Disclaimer I: I don't own Harry, nor any other characters that you happen to recognize, only the ones you don't recognize, besides if I did own JK's characters then we would all unexpectedly turn into Doritos, and well... since no one reading this is turning into chips yet then I obviously don't own them (yet...) so...ON WITH THE STORY!
Disclaimer II: Any songs and band mentions are not mine. For the songs I picked songs with good lyrics for those of who may not like one of the bands of have never herd them.
Summary: Harry comes home from his 5 year at Hogwarts to his usual shitty summer with the Durlies. But is it really as boring as he always made it out to be? He and four other kids from his old muggle school had formed a band at the small age of eight but harry never told his friends in the wizarding world of this. What if they found out? Simple, all hell breaks out! Yeah! Me wove mayhem! oh and harry and the band get a letter, what is it?
(A/N) mind my spelling, Im trying to keep as many mistakes at bay as possible, so don't sue me if a few things slip through and are spelt wrong! thank-you!
Chapter one
The Letter
Harry nodded. He some how could not find words to tell them what it meant to him, to see them all ranged there, on his side. Instead, he smiled, lifted a hand in farewell, turned around and led the way out of the station towards the sunlit street, with Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and Dudley hurrying along in his wake.
"HARRY!" he turned to see a boy of about seventeen. Brown hare sticking up in the front, bass guitar strapped over his shoulder and sitting on his back. "GUESS WHAT!" He came to a stop panting in front of Harry. "I-got-my-licence..." He panted. Now arriving at his side looking equally winded. A girl of the same height as the first boy and looking nearly identical to him as there brother and sister, twins to be exact. She was holding a camera looking at the little screen recording every thing in front of her (as usual). Next to her, another girl, smaller, at the age of sixteen, with long dark red hare and wearing all blue. And finally a boy of fifteen with his blond hare spiked and dyed blue and red at the tips and had a pair of drumsticks poking out of his pocket.
"Hey everyone, um... may I ask what the hell your all doing here?" Harry said sort of dazed that they had made an appearance here in London when they were all supposed be in Surry which happens to be four hours away!
"Didn't you here Pete?" the first girl with the camera asked, "He got his licence! And Im getting mine in the next month! Can you believe it!"
"Yeah, we don't need to ask my sister to drive us every where!" Arn, the boy with the drumsticks said happily.
"I drove us here to pick you up, we tried to phone your Uncle and tell him that we were going to get you but they had already left," Pete said very fast in one breath, "So your not going to get a drive home with your aunt and uncle are you?" Pete looked suddenly worried.
"um...well, I dunno. They drove four hours just to come and get me from a school that if they had any say in I would not be attending, so I dunno..." Harry said glancing at his Uncle nervously. His uncle noticed this and came over to see what his nephew was looking so guilty about, but he before he hade a chance to open his mouth to threaten Harry a large mob of people came sprinting up to them. To Mr. Dursley's distress and annoyance, it was Harry's welcoming party, complete with the wacko with The Eye.
"You there!" Mad Eye Moody pointed a threateningly finger towards Pete who look utterly bewildered at being address in such a way out of the blue. "Who are you!"
"I-I. Um." Pete stumbled for words in his sunrise "I? My name? Who wants to know?" Pete shot now regaining his composure. Pete and Mad Eye just glared at each other. They where suddenly startled out of the staring contest by a snort of laugher somewhere behind them. As it had gone quite tense in the moments before they had herd the snort, all heads whipped in Harry's direction. They were surprised to see him grinning from ear to ear and trying not to laugh but it was futile. He started sniggering.
Harry had watched as one of his best friends provoked a fight with the paranoid Mad Eye Moody. It was quit funny as Harry had no doubt in his mind that the thing that caused moody's suspicion is that he thought Pete, Arn, Kira(the girl with the video camera.) and Indigo (the girl wearing all blue), where death eaters or some how associated with 'ol Tom, aka Voldemort; but, ironically, nether of the four were even a witch or wizard!
