(Howdy ho neighbor Joe! Sorry it's short, mum made me get off!)
Harry Potter, boy of thirteen, whose fourteenth birthday would be this weekend, woke up to a loud, shrill screaming and the sound of breaking china. Blindly he rushed down the stairs to see what was going on, hoping he couldn't get blamed for this too. Just last night, an owl came rushing through the house from Sirius saying he was well, causing him to not have dinner last night, and was now starved.
"Boy! There is- is- is- THERE'S A HEAD IN MY FIREPLACE!!!" Uncle Vernon was screaming himself hoarse.
"Honestly, I mean, there is really nothing to be afraid of, Harry, do come around I need to speak to you." A familiar voice said with a touch of exasperation, and a touch of humor.
"Professor Lupin! Hi!" Harry went from being excited from seeing his old teacher to being worried. "Why- are you and Sirius okay?" He asked him, frowning.
"Harry, do you have any- no of course you wouldn't. Harry, hang on I'll be right there in five minutes, Oh! Missie! No!" He said turning his eyes away from the fire. "Missie, go work on your homework! Yes I know that you don't want to! Listen Missie You Are Driving Me INSANE! I'm trying to talk to Harry! No! You may NOT talk to him! Now scoot. Sorry Harry." He said slightly embarrassed from his outburst. Not even Fred and George at school could wind him up like that. Harry looked at him curiously.
"Who was that?" he asked Remus.
"Pack up your trunk and other belongings. I'll be right there. Don't worry, I'll apparate. You can take floo powder when I get there. All right? Good." And his head vanished.
(A/n: After the fireplace incident that well, frankly didn't happen ever cuz this is PRE GoF... erm... the Dursleys kept up their fireplace.)))
At that moment, Remus decided that he should get going, so he apparated to the edge of the city and walked the rest of the way to the Dursleys, a bit of floo powder in one hand.
Ten minutes later, he stood outside the door, and knocked. Harry ran to the door and swung it open.
"Professor Lupin!" he grinned.
"Harry, you call Padfoot Sirius, you can call me Remus you know, I'm not a professor any more for Hogwarts." Harry wondered what he meant when he added the "for Hogwarts" bit. Harry shook his head, and stood in front of the fire with his trunk and Hedwig's cage, having sent her off to Remus's home already.
"All right Harry, when you go in, it's "Spanky Doodle's House of Fun." Don't ask, please." Remus said.
"Ooooookay." He through the floo powder into the flame and shouted, "SPANKY DOODLE'S HOUSE OF FUN!" and whirred through the fire.
(Okay... good? I hope so.... dont worry, the crazy name for the house will be explained soon! ^.*)))