Harry Potter and the Palingenesis of Abaddon
Chapter IV
– A New Friend
Harry didn't have any strange things happen to him for days
after he had been let out of hospital. It was the 15th of August
only 16 days left till Hogwarts started again.
"Harry, Harry" said Ron softly "Wake up Harry"
He opened his eyes just wanting to stay in bed. The room
around him was very dark. His ribs and arms were still stinging after what had
happened although there was o sign of the cuts, they had used a total healing
spell. The room was still blurred as he put his glasses on.
"It better not be early" said Harry jokingly "What time is
it?"
"I dunno" Ron replied stupidly "8 'o' clock"
"Damn why is it so early?" joked Harry.
He and Ron got dressed. They walked downstairs meeting the
delicious smell of eggs, bacon and sausages. Mrs Weasley was slaving over the
stove.
"About time boys" she said, "What have you been doing?"
"Nothing" said Ron "Hey Bill, Charlie. What are you doing
here?"
"Just thought I would come see all of you," said Bill.
"Me too" said Charlie "Were all going to go to Diagon Alley"
"Received your lists this morning" said Mr. Weasley.
Harry and Ron sat down at the table eating up, with the rest
of the Weasleys and Hermione, the delicious food Mrs. Weasley had been making.
"That was brilliant," said Ron after he had finished.
After that they walked through into the main room. They were
going to use floo powder to get to Diagon Alley. Harry didn't like the idea of
that at all.
"Harry you go first, then Ron and then Hermione the rest of
us will follow. Remember to get out at the Leaky Cauldron." Mr Weasley said. He
put out the pot containing the Floo powder offering it to Harry "You first"
Harry stepped forwards. He put his hand into the pot taking
ot some powder. He threw it into the fire closed his eyes tightly and stepped
forwards. He span and span beginning to feel really ill. He remembered he had
to open his eyes to see where to get out. He saw it he pushed forwards and
landed on a hard stone floor. His glasses fell and shattered on the ground. He
mumbled angrily, and then pointing his wand at the glasses said something. The
glasses instantly fixed. He put them on and looked around he sighed in relief.
He had got out at the right place. Ron appeared from behind him, he stumbled on
Harry's legs and fell on top of him. They laughed for a couple of moments
before getting up not wanting Hermione to land on them.
"Ouch" said Ron as they got up "Your bones are really hard."
Hermione soon came through very gracefully, well compared to
Harry and Ron anyway. The rest of the Weasleys followed. We are going to get
your robes first.
"Hey Weasleys, Harry and Hermione" Tom the barkeeper said as
they walked passed "Wanna have a drink?"
"Can't stop, Tom" said Mr. Weasley "Lots to do today."
They walked to the back yard facing the brick wall. Mr
Weasley tapped the right brick with his wand and an arch developed in the wall
heading into Diagon Alley. They walked through and into Madam Malkins Robes for
All Occasions. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and the Twins all got fitted in a
matter of minutes. They paid and went into Flourish and Blotts Bookshop. Harry
looked down at his list it was very short but read:
Advanced Dark Arts by Murk Vart
1001 Deadly Fungi and Other Plants by Ober Gworth
Muggle Disease Caused by Magic by Pugh-GonicPlage
"Looks pretty grim" said Hermione.
"Mmmmm" Ron mumbled.
Harry and Hermione looked at him trying to see what he was
looking at on the other side of the shop. All they could see was a crowd of
young people.
"Snap out of it Ron" said Hermione as she hit him round the
back of his head.
"What?" said Ron.
"What are you looking at?" said Harry.
"Never mind" said Ron.
They bought all of their books and headed out of the shop.
"It's 10 'o' clock" said Mrs. Weasley "Meet us in the Leaky
Cauldron at 5, Okay?"
"Yes" droned Ron.
Mr and Mrs Weasley walked off leaving the rest on their own.
"Fuck" said Charlie, Ginny looked at him disapprovingly
"Sorry. Damn, What are we going to do till 5?"
"We could…." said Bill then trailed off when he couldn't
think of anything.
"Hey, Harry…Ron…Hermione" they looked around it was Dean
Thomas a fellow Gryffindor.
