I still don't own these character they still belong to JKR

Chapter 4:

Harry stared at his former mentor and just cocked his head to the side and had a puzzled look on his face as the old wizard just smiled at him. Making sure his Occlumency shields were firmly up he walked over to the wizard and put out his hand and said;

"Hello sir, my name is Harry Potter and who might you be?" asked Harry though he knew full well who the man was seated before him.

Dumbledore a little confused shook the young man's hand and replied "My name is Albus Dumbledore and I am the headmaster of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry" stated the man with a wry smile across his face.

Harry figured he might as well go along with what the man has to say and said "Ok but why did you want to speak with me sir?" and looked the old wizard in the eyes.

"Well Harry" Albus began "I have been made aware that you are here by yourself and also that you have left your aunt and uncles house" ah Harry figured this was where Albus was going and decided to head him off by saying "Yes I have and I have no intentions of ever going back there and you cannot make me, sir" Harry stated giving just a little bit of courtesy to the man before him.

"Harry I don't think you understand it is safer for you to return to your family's home as soon as possible" Harry had begun to get upset with how this conversation was going and showed it in how much power he let show to Dumbledore who's eyes began to grow with the feeling he was getting from the amount of power this young wizard had and seemed to be able to control. Harry cut him off before he could say another word to the matter by saying "Sir I don't think I can call Number 4 Privet Drive my home, not that it ever really was one to begin with" and with those words he could see the man's expression go dark because Harry just broke the wards with those simple little words that Dumbledore had placed around that very dwelling.

"Harry do you know what you have done?" asked Dumbledore and Harry just looked at him and shook his head no. Dumbledore stared at the young wizard before him and sighed knowing full well there was nothing he could do so he went to his next question for the young man.

"Harry do you know who the Weasley family is?" this worried Harry had Dumbledore found out about what he had done at Gringotts that morning. Not wanting to show his hand Harry just shook his head no and asked "Should I, I don't believe I have met any family by the name of Weasel you said?" Harry asked with his best acting he had done so far.

"Weasley, Harry and I guess you have not. Well as you will be staying here for a while I will ask the barman Tom to keep an eye on you for me and I ask you Harry to not venture too far from the Leaky Cauldron. If you feel the need that you must do so please contact myself by owl and I will escort you to where you wish to go. Other than that please do not go too far am I understood?" stated Dumbledore more than asked and Harry nodded in the affirmative to the man. With that Dumbledore led Harry up to his room and said goodnight to the young man as Harry unpacked his newly acquired purchases.

Once Dumbledore was gone Harry began to put the next phase of his plan into action as he began packing most of the newly acquired books into their own compartment of his trunk and his school robes and other clothes into another compartment, then finally his broom in a magically expanded compartment with his other Quidditch gear. With that done he noticed Hedwig had returned and after watering her and placing her in her cage he crawled into bed and wishing Ginny a good night fell asleep.

The next two days Harry spent all his time in Diagon Alley keeping his eyes open for a certain red headed family of interest to him. Two days after getting his letter he was sitting at the Ice Cream Parlor when he saw or more rather heard the familiar voice of Molly Weasley coming from the direction of Flourish and Blotts. Harry looked and sure enough Molly and her children were entering the store and Harry just caught a glimpse of Ginny before she was being hauled into the store by her mother.

Harry finished his ice cream and ran to the store and looked in he saw his future, and current, wife through the window. It was all Harry could do not to run in there and swoop her up in a passionate hug and kiss her. But she did not know him yet and this would be very strange behavior. So he made a quick plan in his head and went into the store and to the aisle in which Ginny was currently looking at books.

He walked up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder. She turned to see who it was that did this and he smiled at her and asked "Hello my names Harry and I am going to be going to school at Hogwarts are you going to be going there too?" She looked at him with a puzzled look wondering 'why this boy is asking me if I am going to Hogwarts?' Harry noticed that she was looking at him with a an odd expression and added "I'm sorry I don't know a lot of people and you seem to be about the same age as I am and I was just wondering if you may be in my year that way I may know someone when I get there.

After him saying this she began to understand his question and she smiled back at him which made Harry smile even more at which she blushed and said back "Hi my name is Ginny and yes I am actually along with my other brothers" which she indicated the other red headed males in the shop "what house are you wanting to be in, I hope I am in Gryffindor that is where all my brothers have been placed so far." She finished with a glowing smile on her face.