"Potter! May I ask what in the seven hells is so funny!" Mad Eye growled at Harry who looked back unjustly.
"Keep your eye on! Its funny that's all!" Harry defended him self, "and as to what's funny, that can wait, Im dying to know as to why you had the sudden urge to charge through the station like a heard of raging elephants!" He got a snort from both muggle and wizarding friends.
"Stop trying to be funny and tell me..."
"Im not trying to be funny, Im trying to get an answer so if you don't mind?" Harry interrupted.
"Moody, let me answer the question before an all out war breaks out." Lupin seeped forward. Moody glared, but let Lupin speak nevertheless, "These four young laddies and gentlemen," He motioned to Harry's muggle friends, "Asked if we'd seen a boy who they then described was undoubtedly you Harry, then went sprinting in the direction Ron pointed. And so Mad Eye jumping to conclusions ran after, and naturally we all followed. Im sure you get where Im going."
"Yeah, Mad Eye thought my friends here are in some way associated with Icle-Voldi-kins." Harry answered. "Hey guys!" he turned to face his four muggles friends, "You guy by any chance evil death eaters trying to help the dark lord take over the world?" he asked as if it was something you asked everyday.
"Nope, not us!"
"Unh-uh!"
"Never!"
"You wish!"
The muggle teens put on overly dramatic innocent looks, while so everyone could plainly see, they crossed there fingers and stuck them, again dramatically, behind there backs.
"See?" Harry said some how managing to keep his face strait while pretending not to have noticed the others fake 'unjust acts.' "There nothing but a bunch of normal muggle bums."
"HEY!"
"No fair!"
"Take that back!"
"What are you talking about Freak!"
The Muggles knew all to well that Harry wasn't being serious so, they just grinned.
"OK, so maybe that was a little harsh but you can't deny..."
'Yes well," lupin interrupted the argument, humorous as it was but they had more pressing matters to clear up. "So Harry, care to make some introductions?" Lupin said, his gaze lingering toward the sniggering muggle teens.
"Right. Weasley, Grangers, Lupin, Tonks, Mad Eye, mete, Kira, Idigo, Pete,and Arn. And vice versa.
Though the muggle teens were distracted, they were staring admiralty at the wizards just realizing who it was they speaking to.
"Wait, your Ron Weasley aren't you?!" Arn said excitedly pointing at Ron before running over to shake his hand with Pete at his heals.
"Yeah," Ron looked embarrassed but pleased nevertheless.
"And your Hermione Granger!" Kira squealed flying over to her. "We've heard all about you!"
Once Pete and Arn Were finish throttling Ron's hand they realized some thing."Did you say Lupin as in Remus Lupin?!"
"The vary one." Harry said turning his gaze to wink at Lupin before his hand was attacked in a similar fashion as Ron and Hermione's.
"And you're Mad Eye Moody Right!" Indigo, the first to step away from Lupin, eager to meet more of the wizarding legends that plagued her imagination ever since Harry had told them of there adventurers and accomplishments in the wizarding world.
They then finished the rest of the adults blurting out comment s such as , I heard your home cooking is to die for!, that one was for Miss. Weasley, and, how is you're plug collection going? For Mr. Weasley of course. I love your hare, do enjoy listening to music? Referring to Tonk's colorful hare and her shirt baring the bad The Weird Sisters. Next was the remaining three, Fred, George and Ginny.
"You must be the Weasley twins!" Pete and Kira cried excitedly in unison, "Dudes, you are like our gods, man! My god! I can't believe Im finally meeting you!""I wish I could turn my school hallway in to a swamp!""Harry's told us everything about your Amazing Escape!"
After they stepped back from the twins, who were left in a daze but grinning proudly despite, they spotted Ginny who looked shy all of a second.
"Your Ginny Wealsey!""Wow!""We've heard so much wonderful things about you!"Wow!""I don't believe Im finally meeting you!""Wow!"
