"Yes, mum! I'm coming" Ron yelled from his room hoping his mother would be able to hear from where he was at. He read the rest of the letter as quickly as possible, dropped it on to his bed and took off down to the kitchen. Ron changed as well... Ron's hair fell down from his head onto his face. It complimented his face quite well, his freckles seemed to just blend in with the rest of his features and he seemed to have a nice build as well. Alright, yes, Harry and Ron were both well built at the moment. And yes, it sounds terribly cheesy, even to my ears. But the fact is they both had put a little muscle on. But, as much as we all love Ron... he had grown to be quite c-ocky. He loved looking at himself in the mirror, and to my great displeasure talked to himself in the mirror. And believe me, Fred and George made use of it. Ron rushed down the stair almost tripping when his feet touched the floor. "Took you long enough," Mrs. Weasley replied not looking at him. "What can I do for you my dearest Mum?" Ron said smiling. Mrs. Weasley turned around "Go fix up the table, the food will be there in a moment." Ron walked over to the table and bent down to the floor and made it sturdy so it wasn't standing with an angle. "Oh thank you Ron, you mine as well have a seat. It'll only be a second." Mrs. Weasley said getting the silverware and dishes out. Ron sat down and daydreamed about his beloved school, Hogwarts....

Alright only a few more days Hermione thought Just get through it, it's almost over... And over in a different country, Hermione Granger was building up with enthusiasm to return home. Viktor was...... nice..... but the thought of him calling her Hermioninny one more time made her sick. And OF COURSE Hermione has changed along with her two best friends. Her hair seemed to calm down a bit (yes i know!! it's always the same in all these fanfics!!!) and seemed to draw the most attention to her. It seemed to grow longer every year. She took more notice to her appearance now, but unlike Ron, hadn't grown c-ocky. She could not wait to get back to her friends, and Hogwarts. Yet, the Dark Lord did scare her and put a chill up her spine. She worried about Harry. She worried about Ron going off with Harry. She worried about herself going with Ron and Harry. But it seemed to just sit in now. Every year was an adventure. Maybe more than an adventure she wanted, but all the while she enjoyed it. "YES!" She screamed, noticing a large brown owl sitting on the windowsill. She quickly opened the envolope the owl had been clutching and grinned harder than ever before. She would be leaving earlier than expected........

Harry awoke the next morning with a huge fat grin on his face. "Thank god," he said to himself. He reached for his glasses and looked straight ahead. "Alright Hedwig, what'd you bring me?" Harry crawled to the end of his bed and reached his arm as far as he could to s-natch the letter. He tried petting the owl but failed for his arm could not stretch far enough. He fell back on his bed and tarred the envelope open. We'll be there as soon as possible Ron Harry lay there trying to keep himself from yelling with happiness. He had had to stay at the Dursley's longer than usual this year, for fear of Voldemort. But he was now finally off to the Weasley's house. And although he only had a week to stay there, a week sounded much more inviting at the Weasley house then having to spend another day with Dudley. It hit him suddenly that Ron would be there "as soon as possible" and he raced through the room scrimmaging to get himself ready as soon as possible. In the middle of brushing his teeth the doorbell rang.....



Ron stood at the door a bit nervous to have to face Harry's Aunt and Uncle again. He checked his hair in the reflection of the glass on the door. "Harry's up in his room." A man with a face of an angry hippopotamus appeared where the door was. He glared at Ron and Ron just smiled at him. "Well thank you kind sir," He said inviting himself in and racing up the stairs. "Surprise!" He shouted opening the door. "Wait, where's Harry?" "On, wai a sec, i bruing my tee..." Harry appeared at the doorway with toothpaste covering his mouth and a toothbrush hanging to the side. "Oh you look lovely Harry!" Ron said getting up and snickering at his friend. Harry rolled his eyes and walked back to the bathroom. Ron checked Harry's room out to find that it was quite bare. His trunk was ready and Hedwig was nestled in her cage that was sitting atop it. Ron heard Harry spit in a distance and gurgle and then spit again. Harry walked back in the room carrying his toothbrush and stuffing it into his bag. "Such a homey room you have." Ron said still examining the boring white-walled room. "Yeah, you should see my cupboard." Harry replied standing up finally being able to speak without a mouth full of foam in his mouth. Ron looked back at Harry and a tinge of jealously came to him. Harry had changed quite a bit as well. It seemed he had worked out a bit and gotten his appearance to look good. Come now, he's your friend, not your competition Ron thought.

