Harry's first impression when he woke up was that he was in a giant furnace. He sat up and saw that instead he was inside Ron's room, with its orange wallpaper and Chudley Cannons posters.
"Harry! You ok?" Ron said from the side of his bed. Harry hadn't noticed him in his confusion of waking up.
"Yeah...I'm...I think I'm ok." Harry replied.
"Good. Damn Harry, you really made those muggles mad huh? What did you do?" Ron asked. He was always eager to hear what sort of bad things happened to the Dursleys.
"Tackled my uncle for starters. I couldn't stand him calling you guys freaks, so I lost control. He knocked me out and I woke up about 12 hours later. Then, right before you came in, he attacked me again. How bad was I when I passed out?" Harry said.
"Oh man Harry, you were pretty messed up! Bruised jaw, bloody nose, cut lip, and you had a small gash above your right eye." Ron explained.
"How long have I been out?" Harry asked, glancing out the window to see that it was day.
"Most of the night. Like I said you were pretty bad." Ron answered.
"Harry? Ron? Can we come in?" Came Hermione's voice through the door.
"'Course you can. Harry's ok!" Ron yelled back.
The door came bursting open and in ran Hermione with Ginny walking following shyly behind.
"Harry! Harry, are you ok? We've been so worried about you!" Hermione said, going about a mile-a-minute with her words.
"Yeah I'm ok I..." Harry began, but his words were cut short by a shout from the hallway, "OY MUM!!!! HARRY'S AWAKE!!!! Harry recognized the voice as Fred's, who was standing with George in the hall.
"Harry ok there?" George said.
"Of course he's ok! He's awake isn't he?" Fred said.
"I was just checking don't have to get mad." George replied.
"Hey maybe he'll feel even better with one of those toffees we've been experimenting with..." Fred began with an evil glint in his eye, but his words were cut short by the rest of the Weasley family, Mr. And Mrs. Weasley followed by Percy. All of them were clamoring to see Harry's condition.
"Harry! Oh thank goodness Arthur got to you when he did! I can't imagine what those muggles would have done to you..." Mrs. Weasley said frantically.
"Don't fuss Molly, he's stronger than you think. Can't say I would've taken a beating like that at his age!" Mr. Weasley said.
Harry sat up and said, "Please, I'm ok all I need is something to eat. I didn't get to eat at all yesterday thanks to my uncle..."
"Just in time dear. I was just getting breakfast ready." Mrs. Weasley said.
"We should all leave and let Harry get dressed now. He had a hard day yesterday." Mr. Weasley said, interrupting everyone's frantic display of concern. In turn they all began to head downstairs.
"Hey Harry I just wanted to tell you that you heal fast!" George said.
"Yeah Harry what's your secret?" Fred said but then the twins were ushered out of the room by Mrs. Weasley.
"See you downstairs Harry." Percy said clapping a hand on his shoulder, unknowingly causing more pain to Harry.
"Well, see you downstairs Harry." Ron said, and left with Hermione.
Suddenly the only two people left in the room were Harry and Ginny.
Blushing furiously Ginny managed to say, "I'm glad you're ok." Before hurrying out the door. It was common knowledge to Harry that Ginny had had a crush on him since her first year. Getting dressed quickly, Harry went after her.
He sat down at the kitchen table and began to eat the eggs, sausage, toast, and bacon that Mrs. Weasley had put on his plate.
"If you feel up to it Harry, we'll be going into town today to pick up our Hogwarts supplies." Mrs. Weasley said.
"Ok." Harry replied, and finished his breakfast. Being so hungry, he managed to eat three plates of food.
After breakfast Harry, Ron, Fred, and George went up into the paddock to practice quidditch, while Hermione and Ginny watched.
Ron, who had been planning to try out for keeper was often hit in the head by the apple that they were using as the quaffle.
"Wow Harry for somebody who was nearly beaten to death yesterday, you sure can fly good!" Ron said in amazement as Harry zipped around on his Firebolt.
After a while they headed back inside, and got ready to head to Diagon Alley in Mr. Weasley's new car, which was also bewitched to fly.
After leaving Gringotts, the wizard bank, Harry, Ron, and Hermione, who were being followed shyly by Ginny, headed to their respective shops to gather supplies for the next term.
