Harry Potter was never supposed to exist. At least, not here. In 2026 America, Hogwarts is a movie franchise, Voldemort is a CGI villain, and Harry Potter is just a character people grew up with. So when a teenage girl takes her dog out for a late-winter walk and runs into a pale, noseless man in robes, her first thought isn’t dark wizard — it’s wow, that cosplay is intense. Then he vanishes.