Hermione flung the covers off and got ready for the day in only a few minutes time. But she was only to discover it was only 7:15 in the morning. She sat down on the bed she had been sleeping on at Viktor's house and picked the letter up once more from the table beside her bed. She had to of read it about 20 times now just to make sure she hadn't misread, (you'd think re-reading something twice would do the trick... let alone 20!) She frowned a bit. Her mum had not written the reason for her coming home. Only that, "due to certain events, that I will explain when you get here, you must leave tomorrow" She didn't quite care the reason why she had to come home early, only that she could not wait to be left alone without Viktor watching her. He did that a lot, for as we all know, he has enormous crush on Hermione and it seemed to have grown as time came. She on the other hand, did not have enormous crush on him. But it crushed her to think on how she would have to let him know. She shoved it off and watched the sun slowly rise into the once dark sky. Oh, why couldn't they have just given me the floo powder yesterday, then I would have been able to leave earlier. Oh god! I wonder how Viktor will say goodbye, please don't say there's a kiss involved! She closed her eyes with awkward thought of her having to kiss him in her head. Suddenly footsteps could be heard outside her room. She sat up and opened the door to find his family and him up and ready for the day. But the only thought in her mind at the moment, was "floo powder."

Harry looked back at Ron, "Ron, how'd you get here?" Ron smiled and looked at him, "Magic, why?" "Ron, how did you get here?" Harry repeated, taking quick notice to the iness Ron had acquired over the summer. Ron smiled this time having his white teeth show, "Got a special car from the Ministry. Dumbledore informed the Ministry and the Ministry wants you to ride in a special car to get to my house." Ron said looking down, "you must be special or something." Ron looked back up at Harry with the same I'm-so-funny smile. Harry took a deep breath, "Yeah, I must have saved the world or something."

Ron snickered and bent down to pick Harry's trunk. Harry had taken notice that Ron had worked out as well. Yet, unlike Ron, did not think about "competition." Only that Ron must have worked out. Harry followed Ron and grabbed a few last minute things and finally closed the door to his room. He took the other side of the trunk and walked down the stairs. Right before he reached the door Ron stopped him and said, "Come now Harry this will be the last time you'll see you're Aunty and Uncle for a long time. Didn't you forget about something?" Harry stared at Ron and finally turned his gaze to the hallway. "Bye" he called out. Uncle Vernon made a grunt and Ron nodded for Harry to leave. "Manners Harry. Where are your manners?" Harry gave Ron a you're-crazy look and walked as fast as possible to the car parked in the driveway.

Well done Hermione. Hermione thought to herself after a goodbye hug that Viktor had not been wanting. Just a friendly hug, perfect way to say goodbye! She stepped into the massive flames in the fireplace and soon felt the world start spinning after she called her house out. She suddenly stopped and felt ground beneath her. She had arrived back home. Her parents were sitting on the couch and looked as if they had been waiting for her. After a few hugs she finally say down and took a very deep breath. "So, what is it you wanted to tell me?" She asked sitting back and getting comfortable in the chair. Her parents glanced at each other and their expression went gray. "Hermione, there seems to be evil in the wizarding world at the moment." Her mother said a bit of sadness in her voice. "They say it's coming back."

"Yes, I already know." Hermione answered staring at her parents. "Voldemort is his name. There are people along side him who want to kill people like myself because I am not from an old wizard family." This didn't settle in with her parents too well. Hermione noticed this and quickly stopped them from saying anything, "No, but he can't get to me, I go to Hogwarts and the headmaster there is a man that Voldemort fears and dares not to meddle with. Is that the reason I came home early?" Her parents looked at each other again and nodded. Hermione smiled, "So I came home early for no reason at all?" Her parents looked at each other once more. "I guess so" her father said. Hermione nodded, grinned and ran up to her room.

Ron took another glance at Harry and felt the drop of jealously sink in again. Ron shook it off and kept walking. A tall thin man appeared out of the car. He had light blue eyes that matched the beautiful sky above. He had a very long face and a very large nose. Harry's eyes went a bit wide and he tried not to laugh when he saw "the nose." Ron looked at Harry and smiled. "Harry this is our driver, his name is Winston Wallers." Ron said grinning at Winston. "Honor to meet you Mr. Potter!" Winston replied shaking Harry's hand. "Very nice to meet you as well Winston," Harry said as Ron noticed Winston looking up at Harry's forehead. Must they all do that?! "Well let me take that for you", and with a quick wave of his wand the trunk had been carried away to the back of the car. It was a black car, tinted windows, and could show a person's reflection easily. Ron loved the thought of getting a personal driver to drive you anywhere you wished. "Thank you," Harry said as the car door opened. "Harry, you're almost as polite as I am," Ron said sitting next to him. Winston soon got in and they were off. Ron turned around to face Harry and grinned, "Hermione is with Vikki" The both of them snickered and Ron went on, "You don't think..." Harry stared at Ron, "There something you need to tell me Ron?" Ron's smile faded, yes, he had had a crush on Hermione last year. And maybe the year before. And maybe the year before that. And the year before that. But he wasn't sure about this year. I mean, he still had feelings for her, but he doubted whether he'd ever say anything to her about it. Plus, he had changed a whole lot over the summer. "And what would I need to tell you Harry?" Ron said trying to act casual. Harry grinned, "Oh, maybe something about a little crush..." "Yeah, alright, I did, probably still do. But you never know what might happen this year." Ron said with a bit of annoyance.