"Boy! Stop socializing with these freak friends of your's and move your worthless ass, we haven't got all day!" Harry's Uncle whispered venomously in his ear.
"Don't call them that, muggle!" Harry whispered back in an equally deadly voice.
"How dare you insult me you worthless freak. That's all you are. And soon enough you'll remember your worthless place!"
"SHUT UP!" No one had noticed Harry and his Uncle participating in a heated argument until now.
"You don't tell me to shut up, freak!" Whispering no more. Vernon for the time being forgot about the audience of fully fledged wizards standing mere feet from him. He focused all his strength into his right arm and back-handed his nephew.
Harry was sent flying backwards into the nearby wall where his back hit hard into the stone leaving him dazed by impacted. His Uncle advanced on him but stopped in mid stride realizing what he had just done. He hit his nephew in PUBLIC!
"Shit!" He cursed as he wheeled around, grabbing his wife and son by there are arms and dragging as fast as he could out of the station. They got in the car as fast as they could fearing the wizards wrath.
Harry saw a flash of gold that was his uncle's ring and then felt the sting of it as it ripped across his flesh leaving a gash as he was back-handed. The impact sent him flying into the wall. His back hit causing pain to shoot through his body starting at his spine. This left him disoriented and dazed. That was not the first time he had been hit by his uncle but it was the first it had happening in public.
"HARRY"
"WHOA!" Harry nearly jumped out of hie skin when he saw the whole mob of people that were his friends, rushing a little to fast over to him.
"Harry are you alright!" Came several voices. Lupin grabbed his arm to help him up. Harry swayed for a moment, he took a small step back to steady himself but as he did so he herd a crunch beneath his foot. He realized he wasn't wearing his glasses and was the reason why all he could make was a mix of colour.
"Please tell me though's weren't my glasses I just stepped on." Harry whispered but everyone herd him despite. They gazed down towards his feet as Harry lifted his right foot for them to see.
"Yup, Harry dude, you crushed your glasses." Arn stated in an oh well voice.
"Dame." Harry bent down to retrieve the shattered remnants of his once useful glasses. He held them up in front of his nose, taking in the damage., "Dame." He cursed again.
"Harry, I know your... upset about your glasses but that's no reason to swear." Mr. Weasley said disapprovingly.
"Sorry but it's kinda hard to see wh..." He didn't a chance to finish his sentence as here a horrified squeal from who Harry was sure was Hermione.
"Harry your bleeding!" She pointed fearfully to his face. Harry raised a hand to the spot where his uncle's ring had caught on his cheek. When he pulled his hand back he saw it was covered in blood. Miss. Waesley stepped forward quickly going into full mother mode, hankercheaf in hand, she started to wipe the blood from his cheek and clean the cut totally ignoring Harry's protest of, "It's fine really, just a little blood..." while Miss. Weasley cooed softly, "There, there Harry, it'll be better soon as Im finished." Harry sighed defeated and let her play temporary mom.
After she finished, she asked for his glasses so that she could slip into the laddies room to fix them up with out the muggles seeing, as they already had a small audience by Vernon Dursley's violent lash out at his nephew.
"So, Pete, looks like I get to go home with you guys after all!" Harry said on a happier note.
"But Harry, you can't go home to some one like that!" Hermione said almost tearfully.
"It's OK. Vernon hardly ever does that. I'll go home with my friends here, and stay at one of there places for a few hours until Vernon has calmed down a bit then go home to an extremely frightened and apologetic Uncle Vernon. Once I reassure the idiot that no wizards are going to come and turn his family into fruit bats then he'll start to get all apologize-y (A/N I know that's not a word but lets say it is OK?) Then I get my side of the deal ,we have a deal you see, when ever he hits me I get fifty pounds and he orders pizza for me and my friends and then lets us take over the basement for the entire night!" Harry grinned, "It's a good bribe to keep me from calling one of though's child abuse hot lines!" He added.
