Chapter 1: The beginning.

It was a warm night in Little Whining, especially in Privet drive. All of the occupants in that area were sound asleep, lying comfortably in their beds, all but one. Harry Potter of number four, Privet drive was thrashing around in his bed, his cover was on the floor as he had thrown it there from the heat, revealing his half naked body. His hair had now grown to shoulders length, resembling Bill's, and his muscles had fully formed from all of the working out he had done during those long days he stayed in his rooms. The only trace of childhood actually left in him was his 'mischief meter' as he had grown to call it.

"Gerrof of her……Let her go, it's me you want…..I'll kill you for that," He mumbled in his sleep between soft snores. He was dreaming of the final battle between Voldemort and himself. 'He killed her' is all that he could think about. The death eaters were surrounding him, trying to weaken him; but suddenly the dream changed. He was walking up a familiar set of stairs, they were the same ones from a dream he had, three years prior to this dream. A bone chilling voice cackled, "It's nearly time."
"Time for what master?" a voice came from behind. It was familiar to Harry, yet he could not pin point whose it was. The bone chilling voice spoke again, "Time for what you ask, Draco, well it is time for our dear Mr. Potter to be vulnerable once more, for soon, the protection invoked around him 16 years ago, will cease to exist! And then, then you shall have your chance to prove just how loyal you are……"

Harry awoke with a start. Did he really just dream what he thought he dreamt, or was it just that, a dream? All of Harry's thought were put to the back of his head when he heard a tapping noise coming from the window. When he looked up he saw two owls. One was Hedwig and the other was the Daily Prophet owl. After he let them in and paid the daily prophet owl, he went to see what Hedwig had for him. She was carrying two letters, the first was from Ron:

Heya Harry,
I'm just writing to you to tell you that everything is ready for you, for tomorrow, we'll be coming to get you at five. You'll be staying (unfortunately for me) in Ginny's room. All the others are taken up by Fleur and her family, you know, while the wedding is happening. Any way can't wait to see you soon.
Your best mate,
Ron

When Harry had read this his inside went all funny, "I'm staying in Ginny's room!" he whispered, while his cheeks went red. Harry had just started to day dream about Ginny, when he felt a sharp pain in his hand. "Oh, sorry Hed, forgot you where there." Harry said while taking off the second letter. His heart leapt again when he saw whose writing was on the envelope. The letter was stained with tears but Harry could still make out what it said:

Dear Harry,
I have recently heard that we shall be sharing a room for the remainder of the summer. I am writing to you to firstly state the rules that you would do well to follow, and to secondly remind you of how much I love you.
The rules are as follows:
1. No peeking
2. No eye goggling
3. No talking about: Phlegm, Phlegm Jnr. Or Phlegm's family. &
4. Ignore me unless you wish to take me back!!

I love you and I can't think of any reason why I don't want to be with you. If you don't take me back, I don't know what I might do. I am no longer a child, I can care for myself; and mostly I just want to be with you.

Harry through the letter aside, "How can she not get it? I can't take her back, no matter how much I love her. It's too dangerous!" He exclaimed.
'Beep beep beep' Uncle Vernon's alarm had just gone off and Harry could here Dudley chucking a tantrum for being woken up at seven in the morning by the alarm. "You don't get it boy. Today's the day we finally get rid of him; today's a day to celebrate." Uncle Vernon Laughed "Hehe, today we shall be free of Harry!"

Harry got out of bed -now that everyone was awake there was no point in sleeping- and started packing for later that evening. It took Harry almost two hours to find all of his belongings that he had accumulated over the years. By the time he found it all and had packed it neatly into his trunk –He was amazed that it all fit! - Aunt Petunia was calling everyone down for breakfast. When Harry got down stairs, he noticed almost every food that he had ever encountered lay out in front of him; there were puddings and cakes with multiple layers of ice-cream. "What's all this for?" Harry asked when he got to the kitchen. "Well," Uncle Vernon replied, "We just thought it would be nice to send you off in the best way possible, just to say 'good ridden and never darken our doorstep again'" he cackled. After a wonderful breakfast -even though Dudley and Vernon had kept reminding Harry of his departure- Harry returned to his room, to finish the last of his daily work out before getting ready to finally leave the place that he had called somewhat of a home for the past 15 and a half years.

As five o'clock drew near, Harry heard the doorbell ring and his uncle call him downstairs. When Harry got down, he noticed two people he had missed very much; his two best friends, Hermione and Ron. "Hey guys, when Ron wrote saying that someone was coming to get me, I never thought that it would be you to!" Harry said.
"Us three actually, Ginny's waiting for us outside" Hermione corrected him.
"She's here? Let me talk to her." Harry Said while trying to get past his uncle.
"Not right now, first we need to get out of here and back to my place," Ron spoke for the first time since they had arrived.
"Yeah. Alright. Give me a minute to get my stuff." Harry yelled over his shoulder while running up the stairs. Harry return a few minutes later with all of his stuff, and with his working out gear sticking out of his trunk.