Hogwarts: Who Picked Up the Elder Wand?

The platform is packed with wizarding families, and the red-haired Weasley family is making a racket.

Then he sees him.

A small, black-haired boy wearing round glasses pushes a large trunk and stands at the edge of the platform, caution and anticipation filling his emerald eyes.

Harry Potter. Eleven years old. Alive.

Wayne's breath catches. A few hours ago, or perhaps fifty-seven years in the future, he saw this boy die. Now the boy is standing here, ready to board the train that will change everything.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.