Chapter 3
Harry felt so happy, He was in the wizarding carrying a pocket full of Gold and he was with his two best friends. Harry, Ron and Hermionie walked around Diagon alley looking in all the shop windows. The Quidditch shop where Ron and Harry wanted to stop was full of posters of Victor Krum, the International Quidditch star who had taken Hermionie to the Yule ball last year. Hermionie tried to rush past the shop without her two friends noticing but Harry noticed that she was walking at double speed. He smiled cheekily, he cloud see Hermionie didn't want Krum to be mentioned, so Harry did.
"So, Herm-own-ninny, how is Victor?" Harry said faking Victor Krum's Bulgarian accent.
Hermionie's cheeks turned a bright shade of pink, "Fine if you must know!"
"Did you go to Bulgaria in the summer" Harry asked
"Yes I did as it happens and I had a very good time until." Hermionie stopped suddenly.
"Until what?"
"Never mind" she looked around ignoring Harry, "There's Flourish and Blotts we need to get our books."
Harry decided to drop the subject, as he didn't want to upset her too much and Ron was also being very quiet since the subject of Hermionie and Krum had come up. Harry followed Hermionie and Ron into the bookshop. They walked over to the sign that read Fifth yearbooks, Hogwarts. In front of Harry was Justin Finch- Fletchley. He was buying his books with his mother who was making a big fuss about the price of books and why the school couldn't buy a supply for the students to use. Justin was leaning on the counter and swinging his legs about. He saw Harry and rolled his eyes in the direction of his muttering mother. Harry smiled back. Harry looked around the shop he could see a pile of books with Half Price stickers all over them. In the pile he could see several copies of Magical me by Guildroy Lockhart. Justin's mother turned round suddenly and started to march out of the shop.
"Come along Justin" she chirped
"Yeah, Yeah mum" Justin sounded as if had been shopping for at least six months. "See you all on September the first" he said to Harry and his friends.
"Bye" the three said together.
"Three sets of Hogwarts fifth year books please" said Hermionie clearly to the shop assistant.
"Err, make that two" said Ron dully "I've got Charlie's old ones"
"Have you got your lists then and I'll get them?" Harry and Hermionie handed their lists over. Five minutes later they were walking out of the shop laden with books for their next year.
"How about Ice cream then, my treat" Harry asked and saw Ron smile for the first time since Harry had mentioned Krum, which Harry wished he hadn't.
"Good Idea Harry" Ron replied.
The three friends sat around the circular table licking their Quickly melting ice cream. It was a warm day and Harry could feel the sun slowly burning his neck. Harry wished the day would never end; he was with his two best friends eating his favourite ice cream (toffee with chewy lumps of toffee inside). He sat discussing the events of the summer with his friends. Harry had kept up to date with his subscription to the daily prophet, much to the Dursleys disgust. There had been no killings or disappearances since Cedrics, none that had been reported anyway. Harry had let Sirius know when his scar had hurt, which made Harry wonder why there had been no killings.
"Dad said that some people at the ministry have been acting very strangely since august, most of them are people who came back to our side when You- Know- Who fell" Ron said Knowingly.
"I think You-Know-Who's planning something big," Hermionie said" He wouldn't just. do nothing; he'd want to let people know he was back. He's not nice enough to let us have time to prepare, look what he did to Cedric" Harry Winced at Cedric's name. He had thought that he had gained a new friend at the end of the third Task. They had worked together so well. He needed friends like Cedric, Friends that would look out for him, like a brother. But Cedric was killed by Voldermort, the same horrid being that had killed his parents, the same that had caused the wizarding world so much grief and was back, the same that had given him.
"Sorry" Said Hermionie tentatively "I didn't mean."
"We all Know Voldermorts back" Said Harry in what he thought was a bold voice, "there's no point in avoiding the subject. We all need to be prepared; if he comes after anyone it will most probably be me, unfortunately that probably mean you will be involved too"
"I agree we need to be prepared. We can start looking through books and start practicing defending ourselves when we get back to school" Hermionie thought that books had the answer to everything.
