Chapter 4: Wizards on Holiday

"Hullo Neville!" Harry said, helping Neville up. Muggles and other guests everyone were running about, picking things up, and scolding Neville.

"Harry! What are you doing here?" Neville said, brushing himself off.

"On holiday with the Dursleys," Harry said, gloomily.

"Gram and I are visiting some relatives. Did I tell you that I have American cousins?" Neville said.

"No, I don't think you did," Harry said.

"I forgot about them myself," Neville said. Grammy Longbottom came over to the boys.

"You silly, clumsy boy," she said, grabbing his hand. "Come on and help these Muggles. No time for chit-chat."

"But Gram…It's Harry," Neville said. "Harry Potter." All of a sudden, some of the guests stopped what they were doing and looked up. They whispered among themselves all saying "It's him." "The boy who lived." "The scar guy."

"Sorry, Harry," Neville said as his grandmother pulled him away. The Dursleys came over to Harry and saw all the damage. Uncle Vernon was ready to accuse Harry and his magic when Neville had set the trolley rolling again and it knocked over more suitcases, two plants, a side table, a statue of Simba, a bellhop, and the hotel manager.

"We better be going," Uncle Vernon said sternly, walking over the mess and leading the way back to the rooms.

"Harry Potter…" a voice echoed in the halls.

"What?" Harry asked out loud. The Dursleys looked at him like he was crazy. "Sorry."

"Harry Potter…" Harry looked around, but saw no one else. The four went into their rooms, and Harry gave one last look before shutting the door.

"Chocolates!" Dudley cried and grabbed the candy from the pillows. Before he could even put them in his mouth, Harry squeezed his wrist and didn't stop until Dudley let go. "Aowww!"

"You know you're not supposed to have sweets," Harry said.

"I'll tell Mum on you!" Dudley cried. Before Dudley could run to the other room, Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia came in.

"Dudley, you better not have eaten those chocolates," Aunt Petunia said.

"No, Mum," Dudley said. "In fact, I had to stop Harry from eating them!"

"Good for you, Dudders!" Uncle Vernon said. "As for you!" he pointed to Harry. "If you eat those chocolates, you better exercise them off like Dudley."

"I'll try," Harry said, and popped a chocolate in his mouth. Dudley looked like he was ready to cry a river.

"What shall we do first?" Uncle Vernon asked.

"Let's go to Mag- I mean, the Castle Land," Harry said.

"You idiot, it's the Mag- I mean, the Castle Land," Dudley said.

A/N: In Chamber of Secrets, the word "Magic" is forbidden in the Dursley's house, so Harry and Dudley both stopped themselves before Vernon could have gotten mad.

"Castle Land it is," Uncle Vernon said. "You carry our bags," he directed to Harry. Harry grabbed Aunt Petunia's purse, Uncle Vernon's camera bag, and Dudley's backpack, along with his own fanny pack and followed them to the elevator.

When they reached the ground floor, Aunt Petunia got a map from the gift shop. "There's no Castle Land anywhere on this map," she said. Uncle Vernon went to Information to ask where Castle Land was.

"You mean Magic Kingdom?" the cast member asked. Uncle Vernon's ears grew red and he left in a huff.

A/N: I would have said "employee" instead of "cast member" but the Disney folks believe that Disney World is more than just a theme park, thus, no employees, only cast members. And tourists are called "guests".

"We're going to M Kingdom!" Uncle Vernon shouted and led them to the shuttles.

"M Kingdom? What is M Kingdom?" Aunt Petunia asked. She looked at her map again. "Oh, Mag- M Kingdom."

While waiting for the shuttles, Harry saw Neville again. He would have loved to spend the day with clumsy Neville than with the Dumb Dursleys, but he knew Uncle Vernon would hate for Harry to be with one of his friends.

"Oh look, it's the boy I met at breakfast," Harry lied. Aunt Petunia looked around and saw whom Harry was talking about.

"Isn't that the boy who caused a ruckus in the lobby?" Dudley asked. Just then, Neville tripped over Grammy L's large straw purse and hit a little girl's rolling-kind backpack, which rolled into the "Shuttle Stop" sign, which nearly fell on top of Harry, who moved aside just in time but slammed into Dudley, who fell backward, but was caught by Uncle Vernon. Dudley's question had been answered.

"Sorry," Neville said to the little girl. He went over to Harry to apologize and the Dursleys took a giant step back. "Sorry Harry."

"It's all right, Neville. We're going to the Mag- M Kingdom," Harry said.

"Oh, that's where Gram and I are going," Neville said. "We're supposed to be meeting my cousins. Did I tell you I have American cousins?"

"Yes Neville."

