TIMES ARE GETTING DARKER
****Disclaimer**** REVISED CHAPTER I did not create these characters, so I don't own them. That honor goes to J.K. Rowling. I would also appreciate anybody's help with telling me the names that I've forgotten because some of them are very important. Also feel free to post a more accurate Hagrid-like sentences and the Madame Maxime-like sentences in your reviews because I really need those. If I misnamed a character, please tell me so. This goes for all the chapters of this story. I remind you that this is my first fan-fic. Hmm. This has been revised a little bit, but it was only revised to correct a misnaming, and a plot hole (that I discovered when re-reading this chapter to make sure that I don't create a plot hole in Chapter 4, but I was too lazy to change Chapter four which wasn't up in the original copy of the Chapter.
Chapter Two: Searching for the Giants
"I'm glad that yeh decided to help search for the remaining giants, Madame Maxime," Rubeus Hagrid said. He was a half-giant, as was Madame Maxime. He was also the Care of Magical Creatures Teacher and gamekeeper at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. "I'm also glad that yeh've decided to admit that yeh are a half-giant."
"Thank you, 'Agrid, but I think it's best if we split up—then we would increase our chances of finding at least some of them. I just hope Albus can keep 'Ogwart's safe."
"Yeh can count on Dumbledore to keep Hogwart's safe. As much as I hate to admit it, I think yeh're right about us splitting up. It'll probably help. I've already sent an owl searching for them, and told them that we'd be searching for them. I just hope they respond."
"Even if they don't, the owls could always track us down and tell us where they found a giant or giants."
"I suppose yeh're right. I hope to see yeh soon."
"Don't worry, we'll see each other again, 'Agrid."
At those words, Madame Maxime and Hagrid split up on their search for the giants. It was very important that they find the giants before Voldemort's Deatheaters did. If the Deatheaters found them first, then it could surely spell the end of the era of good wizards. If either Hagrid or Madame Maxime found the giants first, then one of them could convince them that Dumbledore's side was the side to join. After all, he was already having Sirius Black and Arthur Weasley assembling some wizards and witches to fight Voldemort. Sirius was alerting several wizards and witches while Arthur was attempting to pull some strings in the Ministry of Magic to remove the Dementors from Azkaban, and maybe even getting Cornelius Fudge to be removed from his position of Minister of Magic.
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"Wormtail, have you sent any envoys to the giants?" asked Voldemort, now in his body again after more than thirteen years.
"Yes, master. I have. They should be able to contact them soon," responded Wormtail.
"Are you sure? After all, I know Dumbledore, the Mudblood-loving fool would try to get to contact them, and he has an advantage."
"If you need me to, I could arrange to—to—for them to encounter—,"
"Be quiet Wormtail. I know what you mean, and you must do it. If the half-giant oaf reaches the giants before we do, then we can only rely on the Dementors."
"OK, master, I-I will arrange it."
"One more thing: I will not tolerate any screw-ups."
"Yes, master."
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All of a sudden Harry had woken up from a dream with his scar burning again. He looked at his clock, and realized, it was the exact same time he had woken up last night, but tonight he woke up because his scar was hurting, and that he had a dream—that Voldemort was planning to kill Hagrid before he could reach the giants. 'I have to warn him,' thought Harry. However, when he looked at Hedwig's cage he noticed it was empty. 'Shoot, she's out hunting.' The Dursleys still believed that Sirius Black was a murderer because Harry had left out the fact that he was innocent although he had been convicted, so they didn't abuse Harry as much as they did in other years. 'Well, I could write a letter to Dumbledore about the dream and then send it out with Hedwig when she gets back.. He'll have enough sense to warn Hagrid.' Harry wrote the letter to Dumbledore, and it said:
Dear Professor Dumbledore,
I had a dream about Voldemort planning to harm Hagrid before he could get to the giants, and when I woke up my scar was hurting. I'm sure this is serious and believe that Hagrid should be warned, and thought that you would know what to do.
