Chapter 2: A Complete Surprise
"Mom! Dad! I'm going out with Katelyn," yelled Harry from the front door.
"Ok," said James coming into the room, "Just be back by noon."
"We will be," said Harry. He met Katelyn at the sidewalk. "So what do you want to do?" he asked.
"I don't know," she said, "How about go see if there are any good movies playing?"
"Sounds good to me," said Harry.
They walked to the mall to see what was playing. There was nothing good so they decided to walk around the neighborhood. They ran into a few of Katelyn's old friends. They were happy to see them but didn't have much to say. Harry and Katelyn returned to Harry's house at ten till noon. They opened the door and Harry shouted, "Mom! Dad! We're back!"
"We're in the kitchen," yelled Lily back.
Harry and Katelyn walked into the kitchen, but when they arrived Harry froze. It was full of his friends. Hermione, Ron, all the rest of the Weasleys, Lupin, Sirius, Mary, and the Longbottoms were there. "Happy Birthday!" they all shouted.
"Wow!" said Harry.
"Were you surprised?" asked Lily.
"Yes," said Harry, "I never expected this."
"Oh," said Lily, "we were worried you expected something when you didn't seem upset that we didn't remember."
"Actually, I wasn't," said Harry, "I'm used to not celebrating. I have never had a party."
"Never?!" said James.
"Never," said Harry.
"I'd believe that," said Sirius.
"They are rather stupid," said Lupin, "they probably didn't even remember. I know they had to be pretty dumb to believe that story we made up a couple of years ago."
"What story?" asked Katelyn.
"Well, the Order sent them a letter that they had received an award for the best lawn," said Lupin.
"They believed it," said Harry, "they left and the Order came to get me. I didn't know what was going on. You scared me."
"Yes, that was kind of funny," said Lupin, "it looked like you were about ready to put a spell on Moody when you saw us."
"I wish I could have been there," said Sirius, "instead of locked up in that old house."
"Well, it is ok," said Harry, "they didn't want to risk your life."
Sirius just smiled at him. Harry knew that Sirius would have rather risked it than to stay in his parents' home with Kreacher the house elf. Sirius was not going to fight it though.
"Aren't you going to open your present?" asked Hermione.
"Yeah," said Harry.
James handed him a wrapped box. "This is a very expensive gift so we all chipped in to get it for you," he said.
"Thanks," said Harry. He took the box and opened it up. Inside was a wooden carved bowl. Inside that was a swirling silver substance. Harry had only seen one of these before. "Wow," said Harry, "it's a pensive."
"We thought that you could get good use out of it," said Ron, "after everything that has happened, it would be nice to put some of your memories in it."
"This is great," said Harry, "Thanks everyone!"
"You're welcome," said Mary, "we are glad you like it."
"I'm sure I will get a lot of use out of it," said Harry.
"Well, is anyone hungry?" asked Lily, "we have plenty of food."
"I'm starving!" said Ron.
After they had finished eating they went into the living room where they talked for a couple of hours. Then everyone went home.
"Wow this is a mess," said Harry.
"Don't worry about it," said Lily, "I can handle it."
"Are you sure you don't need any help?" asked Harry.
"I am positive," said Lily. With one wave of her wand the mess disappeared.
"Well if you want to do it the easy way," said Harry.
"How else would I do it," laughed Harry.
Just then the door flew open and Katelyn ran in crying. "We need you," she said, "They are trying to take Dad."
Lily and James looked at each other in horror. Then they ran past Katelyn out the door. Harry gave Katelyn a hug. "It's going to be ok," said Harry trying to convince himself more than Katelyn. Then they ran out the door to follow Lily and James.

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