A/N This is my first fanfic and I did the best I could. Please r/r.
Disclaimer I do not own the characters or the places. J.K. Rowling does. I do how
ever own the plot.
Run, run faster! He told himself. He could hear him getting closer. His legs were getting
tired, his heart was betting faster then it ought, he looked over his shoulder at her and
yelled,"Faster! Run faster Hermione! He's right behind us! Run, Hermione, Run!"
"Why did I always go looking for trouble?" Harry thought to himself, "No, I don't go
looking for trouble, it finds me."
And the he heard it, a cry from behind. He turned and looked over his shoulder again she
was lying on the ground. Then he heard the words he dreaded, "AVADA KEDAVRA!!!"
"NO!!!!" cried Harry, Diving trod her body. Too late, He saw a flash of green light and
Hermione was no more. He knelt by her side trying to lift her lifeless body into his arms.
Once again he heard the deep, hissing voice say the words "AVADA KEDAVRA!" and
saw a flash of green light.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Harry Potter woke with a start in a cold sweat, but it took him a moment to realize were
he was. He was lying in bed at 4 Privet Drive in the house were his Uncle Vernon and Aunt
Petunia lived with their enormous son Dudley, who was in fact, wider then he was tall, despite the
endless diets Aunt Petunia had him on.
He thought for a moment about his dream, Most boys of 15 would have thought the
dream fun, but not he.
For he was different, he was a wizard.
Those words, Avada Kedavra, which sounded like nonsense words were actually the
MOST powerful and deadly curse in the magical world. They were the words that had killed his
parent's 14 years earlier, and made his famous throughout the wizarding world for something he
could not even remember doing. They were the words that had killed Cedric Diggory, his friend.
And in his dream they were the words that killed his friend Hermione and himself. He hated those
words to the marrow of his bones.
Then his thoughts drifted to his friends, he would really like to see his friend Hermione
Granger again, and he would like to see Ron Weasley again too.
He drifted back off to sleep.
When he awoke the next morning, all thoughts of his dream gone for the time being. He
had remembered that today was the day Uncle Vernon had agreed to drive him to London so he
could met his friends the Weasleys (Fred, George, Ginny, Mr. Weasley {Arthur}, and Mrs.
Weasley {Molly}) at Diagon Alley, a place to shop for wizarding supplies. They would then
proceed to the Weasleys home; where Harry would stay for the rest of the summer.
He got out of bed and double-checked that his trunk had everything in it. And went down
to breakfast. As Harry entered the kitchen, Dudley (who took up two chairs) screamed and
scuttled out of the room. Harry often had that effect on him. Aunt Petunia was cooking bacon and
eggs at the stove; Dudley had been watching t.v. while he ate breakfast; and Uncle Vernon was
sitting at the table reading a newspaper. From over the paper Uncle Vernon asked Harry, in a
sharp tone of voice, "Boy, What time do you need to be in London at?"
Harry answered quite calmly, "Half-past ten".
"Eat." Aunt Petunia said sharply. Passing him a dish of food that was badly burnt.
Harry ate in silence. When he was done eating, he went up stairs to collect his things. He
dragged his trunk down the stairs, and went to get Hedwig's cage. Hedwig was his large snowy
owl, in the wizarding world owls were used to deliver letters, like the muggle post office. At the
moment Hedwig was out delivering a letter to Harry's Godfather, Sirius. He would be gone a few
days, and would met Harry at the Weasley's.
Before Harry left, he passed Dudley in the hall, and what Dudley did surprised even
Harry, he slammed Harry into the wall and started hitting and kicking him and yelling: "HATE
YOU!" "NEVER COME BACK!" "DIE!" "HOPE THEY KILL YOU!"
Harry could not defend himself, for Dudley was too huge to resist. Harry was in pain all
over and could hardly move. The last time Dudley had beat him up like this was 5 years ago,
before Harry had found out that he was a wizard. After that Dudley had been too scared of him to
even be in the same room with him, much less beat him up. Oh, where were Uncle Vernon and
Aunt Petunia when you needed them; oh, that hurt a lot, he had just been punched in the eye very
hard, ouch that really hurt.
