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Hello! And welcome to my blog.

It is me, Ra and I present to you

a massive brain-fart :D The Book

Club prompt was very interesting

so I had to do something. In this

blog you find a little short story

and a small deduction I made

about how Harry Potter's life

would've changed if he was

expelled in his first year and was

made Hagrid's assistant-

Gamekeeper. Now the story in my

opinion is a bit bland but I kind of

promised Sec that I would write a

fanfic about this prompt so this is

for you Sec <3

Enjoy my chaotic brain-waves!

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"Why are we heading to that guy again? He's kind of a freak," a boy, about twelve years old with dusty brown hair and dark brown eyes, asked the blonde haired girl his age, that was dragging him down the hill toward the gamekeeper's hut, "he's not a freak," her big blue eyes shot a look at the boy, "and because, you are failing in History of Magic and I believe that he can help you big time," she chirped cheerfully. The boy rolled his eyes at his friend. The two children had eyes on the little hut before the boy abruptly stopped walking. "Why can't you just help me? That man is out of his mind probably, you hear what they say about him, he's mental," he reasoned with the shorter girl in her yellow badger sweater. "Daniel, you shouldn't believe rumours. He's a better storyteller than I am, besides, he talks from experience," she reasoned with the boy wearing his green tie around his neck. "You don't mean to tell me you actually believ-"

Their conversation was cut off by an enormous, brown, Great Dane that sprinted toward them, a high-pitched scream erupted from the boy's throat before he quickly hid behind his friend, who, was laughing and opening her arms to welcome the dog. The dog barked, loud and deep, while happily jumping up the girl who was not that much tall than the animal while he stood on four legs. Then a loud voice entered the air, "Hagrid! Down boy! You'll squash the poor girl!" The dog immediately stopped jumping, obediently listening to his owner. He came in sight. A man, not that tall, with a big beard, long hair and wrinkled face. He was in his late sixties, his hair was jet-black but had grayed significantly. On his nose rested a pair of round spectacles and behind those glasses were great, vibrant, green eyes. "Why good afternoon Macy! Pleasure to see you here!" The man happily chanted, "Hello, Harry! I was wondering if you could help us out with History of Magic, we're discussing the Second Wizarding War and my friend-" she gently pulled Daniel from behind her, "has a hard time following it, Professor Binns is a bit dull from time to time," she explained. Harry chuckled and nodded, agreeing with that statement. Harry's eyes then turned on the boy next to her. He was avoiding eye- with him and was probably still shaken from the warm welcome of the dog. "Why of course, everyone is welcome at Harry's Hut, in you go, I've backed some cauldron cakes and I can prepare some tea," the man ushered the children in.

Macy had visited Harry on multiple occasions already, Daniel had not set foot inside the hut ever. So when he entered, he had expected to see a chaotic, dusty, old interior, like he had seen in books. But the inside was actually, fairly modern. Sure, no television or phones, or any digital devices or machines in that matter, but it was clean, with a nice couch and chairs, a well organised kitchen side and many, many pictures on the walls. The two children took a seat and were moments later ed by the gamekeeper and were given a nice cup of tea.

"So it is true?" Daniel's soft voice questioned as he slowly turned to look at Harry, "You truly are Harry Potter?" The old man grinned, his eyed amused as he leaned back in his chair, Daniel's eyed found Harry's forehead and a soft gasp escaped his lips as he saw the faded but evident, lightning bold scar carved in his skin, "I honestly though Binns was making a joke," Harry laughed, "Binns doesn't make jokes," he placed his cup of tea on the table and looked at the children, "what part don't you understand?" He asked the children. Macy gave a pointy look at her friend, Daniel cleared his throat, "just the beginning, it's clear what happens after 1993," Harry hummed and gave a nod "I'll start at the very start, I'll keep it as simple as possible."

"Now as you both know, I assume, Lord Voldemort is seen as the darkest wizard of all time. The first War cost the life of many, some people believed he would never be defeated. Now this is kind of complex. Voldemort created something called Horcruxes, through very dark magic he managed to split his soul in seven pieces and linked them to objects and those objects would hold a piece of his soul. This meant, he could not die if even one of those pieces remained unharmed," the children were already hanging onto his lips even though had just begun. "There was a prophecy, that a boy born at the end of July would have the power to defeat him, now upon learning that two boys fitted that description, me and Heaster Longbottom, he eventually chose me, I actually don't know why," the man confessed, "long story short, he went to kill me, my mother's love acted as a protection charm causing the curse to rebound onto him and damaging his power. Many believed him to be dead, but you understand now, that was not the case. He was merely too weak to act. October 31st, 1981 is seen as the end of the first war,"

"Now fast forward ten years from then. I received my letter and would be attending Hogwarts. Rubeus Hagrid, former gamekeeper, had introduced me to the wizarding world. I was famous, everyone knew my name and I didn't know why. I got sorted into Gryffindor and life couldn't be better," his face then dropped slightly, "then I got expelled,"

"Expelled? Why?"

