Harry stuffed his school stuff in the trunk of the car, and climbed in the
back. He had been looking forward to going to Ron's this summer, even
though Dumbledore had sternly told him that he was not allowed. Ron had
reassured him that somehow, he would get Dumbledore to give in and let him
come over.
After what must have been hours, they arrived back home. Well to the Dursley's home at least, but something was way different.
There was some kind of metal grey truck in the driveway, with high security on it. A couple men were out by the truck, waiting for someone, Harry guessed Vernon.
Neighbors crowded around the house, hoping to catch a glimpse on what was going on. Even Arebella Figg, the old lady was there.
Uncle Vernon stopped they car, he didn't seem to be surprised in fact, Vernon looked like he planned it all.
Harry caught a look in the review mirror, Vernon was smiling and Petunia had a grim smile on. And well, Dudley was looking at Harry, with a horrorifing smile on.
That's when Harry saw it, he stared at it stunned but soon panicked, and tried to open the locked car door. On the side of the van, was St. Brutus's Center For Uncurably Criminal Boys?
Vernon kept his finger on the lock button, until the grey uniformed guys, with St. Brutus's on the back, came over to the car.
They wrenched the car door open, and took Harry by the scruff of his neck. Panicking, he hit the guys. Taking no notice of this, they opened the back of the van, threw him in, and slammed the door closed. Harry heard murmurs from the crowds, and Mrs. Figgs threats to the workers, he blocked the noise out.
This was not the way he wanted his summer to begin, he felt so betrayed.
A WEEK LATER
By now Harry learned if keep to yourself like everyone else you wont get beaten up as badly.
The same day Harry arrived, another boy did to he was around Harry's age. And it seemed he was as normal as Harry, attitude wise.
His name was Alexander Alvin, though only 15 he looked younger. Alex's face was lined with cheerfulness and smile; Harry had the expression that he had once had a loving family like Harry. When he questioned Alex why he was here, his face would fall slightly, and answered.
"My Parents . abanden me two years ago, left me on the streets. I don't think I will ever know why, my mother. she. she was found in an old apartment dead. Her name was Rebecca, most people I have come across respected her, and they all apparently knew her. She was tortured.
Later police found out from the hospital that, the pain and burns were not what had killed her. Nobody knows, I promised myself that I would find whoever done that to her, and avenge her" Alex answered sullenly, and then always changed the subject to either how they could play a prank on one of the bullies, Ethan. Or how would be the best way to escape, the Centre.
Another week had passed, and still no one came to Harry. He finally relized, that either they just didn't care, or they didn't want to waste their time on helping him.
The only friend Harry had now was Alex they got along perfectly. Harry had become suspicious of Alex, many terrible things had happened to the people that had threatened him or Alex. Ethan was even in the hospital wing right now, on what might be his deathbed. Alex never got in trouble because when the workers asked what happened, everyone shrugged they didn't want to mess with Alex, afraid on what might happen.
Harry and Alex where in the middle of their usall routine, with ten other boys. Climbing the walls, as if the were mountains, they went up in threes. Harry, Alex and another kid named Marshel, had made it half way up the huge wall when the instructer blew the whisel, signaling for them to come down. Alex checked his watch,
"But it's not time!" he hollared, he was the only one in the class that liked to risk his life climbing ropes up a wall, they had no harness to protect them from falling.
Marshel shot him a dirty look, as if to say who-cares.
"Who cares? Alvin, Harris, and Potter get down here, or you'll make me take out the belt!" He screamed at them, and then hesitated and looked at Harry sourly "You have a visitor Potter" He snarled, and walked away to snap at the other people.
"A visitor?" Harry asked shocked, Alex to looked at him quizzly.
"Who knows probably those Dursley's or whatever their called, some to taunt you" Alex called.
They steadily went down, it must have been at least ten feet to the bottom, as impatient as Harry was he went down slowly.
Marshel Harris on the other hand, was anxious to get down; he didn't like heights too much.
"Er. Marshel, I would slow down your going to fast" Harry called down to him, trying to be kind. Marshel looked up at him, and unfortunly didn't see the rope snap off.
Marshel yelped, and pludged the ten feet down.
