Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I wish I did. But I don't. It all
belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Hi! Ok, here's chapter 2. sorry it took me a while to get it up. I had a really busy weekend. A BIG thank
you to all those who reviewed! I hope you like this next chapter!
For those who were nice enough to review:
la2ru2a-thank you for the encouragement! I really appreciate it.
hpfanficlover07-Thanks 4 reviewing! I would read your story but I don't read anything besides g or pg.
Sorry!
Julephenia-How could I forget Ginny? Here she is!
katie bell-thank you so much! I don't think I have talent but it's fun to write.
celeste-Thanks for reviewing! yes, I know, the spells I made up were very corny. But i didn't feel like
spending an hour trying to think up some cool spells when it really wasn't that crucial to the story. If you
can think of some better ones I'll change it for you. there's some romance in this chapter, but the farther
into the story you go the more romance there will be.
kourtnie-thanks! I'll try to update new chapters asap.
bucky- thank you! I'll try to update quickly.
Chapter 2
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When the spinning finally stopped Harry stood for a while waiting for the dizziness to go away. When it
finaly left he opened his eyes to find himslef in the Weasley's living room. After making sure the
Dursley's were all there (A/N:though I'm not sure why he cared after the way they treated him), he
started up the stairs, trying to remember which room was Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's. He found one that he
thought he remembered Mrs. Weasley coming out of one, and decided to try it. He opened it slowly,
and after his eyes adjusted to the dark room, he walked slowly towards the bed on the right side of the
room. As he got closer to the bed he saw a burst of flame-red hair lying on the pillow. That
meant it was either Mrs. Weasley or Ginny, unless Percy grew his hair out over the summer. The figure
on the bed turned over slowly. It was Ginny. Harry winced and was about to turn to go
try another door when he noticed something that took him by surprise. Ginny Weasley looked....
well.....pretty. The dim morning light peaking through the blinds shimmred on her bright hair. Just
looking at her made his knees go weak. After he stood there staring for about 5 minutes he realized what
he was doing and as quickly as he could without waking her, he left the room.
He tried another door, and this time it was the right one. He felt a little nervous about waking them up, it
wasn't exactly polite to barge into someone's home at who know's what time, then wake them up
and tell them he has 4 people who need somewhere to stay. But the Weasley's had always accepted
him into their home without hesitation, despite their limited funds of money, so he didn't see why they
wouldn't now.
So as softly as he could he began shaking Mr. Weasley on the shoulder. His eyes immediatly
popped open, which was a little freaky. Harry guessed Mr. Weasley must get emergency calls in the
middle of the night a lot to be able to wake up that quickly. "Harry??" Mr. Weasley murmered while
trying to fumble his glasses onto his face. Now that Mr. Weasley was awake Harry realized that he had
no idea how to explain what had just happened. "uuhh..hi Mr. Weasley." Mrs. Weasley was awake by
now, too. She had a "am I dreaming?" kind of look on her face. "I'm really sorry to wake you up like this
but some Death Eater's attacked Privet Drive and-" Harry didn't even have to continue on about the port-
key. He guessed Dumbledore had already told them he had put it there. Mrs. Weasley was suddenly
very wide awake. "Oh my! You poor thing! Are you alright? Arthur, you must inform the ministry and
Dumbledore at once! oh you poor dear! Where are your relatives?" She said while pulling on her bath
robe. "uh, they're fine." Harry said, a little unsure of himself, even after that welcome. "Well
come on downstairs dear and we'll get you fixed up" she said as she put a hand on Harry's back to lead
him down stairs, Mr. Weasley following behind them looking a bit bewildered and confused.
When they got downstairs they saw all three of the Dursleys huddled together looking very frightened,
confused, and, (in Dudley's case) hungry. "oh you poor things!" said Mrs. Weasley. "you must be
scared stiff! well, I assure you, you are now safely out of harms way. Please have a seat while we sort
this whole thing out." The Dursleys looked hesitant to do anything Mrs. Weasley asked them to, but
Dudley didn't look like he could hold his bulky self up much longer so they complied.
