Harry spotted a police car parked in his driveway. 'What the hell?' Harry hurried through the front door and went into the living room where he found two uniformed cops sitting on the couch and chair waiting. When Harry entered the room they looked up.

"Are you Harry Potter?" One asked in a monotone.

"Yes, is there a problem officer?"

"Sit down." he said motioning towards the other chair.

"No I'm fine, what's happened?"

Then he said the three grim, horrible words,

"I'm so sorry."

Horrible thoughts whirled round Harry mind. What had happened? Police officers only came if something bad had happened. "What happened?" Harry asked a lump forming in his throat. "I'm so sorry." The officer swallowed. "Your aunt, uncle and cousin, you are aware that they visiting your aunt Marge in hospital?"

Harry shook his head and the officer continued. "Well they did. They were on they're way home on the highway when a drunk driver hit them, they would have been ok but they spun onto on coming traffic." He paused. "A transport truck tried to stop and managed to almost drive into a ditch but the trailer skidded sideways and tipped over landing right on your aunt's car. They didn't stand a chance. I'm sorry."

Harry looked at the officer stunned; this had to be some sort of joke right, Petunia and Dudley and Vernon dead?

Then a horrible thought came to him. What would happen to him? He couldn't ask Hermione or Ron for help because they had slowly cut of contact in their letters to him. On Dumbledore orders they couldn't help him or say where they were. And Hedwig was out.

"What going to happen to me?" Harry asked quietly dreading the answer.

"Well Mr Potter you are going to have to pack your bags and come with us" the officer replied this time with a bit of sympathy in voice. "Go and pack right now" the other officer said sternly "and we will tell you on the way".

Harry ran up the stairs and grabbed his trunk. Already packed just in-case Ron had decided a rescue mission. He felt numb.

Harry only family dead, killed ironically in a car crash by a drunken driver. Karma a bitch he thought. Remembering all the times the Dursleys had told harry that his parents were drunk and killed in a car crash. Leaving them, outstanding members of society to care of a good for nothing waste of space freaky son.

They were never meant to die on me. Harry frowned as he sadly what is going to happen to me, he asked himself again. Harry sighed as he picked up Hedwig's empty

Cage, how was Hedwig going to find him again and she was out delivering another letter to his best friends.

Harry sank down into the leather seats of the police car. His stomach felt like it was filled with butterflies. As he thought about his future and the fact that had five weeks and three days until he could return to Hogwarts.

"You will be going to the nearest orphanage, it's a good one it called Wool orphanage and it's located in London. It's the only one available at short notice, next year it's due to be demolished so you won't have to live there for long. It has run in the Cole family since it first began" the woman said trying to make it sound not that bad.

"Here we are" the man said as Harry woke with a jolt. Harry looked at the building with growing dread. It looked an awful dreary place to grow up in. Cold, bleak and extremely unwelcoming like a haunted house instead of a place where children should be loved.

"Mrs Cole we have got your newest arrival" the male policeman said.

A woman with greying blonde hair frowned glancing at Harry eyeing him sceptically.

"Mr Potter welcome to wools orphanage" Mrs Cole said smiling in the way a wolf bares its fangs. The police then said "We best be going I am sure we can leave you in Mrs Coles capable hands" with that they turned and left.

"Now we have all your details on the system and condolences on the lost on your relatives. An orphan twice over bad luck I'd say. Now about your room because we had such short notice the only room you can go in is room 27. I don't want to scare you but that room is haunted by the devil its self but you will have to bare with it" Mrs Cole said her voice rising with fear a she lead Harry to the haunted room.