(Harry's pov)

I was looking over everything I wanted to keep out for my stay at Malfoy Manor. I was going to take my school trunk and the clothes I had bought yesterday at Diagon Alley.

Most of my things are going to stay in my heirloom trunk, which I will shrink and hide in my school trunk.

I may eventually tell the Malfoys about my trunk, but I want to keep it a secret for a little while longer.

For the past two weeks I have been watching the unsuspecting Dursleys, as I planned on how to leave without tripping the wards, and tipping any Dumbledore supporters.

I had found out that the family were leaving for a two week vacation today. I decided to wait until just after the muggles left before sneaking out of the back yard.

By then the wards, which were tied between Aunt Petunia and me, would be weak enough for me to pass through them.

If Dumbledore would notice that I was away from the house, it won't be until after he gets back from his conference, and I would be within the Malfoy's wards by then.

After hiding the shrunken Potter trunk in my pocket I stealthily made my way into the Dursleys house, making use of the opened door to step into the yard.

I watched from the safety of my invisibility cloak as the small family of three packed up their car and drove off. The sight had reminded me of that day so long ago, when I was watching from the living room window. My last day with my aunt and uncle. The day I found my trunk and learned about magic.

I watched as the wards surrounding the house dimmed the farther Aunt Petunia got. Then, when I felt the wards were weak enough, I stepped out, and quickly made my way to the woods.

I pulled my portkey out and activated it. I was in my personal room off of Nagnok's office and I removed my school trunk from my heirloom trunk, before replacing my heirloom trunk into my school trunk, which Nagnok shrank for me.

I thanked him and went into Diagon Alley under a special cloak I got from Tippy as an early birthday present. The cloak had a variation of the notice-me-not charm that would make me mostly unnoticed unless I wanted someone to notice me.

I used it because I wanted to escape notice in case any of Dumbledore's lackeys were here, but would make it so Lucius is still able to find me.

I got the books I came here for and went into Fortescues Ice cream shop to wait for the Malfoy Patriarch.

I had just finished my hot fudge sundae when I noticed that Malfoy platinum blond hair. I nodded at the blond when he saw me. I followed the man to the apparition point and he apparated me to the Manor, where I was greeted by Narcissa and Draco.

I asked Lucius if I could speak with him for a few minutes. He nodded and led me to his study where I handed him a letter I had received from Dumbledore through Nagnok.

Nagnok had written an extra note attached to the letter, to have a trusted wizard remove the portkey and tracking charms before opening. He explained that if Gringotts removed them, Dumbledore would notice and realize that something was up, due to the differences between wizard and goblin magic.

I told Lucius that I had seen a school owl tapping on my bedroom window and was suspicious, since I wasn't supposed to get my exam scores and book list for another two days.

He removed the spell and I gave him permission to read the letter, which I suspected to be from Dumbledore, considering that Severus was on a trip to get rare potions ingredients.

He told me that the letter stated that Dumbledore was going to go to the Dursleys to pick me up and take me to the Weasleys to spend the rest of my summer.

"There's no point visiting my family. They had been planning to go on vacation, but they didn't want to take me, in fear of angering the headmaster. I told them that I already had plans to visit my friends."

He told me that he could reply to the headmaster himself and state that I had already made plans to stay with Draco until school starts.

(Ginny's pov)

This summer has been going so slow, especially since I was eagerly awaiting Harry's arrival on his birthday.

I had been so excited when I learned that The-Boy-Who-Lived was going to spend several weeks here, before we would go to Hogwarts.

I had been planning on everything I would do when he got here. After all, I have to make him see that I am perfect for my future role as Lady Potter. Even with the Marriage Contract, he needs to see me as the perfect girlfriend.

I'll need to make him spend time with me so that he can see me as more than Ron's little sister.

Mum was in the kitchen planning Harry's birthday party, his first in the wizarding world. I could hear her humming happily to herself before telling my grumbling brother to clean his room.

"You know that Harry will be sleeping in your room when he gets here tomorrow." Mum had told him.

I looked up when I heard the roar of the floo opening up. Stepping out of our fireplace was a concerned looking Headmaster.

"Good evening Professor! Would you like some tea?" Mum asked as the Headmaster sat down in the kitchen.

"Thank you Molly, Some tea would be wonderful. However, I am afraid that this is not a happy visit."

"What's wrong Albus?" Mum asked as she sat down across from the older wizard.

"I sent a letter to Harry early this morning, to let him know that I was going to pick him up from his relatives house tomorrow to bring him here."

"Is his relatives not letting him come over?"

"It's not his family. I got a letter back stating that Harry was already staying with some friends and is unable to come here."

"Perhaps we can change the parents minds?"

"I'm afraid that is not likely. Harry Potter is staying at the Malfoy's until school. It was Lucius who had sent the reply."

(Harry's pov)

"Have you finished all of your homework yet Harry?" Draco asked as we sat in his room.

"Yes, I finished it a couple of weeks ago so that I can enjoy my summer."

"That's good. Mother made me finish it before I could do anything else. Have you had any problems with the old coot or the weasels this summer?"

"Well, I did get a letter from Dumbledork early this morning. He wanted to pick me up from my aunt's house, and force me to stay with the aforementioned weasels. Your father replied that I had plans which included in spending time with my friends." I smirked

"I bet he won't like that. How did you get away from your relatives?"

"Actually they were planning on going on vacation before we got out of school. They wanted to take my cousin somewhere to celebrate his first year at his secondary school. They hadn't made plans on me going with them and my aunt doesn't want me home alone. So when I told them that I had been invited to stay with you they agreed to drop me off." I lied, a bit uneasy about lying to my friends, but at the same time I'm not ready to tell anyone about the trunk yet.

Draco merely nodded before telling me that he had been allowed to invite our other friends over for a game of Quidditch, asking if I understood how it was played. He smirked when I nodded.

We went down to the Entry Hall to greet our friends as they arrived before heading out to the massive yard to play a round of Quidditch.

We were playing a shortened game, since we only had enough people for a shortened team, using one beater and one chaser instead of the normal 2 beaters, and 3 chasers.

We had Draco and I as seekers and captains. As my chaser I chose Daphne, Draco chose Pansy. My keeper was Theo, Draco had Blaise, and we split Vincent and Greg up as our beaters.

With our teams decided we took to the air.