A/ N: as I'm typing this I'm sad to hear that so far the only review for my last chapter was by my editor SoupofthedaySara. However this will not deter me from posting this chapter, as I believe that if you write it they will come (and hopefully review). Unfortunately I'm going on a short vacation this weekend (you have to love teacher convention weekend) and thus I will not be updating as I usually will try to on the weekends. Once again I do not own Harry Potter. Anyway, on with chapter four of…
Harry Potter and the Story with No Title as of Now
Harry was shocked, his mouth was agape and he could not believe what he was seeing was real. He was pondering of a course of action—whom to write and such—when an express owl swooped into his room, dropped a letter and swooped out again. He quickly picked up the envelope and tore it open; the letter that he received was as follows:
Dear Harry,
As you undoubtedly know late last night the Burrow was attacked by a band of Death Eaters, it was looted and then set ablaze. However, you will be glad to hear that we received word of the forthcoming attack just before it occurred which allowed us to intervene before any significant harm could be undergone by the Weasley's or Hermione, who was going to be staying an extra week due to the fact that her parents were out at a dentist convention in Brussels, Belgium. The Weasley's have accepted my invitation to stay at Hogwarts until the start of the term. I expect that you would like to visit your friends and I shall allow this. Also, we believe that it would be in your best interest to stay at Hogwarts till the beginning of the new term. As for your mode of transportation I shall pick you up at 9:05 am sharp to begin our journey to Hogwarts.
Send my best regards to your family,
Professor Albus Dumbledore
Harry glanced at the watch he received from Sirius as a birthday present. To his astonishment, it was already 8:50, that meant he had fifteen minutes to locate, organize, and place his stuff into his trunk while still looking presentable to Dumbledore. After accomplishing this, Harry heard the doorbell ring. He hastily dragged his trunk down the stairs and opened the door.
Upon opening the door, he received a nasty shock. Standing there was Professor Dumbledore, but he was wearing khaki shorts and a red Hawaiian shirt.
"Do you have all your things ready?" asked Dumbledore.
"Yes I do sir," responded Harry.
"Very well then, let us be off Harry," said Dumbledore, and with that he preformed a simple Wigardium Leviosa spell and Harry's trunk spilled into an open trunk of a BMW Z8 Convertible!
"Um sir, what is with the car?" asked Harry politely.
"Well, I believed it to be best way to travel to Hogwarts in an inconspicuous manner," answered Dumbledore.
"But won't traveling to Hogwarts take forever in a car?" questioned Harry.
"Ordinarily yes, but this is no special car, I added some special features to it," said Dumbledore. "This is an Appracar, they're specially made for Ministry use. It allows people to Apparate to anywhere in a safe, and convenient manner, while still bringing their stuff with them. It's perfect for the family vacation," continued Dumbledore.
All a neighbor, waking up on Privet Drive, that morning would have heard was the sound of a car starting, a very faint *pop*, and then silence.
As soon as he arrived at Hogwarts, Harry ushered himself into the Gryffindor common room where he found Ron and Hermione seated around a chessboard arguing.
"You cheated!" stated Ron.
"No, I did not," responded Hermione. "All I did was read up a bit on chess during the first part of holiday," she continued.
"Yeah right," mumbled Ron under his breath.
It was then that the two bickering friends noticed Harry standing just inside the portrait hole.
"Harry" exclaimed both of them at the same time. All three of them quickly embraced one another and talked about what had happened.
"It was horrible," began Hermione.
"Yeah, it was the middle of the night and Hemione and I were talking when mom and dad rushed into the family room where we were and told us to Floo to Hogwarts," continued Ron.
"Did anyone get hurt?" questioned Harry.
"Fred got hit by a Disorientation Spell and he's in the hospital right now but everyone else was fine," answered Hermione.
"That's good to hear," responded Harry. "Where is Ginny?" he questioned.
"She took up some new painting phase," said Ron as he moved his bishop, checkmating Hermione.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione spent the rest of the day trying out the twins' newest inventions, Animalistic Acid Pellets. If you were unlucky enough to get hit by one then you would turn into a random magical or non-magical animal, but the change would last for only about three minutes. They ran around the school throwing them at each other and overall having quite an excellent time. It was approaching dusk when Harry decided to take his Firebolt out and practice flying on the Qudditch pitch. As he was walking through the Entrance Hall he could hear Fred telling Madame Pomfrey that he swore he saw Ron and Hermione whisked away by Death Eaters. Madame Pomfrey continued to tell him that he was confused due to a Disorientation Spell.
Harry was flying high by himself like a bird when he heard a scream. He glanced about but could not see a thing. Having a feeling though, he continued to look and that was when he saw Ginny falling quickly through the sky from the top of the Astronomy Tower! He urged his Firebolt on to save her; he dived aiming for the grass right underneath the tower. It was going to be close, it was Harry Potter vs. the Laws of Physics, and on this day the Laws of Physics won.
A/ N: another cliffy, suckers! I'll try to outline the next chapter tonight as for once I do not have a superfluous amount of homework. I'll try to post it by early next week. PLEASE R/R! (Gets on knees, begging reader to review).