Finally he heard Uncle Vernon yell "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING
DUDLEY?!" Harry had never heard Uncle Vernon yell at Dudley before. He moaned in pain as
Uncle Vernon pulled Dudley off of him. Then Aunt Petunia came in took one look at Harry,
slumped on the floor, bruised and bleeding and screamed at the top of her lungs: "GOD SAVE
US! DUDLEY WHAT HAVE YOU DONE! HE'S GOING TO KILL US!"
The last thing Harry saw before he fainted was Uncle Vernon hitting Dudley, and Dudley
yelping in pain.
He came to sometime later in the back seat of a car. He tired to sit up but it made his head
hurt too much. He moaned again. Uncle Vernon said "Boy, I'm were you told me to go, and no
one's here."
Harry sat up and yelped in pain. They were outside THE LEAKY CALDREN, a wizard
pub that muggles could not see. "Just drop me off here." He said.
"I'll get your trunk out for you. Then I'll be on my way." Uncle Vernon said.
When Uncle Vernon had unloaded Harry's luggage and helped him out of the car, he said
a quick "Good bye." Followed by a "You needn't tell you godfather about this. You hear." He
then drove off.
When he was out of site, Harry groaned in pain and collapsed onto his trunk, it hurt every
time he moved. He did not know if he could make it the 5 feet to the door.
A minute or so later Harry got up, and walked slowly tord the door. He opened it quickly
and walked inside.
The first thing he heard was Hermione's voice "Where is he? He was supposed to be here
an hour… Oh my God, Harry what happened? Are you alright?" her voice faltered on the last
word.
He then heard Tom, the bartender, say "My God it's little 'arry Potter, and he looks like
bloody hell!" and at the same time he heard Mr. Weasley say "Harry what happened?"
Harry stood frozen in the door and then collapsed in a heap on the floor.
When he came to the first thing he saw was Hermione's face hovering above his own, she
looked prettier then he remembered. Then Hermione was pulled back and Ron's face came into
view, pale as a ghost (Harry had good reason to know how pale they were), and said, "Harry, are
you alright? What happened? Are you in pain? Speak to me Harry!"
Harry responded by saying "No. I'll tell you. Yes a lot."
"You can have a private room if you like, anything for 'arry Potter." said Tom.
"That would be very nice Tom." Mr. Weasley said. "Levotatum."
Harry felt himself get lighter and start to float above the floor. It felt wonderful. Although
he was still in considerable pain he felt less of it. Which was a very nice feeling. He floated
behind Mrs. Weasley lead Ginny, Fred, and George with Ron and Hermione on ether side of
Harry and Mr. Weasley brought up the rear.
When Mrs. Weasley had finished fussing over Harry, and Hermione had ordered a pot of
tea and something stronger for Harry, Ron, and Mrs. Weasley, Harry told his tell.
By the time he was done Fred and George looked very serious, Mr. Weasley was saying
under his breath "Have to get him out of there… talk to Dumbledore… come stay with us.", Mrs.
Weasley was on her 3rd glass of 'something stronger', Ron was even paler and hadn't touched his
glass of 'something stronger', Ginny was sobbing, and Hermione's face was set in an impassive
expression and was holding Harry's hand so tightly that it hurt.
Mrs. Weasley was the first to recover, and told them all to go to bed. Ron helped Harry
upstairs and into bed, he then sat down in the rocking chair and promptly fell asleep. But Harry
lay awake thinking about what had happened. Why had Dudley attacked Harry? He was usually
scared to death of Harry sense Hagrid had given him a curly pig's tail. So why had he attacked
Harry? Was Voldemort behind this? Had he found out where Harry lived?
Harry drifted off to sleep.
When he awoke the next morning Ron was gone and Hermione was in his place.
"Ahh, you're awake." She said.
"Yes, what time is it? Where's Ron?"
"Ron's sleeping, it's half past one."
"WHAT!"