Harry
Then Harry thought he better write to Sirius too about his dream and so he wrote him a letter:
Dear Sirius,
I woke up with my scar hurting after I had a dream about Voldemort planning to harm Hagrid to prevent him from getting to the giants before the Deatheaters. I've already written a letter to Professor Dumbledore telling him about this and that I believe that Hagrid should be warned.
Harry
After Harry finished his letter to Sirius, an owl was hooting at the window. It was one of the school owls. 'That's odd,' thought Harry, 'it's not time for them to send out the letters and even if it was, they're not delivered at this time.' However, Harry opened up the window to let the owl in. When he looked at the envelope, it was unmistakably a Hogwart's envelope, so he opened it, and found a letter from Dumbledore in it that said:
Dear Harry,
I have talked to Arabella Figg and she has agreed to rent her house two streets away from the Dursleys and to set up a tent in the Burrow's yard, so you will be able to go the Weasleys for the rest of the summer. I've already contacted Arthur and Molly about my plan and they have agreed to it.
Professor Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster
Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
'Well, I guess I won't have to wait for Hedwig to return to send my letter to Dumbledore,' thought Harry. "Come here," he said to the owl, "I need you to bring this to Professor Dumbledore; it's very important." The owl came to Harry and let him to his letter addressed to Dumbledore to its leg, and then the owl left. It took Harry considerably longer that night to get back to sleep than the last night. Perhaps because he was concerned about Hagrid.
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'At this rate, I'll never find a giant,' thought Hagrid. He had been searching for giants since the day that Hogwart's let out the students for summer. He was beginning to worry about not being able to guide the first- years across the lake on the Hogwart's ground as he had done for so many years, and most of all, not being able to see his friends, Harry, Hermione, and Ron. 'I sure hope Madame Maxime is having better luck than me.' But at that exact moment, and owl was coming towards him: It was the owl that he had sent out searching for giants. "Come here, Penny," said Hagrid. Penny was the name of the owl. "What have yeh here?" asked Hagrid. "A letter from my mother?! She still cares about me?!" Hagrid was shocked, his mother had abandoned him and his father when he was a child, so he couldn't believe that she would respond to a letter—even if she was the first giant that Penny had encountered.
Dear Hagrid,
I have received your letter. Tell Professor Dumbledore that I am honored at his extension of the hand of friendship. I will try to get the other giants together and talk to them about joining your side against Voldemort (Since Hagrid's mother was a full giant, she had no worries over writing or saying his name although Hagrid cringed when he read Voldemort's name.) You have to understand that I needed to abandon you and your father for your own good. Most giants and wizards didn't approve of interspecies breeding. I can't tell you where I am, but I'm sure your owl will lead you to me.
Love,
Mom
'I can't believe it! After more than 50 years! I never knew that full-blooded giants had that sort of lifespan. I must tell Dumbledore that I've made contact with a giant immediately,' thought Hagrid, so he immediately pulled out a piece of parchment that he was carrying and a quill, forgetting about Penny being able to lead him to his mother, and he wrote:
Dear Professor Dumbledore
I have contacted a giant. She has informed me that she is willing to talk to the other giants about joining forces against He-Who-Must-Not-Be- Named, and she also expressed gratitude at your extension of friendship. She didn't tell me where she was, however, so I need to keep searching, but I'll just go the way Penny came from.
Hagrid
P.S. Thanks for letting me use Penny for this purpose.
Hagrid tied the letter to Penny's leg and off she went, to deliver the letter to Dumbledore, and Hagrid started towards where she had come from, in hope of finding his mother, and ultimately more giants.
'I wonder how Madame Maxime is doing. I wonder if she's contacted any giants yet,' thought Hagrid. What he didn't know, was that she had contacted, not one, but two, and had already informed Dumbledore. So far, it appeared that they, and not Voldemort, were winning.
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'I seem to be having good luck. I've already contacted two giants, and they've accepted my offer. I just hope 'Agrid's doing okay,' thought Madame Maxime, of course she thought this in French. However, she didn't know that her luck was about to change.