"All right then." said Mr. Weasley after Mrs. Weasley went to make a pot of tea. He took out a white
powdery substance, threw it in the fire, and said "Ablus Dumbledore" in a clear voice. (A/N: I wasn't
sure how they did the face-in-the-fire thing in the books so i just kinda copied the floo-powder thing)
After a few seconds Albus Dumbledore's face appeared in the fire. He looked more old and tired than
Harry had ever seen him, and the usual sparkle in his eyes was missing. Harry was used to seeing
faces pop up in fires,, but it was quite a shock for the Dursleys. Dudley in particular.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" he screamed. Mr. and Mrs. Dursleys both had
shocked looks on their faces, their mouths hanging wide open. "what in the world?" asked
Dumbledore with a confused look on his face. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Dudley
screamed again. Suddenly the room was filled with red-heads. Dudley's screams had woken
up the entire Weasley family (minus Bill and Charlie). Harry was suddenly very glad he had worn his
pajama pants and a t-shirt to sleep that night and not his boxers. He saw Ginny looking very conused
and sleepy. It hadn't just been
the light on her hair, she still looked beautiful, even in her scond-hand bath robe and her flaming hair
slightly ruffled. "stop staring at her, she'll see you and think you like her or something" Harry told
himslef. Harry blushed when he realized, that he DID like her. "When did that happen?" He thought. It
wasn't easy, but he forced himself to look away from her.
pretty soon everything was in complete chaos. All the Weasley kids were yelling questions, each trying
to be heard over the others. And it didn't help matters much when Ron, on his way over to Harry,
smacked right into Mrs. Weasley, who was just coming back from the kitchen with the pot of tea. She
dropped the tea pot and it shattered all over the floor, the spilt tea staining the carpet. She cleaned it
up quickly with a simple spell, but Aunt Petunia didn't take that too well. She covered Dudley's eyes,
and fainted. Uncle Vernon didn't like that too much, and stood up and started screaming at Mr.
Weasley about 'you maniac red heads', his face turning beet red. Aunt Petunia woke up, but Uncle
Vernon kept on screaming. Mr. Weasley was trying to calm Uncle Vernon down, but without any
success. Dumbldore mearly looked on with interest. "SIT DOWN, ALL OF YOU!!" screamed Mr.
Weasley. Everyone immediatly sat down. "okay, Harry just arrived here and told us that Privet Drive was
attacked by Death Eaters. That's about all I know. So Harry's going to tell us the rest of the story now."
With that he plopped in the nearest arm chair looking exremely exhausted.
Harry then told them about the dream and the Deather Eater's attack and the port key. When he was
finished everyone was silent for a few minutes.Then Dumbldore said "I'll send someone to Privet Drive
immediatly to survey the damage and retrieve your
crucial belongings. Voldemort must have found a counter-curse for the spell I put around the house.
I will put another one up as soon as possible." Mr. Weasley nodded approvingly, but Unlce Vernon
didn't seem too thrilled. "There was a spell on my house? You put a spell on my house?" He was
standing up again and wasn't looking very happy. "it was neccessary for the safety of you and you
family." Dumbledore attempted to reason. "If it wasn't for that spell those men would have gotten into
your house long ago. You need not worry, I will put up another spell that can not be penetrated, for the
present." But Uncle Vernon wasn't buying it. "IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT BLOODY BOY NO BODY
WOULD WANT TO 'PENETRATE' OUR HOUSE!!!" He screamed, his face now purple. "Mr. Dursley,
you may take a seat." Dumbldore said in an icy voice much more threatening than if he had screamed it.
The fire was back in his eyes, and he was staring at Uncle Vernon with a 'or else' look on his face.
