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Last day at the Dursley's
'Today is the day!' Harry thought to himself as he hopped out of bed. So much excitement filled him, as he got dressed and packed his trunk, that he could have burst at that very moment. Today is that day that he's been waiting for all summer. Today is the day that he gets to go to the burrow and get away from the Dursley's. The Weasley family had invited Harry to stay with them for two whole weeks. Not only that, but he would never have to go back to the Dursley's again. This year would be his last at Hogwarts. After this year, he was a free man.
As Harry packed his trunk, he noticed a snowy white creature sitting on his window sill, one note tied to each leg. "Hedwig! Hey girl!" Harry said happily as he let the beautiful owl into his room. She flew around the room twice before landing on his desk and nudging Harry with her head. She held out her left leg, then her right, and Harry untied both of the letters. Hedwig flew into her cage and, to her surprise found a bowl of owl treats there waiting for her. She squawked with approval before starting on the treats.
Harry looked down at the two letters he held in his hand. One was in neat printed handwriting, which was obviously from Hermione, and one was in an almost unreadable messy scrawl. He opened hermione's letter first. It read:
Dear Harry,
Happy birthday! I couldn't send your present wit Hedwig this time; it was too heavy for her to carry! I'll give it to you when you get to Ron's house. I'll see you then!
Love Hermione
Harry wondered what she could have gotten him, but decided not to worry about that right now. He opened Ron's letter and began to read:
Harry,
How are you? Good, I hope! I can't wait until you and Hermione get here! Mum has some really cool things planned for us. Fred, George, and Bill will be here too! By the way, happy birthday! I didn't send your present with Hedwig, but it's waiting here for you! See you soon!
Ron p.s. I have something really important to talk to you about when you get here.
"Harry! If you expect us to get you out of this house and to that blasted train station on time, you better hurry up!" yelled uncle Vernon up the stairs "and you can put it in the car yourself! No need for special treatment just because you may never be coming back here!" "Like that's a bad thing!" Harry chuckled to himself. Harry loaded his things into the car as Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, and big fat Dudley impatiently nagged at him. "Hurry up Harry, some people have better things to do than sit around waiting for you." They kept saying to him. Harry rolled his eyes as he got into the car. The car ride seemed to take forever, but they finally arrived at the train station. As Harry loaded his things onto his cart, he recognized someone standing by the sign that belongs to platform 27. It was Cho, the girl he had a crush on for years. He took the opportunity and yelled "Cho! Over here!" She looked up, smiled her irresistible smile, and walked over. "Hey Harry! Where are you going?" she asked "I'm on my way to Ron's house. I'm going to be there for the rest of the summer" "Oh, that sounds like fun!" she said as she smiled "I just got done visiting my grandma." *tap*tap*tap* Harry turned around to face Uncle Vernon. "We don't have all day, you know! Let's get all the goodbyes over with so we can leave" Uncle Vernon said as his face turned bright red with impatience. "Okay," Harry began "uhh, bye then." Uncle Vernon and Dudley turned away, but Aunt Petunia didn't move. She just stared at Harry for a minute. Then she whispered something that Harry couldn't hear. "What?" he asked. "I said, I'm sorry." Harry felt like he had been punched really hard in the stomach. He couldn't say anything for a second, he simply asked "why?" "We took you in as a baby. We fed you and clothed you. We even let you have the toys that Dudley didn't want anymore." She paused for a second and saw the shocked look on her husband and son's faces "but the one thing we never did was show you love. We never showed you anything but hate and disrespect. We never even threw you a birthday party. Not one. And I'm sorry." She paused again, then did something even more unexpected. She leaned over to Harry and hugged him, then she handed him a small wrapped box. She said, "I hope this makes up for it." And turned away. The Dursley's walked away, leaving Harry confused and speechless.
Cho tapped his shoulder to get his attention. "We need to get to the train, it leaves in five minutes!" She smiled and walked through towards the train. Harry turned and followed her. They boarded the train and sat in an empty cabin together.
