Chapter 4

"Uhh John, how exactly are these sashes going to help us travel" Harry inquired.

"Put it on and find out" John said simply.

Harry although puzzled did exactly that and suddenly he started feeling weird like he was weightless or something.

"What's going on?"

He then looked down and realized he was floating in mid air.

"What does this thing do"?

"Isn't it obvious it makes you spirit like you know, weightless, transparent, can float in air, fly, stuff like that, well it does a lot more but for starters this is one of it's prime uses, oh just don't tell anyone, family secret."

"Oh okay but what do you mean it does other things?"

John brushed back his brown hair in a frustrated motion and raised his eyebrows.

"Your quite a curious person aren't ya, well something's your just going to have to find out for yourself."

"But Why?"

"Because that way it's more fun, now it's my turn."

John then put on his sash and after that Harry could see for himself what it actually did, John had started floating and turned transparent sort of like Professor Binns and Nearly Headless Nick.

"Well now I sort of understand, but why are we keeping this quiet, can't I tell anyone."

"Well you see the only ones who know about it are members of the Evans family, people who marry in, and both Dumbledore and Fennerssito, my head master, I guess you could tell some people but be very selective understand, if the ministry ever found out our family could be in big trouble".

Harry nodded. Then John grabbed his hand and the two went out the window. At first Harry was nervous until he realized that he could easily fly.

"So how fast can we actually go, and where are we going" Harry inquired.

John took out a small pouch and threw Harry a bean that he caught.

"Eat that, it will pump up your energy so you can go as fast as a jet but be careful it's hard to control." John said as he popped one in his mouth.

Harry was skeptical but ate the bean and at first didn't feel anything, that is till he started shaking and then he was off, to where he wasn't sure but it seemed he was about to end up right into someone's barn wall.

"AHHH, help me some…"

At the last moment John who was in complete control grabbed him and the two soar up together.

"Will you be quiet, we don't want to be noticed, we're not invisible you know"

Harry was embarrassed for a second but didn't let it get to him.

"Oh sorry, I forgot, by the way, I noticed that you sort of can control the Dursley's how are you using magic"?

John looked at him and smiled.

"Oh that I'm a ocularist, using my eyes I can make people do things they normally wouldn't do, see things that aren't there and agree with me, like Vernon before, haha, what a buffoon"

The two laughed.

"Oh so you can control peoples minds"

"Well I wouldn't go that far, I can only be really suggestive and I can confuse and play mind games but I could never out and out take over some ones mind, see I'll show you".

John looked into Harry's eyes for several seconds and then pointed over in another direction.

"Wow" Harry exclaimed "Look it's Uncle Vernon dancing in his underwear and flying"

"No it's not Harry" John said as he snapped Harry out of it.

Harry seemed bewildered he could have sworn he saw his Uncle Vernon he was quite impressed.

"How did you do that it was amazing" Harry said.

"Oh no not really it's nothing just a parlor trick, nothing compared to what you can do, oh I've heard stories about you cousin"

John was about to go on but Harry cut him off the last thing he wanted to hear was how great he was. The two continued to talk and fly for a few minutes until John motioned for them to go toward the ground.

"Well we're here" John said.

The two were standing in front of a cave in virtually the middle of nowhere, and Harry was quite confused.

"What are we doing here" Harry asked.

"Oh you'll see"

Then John started to walk toward the cave motioning for Harry to follow; he was about to but then thought to himself.

"What if this was a trap and this wasn't his cousin this was all part of Voldemorte's plan to trap him" Harry though then froze.

John looked back and seemed confused but then started walking back to Harry.

"What's wrong now let's go" John said as he grabbed Harry and sort of dragged him into the cave.

Inside it was dark and cold, Harry looked around and saw several hooded figures.

"Death eaters!!!! You tricked me" Harry Yelled

He then looked toward the exit but there were more of them at the entrance. Harry thought what he should do but then he just tackled one to try and get away.

"Geez, Harry" Said the tackled figure "Last time I throw you a surprise party"

Harry looked bewildered

"Ron"? Harry inquired.

The others started to gather around and then one came from the back and yelled"

"Surprise"!!!

The others sort of murmured.

"Percy you are such a dork" Said one

"Yes darling that was kind of silly" Said another.

Harry seemed confused.

"Percy, Ron, and those others sound like Ginny and Penny Clearwater" Harry thought to himself.

"Hey Penny don't say silly, us Death eaters don't say silly it's not mean enough"

"Yeah you got be like Malfoy and go growl and snare, ERR I'm evil look at me and I have more oil then the Middle East in my hair"

Harry thought he heard the twins.

"Hey can we turn the lights on and get this thing started all ready then we can play Quidditch" Said another voice.

Harry was now really frustrated he was confused and couldn't see.

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE" he exclaimed.

Everyone hushed up for a second.

"Okay I better end this illusion" Said an older voice.

Then suddenly light filled the area and Harry realized where he was, he was in the Burrow, home of the Weasley family. He looked around and saw his best friends, Ron and Hermione, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and the rest of their children, Fred, George, Ginny, Bill, Charlie and Percy, and then there was Percy's girlfriend Penelope, Oliver Wood and the rest of his Quidditch team mates, Seamus Finnegan, Dean Thomas, Neville Longbottom, Lee Jordan, Lavender Brown, and Pavale Parvati.

"Surprise" they yelled.

Then Harry realized it was a birthday party for him.

"Told you we were going to a party" John said from behind him.

Harry turned around and saw John smiling.

"You knew, but how do you know the Weasleys, and you better not tell me it's a secret"

"Well okay ever since I got involved with the whole exchange program we've planned this you see that's where I met Percy, well never mind that go enjoy the party"

John then pushed Harry into the crowd of adoring party guests.

"Harry it's so great to see you" Hermione exclaimed as she hugged him.

Ron was still recovering from getting tackled into what had been the fireplace and he was cleaning himself off.

"Sorry Ron, I thought you were a Death eater" Harry said.

Ron dusted himself off and walked over.

"It's okay, but with all this soot I might pass for a Dementor" Ron said.

They all laughed. Soon everyone was all over him saying his or her hellos.

"So you've been practicing Quidditch, Harry huh huh huh" Wood asked frantically.

Lucky for Harry Angela, Katie, and Alicia pulled him away.

"So Wood uhh what sort of strategy should we take"

"Yeah come over here"

"But Harry, I was just…"

"We said over here"

Quickly the party was in full swing and it seemed like everyone wanted to talk to him. Meanwhile the twins and John started talking about magical candy and how much they might go for on the market, and Pavale and Lavender were both going gaga over Bill and Charlie thus following then around the burrow, Seamus, Dean, and Ron all joined in with Oliver and the girls in a big conversation Quidditch being the main subject while Mrs. Weasley assured Neville that the gnomes out side were harmless, at this time Harry thought it best to go get some air. He walked toward the door and opened it to see a huge dark figure towering over him.

"A Dementor" Harry gasped in surprise.