Harry couldn't help but smile back and he said "I don't know but where ever you are would be nice" which made the little girl turned even redder in the cheeks. About that time Molly came to see where Ginny had gotten to and noticed she was talking to a young black haired boy who in Molly's opinion was rather skinny looking. She walked over to the two children and asked her daughter to introduce her to this young man.

"Mum this is Harry, Harry this is my mum" Molly presented her hand to Harry and he shook it though he had to fight the urge to hug the woman who was the closest thing to a mother he had ever had the privilege of having. "It is very nice to meet you Ginny's mum" Harry said which got a giggle from Ginny and a small laugh from Molly. "It's Mrs. Weasley dear, and it is nice to meet you Harry…"

Harry realized she did not know his last name and said "Potter, Harry Potter mam" in which she and Ginny both had very shocked expressions on their faces and stared open mouthed at the young lad. Mrs. Weasley finally found the ability to speak and said "Well Harry Potter it is very nice to have met you." Then looking around the shop inquired "Where is your family at?"

Harry looked down at his worn trainers and said "I don't have any family" and was shocked when he was engulfed in a Mrs. Weasley hug but it was not Mrs. Weasley giving it to him it was Ginny. She was hugging him so hard and her mother was watching with a tear in her eye and more threatening to fall very soon.

Harry breathed out "Ginny can't breathe" and the little girl let him go and stepped back mouthed 'Oops' and giggling. Mrs. Weasley saved her daughter from further embarrassment and asked Harry "Dear would you like to join us in our shopping and have some lunch a little later?" in which Harry violently shook his head yes to and went with her and Ginny to find the boys. Once they had all their purchases from the bookstore made Mrs. Weasley led them out of the store and said that she needed to make a quick stop at the bank before continuing on with their shopping.

Harry was wondering what type of reaction Molly would have at finding out that their account had been increased by 100,000 Galleons anonymously. Harry walked with Ginny who introduced him to her brothers and Ron was shocked when Harry shook his hand and started talking to him about Quidditch and other wizarding things while they made their way to the bank.

Ginny had taken up the position of walking on the left side of Harry while he talked to her and Ron who was on his right. Once they entered the bank Mrs. Weasley told them to wait in the waiting area in the lobby of the bank while she went to make her withdrawal. Harry continued talking to Ron and Ginny about Quidditch when a flustered Mrs. Weasley made her way back with a large sack filled with coins and muttering to herself some 15 minutes later.

"What's wrong mum" Ron asked his flustered mother.

"Oh well there seems to have been a banking error in our favor made and I am just wondering just how such a thing could have happened" said a distracted Mrs. Weasley.

"How big?" asked Percy at which Mrs. Weasley finally snapped out of her reverie and scolded her son for asking such a question that he knew was none of his worry.

They left the bank and continued shopping for the kids' school things which went much better since she did not have to stress soo much about the money. They went to Madam Malkins where all five got new robes. Then to the apothecary and cauldron shop where Ron and Ginny got new cauldrons and their supplies then they went to Ollivander's, which surprised Harry, to get Ron and Ginny their wands. This stop took an hour for Ollivander to find the perfect two wands to choose their wizard and witch. Ron's new wand was a 14 inch willow wand with a unicorn hair core. Ginny's was a holly wand like Harry's only with a core of unicorn not phoenix.

Before leaving Ollivander's Harry purchased all five Weasley children their own holster for their wand, with much arguing with Mrs. Weasley and some quick talking and negotiating from Harry. Once they were done there they made their way to the Leaky where Harry informed Mrs. Weasley he was staying until he went to school. He saw the wheels turning in her head and was not surprised when she said she had to make a quick floo call shortly after they ordered their lunches.

When they were finished she asked Harry if he would like to come and stay at their house for the remainder of the summer. Harry had never heard a better question since he had been back in this body. "I would love to Mrs. Weasley on one condition. I will not be a burden to either you or Mr. Weasley so I wish you to take the same amount I was paying here for room and board while at your home." Mrs. Weasley made to argue but after seeing the look Harry was giving her, which was one he learned while being an Auror to get his point across and one his Ginny loved, she relented and said that would be fine.

So with that out of the way he went to Tom and told him he would be staying with the Weasley's and would no longer need the room in which Tom reimbursed him and Harry generously tipped him and thanked him for looking after him during his time there. Once he had all of his belongings, which Mrs. Weasley sent ahead, they all flooed to the only place besides Hogwarts Harry was ever able to call home "The Burrow".

