Harry Potter and the Hogwarts Guard--Chapter Two
*I own only the plot, and thanks to Ginny :] for beta-ing. Please review and tell me what you think. Note to flamers, You have your opinion, but if you think you can do better than by all means do it! If not then keep your opinions to yourselves. Constructive criticism appreciated.
It was a normal day on Privet Drive. And a now fifteen year old Harry Potter was at old Mrs. Figg's house cleaning windows when back at #4 Petunia Dursley picked up the ringing telephone.
"Hello?" Petuina said in her most graceful and snotty voice, to make her sound important.
" Hello? This is Hermione Granger, Harry Potter's friend from school." Hermione answered her.
Harry's aunt considered a moment. This girl sounded normal. Except the fact she talked fast. Maybe she was like Lily, the only witch in the family.
"You are the only one like you in your family aren't you?" She asked.
" Excuse me?" Hermione asked clearly confused.
"The only one with your...um, special abilities." Petuina said delicately
"Oh, yes I am." Hermione said. Curious to why Harry's aunt would want to know.
"Harry isn't here, may I take a message?" Petunia asked.
"Yes, please, could you tell him that Prof. Dumbledor said it was all right for him to stay with me at my house for the rest of the summer. If it is okay with you, we can pick him up by car." Hermione said silently praying his aunt would say yes. She was so worried about Harry, it was awful. Like a lump in the pit of her stomach.
"Okay, he can go. Pick him up tomorrow at 2:00 p.m." Petuina said.
And at that she hung up. 'Why am I doing this?' She sighed to herself. Because she reminds you of Lily. Her conscience answered.
You see, She never really hated Lily. She was jealous. Of the attention Lily got. The fact she got to go to the fancy private school. The fact her parents were so proud of her.
At this point Harry walked in. As he began to walk back to his room his aunt stopped him.
"Boy!" She snapped. Harry turned around warily to his Aunt. Dreading the worst. "You need to pack your things. You are leaving tomorrow for the Grangers. They'll pick you up at two." Harry couldn't believe it. He not only got to leave, but also see Hermione, the girl who he'd been thinking of all summer. He returned to his room in a state of bliss. He found he had a visitor. Pig, Ron's owl was perched on Hedwig's empty cage. [ Hedwig was off sending a thank you note to Dobby.] Pig carried a note from Ron.
Harry,
Hermione told me how they are going to pick you up tomorrow. Dad had their fire connected for a day so I could Floo over. See you tomorrow.
Ron
This was going to be great. He'd get to see his best friend and the girl he had been thinking of all summer. He felt like whooping for joy. He wrenched up the lose floor board under his bed, emptied it of the chicken, and fruit Dobby had sent,[ among other things] and stuffed it into his trunk. He then told his talking picture where they were going. He added a postscript to the letter he was going to send Sirius after Hedwig got back saying he'd be at Hermione's for the rest of the summer.
He sent Pig back with a note to Ron, and began to check that all of his things were in his trunk. His mind being elsewhere, [on Hermione] Harry was startled when his Aunt called him to dinner.
One of the first things Harry noticed when he returned for the summer was that Dudley had lost a surprising amount of weight. Now everyone ate real food again, even Harry. Tonight they were having pork chops, one of Harry's favorites. [The Dursley didn't know this, if they did they'd probably never serve them again.] It was a relatively quiet dinner. Harry excused himself immediately after finishing.
But that night Harry slept soundly for the first time in months. He was up at dawn, an unusual feet for a late sleeper such as Harry. He was so exited that he voluntarily made breakfast that consisted of pancakes, sausage, bacon, and waffles. Dudley, upon seeing this looked at his Mother who shook her head, then looked at Harry who just smiled. Then, for the first time in his life, hugged Harry.
The rest of the time for Harry flew by in a daze of chores and double and triple checks of his trunk. Then finally the glorious hour arrived. Harry, finally smarting up had put a featherlight charm on his trunk at the end of last year, was waiting anxiously in the sitting room. Then there was a knock at the door. Harry, like a cat sprang to the door an almost threw it off the hinges opening it. What he saw he was not ready for.