As they were getting ready to leave, Harry, who had more than extra amounts of gold with him, bought himself, and his three friends chocolate fudge ice-cream cones. Ginny, who Harry was sure had never had this happen to her blushed furious shades of red, and managed to stutter out, "Th-thank you."
Not all of their trip was fun and games though. While walking along with their ice-cream, They ran into Draco Malfoy and his cronies Crabbe and Goyle.
"Well hello Potter. Still hanging around with this Weasley trash I see." Malfoy said, as Harry and Hermione grabbed the back of Ron's jacket to restrain him, and Ginny went red again, and moved unconscientiously closer to Harry.
Malfoy saw this and said, "Well if it isn't Potter's little girlfriend Ginny! Have a nice summer girl? It's a pity that you have to put up with Potter coming over to your house every summer. Well you must enjoy having somebody who's rich and famous inside your...home"
Harry released Ron's arm, and Hermione was left to restrain both boys.
"Say something again Malfoy. Go ahead say something else about my family, and I'll knock you and your little friends into next week..." Ron said, maliciously as he and Ron struggle to get at Malfoy's throat.
"Hey what's goin' on over here?" Came a loud yell. They looked over to see Rubeus Hagrid, gamekeeper, and Care of Magical Creatures teacher striding towards them.
Humbled by Hagrid's massive bulk, Malfoy could only stutter out, "Nothing...we'll go now..." Then in an undertone to Harry he said, "Watch yourself this year Potter..." Then left.
"What was that all about. Malfoy have summat ter say?" Hagrid boomed.
"Oh the usual. Insulting my family, and Harry." Ron replied.
"Ah yer worth about ten a that little git Ron. Hey listen I got ter go. On Hogwarts business yeh know. Well see yeh at the start of term!" Hagrid said and used his bulk to clear a path through the crowd of wizards swarming around Diagon Alley.
"He's right Ron. You shouldn't listen to Malfoy." Hermione said.
After a short period of time they met up with the rest of the family and got back into the car. Harry noticed that Ginny was staring at him a lot more than she ever did, but he shook off that feeling.
They reached the Burrow in time for dinner, which was a fabulously cooked turkey. After dessert, which was chocolate cake, they all headed up to bed. Tomorrow they would leave for Platform 9/4, and head to Hogwarts.
"Harry! You ok?" Ron said from the side of his bed. Harry hadn't noticed him in his confusion of waking up.
"Yeah...I'm...I think I'm ok." Harry replied.
"Good. Damn Harry, you really made those muggles mad huh? What did you do?" Ron asked. He was always eager to hear what sort of bad things happened to the Dursleys.
"Tackled my uncle for starters. I couldn't stand him calling you guys freaks, so I lost control. He knocked me out and I woke up about 12 hours later. Then, right before you came in, he attacked me again. How bad was I when I passed out?" Harry said.
"Oh man Harry, you were pretty messed up! Bruised jaw, bloody nose, cut lip, and you had a small gash above your right eye." Ron explained.
"How long have I been out?" Harry asked, glancing out the window to see that it was day.
"Most of the night. Like I said you were pretty bad." Ron answered.
"Harry? Ron? Can we come in?" Came Hermione's voice through the door.
"'Course you can. Harry's ok!" Ron yelled back.
The door came bursting open and in ran Hermione with Ginny walking following shyly behind.
"Harry! Harry, are you ok? We've been so worried about you!" Hermione said, going about a mile-a-minute with her words.
"Yeah I'm ok I..." Harry began, but his words were cut short by a shout from the hallway, "OY MUM!!!! HARRY'S AWAKE!!!! Harry recognized the voice as Fred's, who was standing with George in the hall.
"Harry ok there?" George said.
"Of course he's ok! He's awake isn't he?" Fred said.
"I was just checking don't have to get mad." George replied.
"Hey maybe he'll feel even better with one of those toffees we've been experimenting with..." Fred began with an evil glint in his eye, but his words were cut short by the rest of the Weasley family, Mr. And Mrs. Weasley followed by Percy. All of them were clamoring to see Harry's condition.
"Harry! Oh thank goodness Arthur got to you when he did! I can't imagine what those muggles would have done to you..." Mrs. Weasley said frantically.
"Don't fuss Molly, he's stronger than you think. Can't say I would've taken a beating like that at his age!" Mr. Weasley said.
