Chapter2
"So Harry, have you had a good summer?" Mr. Weasly asked about five minutes into the car ride.
"Er.yeah Mr. Weasly, it's been.umm.great." Harry replied while exchanging a grin with Ron.
"So, what did you do all summer?" Ron asked him.
"Absolutely nothing. I'm just glad the Dursleys allowed me to let Hedwig out at night" He shot a glance back at Hedwig who was riding in her cage in the back seat. Harry thought she looked just as happy as he did to get away from the Dursleys.
The rest of the trip was made in silence (probably because every one felt car sick from Mr. Wesley's driving), with the exception of Fred or George's occasional comment on Dudley.
About an hour later they reached the Weasley's house, The Burrow. Soon they pulled up into the driveway and everybody got out and stretched.
"Your lucky we came to get you Harry. We had to get up at four o' clock." George said while yawning.
"Why did you come then? Couldn't you have just let you dad and Ron go?" Harry asked skeptically.
"Nah." George pulled what looked like a canary cream out of his pocket "Couldn't pass up the chance. Too bad he didn't come out of the house.
Just then Mrs. Weasly came running out of the house.
"Harry!" She screamed, "It's so nice to see you again!"
"Nice to see you too Mrs. Weasly." Harry called back.
"Come in, come in!" She said to all of them "Percy and Ginny are inside."
"And Hermione's coming in a week." Rod added to Harry.
Inside Ginny and Percy were sitting at the table.
"Hello Harry." Percy walked up to him and extended a stiff hand "It's very nice to see you again."
"Erm.Nice to see you too." Harry replied taking him hand.
"Why don't you all sit down and have something to eat, you must be starved!" Mrs. Weasly was now bustling around in the kitchen, her wand out, cooking. Everybody took their seats and started eat their waffles. After breakfast they went out for a short walk in the back yard but a rouge gnome who came out to terrorize them when they walked past its hole interrupted this quite quickly. Before long it was time for lunch. When Harry and Ron came in only Fred and George were there hovering over a particular bowl of soup.
"What are you to up too?" Ron asked them.
George was quick to reply, "Nothing, just helping mum get lunch ready. She's made soup!"
Just then everybody else arrived and took their seats.
"Fred, George, would you pass out the soup?" Mrs. Weasly asked.
Fred replied, "Sure thing mum!" He had a slight grin on his face and Harry suspected that Mrs. Weasly had done the exactly wrong thing because they had given that particular bowl of soup to Percy. Soon all the bowls of soup were passed out and every body was eating, Harry and Ron were picky through some suspicious looking vegetables and crackers. Finally Percy ate a spoonful of soup with a large piece of cracker in it and soon after.*POOF*.he had turned into a canary.
Fred leaned over and whispered to Harry, "Well, we had to do something with that extra cream!"
After that the week flew by with nothing else that exciting.
***
On Sunday right on time Hermione arrived with her neatly kept trunk and Crookshanks in her arms.
"Hello!" She greeted them.
"Hi Hermione!" Ron and Harry said back.
"So anything happen that I missed?"
"No, except Fred and George turned Percy into a canary. That's about it. I think he deserved it though. He's got to lighten up." Ron had a grin on his face.
"Canary cream?" She asked.
"Yeah." Now Harry and Hermione were grinning. " They've got to clean up after the ghoul for the rest of the summer!" (There were two weeks left in the summer) "So you should hear explosions coming from the attic instead. That ghoul breaks stuff all the time!"
Harry laughed. "Then this should be an interesting two weeks."
After Hermione was settled in Ginny's room they let Crookshanks out to chase some gnomes for Mrs. Weasly. Then they sat on the porch and talked.
"So nothing strange happed to you Harry?" Hemione asked him.
"No." He replied looking skeptical "Were you expecting something?"
"Well, you usually wake up with odd dreams or your scar hurting."
"It is true." Ron pointed out.
"Well nothing happened." Harry knew it was true that every summer he usually did wake up with his scar hurting for one reason of another but he was not going to admit that.
"Alright." Hermione looked a little unsure of whether to believe him or not.
It was now almost seven o' clock and getting dark.
"Hey!" Ron suddenly shouted, "Look at that!"
"Look at what?" Harry was confused.
"That!" Ron pointed in the direction opposite the setting sun "It's a shooting star!" Indeed it was. And a very bright one at that.
"That's odd!" It was just the thing Hermione would say, "It's too early for a shooting star! They're not supposed to appear until at least eight!"
Ron rolled his eyes at this "Since when are you a master at astronomy too?"
Hermione choose to ignore this comment.
"Dinners all most ready!" Called Mrs. Weasly from the kitchen "We're eating out side again!"
Harry just ducked in time because that second two tables came whizzing over his head. They landed gracefully on the ground next to the garden where two gnomes came out of the bushes and started to just on the table, Crookshanks in hot pursuit. Mrs. Weasly saw what was going on and rushed out with a tablecloth in hand. Ron had to dive out of the way to avoid her.
"Shoo! Shoo!"
The gnomes jumped of the table and Mrs. Weasly caught them by their feet then threw them over the fence.
"Wow, nice throw mom. You've almost got Harry beat." Fred had just walked out with George following. They both stepped over Ron.
"Will you people watch where you're walking?! I've nearly been trampled twice!"
Harry noticed he was turning red with rage.
"Sorry little brother!" George called back.
Soon every one had taken his or her seats at the table and soon everyone was done. The rest of the nothing much happened. In fact, in the rest of the week nothing much happened. Until September first when they boarded the Hogwarts Express.
