CHAPTER ONE ¡V Invitation Causes Trouble
Loads of textbooks
laid comfortably, yet messily on the small bed located by a plain white wall.
Half of them were opened, as if someone had just read through them, and was too
lazy to simply flip the cover up. The warm breeze made its way through a small
window, landed gently on a lock of jet-black hair. Harry Potter eventually woke
up from his sweet dreams by the tiny vibration caused on his forehead hair.
¡§
Ah¡Kjust good, a wind woke me up from dreaming Dad and Mom,¡¨ he snarled, while
brushing his hair with the long fingers. Knowing the action was useless, Harry
gave in and decided to focus on his homework instead of the untidy hair.
Eventually his gaze reached the left side of his bed, where he hadn¡¦t slept in
during the afternoon. Nonchalantly, he grabbed a book and started to search for
information that might help for Snape¡¦s project --- ¡§Seventy Complex Portions
Invented in the Last Century¡¨.
¡§ Ok,
now this is weird,¡¨ after a short pause, he began to read from the book, Watti
Caca¡¦s Home Made Portion Guide.
¡§ To change a certain
part of a human body ( only human), you need to mix a dragon eye with Muggles¡¦
cocoa milk. When boiling, stir carefully with a wooden broomstick. After 24
hours of continual stirring, add the body part and let it cool off for 3 hours.
The combination could be drunk only by the person whose body part was added to
the portion.¡¨
Harry
smirked mischievously. Perhaps he could finally have a firm, flat hair,
huh? The only problem is where to get the dragon eye. Unexpectedly, as he was
idling with the imagination of a set of straight hair settling of his head,
Hedwig flew into the room, and dropped a letter on his lap. Harry immediately
knew whom it was from, as he saw the infamous Ron Weasley handwriting.
Dear Harry,
Ya-hoo!
Quidditch Championship is coming!!!
My
parents say that both you and Hermione can stay over and we would watch it
together. Isn¡¦t it great?! You just have to make the Dursleys agree to let you
come. Send me a letter if something¡¦s up, otherwise we would be picking you up
at Saturday evening.
Quidditch
all the way!
Ron
P.S.
guess what? Percy is away, meeting Penelope Clearwater. We( you, Hermione, me,
Fred, and George) will have a marvelous time!
A
sudden happiness surged down Harry¡¦s spine when he finished reading the letter.
There is no way that he was going to miss such a fun time! He started at the
calendar, noticed that the present date was Saturday. Maybe Hedwig was flying a
little slow. Now, only if he could think of a way to persuade his aunt and
uncle, the most boring Muggles ever lived!
Getting
down on his feet, Harry stepped into the path between the living room and the
kitchen. Uncle Vernon was, as usual, slowly reading his newspaper. On the other
hand, Aunt Petunia was busily preparing a huge dinner. Even though the Dursleys
ate like pigs, the amount of food on the big dining table was still too much
for both Vernon and Dudley to consume. Harry then figured that probably some of
Uncle Vernon¡¦s clients were coming over. With that thought, a brilliant idea
suddenly crossed his mind.
¡§ Oh my Goodness! Tonight is a full moon night!¡¨
Harry screeched, successfully in getting his relatives¡¦ attention.
¡§ Yeah whatever, now shut up and get to your room!
I have very important clients coming over any minutes now, and I don¡¦t want you
to scary them away,¡¨ Uncle Vernon¡¦s eyes shone with anger, yet a slight bit of
afraid could also be found easily. He folded up the paper and walked over
towards Harry.
Harry ignored the remark and continued, ¡§ Tonight
would be a perfect night to practice magic for the summer homework for the
class ¡¥Defense Against the Dark Art¡¦.¡¨ He stopped for a few seconds, secretly
enjoying the nervous and frightened looks on his aunt and uncle¡¦s faces. Not in
the world would they know that the teacher for that class changes annually, so
no one would be able to give them homework to do during summer.
¡§ Let me see¡K the magic would get the best result
by dinner time. Yes, I would do it by then.¡¨
¡§ No you are not!¡¨ Uncle Vernon shouted, cheeks
turned fiery red, ¡§ I remember that minors can not use magic
outside of your so-called school. You are just pulling my leg.¡¨
¡§ You better believe I can. As long as it concerns
homework, Ministry of Magic is completely ok with it. Want to check out the Daily
Prophet? The people in the pictures can move¡K¡¨ before he had a chance to
finish the sentence, his cousin Dudley suddenly appeared, screaming, ¡§ No Mom!
I don¡¦t want him in the house!¡¨
Aunt Petunia directly cuddled her son and comforted
him.
¡§ Daring, it¡¦s ok, he won¡¦t do anything stupid. Not
here at least!¡¨
Seeing the golden opportunity in front of him,
Harry quickly declared,
¡§ Don¡¦t worry everyone, if you don¡¦t want me here
to scare the rich visitors away, I can go to my friends¡¦ house for the rest of
this summer. Of course, you can keep me here as long as you want---I can¡¦t
guarantee for my actions though.¡¨
Uncle
Vernon stammered anxiously. As the words were on the very tip of his tongue, an
abrupt doorbell ring shut him off again. What came after was an elated happy
boy¡¦s voice, and the noisy sound of an engine.
¡§
Harry, we are here!! Pack up your stuff and we are off!¡¨
The young
wizard directly turned to his paranoid uncle, seeking for permission. He could
see that Uncle Vernon was choosing the alternatives, even as his teeth were
scratching against each other madly, and his fist clutched tightly by his fat
thighs. Finally, he nodded in reluctance, stating warily.
