This has been by far my most boring holiday ever.
That was Harry's thought most of the time this summer. He wasn't allowed to go out without one of the Dursleys being with him, so that means he doesn't go out at all. He wasn't allowed to send any owls to friends and they're not allowed to send any owls to him. The only contact he had to the Magical World is through Dumbledore, and he only owled him once.
The reason for all of this is because of the rise of the darkest wizard any one has ever encountered, and he's out to kill Harry. This is Lord Voldemort, known to many as You-Know-Who. He rose again during the Triwizard Tournament, during the third task. He almost got Harry killed then, but instead he killed a seventh year boy named Cedric Diggory.
For weeks Harry blamed himself for the tragedy. He doesn't anymore, but he still thinks about Cedric from time to time.
He was also hoping against hope that someone - anyone - will owl him and tell him what's going on. But it feels as if they think that the less Harry knows, the better. What he has heard was that the Aurors are out again to track down and destroy the Death Eaters and if possible, Voldemort. It was mainly the Aurors' decision to hunt them down again, as the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, still did not believe that Voldemort would ever be back. Last year, he was foolish and stubborn to believe it and that seem not to change.
Dumbledore also told Harry that Hagrid and Madame Maxime, two half giants, have gone to the mountains to talk to the giants and persuade them to come to their side. The Dementors were also replaced to guard Azkaban and they were replaced by dragons, mostly Hungarian Horntails. Fudge was reluctant to pas on this order, but Dumbledore persuaded him to.
So far, Harry was always stuck in his room, not even daring to come out. He'll be treated as an invisible being yes, but then Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon were always looking at him suspiciously as if he's going to blow up the house in a second that it was irritating. Also, Dudley was away from him as far as possible since he already had two accidents involving magic. One, Hagrid gave him a pig's tail and two, he was the receiver of a four foot purple tongue, courtesy of the Weasley Twins.
Harry punched his pillow. It was dawn and he didn't want to get up. His mind kept drifting to the Weasleys. Harry's favourite family. They haven't sent him anything, not even a single owl. Hermione hasn't sent anything either. He guesses that Dumbledore warned them not send any owls in case someone finds out where he lives.
Harry was so bored that he spent all his time doing his homework. He threw himself to homework that he was sure that he will get full marks in all of these. McGonagall brought him the books and she also bought him some books to help him revise for the owls. He already read the books for about 5 times already and he even began testing himself. That show how bored he really is.
Seeing that there was nothing he can do, he got up, washed his face, changed and went down for breakfast. The Dursley were already there, and he sat down at his corner in the table. No one said anything to him, but Dudley was edging away from him.
Last year Dudley was on a diet, seeing as he reached the size of a young whale. But now, Dudley persuaded his parents to stop the diet as it wasn't working anyway. Harry could see that crystal clear. His knickerbockers also had to be custom made for him as Smeltings doesn't stock any in his size. Dudley has now reached the size of an adolescent blue whale.
Dudley was already wolfing down a large plate of sausage when Harry at down. He himself was given a plate of eggs and bacon and he smiled to himself. Most of the time, his breakfast consisted of an overcooked egg and black bacon strips. He began eating and speeded up when he saw at the corner of his eye that Dudley was eyeing his breakfast with hunger.
Uncle Vernon hasn't shown his face to Harry since he came down. He didn't lower his newspaper when he said, "There's a letter for you."
Harry looked at him curiously and then he noticed that there was an envelope next to Uncle Vernon's plate. It looked perfectly normal and it was unopened. Harry guessed that they were scared on what was inside it.
"Who's it from?" Harry asked casually.
Uncle vernon grunted and threw the letter across the table to him. Harry caught it easily and stared at the envelope. It looked perfectly normal, except that it had no stamps or a postmark. He then turned it over and his heart started to beat faster than normal.
Sirius Black and Remus Lupin
He quickly finished his breakfast - he wanted to give it to Dudley but he'll just get told off because he's positive that the Dursleys will be thinking that he cursed the food - , excused himself and raced to his room.
"No courtesy at all" he heard Aunt Petunia say. "Didn't even wait till everyone's finished."
If I wait till everyone's finish, I'll be there all day because Dudley will be non-stop. Harry thought. He forgot about that as he closed his room, locked it and tear out the envelope. It was a long letter, but the longer it was, the happier Harry will be.
Dear Harry,
Hi! How are you? How are the Dursleys treating you? If they treat you badly just remind them that you have a murdered for a god father who happen to be a wizard and he'll come and cure them all!!!! Probably guessed who this is, but Remus here keep insisting that you don't know. Like you would ever forget your favourite relative. Moony is just so stupid at times! Ouch!
Hi Harry. Remus here. How are you. If you already threatened them with the murderer-for-a-godfather thing, and it didn't exactly work, just add that you have a werewolf for an uncle and I'm sure that they'll be at your every command.
Harry made a mental note to do just that.
Good one, Remus. Never thought of that. So anyway, how are you? We wrote to you through the post because we're pretty sure that no wizard will ever think of it that way. You probably noticed that there's no stamp or anything. That's because we just dropped it in front of your doorstep and we also came to greet you a very happy birthday!
We know, it' not exactly happy. But cheer up! We have a birthday gift for you - and not to mention the rest of Hogwarts - we are going to be teachers at your school! Don't worry, Sirius' name ha been cleared and the Auror are now in the hun for Peter Pettigrew!! Didn't I tell you that everything's going to be ok for everyone?
I'll be teaching Potions. Snape's fine and he hasn't become a Death Eater or anything but he has some matters to attend to...he'll still be in Hogwarts. There's going to be another teacher. A woman. I think that she'll be teaching the 5th year to 7th years Transfiguration. McGonagall has some things to do and she'll be too busy if she teaches every year. They say that this woman's really smart and a very good Transfigurator. Heard she got all the OWLs and NEWTs when she was at Hogwarts. Talk about smart. She's also an Auror so another part of her job's to make sure that everyone's safe in there.
Also, we asked permission from Dumbledore if you can stay for the rest of your Hogwarts years with us and he's agreed!!! You wouldn't believe it, and you'll probably be angry with us after you read the next few lines - but we live right next door to you!!!!!! That's right, my poor pretend cousin. You have been living with the gits while all this time, I was living next to you.
You should have old him more gently. I bet he jut fainted with hock right now, but he's right! You can now live with us! And you don't even need to travel so far! So pack all your tuff and we'll be picking you up tomorrow morning. DON'T tell those Dursleys that we'll be coming. I wanna see the look in their faces when they ee that the great Sirius Black and Remus Lupin has arrived at their house!
So we'll be seeing you tomorrow and pack all your stuff, ok?
See you soon!
Love,
Sirius and Remus
Harry couldn't believe it. He's never been so happy in his entire time with the Dursleys. For the rest of the day, he had that mile glued to his face therefore receiving suspicious looks. He even offered to do most of Dudley' chores because he was so happy!
He went to bed that night and dreamt of Sirius and Remus and him laughing and wondered who the smart new Transfiguration teacher was. He packed up his things and locked Hedwig in his cage. He couldn't wait to see the Dursleys reaction when they see Padfoot and Moony at their doorstep. It took Harry 30 minute to sleep because of his excitement.