Twisted Paths

Part 2

Harry was packed and ready to go, his only problem was (well his only problem at the moment was) that he didn't quite no what time the Weasly's where going to pick him up. (Aunt Petunia had complained loudly about this "They should have at least told you a time that they where going to pick you up!" She had said). So when he heard voices coming up the path Harry looked out the window and sure enough Ron and Hermoine where coming up the drive. Harry ran down the stairs and waited for them to reach the door. He listened to there conversation as they reached closer to the door.

"Why couldn't we have used the floo powder?" Harry heard Ron ask.

"Honestly Ron how many times do I have to tell you? It would have looked better to Harry's Uncle and Aunt if we showed up by taxi" Harry grinned it was obvious that Ron and Hermoine hadn't changed Well of course not they didn't get transported to where Voldermort was at the end of the year Harry thought to himself.

Harry opened the door the door just as Ron started knocking. 

"Ow thanks Ron…"

"Woops sorry Harry…."

"Harry sorry where late, Ron couldn't find your address."

"Hey! You couldn't find your copy either…" Ron retorted.

"Its okay… would you too stop acting like an old married couple and help me with my stuff?" Ron and Hermoine shut up at that statement and followed Harry to his room.

"Alright Ron you help me with my trunk and Hermoine could you carry the bird cage?" Harry asked, right away Ron and Harry both knew that he had made a mistake.

"Harry I could perfectly carry your trunk down with you"

 "Alright" Ron grinned and grabbed his birdcage down and then Hermoine and Harry brought down the trunk. When Dudley appeared at the stairs Hermoine dropped the trunk by surprise.

"OW Hermoine!" Harry yelped as he struggled with the weight of the trunk on his own. Dudley had grown to be as big as 2 full-grown elephants even after the diet his school had put him on.

"Oh sorry Harry" Hermoine apologised as she saw Harry struggling with the weight of the trunk. Harry sighed in relief when she picked up her end of the trunk again. It was actually quite heavy with most of the stuff he had packed.

Once they where safely in the taxi cab Harry gave his list of books to get to Mrs Weasly.

"How are we getting to School?" Harry asked carefully (the taxi driver was muggle)

"Well apparently we are going by train," Hermoine said.

"For 3 people? I don't see why…" Harry said in bewilderment.

"Well where not the only students going back…" Ron started.

"Who is???" Harry interrupted.

 "Our sports team, Malfoy, Hugglepuffs Sports team and that's about as much as I know" Hermoine said.

"For once I know more than you," Ron said smiling.  "Apparently Cho is coming back to… and Ravenclaw's Qu- I mean sports team"

"Cho?" Cho Chang is the seeker for the Ravenclaw Quiddish Team and Harry had a crush on her last year but that ended when Cho went to the Yule Ball with Cedric Diggory a 7th year student who died when he and Harry faced Voldermort at the end of the year just then another thought came to him.

"Ron… where's Ginny?"

"Ginny got excepted into an exchange programme to go to Brazil" Ron said

"She's so lucky I wish I had thought of that…." For the rest of the trip Hermoine talked nothing else apart from travelling.

"Harry" Mr Weasly said when Harry got to the station. (Mr Weasly had gone with the twins to the station)

"Hi Mr Weasly Why are we going back?" Harry asked, it had been on his mind for most of the trip but Hermoine was talking about Travelling he had couldn't get a word in.

"Professor Dumbledore sent Owls out to student's parents saying if they wanted their children to be safe they could send them back to Hogwarts." Mr Weasly explained.

"Oh…." Harry thought for a moment.

"Then why is Malfoy going back?"

"That I do not know…."

To be continued.

Next Chapter: Is DEFENTLY the death…. Sorry to all the people who thought the death was in this chapter but the going back to school thing had to be explained!