"How could they expel Harry Potter?"

"It was stupid and unimportant, I broke the rules and was expelled. I was send to Hagrid to be his assistant of some kind. It was rough at first and humiliating. I hated myself for it. But Hagrid pulled me through, that man has taught me everything I know today. I had the luck that my wand wasn't snapped in two, I was allowed to keep it. Despite being the Gardenboy, my life was far from uneventful. In my first year I learned about the Philosopher's stone and that Voldemort was intending to steal it. I did have a bit of a hero complex so naturally, I started going after it. Found out Voldemort shared a body with the Dark Arts Teacher at the time, I defeated him though."

"Were you all alone?" Macy asked the man, "no, never," he said with a gentle smile, "while trying to find out more, my friend, Ron Weasley always had my back. I at first believed he would've abandoned me, but he stayed by my side, through thick and thin. We met a girl, Hermione Granger, she was trying to figure out what was happening too. They stayed with me, through the years even ed along what they had learned in the lessons, so even I was making progress with spells. It wasn't allowed, but you see, the Ministry can not detect what wand performed magic, only the location and since Hogwarts is a place where underaged wizards use magic 24/7, we found a loophole."

"In my supposed second year the three of us discovered that Voldemort was the heir of Slytherin and wanted to return through a memory, through his diary, which was in fact the first Horcrux, we didn't know that at the time. He had posessed Ron's sister, Ginny, using her life force to return, he kept her in the Chamber of Secrets. Me and Ron went there and eventually I ended up killing a Basilisk that had petrified students all year long." Harry then gave them a smile, "I was rewarded by being allowed back in Hogwarts, the books always fail to mention I was expelled for some reason." Harry said, "the rest you know, it became worse by the year,"

Macy and Daniel looked at the man in front of them processed the information. "Thank you, sir," Harry smiled deja-vu hitting him slightly, "no need to call me sir," he replied. Macy looked at the dog before returning her gaze at the gamekeeper, "how was he like"

Macy smiled at that and even Daniel had a grin. Macy was right, he shouldn't have judged the man, to hear what he's been through opened his eyes. Perhaps being a Gardenboy wasn't the worst thing.

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Alright so that was the short story.

Honestly it is nowhere near to what

I have in my head but I honestly do

not have the time haha. This could

be a whole book you guys, kudos to

Bri and Elias because this is such a

good prompt. So I decided to shortly

describe how I see each year a bit.

Feel free to leave a comment or pm

me if you want to talk about it a bit

more!

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First year

So as I mentioned in the short

story. I think Harry would've

been very humiliated and I think

the public would be utterly

shocked. No one would have

expected it. Harry's fame would

settle down a bit. I think he would

be bullied worse by Malfoy and I

also believe that many more would

make fun of him. Ron would still

be there for him though. I said

what I said, Ron is a true a loyal

friend, he knows what being the

underdog is like. Harry would

probably really have a mental dip

at the beginning and that is where

Hagrid truly comes forward, telling

him how he got wrongly expelled,

how alone he was and always has

been, how people judged and still

judge him. But also how he never

paid mind to that and just did his

thing and continued doing the stuff

that made him happy. Hagrid would

become Harry's mentor and role-

model. Since Harry did not endanger

anyone's life (and he is still the

chosen one destined to defeat

Voldemort) I believe Dumbledore

would've allowed the boy to keep his

wand. Obviously being close to

Hagrid would mean the boys would

eventually find out about

the philosopher's stone, being the

boys they are, they would obviously

go out to investigate. Though they

aren't that subtle and I think that's

where Hermione comes in and

basically forces them into allowing

her to help them. Hermione takes it

upon herself to teach Harry everything

she learns during her lessons. And

plot wise it would be the same, they

learn about fluffy, they complete the

tasks and Quirrel/Voldemort gets defeated.

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Second year

Harry won't return to the Dursley's. No

I know Dumbledore put him there

because of the blood protection, Petunia

has Lily's blood. But seeing as Hogwarts

itself is probably even safer AND doesn't

abuse him, he would allow Harry to stay

with Hagrid, making Hagrid his guardian.

Now Dobby would still try to get Harry out

there, still intercept his messages it just

wouldn't have been as effective. Ron would

invite Harry to spend the last weeks of the

break at his house and he would. Harry's

popularity had a slight increase because of

the prior year's events. So the bullying was

mainly Malfoy and his groupies, Harry did his

best not to pay any mind to that though. So

throughout the year, his awareness of

abnormal activity would be delayed. Since

he's not inside the castle a lot, only during

breakfast and dinner. But eventually he

would hear about the attacks and rumours

about the chamber of secrets and I think he

would talk about it with Hagrid. After

Hermione is attacked and Hagrid is

taken to Azkaban he obviously is gonna

search for the solution, together with Ron. I

think it's pretty much the same ending,

probably also the start of Ginny and Harry's

friendship.

