The Recasted

A/N: This story is going to be about what happens if Harry escaped from Hogwarts in his fifth year, and became a follower of Christ, a witness for Jesus himself.

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Chapter 1

A Way of Discovery

Disclaimer: The Harry Potter Universe belongs to J.K. Rowling, I have nothing out of this except for enjoyment.

Harry was fed up with the Wizarding world, what had happened to him recently had not been pleasant, to him, the year was lousy.

He thought back of what had happened to him during the past few months, it was no doubt trouble after trouble, until now, he was almost at his breaking point.

Since Valentine's day had passed, people from the Wizarding world addressed letters to him, only that Umbridge's reaction was not what he had expected when she had seen it, and the consequences were no good.

Looking down at his hand, engraved 'I must not tell lies', it was still tingling, and he knew that someone had forced him into it.

And now, he had hoped that he didn't come back to Hogwarts after Christmas, just as he had thought before.

His Occlumency lessons with Snape did not go well, he didn't manage to learn how to close his mind from Voldemort. To him, it was no doubt that those lessons were useless.

In spite of what had happened this year, his school life in Hogwarts was not pleasant in the previous four years either, numerous times, people had been muttering and whispering as he walked past.

He had done nothing to deserve all this, and in fact, his staying at the Dursleys didn't make him feel good, not good at all. The death of Cedric had already grieved him enough, and he still had to stay at the Dursleys, which was hell to him.

Why did Dumbledore allow him to suffer at the Dursleys? How come events after events happen every year? The Philosopher's Stone, the Chamber of Secrets, Sirius Black's false Imprisonment, and the Tri-Wizard Tournament, and then the Ministry and the Daily Prophet turning against him, and the Dementors that attacked Privet Drive. How could Dumbledore allow all these things happen to someone like him?

Who should he turn to?

No one had been helping him, after all, when he was suffering.

He felt that the Wizarding World was really not the place that he belonged to, he belonged to somewhere else.

Sitting on his bed, he looked at his hands again, the words in his hands were not pleasant to think about, not when he was telling the truth.

Then he walked into the Gryffindor common room, and he saw Hermione sat at her table, her eyes still on her books.

He glanced around, and he knew that she was always the one who had cared for him, but he knew that she wouldn't be able to do anything about the Ministry or Umbridge.

"Hermione?" he whispered.

"Harry?" Hermione looked up.

"I felt that I don't belong to the Wizarding World," Harry said.

"What do you mean?" asked Hermione.

"You see, the Daily Prophet is making snide remarks about me, and Umbridge torturing me, plus that Professor McGonagall told me to keep my head down, I don't know what the Wizarding world is playing at," Harry said. "I am wondering who I should turn to in these troubles."

"What do you want to do, then?" asked Hermione.

"Leave," Harry said. "This is the only option I have."

"How are we going to get out from here without anyone seeing us?" asked Hermione.

Harry glanced around the common room, it was still empty, and he decided to do something.

"Dobby," he called out.

A few moments later, the elf appeared.

"Harry Potter called Dobby, what do you want me to do?" asked Dobby.

"I want you to take me and Hermione out of here -"

"- to my house," Hermione said.

The elf nodded.

Then he grabbed Harry and Hermione's arms, and with a pop, they disappeared, and then reappeared in the living room of the Granger residence.

A moment later, their possessions were summoned.

Hermione's parents were just sitting in the room, and a moment later, they walked out into the living room, and they gasped when they saw Harry and Hermione.

"I thought you were supposed to be in school, Hermione."

"We have decided to drop out of Hogwarts silently, mum," Hermione said.

"Why?" Hermione's mother asked.

"I don't think Hogwarts is really where we belong," Hermione said.

After that, she told her mother about what had happened in Hogwarts, including everything that had happened to Harry.

At this point, tears streamed down Emma's face.

A moment later, a man arrived.

"I'll introduce myself, Emma Granger, and this is my husband, Dan," Hermione's mother said.

"What is this all about?" asked Dan.

"Our daughter decided to drop out of Hogwarts," Emma said.

"Harry also decided to drop out of Hogwarts," Hermione went on.

"It appears that he had been suffering during this time, hadn't he?" Dan asked.

Hermione nodded.

She turned to Harry.

"You want to find a way of rest, don't you?" she asked.