"Yeah, even if You-Know-Who doesn't come after you or us, it wont hurt to be prepared," said Ron. Harry could see Fred sneaking up behind Ron with his finger to his lips. "Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh!" Fred had poked his fingers into Ron's sides and made him jump and scream rather loudly.
"Got ya," Fred shouted. George who was behind Fred couldn't stop laughing much apart from saying "See.jump.fun.ny"
Ron's face went almost as red as his hair. Harry who was laughing stopped when he saw the look Ron gave him.
"You guys coming to the leaky cauldron then we can go home" said Fred
"I think were ready, I just need to get some ink and some Parchment" said Hermionie "how about you two"
"Yeah, I need some parchment see you in the leaky cauldron in about 10 minutes" Harry said while Ron grunted a reply that sounded as if it could mean yes.
15 minutes later the leaky Cauldron was full of the Red headed Weasley's, Harry and Hermionie. Mrs Weasley was waiting by the fireplace with a pot in one hand and a pile of shopping at he side. She waved her wand over the pile of shopping and it disappeared.
"Right" The room went silent as Mrs Weasley raised her voice above the chattering. "Everyone line up behind Harry. Arthur, you go first, send these lot up to their rooms, I want a word with you without little ears listening." She turned to Harry "Your next dear, Ron will sort your bed out wont you Ron, then we can have some dinner and bed, nice early night for you lot, keep up your energy. Ok Harry you know what to do."
Harry took a pinch of the powder in his fingers; he sprinkled it onto the warm flames that instantly turned green. He stepped into the fire and said The Burrow clearly. He could see the same houses as before flashing past hi until he stepped out at the Burrow. He could see Mr Wesley peeking into the bags of shopping that Mrs Weasley had waved her wand over in the Leaky cauldron.
"Ah Harry, You've got to go up to Ron's room, she wants a word with me. Bit scared actually. She sounded a bit tough. Don't know what I've done wrong. Maybe the.no that was or. Oh Hermionie, you've got to go up to Ginny's room. I wonder what it could be, not the carpet?
Hermionie gave Harry a puzzled look; Harry shrugged his shoulders and mouthed, "I don't know"
Suddenly Ron burst out of the fireplace looking terrified. "Sp.sp.spi.der. George had a Spi.der"
"Don't worry Ron" Harry said slapping his arm around Ron's shoulders. "It can't be that big, come on we've got to go upstairs, see you later Hermionie"
Harry collapsed onto Ron's Bed "So, what's up with your mum then? Why do you recon she's having a 'word' with your dad?"
"Probably Fred and George. She's fed up with Weasley's Wizards Wheezes. She's probably going to try and get Dad to talk them round; secretly I think dads got something to do with it. They've set up a grignotts account now and everything. The came into some money, the company's well under way now."
Harry felt a bit guilty to think that he had given the money to the Weasley twins; he didn't mean to get them into trouble, not that they couldn't manage without him.
"OH Harry I nearly forgot" Ron leaned over the side of his bed and pulled out a very heavy parcel, he handed it to Harry "Happy Birthday"
Harry ripped open the coloured paper and looked at the book before him. It had a brown leather cover and on the front in gold letters was the words 'Quidditch Matches'. Underneath this was a picture of a golden snitch. Harry opened the book, which contained lists upon lists of all the Quidditch matches ever played.
"All you have to do to watch a game is to tap your wand on the snitch next to the match." Ron explained, he got his wand out of his bedside cabinet and tapped the writing at the top of the page. Harry could see that this game not that long ago, it was at Hogwarts and Griffindor were playing Slytherin. Harry watched the Griffindor Seeker. "That's Charlie" Ron pointed out his brother in the blur of players. There was a knock at the door and Hermione's head popped round the door.
"Can we come in" She said
"Sure" said Ron. Ginny Fred, and George followed Hermionie. They all sat talking and watching Harry's book.
"DINNER!" came Mrs Weasley's voice from down the stairs. Everyone leapt of Ron's bed and raced down the stairs.
