Harry Potter woke to the sun slowly creeping through his bedroom.
By just looking at him nobody would suspect he was different from
the people he was living with at the moment. But he was. Harry
Potter was a wizard. His parents (who were wizards) were murdered
by a dark wizard called Voldemort when Harry was very young.
However when Voldemort turned on Harry the curse re-bounded and
all of Voldemorts powers were drained. Even though Voldemort was
defeated, people still feared that his powers would return and
are still even scared of the name. As he turned over, Harry's
first thoughts swam into his head. 'I'm not surprised people are
scared of Voldemort now he's returned to power- I hope Sirius is
alright' Indeed, the most feared wizard had returned, Harry had
witnessed it happening, And now, every wizard (except Albus
Dumbledore) was scared of confronting the dark wizard. The
picture of Cedric Diggory moved into Harry's thoughts. Harry was
furious with himself. "Now listen," He said quietly
trying hard not to wake the Dursleys "You weren't
responsible for his death, you couldn't have stopped Voldemort
from killing him" Harry was living with his Aunt and Uncle.
They were what wizards called 'Muggles' which meant they
shouldn't know anything about the wizard world unless they have
relative's who have the power. But Petunia and Vernon Dursley,
and their son Dudley were the most UN- magic as you could get and
tried to squash the magic out of Harry. Although it was the first
day of the summer holidays from his School called Hogwarts Harry
hoped he was going to leave on that day.
Ron Weasley was his best friend at Hogwarts, along with Hermoine
Granger. Hopefully the Weasley family (who always seemed to like
him) would come and rescue him from the Dursleys. Harry thought
of writing to Sirius but then decided not to, as it could
distract him from his work.
Sirius Black was Harry's godfather. He was also a misunderstood
escaped convict. Because his parents were gone, Harry thought of
Sirius as a true father. There was a cough from the bedroom near
Harry's, Uncle Vernon had woken, and he couldn't blame it on
Harry for once. Hedwig, Harry's owl fluttered down on to his
knee, Harry stroked it a few times and then said "I've got a
job for you" he got up and went over to the table in his
bedroom and pulled out his eagle-feathered quill. After writing a
letter to Hermoine Harry shoved the parchment of Hermoine's
letter into a little pouch attached to Hedwig, then opened the
window, so she could fly out.
An hour later Harry was eating one fried egg off a plate
"We'll save those for Dudley" The Dursleys had tried
always starve him. Perhaps because they were jealous of his
power- they had totally given up on Dudley's diet and knew he was
likely to die at the age of 25. There was a knock on the door.
Aunt Petunia opened the door, a man was standing in the porch,
Harry could tell it was Arthur Weasley, Rons dad.
"Um, hello I'm from the ocarisist society to help the blind.
Have you got any money that you would like to donate?" Aunt
Petunia dashed off to get her purse, and Harry dashed up to the
door. Mr. Weasley spoke "Hi, Harry- quick get your stuff and
get in the car before your Aunt gets back. Harry tore across the
lawn, and into the car.
"Alright, Harry?" Came a familiar voice. Fred and
George were the twins in the Weasley family and they were very
mischievous. Ron was with them.
"Hi, Harry quick exit this time, huh?" Ron was
grinning.
"Yeah, could have been earlier, though," Harry smiled
back. The smile had gone off Rons face. "It was a joke
Ron"
"Oh, I um.. I knew that!" Arthur Weasley was back. He
had two pounds clutched in a little bag and for once, Harry was
amazed to see that Mr. Weasley didn't stare at the money thinking
it was brilliant. "Right, let's go" The Black car shot
off at high speed and Harry looked behind. He could see the
Dursleys looking furious and waving their fists. Harry grinned
again. That was his first, and last day at the Dursleys.
As the car pulled into the Weasleys house which they called the
burrow the first thing Harry saw was Mrs. Weasley standing at the
doorway. She gave Harry a big hug when he got out of the car.
"Oh, it is nice to see you again" She said, almost as
though she was proud of it.
"Come on, let's go to my room" Said Ron. Harry had got
used to the Weasley's house and now he wasn't bothered about the
clanking ghoul in the attic or the mirror that spoke. Harry
followed Ron up to his room, it took a while, as the house had 3
floors, and Ron's was on the top. They had to go up three winding
staircases- but at last they reached Ron's room which was on the
very top floor of the Weasley's house. They came to a door with a
crooked sign that said 'Ronalds Room'. Harry pushed the door
open. The room was in its usual mess, which always seemed to be
there. On the bed was Ginny- Rons youngest and only sister
playing a game of gobstones with...
"Hermoine!" Harry grinned at one of his best friends at
school "I didn't know you were here!" Hermoine smiled
back at Harry.
"Yes, Ron invited me here yesterday, I've only just arrived
it's good to see you again."
"Yeah, right" said Ron quickly "Do you want to go
and play Quidditch you lot?" Harry felt as if he really
wanted to so he said "yes" almost too quickly. Hermoine
looked scared
"Umm well"
"Oh, come on" said Ron "you can go on my broom- it
only gets to 2 miles per hour" "Oh, well Ok" said
Hermoine still looking fearful "but I'm flying low Ok?"
"It's fine with us" replied Harry. 15 minutes later the
three of them plus Fred and George were up at a paddock the
Weasleys owned showing Hermoine how to fly. They had finally got
her in the air. Ron gave a whoop "yay! See Hermoine, you can
do it!" After about two hours the group made their way back
down the hill and into the Weasleys house, talking loudly, but
then stopped as they saw Mr. Weasley talking to Albus Dumbledore-
the head of Hogwarts. "Ok, then, thanks for telling us
then" Mr. Weasley was saying. Dumbledore turned to Harry,
Fred, George, Ron and Hermoine. "Oh, hello- and
goodbye" he said as he walked out.
