The trio stared at their friend. He was small like them, with a slightly chubby face, thick blonde hair cut in the style he'd had it in before, and watery blue eyes like Aunt Petunia. Dudley was taller than both Harry and Hermione, but was smaller than the gangly adolescent Ron. 

"Gah!" Ron exclaimed as he spotted the small and young version of fit Dudley. "Bloody hell mate, what happened to you?"

Hermione seemed to chuckle silently at Ron's lack of common sense. "Ron, he drank one of the potions. Harry did grab 4, right?"

Harry rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "Yeah...I guess I did...."

"That's not the point! Now we're responsible for turning their son into a kid again! You know how they are!" Ron practically shouted, pointing angrily at a picture of Mr and Mrs Dudley.

Everyone fell silent as that sunk in. They were screwed. 

"We need to leave ASAP! If we leave now, maybe I can cast an Obliviate spell before we leave! Harry, know anywhere we can stay?" Hermione thought out loud.

Harry thought carefully before looking at them, sorrowful joy on his face. "The Black Mansion. Sirius left it to me. We can stay there for the week before school starts. And I've got plenty of Muggle money saved up, so I think we'll be good."

Dudley was fingering the wax seal on the thick envelope. The red wax was stamped with the Hogwarts crest. Harry nodded encouragingly at Dudley. Dudley broke the seal, and read the flowy emerald green ink that was neatly written on the page. 

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)  

Dear Mr. Dursley,

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 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

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 pupils' 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 an owl OR a cat OR a toad.

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS

Dudley's hands were shaking from joy. While Dudley ran around the house gathering stuff to shove in his suitcase, the trio gathered around the letter. 

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"Looks like we're ready!" Dudley practically squealed.

"Yep." Hermione said, popping the p. "All we have to do now is Obliviate your parent's memories of you. They'll just forget for the time that you're at Hogwarts. That OK?"

"Sure."

The 3 boys snuck out of Dudley's bedroom window as Hermione carefully crept into the Dudley's bedroom. She whispered, "Oblivio" at the couple, and all evidence of Dudley vanished. She then followed the boys out to the street.

"Who's going to take us to the Black Mansion?" Ron whispered.

Harry smiled. The Knight Bus. He just hoped they still remembered him. He let out an American-style cab whistle and waited for the vehicle to appear. 

Unfortunately, the vehicle that appeared was not a bus. It was a worn old NYC style Taxi, with 3 women at the wheel. The 4 got in, and told the women where to drive. 

As for the ride: Let's just say, what happened in that cab stayed in that cab.

The 4 of them stumbled out of the cab, gasping for air and freedom. The ladies cackled and drove off, their cab vanishing into mist. 

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A week passed, and it was time for them to go to Hogwarts. The 4 of them, traumatized by their last trip, opted for muggle public transportation. All agreed. They grabbed their cases and used a bus to get to King's Cross, where they the all got on to the Hogwarts Express. 

They filed into one of the larger cabins, because they'd arrived earlier than usual due to Dudley's paranoia of not making it. The cabin could've comfortably fit 20 people, so the 4 of them spread out and waited for the journey to begin.

*20 mins later*

There was a rapping on the cabin door before a boy slid it open nervously. He had stark blonde hair, blue eyes, and tanned skin. There was a small scar on his upper lip. Behind him was a large group of people. 

"Is this cabin open?" He asked in an American accent. "All the rest of them can't hold all of us."

The 4 nodded and moved to allow the several people room. Harry counted 17 people. (Percy, Jason, Leo, Frank, Hazel, Rachel, Augustine, Annabeth, Piper, Carter, Sadie, Magnus, Nico, Will, Thalia, and 2 others :) )(A/N: I'm not going to describe them b/c y'all should know what they all look like.)

The last 2 to enter looked at all of us sheepishly. The taller boy had fluffy blonde hair, violet blue eyes, glasses, and a Canadian flag jacket. He looked about ready to dart from all of these all looking at him. The other, slightly shorter(I mean slightly) one had combed staright bonde hair, a cowlick that stuck straight up, blue eyes, and a brown leather jacket that looked almost like one of those antique WW2 Bomber jackets. The shorter one grinned like a movie star at them, his teeth blinding. 

The train started, and they were off. 

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They introduced ourselves. All of them were 1st years, which surprised the golden trio. Weren't parents still scared of Hogwarts? 

Anyways, 11 of them were halfbloods, 3 pure, and 3 muggle born. The 3 pure bloods were a boy named Carter, his sister Sadie, and a girl named Calypso. The 3 Muggle born were a redhead named Rachel, the fluffy haired boy named Matthew, and the other boy, Matthew's brother, Alfred. 

They introduced themselves, but since most people thought the 3 of them were 8th years or already in the job market, the trio came up with aliases. Harry became Henry Porter, Hermione became Margaret Graham, and Ron became Ryan Weasley, a cousin of the current main Weasleys. As for Harry's scar, they explained that Henry's demented cousin was huge fan of Harry's and decided to make Henry permanently look like Harry Potter. It seemed to satisfy nearly everyone. 

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When they arrived, the young wizards spilled out onto the loading station. Harry craned his neck to look for Hagrid. He spotted the half-giant near the front, and waded his way towards him through the swarm of students.

Once there, Harry(A/N:I'm going to switch in and out of Harry and Henry, with Harry for the readers and Henry for dialogue btwn anyone who doesn't know Harry's identity) and the group hid far enough away for Hagrid not to see their faces. But unfourtunately, he was spotted anyways.

"Harry? Is that you?"

"Uhhh....No. I'm Henry Porter."

Hagrid laughed, pointing to Harry. "Oh, okay. Come with us young'uns! Time to go to Hogwarts!"

Hagrid lead the group down the docks, where several rowboats were docked. The 4 climbed into a boat while their cabin buddies from before seemed to be struggling. 

The teachers separated the group into several subsections, and after a minute or 2, we were off, ready to recreate our school years again.

This year was going to be a blast.