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in this story. Everything else is Rowlings.
A/N: Hello again. I'm very pleased with how the last chapter went. Hopefully you all are too. Madison's a bit pissed at Harry, (wouldn't you be too?!) but she'll get over it. At the moment, I am a pissed pissed because my sister is a conniving , lying, DISHONEST LITTLE BITCH!! *pant pant* Ok, I'll calm down a bit.
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Harry walked back downstairs, almost afraid to face the family. As he rounded the banister and headed towards the kitchen, he could hear low whispering. He pushed open the door and found all three Dursley's huddled around the table. Once Harry entered the room, Petunia was the first to poke her bony little head up.
"What are YOU doing down here?" she barked at him. "Where is your God- awful sister?! Get her down here so she can fix this!"
"She'll come down when she's damn good and ready!" Harry bellowed back. Vernon looked up at his nephew with utter surprised followed by a rush of anger. Harry realized even before his uncle's face turned a ravishing shade of magenta that he had crossed the line. He bolted straight for the door and ran right down the street.
Harry ran until his feet hurt. He turned back towards the street he had came from. He had no idea where to go, but he couldn't go home. He'd get killed if he did. Harry walked over to the curb and sat down. What could he do? He had absolutely no where to go. Even if he did, how would he get there? Then a though struck him. With a small little smirk on his face, he slowly pulled his wand out of the pocket of his bathroom robe.
BANG
Harry climbed aboard the Knight Bus, and told the driver "Weasley Residence" with a bit of amusement at his own cleverness. Harry went to the back of the bus an collapsed on a small neat bed.
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Back at the Dursley home, Madison squinted her eyes out the window. After Harry left her in the room, she stood back up, but not for long, and plopped down onto the bed where she quickly fell asleep. After about an hour or so of lying on her tummy, she rolled her head over and squinted out the window to her left. Downstairs she could hear Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia snapping at each other. Undoubtedly, they were still upset over her being escorted home by the local police. Suddenly, she remembered she had some memory erasing to do.
Once she was up and dressed, she made her way downstairs. Upon making her entrance, her aunt and uncle stopped bickering to look at her. Before they had the chance to say anything, Madison spoke up.
"About the neighbors," she began, while rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. "Round them all up tonight for a Christmas party and I'll take care of each and every single one of them."
"Well, that's all fine and dandy, but would you care to enlighten us on where your brother disappeared to?" asked Vernon calmly, but veins in his forehead clearly visible. Madison rolled her eyes and rubbed her forehead again.
"You know what?" she said. "I wouldn't even worry about Harry. He'll be back later. He can take care of himself. Just get started on planning this party."
~*~
Later that night, neighbors began to arrive. Madison had went back to bed earlier that morning and slept until three-thirty so she would have some energy to entertain guests. She had her best little party ensemble and she managed to give everyone who walked through the door a smile.
"Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Lopes." she said politely to a young couple who just entered through the door. "May I take your coats? Dinner plates are in the kitchen and the rest of the party is outdoors."
As the couple walked past her towards the kitchen, she looked down at her watch. 'Where are you, Harry?' Just as she looked out the door to see another car arriving, the phone rang. Madison dashed to the living room to answer it.
"Dursley residence." Madison said softly.
"Madison?" asked a cheerful voice on the other line.
"HARRY!" Madison snapped quietly. "Where have you been??"
"I'm over at Ron's." Harry said trying to calm her down. "Can you come and get me? His dad's afraid of taking me home.he's not sure what the car might do next."
"Oh, yeah, I guess I can. I'll be there in twenty minutes."
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Madison pulled up to a tall, rather strange looking house. She looked at it skeptically then looked back down at the address she had scribbled hastily as Harry was about to be pounced on by Ginny. 1406 Shady Grove. This was it. Madison got out of her blue Escort, making sure to lock it, then began walking up the stone path over grown with weeds and grass.
Suddenly, an enormous CRASH erupted from somewhere in the house. Madison stopped dead in her tracks. She was uncertain whether she should be amused or call the police. However, the uproar of laughter that followed told her that it was safe to continue.
After several knocks on the large wood door, Madison was about to give up when she heard the door slowly creak open. She looked to the crack of the door to try to spot any sign of life.
"Hello?" she asked cautiously into the tiny crevice. She slowly put her eye to the small crack when she found herself eye to eye with a large blue eye. Madison shrieked and jumped back in surprise as the door swung open.
"FRED WEASLEY!" Madison shouted at the red headed twin who was doubled over in laughter. Madison marched up to the door, shoved him aside (actually, shoved him over) and walked on inside.
After finding her way to the kitchen by following the buoyant voices, she was greeted by Mrs. Weasley.
"It's good to finally meet you, dear." Mrs. Weasley welcomed Madison by scooping her into her plump little arms into a hug.
