Chapter 3

Harry Potter was very happy since it was his eleventh birthday and he was told that most kids receive their Hogwarts letter on that day. He also saw that Hermione already received her letter and he was planning for all the shopping. And there was one other thing- he would meet new friends as his mum decided to visit Weasleys at the Burrow.

Harry Potter ate breakfast and prepared himself for the visit. He would be gone with Sirius while his mum would be staying at home with her parents. At noon, Sirius showed up and the two wizards popped to the Burrow.

Harry did not like the landing when they arrived, as he has never practiced traveling by portkey. He would practice more of that type of travel, he said to himself. He looked around and saw a house, which was oddly shaped. On the field where he landed he saw many people, all of whom had red hair. One boy approached him and introduced himself.

"Hello, my name is Ron Weasley" he said

"My name is Harry Potter"

"I heard a lot about you. Common, my family would like to meet you. So Harry, what do you like to do?"

"Well, I read about Quidditch a lot and I would like to start learning how to fly. I also like studying, particularly Potions and history"

"I don't really like to study but I like Quidditch a lot. Would you like to try flying? We have some brooms; they are not very good or anything but you could still fly and play the game."

"Sure. Would anybody else like to play? I am still concerned that I will play not good enough"

"Don't worry Harry, everybody sucks in the beginning but I am sure you will improve" the two boys reached the small pitch where kids played the game and saw that three other Weasleys approached them.

"Hey Harry, how are you. Would you like to play some Quidditch?"

"Don't worry if you suck at first, little Ronnekins plays not well either. And we recommend to find a spider to put on his broom, Ronnekins will love that!"

"Hey! I will tell mum if you do that again! I remembered how you two pranked my teddy bear! They are the worst pranksters in the school"

"I am sorry to hear about your teddy bear and whatever they did. If you two like pranks, I recommend talking to Sirius. He was known as Padfoot."

"No, I cannot believe that," said Fred

"We have a chance to talk to one of the Marauders! That is priceless" Twins went to talk to Sirius if he had any great ideas.

"Harry what have you done? Do you know that it means that their school pranks will get more elaborate?"

"Don't worry Ron, sure they will not do anything harsh to us. And what is your name, you did not introduce yourself" Harry asked the girl

"My name is Ginny and I heard so much about you!"

"Strange, I don't remember giving any interviews. But you two will get a privilege of knowing true stuff about me and not some lies written in the papers. Ginny, right? I noticed you look like my mom, we really need to investigate why is that" Ginny blushed.

"So guys, are we playing any Quidditch?" The three children climbed on the brooms and flew in the sky. The siblings were shocked on how well Harry flew.

"Are you sure you never had flying lessons before?"

"No, why?"

"You are natural Harry! You should definitely try for the school team."

After the game, Harry played some chess with his new friends. In the evening they had a dinner, where Harry was surprised to see a cake with eleven candles. He was happy that they remembered that it was his birthday. After he took a piece of cake, he took a drink and his ears turned green and his hair blue. Everyone laughed, including Harry since he was happy to celebrate his birthday with his new friends.

In the evening Harry arrived to his room via the same method as before but now he almost managed to land correctly. As he arrived in the room, he saw that someone with bushy hair jumped and hugged him.

"Happy birthday Harry" said Hermione. They went to the dinner room to celebrate Harry's birthdays once again but know at home and Harry saw three people sitting there next to his mum, grandparents and Grangers.

"Wotcher Harry. My name is Tonks, as I don't like my first name. I am happy to finally meet you!" Tonks went and hugged Harry.

"It is nice to meet you Tonks, but who are you? I don't recall having any friends or neighbors having a surname Tonks"

"Oh, you silly, I am your cousin a couple times removed. As I recall, I am Uncle Sirius's favorite cousin. I will be attending Hogwarts this year as well and will be in seventh year. I am in Hupplepuff. Which house do you think you will get in?"

"I don't know. As I recall from "Hogwarts, A History", there are four houses. Gryffindor for the brave, Ravenclaw for the smart, Hupplepuff for loyal and hardworking and Slytherin for the cunning and ambitious."

"Very good Harry, I see that you did your homework. So which of the four do you think you will be in?"

"I think Gryffindor as I want to be with my friends or maybe Hupplepuff. Is it true that Slytherin is evil house where only dark wizards and witches go?"

"No, while mostly true, there is at least one person I can think of who was there and is not evil. My mom was in Slytherin; so don't worry about getting in that house. You will do fine in each of them. By the way, here is you letter, it came when you were at Burrow" Harry took the letter and went to celebrate his birthday yet another time.

A/N I will be altering timeline quite a bit. I decided to put a couple surprises in later chapters. I am still wondering how third year should go as it cannot occur with Sirius being innocent. What house would you like Harry to be? Gryffindor is not guaranteed.