Dumbledore's Miscalculation

Harry's heart skipped a beat upon hearing the phrase, "grew up in the Muggle world and doesn't understand the wizarding world."

The Sorting Hat had also considered putting him in Slytherin.

If it weren't for Hagrid and Ron, and Draco Malfoy's demonstration, would he have been too?

He thought about Fred and George's attitude towards Slytherin.

How would a worse version of them treat him?

Hagrid looked at Harry, who had lowered his head and seemed calm.

Mistaking him for no longer dwelling on it.

He then said casually, "Actually, you shouldn't think too badly of your father. He stopped playing pranks after fifth year. Like Lupin, he became a good student in the truest sense. That's precisely why your mother started dating him in seventh year."

"What about Snape? How did he and Mom break up?"

Harry asked sadly.

"Huh? This." Hagrid truly didn't know how to answer now.

The incident had caused a big stir.

He had even been not far from it at the time.

Later, he asked people around for the specific details.

James, still thinking it was cool to look disheveled after getting off a flying broomstick, deliberately messed up his hair, showed off the Golden Snitch all day, and cast spells on anyone in the corridor who displeased him.

After the Defense Against the Dark Arts exam, under the beech tree by the lake.

James, the traitorous Sirius, the hero Peter, and Lupin were again making fun of Snape.

It was mainly the first two, and definitely that disgusting traitor egging them on.

James used Scourgify on Snape, filling his mouth with pink bubbles.

He couldn't breathe.

Lily appeared, and James took the opportunity to ask Lily out.

Snape took this chance to fight back.

James, angered, hung Snape upside down.

Lily drew her wand, about to attack James.

James let Snape down.

Snape called Lily a Mudblood and said he didn't need her help.

Lily, angered, left.

Snape was hung upside down again.

And had his underwear pulled off.

After this incident, Lily never spoke to Snape again.

James, who was insulted by Lily and told he was as annoying as Snape, began to reform.

Hagrid really didn't know how to tell Harry this story.

And it definitely couldn't avoid Sirius.

"Was it also because of my dad?" Seeing Hagrid's silence, Harry thought he had gotten his answer.

The gathering ended unhappily.

Harry also didn't notice a small piece of paper pressed under the teapot cozy—a clipping from the Daily Prophet.

A report about the break-in at Gringotts.

However, in return, he escaped the fate of his pockets being filled with heavy Rock Cakes that could break his teeth.

On the way back to the castle.

Harry spoke with a heavy heart about his childhood.

Being bullied by Dudley's gang, he felt like he was Snape.

For the first time, Basil felt that Harry had the makings of a protagonist.

He disliked Dudley's old sweater, which kept shrinking until it was only fit for a hand puppet.

He was chased by Dudley and his gang, and suddenly teleported onto the roof chimney.

His hair wouldn't grow, and his aunt, who disliked his bird's nest hair, would take him to get it cut. But every time, even if he was shaved bald, it would grow back overnight.

Compared to Harry, Basil's ability to make mushrooms grow bigger and tastier seemed rather pathetic.

Also, Harry was surprisingly familiar with Mrs. Figg, the witness from the fifth movie.

He was often left at Mrs. Figg's by the Dursleys.

Because of this, he hated cabbages and cats.

But Harry said he didn't feel that aversion towards other cats.

However, Basil paid them no mind.

He focused all his attention on Mrs. Figg, a Squib who liked cats and was Harry's neighbor.

Could she be one of Dumbledore's people?

She shared the same last name as Filch.

They both liked cats.

Could they be married?

Then he heard Harry say that the Dursley family had sent him to school.

They had always teased him, talking about how they treated him when he was little.

Everyone else was indignant.

Granger recited laws.

She clearly pointed out that it was illegal.

She could have her father find people in the community to sue them and revoke their adoption of Harry.

Harry hesitated for a moment, then refused.

"How much did they change in the movie!" Basil was speechless.

Before this, he had always thought Harry went to Diagon Alley on September 1st.

Then Hagrid took him to the station.

Then he suddenly disappeared, leaving Harry alone.

Then the Weasley family happened to appear.

It was all Dumbledore's scheme, deliberately leaving Harry isolated and helpless, to get him familiar with the Weasley family.

But completely different from the movie, Harry stayed with the Dursleys for a month after visiting Diagon Alley.

The Dursleys were the ones who sent him.

Harry's meeting with Ron was also a coincidence.

Hmm, just as Dumbledore wasn't hot-tempered, wasn't he also not as calculating as in the movie?

However, not long after they left Hagrid's hut.

Dumbledore appeared in the hut.

"Hagrid, how did your talk with Harry go?"

Hagrid covered his face. "I messed up! You asked me to pay attention to Harry's daily situation. Because he grew up in such a family, he might be bullied."

"But I accidentally revealed something about James."

"Is it Basil Granger?" Dumbledore adjusted his glasses.

This boy escaped from Fenrir and killed him.

He drove away the Malfoy boy without a sound or a wand.

He reacted to the flaws of the sorting system with Minerva.

Such a boy, after hearing Snape's nonsensical words, would definitely go to find out the reason.

"No." Hagrid felt a bit confused. "It's Hermione."

Dumbledore: ??????

Why did he always guess wrong whenever this boy was involved?

"Not far off. The other protagonist." Dumbledore coughed. "So, how does Harry see James?"

Hagrid buried his face in his knees. "Dudley! Someone like Dudley Dursley!"

Dumbledore understood instantly.

He frowned.

Although James was arrogant, often broke school rules, and bullied people.

He was a good kid.

When Sirius's prank almost killed Snape, it was James who stopped it in time and saved Snape's life.

Later, he even changed his ways and joined the Order of the Phoenix.

He felt immense pressure.

Should he change the consumable, no, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for the next year to Lupin?

Let Lupin tell Harry about James's excellence?

Let Gilderoy Lockhart off the hook for now?

Dumbledore rubbed his temples and glanced at the small slips of paper under the teapot cozy.

Hmm, educating Hagrid to record valuable information by clipping news and connecting them.

Give him the most recent issues of the newspapers.

Figg had said that although Harry was nearsighted, his observation skills were sharp, and he was sure to notice.

At the same time, he couldn't keep a secret.

He would inevitably ask.

In this regard, it should be—

He asked casually, "Harry didn't find out about Gringotts, did he? After all, the dark wizard went there right after you left."

Hagrid sniffled.

Dumbledore raised the corner of his mouth.

However, a confident smile bloomed on Hagrid's face, "No! He doesn't know anything! He hasn't asked at all!"

????

Dumbledore was confused for a moment, then remembered that the largest column in the day's reports was occupied by Fenrir's death.

Ron, with his big mouth, likely hadn't seen this report.

Harry therefore—

It was Basil Granger again!!!

I'll paste the original text as is, otherwise, it feels controversial:

["This will cheer you up, Padfoot," James said in a low voice. "Look who it is...

Sirius turned his head. He suddenly became still, like a dog that had caught the scent of a rabbit.

"Brilliant," he said softly. "Snivellus."]

James and the others actively looked for trouble, and it felt like more than once.

["Let him go," Lily repeated. She looked at James, her expression showing extreme disgust. "How did he offend you?"

"You think you're quite funny," she said coldly. "But you're just an arrogant, rude, weak-bullying scumbag, Potter. Let him go."

"If you go out with me, I'll let him go, Evans," James said immediately. "Keep talking... If you go out with me, I'll never touch old Snivellus with a wand again."]