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"Master, all is set," said Wormtail, "the half-breed oaf will meet his doom."
"You have done excellent, Wormtail," said Voldemort, "but if there's any screw ups, remember that you will be punished." Voldemort pulled out his wand and pointed it at Wormtail.
"Yes, master."
"Nagini needs food. If you don't get that oaf, you may be fed to her."
"Y-Yes, m-master."
******
Madame Maxime was not paying attention to what was going on around her until she heard voices behind her.
"This isn't the half-giant oaf our master was talking about," said one of the voices."
"But she might know where he is. We have the options of two curses to get his location from her."
At that moment Madame Maxime knew that she was in danger and so decided to try to get away from the voices, but it was too late.
One of the voices muttered the Imperius curse, and she heard a voice in her head saying, 'Tell us where the half-giant oaf named Hagrid is.' However, she was able to fight this, thinking 'I will not tell you where he is.' After several of these exchanges in her mind, she said it aloud, "I will not tell you where 'e is!"
However, the Deatheaters were prepared, and one of them pointed his wand to Madame Maxime and said, "Cruciatius." When he said this, Madame Maxime fell to the ground and twitched. She was trying unsuccessfully to fight this curse.
"Tell us where the half-breed oaf is," said one of the Deatheaters.
"I d-d-don't kn-kn-know, w-w-where 'e is,"
"Tell us where he is."
"A-A-All, I k-k-know is 'e is s-s-searching for the g-g-giants." Madame Maxime was in intense pain.
"Tell us where you last saw him."
"O-O-Outside t-t-the 'Ogwart's gr-gr-grounds. In 'O-Ogsmeade."
At that point, the Deatheater ceased the Cruciatius curse, and was about to use the death curse, but Madame Maxime was able to get to her wand, and say, "Expelliarmus" twice, making the Deatheaters wands fly away. Then she said a stunning spell on both of them thus enabling her to escape. 'I must warn 'Agrid,' Madame Maxime thought. What she didn't know was that Harry had already sent a letter to Dumbledore, and when he would receive that letter, he would immediately write to Hagrid warning him about Voldemort's plan.
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"Get your abnormal self down here!" shouted Vernon Dursley at six o'clock in the morning. Harry didn't want to get up, but he needed to in order to convince the Dursleys to let him spend the rest of the summer at the Weasleys.
"I'm coming!" yelled Harry as he was getting dressed. When he went downstairs, he forgot all about his letter to Sirius.
The Dursleys were having a terrible time at keeping Dudley from eating too much junk food, in fact, they needed to start paying for custom- made uniforms for Dudley. However, they were trying to get Dudley's obesity down some—just enough so they wouldn't have to pay extra money for Dudley's Smeltings School uniform.
Again, the whole family was on a diet, but Harry had managed to get the Dursleys to feed him as much as they feed Dudley the summer before by mentioning that he could "write a letter to tell Sirius you're starving me." However, Dudley had a fit when he saw Harry getting the same amount of grapefruit as he was, so Petunia Dursley promptly gave Dudley another grapefruit quarter.
'I need to think of a way to get them to let me go to the Weasleys,' Harry thought. After Harry gulped down his breakfast, if you could call one grapefruit quarter a breakfast, Harry went to his room, where he saw Ron's owl, Pigwidgeon, tapping on his window. He opened the window and Pigwidgeon flew in. Harry untied the letter and opened it. It read:
Dear Harry,
You probably already know this, but I might as well tell you. Professor Dumbledore has decided to allow you to come to The Burrow for the rest of the summer. Hermione's here too. Mom decided to ask her to send a letter to your aunt and uncle through the Muggle mail. I don't know how long it'll take for you to get that letter though.
Ron
Harry wrote a short letter to Ron telling him that he already knew that he could go but he still needed to convince the Dursleys to let him but that shouldn't be any trouble. He tied that letter to Pigwidgeon and then decided to eat some more food. Ron and Hermione had been sending him food as they had done last summer due to Dudley's continuing diet. After that, he remembered his letter to Sirius, and realized that was his way out of the Dursleys.
