Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban-with Newt

A/N: OK. This is part 3 of Harry Potter with Newt series. This time, the story will start to change a bit from the canon. And in case anyone is wondering, Yes Newt will play more important role. So enjoy!

Disclaimer: Not mine

Chapter 1: Best Birthday

Harry Potter of Number 4 Privet drive was no ordinary boy. For one thing, unlike others, Summer Holiday was his least favorite time of the year. He also had to do his summer homework secretly and he also happened to be a wizard.

Harry Potter was doing his summer homework in the middle of the night, about why Medieval Witch hunting was pointless. Harry tried his best to focus about a witch who enjoyed being burned so much to the point she got captured numerously but he failed.

Harry couldn't focus on writing the essay because if he even makes a slight noise, that would wake his magic hating relatives who will probably lock him in the cupboard. The Dursleys were the reason Harry hated summer holiday because they were intolerant to anything different to them, abusive and downright unpleasant.

The first thing they did when Harry came back from his summer holiday was to lock all his magical belongings in the cupboard. They didn't care if Harry got punished for not doing his homework. They would probably send a letter asking for a harsher punishment. Fortunately for Harry, Harry knew how to pick locks so he managed to sneak everything he owned to his room.

Harry was taking more precaution than usual because a recent phone call made his uncle beyond angry.

His friend Ron who came from all wizards family called him during the middle of the summer. When Vernon Dursley picked up the phone and answer, he heard Ron's loud voice through the telephone. "HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO?" Ron yelled through the phone.

Uncle Vernon jumped back and growled at the phone. "Who the ruddy hell are you? Is this some sort of prank?" he growled.

"THIS IS RON WEASLEY!" Ron shouted through the phone. "I"M HARRY'S FRIEND!"

Uncle Vernon almost gasped at the word Harry's friend. "THERE IS NO HARRY HERE AND DON'T EVER CALL BACK!" Uncle Vernon screamed through the phone.

Then he turned to Harry. "HOW DARE YOU GIVE AWAY OUR PHONE NUMBER TO YOUR KIND!" he screamed. Harry wisely ran up to his room and locked the door. After the phone call, Harry made a vow to himself to next time, don't just tell wizards your phone number, but also how to use them properly.

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Ron must have sensed he caused a trouble because he didn't call him again. Hermione and Newt were in other countries so he wasn't expecting any phone call from them, but Harry hoped if Newt calls, he wouldn't scream at the phone like Ron did.

Harry closed the book and rolled up the parchment. Harry realized he wouldn't get any work done that night. Harry checked his tattered old watch and saw that it was 1 in the morning. Without knowing, Harry had just turned 13.

Harry never really enjoyed his birthday because Dursleys never bothered to do anything for him. Harry opened the window to see if Hedwig was returning. He had let out the owl few weeks ago and she still hasn't returned. Harry closed his eyes and enjoyed the cool breeze. At least he wasn't spending his inside a cupboard like first 11 years of his life.

Harry thought and realized he was pretty lucky to even celebrate his 13th birthday. With a dark lord name Voldemort who killed his parents trying to kill him for last two years, Harry thought it was a miracle he was still alive.

Then, Harry saw something coming in his direction. Bunch of owls were coming to his direction and to Harry's delight, Hedwig was among them. All of the owls were carrying a package and a letter. First, Weasley's old owl Errol came down crashing on his bad. Then, Hedwig came in, a barn owl came in and finally, a great horned owl came in.

Harry reached to Errol and picked him up, placing him near Hedwig's cage. The poor thing looked exhausted. Harry took the letter and the package from Errol. The letter also had a newspaper clipping.

MINISTRY OF MAGIC EMPLOYEE SCOOPS GRAND PRIZE

Arthur Weasley, Head of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office at the Ministry of Magic, has won the annual Daily Prophet Grand Prize Galleon Draw.