"Hey, Dean" said Ron everyone looked at him as he had said
it a bit over enthusiastically. "Sorry"
"Hey Ron" said Dean. They looked at each other for a few
moments then said. "Can I hang with you?"
"Yeah, sure" said Harry.
"Thanks" said Dean smiling friendlily at Harry.
They walked through Diagon Alley only stopping at the Ice
Cream Parlour. The hours went by until it finally reached 5. They went to the
Leaky Cauldron with Dean.
"At last" said Mrs. Weasley.
"Hello Mrs. Weasley" said Dean.
"Hello Dean" said Mrs. Weasley "nice to see you again"
"Again?" Harry asked Ron.
"He was round earlier in the holidays!" said Ron.
"Oh" said Harry hoping he didn't sound too disgruntled.
"Could Dean stay tonight" asked Ron.
"We've already got a lot of peop…." started Mrs Weasley.
"Please" said Ron, Harry played along to please his friend
and he liked Dean anyway.
"I guess we could make your room a couple of feet longer,"
said Mr. Weasley.
"Wow, thanks" said Ron.
"I'll go ask my mom and dad," said Dean.
He walked over to nice looking people who must have been his
parents. He remembered Dean mention they were muggle surgeons. After a few
minutes of talking he came back saying he could come. Harry couldn't help but
feel Ron was being taken away from him. Ron wasn't his to have, Ron could have
different friends and anyway he's not moving away from him and besides everyone
made new friends. Harry tried to let it pass over. Dean's parents walked over.
"We've never been to the wizarding world before, it's really
interesting" said Mr Thomas.
"Really?" said Mr. Weasley.
"Yeah" said Mr. Thomas. "What do wizards work as when they
have finished at Hogwarts? What do you do?"
"Well there are loads of jobs available depends what you are
good at and what you like." Said Mr. Weasley "I work as in the muggle
department of the Ministry of Magic"
"Muggles are what you call us non-magical folk right?" said
Mr Thomas.
"Yes" said Mr. Weasley "Best be off"
They all said goodbye. Harry walked up hearth of the
fireplace and threw some flew in. He was feeling pretty upset, not angry just
upset and he didn't know why. It's just
another friend of Ron's he thought to himself Snap out of it. Ron followed through then Dean then the rest of
them. That night Harry made himself think At
least he is happy. He still liked Dean of course. They had a good time
playing exploding snap and magical chess.
As they were going down at 9 to get something to eat Ron
said "What's the matter Harry?"
"Yeah. You have been acting a bit strange" said Dean "If
it's my presence I'm sorry."
"No, Dean. It's alright," Harry lied "Your fine."
"It's just you've been a bit out of it Harry" said Ron
"What's up?"
"Nothing, please don't worry about it" said Harry "It's
nothing"
"Okay" said Ron "but tell us if there is anything up we'll
understand. I promise."
"Yes" said Dean "I will understand. People have told me many
things and I have understood or tried to understand but I always listen. I
never would tell anyone if you didn't want me to"
"Thanks" said Harry "but there is nothing"
Harry felt a lot better about this now. He understood how
Ron was really liking him. He also was starting to like him a lot. After that
he never felt any jealousy towards Ron about his new friendship because he had
the same friendship now. They went down into the kitchen and they started to
search for something to eat.
"How about L.A.R.D." said Harry "That was delicious"
"Stop messing around" said Dean "Ewwww imagine eating lard."
"No not lard, L - A - R - D. It's delicious" said Harry
"Really, no jokes"
"Oh Okay" said Dean "so...is there anything to eat?"
"I've found something" said Ron "This stuff is really tasty"
"What is it?" said Harry "Is it nice?"
"F.A.T." said Ron "Fabulous Armoth's Tart. His food is so
great."
"Cool" said Dean and Harry simultaneously.
They ate a whole box of F.A.T. After they had eaten it Harry,
Ron and Dean trudged up the stairs. They changed and collapsed into bed. Mr.
Weasley had made the room a couple of foot longer and there was now an extra
bed for Dean. Hermione was lying on the bed she had had the previous nights.
She was reading the book Harry had received from her for his birthday.
"Hey, thats mine" said Harry jokily "Is it good?"
"Oh yes very" said Hermione "It has everything in it!"