Harry nodded.

Dan said nothing, he gestured Harry and Hermione to come to his bedroom.

"It does sound that the magical world is really evil," he said uneasily as they entered his bedroom and sat down. "Apparently, we are living in a fallen world, so there's no doubt that people would suffer, some have had more sufferings than others."

"The magical world had already had accusations against me, and even Dumbledore didn't say anything, I just don't know how I am going to get through this year," Harry said.

Dan didn't say anything, and his eyes appeared with tears too.

A moment later, he recovered.

"Well, I've got good news for you," he said.

He took out a book, entitled, the Holy Bible.

"We have just read a few of it," said Dan. "Do you want to have a look?"

Harry quickly nodded.

"A friend of mine told me that the Bible is God's word, and his word will set you free," Emma said.

Harry smiled.

So the next couple of days, Harry and Hermione studied the Bible, from Genesis, and the contents of the Bible made them felt amazed.

"Take a look at the book of Matthew," Dan suggested one day.

So Harry and Hermione opened the Bible to the book of Matthew and started reading.

As the days gone passed, they continued on reading, and they were shocked.

"I can't believe that we are taking the wrong road," Hermione said. "We are lost sheep without a shepherd."

"I'll take you both to church on Sunday," Dan said, "so you both can hear more about this."

So on Sunday, Dan and Emma took Harry and Hermione to a church known as 'New Life Church'.

They entered and sat down.

After they had sung the songs, the Senior Pastor, Sammy Brown, started his speech.

"Today we are going to be looking at the book of John," he said. "John chapter 3."

Harry and Hermione listened as he began to read the verses, and after he had finished, they were trembling.

Then there was a closing prayer, then the church was dismissed.

"What do you think?" asked Emma as they were on their way back home.

"I am not sure if I am going to turn to Christ yet, but I reckon this is the path that I will take," said Harry, thinking of all the toils and labours that he had experienced before.

As soon as they got home, they prepared lunch.

After lunch, Harry and Hermione went into the bedroom, then they sat down for a moment.

Hermione started to read the Bible again, and she was on the book of Ecclesiastes, and she gasped.

"Harry, look at this," she said, handing the Bible to him.

Harry took the book and started reading.

After he had read it, he was shocked.

"That means, all of the toils, and the things I have done, are all vanity," he said.

"What can you do about it?" Hermione asked.

They turned to the book of John again, and they read it through.

"The way, the truth, the life, Jesus is the only way," said Harry.

He didn't know what to say next, and then he gasped, thinking of what had happened to him before, he did not like it.

Suddenly, he felt shaken, and he started to cry.

A few moments later, Hermione cried too, and they cried for a while.

"What's the matter with you two?" a voice asked.

Harry and Hermione glanced around and saw Dan.

"We decided to follow Jesus Christ now," Hermione said, and Harry nodded.

"That means we are not going to go back to Hogwarts," Harry said, wiping his tears. "We will leave them be, perhaps get some of the people out, if we can."

"How do you think you are going to get some of the people out when Hogwarts is hidden from Muggles?" asked Hermione.

"We will have to use some other ways to communicate with them," Harry said. "I don't think Hogwarts is hidden from God's sight, after all, he is the one who had created everything, but we humans just misuse it."

"No one can hide anything from God," Dan said. "He's omniscient."

Thus, on the following Sunday, Harry and Hermione, Dan and Emma, had decided to get baptised, so they approached the pastor and asked him for it.

"Good on you guys, I will schedule your baptism to be on next Sunday," the pastor said.

/Scene Break/

Meanwhile, in Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall was frustrated that Harry and Hermione had not been in her class for a fortnight, she decided to take action.

That evening, however, an owl flew into Professor McGonagall's office and dropped a letter on her table.

Professor McGonagall took the envelope, opened it, and unfolded the letter.

Dear Professor McGonagall

I and Harry had decided to leave Hogwarts, please accept our withdrawal as we know that this way does not suit us.

Regards

Hermione Granger

Professor McGonagall's face went white, but she couldn't blame them for withdrawing from Hogwarts.

She looked inside the envelope and discovered the Prefect badge was inside.

She took it out and placed it inside the drawer of her desk.

She decided to keep this a secret from Umbridge, even if Dumbledore wanted to know this.