Uncle Vernon was no match for Dumbledore. He immediatly plopped heavily back on the couch, his
expression of anger turned to fear. "thank you." Dumbldore said. He was suddenly a tired
old man again. "Now, I assure you that this incident was in no way Harry's fault. After all, he saved you,
did he not?" Asked Dumbledore. Uncle Vernon didn't reply."Allright then. Now that that's settled, my
men just returned and they report that there is no damage done to the house. However, I
would advise that you not return until after I have finished putting up the new protection. I will send
your things over to you now." suddenly 4 large trunks appeared on the living room floor. Harry
recognized one of them as his. Aunt Petunia turned very white when they appeared, but didn't
faint again. "I am sure Molly and Arthur will not mind housing you until the operation is completed."
continued Dumbledore. Mrs. Weasley did not look too ecstatic about this, but none the less she agreed.
"No." said Uncle Vernon firmly. "I refuse to stay with these lunatics. You can't make me."
Dumbledore sighed and said "No. No, I can't. Is there someone else who you could stay with for a time?"
he asked. "yes, my sister, Marge." Uncle Vernon answered. "Very well then. how soon would you like to
leave?" asked Dumbldore, looking more tired than ever. "immediatly" replied Uncle Vernon
firmly, with a shifty glance at Mr. Weasley. "all right. I will send a muggle cab for you now."
Dumbledore complied. "uh, Mr. Dursley,
Would you mind if Harry stayed with us for the rest of the summer? I assure you we will take good care
of him." said Mr. Weasley. Harry felt a huge surge of gratitude towards Mr. Weasley. He did NOT want
to spend the rest of his holiday with the Dursleys and 'Aunt' Marge. "Sure, whatever." was Uncle
Vernon's careless reply. Harry felt like shouting for joy. Even though his house had just been
attacked by Deather Eater's he couldn't help but feel happy. The Weasley's and Hogwarts were the only
places where he ever felt as if he had a family, as if he had a home. He would spend the rest of the
holiday with Ron. "And," he thought, "with Ginny."
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ok, there's chap. #2. There will be more romance the farther into the story you go. Sorry I didn't do the
paragraph's too well but I didn't feel like bothering about it. I know this chapter is pretty long but there
wasn't really a good stopping point for a while. Thanks so much for reading! Reviews are greatly
appreciated!!
~*Katydid*~
Hi! Ok, here's chapter 2. sorry it took me a while to get it up. I had a really busy weekend. A BIG thank
you to all those who reviewed! I hope you like this next chapter!
For those who were nice enough to review:
la2ru2a-thank you for the encouragement! I really appreciate it.
hpfanficlover07-Thanks 4 reviewing! I would read your story but I don't read anything besides g or pg.
Sorry!
Julephenia-How could I forget Ginny? Here she is!
katie bell-thank you so much! I don't think I have talent but it's fun to write.
celeste-Thanks for reviewing! yes, I know, the spells I made up were very corny. But i didn't feel like
spending an hour trying to think up some cool spells when it really wasn't that crucial to the story. If you
can think of some better ones I'll change it for you. there's some romance in this chapter, but the farther
into the story you go the more romance there will be.
kourtnie-thanks! I'll try to update new chapters asap.
bucky- thank you! I'll try to update quickly.
Chapter 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
When the spinning finally stopped Harry stood for a while waiting for the dizziness to go away. When it
finaly left he opened his eyes to find himslef in the Weasley's living room. After making sure the
Dursley's were all there (A/N:though I'm not sure why he cared after the way they treated him), he
started up the stairs, trying to remember which room was Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's. He found one that he
thought he remembered Mrs. Weasley coming out of one, and decided to try it. He opened it slowly,
and after his eyes adjusted to the dark room, he walked slowly towards the bed on the right side of the
room. As he got closer to the bed he saw a burst of flame-red hair lying on the pillow. That
meant it was either Mrs. Weasley or Ginny, unless Percy grew his hair out over the summer. The figure
on the bed turned over slowly. It was Ginny. Harry winced and was about to turn to go
try another door when he noticed something that took him by surprise. Ginny Weasley looked....
well.....pretty. The dim morning light peaking through the blinds shimmred on her bright hair. Just
looking at her made his knees go weak. After he stood there staring for about 5 minutes he realized what
he was doing and as quickly as he could without waking her, he left the room.
