Year 2 part 1
A week before Harry's birthday, Harry approached Sirius with a seemingly unnecessary question, but Sirius couldn't help notice that gleam in Harry's eye that he had seen in James' eye before.
"Sirius, how long, do you think it will take to deliver an owl from here to where the Dursleys live?"
"umm… I think two days, but why do you ask?"
"well, in my dream the Dursleys had guests over on my birthday, and they hated birds. So I think I'll send them an owl, to be delivered during the meal, so the guests will freak out. To get even with the Dursleys for more than 20 years of being with them (he's also counting the years in the dream)."
So two days before Harry's birthday, Sirius and Harry sat down to compose a letter to send to the Dursleys. Harry decided to fly behind Hedwig, to give them a little more than a little scare. Since it took only half a day to fly there by broom, he had a day and a half to prepare to meet Dobby.
Once he had it all planed out on the day of his birthday, Harry got out his Nimbus 2000 and took off to the Dursleys under the Invisibility Cloak. When he got there, he saw Hedwig come into vision. He flew towards her, and caught her. She strugled a bit, but when he talked to her, she calmed down. "Hedwig, go land on the Dining Room window sill. When the window opens, fly in and drop the letter on Mrs. Mason. I'll take you home." Obediently, Hedwig flew to the window sill, while Harry flew to the door. He moved threw the house silently towards the dining room behind his uncle Vernon. He pointed his wand at the window and it opened. Hedwig flew in, dropped the letter on Mrs. Mason's head, and flew back out. Mrs. Mason, in tern, screamed like a Banshee, and ran out of the house faster than a cop after the last doughnut. Vernon Dursley looked at the envelope as if it might explode. Finally he reached out to it, and opened it slowly and cautiously. There was only a one-sentence letter in the envelope. It read : "look behind you." While Vernon was opening the envelope, Harry took off his cloak quietly, and leaned against the wall, smiling. When Vernon turned around slowly, and saw Harry standing there, he fainted. Petunia screamed, Dudley wailed, and Sirius, who Apparated to Harry's side just then, started laughing harder than the Weasly twins after a successful prank. Harry then looked at his watch and gasped. He didn't want to keep Dobby waiting too long, he might leave. Harry decided to Apparate back home. He took out his wand and Apparated back to Sirius' house. He raced up to his room, where he knew Dobby would be waiting. Indeed, the House Elf was sitting on his bed wearing his pillowcase.
"Sorry I'm late, Dobby." Harry said when he entered his room.
"you is sorry? Sorry for keeping Dobby waiting?" Dobby jumped down from the bed and bowed low. "Dobby is honored to meet the great Harry Potter. But Dobby is here to warn Harry Potter."
"I know." Harry said, slightly amused.
"you… you is knowing? Bu… but you isn't knowing who is doing it! My family…" Dobby suddenly stopped, ran to Harry's lamp, and began beating his head with it screaming "BAD DOBBY! BAD DOBBY!"
Harry pulled Dobby away from the lamp and put him on the bed, and held him there. "listen, Dobby," he said sternly "I know what will happen this year at Hogworts. I know that Riddle's old diary will be planted there by the Malfoy family, and I know that you are their House Elf. I intend to do something about that. I won't tell you what, in case they find out."
"you… you is knowing?"
"yes, I know. Now please, leave, before your family notices you're missing."
"I… I is leaving now, sir…" with that he raised his hand and disappeared with a pop.
A week before Harry's birthday, Harry approached Sirius with a seemingly unnecessary question, but Sirius couldn't help notice that gleam in Harry's eye that he had seen in James' eye before.
"Sirius, how long, do you think it will take to deliver an owl from here to where the Dursleys live?"
"umm… I think two days, but why do you ask?"
"well, in my dream the Dursleys had guests over on my birthday, and they hated birds. So I think I'll send them an owl, to be delivered during the meal, so the guests will freak out. To get even with the Dursleys for more than 20 years of being with them (he's also counting the years in the dream)."
So two days before Harry's birthday, Sirius and Harry sat down to compose a letter to send to the Dursleys. Harry decided to fly behind Hedwig, to give them a little more than a little scare. Since it took only half a day to fly there by broom, he had a day and a half to prepare to meet Dobby.
Once he had it all planed out on the day of his birthday, Harry got out his Nimbus 2000 and took off to the Dursleys under the Invisibility Cloak. When he got there, he saw Hedwig come into vision. He flew towards her, and caught her. She strugled a bit, but when he talked to her, she calmed down. "Hedwig, go land on the Dining Room window sill. When the window opens, fly in and drop the letter on Mrs. Mason. I'll take you home." Obediently, Hedwig flew to the window sill, while Harry flew to the door. He moved threw the house silently towards the dining room behind his uncle Vernon. He pointed his wand at the window and it opened. Hedwig flew in, dropped the letter on Mrs. Mason's head, and flew back out. Mrs. Mason, in tern, screamed like a Banshee, and ran out of the house faster than a cop after the last doughnut. Vernon Dursley looked at the envelope as if it might explode. Finally he reached out to it, and opened it slowly and cautiously. There was only a one-sentence letter in the envelope. It read : "look behind you." While Vernon was opening the envelope, Harry took off his cloak quietly, and leaned against the wall, smiling. When Vernon turned around slowly, and saw Harry standing there, he fainted. Petunia screamed, Dudley wailed, and Sirius, who Apparated to Harry's side just then, started laughing harder than the Weasly twins after a successful prank. Harry then looked at his watch and gasped. He didn't want to keep Dobby waiting too long, he might leave. Harry decided to Apparate back home. He took out his wand and Apparated back to Sirius' house. He raced up to his room, where he knew Dobby would be waiting. Indeed, the House Elf was sitting on his bed wearing his pillowcase.
"Sorry I'm late, Dobby." Harry said when he entered his room.
"you is sorry? Sorry for keeping Dobby waiting?" Dobby jumped down from the bed and bowed low. "Dobby is honored to meet the great Harry Potter. But Dobby is here to warn Harry Potter."
"I know." Harry said, slightly amused.
"you… you is knowing? Bu… but you isn't knowing who is doing it! My family…" Dobby suddenly stopped, ran to Harry's lamp, and began beating his head with it screaming "BAD DOBBY! BAD DOBBY!"
Harry pulled Dobby away from the lamp and put him on the bed, and held him there. "listen, Dobby," he said sternly "I know what will happen this year at Hogworts. I know that Riddle's old diary will be planted there by the Malfoy family, and I know that you are their House Elf. I intend to do something about that. I won't tell you what, in case they find out."
"you… you is knowing?"
"yes, I know. Now please, leave, before your family notices you're missing."
"I… I is leaving now, sir…" with that he raised his hand and disappeared with a pop.