¡§ Now, don¡¦t ever let me regret for tonight,
you hear? Or you are assured to get stuck in the bedroom the whole next summer,¡¨
his eyebrows tangled worriedly together, ¡§ go to get your wicked stuff out of
this house now!¡¨
As he finished the lecture, Vernon also noticed that
Harry had already vanished into thin air. That made him relieved for a moment. Walking
away from his wife and son, he muttered quietly to himself.
¡§ Practice. Hmph. Wizardry. Hmph. All are nonsense!¡¨
*
¡§ Ha
ha! Splendid brilliant! It is so obvious that only dumb Muggles like them would
actually fall for that! Magic practice? You are super, Harry!¡¨
Once again, the Weasley brothers had drove the
Flying Car to welcome Harry¡¦s joyous visit. Harry found a comfortable location
in it and settled down with Hedwig in the cage. Thanks to Fred and George¡¦s
quick hands, or else God knows how long it would have taken himself to move all
the things he needed into the car? It was like a split of thunder the twins
taken to complete the job.
¡¥ I would never forget the look on Uncle Vernon¡¦s
face when he finally noticed that I was long gone!¡¦ His mind was yelling
excitedly, happiness swung inside his thoughts.
After explaining the entire story of lying about
the summer homework practice to Ron, the mischievous twins, who happened to be
overhearing, laughed out loud for a couple of good minutes continuously. Harry
smiled fakely back, while secretly hoping that they won¡¦t do the same to Mr. and
Mrs. Weasley. Abruptly, he recalled some certain odd thing and broke off without
proper thinking.
¡§ Wait-a-minute! How can you guys drive the car
again? Your mom allowed you to?¡¨
A sly smirk passed Ron¡¦s lips as he answered
carefreely.
¡§ Well, not literally. But I we couldn¡¦t use magic,
and God knows where you would end up to if we use Floo Powder, so¡Khey hey, you
know the rest. Dad is working overtime, and Mom is concentrating on her Flavor
Changing Maco Cake; didn¡¦t have any idea.¡¨
¡§¡KO-k. What about Hermione? Are we going to her
house?¡¨
¡§ Nope nope. Harry boy, she does understand the
steps of using Floo Powder. I will meet at my house. Oh, by the way, I think Hedwig
wanna fly a bit, why don¡¦t you let her out?¡¨
*
A
small, fragile hand sank deeply into the square bowl, which contained a certain
amount of unique-looking powders. Then, just as she lift her arm up in order to
spread the powder into the fresh air, a sound of anxiety whispered from behind.
The brown hair girl smiled sweetly back to her parents, telling them that it
was unnecessary to worry. After all, she did get the highest grade in Hogwart for
the last three years, right? As the concerned parents smiled lightly, implying that
they would be fine, Hermione turned back, facing the reddish fire flame.
¡§ Ron
Weasley¡¦s house,¡¨ she pronounced cautiously.
*
¡§ Are
you sure she knows how to use Floo Powder?!¡¨ Both Ron and Harry
screeched simultaneously. It had been half an hour since they safely landed in
the Weasley¡¦s yard without getting scold by Mrs. Weasley. Still, there was no
any sign of Hermione anywhere --- not even one that indicated she got lost. They
had reassured that the invitations notified Saturday, 8:30pm sharp, in the
garage. For some one as punctual and as serious as Hermione, it was quite unusually
that she would be late for not even one second! Let pass thirty straight
minutes.
Fred
sat nonchalantly on the muddy ground, legs crossed. He leaned back by the tree and
started to hum little songs like nothing was wrong in particular. This obvious
had agitated Ron, for that he jumped up nervously and boomed.
¡§ How
can you hum when she is missing! I mean, who knows, maybe she ended up at
Azkaban instead of here!¡¨
¡§ Hey,
thanks a lot for cursing me!¡¨
The
guys turned around immediately searching for the source of the sweet girlie
voice they just heard. What stood there gave each of them a deep relieved sigh,
getting the knowledge that Hermione was in sight. She walked over to Harry, and
giggled shyly.
¡§ Hey,
you looked better in casually, you know¡K¡¨
¡§ Just
good. We all waited with all our hearts out, hanging coldly in the atmosphere, all
this lil girl cared about is how our dear Harry looks cuter recently!¡¨ teased
George sarcastically. Ron frowned a bit, but speedily changed into a soft
expression. With the wonder in his head, he questioned.
¡§ Um,
how come you kind of late?¡¨
¡§ Kind
of? This is¡K¡¨ Fred was going to continue, but when receiving Ron¡¦s warning
gaze, his hands ran to cover up his mouth before anything else came out.
¡§ Well,
um¡K¡¨ she blushed embarrassingly, ¡§ I didn¡¦t realize that there are more than
one Ron Weasley in the Magic World. So when I told Floo Powder your name, it
accidentally led me to another Ron Weasley¡¦s house. Thank God that he is a
wizard, and after listening heartedly to my explanation, he kindly helped me to
find my way here.¡¨
Hearing
that, Harry burst into uncontrollable laughter, so did the Weasley twins. Ron
glared at them angrily, but no effect came out. Hermione blushed even harder,
which did not went unnoticed for Ron. Every action of hers printed deeply and
clearly into his heart, and the shy emotion shown on her smooth face caused a
stimuli sent down his spine. He didn¡¦t understand why he was acting so weird,
but not yet was he going to inform Harry about the situation. He want to wait
and see patiently first.
Hermione
then crouched down beside Harry. Sweetly, she murmured, while staring at him
lovingly.
¡§ You
have no idea how glad I am to live in the same house with you over the summer,
Harry.¡¨
To Be Con¡¦t¡K.MAYBE.
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