Hermione was to put it simply, drop dead gorgeous. Her hair was no longer curly, but straight and sleek. Her body had more curves than the Great Wall of China. Harry gawked at her for almost a full minute before his uncle quite rudely stepped on his foot. He then quickly hurried out the door. He got in the back and saw Ron, looking taller and more freckly [a/n is that a word]? Than ever. He said hi to Mr. and Mrs. Granger and soon Harry found Himself ridding to a great month.
Soon Harry found himself parked in front of a huge house. It was easily twice the size of #4 Privet Drive. From the outside he could see that it had a swimming pool and a basketball court. He was immediately in awe.
"This place is huge!" Harry said upon entering and seeing a long strech of red velvet carpet.
"Yep, thats what I said." Ron said.
"Hermione, why don't you give them the grand tour." Mrs. Granger suggested.
"Okay!" Hermione replied in a strangely high voice. At this Ron rasied his eyebrows to Harry who shruged. Though inside he was wondering wether her exitement was about him or Ron. Hermione then lead them room by room threw the very lage house.
"And this will be your room." She said opening the door to a room twice the size of Harry's room back on privet drive. There were bunkbeds, a desk, and a walk in closet to change in.
"What are these?" Ron asked picking up some CD's of of the desk.
"Those are CD's, you put them in the CD player and listin to them."
"Weird names though, Limp Bizkit? Pod? Eminem?"
" Thats POD, payable on death. And they have weird names because theyr'e American." She said, in a very diffrent tone from usual. The knot in Harry's stomach got even tighter at this. She showed Ron how to use the CD player and left them to setle in.
Harry unpacked his things and went down to the basketball court becuase he saw Hermione through the window.
"Hey, can I play?" He asked. Hermione was surprised at this, she though Ron and Harry would want to talk about guy stuff.
" Yea, sure." She said. Never being one to be shy, a few minutes later she said, "Harry I've been thinking of you alot this summer." When Harry heard this he literaly drooped the basketball. " Not just as a friend, but... Harry I think I'm in love with you."
At this Harry stood frozen in shock. He stood there for almost a whole minute before relizeing that Hermione had started crying.
"Don't worry." He said "The feeling is mutual." He wispered in her ear. Then they kissed. And 5then Ron looked out the window...
Cliffie! What did Ron see? This is slow but there will be action soon! Please Review! And Making the Band HP Style chapter 2 will be up soon.
*I own only the plot, and thanks to Ginny :] for beta-ing. Please review and tell me what you think. Note to flamers, You have your opinion, but if you think you can do better than by all means do it! If not then keep your opinions to yourselves. Constructive criticism appreciated.
It was a normal day on Privet Drive. And a now fifteen year old Harry Potter was at old Mrs. Figg's house cleaning windows when back at #4 Petunia Dursley picked up the ringing telephone.
"Hello?" Petuina said in her most graceful and snotty voice, to make her sound important.
" Hello? This is Hermione Granger, Harry Potter's friend from school." Hermione answered her.
Harry's aunt considered a moment. This girl sounded normal. Except the fact she talked fast. Maybe she was like Lily, the only witch in the family.
"You are the only one like you in your family aren't you?" She asked.
" Excuse me?" Hermione asked clearly confused.
"The only one with your...um, special abilities." Petuina said delicately
"Oh, yes I am." Hermione said. Curious to why Harry's aunt would want to know.
"Harry isn't here, may I take a message?" Petunia asked.
"Yes, please, could you tell him that Prof. Dumbledor said it was all right for him to stay with me at my house for the rest of the summer. If it is okay with you, we can pick him up by car." Hermione said silently praying his aunt would say yes. She was so worried about Harry, it was awful. Like a lump in the pit of her stomach.
"Okay, he can go. Pick him up tomorrow at 2:00 p.m." Petuina said.
And at that she hung up. 'Why am I doing this?' She sighed to herself. Because she reminds you of Lily. Her conscience answered.
You see, She never really hated Lily. She was jealous. Of the attention Lily got. The fact she got to go to the fancy private school. The fact her parents were so proud of her.
At this point Harry walked in. As he began to walk back to his room his aunt stopped him.
"Boy!" She snapped. Harry turned around warily to his Aunt. Dreading the worst. "You need to pack your things. You are leaving tomorrow for the Grangers. They'll pick you up at two." Harry couldn't believe it. He not only got to leave, but also see Hermione, the girl who he'd been thinking of all summer. He returned to his room in a state of bliss. He found he had a visitor. Pig, Ron's owl was perched on Hedwig's empty cage. [ Hedwig was off sending a thank you note to Dobby.] Pig carried a note from Ron.
