Hilarious Harry Potter fans share magical theories on what they would do if they woke up at Hogwarts one day: ‘Breakfast at the Great Hall sounds epic’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jan 7, 2025 1:00 PM EST

If you could walk out of your current life and go live as an 11-year-old starting their first year at Hogwarts, do you think you would have gone through with it? Can you give up your current life, go back however many years it has been since you were 11, and live your life as a proper wizard or witch in magical Hogwarts, and later on out in the magical world? 

As a devoted Potterhead, who is also pretty happy with how her life turned out, I honestly don't know what I would do. On one hand, there used to be a time when I would have given anything to be allowed to study at Hogwarts, and that was basically my wish on every birthday and Christmas for most of my childhood. On the other hand, as a 26-year-old, going back 15 years to my 11-year-old self sounds kind of terrible, and I don't know if I have it in me to go through high school again, as magical as it may be.

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  • Say that you did go through with what I presented above–what would be your next move? Where in Hogwarts would you go, and who would you talk to?

    The lovely Potterheads below shared what they would be up to if they woke up at Hogwarts on a random morning. Some of the ideas people came up with were hilarious, some were calculated and realistic, some were extremely appropriate to the houses the fans are sorted into, and I enjoyed scrolling through them all.

    Keep scrolling to do the same, and feel free to add in the comments down below your take on this enchanting question.

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    "You wake up in a bed at Hogwarts, what's the first thing you would do?"
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    You wake up in a bed at hogwarts whats the first think you would do?
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    You wake up in a bed at Hogwarts. It's your first day as a student, and everything you need is already there-robes, books, even your wand. But here's the strange part: you
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    still have all your memories from the life you're living right now. You don't remember getting on the Hogwarts Express, being
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    sorted, or even arriving at the castle. It's like you just appeared here. What's the first thing you'd do?
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    Jmalcolmmac Go down and hit the amazing breakfast table! I'll follow other people down so I don't inadvertently d on the way.
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    Writing-dirty Check my uniform to see what house I ended up in.
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    HOGWARTS DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM
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    Revolutionary Tap3911 Slytherin Am I my current age or....? Would be a bit weird hanging around a bunch of 11 year olds as a 30 year old.
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    IndependentDot9692 * Hufflepuff Probably try to figure out what happened to my kids and husband
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    Super_Seff One cast of obliviate and you'll be worry free!
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    ChickenFingerBasket Gryffindor "I'm going back to bed, before [you] come up with another clever idea to get [me] ki ed, or worse....EXPELLED..."
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    Xiping VonHozzendorf Ravenclaw Check what year it is, that will heavily determine my next actions.
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    CSGB13 1. Demand answers 2. Hit the great hall for breakfast - it sounds epic
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    SmeldaOfHyrule Gryffindor I'd first explore and do a full day of classes and then the next day I'd send an owl to my current home address to see who responds and if this is a time where Dumbledore is
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    alive, I'd go talk to him but if this happened after he di d I'd go find professor McGonagle and ask her. I would definitely want to spend some time just enjoying Hogwarts before eventually figuring out what happened because that's literally one of my biggest fantasies is to be a student
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    madcatter2100 Ravenclaw Well first, I'd open my eyes. Then I'd go straight to the library.
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    CherryB_1014 If this is during golden trio era, I'm going to go track down that rat and personally feed it to whatever creature Hagrid has hidden in his hut
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    Lockfire12 Depends, is it a normal year or do I gotta deal with Harry's [? If the second I'd probably just go to dumbledore and tell him where all the horcruxes are.
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    payperplain Department of Mysteries I have this nightmare from time to time. I think Muggles do too. Waking up and having to go back to school years after you graduated already and have a full time career working for the Ministry.
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    Neither_Cobbler6495 → Slytherin Have breakfast, then try to get in the room of requirement, and I already know what would be waiting for me there.
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    ForceSmuggler Go flying
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    tofubeansanderin Particularly good finder Literally have a school day- get breakfast, find my way around, and go to class, I want to learn!!
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