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Hagrid was still searching for giants when an owl came for him. Hagrid looked at the letter and it said:
Dear Hagrid,
I have reason to believe that you may be in danger from Voldemort. It may be best if you keep an eye out and you may have to illegally use magic.
Albus Dumbledore
'I knew that when I set out,' thought Hagrid. However, he wrote Dumbledore a short thank-you note since he deserved one, and exactly one hour later, Hagrid found a giant—a female one.
"Hello up there!" shouted Hagrid. Hagrid was not a full giant, and so only twice as tall and twice as wide as a normal man.
The female giant looked down and saw Hagrid standing there and said, "Hagrid, is that you?"
"Yes, is it yeh, mom?"
"Yes."
"I thought yeh were going ter contact the other giants?"
"I am. I had dropped something back here, so I needed to come back."
"Oh. Well, now that I'm here. I must tell yeh that Albus Dumbledore really wants yeh and the other giants on our side, and there's another ha1f- giant, Madame Maxime, searching for giants."
"Well, I know where many of my fellow giants can be found."
"Do yeh mind if I tag along?"
"No. It might be good that you do, but what happened to your owl?"
"I was so excited that I contacted yeh; I sent it to Dumbledore with a letter."
"Well, that doesn't really matter."
So, from that moment on, Hagrid's chances of finding giants seemed to increase. When they were searching for other giants, they found the two that Madame Maxime had contacted and then stumbled onto a terrified Madame Maxime that said to Hagrid, "'Agrid, you're in danger! He-Who-Must-Not-Be- Named wants to kill you!"
"I'll teach anyone who wants to kill my son not to mess with him!" yelled Hagrid's mother. Madame Maxime was too terrified to notice that the female giant had called Hagrid "my son."
"Madame Maxime, I believe it might be good for yeh if yeh go back to yer home," said Hagrid.
"'Agrid, I want to help you with convincing the giants to join our side," said Madame Maxime.
"Do what yeh want."
****Disclaimer**** REVISED CHAPTER I did not create these characters, so I don't own them. That honor goes to J.K. Rowling. I would also appreciate anybody's help with telling me the names that I've forgotten because some of them are very important. Also feel free to post a more accurate Hagrid-like sentences and the Madame Maxime-like sentences in your reviews because I really need those. If I misnamed a character, please tell me so. This goes for all the chapters of this story. I remind you that this is my first fan-fic. Hmm. This has been revised a little bit, but it was only revised to correct a misnaming, and a plot hole (that I discovered when re-reading this chapter to make sure that I don't create a plot hole in Chapter 4, but I was too lazy to change Chapter four which wasn't up in the original copy of the Chapter.
Chapter Two: Searching for the Giants
"I'm glad that yeh decided to help search for the remaining giants, Madame Maxime," Rubeus Hagrid said. He was a half-giant, as was Madame Maxime. He was also the Care of Magical Creatures Teacher and gamekeeper at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. "I'm also glad that yeh've decided to admit that yeh are a half-giant."
"Thank you, 'Agrid, but I think it's best if we split up—then we would increase our chances of finding at least some of them. I just hope Albus can keep 'Ogwart's safe."
"Yeh can count on Dumbledore to keep Hogwart's safe. As much as I hate to admit it, I think yeh're right about us splitting up. It'll probably help. I've already sent an owl searching for them, and told them that we'd be searching for them. I just hope they respond."
"Even if they don't, the owls could always track us down and tell us where they found a giant or giants."
"I suppose yeh're right. I hope to see yeh soon."
"Don't worry, we'll see each other again, 'Agrid."
At those words, Madame Maxime and Hagrid split up on their search for the giants. It was very important that they find the giants before Voldemort's Deatheaters did. If the Deatheaters found them first, then it could surely spell the end of the era of good wizards. If either Hagrid or Madame Maxime found the giants first, then one of them could convince them that Dumbledore's side was the side to join. After all, he was already having Sirius Black and Arthur Weasley assembling some wizards and witches to fight Voldemort. Sirius was alerting several wizards and witches while Arthur was attempting to pull some strings in the Ministry of Magic to remove the Dementors from Azkaban, and maybe even getting Cornelius Fudge to be removed from his position of Minister of Magic.