"Thanks, it's good to meet you all too." replied Madison earnestly. "But I've just come for Harry."
"Oh, can't you stay for a bowl of soup?" asked Ron pleadingly from the table as Harry stood up. "We were just about to have dinner."
"Sorry, I really can't, Ron." Madison said as she handed Harry his jacket. "I've got a party I need to get back to."
Just as they were walking out the door, George called Madison.
"Hey!" he yelled from across the room. Madison turned around and watched him walk up to her.
"What do you want?" she asked jokingly. George leaned in with a serious/lustrous look on his face that began to frighten Madison.
"I've been thinking a lot about you and me." he began as he licked his lips. Madison had no idea what the hell he was talking about. She hardly even knew him. "and I think it's important for us to share our feelings for each other on Christmas. So I bought you a little something."
Madison watched as he brought hand out from behind his back with something rather large in it.
"This is for you, my dear." George said spurting with laughter as he handed Madison a roll of toilet paper.
"Oh, thanks boys." Madison said returning the smile. "I'll remember you come April Fools." She tossed the roll into the air with her right arm and caught it in her left as she walked out the door.
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Harry walked nearly two feet ahead of Madison. She could sense that there was still some tension from earlier that morning. Madison got up behind Harry and put her hand on his shoulder where he came to a halt and turned around.
"Hey, I just wanted to apologize for this morning." Madison said. "Now don't get me wrong, I'm still very mad at you for what you did, but I'll get over it.. eventually."
"I know." He replied.
"When we get into the house, just go upstairs and stay there." Madison said looking up at the house. "I'll be up after I fix the neighbors."
Harry made his way upstairs. He looked back down towards the front door to get one last glance at Madison. She didn't see him as she was pulling her wand out from her coat pocket and muttering under her breath. Harry turned and headed towards their room. Harry nearly fell over when he walked in. It was.clean. Harry knew he shouldn't have been too surprised. He's known Madison long enough to know she does strange things when she's angry. He walked over to the window that looked out to the back yard. He was surprised to see dozens of people down there. Who would have known that many people would actually show up?
Harry saw Madison emerge from the kitchen door. Her wand was concealed well, but she sure looked nervous. Harry decided to prop the window open a bit to be able to hear what was being said.
"Did you hear about Mr. Roberts?" asked a small blonde woman who was talking to a rather plump older woman. "He's been working 'late' with his secretary. Mrs. Roberts is having an absolute fit."
This conversation didn't seem to intrigue Harry as much as someone he saw standing alone in a corner of the yard. It was a short, fat, balding man dressed entirely in black. Harry couldn't see many of his features, but there was something strange about that man. His attention was quickly drawn away from the man when he heard Madison speak.
Harry looked all around the yard, but he couldn't see his sister. He figured she must be standing on the porch.
"Thank you all very much for coming tonight." Madison's voice said. "It really means a lot to us. Now, I've been in school for a while learning to conduct music."
What on earth was she going on about? Then Harry understood as she took out her wand.
"This is my baton." She lied proudly.
"oh that's very nice, darling." said a tiny, squeaky voice.
"Looks like a professional." said another booming voice.
"Why thank you." said Madison fakely. "Watch what I can do."
She then raised her wand and pretended to conduct a band conjuring up many ooh's and aah's. She then stopped foolishly waving her wand around and pointed it dead at the audience. There was a brief confused silence before she hollered, "OBLIVIATE"
A blinding white light escaped from her wand. The crowd sat in stunned silence as she tucked her wand into her back pocket.
"As I was saying, the Dursley's are all very pleased that you were so kind to join us for our Christmas party. Please keep enjoying the food and the music. Thank you." With that said, she headed back into the house.
Harry, now remembering the man he had seen, looked back to the corner, but the man was no where to be seen. He just shrugged it off just as Madison shuffled through the door. Then a thought struck him.
"Did you modify the Dursley's memory too?" Harry asked.
"I had no other choice." Madison replied as she gathered her night clothes out of the dresser, which she had also fixed earlier that day. "We would have lost everything we had going for us, Harry."
"What do they remember?"
"They remember everything up until this morning. They don't remember the police incident. They think they spent the whole morning preparing for the party, which they actually did. I modified their memories this morning once I rolled out of bed. about an hour after you left. You wouldn't believe how incredibly hard it is to get some decent sleep around here when those two are down there screaming at each other." Madison replied tiredly as she stumbled into out the door and into the bathroom to the left.
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A/N: Ok, I guess I lied about it being two weeks before this chapter was up. Yes, I am going through finals right now, but I finished one yesterday morning and as I was rereading the first one, a brilliant thought occurred to me and I could resist writing. Plus, a friend told me that our American History final tomorrow is easy. all multiple choice. ^_^ Sawa Happy.
