Chapter 5: Getting Ready for Hogwarts

"Hi Uncle Vernon, we're going upstairs right away to my room," said Harry.

"Yeah you better, and don't mess anything up along the way or I'll kill you, got it," said Uncle Vernon.

"Yes, we'll be back down for dinner at six. This is Ron," said Harry pointing to Ron, and then pointing to Hermione, said, "and this is Hermione."

"Yeah, whatever, now leave!" said Uncle Vernon.

The three of them went upstairs to Harry's small room.

"It's very –er nice," said Hermione.

"Thanks, but it's horrible, I hate it here."

"I'll be back in a minute," said Ron, "Where is the bathroom Harry?"

"You step right out the door, take a right, and that's it," said Harry.

"Ok, thanks," said Ron, and left the two talking. He found the bathroom ok, and when he got out of it, he listened through the door to make sure everything was ok. He was about to go in when he heard Harry say, "It'll be ok, Hermione, it'll be ok, come here." That's where Ron came in. He walked in and saw them hugging.

"What's going on?" said Ron.

"Hermione's-"

"NO!! Don't tell him, please!" screamed Hermione.

"Don't tell me what?" said Ron.

"He deserves to know, he's your friend too," said Harry.

"No, please I'll tell him later."

"You do realize I'm in the room right? I mean you're saying this stuff right in front of me!"

They took no notice, and continued in their conversation, which finally ended with, "Ok, if you don't want to tell him, it's none of my business."

"Thanks, Harry!" said Hermione.

"Ok, still not going to tell me what's going on, huh? Fine then I don't want to know."

"It's not that Ron! It's just that I don't want to talk about it."

So, they had a good time talking about what it would be like to go to school as a fifth year.

Then at six, they went downstairs to eat dinner, and it was the best they ever had. Ron got so confused when he heard the alarm clock the next morning. He woke up Harry, who pushed the button, and Ron blushed deeply because he felt stupid. All three of them got up, and got dressed (separately of course), and then they went downstairs for breakfast. When they got down there, Uncle Vernon said, "Three owls came, the darn blasted creatures!!"

"Oh thanks! Those must be our school information."

Sure enough it was, and when Ron, Hermione, and Harry sat down, they realized they needed something that hadn't been on the list last year.

"Does yours say that you need a fancy cloak?" said Ron.

"Sure does," said Harry.

"Mine says so too," said Hermione.

"That's strange, oh well, remember last year, it said dress robe and it was for the Yule ball. Maybe these are for something like that," said Ron, "Which reminds me, did you go to Viktor's place over the summer?"

"No, he had to cancel it at the last minute," replied Hermione.

"Oh, that's too bad!" said Harry.

"Anyway," said Hermione, looking at the list again, "this envelope is thicker than normal."

"Wow! There's a note to us," said Ron, astonished.

Then Harry read it out loud, "It says:

Dear Young Witches and Wizards of Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry,

As you may have noticed, this year we have added an item to the lists. This is the dress cloak. As for the younger students, you also see dress robe. We didn't add that to the older students lists, because they should already have dress robes. If you don't have a dress robe for any reason, please purchase one before the school year starts. Anyhow, the reason we have the dress cloaks and dress robes this year is because we will visit yet another school, that did not compete with us in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, our sister school, Pigmoles!! I hope you have a nice couple of weeks, and please don't' forget to purchase your dress robes and cloaks!

Your Headmaster,

Albus Dumbledore

That's weird" finished off Harry.

"Yeah, it is," said Ron.

"Oh well, I wonder if there are anybody like us over at Pigmoles. I hope so! We could be friends!"

"What kind of name is Pigmoles?" said Ron.

"The same kind of name as Hogwarts. Don't you get it Ron? We're sister schools, so one is Pig, the other is Hog, and then one is moles, and the other is warts. Therefore, it is Pigmoles and Hogwarts."

"I hate it when you prove me wrong!" said Ron.

They all laughed, and went upstairs to play cards with the exploding pack Ron brought over.

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A week later they went to Diagon Alley, by taking a train to London, and purchased their school things, but not before going to Gringotts to get their money. Which consisted of new books, new robes because they were out-growing their old ones, dress cloaks, and Ron got a dress robe, because he thought his looked ugly. Instead he got a deep orange, his favorite color. When they were done with all their shopping, they went back to Gringotts to replenish their bags. Ron didn't have any money left over really, so he just waited outside. Harry got some extra money out of his, and when Ron wasn't looking, stuffed it into his moneybag.

They went to the pet store, so Harry could ask for owl food, because Hedwig had been sick lately, which reminded Ron to say, "Hey Hermione, where's your cat? I mean, Harry kept Pig with Hedwig, but where's Crookshanks?"

"Well, I decided to leave him at home, my mom will send him later when I send her an owl from school."

"An owl can hold a cat in a cat carrier?" said Ron, amazed.

"No, but 5 can, so I'll send her 5 owls," finished Hermione.

"Ok, whatever."

Finally, they stopped by the ice cream place for an ice cream cone, and then they went back to the train station enjoying their ice cream. When they got back, it was time for dinner, so they went straight to the kitchen and sat down without a word. They ate quietly and quickly and went straight upstairs.

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It was August 31, and they were going crazy looking for all their stuff. They finally got all their trunks into the car, and piled into the backseat, they got to the train station half-an-hour before the train left. They got their stuff out of the car, and put them on the luggage carriers, and all together leaned against the wall, in a fake conversation about how they couldn't wait to see Aunt Alison. They fell through the wall, and saw right ahead of them the scarlet train that would be taking them to Hogwarts.

A/N: So, how did you like it? Chapter six will probably be out before March, if not then in early March.