Warning: I'm a cliffhanger person. I leave you waiting, but its worth it.
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Trying hard not to smile, Harry opened the letter from his best friend's little sister.
'Dear Harry, How are you? I'm good. Tired, but nonetheless good. Ron has been working me hard, training and fighting and what not. Things are hectic here. Fred and George are planning on moving out soon. That will be hard on all of us. Percy. we haven't heard anything from him since. well, you know. he joined Voldemort. Ron said he figured this would happen. If only we had listened to him, we might have stopped it.'
Harry stopped smiling. He had remembered the day when Percy had came for a visit. It was terrifying. Harry had never really realized what a powerful wizard Percy was. until then.
'Mum is better. After she got attacked, she stayed home and took it easy for a while. Father is helping out more, but we don't eat. Ron got a job, at a food store the muggles call 'fast food'. I think it's called Roger's. It brings in the money. but he's never here. It's really lonely here. Fred and George gone. Mum taken to bed. Father at work. I was wondering. Would it be too terrible of an obligation if I came to live with you and the Dursley's? Just for the rest of the summer! I won't bring any of my wizard stuff, so as to seem as muggle-like as possible. Please. Just ask them for me. I think I won't last much longer here without anyone.
All my love, Ginny.'
'Wow,' Harry thought to himself, 'She has no idea what the Dursley's are like.'
He set the piece of parchment down and thought to himself for a second. 'If I ask them, they would surely say no. They hate me, let alone my friends. But on the other hand, I wouldn't have to keep Dudley company! Maybe. maybe.'
That settled it. He would ask the Dursley's if Ginny could stay for the rest of the summer.
Harry ran down the steps, taking three at a time. He reached the bottom step, and gathered his confidence. Uncle Vernon was already looking at him.
"What is it boy?" Uncle Vernon asked in a tired voice.
"I was. erm- wondering. Could one of my friends stay here? For the rest of the summer is all! Her mother is ill, and no one is ever at home, so she's quite lonely." he stammered.
"A she, is it? Well, what makes you think I would say yes?" he chortled.
"I didn't think you would. but I was just hoping."
"Right you are! No is my answer!!" he snarled. "Please, Uncle Vernon, PLEASE!! She won't last long on her own, and I will stay out of your hair for the rest of the summer. She won't cause any trouble at all," he pleaded, something he had rarely done before.
"Is she a friend from. that. SCHOOL?" Vernon spat out.
"Well, yes. But she won't bring her things. So you won't even know. I could always have HERMIONE stay instead." Harry had brought out the big guns. The summer before, Hermione had scared the Dursley's so much by threatening Dudley with another tail. That had made them terrified of her.
"NO!! No, I would rather have this GIRL stay over, than that menace. You tell her NO wand and NO freakish things. Dress normally too. But yes, she can stay," Unlce Vernon said in defeat.
"Thanks!" and with that, Harry hopped up the stairs, taking again three at a time.
He whipped out a roll of parchment and grabbed a quill and a bottle of ink.
'Ginny, the muggles say you can stay here. All is good, but bring some 'normal' clothes. And your wand. See you soon. Harry.'
He rolled it up and opened Hedwig's cage. She glared at him angrily, for she had been sleeping.
"I know, I'm sorry!! Send this to Ginny Weasley, and quick!" she nipped his finger in an understanding way and set of.
This left Harry alone to think. Poor girl was all Harry could think of. She had been through so much. Harry remembered the last time he had stayed at the Burrow.
FLASHBACK
"Oh, really Fred!! What is this doing in my SOCK?!" Percy yelled through gritted teeth, causing his voice to sound gurgled.
"Your socks are so large, it was the only place big enough for it! You have such LARGE feet." Fred sighed.
"GET IT OUT!!!" Percy screeched.
"Alright, alright!" Fred grabbed the sock and pulled out the slimy Trellisball.
"What IS that?" Harry asked, gasping for breath. He was laughing hard. "A Trellisball! It's meant to make ANYTHING it touches truly sticky. Really slimy and nasty," George sighed, wiping away a fake tear, "It's our best work yet!"
Percy huffed and stormed out of the room, causing everyone to launch into hysterics once more. He pounded up the stairs, shutting his door so loud everyone jumped and stop laughing.