A delighted Mr. Weasley told the Daily Prophet, "We will be spending the gold on a summer holiday in Egypt, where our eldest son, Bill, works as a curse breaker for Gringotts Wizarding Bank."

The Weasley family will be spending a month in Egypt, returning for the start of the new school year at Hogwarts, which five of the Weasley children currently attend.

Harry looked at the photo in the clipping and grinned. The Weasleys were standing in front of a large pyramid, grinning and waving. Harry saw Ron standing next to Ginny with Scabbers the rat on his shoulder.

Harry felt very happy for them because while the Weasleys had the heart of gold, they weren't exactly the most financially well off.

Harry picked up the letter from Ron.

Dear Harry.

Happy Birthday mate! Sorry about the trouble with phone. Dad told me I'm not supposed to yell at it like that. Anyway, it's great here in Egypt! There are lots of cool tombs and skeletons here. Bill showed me some ancient curses Egyptians used. Bloody mad all of them. Mom didn't let Ginny go look at them though. Mom wasn't happy when twins tried to lock Percy inside a tomb. That was hilarious.

I couldn't believe dad won the Daily Prophet draw! He said he's getting me a new wand. We'll be back week before the term starts. Why don't we meet at the Diagon Alley? Hope the muggles treat you well!

Ron

P.S Speaking of Ginny, she's doing great! She recovered fine from last year.

P.P.S Percy is the Head boy. Now, he will have even bigger head.

Harry sniggered as he read the letter. He could see Percy in the photo with his Head Boy badge on his shirt and looking smug. He also looked at the photo and saw Ginny, smiling widely. Harry was glad Ginny was doing ok. With being possessed by Voldemort for a year, Harry was worried she might not be well.

Harry opened the present from Ron and found something that looked like a miniature glass spinning top. There was note from Ron. "This is a Pocket Sneakoscope. If there's someone untrustworthy around, it's supposed to light up and spin. Bill says it's rubbish sold for wizard tourists and isn't reliable, because it kept lighting up at dinner last night. But he didn't realize Fred and George had put beetles in his soup.

Harry smiled and pocketed the sneakoscope. Harry looked at Hedwig and lightly petted her head while taking the letter and the package from her. She nipped at him and flew next to Errol to drink some water. That letter was from Hermione.

Dear Harry.

Ron wrote me about the fiasco with the phone. Hope you weren't punished. I'm in France and it's amazing here. I bought this for you, but I was worried how I was going to send it to you. I was worried they might check it at customs. Then guess what? Hedwig showed up! She really knows when to show up.

I saw this in an advertisement in Daily Prophet and thought it would be perfect for you. Speaking of Daily Prophet, did you see the article about Ron and his family? I'm so jealous. I heard ancient Egyptian wizards were really fascinating.

Of course, I did all my homework and I HOPE Harry, you did at least some part of it. I heard Ron will be here in last week of Holiday. Why don't we meet there? I really hope we can. I mean, not seeing you for all summer sounds dreadful.

Love from Hermione

P.S Ron told me Percy is Head Boy. He didn't seem very happy when he told me that.

Harry grinned after reading his female best friends letter. It was so typical of Hermione. Fascinated by anything she can study and always making sure he did all the homework. Harry reached for Hermione's gift. It was very heavy. Harry assumed it was some sort of heavy book with lots of difficult spells. But when he opened it, it was nothing of sort.

His heart gave a huge bound as he ripped back the paper and saw a sleek black leather case, with silver words stamped across it, reading Broomstick Servicing Kit.

"Hermione, you really out did yourself." thought Harry, barely able to wait from using it on his treasured Nimbus 2000 broom.

Harry saw the great horned owl and petted it. He took the letter and the package from him and the owl flew out the window. The letter was from Newt.

Dear Harry.

Hi Harry. Hope you are coping well. Ron told me about what he did with the phone. When I call someday, I will make sure I don't shout through it. The states is great! I'm at New York, staying at my Grand aunt Queenie and grand uncle Jacob's. They even took me to the puffskein store I talked about!

