Authors Note: Not the most original title, I know... But hey, it's hard, all the good titles are taken. Any ways this is so far a general story, but I hope to turn it into an H/H romance.
*get's a dreamy look in her eyes*
Chapter 1: The Dursley's Big Announcement
Harry arrived back at the Dursleys's expecting to find them as they had been the summer before: poor and looking rather sorry for themselves. Instead they looked, well, ecstatic, surely him coming "home" couldn't mean that much to them! He soon discovered their source of happiness, Uncle Vernon, had just won millions upon millions, by playing the lotto. With their new found wealth they had bought Dudley a new TV set, computer, and bed, which had immediately collapsed under his immense weight. They has even managed to buy Harry a phone of his own and a whole box of lemon ices, it was the best or rather then only homecoming gift Harry had received in his whole life. For he was a Wizard and the Dursley's despised of magic and any one who used it. Harry went to bed that night on a full stomach, after enjoying a long chat with Ron, one of his best friends at Hogwarts, where he was to enter his 5th year, at the end of the summer.
Life with the Dursley's just got better and better, with endless treats and trips to places he'd never been, like the aquarium and an amusement park. They even let him keep Hedwig out of her cage in his room and do his homework like normal kids on the kitchen table. The only bad thing so far was that Dudley still used Harry as a personal punch-bag, ever since he had found out that Harry wasn't allowed to use magic during the summer. He was surprised when Ron called, inviting him to the Quidditch World Cup on Saturday, for his birthday, even though they had gone last year. The Dursley's agreed to drive him to Ron's nearby house. Hermione, another of his best friends was coming too.
July 31 finally arrived, the days before had seemed to drag, and as Harry got out of the Dursley's new limousine, he heard his name being called. "Harry, Harry!" his friends called, and came running from behind the crooked house. "We thought you weren't coming!" cried Hermione, for Harry had been half-an-hour late, due to Dudley's whining that he shouldn't have to come. Aunt Petunia had insisted, saying that it was Harry's party and that Harry "wanted" him to be there. They waved the Dursley's off, then Harry allowed himself to be dragged around the back of the house. He was surprised at the sight that greeted his eyes, every one of his Wizarding friends was there, including the Headmaster Dumbledore and Gamekeeper Hagrid! All shouting surprise at odd moments and pointing to a large banner that read in flashing colors: "Happy 15th Birthday Harry!" There was a mountain of gifts piled on a wooden table and a huge Black Forest cake. "Wow!" yelled Harry, looking overjoyed, "I've never had a surprise party before!" "Sorry, Harry, but we aren't really going to the Quidditch World Cup, we're playing it instead, hope you don't mind." Said Ron, as if Harry would mind! He had missed playing Quidditch a lot over the holidays, even with all his treats. He was a Seeker, for the Gryffindor Team, and the new captain, since Oliver Wood, their old captain has graduated from Hogwarts, last year. They made teams, and had a tournament, with Hagrid keeping score. In the end Harry's team won. The players were himself, as Seeker (who goes after the Golden Snitch, which when caught ends the game), Ron, Hermione, and Lee Jordan, as Chasers (they score using the Quaffle), Alicia Spinnet, as keeper, who defends the goal posts, and last but not least, the Weasley twins, Fred and George, as the beaters, keeping everyone but the other team from being knocked off their brooms by the Bludgers. The other teams good naturedly accused Harry's team of having the unfair advantage since they had real Quidditch players on their team, Harry, Fred and George, and Alicia, who played chaser for the Gryffindor team.
Finally, after 5 hours of fun, Harry left, stuffed full of cake and loaded down with ice cream. "The Dursley's then took him out for a fancy dinner and bought him a present of his choice, he choose a computer and Dudley gave him one of his prized games, it was the best birthday ever! As it turned out the Dursley's were only buttering Harry up for something he wouldn't like, but had to go along with any ways. "Harry," began Petunia, "your Uncle and I have something to tell you, we are moving to Majorca, and you're coming with us, whether you like it or not!" "I'd like to see you find your way to that filthy school of yours now!" smirked Uncle Vernon. Dudley was looking extremely pleased with this announcement, especially when he saw the look of horror on Harry's face. "You can't make me go!" cried Harry. "Now you see here boy," roared Uncle Vernon, in a rage, "Your Aunt and I spent a lot of money on this trip, we're even sending Dudley back to Smeltings for the year, by plane, as for you, you'll be going to a year round boarding school." It looked like life with the Dursley's was back to normal.
Look for Chapter 2 soon!
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