"I really wish he would stop doing that." Ron sighed. They were all thinking the same thing.
"Mum, are you feeling alright? You look a little green." Ginny asked her mother, sitting next to her on the loveseat.
"I'm alright, dear, just a bit dizzy," she said. Her daughter put her hand to her mother's forehead.
"Oh, Mum!! You're burning up!!" she squealed.
"I'm fine- just." she stopped, and then she had her attack. Her eyes rolled in and her body went limp, causing her body to fall to the floor with a dull thud.
"Mum! Mum, are you alright?"
Things faded back to reality.
END FLASHBACK
Harry had been the one to revive her, but wished she hadn't. Mrs. Weasley had been in so much pain that she was better unconscious. They took her to the nearest hospital, just outside of London, and the doctors had the slightest inkling that they were all wizards and witches.
"BOY!! GET DOWN HERE!" Uncle Vernon's voice thundered from downstairs.
"Oy'," Harry sighed, clambering up from his bed, heading for the door. As soon as he opened it, Ginny stepped through the door. She was crying.
"Ginny!" Harry was surprised when she suddenly pulled him into a hug. She wept so loudly that he saw Uncle Vernon's face appearing at the top of the landing. "Erm- Ginny, are you alright?"
"Oh, sorry." She sniffed, "I'm so scared. Percy came for a visit today."
Harry gasped, stepping back. "Is everything alright?! Did he hurt you?" Harry asked, searching her eyes.
"He. he's not him. He came for his stuff. His arm. He has the dark mark now. He told me he loves me. he always would, but this is what he wants for himself. His eyes. They are so empty now. So. black," she laughed. "I remember I used to love his eyes. They fascinated me. But now, they are black. His hair, it's black too. He gave me a hug and he was so. COLD. Then he left. I'm afraid of what he's capable of, Harry."
Harry swept her back into a reassuring hug. "It'll be alright. Maybe your mum and Ron should come stay here as well," Harry said in an askance way.
"I don't know." but she was cut short. Someone walked through the doorway, and it wasn't any one who lived there. It was..
(A/N) HA!! A cliffhanger. I'll continue when I get 5 reviews. Thank you Murks!!!
Disclaimer: I own this computer. Nothing Harry Potter. I have the books! Does that count?
Trying hard not to smile, Harry opened the letter from his best friend's little sister.
'Dear Harry, How are you? I'm good. Tired, but nonetheless good. Ron has been working me hard, training and fighting and what not. Things are hectic here. Fred and George are planning on moving out soon. That will be hard on all of us. Percy. we haven't heard anything from him since. well, you know. he joined Voldemort. Ron said he figured this would happen. If only we had listened to him, we might have stopped it.'
Harry stopped smiling. He had remembered the day when Percy had came for a visit. It was terrifying. Harry had never really realized what a powerful wizard Percy was. until then.
'Mum is better. After she got attacked, she stayed home and took it easy for a while. Father is helping out more, but we don't eat. Ron got a job, at a food store the muggles call 'fast food'. I think it's called Roger's. It brings in the money. but he's never here. It's really lonely here. Fred and George gone. Mum taken to bed. Father at work. I was wondering. Would it be too terrible of an obligation if I came to live with you and the Dursley's? Just for the rest of the summer! I won't bring any of my wizard stuff, so as to seem as muggle-like as possible. Please. Just ask them for me. I think I won't last much longer here without anyone.
All my love, Ginny.'
'Wow,' Harry thought to himself, 'She has no idea what the Dursley's are like.'
He set the piece of parchment down and thought to himself for a second. 'If I ask them, they would surely say no. They hate me, let alone my friends. But on the other hand, I wouldn't have to keep Dudley company! Maybe. maybe.'
That settled it. He would ask the Dursley's if Ginny could stay for the rest of the summer.
Harry ran down the steps, taking three at a time. He reached the bottom step, and gathered his confidence. Uncle Vernon was already looking at him.
"What is it boy?" Uncle Vernon asked in a tired voice.
"I was. erm- wondering. Could one of my friends stay here? For the rest of the summer is all! Her mother is ill, and no one is ever at home, so she's quite lonely." he stammered.
"A she, is it? Well, what makes you think I would say yes?" he chortled.
"I didn't think you would. but I was just hoping."
