Chapter 2 – Rescued

Harry next awoke with his head throbbing and some bright lights shining through his bared windows, Hedwig was hooting softly and nipping at her lock and a rumble like a car engine could be heard. He must have really hit me hard this time Harry thought as he slowly got up. Harry turned around to look out the window and there he say Ron, Fred and George in a flying car.

"What are you doing here?" asked Harry as he opened the window to talk.

"Rescuing you of course, now get your things together while we get these bars off. Stand back" replied Ron as he attached a hook to the barred windows. Harry turned and tried to get through his locked door to get his trunk from the cupboard under the stairs. He had no luck until Fred and George took out a hair pin and used it to unlock the door. They crept downstairs and did the same for the cupboards locks.

Soon the three of them had heaved the trunk and Harrys Nimbus 2000 up the stairs and were just about packing everything into the boot of the car when they heard a noise coming from his relatives room and a rush of feet. Harry grabbed Hedwig's cage and jumped into the back of the car. They were about to take off when his uncle grabbed hold of the wing mirror of the car and was pulling them down due to his weight. Fred put his foot down on the accelerator and they flew off.

"Whew that was a close one" said Ron

"Thank you for rescuing me!" replied Harry ecstatic

"What were they doing to you?"

"They don't like magic so they have been trying to make me normal"

"Why would they do that" asked Ron astounded. Harry shrugged, now he was gone from there he didn't want to talk about it, Uncle Vernon always threatened him in primary school that he would kill him if he ever told anyone. Though death wouldn't be too bad? Would it? Harry thought but not in the way is uncle would do it under his own terms. He sighed thinking about his thoughts and changed the conversation to avoid the topic.

"How's the Cannons doing this season?" Harry asked

"The Cannons!" exclaimed George "You don't tell me he has made you support them? Puddlemere United is much better and could win the league this season"

"Beat the cannons 250 – 10 last week" continues Fred

"Within 30 minutes of playing"

"And without their best player"

"Alright shut up you two, Harry supports who he wants I didn't influence him"

"Oh not at all" Harry laughed, it felt good to laugh the Weasley's always managed to make him laugh. Most of the car journey was then a detailed intake on both the Cannons and Puddlemere United's season. Though it abruptly stopped when Ron shouted.

"Look! Its the village! Not long until we are home Harry" they soon were drifting lower and lower and touched down as the sun was appearing behind a house that looked mismatched and held up with magic. The four got out of the car quickly and left Harrys things in the boot to put Ron's room later. They crept inside the house to find Mrs Weasley standing at the entrance to the living room hands on hips looking livid.

"Where on earth have you been? Beds empty! You have no idea what I was thinking! I was going to go looking for you if you hadn't turned up within the last 10 minutes" the shouting went on for a good fifteen minutes before Mrs Weasley was finished, she then turned on Harry "Hello Harry dear, I don't blame any of this on you". She went to take him in for a hug but he flinched away, he didn't know why but he knew adults are bad and nose into your business and hugging and touching elders are against the rules. What if she didn't like him? Or she would use magic against him. "Oh sorry Harry, I didn't mean to frighten you"

"No, Mrs Weasley its okay it was unexpected," replied Harry recovering from his internal panic.

"Alright dear, now if you would like to get your things Ron can show you where you will be sleeping. After that you may go to bed, you did not ask them to pick you up illegally in the middle of the night. Fred, George and Ron when you come down will degnome the garden, with NO magic!" the three boys groaned but Harry was interested and not tired at all he decided he would help after he had placed his things In Ron's room.

The three Weasley's helped Harry lift his trunk up the stairs and into the uppermost bedroom where there was a door labelled 'Ronald's Room' the door was then opened and a bright orange room came into focus. It was quite small and crammed with stuff but quidditch players passed a quaffle back and fourth in pictures and on the duvet set. Ron had sat down on the bed obviously looking for an opinion.

"I think it's brilliant!" said Harry that put a smile on Ron's face before they all went into the garden. Harry and Ron joined Fred and George in the garden and Harry saw a potato like thing with arms and legs. Its eyes were small like little beads. "I'm guessing that this is a gnome"

"Right you are there Harry" said Fred

"And this is what we have to do" continued George as he picked up a gnome and started swinging it around his head like a lasso before throwing it over the garden hedge. Harry laughed he thought it was funny

"Laugh all you want Harry," replied George

"Don't show them any weakness though" finished Fred. Harry nodded and picked up a gnome and lassoed it around his head before leaving it go at the wrong time straight into the hedge. The gnome got back up and ran at harry, climbed up his leg and bit him on the finger. Harry then lassoed it harder and this time threw it a considerable distance over the hedge. The three Weasley's looked at Harry with admiration. The four of them continued to remove the gnomes until they were all gone.