Response to Reviewers:

All - I am sorry that it took so long, my internet on my computer is really messed up, plus I wanted to put some finishing touches on it. Plus, I want to thank you for reading and reviewing my story. Although, I would like a lot more reviews than four!

Disclaimer: I love the magical world invented by the very smart and talented Joanne Kathleen Rowling. Though, I do not own it. I only like to play in it.

Author's Note: I have been asked to advertise this: look out for a new fan-fic planning to come out in November of this year. It is going to be written by Taya24. The new story will be called "Harry Potter and the Strength for the Soul."

A Game Started it All

Previously:

Harry and Hermione have a run-in with Draco Malfoy in Diagon Alley. Luckily no one got hurt, but Draco got away. Harry decides not to go after him, but to stay at Grimmauld Place with Hermione and the Weasleys.

Chapter 10 – A Good Night With Friends

Everybody walked quietly as Harry, Ron, and Hermione headed back to #12 Grimmauld Place via the Floo Network.

When they all got home, they put all of their school supplies away and went into the living room and just sat there.

"I'm bored," Ron said. "I can't believe that it's the last week of the summer holidays and we're all just sitting around!"

"Well, there's not much that we can do now that we're here in hiding," Harry said.

The rest of the day, well, week, rather, went on quite quietly. A few wizards popped in occasionally, but nothing very interesting until it was the day before they were all to leave for King's Cross station.

They were just all sitting around when they heard a knock on the door, and Mrs. Weasley got up and answered it. When she opened the door, all that they could see was a huge bundle of jackets and huge legs (if they were legs) but the thing was so tall that it went up past the top of the doorframe. The man then ducked, and came into the room, and then stood up tall again, revealing his face (what you could see of it). But even if there was no face at all, the height, weight, and amount of facial hair gave him away. It was Rubeus Hagrid.

Hagrid was greeted with four hugs from his four favorite students at the school. "Haya, 'Arry, 'Ermione, 'Inny, 'Ron. How yer all's summer holidays goin'?"

"Great," everybody said around the same time.

"Betcha can' wait ter get back ter schoo'!" Hagrid said. (A.N.: You can kinda tell by all of the grammar/spelling mistakes!)

Hagrid joined them for dinner where they talked about how they think the next year will be in school, old friends from school, and other things. Then they all sat around the fire and made jokes about Snape, Malfoy, plus a lot of Slytherin House.

Hagrid was invited to stay the night so he wouldn't have to go back to Hogwarts tired. Plus, he was having a great time with his friends.

"So, Hagrid," Sirius started. "I've been waiting, what is it, 14 years now for my motorcycle, may I ask where it is?"

"I'm, er, no' qui'e sure abo' tha' righ' now," Hagrid replied.

"That's ok, Hagrid, I was only joking," Sirius said.

After a few hours of joking, and drinking butter beers, everyone started going to bed. Noticing that everyone was leaving, Hermione pecked Harry on the cheek with a kiss and said, "come on, Harry, lets go to –"

"'Arry an' 'ermione! You didn' tell me you all were together!" Hagrid yelled.

"Well, how could we?" Hermione said. "Muggles will get suspicious if they see owls flying around here at night."

"Oh, yah. Goo' thinkin' 'ermione," Hagrid said.

"Come on, Harry. Let's go to bed," Hermione said, with a sexy look and a wink.

"Alright," Harry said almost too quickly (not for a guy), jumping up. "G'night, Hagrid."

"G'night!"

When they got up to their bedroom, Harry and Hermione changed into nightclothes, and went to bed snogging, not knowing what they would wake up to the next day.

Now I've got you wondering!

PLEASE REVIEW! PLEASE!

Again, I am so, so, so, so, so, so, so sorry that it took so long to update, and so long past my due date!

I am now going to give me plenty of time for this.

Chapter 11 is expected to come Wednesday, March 1st, 2006. If I go past that, then I'm sorry.

Thanks for taking time to read chapter 10 of A Game Started it All, I'm hglvr42593, good night!