Harry went through the now familiar sensation of flooing spinning and passing grate after grate until his feet hit firm ground in which he stumbled out into the living room of the home of the Weasley's. Harry stood up with help from Ron who was just ahead of him in the order of those going home and heard giggling coming from his left where he saw a smiling Ginny trying hard to suppress her laughter to no more than a giggle. Last to arrive was Mrs. Weasley who with a flick of her wand cleaned the room and its occupants of all the soot and dust.

When she was finished with that she turned to Harry and said "Why don't you, Ron, and Ginny take your things to Ron's room where we will set you up a bed until we can decide on other arrangements dear." Harry and the other two nodded and Harry and Ron grabbed either end of his trunk which Harry had magically made to be lighter with a wave of his hand and Ginny took Hedwig and her cage up to Ron's room.

Harry entered the familiar room of his best mate and placed his trunk against the wall near where the camp-bed would be set up in the near future. Ginny was admiring Hedwig when Harry startled her by saying "Her name is Hedwig. You can let her out if you want she may need to stretch her wings." Ginny just nodded and opened the cage the snowy owl hopped out and flew over to Ginny's shoulder and nuzzled into her cheek.

"I think she likes me" Ginny said blushing again when she looked into Harry's eyes.

"I do to" said Harry not noticing exactly what he said and Ginny blushed even further but Ron's reaction was different.

"What?!" Ron exclaimed gaining him a death glare from his little sister and a puzzled look from Harry.

"Are you saying you like my sister, Harry" Ron said and it just dawned on Harry how he said his last statement and he was wondering how he should answer.

"Yes I do like your sister, Ron. Mate look I was meaning that with how Hedwig was reacting to Ginny she seems to also like her. Any way is it a bad thing that I like your sister?" Harry finished and looked at Ron who was contemplating his answer and a little shocked that Harry was already considering him a friend. Ginny just glared at Ron though her blush in her cheeks was very rosy.

"You think of me as your friend?" Ron asked going with getting out the last part before the first.

"Yeah I do Ron and you are my first real friend next to Hedwig and Ginny of course" Harry added looking at Ginny who just smiled sheepishly and her cheeks tint got even darker, if physically possible.

Ron just stared at him open mouthed and was doing a good imitation of a goldfish out of water. Then he found his voice and said "Well I guess if you're my mate and she is okay with it you can like Gin all you want Harry. But if you do anything to hurt her I WILL hurt you got it?" Ron posed to Harry who nodded and looked over at Ginny who was trying to sink into the floor with how embarrassed she had become.

They were all saved when Mrs. Weasley yelled for them to come down because she had some things for them to do around the yard. Hedwig flew from Ginny's shoulder as she made for the door and rushed down the stairs just ahead of Harry with Ron following him. They skidded to a halt just inside the kitchen and were told not to run on the stairs by Mrs. Weasley "You could break your necks" Ron and Ginny chimed in unison having heard this many times before, truthfully so had Harry and he too had to stop himself from saying it with his two friends.

Mrs. Weasley tasked Harry, Ron, and the twins with degnoming the garden while Ginny was told to help her mother clean the kitchen. The four boys trudged out to the garden where Ron explained what they would be doing.

"You have to get them and spin them around and then you throw them as far as you can away from the property. Usually we see who can throw one the furthest winner gets to set out the rest of the time." Ron informed Harry.

Harry just shrugged and said "I'm game". Receiving a grin and a pat on the back by the twins.

Ron was first and caught his gnome quickly spinning the little potato like creature till his eyes wobbled and threw him a good 500 ft. over the stone wall that marked the nearest edge of the Weasley property. Next was George and with his size difference he threw his gnome a good fifty feet further than Ron, mussing Ron's hair as he went by. Fred was next and he made it a foot further than his twin and turned to his brothers with a grin on his face. Harry went last and after spinning his gnome like a pro out did all of them by gaining a good 600 feet worth of gnome throwing distance. All three Weasley boys whistled at the distance Harry got and all congratulated him and grudgingly told him he was excluded from having to do any more.

Since he was excused from doing any more degnoming Harry made his way back into the kitchen and decided to offer his help to Ginny and Mrs. Weasley. When he neared the back door he heard Mrs. Weasley chiding an upset Ginny by saying "I know you may like him dear but he is helping your brothers and you cannot monopolize his time. Besides how do you know he likes you dear?" and Ginny stated to her mother "Because he told Ron that he liked me when we were in Ron's room and I had let his owl out and she was nuzzling my cheek."

