~Two Mates~
Chapter 1
Harry Potter lay awake in bed, in his small bedroom at the Dursley's. It was the early hours of a summer morning and the sun was just rising. He had just woken up from a dream about Sirius.
Harry was still upset and angry over his godfather's death, Sirius was the closest thing to a father that he had.
Harry heard a soft knocking on his door.
"Harry!" Aunt Petunia hissed.
Harry groaned quietly and stumbled out of bed, he opened the door and his Aunt thrust a plastic bag into his hands. "Just get rid of them!" She said in an urgent whisper. Harry peered into the plastic bag; there were 5 packets of cigarettes in there. He chuckled to himself. 'They must be Uncle Vernon's!' He thought.
Harry stood in his room still holding the plastic bag. He chuckled again as he found this quite amusing. He then noticed that there was a lighter with the cigarettes. He grinned to himself as an idea came to him; his Aunt had said to get rid of them… He went over to the window, opened it and lit a cigarette as he leaned against the window sill. Hedwig stared at him as he smoked the cigarette.
Harry found the cigarette addictive; he wondered if he should tell his friends about it. 'It's no big deal' he thought.
Over the next few weeks of the summer holidays, Harry continued to smoke. He wandered the streets, which he liked because it meant time away from the Dursley's. Uncle Vernon seemed grumpier than usual since the morning Aunt Petunia had knocked on Harry's door.
As well as smoking, Harry had discovered rock music. Harry had met a kid in the park, who said his name was Morpheus. Harry doubted that this was his real name. Morpheus seemed like a bit of a loner to Harry, but then, he reminded himself that he was also a loner in summer.
Morpheus had actually seemed happy to give Harry a Discman and a few CDs.
One day when Harry met Morpheus in the park he noticed a flash of silver on his lip. As he got closer he saw that it was a piercing.
"Come on! I have to show you something!" Morpheus said pulling Harry along.
"What?"
Morpheus showed Harry a piercing and tattoo parlour. "What do you think? I reckon you'd look good with an eyebrow piercing."
"Okay then."
Harry grinned into the mirror when he saw his new piercing.
"Harry!" Morpheus exclaimed, "What about a tattoo?" He asked when the piercer had tended to another customer. "Remember how you said you like lions? You should get a tattoo of one. I got a snake on my arm yesterday, see." He pulled up his sleeve revealing a green serpent. Harry gulped, 'The Slytherin mascot!?' he thought. He pushed the thought out of this mind and said quietly "Don't you have to be an adult to get one?"
"They don't care about that stuff here."
"I don't think so Morpheus, I like the piercing but I don't want a tattoo."
"That's okay, let's go then."
When Harry got back to the Dursley's, Dudley stared at his new piercing and said "Dad, He's gone and got his eyebrow pierced!"
"You shouldn't mutilate your body like that boy!"
Aunt Petunia just glared at him as she ushered him into the hallway to give him more of her husband's cigarettes.