"So Harry, have you had a good summer?" Mr. Weasly asked about five minutes into the car ride.
"Er.yeah Mr. Weasly, it's been.umm.great." Harry replied while exchanging a grin with Ron.
"So, what did you do all summer?" Ron asked him.
"Absolutely nothing. I'm just glad the Dursleys allowed me to let Hedwig out at night" He shot a glance back at Hedwig who was riding in her cage in the back seat. Harry thought she looked just as happy as he did to get away from the Dursleys.
The rest of the trip was made in silence (probably because every one felt car sick from Mr. Wesley's driving), with the exception of Fred or George's occasional comment on Dudley.
About an hour later they reached the Weasley's house, The Burrow. Soon they pulled up into the driveway and everybody got out and stretched.
"Your lucky we came to get you Harry. We had to get up at four o' clock." George said while yawning.
"Why did you come then? Couldn't you have just let you dad and Ron go?" Harry asked skeptically.
"Nah." George pulled what looked like a canary cream out of his pocket "Couldn't pass up the chance. Too bad he didn't come out of the house.
Just then Mrs. Weasly came running out of the house.
"Harry!" She screamed, "It's so nice to see you again!"
"Nice to see you too Mrs. Weasly." Harry called back.
"Come in, come in!" She said to all of them "Percy and Ginny are inside."
"And Hermione's coming in a week." Rod added to Harry.
Inside Ginny and Percy were sitting at the table.
"Hello Harry." Percy walked up to him and extended a stiff hand "It's very nice to see you again."
"Erm.Nice to see you too." Harry replied taking him hand.
"Why don't you all sit down and have something to eat, you must be starved!" Mrs. Weasly was now bustling around in the kitchen, her wand out, cooking. Everybody took their seats and started eat their waffles. After breakfast they went out for a short walk in the back yard but a rouge gnome who came out to terrorize them when they walked past its hole interrupted this quite quickly. Before long it was time for lunch. When Harry and Ron came in only Fred and George were there hovering over a particular bowl of soup.
"What are you to up too?" Ron asked them.
George was quick to reply, "Nothing, just helping mum get lunch ready. She's made soup!"
Just then everybody else arrived and took their seats.
"Fred, George, would you pass out the soup?" Mrs. Weasly asked.
Fred replied, "Sure thing mum!" He had a slight grin on his face and Harry suspected that Mrs. Weasly had done the exactly wrong thing because they had given that particular bowl of soup to Percy. Soon all the bowls of soup were passed out and every body was eating, Harry and Ron were picky through some suspicious looking vegetables and crackers. Finally Percy ate a spoonful of soup with a large piece of cracker in it and soon after.*POOF*.he had turned into a canary.
Fred leaned over and whispered to Harry, "Well, we had to do something with that extra cream!"
After that the week flew by with nothing else that exciting.
***
On Sunday right on time Hermione arrived with her neatly kept trunk and Crookshanks in her arms.
"Hello!" She greeted them.
"Hi Hermione!" Ron and Harry said back.
"So anything happen that I missed?"
"No, except Fred and George turned Percy into a canary. That's about it. I think he deserved it though. He's got to lighten up." Ron had a grin on his face.
"Canary cream?" She asked.
"Yeah." Now Harry and Hermione were grinning. " They've got to clean up after the ghoul for the rest of the summer!" (There were two weeks left in the summer) "So you should hear explosions coming from the attic instead. That ghoul breaks stuff all the time!"
Harry laughed. "Then this should be an interesting two weeks."
After Hermione was settled in Ginny's room they let Crookshanks out to chase some gnomes for Mrs. Weasly. Then they sat on the porch and talked.
"So nothing strange happed to you Harry?" Hemione asked him.
"No." He replied looking skeptical "Were you expecting something?"
"Well, you usually wake up with odd dreams or your scar hurting."
"It is true." Ron pointed out.
"Well nothing happened." Harry knew it was true that every summer he usually did wake up with his scar hurting for one reason of another but he was not going to admit that.
"Alright." Hermione looked a little unsure of whether to believe him or not.
It was now almost seven o' clock and getting dark.
"Hey!" Ron suddenly shouted, "Look at that!"
"Look at what?" Harry was confused.
"That!" Ron pointed in the direction opposite the setting sun "It's a shooting star!" Indeed it was. And a very bright one at that.
"That's odd!" It was just the thing Hermione would say, "It's too early for a shooting star! They're not supposed to appear until at least eight!"
Ron rolled his eyes at this "Since when are you a master at astronomy too?"
Hermione choose to ignore this comment.
"Dinners all most ready!" Called Mrs. Weasly from the kitchen "We're eating out side again!"
Harry just ducked in time because that second two tables came whizzing over his head. They landed gracefully on the ground next to the garden where two gnomes came out of the bushes and started to just on the table, Crookshanks in hot pursuit. Mrs. Weasly saw what was going on and rushed out with a tablecloth in hand. Ron had to dive out of the way to avoid her.
"Shoo! Shoo!"
The gnomes jumped of the table and Mrs. Weasly caught them by their feet then threw them over the fence.
"Wow, nice throw mom. You've almost got Harry beat." Fred had just walked out with George following. They both stepped over Ron.
"Will you people watch where you're walking?! I've nearly been trampled twice!"
Harry noticed he was turning red with rage.
"Sorry little brother!" George called back.
Soon every one had taken his or her seats at the table and soon everyone was done. The rest of the nothing much happened. In fact, in the rest of the week nothing much happened. Until September first when they boarded the Hogwarts Express.