"Marshel!" Harry and Alex yelled, everyone in the large room looked up only to see Marshel fall down with a sickining crunch. The instructer didn't seem the least bit worried or caring. In fact he looked peeved, he walked steadily over in the room, his footsteps echoed in the now deadly silent room. People came out of the waiting room, most with hands over their mouths. The kids that pratically lived here didn't look the least bit shocked, infact some were smirking.
The instructer bent down over him, checked his pulse. He stood up, his face emotionless; he kicked him in the side.
"Dead" He muttered, he signaled to await hospital workers, dressed in black. They hurried forth, as if they done it many times before lifted him up, and placed him on a stretcher that was stained already.
There was quite a couple sobs, and screams. But they only came from the visitors; the rest of them went back to excercising and fighting.
Harry and Alex were still up on the wall, staring down shocked, at the motionless body of Marshel Harris. They glanced back at each other, and continued down grim faced.
"Harry! Harry!" Someone yelled, Harry looked down quickly and saw Sirius and Dumbledore.
Gulping he concentrated on the rope, finally they came for him. With a sense of forebeding he headed down, Alex had already reached the bottom a couple minutes earlier, and was waiting patiently for him.
Sirius, Dumbledore watched catching their breath, as he climbed his way down. He was the same as when he left school, except for he was skinner, and no glasses on, and his whole body was filled with bruises and pain. Dumbledore looked around, noticing every other kid did to.
Harry had only a couple more steps to go, when Sirius rushed forward, he grabbed him around the middle and lifted him down.
"What Sirius? What are you doing here?" Harry panicked, as soon as Sirius let go of Harry.
Sirius was extremly grim faced, but he wasn't skinny and his hair was more groomed.
"I was free, Albus confinced them. But that doesn't matter!" Sirius cried, engulfing Harry in a huge hug.
Despite the pain in his side, he felt his insides go warm with happines, they hadn't forgotten about him after all!
Alex stood awkwardly, off to the side, talking to Dumbledore. But, Alex had his usal happy face on, and appeared to be extremly excited about something.
A COUPLE HOURS LATER
Sirius was signing the papers to set Harry free, in the lobby. Harry was sitting on the edge of a couch, swinging his feet. As happy as he was, he wasn't smiling, he never got a chance to say bye to Alex. Harry had looked everywhere but couldn't find him.
Sirius came over, grinning. He sat down next to Harry; they waited for Dumbledore to come.
"Sirius." Harry began awkwardly, this had been really bugging him. "Why didn't you come sooner, or anyone? No one even came to see me, I thought they didn't care. I was all by myself until I met Alex.." he trailed off.
Sirius turned slightly red in the face, and didn't answer for awhile. "The Dursley's had us tricked" Sirius said ashamed "We had been sending you letters to catch up with you, Hedwig had been acting extremly funny and had a gash across her cheek. But neitherless, Dumbledore and I didn't pay any attention to it. Mr. Dursley had been replying pretending to be you.. We didn't find out that was him until, he declined the invite to come over to Ron's house." Sirius finished, just as Dumbledore came down and Alex.
"Alex" Harry cried, he gave him a hug; him and Alex were pratically inseperable. Alex was red In the face when he came down, he looked down at the ground his usal beaming smile on except this one made the other ones look fake.
"Well we better get going" Dumbledore said, and Sirius stood up. They turned to leave, Harry hesitated and didn't move.
"Im not going without Alex, im not leaving him alone here." Harry called to them. Sirius turned around,
"Your coming weither you like it or not, Harry! Im not leaving you alone here, and plus Alex has something to tell you anyways" Sirius said his eyes twinkling, Dumbledore had already appearated.
Harry turned and looked at Alex confused,
"Im going with you Harry!" He beamed, Harry stared at him in shock.
"You are?" Harry asked astounded. Alex nodded,
"I know about your secret and Sirius's, your wizards" Alex said in an undertone.
"But-how?"
"Dumbledore told me, he told me that I to wasa wizard. And it was shame I wasn't regonized before, but im still allowed to come to Hogwarts." Alex said.