"But Harry," Miss. Weasley couldn't believe he was talking about this like it was something that happens in every house hold, but he must surely know that the kind of behavior demonstrated by his uncle was illegal and abnormal! He has been over to the Burrow many a times and must have noticed how different it was than at his home?
"I mean," Harry looked suddenly worried, "You won't go and do something to him will you? I mean there right pains in the behinds, but there still my family, and if wizards start showing up to check on things than he'll be in a constant bad mood and all distracted, and if he's distracted he does badly at work, and if he does badly at work than he gets laid off, and if gets laid off, he starts drinking, and if he starts drinking it'll be no seeing him till midnight when I wake up with him standing over me with his damn belt! It's happened before and I don't want it to happen again. So please stay away as much as possible!"
"He's Beat you?" Ron said in a disgusted voice. The mere thought of his best friend being beaten up by his uncle made him feel slightly nauseous.
"Never while he was sober. And my Aunt threatened that if he was to ever start drinking in such a way as before she would take me and Dudley and leave."" It had worked, he hasn't touch an ounce of beer or even whine since, that I know of." Harry said shrugging. He looked down at his watch and then turned to Pete and the other muggle teens, "We've been standing hear for at least ten minutes, shall we go?"
"Yeah, Iv got to go to my sister's stupid dance recital tonight." Arn agreed looking down at his own watch then up at Pete.
"Oh Arn, your just jealous cause' your sis gets to where a tutu and you don't!" Kira teased as she and Indigo giggled.
"Shut up." He retorted quietly not caring. They where just joking.
"Sorry didn't catch that, sounded like you admitted it." Harry stated.
"He admitted IT!" Pete yelled while laughing, "Arn wants to wear A TUTU!"
"You guys are so immature." Arn whined.
"You know that's funny coming from you since you are the least mature out of the five of, and that's saying something since Harry's included in the five!" Pete said matter-of-factly.
"Hey!" Harry thought that was unjust.
"OK so maybe Harry's the most or if not close to it, mature of all of us but you got to admit that when you don't restrain him from having a hole bottle of coke to himself he does go a little psychotic."
"You know Pete, I think Harry has grown up a tiny bit since Christmas, considering he had his first kiss." Kira giggled.
"Say what?" Arn looked confused, there's no way he could have herd right. Kiss did she say?
"You heard me, Harry kissed Cho Chang!"
"Kira shut up! You said you wouldn't tell these air heads Harry cried exasperated.
"Oh yeah, short term memory, I forgot." Kira and said still giggling with Indigo by her side.
"Lil' Harry had his first kiss how cute!" Pete put on a baby voice.
"Harry's all grown up now!" Arn joined in.
"SHUT UP!"
"Under mistletoe too!" Kira cried still laughing her head off.
"We knew you had it ya Harry!""Yeah! Way to go Harry!" the Weasley twins joined in the teasing. Harry had all but forgotten the Weasley family and the others were still there. He turned to see Tonks and Ginny giggling madly, Hermione looking disapproving at the behavior of the others, Ron was just grinning madly standing next to the twins as he had already laughed himself out on this subject, Lupin returned his wink from before, Mr. Weasley did the same, and Miss. Weasley had a fond/encouraging look on.
"Hermione? It's time for us to go now, OK?" Miss. Granger said quietly to Hermione.
"Oh! Bill had something to tell us didn't he Arthur?" Miss. Weasleys said just remembering the meeting Bill requested with her and her husband.
"Yes quite right Molly. Common every one, we're due back at you know where."
"Harry are you sure your going to be OK over there with though's muggles?" Lupin bent down to whisper in Harry's ear. "Because you know, you don't have to stay with them if there's a possibility that you'll get hurt." He said sincerely.
"And miss Vernon Dursley acting like a blubbering child, a smack load of money, pizza and an all night party! Not in a million years!" He laughed. Lupin still looked unsure as he eyed the large black bruise that had formed where Harry's uncle hit him.
