I don't own Harry Potter, but that would be cool if I did! I'm allowed to dream you know!

Harry potter had been at the Dursley's for almost three weeks now. They had effectively managed to ignore him the whole time, but he wasn't complaining, that's the way Harry preferred it anyway, when the Dursley's forgot he existed.

He rolled over in his bed to look at the clock on his bedside table, it read 3:30 am. This was the fourth night in a row he had not slept for fear of having nightmares about Sirius, his Godfather. Harry would wake up in the middle of the night drenched in a cold sweat, the image of a black veil still fluttering faintly in his mind.

Every time he thought of Sirius, a slight weight would fall in the pit of his stomach and that terrible feeling of guilt would envelope him. Harry rolled over again to stare at the ceiling, shadows dancing along it in the weak light from the street lamp outside his window.

He cast his eyes around his room, looking for something to take his thoughts off his Godfather, they landed on Hedwig's empty cage. She had been gone for nearly a week. Harry was hoping that she would be carrying letters from Ron and Hermione when she returned. He had written them both two weeks ago and had received no reply.

Harry only assumed that they were staying at number twelve Grimmauld Place, the head quarters of the Order of the Phoenix.

He felt small twinge of jealousy at having been out of the loop for so long again this summer. But unlike the previous summer, Harry was still getting daily copies of The Daily Prophet, and was reading it thoroughly cover to cover, like Hermione had suggested at the start of the previous school year.

The articles reported in the Prophet were now full of self defense guides and similar ways to magic proof your home from attack. He recalled how at the beginning of the summer, the paper was full of many people who'd stated they had had seen Lord Voldermort walking down their street in the middle of the night. It seems that the Daily Prophet had received so many of these eyewitness accounts that they had just stopped publishing them.

Harry was still dwelling on Prophet when Hedwig soared in through his open window, and to Harry's jubilation, four fat envelopes clenched tightly in her beak. He hopped off his bed and she fluttered over dropping the letters in his hand and flew over to her cage.

He opened the first piece of parchment and saw Hermione's neat handwriting.

Harry,

I've just been in touch with Ron, he says that they're coming to get you at the end of this week. They're all staying in London at Grimmauld Place, for the summer. Mum and Dad are letting me leave tomorrow night, so undoubtedly I'll get to see you when you arrive.

Anyway, I'm sure Ron will tell you all of the details in his letter, he told me he was going to write you soon. Oh and don't worry about your Birthday present, I've got it, I'll give it to you when I see you in London.

Love,

Hermione

Harry grinned at the letter and set it on his bedside table, grabbing the second one that lay on his bed at the same time. It was from Ron.

Hey Harry,

Mum says we can come and get you on Saturday, sometime around3:00. Don't worry about the Muggles, tell them we've got a car this time and that Dad won't blow up their fire place again!

Remember that, 3:00 on Saturday! Oh and Hermione will be here too, I just got her letter yesterday.

See you on Saturday Harry!

Ron

Only two more days and he'd be Dursley free! Harry was tingling with more happiness than he had felt in months. He tore open the other letter. It was from Hagrid, wishing him a Happy Birthday. Inside the envelope there was another paper, it was a picture, and Harry recognized it as the picture of the original Order of the Phoenix that Moody ahd showed him last year. At the front there was Sirius standing and waving handsomely up at him.

Harry looked away from the photo and tried to concentrate on the fact he was leaving the Dursley's soon. But the guilt stormed over him as he remembered he was going to Sirius's house.

Well, my first HP fic, so please review and I hoped you enjoyed it! Ch.2 will be up sometime soon.