Harry Potter Quest
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Harry Potter and the Childhood Adventure(s)
Chapter One
Harry Potter had been five years old for a week, and so far it had been a good week. The summer was nearly over, and Harry would be going back to school soon, which meant less time in the house with his aunt and uncle. Dudley didn’t bother Harry much at school, preferring to spend time with his best friends Piers and Malcolm.
Harry had a friend too, a girl called Anna. She could be a bit silly sometimes, because she was a girl, and she didn’t spend all her time with Harry, but she was still nice. Harry was looking forward to seeing her again. Plus, they would be getting a new teacher! Mrs Philips was friends with Aunt Tunia and didn’t like Harry much. He hoped their next teacher would be nicer.
He was having quite a nice time, daydreaming about how much better being five would be than being four, even if being five meant he had more chores with the Dursleys.
Maybe if he had been doing a little less daydreaming and thinking a little bit more about helping Aunt Tunia with the washing up, he wouldn’t have dropped the plate.
Harry was scared as soon as it slipped out of his fingers. It was the nice dishes, Aunt Tunia had lectured him for ages about how expensive it was, how much trouble he would be in if he broke it, he would be in his cupboard for weeks and weeks!
He was so scared of the punishment that awaited him, in fact, that it was several seconds before Harry noticed that the plate was hovering in midair by his knee.
Harry stared at it with wide eyes and, very slowly, bent to pick it up. It didn’t feel any different than before, except maybe a little lighter. Aunt Tunia hadn’t even noticed.
“Hurry up, boy! I can’t stand here all day waiting for you to finish drying that plate.”
“Yes, Aunt Tunia,” Harry said automatically. He quickly dried the plate and put it carefully back in the cupboard.
When he turned around again, Dudley was watching him with a very confused look on his face. He even seemed to have forgotten about the plate of biscuits in front of him.
Dudley staring at Harry was rarely very good. Harry went back to drying plates and tried to ignore him.
*
The next day, Dudley cornered Harry in the hallway just after dinner.
“You made the plate float!” he hissed. “It should have hit the floor and broke, but it didn’t! You did something to it!”
Harry couldn’t really think of anything to say to this, because he hadn’t really meant to do anything to the plate but he didn’t know who else could have made it float.
Dudley scowled at him. “Show me how! Or I’ll tell Mum.”
It doesn’t look like Dudley will take no for an answer. What should Harry do?
A QUICK WORD ON THE SORTING.
The House Harry is Sorted into at the beginning of his first year will be affected by the decisions he makes now. Whenever you make a choice, ‘points’ will be awarded to whichever House’s qualities it embodies. Please note that both actions AND motivations count. If you execute a particularly cunning plot, that will definitely earn you Slytherin points, but if you do it out of loyalty to another character, that would earn you Hufflepuff points as well.
The more ‘points’ a House gains, the more likely Harry is to be Sorted into that House.
If you have any questions, please ask.
Chapter One
Harry Potter had been five years old for a week, and so far it had been a good week. The summer was nearly over, and Harry would be going back to school soon, which meant less time in the house with his aunt and uncle. Dudley didn’t bother Harry much at school, preferring to spend time with his best friends Piers and Malcolm.
Harry had a friend too, a girl called Anna. She could be a bit silly sometimes, because she was a girl, and she didn’t spend all her time with Harry, but she was still nice. Harry was looking forward to seeing her again. Plus, they would be getting a new teacher! Mrs Philips was friends with Aunt Tunia and didn’t like Harry much. He hoped their next teacher would be nicer.
He was having quite a nice time, daydreaming about how much better being five would be than being four, even if being five meant he had more chores with the Dursleys.
Maybe if he had been doing a little less daydreaming and thinking a little bit more about helping Aunt Tunia with the washing up, he wouldn’t have dropped the plate.
Harry was scared as soon as it slipped out of his fingers. It was the nice dishes, Aunt Tunia had lectured him for ages about how expensive it was, how much trouble he would be in if he broke it, he would be in his cupboard for weeks and weeks!
He was so scared of the punishment that awaited him, in fact, that it was several seconds before Harry noticed that the plate was hovering in midair by his knee.
Harry stared at it with wide eyes and, very slowly, bent to pick it up. It didn’t feel any different than before, except maybe a little lighter. Aunt Tunia hadn’t even noticed.
“Hurry up, boy! I can’t stand here all day waiting for you to finish drying that plate.”
“Yes, Aunt Tunia,” Harry said automatically. He quickly dried the plate and put it carefully back in the cupboard.
When he turned around again, Dudley was watching him with a very confused look on his face. He even seemed to have forgotten about the plate of biscuits in front of him.
Dudley staring at Harry was rarely very good. Harry went back to drying plates and tried to ignore him.
*
The next day, Dudley cornered Harry in the hallway just after dinner.
“You made the plate float!” he hissed. “It should have hit the floor and broke, but it didn’t! You did something to it!”
Harry couldn’t really think of anything to say to this, because he hadn’t really meant to do anything to the plate but he didn’t know who else could have made it float.
Dudley scowled at him. “Show me how! Or I’ll tell Mum.”
It doesn’t look like Dudley will take no for an answer. What should Harry do?
Spoiler: show
The House Harry is Sorted into at the beginning of his first year will be affected by the decisions he makes now. Whenever you make a choice, ‘points’ will be awarded to whichever House’s qualities it embodies. Please note that both actions AND motivations count. If you execute a particularly cunning plot, that will definitely earn you Slytherin points, but if you do it out of loyalty to another character, that would earn you Hufflepuff points as well.
The more ‘points’ a House gains, the more likely Harry is to be Sorted into that House.
If you have any questions, please ask.