A/N: Hello again. I'm very pleased with how the last chapter went. Hopefully you all are too. Madison's a bit pissed at Harry, (wouldn't you be too?!) but she'll get over it. At the moment, I am a pissed pissed because my sister is a conniving , lying, DISHONEST LITTLE BITCH!! *pant pant* Ok, I'll calm down a bit.
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Harry walked back downstairs, almost afraid to face the family. As he rounded the banister and headed towards the kitchen, he could hear low whispering. He pushed open the door and found all three Dursley's huddled around the table. Once Harry entered the room, Petunia was the first to poke her bony little head up.
"What are YOU doing down here?" she barked at him. "Where is your God- awful sister?! Get her down here so she can fix this!"
"She'll come down when she's damn good and ready!" Harry bellowed back. Vernon looked up at his nephew with utter surprised followed by a rush of anger. Harry realized even before his uncle's face turned a ravishing shade of magenta that he had crossed the line. He bolted straight for the door and ran right down the street.
Harry ran until his feet hurt. He turned back towards the street he had came from. He had no idea where to go, but he couldn't go home. He'd get killed if he did. Harry walked over to the curb and sat down. What could he do? He had absolutely no where to go. Even if he did, how would he get there? Then a though struck him. With a small little smirk on his face, he slowly pulled his wand out of the pocket of his bathroom robe.
BANG
Harry climbed aboard the Knight Bus, and told the driver "Weasley Residence" with a bit of amusement at his own cleverness. Harry went to the back of the bus an collapsed on a small neat bed.
~*~
Back at the Dursley home, Madison squinted her eyes out the window. After Harry left her in the room, she stood back up, but not for long, and plopped down onto the bed where she quickly fell asleep. After about an hour or so of lying on her tummy, she rolled her head over and squinted out the window to her left. Downstairs she could hear Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia snapping at each other. Undoubtedly, they were still upset over her being escorted home by the local police. Suddenly, she remembered she had some memory erasing to do.
Once she was up and dressed, she made her way downstairs. Upon making her entrance, her aunt and uncle stopped bickering to look at her. Before they had the chance to say anything, Madison spoke up.
"About the neighbors," she began, while rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. "Round them all up tonight for a Christmas party and I'll take care of each and every single one of them."
"Well, that's all fine and dandy, but would you care to enlighten us on where your brother disappeared to?" asked Vernon calmly, but veins in his forehead clearly visible. Madison rolled her eyes and rubbed her forehead again.
"You know what?" she said. "I wouldn't even worry about Harry. He'll be back later. He can take care of himself. Just get started on planning this party."
~*~
Later that night, neighbors began to arrive. Madison had went back to bed earlier that morning and slept until three-thirty so she would have some energy to entertain guests. She had her best little party ensemble and she managed to give everyone who walked through the door a smile.
"Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Lopes." she said politely to a young couple who just entered through the door. "May I take your coats? Dinner plates are in the kitchen and the rest of the party is outdoors."
As the couple walked past her towards the kitchen, she looked down at her watch. 'Where are you, Harry?' Just as she looked out the door to see another car arriving, the phone rang. Madison dashed to the living room to answer it.
"Dursley residence." Madison said softly.
"Madison?" asked a cheerful voice on the other line.
"HARRY!" Madison snapped quietly. "Where have you been??"
"I'm over at Ron's." Harry said trying to calm her down. "Can you come and get me? His dad's afraid of taking me home.he's not sure what the car might do next."
"Oh, yeah, I guess I can. I'll be there in twenty minutes."
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Madison pulled up to a tall, rather strange looking house. She looked at it skeptically then looked back down at the address she had scribbled hastily as Harry was about to be pounced on by Ginny. 1406 Shady Grove. This was it. Madison got out of her blue Escort, making sure to lock it, then began walking up the stone path over grown with weeds and grass.
Suddenly, an enormous CRASH erupted from somewhere in the house. Madison stopped dead in her tracks. She was uncertain whether she should be amused or call the police. However, the uproar of laughter that followed told her that it was safe to continue.
After several knocks on the large wood door, Madison was about to give up when she heard the door slowly creak open. She looked to the crack of the door to try to spot any sign of life.
"Hello?" she asked cautiously into the tiny crevice. She slowly put her eye to the small crack when she found herself eye to eye with a large blue eye. Madison shrieked and jumped back in surprise as the door swung open.
"FRED WEASLEY!" Madison shouted at the red headed twin who was doubled over in laughter. Madison marched up to the door, shoved him aside (actually, shoved him over) and walked on inside.
After finding her way to the kitchen by following the buoyant voices, she was greeted by Mrs. Weasley.
"It's good to finally meet you, dear." Mrs. Weasley welcomed Madison by scooping her into her plump little arms into a hug.