Harry felt so happy, He was in the wizarding carrying a pocket full of Gold and he was with his two best friends. Harry, Ron and Hermionie walked around Diagon alley looking in all the shop windows. The Quidditch shop where Ron and Harry wanted to stop was full of posters of Victor Krum, the International Quidditch star who had taken Hermionie to the Yule ball last year. Hermionie tried to rush past the shop without her two friends noticing but Harry noticed that she was walking at double speed. He smiled cheekily, he cloud see Hermionie didn't want Krum to be mentioned, so Harry did.
"So, Herm-own-ninny, how is Victor?" Harry said faking Victor Krum's Bulgarian accent.
Hermionie's cheeks turned a bright shade of pink, "Fine if you must know!"
"Did you go to Bulgaria in the summer" Harry asked
"Yes I did as it happens and I had a very good time until." Hermionie stopped suddenly.
"Until what?"
"Never mind" she looked around ignoring Harry, "There's Flourish and Blotts we need to get our books."
Harry decided to drop the subject, as he didn't want to upset her too much and Ron was also being very quiet since the subject of Hermionie and Krum had come up. Harry followed Hermionie and Ron into the bookshop. They walked over to the sign that read Fifth yearbooks, Hogwarts. In front of Harry was Justin Finch- Fletchley. He was buying his books with his mother who was making a big fuss about the price of books and why the school couldn't buy a supply for the students to use. Justin was leaning on the counter and swinging his legs about. He saw Harry and rolled his eyes in the direction of his muttering mother. Harry smiled back. Harry looked around the shop he could see a pile of books with Half Price stickers all over them. In the pile he could see several copies of Magical me by Guildroy Lockhart. Justin's mother turned round suddenly and started to march out of the shop.
"Come along Justin" she chirped
"Yeah, Yeah mum" Justin sounded as if had been shopping for at least six months. "See you all on September the first" he said to Harry and his friends.
"Bye" the three said together.
"Three sets of Hogwarts fifth year books please" said Hermionie clearly to the shop assistant.
"Err, make that two" said Ron dully "I've got Charlie's old ones"
"Have you got your lists then and I'll get them?" Harry and Hermionie handed their lists over. Five minutes later they were walking out of the shop laden with books for their next year.
"How about Ice cream then, my treat" Harry asked and saw Ron smile for the first time since Harry had mentioned Krum, which Harry wished he hadn't.
"Good Idea Harry" Ron replied.
The three friends sat around the circular table licking their Quickly melting ice cream. It was a warm day and Harry could feel the sun slowly burning his neck. Harry wished the day would never end; he was with his two best friends eating his favourite ice cream (toffee with chewy lumps of toffee inside). He sat discussing the events of the summer with his friends. Harry had kept up to date with his subscription to the daily prophet, much to the Dursleys disgust. There had been no killings or disappearances since Cedrics, none that had been reported anyway. Harry had let Sirius know when his scar had hurt, which made Harry wonder why there had been no killings.
"Dad said that some people at the ministry have been acting very strangely since august, most of them are people who came back to our side when You- Know- Who fell" Ron said Knowingly.
"I think You-Know-Who's planning something big," Hermionie said" He wouldn't just. do nothing; he'd want to let people know he was back. He's not nice enough to let us have time to prepare, look what he did to Cedric" Harry Winced at Cedric's name. He had thought that he had gained a new friend at the end of the third Task. They had worked together so well. He needed friends like Cedric, Friends that would look out for him, like a brother. But Cedric was killed by Voldermort, the same horrid being that had killed his parents, the same that had caused the wizarding world so much grief and was back, the same that had given him.
"Sorry" Said Hermionie tentatively "I didn't mean."
"We all Know Voldermorts back" Said Harry in what he thought was a bold voice, "there's no point in avoiding the subject. We all need to be prepared; if he comes after anyone it will most probably be me, unfortunately that probably mean you will be involved too"
"I agree we need to be prepared. We can start looking through books and start practicing defending ourselves when we get back to school" Hermionie thought that books had the answer to everything.