"Well I didn't think a book with almost 1500 pages would
have nothing in it" replied Harry "What shall we do tomorrow?"
"I don't know" said Ron "well we'll see when the time comes"
They all settled down in bed. They talked well into the
night finally falling asleep at 4 in the morning.
*****
Harry woke up, he looked at his watch it was 5. Damn, I've only been asleep for an hour
he thought. He put on his glasses as his eyes focused to the blackness
surrounding him. He saw that the figures of Ron, Dean and Hermione were gone.
In fact their beds were gone, as he looked around he noticed it wasn't even
Ron's bedroom. He got up and went to the door. He opened it and walked out. He
noticed that the whole lay out of the house was different. He walked down the
stairs and turned into what must have been a living room. There was a man and a
woman sitting in chair's talking. The woman was cradling a baby in her arms.
Shadows were cast over their faces so he couldn't see what they looked like. He
seemed to recognise their voices but couldn't find a face and name for the
voices. A bang came from behind him, he turned on the spot as a man. A
grotesque man that made Harry writh at the sight of him. The sickening image of
his white skin stretched over his face making it look like a skull. His snake
like red eyes staring at the man and woman with glee. His skinny frame strided
across the room towards the man and woman.
"Now I've got you" said Voldemort "Time too die"
"NOOO. How? What about Peter? The secret keeper?" said the
man who Harry had now figured out to be James Potter his father.
"That betraying bastard? He gave you to me and now you die"
said Voldemort.
"No, you can't" said Lily Potter
Voldemort just stood on the spot looking down at the
helpless cackling.
"I'll get someone Lily" said James "I'll be very quick"
James ran out of the room. Lily went down on her knees as
Voldemort turned to face her.
"Please? Don't take Harry" she said "anything but Harry"
"MOVE OUT OF THE WAY WAY WOMAN SO I CAN GET IT OVER WITH"
said Voldemort.
With tears streaming down her pale face Lily put Harry
behind her. "Take me instead of Harry" she said through sobs "Take me leave
Harry".
"AVADA VADAVRA" Voldemort screamed.
Lily fell to the floor her body contracting in the pain. Her
limp lifeless body seizing up. Then all movement stopped as her life was
maliciously sucked out. James ran into the room after hearing the screams. He
instantly suffered the same deed as his wife had received a couple of minutes
previously. The only thing left was the baby, Harry Potter.
Voldemort said "Avada Kadavra" anger glinting in his eyes. A
green light shot from the end of his wand, shooting towards Harry. It hit his
forehead but rebounded heading straight for the killer who had ruined the first
eleven years of Harry Potters life. The light was almost twice the size it had
been before hitting Harry's head. It hit Voldemort. In a split second his body
turned to ash and collapsed to the floor. From the pile of ash a whisp of what
seemed like smoke rose, Voldemorts spirit rose into the air and darted out of
the window. Harry looked up the ceiling cracked and started to fall. Before it
hit him....
"AHHHHHHHH" Harry screamed as he woke up violently shaking.
The sweat making his clothes stick to his body. The bloody tears flowing down
his bony cheeks. A hand clasped over his mouth.
"Shhhhhh" said Dean softly "It's all right Harry, it was
only a dream. Harry, it was only a dream."
Harry said it over and over to himself. It was only a dream. Harry felt comforted by Dean's presence. Harry
was glad that Dean had put him quite in time before he had woken up the whole
house. Harry didn't want to bother the family again. Harry felt Dean wipe his
forehead softly. Dean grabbed Harry's shaking body and hugged him.
"It's okay Harry" said Dean over and over. Harry was glad
Dean was there. He gripped Deans body back. He liked having Dean as a comfort.
In fact he noticed he liked Dean a lot.
"What happened Harry" said Dean "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine" Harry lied. He wasn't enjoying lying to Dean and
Ron.
"Come on Harry tell me" said Dean.
"Okay, I'm sorry" said Harry "It was Voldemort, a dream. No
it was not a dream it was a memory or something. I saw Voldemort kill my
parents." Harry wondered why Dean hadn't shudered when he had said the name.
"Wait a minute, Harry" said Dean. He ran out of the room and
came back with a moist towel. He wiped the blood and sweat away from Harry's
face. "It's okay Harry. It's Okay"