/Scene Break/

Harry, meanwhile, began to wonder about several things.

According to what Dumbledore had told him at the end of his first year, Voldemort could not be killed. He wondered what made Voldemort immortal?

His immortality was certainly a contradiction with the Bible verse described in Hebrews: It is appointed for men to die once and then there's judgement.

If Jesus had conquered death, what was the point for Voldemort to become immortal in his own way?

Had Voldemort heard of Jesus before, and accepted him, he would never have to find ways to become immortal on his own accord, and he would become blameless in the sight of God.

But now, Harry knew that it would be a nightmare to share the gospel with Voldemort; since he assumed that Voldemort wouldn't even listen to anyone about Jesus because he was immortal already. The only thing Harry knew was that Voldemort could not evade the second death, because Jesus will arrive on earth one day, and judge the world, and if Voldemort attempted to kill Jesus using the Killing Curse at that time, he would fail; because Jesus could not die again.

/Scene Break/

On the following Sunday, at the end of the Church service, Harry, Hermione, Dan and Emma waited in line, dressed in white garments, to get baptised.

"Today, we have four people who had made their decision to get baptised, they had already put their faith in Jesus Christ," the pastor said, standing inside the water. "Praise the Lord for convicting them to turn to him and obey him."

"Water baptism is not, and it would never be, the path to salvation, it is basically a public testimony, an outward confession of an inward experience, and it is the Lord's commandment," the pastor went on. "So here it goes..."

"Dan Granger," he called.

Dan walked up and stepped into the water.

"Dan, do you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior?" the pastor asked.

"Yes," Dan said.

"So Dan," the pastor said, raising his hand up in the air. "Upon your profession of faith in Jesus Christ, in obedience to his commandment, I baptise you, my brother, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, buried in the likeness of his death -"

Then he submerged Dan under the water for a short while and pulled him out again.

"- raised to life!"

There was a round of applause from below the stage, and Dan walked out of the water, and it died out as he walked off the stage.

"Emma Granger," the pastor said.

Emma walked up, and stepped into the water, and glanced at the pastor.

"Emma, do you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?" the pastor asked.

"Yes, I do," Emma replied.

"So Emma, upon your profession of faith in Jesus Christ, in obedience to his commandment, I baptise you, my sister, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, buried in the likeness of his death -"

Then he submerged Emma down to the water for a short while, and then pulled her out again.

"- raised to life!"

There was a round of applause from below the stage, and Emma walked out of the water, and the applause died out as she walked off the stage.

"Harry Potter!" the pastor said.

Harry walked up and stepped into the water, and he glanced at the pastor.

"Harry, do you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior?" the pastor asked.

"Yes," Harry said.

"So Harry, upon your profession of faith in Jesus Christ, in obedience to his commandment, I baptise you, my brother, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, buried in the likeness of his death -"

Then the pastor submerged Harry down under the water for a short while, and then pulled him out again.

"- raised to life!"

There was another round of applause from below the stage, and it died off as Harry walked off from the stage.

"Hermione Granger," the pastor called out.

Hermione walked up, and stepped into the water, and made eye contact with the pastor.

"Hermione, do you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior?" the pastor asked.

"Yes," Hermione said.

"So Hermione, upon your profession of faith in Jesus Christ, in obedience to his commandment, I baptise you, my sister, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, buried in the likeness of his death -"

Then the pastor submerged Hermione down the water, and then pulled her out again.

"- raised to life!"

There was another round of applause from below the stage, and then it died out as Hermione walked off the stage.

As soon as Harry and the Grangers went back home, Harry felt that this was exactly what was wrong, it was sin that had separated him from God, but now, he had united with him, through the blood of Jesus, and not long ago, he did what the Lord had commanded him to do.

He knew that he had nothing to fear, for God would always be with him, and if he died, he will be with Christ.

/Scene Break/

Dumbledore, meanwhile, had decided to track Harry down, since Harry was his essential to get rid of Voldemort, he still needed him.

He hadn't got the faintest idea that Harry went down into another path, a path that he had never expected.

He summoned Severus Snape into his office.

"What do you want me to do, Headmaster?" Snape asked.

"I need you to go and find Harry Potter, and bring him back," Dumbledore said. "It has been about three weeks that he and Hermione had disappeared."

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