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Last day at the Dursley's
'Today is the day!' Harry thought to himself as he hopped out of bed. So much excitement filled him, as he got dressed and packed his trunk, that he could have burst at that very moment. Today is that day that he's been waiting for all summer. Today is the day that he gets to go to the burrow and get away from the Dursley's. The Weasley family had invited Harry to stay with them for two whole weeks. Not only that, but he would never have to go back to the Dursley's again. This year would be his last at Hogwarts. After this year, he was a free man.
As Harry packed his trunk, he noticed a snowy white creature sitting on his window sill, one note tied to each leg. "Hedwig! Hey girl!" Harry said happily as he let the beautiful owl into his room. She flew around the room twice before landing on his desk and nudging Harry with her head. She held out her left leg, then her right, and Harry untied both of the letters. Hedwig flew into her cage and, to her surprise found a bowl of owl treats there waiting for her. She squawked with approval before starting on the treats.
Harry looked down at the two letters he held in his hand. One was in neat printed handwriting, which was obviously from Hermione, and one was in an almost unreadable messy scrawl. He opened hermione's letter first. It read:
Dear Harry,
Happy birthday! I couldn't send your present wit Hedwig this time; it was too heavy for her to carry! I'll give it to you when you get to Ron's house. I'll see you then!
Love Hermione
Harry wondered what she could have gotten him, but decided not to worry about that right now. He opened Ron's letter and began to read:
Harry,
How are you? Good, I hope! I can't wait until you and Hermione get here! Mum has some really cool things planned for us. Fred, George, and Bill will be here too! By the way, happy birthday! I didn't send your present with Hedwig, but it's waiting here for you! See you soon!
Ron p.s. I have something really important to talk to you about when you get here.
"Harry! If you expect us to get you out of this house and to that blasted train station on time, you better hurry up!" yelled uncle Vernon up the stairs "and you can put it in the car yourself! No need for special treatment just because you may never be coming back here!" "Like that's a bad thing!" Harry chuckled to himself. Harry loaded his things into the car as Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, and big fat Dudley impatiently nagged at him. "Hurry up Harry, some people have better things to do than sit around waiting for you." They kept saying to him. Harry rolled his eyes as he got into the car. The car ride seemed to take forever, but they finally arrived at the train station. As Harry loaded his things onto his cart, he recognized someone standing by the sign that belongs to platform 27. It was Cho, the girl he had a crush on for years. He took the opportunity and yelled "Cho! Over here!" She looked up, smiled her irresistible smile, and walked over. "Hey Harry! Where are you going?" she asked "I'm on my way to Ron's house. I'm going to be there for the rest of the summer" "Oh, that sounds like fun!" she said as she smiled "I just got done visiting my grandma." *tap*tap*tap* Harry turned around to face Uncle Vernon. "We don't have all day, you know! Let's get all the goodbyes over with so we can leave" Uncle Vernon said as his face turned bright red with impatience. "Okay," Harry began "uhh, bye then." Uncle Vernon and Dudley turned away, but Aunt Petunia didn't move. She just stared at Harry for a minute. Then she whispered something that Harry couldn't hear. "What?" he asked. "I said, I'm sorry." Harry felt like he had been punched really hard in the stomach. He couldn't say anything for a second, he simply asked "why?" "We took you in as a baby. We fed you and clothed you. We even let you have the toys that Dudley didn't want anymore." She paused for a second and saw the shocked look on her husband and son's faces "but the one thing we never did was show you love. We never showed you anything but hate and disrespect. We never even threw you a birthday party. Not one. And I'm sorry." She paused again, then did something even more unexpected. She leaned over to Harry and hugged him, then she handed him a small wrapped box. She said, "I hope this makes up for it." And turned away. The Dursley's walked away, leaving Harry confused and speechless.
Cho tapped his shoulder to get his attention. "We need to get to the train, it leaves in five minutes!" She smiled and walked through towards the train. Harry turned and followed her. They boarded the train and sat in an empty cabin together.
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