Chapter Seven
Harry woke up to
find Mrs. Figg sitting in his bedroom. As soon as she noticed that he was awake, she came over to the bed. "Exciting night last night, now tell me, are
you okay?"
"Yeah, but, Mrs. Figg, are you a witch?"
"Yes, now, you are
safe as long as you don't leaved this house. Evil, mostly people of You-Know-Who's clan, can't see you while your in
this house. You have had a pretty
complicated spell but on you, the same that your parents had, and I'm your
secret keeper. As long as they don't
know that, you are safe. There is a
group of death eaters that are guarding this house, you won't see them because
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named had some of his death eaters become Animagi, so you
have a bunch of animals guarding your house. If you step out of here, they will kill you. They won't come in, they are afraid of you, and of the powerful
wizards that will be apparating in and out of here. Yes, you will have visitors, and hopefully letters too. They will probably let owls come and go from
here because it will help to tell them that you are still in this house. I think that's it, any questions?"
"Will I still be
able to go to school?"
"Of course! The wizards that will be visiting will bring
you supplies and such! Food, games, and
eventually your school supplies. When
the time comes, we will figure out how to get you out of here and to
school. I think that the Hogwarts
Express is out of the question, we don't want to endanger the other
students. No, we will get you there
another way because you will also be safe at Hogwarts."
"What about the
Floo Powder system, couldn't I just take that to Hogwarts?"
"No, we have
reason to believe that the Dark Lord has, umm, played with the system a little
bit. A couple of our wizards have used
it and became lost in a different part of the chain. Others, well they used it, and we still haven't found them. We think that they may be dead. As a safety precaution, we have decided to
close it down for now. We think that if
you were to use it, you would find yourself in front of You-Know-Who himself."
"Oh, well I think
that's all, wait, where are you staying? Don't you need to be safe?"
Mrs. Figg
chuckled. "Harry I am a full-grown
witch! I can take care of myself!" Then, seeing Harry's concerned face, she
added, "well if your that worried, I will be staying at Hogwarts for the time
being."
"Oh okay, do you
know if Voldemort," Mrs. Figg flinched, "if Voldemort has killed anybody else
besides... besides... my family?" Harry
still hadn't gotten over the fact that he got his relatives killed. He a little surprised that he missed them,
but they were the only family that he had had left! If only I had warned them, maybe they would still be alive
now.
"Actually, yes Harry, those people from
the Floo Network that we believe are dead, well we believed You-Know-Who killed
them. And we found a wizard family dead
about a week ago. The dark mark was
still visibly by the time the Ministry got there. You remember Oliver Wood Harry?" Harry nodded. "Well, that family
was the one killed last week. Oliver
was spared since he was trying out for a Quidditch team at that time. Hard years are coming Harry. Well, I'd best be off, I'll visit again
soon! Remember, don't leave the
house. Goodbye."
And with that she
was gone. Harry was alone to fend for
himself. Well not exactly himself since
wizards would be coming in and out to visit and to bring him supplies. Well, if I get really bored, I could
always read my schoolbooks. Harry
laughed, that sounded exactly like something Hermione would do. Wait, if he had to stay here the whole
summer, which would mean he couldn't visit Ron this summer, this was going to
be a boring summer.
And he was right,
it was boring, at least for him. In the
Ministry, wizards were trying to come up with ways to stop Voldemort a second
time. Things didn't look good. For one thing, Fudge had to deal with the
fact that it looked as if Voldemort had indeed come back for a second
time. The Dementors had picked up and
left Azkaban, to go join Voldemort's gang no doubt. There was no sign of the giants, it was probably too late for
them. People were rioting. They had found out that the Dementors had
left and were panicking and questioning the wisdom of putting them in charge of
the prisons in the first place. Now
everybody in prison had escaped. More
and more deaths were occurring, most believed to be done by Death Eaters. Parents were wondering whether school would
start earlier, or if they would take younger kids. They believed that it was safer at Hogwarts because Dumbledore
was there, and Harry Potter, and Voldemort was rumored to be afraid of
Dumbledore, and Harry Potter had gotten away from Voldemort four whole
times. And, they still hadn't located
Sirius Black, the man that was rumored to be responsible of James and Lily
Potter's death. All in all, Fudge was
sorry that he hadn't taken Dumbledore's advice.
By the end of the
summer, the wizarding world was back to living in dread of what the next day
would bring. Harry had gotten his books
and other supplies from one of the many wizards that had visited him that
summer, knowing that that place was one of few that would probably be safe for
the time being.
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Finally, the first
day of school was upon the students of Hogwarts. Harry still didn't know how he was to get to school, only that he
wouldn't be taking the train. Finally,
around noon, an hour after the Hogwarts Express had left, someone came for
Harry. "Got your stuff Harry?" asked
Sirius.
"Yup Sirius, right
here."
"Good, now let me
see it." He took it and gave Harry his
robes. "Put those on Harry." Harry did so. Meanwhile, Sirius had taken the rest of Harry's stuff and shrank
it so that it could easily fit in Harry's pocket. "Put your stuff in your pocket Harry, and then take this." Sirius held out an old book. This is a portkey, it will take you directly
to Hogwarts, and it will go at 12:10 so we're going to have to hurry. You will end up in Dumbledore's office. There, he will unshrink your stuff and house
elves will take it to your room. You
will be there a little earlier than the others, but when they get there, go
ahead and join your friends for the sorting and the feast. Okay, its 12:09 now Harry get ready, and
good luck!"
A minute later,
Harry found himself in Dumbledore's office. "Well hello there Harry, have a
nice ride?" the headmaster said with the familiar twinkle in his eye.
"Yes sir, o and
here's my stuff."
"Good boy, just
leave it here and I'll get it back to you, now run along, the rest of them
should be here soon."
"Thanks
headmaster."
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Well that's the seventh chapter all done. I don't know if I should right anymore on this story... if I do, it will be about the school year, and all the excitement going on! But I don't know if I should go on, should I? I mean this one was about the 'Deadly Summer'! Well if not... thanks for reading and all those great reviews! Until next book! ~*Sportbabe*~