Chapter 2-The Screaming and Yelling
As Harry rolled over in his bed for about the hundredth time, he stared at the place where the hands had come halfway through the wall. He hadn't seen or heard anything since before dinner. He couldn't sleep much because the wall and the hands were all he could think about. He could hear Dudley snoring down the hall but other than that, he heard not a sound.
At about 2:30 in the morning, Harry finally felt his eyelids fall and he relaxed into a deep sleep.
He awoke to the sound of Dudley yelling, "I don't want to go to school!" Aunt Petunia was dressing him as he yelled. She was moving along saying things like "you poor thing" and "I'm sorry it's the law. You have to go to school, dear."
He shouted back, "No! I won't go!"
At that moment, the bus arrived and Aunt Petunia handed him his hand-made lunch full of candy and Ho-Ho's. At least that's what Harry thought anyway. As Aunt Petunia guided him to the bus, Dudley stomped all the way there. When they got to the end of the driveway, she then reached down and kissed him on the cheek. As he got on the bus, Harry laughed. He didn't know why; he just did.
He got dressed quickly and walked down to the basement. Hedwig was resting with her eyes closed, but as Harry opened the cage she awoke. He reached in so that she could be lifted out. She obeyed and stepped onto his arm. At the moment he felt sorry for her, being locked in a cage all summer with no lights and no one to keep her company. He could hear his aunt upstairs doing the morning dishes. Good. She's busy, he thought. Just maybe he could get past her and go though the back door to take Hedwig out for a few.
Harry could hear footsteps going out to the upstairs. Now's my chance, he thought, it's now or never. So he took the chance and quickly ran upstairs to see no one there. He made a fast exit to the back door, carefully not to let it slam on the way out. As soon as he was sure Aunt Petunia wasn't looking, he lifted Hedwig and she flew off with a jump. He watch her fly with joy only for a moment. He had came to realize that the neighbors beside the Dursley's were now staring at Harry and Hedwig. Oh no! he thought. He could hear his Aunt inside yelling "Harry? Harry?!" There was no chance to hide so he just stood there waiting to be yelled at. Aunt Petunia came busting though the back door with red hate in her eyes. "Get in the house!" she yelled.
"Okay." He called Hedwig to come back to him and ran inside. By now the neighbors were wide-eyed and more than just one.
As soon as Aunt Petunia slammed the back door she shrieked, "What do you think you are doing? What if one of the neighbors saw you?"
"She's lonely and bored. She needs to be outside sometimes," was the only thing Harry could come up with.
"I don't think so. Don't you take that tone of voice with me boy!" she yelled. "No food for a week, and you are to be in your room for a week also. You may only be out to go to the rest room. Is that clear?!" she asked.
"You can't do that. I'm leaving tomorrow!" he shouted. She seemed to have forgotten.
"Fine then you have no meals and you are to stay in your room until they come to get you". "Fine" he shouted back.
He ran all the way up to his room and slammed his door shut. He was bored for the next 3 hours, but he was lost in a book when Dudley came home.
"I'm hungry" Dudley whined.
"Okay, dear," she called from the kitchen. Harry was starved. He hadn't eaten anything for breakfast and now he wished he had. He did have some jelly beans, but he was saving them for his dinner.
He then went back to his reading when he heard this awful sound of the walls screaming. It felt as if the whole room where spinning and turning. He tired not to yell or make any noise because he was in enough trouble as it was. As the walls moved closer and closer to Harry, he began to panic. Just then the walls moved back into their usual places just as nothing had happened at all. Weird, thought Harry.
After the walls he began to hear the word help over and over again. It was a female voice that was screaming and yelling help. Harry then began to search his room and listen into the walls. Why can't the Dursley's hear any of this, he wondered? After a long time of searching and listening, the screaming and yelling stopped and seemed to fade away. By now Harry was worried and couldn't wait to tell Ron and Hermione about everything that had happened. He hoped that they would believe him.