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"Wormtail, have you sent any envoys to the giants?" asked Voldemort, now in his body again after more than thirteen years.
"Yes, master. I have. They should be able to contact them soon," responded Wormtail.
"Are you sure? After all, I know Dumbledore, the Mudblood-loving fool would try to get to contact them, and he has an advantage."
"If you need me to, I could arrange to—to—for them to encounter—,"
"Be quiet Wormtail. I know what you mean, and you must do it. If the half-giant oaf reaches the giants before we do, then we can only rely on the Dementors."
"OK, master, I-I will arrange it."
"One more thing: I will not tolerate any screw-ups."
"Yes, master."
******
All of a sudden Harry had woken up from a dream with his scar burning again. He looked at his clock, and realized, it was the exact same time he had woken up last night, but tonight he woke up because his scar was hurting, and that he had a dream—that Voldemort was planning to kill Hagrid before he could reach the giants. 'I have to warn him,' thought Harry. However, when he looked at Hedwig's cage he noticed it was empty. 'Shoot, she's out hunting.' The Dursleys still believed that Sirius Black was a murderer because Harry had left out the fact that he was innocent although he had been convicted, so they didn't abuse Harry as much as they did in other years. 'Well, I could write a letter to Dumbledore about the dream and then send it out with Hedwig when she gets back.. He'll have enough sense to warn Hagrid.' Harry wrote the letter to Dumbledore, and it said:
Dear Professor Dumbledore,
I had a dream about Voldemort planning to harm Hagrid before he could get to the giants, and when I woke up my scar was hurting. I'm sure this is serious and believe that Hagrid should be warned, and thought that you would know what to do.
Harry
Then Harry thought he better write to Sirius too about his dream and so he wrote him a letter:
Dear Sirius,
I woke up with my scar hurting after I had a dream about Voldemort planning to harm Hagrid to prevent him from getting to the giants before the Deatheaters. I've already written a letter to Professor Dumbledore telling him about this and that I believe that Hagrid should be warned.
Harry
After Harry finished his letter to Sirius, an owl was hooting at the window. It was one of the school owls. 'That's odd,' thought Harry, 'it's not time for them to send out the letters and even if it was, they're not delivered at this time.' However, Harry opened up the window to let the owl in. When he looked at the envelope, it was unmistakably a Hogwart's envelope, so he opened it, and found a letter from Dumbledore in it that said:
Dear Harry,
I have talked to Arabella Figg and she has agreed to rent her house two streets away from the Dursleys and to set up a tent in the Burrow's yard, so you will be able to go the Weasleys for the rest of the summer. I've already contacted Arthur and Molly about my plan and they have agreed to it.
Professor Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster
Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
'Well, I guess I won't have to wait for Hedwig to return to send my letter to Dumbledore,' thought Harry. "Come here," he said to the owl, "I need you to bring this to Professor Dumbledore; it's very important." The owl came to Harry and let him to his letter addressed to Dumbledore to its leg, and then the owl left. It took Harry considerably longer that night to get back to sleep than the last night. Perhaps because he was concerned about Hagrid.
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'At this rate, I'll never find a giant,' thought Hagrid. He had been searching for giants since the day that Hogwart's let out the students for summer. He was beginning to worry about not being able to guide the first- years across the lake on the Hogwart's ground as he had done for so many years, and most of all, not being able to see his friends, Harry, Hermione, and Ron. 'I sure hope Madame Maxime is having better luck than me.' But at that exact moment, and owl was coming towards him: It was the owl that he had sent out searching for giants. "Come here, Penny," said Hagrid. Penny was the name of the owl. "What have yeh here?" asked Hagrid. "A letter from my mother?! She still cares about me?!" Hagrid was shocked, his mother had abandoned him and his father when he was a child, so he couldn't believe that she would respond to a letter—even if she was the first giant that Penny had encountered.