Harry,
Hermione told me how they are going to pick you up tomorrow. Dad had their fire connected for a day so I could Floo over. See you tomorrow.
Ron
This was going to be great. He'd get to see his best friend and the girl he had been thinking of all summer. He felt like whooping for joy. He wrenched up the lose floor board under his bed, emptied it of the chicken, and fruit Dobby had sent,[ among other things] and stuffed it into his trunk. He then told his talking picture where they were going. He added a postscript to the letter he was going to send Sirius after Hedwig got back saying he'd be at Hermione's for the rest of the summer.
He sent Pig back with a note to Ron, and began to check that all of his things were in his trunk. His mind being elsewhere, [on Hermione] Harry was startled when his Aunt called him to dinner.
One of the first things Harry noticed when he returned for the summer was that Dudley had lost a surprising amount of weight. Now everyone ate real food again, even Harry. Tonight they were having pork chops, one of Harry's favorites. [The Dursley didn't know this, if they did they'd probably never serve them again.] It was a relatively quiet dinner. Harry excused himself immediately after finishing.
But that night Harry slept soundly for the first time in months. He was up at dawn, an unusual feet for a late sleeper such as Harry. He was so exited that he voluntarily made breakfast that consisted of pancakes, sausage, bacon, and waffles. Dudley, upon seeing this looked at his Mother who shook her head, then looked at Harry who just smiled. Then, for the first time in his life, hugged Harry.
The rest of the time for Harry flew by in a daze of chores and double and triple checks of his trunk. Then finally the glorious hour arrived. Harry, finally smarting up had put a featherlight charm on his trunk at the end of last year, was waiting anxiously in the sitting room. Then there was a knock at the door. Harry, like a cat sprang to the door an almost threw it off the hinges opening it. What he saw he was not ready for.
Hermione was to put it simply, drop dead gorgeous. Her hair was no longer curly, but straight and sleek. Her body had more curves than the Great Wall of China. Harry gawked at her for almost a full minute before his uncle quite rudely stepped on his foot. He then quickly hurried out the door. He got in the back and saw Ron, looking taller and more freckly [a/n is that a word]? Than ever. He said hi to Mr. and Mrs. Granger and soon Harry found Himself ridding to a great month.
Soon Harry found himself parked in front of a huge house. It was easily twice the size of #4 Privet Drive. From the outside he could see that it had a swimming pool and a basketball court. He was immediately in awe.
"This place is huge!" Harry said upon entering and seeing a long strech of red velvet carpet.
"Yep, thats what I said." Ron said.
"Hermione, why don't you give them the grand tour." Mrs. Granger suggested.
"Okay!" Hermione replied in a strangely high voice. At this Ron rasied his eyebrows to Harry who shruged. Though inside he was wondering wether her exitement was about him or Ron. Hermione then lead them room by room threw the very lage house.
"And this will be your room." She said opening the door to a room twice the size of Harry's room back on privet drive. There were bunkbeds, a desk, and a walk in closet to change in.
"What are these?" Ron asked picking up some CD's of of the desk.
"Those are CD's, you put them in the CD player and listin to them."
"Weird names though, Limp Bizkit? Pod? Eminem?"
" Thats POD, payable on death. And they have weird names because theyr'e American." She said, in a very diffrent tone from usual. The knot in Harry's stomach got even tighter at this. She showed Ron how to use the CD player and left them to setle in.
Harry unpacked his things and went down to the basketball court becuase he saw Hermione through the window.
"Hey, can I play?" He asked. Hermione was surprised at this, she though Ron and Harry would want to talk about guy stuff.
" Yea, sure." She said. Never being one to be shy, a few minutes later she said, "Harry I've been thinking of you alot this summer." When Harry heard this he literaly drooped the basketball. " Not just as a friend, but... Harry I think I'm in love with you."
At this Harry stood frozen in shock. He stood there for almost a whole minute before relizeing that Hermione had started crying.
"Don't worry." He said "The feeling is mutual." He wispered in her ear. Then they kissed. And 5then Ron looked out the window...
Cliffie! What did Ron see? This is slow but there will be action soon! Please Review! And Making the Band HP Style chapter 2 will be up soon.