The more Harry thought about it, the angrier he got. But there was no one he could talk to. Harry knew that his attitude was worrying about Holly and his parents. But he couldn't, Harry didn't want to burden them with his problems. So he pushed his emotions down and tried to enjoy his summer with Holly.
Harry woke up one morning, feeling better after taking a dreamless sleeping potion. He went to his bathroom and got ready, then walked across the hall to Holly's, "Hol, are you awake?"
"Yeah, Har-Bear, come on in."
Harry opened the door and saw that Holly was finishing braiding her hair, and she had her firebolt lying on her bed. Harry raised an eyebrow. "What are you doing, Holly?"
She looked over at him and smiled, "Moony, Siri, and I are going to play Quidditch. They're going to help me get on the team next year. I was going to ask you if you wanted to play," Holly asked in an excited tone.
Harry couldn't help but be infected by his sister's enthusiasm. He smiled at her, "Yeah, let me go change and get my broom."
"Great, I'll meet you out at the Pitch."
Holly ran out to the pitch where Remus and Sirius were waiting for her. She had a massive smile on her face, "Harry's going to play with us."
"How did you get him to agree," Sirius asked.
"I asked, and he said yes."
"That's good; he could use the distraction."
"So, how should we do this?" Holly asked.
"Well, since Harry is going to play, Moony and I will be keepers while Harry helps you with being a chaser," Sirius tells his daughter.
Holly nods, "That's a good idea."
A little while later, Harry comes out of the house in his Quidditch gear and his Firebolt in his hand. Holly explains to him what they were going to do, and Harry agrees. They all kick off into the sky, and the game begins. They play for a few hours with Harry, Moony and Padfoot changing positions so that they could give Holly some competition. After the little family lands for lunch, Harry flings his arm around his sister's shoulder, "You've improved, Holly. I'm positive you'll become a Chaser next year."
"Thank you, Harry, during the year, Viktor helped me train as well."
"It shows. I can't wait for you to be on the team instead of a reserve," Harry said in an excited tone.
"Me either, Har-Bear."
The twins laugh and walk into the house. Remus and Sirius hang back a minute, "The game seems to have lifted Harry's spirits." Sirius said.
"Yes, it served as a great distraction for him. I hope it lasts for a while."
"Me too, Moony."
The little family went inside and had lunch that the elves had laid out for them. After lunch, Holly got Harry to go with her to the nearby village to explore. Holly and Harry walked down to the town. There was a festival going on, and there were a lot of games and rides for the twins to enjoy. Holly's excitement was so infectious that Harry couldn't help but be happy. The twins explored every inch of the fair. They ate and played games; they rode the rides and had a great time. By evening Holly and Harry were tired but happy, they got home, had a light dinner with their parents and talked for a bit then went to bed. That was the first night that Harry didn't have any nightmares about Cedric.
And so it went for a month, Holly would make Harry either play Quidditch with her or go exploring. They even went to London a few times to do some shopping, since Holly needed a new wardrobe for her trip to Bulgaria. While the twins were there, they got a new wardrobe for Harry as well. Holly did her best to keep Harry's mind occupied so that he would be able to sleep at night, and it seems to be working, his nightmares had diminished considerably. By the time their birthday rolled around, Harry was sleeping most nights without the help of any potions.
But, exploring and playing Quidditch wasn't the only thing that Holly was doing with her time. Holly decided that she wanted to learn Bulgarian so that she could surprise Viktor. Holly wasn't very good at it, but she could at least understand a few things and answer in English. Viktor had told her in one of his letters that Holly would be his grandparents and the rest of his family. While most could speak English somewhat, Viktor's grandparents couldn't; they understood it but couldn't speak it. Holly was hoping that her Bulgarian was at least passable.
Along with learning to speak Bulgarian, Holly kept in touch with Hermione. Hermione had informed her that she, too, was going to Bulgaria to spend some time with Aleksandur. Holly suggested that they portkey to Bulgaria together since the boys lived a few houses down from each other. Holly told Hermione that Remus was going to go with her to see where she would be staying. When Hermione wrote back, she agreed.
"My parents would feel more comfortable if I didn't go alone and that Remus does the same thing if he doesn't mind," Hermione wrote.
"No, of course, he won't mind, Mione, Moony considers you his daughter as well." Holly wrote back, "Why don't you spend the night on Harry and my birthday, and we'll leave the following day?"
Hermione agreed.
It turned out that Harry was not going to go with Holly to Bulgaria, "I don't want to be a fifth wheel with you and Viktor, Hol."
"You won't be Har-Bear. Viktor said he wouldn't mind at all if you came."
"Yeah, but I'm sure he'd rather spend time with you alone. It's okay, Holly, I'll go to the Burrow for a while and hang out with Fred and George."
"What about Ron?"
Harry paused, "Our friendship isn't the same anymore. He's still my friend, but I know now that he can't be counted to be there for us. He's too envious of our fame, Holly. Ron still doesn't get that we're famous because a madman murdered our parents. He also tries to use that fame to his advantage."
"I'm glad you realized that, Harry. I figured that out when he got Collin to be his servant for photos of us," Holly tells her brother.
"Yeah, well, you've always been smarter than me, Holly," Harry said with a smile.
"Yeah, I have," Holly said with a giggle.
Harry huffed and grabbed his sister, they ended up falling on the floor wrestling like they used to when they were little. Sirius walked into the living room and saw them on the floor, he shook his head and stepped over them, and went into the kitchen.