Sirius impatiently motioned them to come, Harry now relized Alex had a knapsack, just like Harry. The Dursley's still had his stuff .. No doubt burned it, or is using his Firebolt for sweeping.
After what must have been hours, they arrived back home. Well to the Dursley's home at least, but something was way different.
There was some kind of metal grey truck in the driveway, with high security on it. A couple men were out by the truck, waiting for someone, Harry guessed Vernon.
Neighbors crowded around the house, hoping to catch a glimpse on what was going on. Even Arebella Figg, the old lady was there.
Uncle Vernon stopped they car, he didn't seem to be surprised in fact, Vernon looked like he planned it all.
Harry caught a look in the review mirror, Vernon was smiling and Petunia had a grim smile on. And well, Dudley was looking at Harry, with a horrorifing smile on.
That's when Harry saw it, he stared at it stunned but soon panicked, and tried to open the locked car door. On the side of the van, was St. Brutus's Center For Uncurably Criminal Boys?
Vernon kept his finger on the lock button, until the grey uniformed guys, with St. Brutus's on the back, came over to the car.
They wrenched the car door open, and took Harry by the scruff of his neck. Panicking, he hit the guys. Taking no notice of this, they opened the back of the van, threw him in, and slammed the door closed. Harry heard murmurs from the crowds, and Mrs. Figgs threats to the workers, he blocked the noise out.
This was not the way he wanted his summer to begin, he felt so betrayed.
A WEEK LATER
By now Harry learned if keep to yourself like everyone else you wont get beaten up as badly.
The same day Harry arrived, another boy did to he was around Harry's age. And it seemed he was as normal as Harry, attitude wise.
His name was Alexander Alvin, though only 15 he looked younger. Alex's face was lined with cheerfulness and smile; Harry had the expression that he had once had a loving family like Harry. When he questioned Alex why he was here, his face would fall slightly, and answered.
"My Parents . abanden me two years ago, left me on the streets. I don't think I will ever know why, my mother. she. she was found in an old apartment dead. Her name was Rebecca, most people I have come across respected her, and they all apparently knew her. She was tortured.
Later police found out from the hospital that, the pain and burns were not what had killed her. Nobody knows, I promised myself that I would find whoever done that to her, and avenge her" Alex answered sullenly, and then always changed the subject to either how they could play a prank on one of the bullies, Ethan. Or how would be the best way to escape, the Centre.
Another week had passed, and still no one came to Harry. He finally relized, that either they just didn't care, or they didn't want to waste their time on helping him.
The only friend Harry had now was Alex they got along perfectly. Harry had become suspicious of Alex, many terrible things had happened to the people that had threatened him or Alex. Ethan was even in the hospital wing right now, on what might be his deathbed. Alex never got in trouble because when the workers asked what happened, everyone shrugged they didn't want to mess with Alex, afraid on what might happen.
Harry and Alex where in the middle of their usall routine, with ten other boys. Climbing the walls, as if the were mountains, they went up in threes. Harry, Alex and another kid named Marshel, had made it half way up the huge wall when the instructer blew the whisel, signaling for them to come down. Alex checked his watch,
"But it's not time!" he hollared, he was the only one in the class that liked to risk his life climbing ropes up a wall, they had no harness to protect them from falling.
Marshel shot him a dirty look, as if to say who-cares.
"Who cares? Alvin, Harris, and Potter get down here, or you'll make me take out the belt!" He screamed at them, and then hesitated and looked at Harry sourly "You have a visitor Potter" He snarled, and walked away to snap at the other people.
"A visitor?" Harry asked shocked, Alex to looked at him quizzly.
"Who knows probably those Dursley's or whatever their called, some to taunt you" Alex called.
They steadily went down, it must have been at least ten feet to the bottom, as impatient as Harry was he went down slowly.
Marshel Harris on the other hand, was anxious to get down; he didn't like heights too much.
"Er. Marshel, I would slow down your going to fast" Harry called down to him, trying to be kind. Marshel looked up at him, and unfortunly didn't see the rope snap off.
Marshel yelped, and pludged the ten feet down.