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Third year

Now this year would've been the real

table turner. Black is on the loose and

Lupin comes to Hogwarts. Lupin would

go out of his way to give Harry personal

lessons, I am certain of that. I also

believe that Harry would discover Lupin's

situation a lot earlier and I think Hagrid

would finally be the one who would

break it to Harry who Sirius Black was

to Harry and what he did. Getting back

to the point of Harry discovering that

Lupin is a werewolf: I think Harry would

at first distant himself from him for a bit.

He would ask Hagrid about his opinion on

werewolves and Hagrid would obviously

open Harry's eyes by giving him a wise

lesson, "seriously misunderstood, most of

them should even be considered victims.

We should help them, not work against

them," something along those lines. Harry

would do research about werewolves, talk

about it with Hermione and Ron and then approach Remus again, tell him he knows

and then 🥁🥁 HE WOULD TOTALLY BECOME

AN ANIMAGUS TO HELP REMUS OUT,

obviously, like his dad, he would be a stag

(making it so much more nostalgic for

Remus and Sirius). He would do it without

Ron and Hermione, Hermione would find

out like, mid process and give him a lecture

which Harry obviously wouldn't be phased

about. Remus would obviously disagree but

Harry is James' son after all, so there's no

stopping him. Harry would keep track and

help Remus every full moon. Now, Buckbeak

is of course sentenced to death and Ron and

Hermione would visit before the execution,

from there, I think it would follow the original

story line.

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Year four

Ok so let me be real honest. In my

Harry the boy who gardened universe,

the fourth year pretty much is very

boring until the end. Hagrid and Harry

have some bonding time. Harry is not

a Triwizard Champion, it would've been

impossible he is not a Hogwarts student.

But Moody/Crouch Jr. would still stalk

the boy and honestly, he'd make Harry's

bed or something a portkey so Harry

would still get to the Graveyard and

with everyone focusing on the third

task, no one would notice him being

gone. Voldemort returns, Cedric lives

and wins the tournament and Harry is

teleported back, claiming the darkest

Wizard of all time is back only this time

people are REALLY doubting him because

the Garden boy is seeking attention again.

Moody's big reveal still happens, the grown

ups still believe Harry and Hermione and

Ron still have his back.

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Fifth year

Alright so with Dumbledore wanting

Hagrid to recruit some Giants, and due

to Voldemort being back, Harry is back

with the Dursley's for a while before the

order collects him. The trial

happens, Umbridge comes to school.

But literally everyone is doubting Harry,

though, to make Cedric have a purpose,

I'm making him believe in

Harry. Umbridge would STALK the boy.

Watching his every movement, making

sure he doesn't perform a single bit of

magic. He does of course, Dumbledore's

army still becomes a thing, but a bit later

in the year, after Bellatrix escaped, after

disappearances because then the crowd

started to grow uneasy and slowly started

to believe Dumbledore and so also Harry.

Harry is probably even more skilled in

magic than he is originally, merely because

he had a lot of personal lessons and a lot

of time to practice so him still become the

teacher in the DA makes sense for me.

From there on it also falls back to the

original story line. Sirius does

die, Voldemort's return is official, and

Harry is back being famous. People

perhaps even ire him more because

he's got no proper education but still is

winning battles.

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Sixth year

Dumbledore sticks to Harry. After

realizing that distancing Harry

from him is very dangerous, he

takes it upon himself to teach

Harry personally. To a higher than

he does so in the original story. He

is going all teacher mode.

Teaching him tactics, spells and of

course still focusing on the Slughorn

missions and having pensieve

evenings. Harry becomes a total

badass, like try to get my perspective.

He's got the tolerance of Hagrid, he

has had personal lessons given by

Hermione, Dumbledore and Lupin and

he's a Animagus. He would never

actually learn about the half-blood

prince though, so he wouldn't have

nearly killed Draco, or perhaps he

would've, just with a different spell.

So I guess this book would be called

uhh Harry Potter and the guide to

being a badass wizard. Dumbledore

does die, the Horcrux hunt begins

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Seventh year

Honestly this would be the same.

The only difference I would point

out is that Harry does not get

married. He's being pardoned by

McGonagall and allowed to finish

his seventh year at Hogwarts. He

does not marry, he does raise

Teddy Lupin. He become an Auror

and Hermione as Ministress

s him as a legal Animagus.

After Hagrid es away due to

old age, Harry becomes Hogwarts'

Gamekeeper and he will live in his

hut that would be named Harry's

hut, together with his Great Dane,

Hagrid.

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So that's that. This has been

severely summarized. I actually

mean it when I say that I could

literally write a whole book about

it. Harry and Hagrid would've

grown very close of course and

would have had many great

moment but honestly, I could

never put that in one blog. So I

hoped you still enjoyed this! Feel

free to pm me or leave a comment

if you feel like discussing the prompt!

Have a wonderful morning, day and

night. Eat well, drink well and get enough

sleep <3

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