"I said 'Ron's sleeping, it's half past one.' Mrs. Weasley won't let us wake you, and I
agree with her, you need rest."
"Where is everyone?"
"Mrs. Weasley, Fred, George, and Ginny are shopping. Mr. Weasley is talking to
Dumbledore about you. Ron is sleeping, and I'm talking to you."
"Is Mrs. Weasley getting my stuff for Hogwarts?"
"Yes, Ron's and mine too." Her expression turned to one of anticipation as she said
"Guess What!"
"What?" said Harry.
"I got a letter from Hogwarts day-before-yesterday, I made PREFECT!" She yelled the
last word. "Isn't that so cool! Me a prefect! Wow."
She looked very happy, Harry thought.She looks pretty when shes happy.
The one remaining week of summer break past very quickly. Two days after Harry
arrived at THE LEAKY CALDREN, Mrs. Weasley deemed him fit to travel. So that day they
went back to The Burrow. Hermione was staying with the Weasleys also.
She and Ron were spending a lot of time alone together, because Mrs. Weasley stayed by
Harry most of the time, and if not her then it was Ginny.
So Harry was quite happy to go back to school on the 1st of September. When they
arrived at platform 9¾, Harry, Ron, and Hermione found an empty compartment at the end of the
Hogwarts Express, the train that took them to school, and told Ginny to go away. Just as she left
Fred and George came to talk to Harry alone, so he went with them. At the end of the last term at
Hogwarts, after Cedric had died, Harry had received a thousand Gallons prize money, which he
had refused to take. Instead of flushing the money down the toilet he had given it to Fred and
George to start the joke shop they had dreamed about owning. He expected that was what this
was about.
"Harry," George said, "Thanks for that money you gave us, if you ever need any laughs
just ask us."
"We've got plenty." Fred added.
"Thank's guys." Harry added as he made his way back to the compartment. When he got
there the door was closed. He opened it.
"WHAT THE!" Harry said in surprise.
A/N Sorry about the cliffhanger, Chapter 2 will be up as soon as I get 10 reviews.
Disclaimer I do not own the characters or the places. J.K. Rowling does. I do how
ever own the plot.
Run, run faster! He told himself. He could hear him getting closer. His legs were getting
tired, his heart was betting faster then it ought, he looked over his shoulder at her and
yelled,"Faster! Run faster Hermione! He's right behind us! Run, Hermione, Run!"
"Why did I always go looking for trouble?" Harry thought to himself, "No, I don't go
looking for trouble, it finds me."
And the he heard it, a cry from behind. He turned and looked over his shoulder again she
was lying on the ground. Then he heard the words he dreaded, "AVADA KEDAVRA!!!"
"NO!!!!" cried Harry, Diving trod her body. Too late, He saw a flash of green light and
Hermione was no more. He knelt by her side trying to lift her lifeless body into his arms.
Once again he heard the deep, hissing voice say the words "AVADA KEDAVRA!" and
saw a flash of green light.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Harry Potter woke with a start in a cold sweat, but it took him a moment to realize were
he was. He was lying in bed at 4 Privet Drive in the house were his Uncle Vernon and Aunt
Petunia lived with their enormous son Dudley, who was in fact, wider then he was tall, despite the
endless diets Aunt Petunia had him on.
He thought for a moment about his dream, Most boys of 15 would have thought the
dream fun, but not he.
For he was different, he was a wizard.
Those words, Avada Kedavra, which sounded like nonsense words were actually the
MOST powerful and deadly curse in the magical world. They were the words that had killed his
parent's 14 years earlier, and made his famous throughout the wizarding world for something he
could not even remember doing. They were the words that had killed Cedric Diggory, his friend.
And in his dream they were the words that killed his friend Hermione and himself. He hated those
words to the marrow of his bones.
Then his thoughts drifted to his friends, he would really like to see his friend Hermione
Granger again, and he would like to see Ron Weasley again too.
He drifted back off to sleep.