As Harry rolled over in his bed for about the hundredth time, he stared at the place where the hands had come halfway through the wall. He hadn't seen or heard anything since before dinner. He couldn't sleep much because the wall and the hands were all he could think about. He could hear Dudley snoring down the hall but other than that, he heard not a sound.
At about 2:30 in the morning, Harry finally felt his eyelids fall and he relaxed into a deep sleep.
He awoke to the sound of Dudley yelling, "I don't want to go to school!" Aunt Petunia was dressing him as he yelled. She was moving along saying things like "you poor thing" and "I'm sorry it's the law. You have to go to school, dear."
He shouted back, "No! I won't go!"
At that moment, the bus arrived and Aunt Petunia handed him his hand-made lunch full of candy and Ho-Ho's. At least that's what Harry thought anyway. As Aunt Petunia guided him to the bus, Dudley stomped all the way there. When they got to the end of the driveway, she then reached down and kissed him on the cheek. As he got on the bus, Harry laughed. He didn't know why; he just did.
He got dressed quickly and walked down to the basement. Hedwig was resting with her eyes closed, but as Harry opened the cage she awoke. He reached in so that she could be lifted out. She obeyed and stepped onto his arm. At the moment he felt sorry for her, being locked in a cage all summer with no lights and no one to keep her company. He could hear his aunt upstairs doing the morning dishes. Good. She's busy, he thought. Just maybe he could get past her and go though the back door to take Hedwig out for a few.
Harry could hear footsteps going out to the upstairs. Now's my chance, he thought, it's now or never. So he took the chance and quickly ran upstairs to see no one there. He made a fast exit to the back door, carefully not to let it slam on the way out. As soon as he was sure Aunt Petunia wasn't looking, he lifted Hedwig and she flew off with a jump. He watch her fly with joy only for a moment. He had came to realize that the neighbors beside the Dursley's were now staring at Harry and Hedwig. Oh no! he thought. He could hear his Aunt inside yelling "Harry? Harry?!" There was no chance to hide so he just stood there waiting to be yelled at. Aunt Petunia came busting though the back door with red hate in her eyes. "Get in the house!" she yelled.
"Okay." He called Hedwig to come back to him and ran inside. By now the neighbors were wide-eyed and more than just one.
As soon as Aunt Petunia slammed the back door she shrieked, "What do you think you are doing? What if one of the neighbors saw you?"
"She's lonely and bored. She needs to be outside sometimes," was the only thing Harry could come up with.
"I don't think so. Don't you take that tone of voice with me boy!" she yelled. "No food for a week, and you are to be in your room for a week also. You may only be out to go to the rest room. Is that clear?!" she asked.
"You can't do that. I'm leaving tomorrow!" he shouted. She seemed to have forgotten.
"Fine then you have no meals and you are to stay in your room until they come to get you". "Fine" he shouted back.
He ran all the way up to his room and slammed his door shut. He was bored for the next 3 hours, but he was lost in a book when Dudley came home.
"I'm hungry" Dudley whined.
"Okay, dear," she called from the kitchen. Harry was starved. He hadn't eaten anything for breakfast and now he wished he had. He did have some jelly beans, but he was saving them for his dinner.
He then went back to his reading when he heard this awful sound of the walls screaming. It felt as if the whole room where spinning and turning. He tired not to yell or make any noise because he was in enough trouble as it was. As the walls moved closer and closer to Harry, he began to panic. Just then the walls moved back into their usual places just as nothing had happened at all. Weird, thought Harry.
After the walls he began to hear the word help over and over again. It was a female voice that was screaming and yelling help. Harry then began to search his room and listen into the walls. Why can't the Dursley's hear any of this, he wondered? After a long time of searching and listening, the screaming and yelling stopped and seemed to fade away. By now Harry was worried and couldn't wait to tell Ron and Hermione about everything that had happened. He hoped that they would believe him.