"Yeah, even if You-Know-Who doesn't come after you or us, it wont hurt to be prepared," said Ron. Harry could see Fred sneaking up behind Ron with his finger to his lips. "Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh!" Fred had poked his fingers into Ron's sides and made him jump and scream rather loudly.
"Got ya," Fred shouted. George who was behind Fred couldn't stop laughing much apart from saying "See.jump.fun.ny"
Ron's face went almost as red as his hair. Harry who was laughing stopped when he saw the look Ron gave him.
"You guys coming to the leaky cauldron then we can go home" said Fred
"I think were ready, I just need to get some ink and some Parchment" said Hermionie "how about you two"
"Yeah, I need some parchment see you in the leaky cauldron in about 10 minutes" Harry said while Ron grunted a reply that sounded as if it could mean yes.
15 minutes later the leaky Cauldron was full of the Red headed Weasley's, Harry and Hermionie. Mrs Weasley was waiting by the fireplace with a pot in one hand and a pile of shopping at he side. She waved her wand over the pile of shopping and it disappeared.
"Right" The room went silent as Mrs Weasley raised her voice above the chattering. "Everyone line up behind Harry. Arthur, you go first, send these lot up to their rooms, I want a word with you without little ears listening." She turned to Harry "Your next dear, Ron will sort your bed out wont you Ron, then we can have some dinner and bed, nice early night for you lot, keep up your energy. Ok Harry you know what to do."
Harry took a pinch of the powder in his fingers; he sprinkled it onto the warm flames that instantly turned green. He stepped into the fire and said The Burrow clearly. He could see the same houses as before flashing past hi until he stepped out at the Burrow. He could see Mr Wesley peeking into the bags of shopping that Mrs Weasley had waved her wand over in the Leaky cauldron.
"Ah Harry, You've got to go up to Ron's room, she wants a word with me. Bit scared actually. She sounded a bit tough. Don't know what I've done wrong. Maybe the.no that was or. Oh Hermionie, you've got to go up to Ginny's room. I wonder what it could be, not the carpet?
Hermionie gave Harry a puzzled look; Harry shrugged his shoulders and mouthed, "I don't know"
Suddenly Ron burst out of the fireplace looking terrified. "Sp.sp.spi.der. George had a Spi.der"
"Don't worry Ron" Harry said slapping his arm around Ron's shoulders. "It can't be that big, come on we've got to go upstairs, see you later Hermionie"
Harry collapsed onto Ron's Bed "So, what's up with your mum then? Why do you recon she's having a 'word' with your dad?"
"Probably Fred and George. She's fed up with Weasley's Wizards Wheezes. She's probably going to try and get Dad to talk them round; secretly I think dads got something to do with it. They've set up a grignotts account now and everything. The came into some money, the company's well under way now."
Harry felt a bit guilty to think that he had given the money to the Weasley twins; he didn't mean to get them into trouble, not that they couldn't manage without him.
"OH Harry I nearly forgot" Ron leaned over the side of his bed and pulled out a very heavy parcel, he handed it to Harry "Happy Birthday"
Harry ripped open the coloured paper and looked at the book before him. It had a brown leather cover and on the front in gold letters was the words 'Quidditch Matches'. Underneath this was a picture of a golden snitch. Harry opened the book, which contained lists upon lists of all the Quidditch matches ever played.
"All you have to do to watch a game is to tap your wand on the snitch next to the match." Ron explained, he got his wand out of his bedside cabinet and tapped the writing at the top of the page. Harry could see that this game not that long ago, it was at Hogwarts and Griffindor were playing Slytherin. Harry watched the Griffindor Seeker. "That's Charlie" Ron pointed out his brother in the blur of players. There was a knock at the door and Hermione's head popped round the door.
"Can we come in" She said
"Sure" said Ron. Ginny Fred, and George followed Hermionie. They all sat talking and watching Harry's book.
"DINNER!" came Mrs Weasley's voice from down the stairs. Everyone leapt of Ron's bed and raced down the stairs.