Harry had survived for the majority of the summer holidays by shifting his mind to think about other things and not the fact that the greatest dark wizard was loose again and would no doubt come looking for him. Aunt Petunia had got him to dust the entire house from top to bottom and Harry had spent the last 3 hours carrying out this task. As he finished he made a decision to write to Ron. He pulled a piece of parchment from his desk drawer and dipped his quill into the bottle of ink standing on the windowsill - he was just about to start his letter when a grey ball of fluff came shooting in to the room and landed on Harry's pillow.
Harry untied the letter from Pigs leg and let him take a sip of Hedwigs water - Hedwig didn't take to kindly to this.
Hey Harry,
Hope everything's alright down there with the Muggles.
Listen, Mum has spoken to Dumbledore and he says that you can come and stay with us until school starts. We will pick you up on Sunday at about 4 - we will try not to cause a commotion like last time!
Harry remembered Dudleys four foot long tongue with a chuckle.
We won't bring Fred and George this time!
See you on Sunday then
Ron
" Get down here now, boy"
Harry scribbled a hasty 'great - see you then' and ran downstairs to meet his Aunts demands.
Sunday came quickly which surprised Harry as time had been playing tricks with his mind recently, and soon Harry was packing away his schoolbooks and quills even though school didn't start for a fortnight. For the whole afternoon Harry sat on the bottom steps in the hallway staring at the front door, watching, waiting.
He then realised with a jolt that once again he had forgotten to ask how they were getting here. He hoped that there wouldn't be a repeat of the Floo powder incident where Mr Weasley had blown the Dursleys fireplace apart when he was unable to get through.
As the minute hand on the clock slowly ticked round to the upright position Harry stood up and looked out the window. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary - Privet Drive looked terribly normal. Harry resumed his seat on the staircase and continued watching the front door.
Harry jumped as Uncle Vernon shouted down the stairs.
" I'll kill that ruddy bird if it doesn't shut up"
Harry leaped of the stairs and sprinted up to his room where the familiar freckled face of his best friend was grinning through the window tapping at the glass.
Harry swung open the window, grabbed his trunk and threw it into the back of the (new) flying car that the Weasleys had acquired - (though Harry didn't know how).
Without a word to the Dursleys Harry climbed out the window and took a seat in the car. Once again he was free of the muggles and would be spending a Dursley free fortnight in the company of his best friend.
Ron landed the car in the driveway of The Burrow spectacularly and helped Harry drag his trunk in through the front door. As they entered the kitchen Harry met Fred and George sitting round the tiny wooden table with Ginny and Hermione playing exploding Snap.
Though Hermione was Harry's friend as well it annoyed him that she was here as well. It wasn't like he didn't want to see her as well, he just wanted to have some time just him and Ron where they didn't spend every waking moment having quotations from books whispered in their ears.
Harry and Ron returned to the kitchen and joined in exploding snap fro a while, until Mrs Weasley returned from wherever it was she had been
" Oh hello Harry. How are you?"
"Fine, thank you Mrs Weasley"
" Good, Good. Well Arthur will be taking you all up to London sometime next week, I should think."
Mrs Weasley left the room.
The gang went back to their game and had got in a fair few rounds until it was time to go upstairs' and get some sleep.
Harry and Ron climbed up the last staircase to Rons room and were met with the blast of orange which told Harry that Ron still had his walls plastered with Chudley Cannon memorabilia.
'Please, not Harry. Kill me instead'
'Stand aside you silly girl'
A flash of bright green light, a high, cold laugh'
Harry woke up sweating - he looked around to see what time it was, but he was definitely not in Ron's room where he expected to be.
A/N I will only upload Chap 2 if I get reviews - U know what to do!!
Disclaimer - all to the one and only JKR!
Harry untied the letter from Pigs leg and let him take a sip of Hedwigs water - Hedwig didn't take to kindly to this.
Hey Harry,
Hope everything's alright down there with the Muggles.
Listen, Mum has spoken to Dumbledore and he says that you can come and stay with us until school starts. We will pick you up on Sunday at about 4 - we will try not to cause a commotion like last time!
Harry remembered Dudleys four foot long tongue with a chuckle.
We won't bring Fred and George this time!
See you on Sunday then
Ron
" Get down here now, boy"
Harry scribbled a hasty 'great - see you then' and ran downstairs to meet his Aunts demands.
Sunday came quickly which surprised Harry as time had been playing tricks with his mind recently, and soon Harry was packing away his schoolbooks and quills even though school didn't start for a fortnight. For the whole afternoon Harry sat on the bottom steps in the hallway staring at the front door, watching, waiting.
He then realised with a jolt that once again he had forgotten to ask how they were getting here. He hoped that there wouldn't be a repeat of the Floo powder incident where Mr Weasley had blown the Dursleys fireplace apart when he was unable to get through.
As the minute hand on the clock slowly ticked round to the upright position Harry stood up and looked out the window. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary - Privet Drive looked terribly normal. Harry resumed his seat on the staircase and continued watching the front door.
Harry jumped as Uncle Vernon shouted down the stairs.
" I'll kill that ruddy bird if it doesn't shut up"
Harry leaped of the stairs and sprinted up to his room where the familiar freckled face of his best friend was grinning through the window tapping at the glass.
Harry swung open the window, grabbed his trunk and threw it into the back of the (new) flying car that the Weasleys had acquired - (though Harry didn't know how).
Without a word to the Dursleys Harry climbed out the window and took a seat in the car. Once again he was free of the muggles and would be spending a Dursley free fortnight in the company of his best friend.
Ron landed the car in the driveway of The Burrow spectacularly and helped Harry drag his trunk in through the front door. As they entered the kitchen Harry met Fred and George sitting round the tiny wooden table with Ginny and Hermione playing exploding Snap.
Though Hermione was Harry's friend as well it annoyed him that she was here as well. It wasn't like he didn't want to see her as well, he just wanted to have some time just him and Ron where they didn't spend every waking moment having quotations from books whispered in their ears.
Harry and Ron returned to the kitchen and joined in exploding snap fro a while, until Mrs Weasley returned from wherever it was she had been
" Oh hello Harry. How are you?"
"Fine, thank you Mrs Weasley"
" Good, Good. Well Arthur will be taking you all up to London sometime next week, I should think."
Mrs Weasley left the room.
The gang went back to their game and had got in a fair few rounds until it was time to go upstairs' and get some sleep.
Harry and Ron climbed up the last staircase to Rons room and were met with the blast of orange which told Harry that Ron still had his walls plastered with Chudley Cannon memorabilia.
'Please, not Harry. Kill me instead'
'Stand aside you silly girl'
A flash of bright green light, a high, cold laugh'
Harry woke up sweating - he looked around to see what time it was, but he was definitely not in Ron's room where he expected to be.
A/N I will only upload Chap 2 if I get reviews - U know what to do!!
Disclaimer - all to the one and only JKR!