"Well" was all Mrs. Weasley got out before Harry opened the door and walked in smiling at her and her daughter who was blushing wildly at the sight of Harry. Mrs. Weasley looked at Harry and asked "Harry dear I thought you were helping the boys in the garden?" at which Harry replied "I was but since I threw my gnome the furthest they said I was excused from having to do any more. So I decided I would come and help you and Gin clean in here. I did most of the cleaning as well as the cooking when I lived with my relatives." Harry had told Mrs. Weasley about most of his life with the Dursley's while they ate lunch and she was very upset by what he had told her.

Molly Weasley was of a mind that children were not to be used as one would use a house elf. So once Harry was done she felt very sorry for the young man was reassured what she was doing was for his best. She just smiled at Harry and said he would be welcome to help Ginny finish cleaning the cupboard and start on the laundry that she would show him how it was done.

With that Ginny grabbed Harry's hand and drug him over to the cupboard where the two of them cleaned the shelves taking the cans of food and other groceries off the shelves before cleaning the shelves themselves. After another 2 hours had passed and 4 loads of magically cleaned laundry were completed the kids were told to wash up and go to the living room until supper was to be served. Harry had to be shooed out of the kitchen by Mrs. Weasley after refusing to allow him to help her cook supper.

They all ended up in the living room where the twins and Ron set down to a game of Exploding Snap as Harry took one of his advanced defense books and set on the couch with Ginny next to him reading a Quidditch book he lent her. Ron kept an eye on his new friend and his little sister as she was sitting close to Harry on the couch, but then again for some reason he couldn't explain it seemed right and it really didn't bother him that much.

After another 2 and a half hours and 10 hands of Snap Mrs. Weasley called them all in for dinner, they all sat down at the table with Ginny setting next to Harry on one side and Ron setting on the other. The friends were discussing some strategy about Quidditch which the twins were also interested in when there was a faint pop from outside and they all looked at the door where in walked Mr. Weasley.

Arthur looked just as Harry had seen him just two days ago, at least to Harry it was two days ago, only he was a little younger looking and had a little more hair than his future self. Which got Harry to thinking was that future even there anymore. Not like he would be going back, but it did make him wonder. Harry was pulled from his thoughts when he heard Mr. Weasley start explain his day to Mrs. Weasley.

"Well dear we had some raids on a location in Wales in which some poor bloke had obtained a shipment of biting toilets that would attack the unsuspecting person who sat on them" stated Mr. Weasley with a grin to his children when he noticed one more than usual and one without red hair. He looked at his wife and asked "and who might this young fellow be Molly?" at which Mrs. Weasley rolled her eyes and smacked her husband on the head with the wooden spoon she was holding and saying to her husband "This is Harry, Arthur, I told you we met him in Diagon Alley and you said it was fine if he stayed here with us. Or has our conversation at lunch slipped your mind."

Mr. Weasley had a sheepish grin on his face apparently he had forgotten as he turned to Harry and said "Well welcome Harry and I apologize for my forgetfulness, but with the goings on at my job I get kind of scatter brained." Harry just nodded with a smile and asked "What do you do Mr. Weasley it sounds very interesting" which gained him a snort from most of the Weasley children which gained them a glare from their mother.

"Harry I am in the department of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office." And Harry just got a confused look on his face and asked "Muggles?" which Mr. Weasley replied "It is a term used for those humans that have no magical powers or magical parentage." At this Harry said "Oh like my aunt and uncle" looking at Mrs. Weasley who nodded.

With this information Mr. Weasley began asking Harry all sorts of questions, again, about what he knew about muggles and their technologies and what he called a felly tone. Before Mrs. Weasley could admonish Arthur for his questions he finished with his last of "What is the function of a rubber duck, and what is it used for?" at which Harry burst out laughing telling Mr. Weasley that it was mainly used to entertain oneself in a time of taking a bath in which everyone began laughing and the night went on in a very jovial manner of Harry getting to re-know the Weasleys and them get to know him better.

Once every one was finished with their dinner they made their way into the living room where Ron challenged Harry to a game of wizard chess which Harry accepted. His best mate was very good at this game and Harry had only beaten the other Ron 4 times in the 14 years they had known each other. Though Harry was very good and had more years of playing on Ron he was still soundly beaten by his friend and decided to play 3 more games before having to go to bed. Ron, Ginny and Harry made their way up the stairs stopping only at Ginny's door where Harry wished her a good night and the boys continued up the stairs to Ron's room where Mr. Weasley had conjured Harry a nice single bed, much like the one he had at Privet Drive, for him to sleep in The boys stayed up for another 2 hours talking about nothing really before sleep finally took them.