Harry sat up and said, "Please, I'm ok all I need is something to eat. I didn't get to eat at all yesterday thanks to my uncle..."
"Just in time dear. I was just getting breakfast ready." Mrs. Weasley said.
"We should all leave and let Harry get dressed now. He had a hard day yesterday." Mr. Weasley said, interrupting everyone's frantic display of concern. In turn they all began to head downstairs.
"Hey Harry I just wanted to tell you that you heal fast!" George said.
"Yeah Harry what's your secret?" Fred said but then the twins were ushered out of the room by Mrs. Weasley.
"See you downstairs Harry." Percy said clapping a hand on his shoulder, unknowingly causing more pain to Harry.
"Well, see you downstairs Harry." Ron said, and left with Hermione.
Suddenly the only two people left in the room were Harry and Ginny.
Blushing furiously Ginny managed to say, "I'm glad you're ok." Before hurrying out the door. It was common knowledge to Harry that Ginny had had a crush on him since her first year. Getting dressed quickly, Harry went after her.
He sat down at the kitchen table and began to eat the eggs, sausage, toast, and bacon that Mrs. Weasley had put on his plate.
"If you feel up to it Harry, we'll be going into town today to pick up our Hogwarts supplies." Mrs. Weasley said.
"Ok." Harry replied, and finished his breakfast. Being so hungry, he managed to eat three plates of food.
After breakfast Harry, Ron, Fred, and George went up into the paddock to practice quidditch, while Hermione and Ginny watched.
Ron, who had been planning to try out for keeper was often hit in the head by the apple that they were using as the quaffle.
"Wow Harry for somebody who was nearly beaten to death yesterday, you sure can fly good!" Ron said in amazement as Harry zipped around on his Firebolt.
After a while they headed back inside, and got ready to head to Diagon Alley in Mr. Weasley's new car, which was also bewitched to fly.
After leaving Gringotts, the wizard bank, Harry, Ron, and Hermione, who were being followed shyly by Ginny, headed to their respective shops to gather supplies for the next term.
As they were getting ready to leave, Harry, who had more than extra amounts of gold with him, bought himself, and his three friends chocolate fudge ice-cream cones. Ginny, who Harry was sure had never had this happen to her blushed furious shades of red, and managed to stutter out, "Th-thank you."
Not all of their trip was fun and games though. While walking along with their ice-cream, They ran into Draco Malfoy and his cronies Crabbe and Goyle.
"Well hello Potter. Still hanging around with this Weasley trash I see." Malfoy said, as Harry and Hermione grabbed the back of Ron's jacket to restrain him, and Ginny went red again, and moved unconscientiously closer to Harry.
Malfoy saw this and said, "Well if it isn't Potter's little girlfriend Ginny! Have a nice summer girl? It's a pity that you have to put up with Potter coming over to your house every summer. Well you must enjoy having somebody who's rich and famous inside your...home"
Harry released Ron's arm, and Hermione was left to restrain both boys.
"Say something again Malfoy. Go ahead say something else about my family, and I'll knock you and your little friends into next week..." Ron said, maliciously as he and Ron struggle to get at Malfoy's throat.
"Hey what's goin' on over here?" Came a loud yell. They looked over to see Rubeus Hagrid, gamekeeper, and Care of Magical Creatures teacher striding towards them.
Humbled by Hagrid's massive bulk, Malfoy could only stutter out, "Nothing...we'll go now..." Then in an undertone to Harry he said, "Watch yourself this year Potter..." Then left.
"What was that all about. Malfoy have summat ter say?" Hagrid boomed.
"Oh the usual. Insulting my family, and Harry." Ron replied.
"Ah yer worth about ten a that little git Ron. Hey listen I got ter go. On Hogwarts business yeh know. Well see yeh at the start of term!" Hagrid said and used his bulk to clear a path through the crowd of wizards swarming around Diagon Alley.
"He's right Ron. You shouldn't listen to Malfoy." Hermione said.
After a short period of time they met up with the rest of the family and got back into the car. Harry noticed that Ginny was staring at him a lot more than she ever did, but he shook off that feeling.
They reached the Burrow in time for dinner, which was a fabulously cooked turkey. After dessert, which was chocolate cake, they all headed up to bed. Tomorrow they would leave for Platform 9/4, and head to Hogwarts.