When he awoke the next morning, all thoughts of his dream gone for the time being. He
had remembered that today was the day Uncle Vernon had agreed to drive him to London so he
could met his friends the Weasleys (Fred, George, Ginny, Mr. Weasley {Arthur}, and Mrs.
Weasley {Molly}) at Diagon Alley, a place to shop for wizarding supplies. They would then
proceed to the Weasleys home; where Harry would stay for the rest of the summer.
He got out of bed and double-checked that his trunk had everything in it. And went down
to breakfast. As Harry entered the kitchen, Dudley (who took up two chairs) screamed and
scuttled out of the room. Harry often had that effect on him. Aunt Petunia was cooking bacon and
eggs at the stove; Dudley had been watching t.v. while he ate breakfast; and Uncle Vernon was
sitting at the table reading a newspaper. From over the paper Uncle Vernon asked Harry, in a
sharp tone of voice, "Boy, What time do you need to be in London at?"
Harry answered quite calmly, "Half-past ten".
"Eat." Aunt Petunia said sharply. Passing him a dish of food that was badly burnt.
Harry ate in silence. When he was done eating, he went up stairs to collect his things. He
dragged his trunk down the stairs, and went to get Hedwig's cage. Hedwig was his large snowy
owl, in the wizarding world owls were used to deliver letters, like the muggle post office. At the
moment Hedwig was out delivering a letter to Harry's Godfather, Sirius. He would be gone a few
days, and would met Harry at the Weasley's.
Before Harry left, he passed Dudley in the hall, and what Dudley did surprised even
Harry, he slammed Harry into the wall and started hitting and kicking him and yelling: "HATE
YOU!" "NEVER COME BACK!" "DIE!" "HOPE THEY KILL YOU!"
Harry could not defend himself, for Dudley was too huge to resist. Harry was in pain all
over and could hardly move. The last time Dudley had beat him up like this was 5 years ago,
before Harry had found out that he was a wizard. After that Dudley had been too scared of him to
even be in the same room with him, much less beat him up. Oh, where were Uncle Vernon and
Aunt Petunia when you needed them; oh, that hurt a lot, he had just been punched in the eye very
hard, ouch that really hurt.
Finally he heard Uncle Vernon yell "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING
DUDLEY?!" Harry had never heard Uncle Vernon yell at Dudley before. He moaned in pain as
Uncle Vernon pulled Dudley off of him. Then Aunt Petunia came in took one look at Harry,
slumped on the floor, bruised and bleeding and screamed at the top of her lungs: "GOD SAVE
US! DUDLEY WHAT HAVE YOU DONE! HE'S GOING TO KILL US!"
The last thing Harry saw before he fainted was Uncle Vernon hitting Dudley, and Dudley
yelping in pain.
He came to sometime later in the back seat of a car. He tired to sit up but it made his head
hurt too much. He moaned again. Uncle Vernon said "Boy, I'm were you told me to go, and no
one's here."
Harry sat up and yelped in pain. They were outside THE LEAKY CALDREN, a wizard
pub that muggles could not see. "Just drop me off here." He said.
"I'll get your trunk out for you. Then I'll be on my way." Uncle Vernon said.
When Uncle Vernon had unloaded Harry's luggage and helped him out of the car, he said
a quick "Good bye." Followed by a "You needn't tell you godfather about this. You hear." He
then drove off.
When he was out of site, Harry groaned in pain and collapsed onto his trunk, it hurt every
time he moved. He did not know if he could make it the 5 feet to the door.
A minute or so later Harry got up, and walked slowly tord the door. He opened it quickly
and walked inside.
The first thing he heard was Hermione's voice "Where is he? He was supposed to be here
an hour… Oh my God, Harry what happened? Are you alright?" her voice faltered on the last
word.
He then heard Tom, the bartender, say "My God it's little 'arry Potter, and he looks like
bloody hell!" and at the same time he heard Mr. Weasley say "Harry what happened?"
Harry stood frozen in the door and then collapsed in a heap on the floor.
