Chapter 4
Harry and the Weasleys were laughing hard. It turned out that Mr Weasley possessed an invisible flying carpet. Harry remembered this fact when he had been picked up.
There was suddenly a repeated banging on the door. When Dudley answered, eating two chocolate bars at the same time, he saw nothing; he just heard a voice. He slammed the door hard; his piggy eyes screwed up in horror. On the 20th knock Harry opened the door. He was about to tell the invisible person to go away, but he kept the door open for a bit too long. He heard a whooshing noise. Then Mr Weasley seemingly walked out of thin air. Aunt Petunia streaked upstairs, followed by a waddling Dudley. Several times Dudley tripped over his own enormously stout legs! Arthur Weasley turned to face Uncle Vernon, who was glaring ferociously, looking just like a pit ball terrier, nervously.
Harry laughed even harder.
The vast rug was about the size of a very large room. It had a gigantic Gryffindor lion as a rug, and as a drape on one of the walls. There was no roof, all you could see was the bright English sun streaming in (A/N: Like that happens often!!) through the top of the room. It had inviting, padded red velvet armchairs and sofas arranged comfortably around it. Harry could almost see himself sinking into one, as the other Weasleys were. They had hardly gone half way through Privet Drive when Mr Weasley told the carpet to halt. He then got off the carpet and told Harry to do so. Confused, Harry slid off the carpet. Harry followed Arthur to Mrs Figg's door. He rapped on the door. A young, hurried voice from inside said, "Sh… I mean, just a minute!" They heard rushed movements from inside; someone was clearly trying to do something and not succeeding very well.
"It's Arthur Weasley. Can you open up Arabella?"
"I'm not Arabella! I'm Jennifer!" A laughing voice replied. The door swung open revealing a girl about Harry's age. She had long, straight chocolate, almost black hair. She had a tanned face and deep mahogany eyes, now filled with amusement. She oddly reminded Harry of someone. She smiled at the visitors, before running into the house. "Mum! They're here!" She yelled. Mrs Figg came running down the stairs. Then she started going out of focus, almost fading away for short spaces of time. She ran further into the house. After about 2 minutes a woman came to the door. She had hair just like Jennifer's, but she had paler skin and twinkling, deep, sapphire eyes. She was beaming at the others. "Come on Mum!" Jennifer said. They went towards the carpet. When Harry climbed on he saw Ginny, blushing and giggling at a piece of parchment in her grasp. Then she started writing, completely crimson by now, and giggling even more violently. She smiled at Harry, but not in the same embarrassed way as she did last time they met. She then grinned even more when she saw the girl behind her. "Jen!" she said, clearly on very familiar terms with the girl. "Can I just tell you something quickly?" Ginny handed Jennifer the sheet of parchment that she was writing on. By now she could hardly breathe she was giggling so much!
"You're dating him! You are so lucky! Oh, my god!" Jennifer burst out before she could stop herself. At this remark Ron made a swipe at the sheet of parchment. "Hey!" Ginny yelled indignantly.
"Oh, whatever, just tell me who you're dating!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"You'd just tease me!"
"Would not!"
"Would to!"
"Would not! Would not! Would not!"
"STOP acting like you're 5!" said a stern voice from outside the rug. Then Hermione climbed on. She was smiling, although frowning slightly at Ron and Ginny. Ron goggled at her. Her hair, although still slightly tawny, was a definite improvement on what it had been. It was arranged in a bun with 2 soft curls falling from either side of her clean brown face. She smiled at Harry and Ron's faces. Her eyes then lingered towards Jennifer. "Oh my god!" she said raising her eyebrows. They looked at each other. Then they laughed. "Mione! You're a witch!" Jennifer said sounding amazed. They both grinned and started, simultaneously, to tell Ron and Harry about how they first met.
A/N: Okay, I have to do my homework now. My computer is going through major problems; it keeps freezing on me! Argh! I will write more when it stops being sooo annoying! The next chapter will be about before Hermione found out that she was a witch.
Disclaimer: Jen's mine! Ha! She is completely under my control! Rest are Rowlings. I own the plot, still!