"OK well, take care of your self and have a fun night a suppose."
"I will." Harry then turned to his muggle friends, "After you," he said motioning towards the door.
"Oh Harry I just can't wait!" Kira seemed to burst and then, "GUESS WHAT!"
"Pete got his licence. I know."
"No that's not it! We, our band I mean, are going on tour!"
"WHAT!" He did not hear her right, he knew it. It wasn't possible. They were just a small garage band and nothing more right?
"Were going on tour to North America, were starting some where in Quebec then going down into Ontario then on into the states." Indigo chirped excitedly.
"Your shitting me!" Harry didn't believe them fore a minute.
"No were not! Arn give him the letter!" Pete ordered excitedly.
Arn stuck his hand into his pocket, though not before removing his drumsticks first, and pulled out a folded peace of paper and handed it to harry who took it and unfolded it and looked down at the text written there.
Dear Harry Arm Pits (A/N that's the name of there band, I know it is incredibly childish but it has more meaning to it than that but I'll explain that latter.)
We have received your request for an articulated-double-decker touring bus. And have excepted the offered amount of money and will also have a crew of artist paint the bus in the requested designs. We have also alerted various concert grounds to set up on the dates and locations of the city/towns you pass through. (dates and locations enclosed in this letter) Also enclosed is the requested number of tour passes, they will get you into the back stage of all concert grounds before, after and during the shows and will also prove as required plane tickets for your rented personal plane and as well as a passport allowing you to enter the distant countries.
Dates/Locations of North American Tour
Quebec City July 9th
For concert details go to Music Centre Quebec
Montreal July 11th
For concert details go to Centre Gabie
Hull July 13th
For concert details go to Park et recreation Hull
Ottawa July 13th
For concert details go to Parliament Hill Recreational services
Kingston July 16
For concert debacles go to Kingston Recreational Board
Harry read the on going list in amazement, the next city was to Toronto and then Hamilton then Brantford and Niagra Falls and then it switched down into the States. When Harry finished the list of dates and locations he came to a small note at the bottom which said,
Thank-you and good luck on your tour to North America for the promotion of the Harry Arm Pits
Yours sincerely
Tabitha King
employ of ( insert big concert set up company thing-y)
Harry new the letter was official, it looked official, hell it smelled official! Harry just gazed off into space letting this info sink in. My god! How on earth did they do this? It must have cost over a million pounds! Wait...
"Where the hell did you get the money for this!" He said in an awed voice.
"Well remember though's luck stones you sent us for Christmas?" Kira continued when Harry nodded, "Well they worked pretty well, me and Pete used them on lottery cards and before we knew it we wound up with two million pounds. Arn used his in a contest from the news paper and also ended up with a large sum of money same goes for Indigo, so after, we had this hell load of cash. Pete had the Idea of going on tour to let people know about our band. Great Idea huh?" Harry had a hard time under standing her as she said all that vary fast.
"Harry?" Harry looked over to find the person who had spoken, he saw that his wizard friends still hadn't left but were watching him silently. For they were curious as to the reason Harry suddenly yelled WHAT? "What's that?" Ron pointed at the letter clutched in Harry's hands.
Harry didn't know how to answer. Ron, this a letter saying that me and my band get to go North America to get famous. So Harry just stayed silent instead.
"Um... Ron?" Kira said shyly, which is totally abnormal for her, "Well Harry and us are in this band you see, and while Harry was at school we gained a large amount of money and decided to surprise him by setting up a tour. To North America." Before Ron a chance to look to stunned she went on, "We ordered fifteen extra passes so that Harry could bring you and every one else if he wanted, and if you wanted of course."
"Tour? As in big tour with concerts and stuff?" Ron asked in a strangely straggled voice.
"Same kind." Pete answered.
"Big concerts." Agreed Arn.
"Harry you never told me you're a singer!" Ron said while looking a little hurt.
