Swirling and swirling he went trying
to hold onto his glasses while also attempting to tuck his elbows in as he spun
up wards. Finally with a last swirl of
color he was thrown harshly thrown out at the the Weasley's fireplace. Harry stood up and dusted off his
pants. Mrs. Weasley came over and
started fussing over him and kissing him and hugging him and trying to mat down
his always messy hair. Looking behind
Mrs. Weasley Harry saw Ginny (Ron's sister who'd always had a liking for Harry)
and Charlie Weasley whom he had met last year when he went to the the
Quidithich World Cup with the Weasley's.
"Hey,
Harry" said Charlie warmly
"Hi"
Harry replied
"Have
you heard?" Ron began excidetley
"What?"
"Charlie's
been asked to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts this coming
year!" Ron exclaimed
"Really,
Charlie?" Harry questioned
"Yea,
it's true, Harry" said Charlie "I'll be the youngest teacher ever at Hogwarts."
In the corner Harry thought he saw Mrs. Weasley
let out a muffled sob.
"Come
on Harry, let's go up to my room." Said Ron eyeing his mother in the corner.
Harry followed Ron up the creaking
twisting stairs as they passed George and Fred's room, Harry heard a big crash
and then laughter and talking.
"I
told you they'd been acting weird all summer." Ron whispered as they reached
the top of the stairs and Ron's room.
"Charlie's
going to be bunking with us because Fred and George wouldn't give up their
room, Mom got mad but Charlie said it was fine." Said Ron as Harry eyed the two
extra beds set up in Ron's room.
Harry surveyed Ron's room. It was
the 3rd time he'd been there. All over the walls there were orange posters (moving of course) of Ron's
favorite Quiditch team the Chudley Cannons. Ron also had bright orange bed sheets featuring the Cannons. Just then Charlie walked into the room and
told them that it was time for dinner.
Back downstairs in the crowded
kitchen all 10 of them (Hermione had come through the chimney by Floo powder a
few minutes before Harry and Ron had been called for dinner) sat around the
Weasleys small table. The dinner was
the most scrumptious meal Harry had had in ages. When it was over Mrs. Weasley set the plates to cleaning themselves
while Fred, George, Charlie, Harry and Ron went out to play Harry's favorite
sport: Quiditch, while Hermione and Ginny stayed inside to help Mrs. Weasley
with the kitchen cleaning. Harry and
Charlie were both seekers, this meant that there purpose was to catch a small
golden winged ball, this ended the match and gave the team who caught it 150
points. Fred and George Weasley were
both Beaters which meant they went around trying to save their teammates from
being hit by the big black buldgers and to set the buldgers onto the other
team. There was also a Keeper who
guarded the 50 foot basketball hoops which when a Quaffle is thrown through the
net, the team who scored gets 10 points. There are 3 chasers on a Quiditch team and their job is to put the
Quaffle into the hoops. Harry, Ron,
Fred, George and Charlie played 3 on 2. They made it Fred and Charlie vs. Harry, Ron and George. Instead of playing with the real balls, they
passed around tennis balls and tried to get them through the hoops. They all watched in awe as Harry's Firebolt
easily beat out their Clean Sweep 5's by unmeasurable speed. Harry, on his Firebolt was just a little
green blur speeding past them. After Quiditch, they went inside where Mrs.
Weasley bustled them off to bed.
The next 3 and half were the best
weeks Harry had all summer. He had a
blast with the Weasleys and finally the day had come to depart to Diagon Alley
and buy their school books. Again, they
traveled by Floo powder and arrived in the fireplace of the Leaky Cauldron in
no time. They walked out of the bar and
out into the back where there was a large brick wall. Mrs. Weasley got out her wand and tapped the brick the blocks up
and 2 to the right of a garbage can that stood against the wall. At once the amazing archway to Diagon Alley
opened up revealing a large town full with an array of different wizarding
stores.