Dear Hagrid,
I have received your letter. Tell Professor Dumbledore that I am honored at his extension of the hand of friendship. I will try to get the other giants together and talk to them about joining your side against Voldemort (Since Hagrid's mother was a full giant, she had no worries over writing or saying his name although Hagrid cringed when he read Voldemort's name.) You have to understand that I needed to abandon you and your father for your own good. Most giants and wizards didn't approve of interspecies breeding. I can't tell you where I am, but I'm sure your owl will lead you to me.
Love,
Mom
'I can't believe it! After more than 50 years! I never knew that full-blooded giants had that sort of lifespan. I must tell Dumbledore that I've made contact with a giant immediately,' thought Hagrid, so he immediately pulled out a piece of parchment that he was carrying and a quill, forgetting about Penny being able to lead him to his mother, and he wrote:
Dear Professor Dumbledore
I have contacted a giant. She has informed me that she is willing to talk to the other giants about joining forces against He-Who-Must-Not-Be- Named, and she also expressed gratitude at your extension of friendship. She didn't tell me where she was, however, so I need to keep searching, but I'll just go the way Penny came from.
Hagrid
P.S. Thanks for letting me use Penny for this purpose.
Hagrid tied the letter to Penny's leg and off she went, to deliver the letter to Dumbledore, and Hagrid started towards where she had come from, in hope of finding his mother, and ultimately more giants.
'I wonder how Madame Maxime is doing. I wonder if she's contacted any giants yet,' thought Hagrid. What he didn't know, was that she had contacted, not one, but two, and had already informed Dumbledore. So far, it appeared that they, and not Voldemort, were winning.
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'I seem to be having good luck. I've already contacted two giants, and they've accepted my offer. I just hope 'Agrid's doing okay,' thought Madame Maxime, of course she thought this in French. However, she didn't know that her luck was about to change.
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"Master, all is set," said Wormtail, "the half-breed oaf will meet his doom."
"You have done excellent, Wormtail," said Voldemort, "but if there's any screw ups, remember that you will be punished." Voldemort pulled out his wand and pointed it at Wormtail.
"Yes, master."
"Nagini needs food. If you don't get that oaf, you may be fed to her."
"Y-Yes, m-master."
******
Madame Maxime was not paying attention to what was going on around her until she heard voices behind her.
"This isn't the half-giant oaf our master was talking about," said one of the voices."
"But she might know where he is. We have the options of two curses to get his location from her."
At that moment Madame Maxime knew that she was in danger and so decided to try to get away from the voices, but it was too late.
One of the voices muttered the Imperius curse, and she heard a voice in her head saying, 'Tell us where the half-giant oaf named Hagrid is.' However, she was able to fight this, thinking 'I will not tell you where he is.' After several of these exchanges in her mind, she said it aloud, "I will not tell you where 'e is!"
However, the Deatheaters were prepared, and one of them pointed his wand to Madame Maxime and said, "Cruciatius." When he said this, Madame Maxime fell to the ground and twitched. She was trying unsuccessfully to fight this curse.
"Tell us where the half-breed oaf is," said one of the Deatheaters.
"I d-d-don't kn-kn-know, w-w-where 'e is,"
"Tell us where he is."
"A-A-All, I k-k-know is 'e is s-s-searching for the g-g-giants." Madame Maxime was in intense pain.
"Tell us where you last saw him."
"O-O-Outside t-t-the 'Ogwart's gr-gr-grounds. In 'O-Ogsmeade."
At that point, the Deatheater ceased the Cruciatius curse, and was about to use the death curse, but Madame Maxime was able to get to her wand, and say, "Expelliarmus" twice, making the Deatheaters wands fly away. Then she said a stunning spell on both of them thus enabling her to escape. 'I must warn 'Agrid,' Madame Maxime thought. What she didn't know was that Harry had already sent a letter to Dumbledore, and when he would receive that letter, he would immediately write to Hagrid warning him about Voldemort's plan.