"Thanks, it's good to meet you all too." replied Madison earnestly. "But I've just come for Harry."
"Oh, can't you stay for a bowl of soup?" asked Ron pleadingly from the table as Harry stood up. "We were just about to have dinner."
"Sorry, I really can't, Ron." Madison said as she handed Harry his jacket. "I've got a party I need to get back to."
Just as they were walking out the door, George called Madison.
"Hey!" he yelled from across the room. Madison turned around and watched him walk up to her.
"What do you want?" she asked jokingly. George leaned in with a serious/lustrous look on his face that began to frighten Madison.
"I've been thinking a lot about you and me." he began as he licked his lips. Madison had no idea what the hell he was talking about. She hardly even knew him. "and I think it's important for us to share our feelings for each other on Christmas. So I bought you a little something."
Madison watched as he brought hand out from behind his back with something rather large in it.
"This is for you, my dear." George said spurting with laughter as he handed Madison a roll of toilet paper.
"Oh, thanks boys." Madison said returning the smile. "I'll remember you come April Fools." She tossed the roll into the air with her right arm and caught it in her left as she walked out the door.
~*~
Harry walked nearly two feet ahead of Madison. She could sense that there was still some tension from earlier that morning. Madison got up behind Harry and put her hand on his shoulder where he came to a halt and turned around.
"Hey, I just wanted to apologize for this morning." Madison said. "Now don't get me wrong, I'm still very mad at you for what you did, but I'll get over it.. eventually."
"I know." He replied.
"When we get into the house, just go upstairs and stay there." Madison said looking up at the house. "I'll be up after I fix the neighbors."
Harry made his way upstairs. He looked back down towards the front door to get one last glance at Madison. She didn't see him as she was pulling her wand out from her coat pocket and muttering under her breath. Harry turned and headed towards their room. Harry nearly fell over when he walked in. It was.clean. Harry knew he shouldn't have been too surprised. He's known Madison long enough to know she does strange things when she's angry. He walked over to the window that looked out to the back yard. He was surprised to see dozens of people down there. Who would have known that many people would actually show up?
Harry saw Madison emerge from the kitchen door. Her wand was concealed well, but she sure looked nervous. Harry decided to prop the window open a bit to be able to hear what was being said.
"Did you hear about Mr. Roberts?" asked a small blonde woman who was talking to a rather plump older woman. "He's been working 'late' with his secretary. Mrs. Roberts is having an absolute fit."
This conversation didn't seem to intrigue Harry as much as someone he saw standing alone in a corner of the yard. It was a short, fat, balding man dressed entirely in black. Harry couldn't see many of his features, but there was something strange about that man. His attention was quickly drawn away from the man when he heard Madison speak.
Harry looked all around the yard, but he couldn't see his sister. He figured she must be standing on the porch.
"Thank you all very much for coming tonight." Madison's voice said. "It really means a lot to us. Now, I've been in school for a while learning to conduct music."
What on earth was she going on about? Then Harry understood as she took out her wand.
"This is my baton." She lied proudly.
"oh that's very nice, darling." said a tiny, squeaky voice.
"Looks like a professional." said another booming voice.
"Why thank you." said Madison fakely. "Watch what I can do."
She then raised her wand and pretended to conduct a band conjuring up many ooh's and aah's. She then stopped foolishly waving her wand around and pointed it dead at the audience. There was a brief confused silence before she hollered, "OBLIVIATE"
A blinding white light escaped from her wand. The crowd sat in stunned silence as she tucked her wand into her back pocket.
"As I was saying, the Dursley's are all very pleased that you were so kind to join us for our Christmas party. Please keep enjoying the food and the music. Thank you." With that said, she headed back into the house.
Harry, now remembering the man he had seen, looked back to the corner, but the man was no where to be seen. He just shrugged it off just as Madison shuffled through the door. Then a thought struck him.
"Did you modify the Dursley's memory too?" Harry asked.
"I had no other choice." Madison replied as she gathered her night clothes out of the dresser, which she had also fixed earlier that day. "We would have lost everything we had going for us, Harry."
"What do they remember?"
"They remember everything up until this morning. They don't remember the police incident. They think they spent the whole morning preparing for the party, which they actually did. I modified their memories this morning once I rolled out of bed. about an hour after you left. You wouldn't believe how incredibly hard it is to get some decent sleep around here when those two are down there screaming at each other." Madison replied tiredly as she stumbled into out the door and into the bathroom to the left.
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A/N: Ok, I guess I lied about it being two weeks before this chapter was up. Yes, I am going through finals right now, but I finished one yesterday morning and as I was rereading the first one, a brilliant thought occurred to me and I could resist writing. Plus, a friend told me that our American History final tomorrow is easy. all multiple choice. ^_^ Sawa Happy.