DISCLAIMER: I don't own any Hp characters or JK's ideas. All I own is the plot. (Duh!)

AUTHORS NOTE: Please RR as this is my 1st ever fanfic and I really want it to go well and it will encourage me to carry on writing!

Chapter 1- Harry's surprise.

Harry lay on his bed, staring up at the ceiling. The rain was drumming against his window, keeping him awake. The wind was howling and earlier there had been rumbles of thunder in the sky. Not like a summers evening.
He heard coughing from next door and footsteps coming down the landing. The bathroom door was opened and then shut again. All was quiet, except Uncle Vernon's snoring (which could be heard throughout the house) and the occasional mumbles from Dudley.
All of a sudden a stair creaked and the hairs on the back of Harry's neck began to prickle. Something was wrong, and Harry knew it.
Harry got out of bed and crept to the door and opened it. No one was there. He walked gingerly across the landing and stopped outside his aunt and uncle's door. Should he go in? He opened the door and walked in.
He gave a start. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia were thrashing around in bed, their faces going purple and gasping for breath. It looked as though they were being strangled a by an invisible person.
Had this been anywhere else, Harry would have been rolling around on the floor laughing, but this was seriously scary. Harry pulled his wand out of is pocket. He raised it and..........
"STOP, HARRY NO!" Hermione's shrill shriek filled the room and there was a loud crack,which sounded like someone disapperating out of the house. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia lay limply in their beds.
"What are you doing here?" asked Harry.
Hermione looked sheepish. " I shouldn't have come," she said, "I thought something was wrong, so I came.
"How?"
"Harry, I've taught myself to dissapperate."
" What?"
Harry was astounded. Hermione, breaking the law? The worst Hermione had ever done was break about two school rules and that was nothing compared to Harry and Ron's detentions and rule breaking.
"Dumbledore thought it would be a good idea, you know now V-Voldemorts back again. It is breaking the law I know, but disapperating doesn't actually count as underage magic as no students underage (apart from me) actually know how to do it!So the Ministry of Magic can't get me for it- and they don't even know!" said Hermione excitedly.
"Wow! I mean Hermione, that's really good magic." exclaimed Harry.
"Well yes, I suppose it is." said Hermione with a smug smile on her face.