It's great here. I heard Ron was at Egypt. My grandfather took me there once and it was great. I hope he had a good time. Anyway, what I got for you should be pretty useful. You told me about how your uncle complained about Hedwig hooting right? I believe this can help you solve that problem.

I heard you guys are planning on meeting at the Diagon Alley a week before the term starts. So I guess I will see you then? Well, take care Harry and Harry? I know you probably did but try to do some homework or Hermione might throw a fit.

Best wishes Newt.

Harry opened the package from Newt and saw a book that said 'Experts guide in handling Strigiformes raptor' Harry noticed it had a bookmark in it. Harry flipped to the page that had the bookmark and saw the title, "3 simple steps on controlling the hooting of Strigiformes." It said stroked the back of the owl 3 times, gently caress its beak and tap lightly on their feet. That apparently shows the owl that the environment is safe and there is no need to hoot.

Harry had a widest grin he could have after reading his best friend's letters. Newt was typical Newt. Caring and a huge animal lover. Harry had no idea what a puffskein was but assumed it was a magical creature. Newt always loved magical creatures and befriended lot of them. Harry could think about Newt's creatures that helped him last two years: the Swooping evil, Pickett the Bowtruckle and Socrchy the ashwinder. Yep. Newt really liked strange animals.

Last owl was carrying two letter and a package, and one of the letters had Hogwarts seal. Harry recognized that one of the letter had Hogwarts Gamekeeper Hagrid's untidy writing. Then suddenly, Harry heard a growl.

Harry sat in silence and listened for the growl again. The growl came again, followed by a snapping noise. Harry was not mistaken when he thought that the sound was coming from the package.

Harry knew Hagrid's idea of danger and his idea of danger was quite different. Hagrid did befriend a man eating spider, keep a cerberus as a pet and have an illegal dragon in his hut. Harry carefully opened the package and saw that there was a book.

Harry frowned and picked up the book, only to have it start snapping its page at Harry. Harry dropped the book in shock and the book scuttled below his bed, making weird noises.

Harry reached for Hagrid's letter, hoping for an explanation about it.

Dear Harry.

Happy birthday! I hope those ruddy muggles are treating you well. This book will be extremely useful for your new year. I will tell you more if I see you. Enjoy the book!

Hagrid

Harry grimaced. Of course Hagrid would send him a book that could bite him back. Harry realized that the book was still below his bed and realized he won't sleep well with something snapping and scurrying around under his bed. Harry needed a plan to capture the book.

Harry slowly reached for his belt and his shoe. Harry, standing on top of the bed, dropped one of the shoe. The book jumped out immediately, biting the shoe repeatedly. Harry jumped out of the bed and stood on the book. He quickly picked it up and buckled his belt around it.

Harry wiped off his sweat and put the book, named Monster Book of Monsters, away. Harry noticed he didn't open the last letter from Hogwarts. Harry picked it up and started to read.

Dear Mr. Potter,

Please note that the new school year will begin on September the first. The Hogwarts Express will leave from King's Cross station, platform nine and three quarters, at eleven o'clock. Third years are permitted to visit the village of Hogsmeade on certain weekends. Please give the enclosed permission form to your parent or guardian to sign. A list of books for next year is enclosed.

Yours sincerely,

Professor M. McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

Harry was no longer smiling when he pulled out the permission form. There was no way the Dursleys would sign it. Harry would be missing out on special trip to all wizard village while his friends would be off enjoying themselves.

Harry looked over at the alarm clock. It was now two o'clock in the morning. Deciding that he would have to figure out a way to get the form signed later, Harry got back into bed and reached up to cross off another day off the calendar, counting down the day left till his return to Hogwarts.

Then he took off his glasses and lay down while giving a one last look at his birthday cards. This, had been the best birthday in Harry's life.

A/N What do you think about the 3rd installment of Harry Potter with Newt series? Some quotes are from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling. Please leave a review! Constructive criticism are welcomed.