Chapter 3 ~ Just a Little Camping Trip
July 31st
The cold grey of early morning, seeped into what seemed like a small everyday tent.
Harry tossed and turned so much the he fell off his bunk. That woke him up as instantly as being splashed with ice cold water.
"Where in the hell am I!" he shouted, pawing around for his glasses.
"Oh good morning Harry" a sleepy voice came from above his head.
The voice be-longed that of George Weasley. Harry grabbed his glasses and put them on. It was George all right, with Fred just opening his eyes to crack a big grin.
"Happy Birthday" he said with a yawn and rolled over to face the tent wall.
"Umm. what am I doing here?" Harry asked sounding utterly confused.
"Because our little brother brought you here for a birthday camping trip" George replied.
"But once the potion wore off, you fell asleep" Fred added.
"What are you two talking about?" was all he could manage to say. This was all too much.
"It was the side-affect caused by the Unicorn Hair. it made you forget what happened".
Harry turned around to find Ron standing behind him. "What did you do?"
His friend grinned. "Summer homework that Snape made me do. but at lest it came in handy" Ron replied.
"So to tell you the truth you were my guinea pig".
"I can't believe you. of all things I never would have thought of you. kidnapping?"
"I wouldn't call it kidnapping Harry, its not like the Dursleys are going to report it anyway".
"Your right you know. and I don't mean to be rude, but where are we and what there to eat?"
"We're in the Turtle Neck Reach Forest just five miles from our place" George said swinging himself over the side of his bunk. Fred doing the same replied "And to eat. you have to come into the kitchen and find out your self".
The twins made their way past Harry and Ron, then into the tent's kitchen.Following three red heads, Harry found a great surprise.
There was a banner hanging up that had 'Happy Birthday' written on it. On the table there was five cakes on it!
There was an ice cream cake was from Hermione, a chocolate one from Sirius, there was a vanilla one from Remus, a rock cake looking one from Hagrid and last but not lest was a black forest from Mrs. Weasley.
Over in the corner was the presents and a various amount of unsorted mail.
"Wow." was all Harry could say. This flabbergasted him. He couldn't find the words for it.
"Here open this one first" Ron said shoving a small package into his best friends' hands.
Still speechless, Harry opened the package. Inside was a woven hoop. There was two owl feathers attached to a thin cord of leather.
"It's a dream catcher" he told him. "Wear it while you sleep and it will catch every dream you have during the night. it's like a pensive".
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Harry shouted. He had wanted a something like this since he had seen Professor Dumbledore's pensive. Ron looked overly pleased with the reaction to his gift.
Then Harry opened has gift form the twins. It was a big bag bursting at the seams with new joke products the twins had just created earlier that month.
He thanked them as well and told them that their gift was to be devoted towards making the lives Malfoy, Snape and all the Slytherins miserable.
They seemed to like that answer and allowed Harry to move on to open the rest of his presents.
Hermione had given him a magical camera; Sirius had given him a book on Animagus, Remus gave him a diary that had once belonged to his mother (:No one but Lily could ever open it:), and many different kinds of goodies from Mrs. Weasley.
By the time Harry was finished opening presents, he opened his cards and letters.
Dear Mr. Potter
I am glad to announce that you along with Hermione Granger, Ronald Weasley and Shamus Finnigin have be come the four new Gryffindor fifth year Prefects..
Harry's mouth dropped open. He turned to look at Ron, who had gone completely white.
"Were Prefects???"
"I think McGonagall went mad".
The twins burst out laughing. They seemed to find Harry and Ron's predicament highly amusing.
"Well mum wont be yelling at you now Ronnykins" Fred snickered.
"No she'll start treating you like Percy!" George howled.
Harry began to laugh as well. It was just something that couldn't be helped.
"Imagine the look on Snape's face when he sees us again!"
July 31st
The cold grey of early morning, seeped into what seemed like a small everyday tent.
Harry tossed and turned so much the he fell off his bunk. That woke him up as instantly as being splashed with ice cold water.
"Where in the hell am I!" he shouted, pawing around for his glasses.
"Oh good morning Harry" a sleepy voice came from above his head.
The voice be-longed that of George Weasley. Harry grabbed his glasses and put them on. It was George all right, with Fred just opening his eyes to crack a big grin.
"Happy Birthday" he said with a yawn and rolled over to face the tent wall.
"Umm. what am I doing here?" Harry asked sounding utterly confused.
"Because our little brother brought you here for a birthday camping trip" George replied.
"But once the potion wore off, you fell asleep" Fred added.
"What are you two talking about?" was all he could manage to say. This was all too much.
"It was the side-affect caused by the Unicorn Hair. it made you forget what happened".
Harry turned around to find Ron standing behind him. "What did you do?"
His friend grinned. "Summer homework that Snape made me do. but at lest it came in handy" Ron replied.
"So to tell you the truth you were my guinea pig".
"I can't believe you. of all things I never would have thought of you. kidnapping?"
"I wouldn't call it kidnapping Harry, its not like the Dursleys are going to report it anyway".
"Your right you know. and I don't mean to be rude, but where are we and what there to eat?"
"We're in the Turtle Neck Reach Forest just five miles from our place" George said swinging himself over the side of his bunk. Fred doing the same replied "And to eat. you have to come into the kitchen and find out your self".
The twins made their way past Harry and Ron, then into the tent's kitchen.Following three red heads, Harry found a great surprise.
There was a banner hanging up that had 'Happy Birthday' written on it. On the table there was five cakes on it!
There was an ice cream cake was from Hermione, a chocolate one from Sirius, there was a vanilla one from Remus, a rock cake looking one from Hagrid and last but not lest was a black forest from Mrs. Weasley.
Over in the corner was the presents and a various amount of unsorted mail.
"Wow." was all Harry could say. This flabbergasted him. He couldn't find the words for it.
"Here open this one first" Ron said shoving a small package into his best friends' hands.
Still speechless, Harry opened the package. Inside was a woven hoop. There was two owl feathers attached to a thin cord of leather.
"It's a dream catcher" he told him. "Wear it while you sleep and it will catch every dream you have during the night. it's like a pensive".
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Harry shouted. He had wanted a something like this since he had seen Professor Dumbledore's pensive. Ron looked overly pleased with the reaction to his gift.
Then Harry opened has gift form the twins. It was a big bag bursting at the seams with new joke products the twins had just created earlier that month.
He thanked them as well and told them that their gift was to be devoted towards making the lives Malfoy, Snape and all the Slytherins miserable.
They seemed to like that answer and allowed Harry to move on to open the rest of his presents.
Hermione had given him a magical camera; Sirius had given him a book on Animagus, Remus gave him a diary that had once belonged to his mother (:No one but Lily could ever open it:), and many different kinds of goodies from Mrs. Weasley.
By the time Harry was finished opening presents, he opened his cards and letters.
Dear Mr. Potter
I am glad to announce that you along with Hermione Granger, Ronald Weasley and Shamus Finnigin have be come the four new Gryffindor fifth year Prefects..
Harry's mouth dropped open. He turned to look at Ron, who had gone completely white.
"Were Prefects???"
"I think McGonagall went mad".
The twins burst out laughing. They seemed to find Harry and Ron's predicament highly amusing.
"Well mum wont be yelling at you now Ronnykins" Fred snickered.
"No she'll start treating you like Percy!" George howled.
Harry began to laugh as well. It was just something that couldn't be helped.
"Imagine the look on Snape's face when he sees us again!"