"Right you are! No is my answer!!" he snarled. "Please, Uncle Vernon, PLEASE!! She won't last long on her own, and I will stay out of your hair for the rest of the summer. She won't cause any trouble at all," he pleaded, something he had rarely done before.
"Is she a friend from. that. SCHOOL?" Vernon spat out.
"Well, yes. But she won't bring her things. So you won't even know. I could always have HERMIONE stay instead." Harry had brought out the big guns. The summer before, Hermione had scared the Dursley's so much by threatening Dudley with another tail. That had made them terrified of her.
"NO!! No, I would rather have this GIRL stay over, than that menace. You tell her NO wand and NO freakish things. Dress normally too. But yes, she can stay," Unlce Vernon said in defeat.
"Thanks!" and with that, Harry hopped up the stairs, taking again three at a time.
He whipped out a roll of parchment and grabbed a quill and a bottle of ink.
'Ginny, the muggles say you can stay here. All is good, but bring some 'normal' clothes. And your wand. See you soon. Harry.'
He rolled it up and opened Hedwig's cage. She glared at him angrily, for she had been sleeping.
"I know, I'm sorry!! Send this to Ginny Weasley, and quick!" she nipped his finger in an understanding way and set of.
This left Harry alone to think. Poor girl was all Harry could think of. She had been through so much. Harry remembered the last time he had stayed at the Burrow.
FLASHBACK
"Oh, really Fred!! What is this doing in my SOCK?!" Percy yelled through gritted teeth, causing his voice to sound gurgled.
"Your socks are so large, it was the only place big enough for it! You have such LARGE feet." Fred sighed.
"GET IT OUT!!!" Percy screeched.
"Alright, alright!" Fred grabbed the sock and pulled out the slimy Trellisball.
"What IS that?" Harry asked, gasping for breath. He was laughing hard. "A Trellisball! It's meant to make ANYTHING it touches truly sticky. Really slimy and nasty," George sighed, wiping away a fake tear, "It's our best work yet!"
Percy huffed and stormed out of the room, causing everyone to launch into hysterics once more. He pounded up the stairs, shutting his door so loud everyone jumped and stop laughing.
"I really wish he would stop doing that." Ron sighed. They were all thinking the same thing.
"Mum, are you feeling alright? You look a little green." Ginny asked her mother, sitting next to her on the loveseat.
"I'm alright, dear, just a bit dizzy," she said. Her daughter put her hand to her mother's forehead.
"Oh, Mum!! You're burning up!!" she squealed.
"I'm fine- just." she stopped, and then she had her attack. Her eyes rolled in and her body went limp, causing her body to fall to the floor with a dull thud.
"Mum! Mum, are you alright?"
Things faded back to reality.
END FLASHBACK
Harry had been the one to revive her, but wished she hadn't. Mrs. Weasley had been in so much pain that she was better unconscious. They took her to the nearest hospital, just outside of London, and the doctors had the slightest inkling that they were all wizards and witches.
"BOY!! GET DOWN HERE!" Uncle Vernon's voice thundered from downstairs.
"Oy'," Harry sighed, clambering up from his bed, heading for the door. As soon as he opened it, Ginny stepped through the door. She was crying.
"Ginny!" Harry was surprised when she suddenly pulled him into a hug. She wept so loudly that he saw Uncle Vernon's face appearing at the top of the landing. "Erm- Ginny, are you alright?"
"Oh, sorry." She sniffed, "I'm so scared. Percy came for a visit today."
Harry gasped, stepping back. "Is everything alright?! Did he hurt you?" Harry asked, searching her eyes.
"He. he's not him. He came for his stuff. His arm. He has the dark mark now. He told me he loves me. he always would, but this is what he wants for himself. His eyes. They are so empty now. So. black," she laughed. "I remember I used to love his eyes. They fascinated me. But now, they are black. His hair, it's black too. He gave me a hug and he was so. COLD. Then he left. I'm afraid of what he's capable of, Harry."
Harry swept her back into a reassuring hug. "It'll be alright. Maybe your mum and Ron should come stay here as well," Harry said in an askance way.
"I don't know." but she was cut short. Someone walked through the doorway, and it wasn't any one who lived there. It was..
(A/N) HA!! A cliffhanger. I'll continue when I get 5 reviews. Thank you Murks!!!