"Um, sir?" said Harry quickly "can I have a word
with you out-side please?"
"Of course!" replied Dumbledore brightly; Harry walked
out of the door with him.
"Do you think I can write to Sirius?" Harry asked as
soon as they were outside "Because I knew you sent him on
that mission"
"Oh, that!" Said Dumbledore "Oh, I'm afraid you
can't, as it may put him off."
"Yes, I know," said Harry "That's why I didn't
write to him before, what's he doing?" Dumbledore looked
down at his robes, and then back at Harry.
"I have sent Sirius to collect all of the great wizards to
build an alliance against Voldemort, so that he can't turn back
to ultimate power. I myself am going into the 'Power', so
Professor McGonogall will be left as Head Mistress, Anyway, I
think you will be seeing a lot more of Sirius this year."
Harry bid goodbye to Dumbledore and sat down at the table in the
Weasley's house, thinking how he could see more of Sirius.
"What was Dumbledore here for?" Ron asked, frowning.
"Well he was here to say why Ginny can't go to Hogwarts this
term." Ron and Harry's mouths dropped open. "Why?"
"Well, every body in the 1st to 4th year isn't allowed
because they are vulnerable to you know who, did you know he's
killed 5000 people already?" Everyone shivered.
Harry had an enjoyable holiday at The Burrow and two weeks before
the start of term letters from Hogwarts arrived at the table.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred and George sat in silence as they read
their letters. It said the same things as last term, except the
book list.
Standard Book of Spells 5
Transfiguration for Intermediates
The Ultimate guide to the Dark Arts
I am Voldemort
A Charming Book
The History of it all
Taming untamable creatures
Dictionary of Magic
A Future
They each peered over at each other's lists. "Wow, I'm a
prefect!" Exclaimed Hermoione with pride "I wonder who
the new defence against the dark arts teacher is going to
be?" she didn't go on, seeing the look on Ginny's face. The
two weeks passed rapidly, and finally, Harry was packing his
things inside his trunk and preparing himself for the Hogwarts
express. It seemed that everyone had got the 'End of the
Holidays' Mood around them. Seeing that Hedwig was safely shut in
her cage Harry made his way down the 3 sets of stairs and into
the lounge.
"Ah, there you are Harry, dear" Said Mrs. Weasley
"Right, are we all ready? After you Arthur!" Mr.
Weasley took a pinch of powder and shouted "Platform nine
and three quarters!" threw the powder into the fire, and was
gone. "You next, Harry" Said Mrs. Weasley sweetly.
Harry took a pinch of the powder (Which just happened to be floo
powder) it felt very much like sand. He walked over to the
Weasley's fire, threw the powder in. And bellowed "Platform
nine and three quarters!" and suddenly he was rushing
through a tunnel of darkness, which was twisting and turning.
Harry started to feel sick, just as he thought this he landed his
knees on a cold, concrete slab inside what looked like a waiting
house.
Mr. Weasley was standing near the fireplace and helped Harry to
his feet. After 20 seconds Ron, covered in soot appeared out of
nowhere, and luckily landed right on his feet. After all the
Weasleys were there they made their way to Platform nine and
three quarters. Mrs. Weasley kissed them all goodbye, including
Harry and Hermione, and waved as the train set off.
"Oh, I'd better go to the prefects cabin" Said
Hermoine.
"Getting stuck in already, are we?" Asked Ron in a
mocking tone.
"Bye"
"Bye" Ron and Harry made their way down the train, from
cabin to cabin and finally found one that was empty. No sooner
had they sat down another person came through the compartment
door- it was Draco Malfoy. "Oh hello, P-." "Shut
up, and go away" Said Harry quickly "so-"
"shut up and go away" This time Ron said it. "No
yo-" "GOODBYE" Both Ron and Harry shoved Draco
through the compartment door again. "That's that
settled" said Harry quietly. Ron however was looking outside
the window.
"Look, there's an owl!" Harry quickly opened the window
and a large Tawny owl swept into the cabin and landed on Harry's
lap. Harry took a letter from the owl and it swooped back out of
the window hooting happily- Hedwig rose an eyebrow. Harry tore
open the letter and read it out to Ron
Dear Harry
Good news! My name has been cleared! Dumbledore caught Wormtail
and I was voted innocent. I hope you are well and not thinking
too much about Voldemort. I'm sorry for not writing on your
birthday- I was busy at the courts- yes I know it still doesn't
make it right, but anyway I've enclosed your birthday present in
the envelope that's attached to the letter. This summer you
should be able to live with me! I've got a place near Hogsmede-
but anyway you'll be seeing me a lot this term so you won't miss
me too much. Sorry again for your birthday.
Love,
Padfoot
"What does he mean you'll see a lot of me this term?"
asked Ron. "I don't know" Said Harry "Dumbledore
said that too, it's weird" Harry opened the envelope, inside
was a tiny, black shirt button. With it was another note 'Padfoot
Rules- enjoy'. They stared at the button, and Harry muttered:
"Padfoot rules" A huge blue screen appeared with a map
of the Hogwarts Express "Whoa!" Exclaimed Harry
"It gives a map of where you are at the moment!" They
sat talking for the rest of the journey with occasional visits
from Seamus Finnigan, Neville Longbottom and Dean Thomas.
Suddenly a man's voice wafted down each cabin "We will
arrive at Hogsmeade station in 10 minutes time" Harry and
Ron quickly got into their Wizards robes. The train began to
slow.
