under the stairs.
He waited till he knew everyone was asleep before he got excitement of what was in the letter wondered him all bay and now it was finally time to read the damn thing.
Fire Harry thought. On the palm of his hand came a little fire no bigger than what would have come on a candle light. He had been practicing thhe week though it was hard he managed to get a little flame which stayed active as long as he concentrates.
He broke the seal and read.
It read:
Dear Mr. Potter,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
I knew it! thought Harry jumping up and down on his bed. I am a wizard! Wait is this what the pig and horse meant by freak? Did they know?
Questions upon questions plagued his mind. His mind being else where distracted him from the flame and then it flickered out.
No thought Harry as once again he started concentrating for the little flame.
And now with the light back he moved to the next page in the letter.
UNIFORM
First-year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)
by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic
by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory
by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration
by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions
by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
by Quentin Trimble
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring, if they desire, an owl OR a cat OR a toad.
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS
ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICK
TO MUGGLE BORNS PLEASE NOTE THAT TO PURCHASE THE ABOVE ITEMS ONE HAS TO GO TO DIAGON ALLEY LOCATED AT THE LEAKEY CAULDRON.
The letter ended there. Harry was so excited, the flame even grew brighter with his excitement.
Harry didn't sleep that night. His mind filled with the thought of magic and every thing magical. He read and reread the letter just to make sure it actually existed and not just his imagination.
Heck he even memorized the entire thing. His thought ranged from who Minerva was to things like what was written in the magical text books. His eyes sparkled putting even the sun to shame, the light from the fire just caused the brightness in his eyes to increase in size.
By dawn he was exhausted, but before his eyelids closed that annoying voice woke him up.
"Get up freak!" cried Petunia.
His eyes sprang open, then his neutral face grew angry. She knew, that's why she called him freak all these years and she knew!
He sprang of his bed with a force he never displayed before in his entire life when getting up. He threw the open the door and walked to the kitchen, it was time for answers.
Vernon and Petunia were sitting at the table having coffee, the only thing Harry didn't make for them.
"Get to work boy.", said Vernon not looking up from his newspaper.
"No.", Harry replied his voice angry but the not the exploding kind of voice, it was the kind that was cold and deadly.
Vernon just looked at him surprised and scared. There were goosebumps on his neck from Harry's cold voice. "W-what?", he stammered. Petunia also looked at him.
As an answer Harry threw the first part of the letter to them keeping the second sheet as it had his supply list."You knew didn't you." It was not a question.
Several minutes passed as they blankly read the letter and then Petunia stared at him."Of course I knew, I remember the day she got her letter our parents were so proud we had a witch in the family and I knew that you are just like her just as strange just a freak like her!" Her voice was cold and filled with anger, but nothing like Harry's.
"I'm going." that was all he said.
"I will not pay to have some freak teach you magic tricks! We agreed that the moment you came to our door that night that we would beat the freakishness out of you",yelled Vernon.
"I'm going and you can't stop me you pig!"
Vernon stood and reached for Harry grabbing him by the throat with his right hand lifting him up like he was nothing and the slapping him black and blue with his left.
Harry struggled against the pudgy fingers on his throat using his hands trying to push them off. His checks were numb after the first two hits and now he couldn't breath. Just before he fell unconscious he did the only thing he knew to do, summon fire. His palms caught on fire and then burned Vernon's right hand.
"Agh!" screamed the pig. On his right arm were two pink spots off skin where Harry touched him. As he clutched his arm Petunia sat next to him to help him up.
Harry got up and ran he went to his 'room' and grabbed whatever he could and stuffed it in a bag he even pocketed the second part of the letter. He went to the kitchen and ignored Vernon screams of pain and Petunias screams at him. He garbed bottles of water and some pie and put it in his bag.
He turned around and there was Petunia coming toward him.
"Stop!" yelled Harry holding his arm out summoning a flame out which danced on his palm. Petunia moved back in fear. He then walked toward Vernon who's hand was in the sink under cool water.
His skin burning ironically smelled like bacon, Harry held the flame out for him to see and grabbed his wallet which he pocketed.
"This was never my home" Harry said as he existed the kitchen. Outside coming down the staris was Dudley. Revenge came to his mind as Harry turned back to the kitchen. He grabbed a pan and left to met Dudley.
The fat pig gave him a wired look not realizing what was going to happen to him.
Harry swung the pan like a pro and it contacted Dudley's face giving a loud ring. It was honestly one of the greatest noise Harry heard, second being Vernon's screams. Harry looked now at the unconscious mass of blob on the floor he saw two of Dudley's teeth was missing. He turned to the door dropping the pan on Dudley's face.
He walked slowly feeling chains breaking with every step he took. He turned the knob ,before he walked out he pressed the wall thinking, please burn it.
Soon the wall was on fire and Harry walked out smiling. This was the first day of the rest of his life. The day was peaceful and the sun shined down on Harry almost like it was happy.
Harry walked away and soon heard a scream "Fire!", honestly the lungs on that woman was amazing for someone so thin.
Harry's smile grew bigger and he walked away enjoying his freedom.
Alright Guys Review and like and all that second chapter coming soon p.s. i have not decided the pairing yet unfortunately there will be no Avatar characters coming in this story.
I have no right to Harry potter or Avatar blah blah blah. The idea for this story is mine.
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