When he came to the first thing he saw was Hermione's face hovering above his own, she
looked prettier then he remembered. Then Hermione was pulled back and Ron's face came into
view, pale as a ghost (Harry had good reason to know how pale they were), and said, "Harry, are
you alright? What happened? Are you in pain? Speak to me Harry!"
Harry responded by saying "No. I'll tell you. Yes a lot."
"You can have a private room if you like, anything for 'arry Potter." said Tom.
"That would be very nice Tom." Mr. Weasley said. "Levotatum."
Harry felt himself get lighter and start to float above the floor. It felt wonderful. Although
he was still in considerable pain he felt less of it. Which was a very nice feeling. He floated
behind Mrs. Weasley lead Ginny, Fred, and George with Ron and Hermione on ether side of
Harry and Mr. Weasley brought up the rear.
When Mrs. Weasley had finished fussing over Harry, and Hermione had ordered a pot of
tea and something stronger for Harry, Ron, and Mrs. Weasley, Harry told his tell.
By the time he was done Fred and George looked very serious, Mr. Weasley was saying
under his breath "Have to get him out of there… talk to Dumbledore… come stay with us.", Mrs.
Weasley was on her 3rd glass of 'something stronger', Ron was even paler and hadn't touched his
glass of 'something stronger', Ginny was sobbing, and Hermione's face was set in an impassive
expression and was holding Harry's hand so tightly that it hurt.
Mrs. Weasley was the first to recover, and told them all to go to bed. Ron helped Harry
upstairs and into bed, he then sat down in the rocking chair and promptly fell asleep. But Harry
lay awake thinking about what had happened. Why had Dudley attacked Harry? He was usually
scared to death of Harry sense Hagrid had given him a curly pig's tail. So why had he attacked
Harry? Was Voldemort behind this? Had he found out where Harry lived?
Harry drifted off to sleep.
When he awoke the next morning Ron was gone and Hermione was in his place.
"Ahh, you're awake." She said.
"Yes, what time is it? Where's Ron?"
"Ron's sleeping, it's half past one."
"WHAT!"
"I said 'Ron's sleeping, it's half past one.' Mrs. Weasley won't let us wake you, and I
agree with her, you need rest."
"Where is everyone?"
"Mrs. Weasley, Fred, George, and Ginny are shopping. Mr. Weasley is talking to
Dumbledore about you. Ron is sleeping, and I'm talking to you."
"Is Mrs. Weasley getting my stuff for Hogwarts?"
"Yes, Ron's and mine too." Her expression turned to one of anticipation as she said
"Guess What!"
"What?" said Harry.
"I got a letter from Hogwarts day-before-yesterday, I made PREFECT!" She yelled the
last word. "Isn't that so cool! Me a prefect! Wow."
She looked very happy, Harry thought.She looks pretty when shes happy.
The one remaining week of summer break past very quickly. Two days after Harry
arrived at THE LEAKY CALDREN, Mrs. Weasley deemed him fit to travel. So that day they
went back to The Burrow. Hermione was staying with the Weasleys also.
She and Ron were spending a lot of time alone together, because Mrs. Weasley stayed by
Harry most of the time, and if not her then it was Ginny.
So Harry was quite happy to go back to school on the 1st of September. When they
arrived at platform 9¾, Harry, Ron, and Hermione found an empty compartment at the end of the
Hogwarts Express, the train that took them to school, and told Ginny to go away. Just as she left
Fred and George came to talk to Harry alone, so he went with them. At the end of the last term at
Hogwarts, after Cedric had died, Harry had received a thousand Gallons prize money, which he
had refused to take. Instead of flushing the money down the toilet he had given it to Fred and
George to start the joke shop they had dreamed about owning. He expected that was what this
was about.
"Harry," George said, "Thanks for that money you gave us, if you ever need any laughs
just ask us."
"We've got plenty." Fred added.
"Thank's guys." Harry added as he made his way back to the compartment. When he got
there the door was closed. He opened it.
"WHAT THE!" Harry said in surprise.
A/N Sorry about the cliffhanger, Chapter 2 will be up as soon as I get 10 reviews.