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"Get your abnormal self down here!" shouted Vernon Dursley at six o'clock in the morning. Harry didn't want to get up, but he needed to in order to convince the Dursleys to let him spend the rest of the summer at the Weasleys.
"I'm coming!" yelled Harry as he was getting dressed. When he went downstairs, he forgot all about his letter to Sirius.
The Dursleys were having a terrible time at keeping Dudley from eating too much junk food, in fact, they needed to start paying for custom- made uniforms for Dudley. However, they were trying to get Dudley's obesity down some—just enough so they wouldn't have to pay extra money for Dudley's Smeltings School uniform.
Again, the whole family was on a diet, but Harry had managed to get the Dursleys to feed him as much as they feed Dudley the summer before by mentioning that he could "write a letter to tell Sirius you're starving me." However, Dudley had a fit when he saw Harry getting the same amount of grapefruit as he was, so Petunia Dursley promptly gave Dudley another grapefruit quarter.
'I need to think of a way to get them to let me go to the Weasleys,' Harry thought. After Harry gulped down his breakfast, if you could call one grapefruit quarter a breakfast, Harry went to his room, where he saw Ron's owl, Pigwidgeon, tapping on his window. He opened the window and Pigwidgeon flew in. Harry untied the letter and opened it. It read:
Dear Harry,
You probably already know this, but I might as well tell you. Professor Dumbledore has decided to allow you to come to The Burrow for the rest of the summer. Hermione's here too. Mom decided to ask her to send a letter to your aunt and uncle through the Muggle mail. I don't know how long it'll take for you to get that letter though.
Ron
Harry wrote a short letter to Ron telling him that he already knew that he could go but he still needed to convince the Dursleys to let him but that shouldn't be any trouble. He tied that letter to Pigwidgeon and then decided to eat some more food. Ron and Hermione had been sending him food as they had done last summer due to Dudley's continuing diet. After that, he remembered his letter to Sirius, and realized that was his way out of the Dursleys.
******
Hagrid was still searching for giants when an owl came for him. Hagrid looked at the letter and it said:
Dear Hagrid,
I have reason to believe that you may be in danger from Voldemort. It may be best if you keep an eye out and you may have to illegally use magic.
Albus Dumbledore
'I knew that when I set out,' thought Hagrid. However, he wrote Dumbledore a short thank-you note since he deserved one, and exactly one hour later, Hagrid found a giant—a female one.
"Hello up there!" shouted Hagrid. Hagrid was not a full giant, and so only twice as tall and twice as wide as a normal man.
The female giant looked down and saw Hagrid standing there and said, "Hagrid, is that you?"
"Yes, is it yeh, mom?"
"Yes."
"I thought yeh were going ter contact the other giants?"
"I am. I had dropped something back here, so I needed to come back."
"Oh. Well, now that I'm here. I must tell yeh that Albus Dumbledore really wants yeh and the other giants on our side, and there's another ha1f- giant, Madame Maxime, searching for giants."
"Well, I know where many of my fellow giants can be found."
"Do yeh mind if I tag along?"
"No. It might be good that you do, but what happened to your owl?"
"I was so excited that I contacted yeh; I sent it to Dumbledore with a letter."
"Well, that doesn't really matter."
So, from that moment on, Hagrid's chances of finding giants seemed to increase. When they were searching for other giants, they found the two that Madame Maxime had contacted and then stumbled onto a terrified Madame Maxime that said to Hagrid, "'Agrid, you're in danger! He-Who-Must-Not-Be- Named wants to kill you!"
"I'll teach anyone who wants to kill my son not to mess with him!" yelled Hagrid's mother. Madame Maxime was too terrified to notice that the female giant had called Hagrid "my son."
"Madame Maxime, I believe it might be good for yeh if yeh go back to yer home," said Hagrid.
"'Agrid, I want to help you with convincing the giants to join our side," said Madame Maxime.
"Do what yeh want."