"Marshel!" Harry and Alex yelled, everyone in the large room looked up only to see Marshel fall down with a sickining crunch. The instructer didn't seem the least bit worried or caring. In fact he looked peeved, he walked steadily over in the room, his footsteps echoed in the now deadly silent room. People came out of the waiting room, most with hands over their mouths. The kids that pratically lived here didn't look the least bit shocked, infact some were smirking.
The instructer bent down over him, checked his pulse. He stood up, his face emotionless; he kicked him in the side.
"Dead" He muttered, he signaled to await hospital workers, dressed in black. They hurried forth, as if they done it many times before lifted him up, and placed him on a stretcher that was stained already.
There was quite a couple sobs, and screams. But they only came from the visitors; the rest of them went back to excercising and fighting.
Harry and Alex were still up on the wall, staring down shocked, at the motionless body of Marshel Harris. They glanced back at each other, and continued down grim faced.
"Harry! Harry!" Someone yelled, Harry looked down quickly and saw Sirius and Dumbledore.
Gulping he concentrated on the rope, finally they came for him. With a sense of forebeding he headed down, Alex had already reached the bottom a couple minutes earlier, and was waiting patiently for him.
Sirius, Dumbledore watched catching their breath, as he climbed his way down. He was the same as when he left school, except for he was skinner, and no glasses on, and his whole body was filled with bruises and pain. Dumbledore looked around, noticing every other kid did to.
Harry had only a couple more steps to go, when Sirius rushed forward, he grabbed him around the middle and lifted him down.
"What Sirius? What are you doing here?" Harry panicked, as soon as Sirius let go of Harry.
Sirius was extremly grim faced, but he wasn't skinny and his hair was more groomed.
"I was free, Albus confinced them. But that doesn't matter!" Sirius cried, engulfing Harry in a huge hug.
Despite the pain in his side, he felt his insides go warm with happines, they hadn't forgotten about him after all!
Alex stood awkwardly, off to the side, talking to Dumbledore. But, Alex had his usal happy face on, and appeared to be extremly excited about something.
A COUPLE HOURS LATER
Sirius was signing the papers to set Harry free, in the lobby. Harry was sitting on the edge of a couch, swinging his feet. As happy as he was, he wasn't smiling, he never got a chance to say bye to Alex. Harry had looked everywhere but couldn't find him.
Sirius came over, grinning. He sat down next to Harry; they waited for Dumbledore to come.
"Sirius." Harry began awkwardly, this had been really bugging him. "Why didn't you come sooner, or anyone? No one even came to see me, I thought they didn't care. I was all by myself until I met Alex.." he trailed off.
Sirius turned slightly red in the face, and didn't answer for awhile. "The Dursley's had us tricked" Sirius said ashamed "We had been sending you letters to catch up with you, Hedwig had been acting extremly funny and had a gash across her cheek. But neitherless, Dumbledore and I didn't pay any attention to it. Mr. Dursley had been replying pretending to be you.. We didn't find out that was him until, he declined the invite to come over to Ron's house." Sirius finished, just as Dumbledore came down and Alex.
"Alex" Harry cried, he gave him a hug; him and Alex were pratically inseperable. Alex was red In the face when he came down, he looked down at the ground his usal beaming smile on except this one made the other ones look fake.
"Well we better get going" Dumbledore said, and Sirius stood up. They turned to leave, Harry hesitated and didn't move.
"Im not going without Alex, im not leaving him alone here." Harry called to them. Sirius turned around,
"Your coming weither you like it or not, Harry! Im not leaving you alone here, and plus Alex has something to tell you anyways" Sirius said his eyes twinkling, Dumbledore had already appearated.
Harry turned and looked at Alex confused,
"Im going with you Harry!" He beamed, Harry stared at him in shock.
"You are?" Harry asked astounded. Alex nodded,
"I know about your secret and Sirius's, your wizards" Alex said in an undertone.
"But-how?"
"Dumbledore told me, he told me that I to wasa wizard. And it was shame I wasn't regonized before, but im still allowed to come to Hogwarts." Alex said.
Sirius impatiently motioned them to come, Harry now relized Alex had a knapsack, just like Harry. The Dursley's still had his stuff .. No doubt burned it, or is using his Firebolt for sweeping.