"Oh yeah. I met you in the lobby…I need a new Remembrall," Neville said, taking it out of his pocket. "This one's smoke is all used up…" The Dursleys took another step back.

"What's that?" Dudley said from far away.

"It's a-"

"Broken Snow Globe," Harry interrupted. "Oh, this is Neville. Neville, this is-"

"Walter," Dudley said, interrupting.

"Um…ok. And this is my uncle and aunt." Grammy Longbottom came by again.

"Hello, you must be Harry's relatives," Grammy said, shaking their hands.

"Yes, I…am…uh, V-ver-n," Uncle Vernon could barely say his name.

"Nice to meet you Uvvern," Grammy Longbottom said. "And you are?"

"Marigold," Aunt Petunia said, warily shaking Grammy's hand.

"We absolutely must spend the day with you," Grammy said. "Now that we're all acquainted. Besides, poor Neville doesn't have any playmates."

"That would be…very nice," Aunt Petunia said sweetly. "It would be nice for Dudley to meet new people." Harry was surprised. The Dursley's were being pretty swell this summer. The Shuttle arrived and Harry, Neville, and Dudley took three seats in the back. There was an empty chair. Just then a smiley boy came on the shuttle with a huge grin when he saw Harry. He waved.

"Harry!!!!!" the boy exclaimed as he ran towards the back with his camera bobbing up and down.

"Oh no," Harry tried to hide his face. "Hullo Colin."

"Hiya Harry! It's great that I saw you here! Dennis, look who it is! I saw your owl Harry. It was coming from Hermione's because she sent you a package. I said to myself, 'That's Harry's owl. I'm going to send him a letter.' And Hedwig came down when Dennis and I caught her and she gave me your note. It said you were on holiday so I took Hermione's package and said to Dennis, 'We better bring this to Harry.' So Dad and Mum let us visit and now we're here with you!"

Dudley looked extremely nervous. "You mean he's a-a-a-"

"Wizard! Just like Harry. Oh it's Neville! He's one too!" Colin said excitedly.

Great…Harry thought to himself. Dudley looked terrified. He was trying to call Aunt Petunia, but she was talking with Grammy Longbottom and Uncle Vernon was talking with Mr. Creevey. "Dudley, don't ruin this vacation for all of us! I'll let you have some of my chocolates." Dudley shut up.

"Know what Harry?" Colin said, high on sugar, like always. "I have Hermione's package here in Dennis's bag. Is it a love letter? Cookies? Cake? She is your girlfriend, right?" Harry turned beet red.

"Harry's got a girlfriend! Harry's got a girlfriend!" Dudley teased. " Harry's got a girlfriend!"

"She's not my girlfriend!" Harry yelled.

"But the magazine said-" Colin started.

"It's a heap of rubbish!" Harry said out loud. Neville's face brightened up. Dennis had ran up the aisle and stood by Neville's aisle seat.

"So she's not going out with you?" Neville asked, hopeful.

"She's going out with Viktor Krum," Harry said. Dudley was extremely confused.

"Know what Harry?" Dennis asked. "I have the package and we could find out! Maybe you're lying. Colin says you are her girlfriend, I mean…Let's open it!" Dennis handed Harry Hermione's package. There was a letter and a bakery box. The box contained 10 cookies in the shape of Mickey Mouse, which Harry shared among the group, and the letter was written on a pink stationary smothered with perfume.

"OoOoOo," Dudley said, his mouth full of cookie. This is what it read:

Dear Harry,

I'm so jealous of you! You get to visit Muggle holiday spots! I've read about them and they seem magical enough for Muggles. I'm surprised Hedwig found me. I'm stuck here in the cold with Viktor. You're so lucky to be in a warmer climate. I baked you some cookies in the shape of Mickey Mouse. I learned about him in Muggle History when we were studying Entertainment. Anyway, Viktor gave me this ugly stationary set and I had to use it to be polite. I don't like pink, but the fragrance is decent. Viktor is going to bring me home in a week and Mother had written and told me she and Father have a surprise when I get back. I wonder what it is…

There's dentists' convention in London so Father says he'll drop me off at Diagon Alley two weeks before the start of term. I hope to see you there! Viktor is taking me ice-skating later.

Hermione

"What'd she say?" Neville asked after Harry finished reading the letter. The shuttle began to pull out of the Lodge.

"She's with Viktor up north and is going to Diagon Alley two weeks before the new school term begins," Harry said.

"I think your jealous Harry," Colin said. "You are, because she's your girlfriend. I know it. Know what Harry?" All of a sudden, the shuttle stopped with a jolt, throwing poor Dennis backward and down the aisle. "Dennis!" Colin left and ran after his sliding brother. "Awesome!"

The shuttle doors opened letting in a family with flaming red hair.