"Im not technically, well not yet I guess, we were gust a garage band who didn't take our selves seriously, but I guess that's all going to change." Harry looked distant all of a sudden.
"Hey Harry are you OK? I mean you are happy about the tour right? It'll be fun right?" Pete asked nervously.
"Yeah, no doubt it'll be fun, hell that's an under statement, but it's the fame Im worried about..." Harry said voicing his issue to his friends.
"Harry you'd have to be deeply into rock music to ever hear of us, the biggest we'll ever be is about as big as Bad Religion which if you notice isn't very big for someone who's been famous for over twenty years and there still not very big. No one who watches stupid MTV will see us nor Bad Religion. Were to normal to satisfy the hunger of the madia." Kira said her little speech noticing the looks of deep awe that were set upon her until she finish, "What?"
"Nice speech Kira, aren't you forgetting the part were you start crying and thanking all your loved ones?" Arn teased.
"Well Im serious, so what do you think Harry, are you game?" Kira asked hopefully.
Harry stood and thought for a moment consulting the letter again to bide some time before answering. "OK, under one condition, Ron and the others have to agree to come to or I won't go." Harry turned to Ron to see if he herd, he did but looked unsure.
"I would love to go, but wouldn't I just be shunned over to the side like usual and watch while you get famous again?" Ron said quietly.
Pete leaned over and whispered something in Harry's ear. Harry nodded and said something back, but Ron couldn't make out what it was they were saying. Again Harry nodded. Then both Harry and Pete looked over at Ron in a way that freaked him out a little, it was like they were trying to see right through him, the same look he got from Snape some times. Then they tuned back to face each other and then Pete nodded in agreement to what ever Harry had said.
"Ron, how would like to learn how to play the bass guitar?" Harry asked Ron quite seriously.
Ron was a little taken-a-back by the question but when he saw that Harry wasn't joking he said,"Sure I guess so."
"Great! Welcome to the band Ron dude!" Kira said grinning.
"So what do you say Ron, you going to come a long?" Indigo asked hopefully.
"I'd have to check it out with my parents. Harry who all else are you planning to bring?"
"You, obviously, Hermione, the twins, Ginny, maybe Neville, not really sure. Im still shocked that this is even happening." Harry answered best he could.
"I'll drop the question on mom and dad and the rest when I get home, OK?" Ron said, he was pleased that Harry and the others were going to enter him in there band!
"You should try to catch Hermione right now so that she could ask her parents to night to." Harry said quickly.
"Yeah, see ya!" Ron said waving as he charged after Hermione. Harry could hear him yell"Hermione!" some where near the opposite exit.
"Well, now can we go?" Arn said consulting his watch, "Mom's going to kill me if Im late!"
"Yes, now we can go." Pete said knowing that it wouldn't his mom that would cause of his immature death it would be his sister.
They walked towards the exit to the sunlit street were Pete parked there big band van thing. As they got out into the lot Harry suddenly leaped into the air and whooped then yelled something for the whole street to hear,
"THE PITS ARE GOING TO NORTH AMERICA!"
A/N (Pits is a shorter name than having to say 'harry arm pits' all the time)
Done that chapter. So what did you think? Was it OK? I know it was slow and nothing really happened, but that's only the first chapter, the next will be way better! Review and tell me what you thought, because Im only going to continue this if I get more than five reviews.
In the next chapter,
-Harry and the band, have a crazy trip home
-Blasting music and such
-playing music
-a lot of coke (in this story harry loves coke)
-who all is coming on tour with them
-we find out what bill had to tell his family
I want to know what your fav rock or punk song is and who you want to come on the tour with them, Im open to any suggestions.
Oh and if your curious as to why I called there band 'Harry Arm Pits', not because its disgusting or silly but because it has each members name some where in it.
Harry, because Harry's the lead singer
Arm, because it sounds like Arn, but the M at the end of Arm is for Kira's last name which is Miya.
Pits, Because it sounds sorta' like Pete but the I in Pits is for Indigo's name.
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