He tried another door, and this time it was the right one. He felt a little nervous about waking them up, it
wasn't exactly polite to barge into someone's home at who know's what time, then wake them up
and tell them he has 4 people who need somewhere to stay. But the Weasley's had always accepted
him into their home without hesitation, despite their limited funds of money, so he didn't see why they
wouldn't now.
So as softly as he could he began shaking Mr. Weasley on the shoulder. His eyes immediatly
popped open, which was a little freaky. Harry guessed Mr. Weasley must get emergency calls in the
middle of the night a lot to be able to wake up that quickly. "Harry??" Mr. Weasley murmered while
trying to fumble his glasses onto his face. Now that Mr. Weasley was awake Harry realized that he had
no idea how to explain what had just happened. "uuhh..hi Mr. Weasley." Mrs. Weasley was awake by
now, too. She had a "am I dreaming?" kind of look on her face. "I'm really sorry to wake you up like this
but some Death Eater's attacked Privet Drive and-" Harry didn't even have to continue on about the port-
key. He guessed Dumbledore had already told them he had put it there. Mrs. Weasley was suddenly
very wide awake. "Oh my! You poor thing! Are you alright? Arthur, you must inform the ministry and
Dumbledore at once! oh you poor dear! Where are your relatives?" She said while pulling on her bath
robe. "uh, they're fine." Harry said, a little unsure of himself, even after that welcome. "Well
come on downstairs dear and we'll get you fixed up" she said as she put a hand on Harry's back to lead
him down stairs, Mr. Weasley following behind them looking a bit bewildered and confused.
When they got downstairs they saw all three of the Dursleys huddled together looking very frightened,
confused, and, (in Dudley's case) hungry. "oh you poor things!" said Mrs. Weasley. "you must be
scared stiff! well, I assure you, you are now safely out of harms way. Please have a seat while we sort
this whole thing out." The Dursleys looked hesitant to do anything Mrs. Weasley asked them to, but
Dudley didn't look like he could hold his bulky self up much longer so they complied.
"All right then." said Mr. Weasley after Mrs. Weasley went to make a pot of tea. He took out a white
powdery substance, threw it in the fire, and said "Ablus Dumbledore" in a clear voice. (A/N: I wasn't
sure how they did the face-in-the-fire thing in the books so i just kinda copied the floo-powder thing)
After a few seconds Albus Dumbledore's face appeared in the fire. He looked more old and tired than
Harry had ever seen him, and the usual sparkle in his eyes was missing. Harry was used to seeing
faces pop up in fires,, but it was quite a shock for the Dursleys. Dudley in particular.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" he screamed. Mr. and Mrs. Dursleys both had
shocked looks on their faces, their mouths hanging wide open. "what in the world?" asked
Dumbledore with a confused look on his face. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Dudley
screamed again. Suddenly the room was filled with red-heads. Dudley's screams had woken
up the entire Weasley family (minus Bill and Charlie). Harry was suddenly very glad he had worn his
pajama pants and a t-shirt to sleep that night and not his boxers. He saw Ginny looking very conused
and sleepy. It hadn't just been
the light on her hair, she still looked beautiful, even in her scond-hand bath robe and her flaming hair
slightly ruffled. "stop staring at her, she'll see you and think you like her or something" Harry told
himslef. Harry blushed when he realized, that he DID like her. "When did that happen?" He thought. It
wasn't easy, but he forced himself to look away from her.
pretty soon everything was in complete chaos. All the Weasley kids were yelling questions, each trying
to be heard over the others. And it didn't help matters much when Ron, on his way over to Harry,
smacked right into Mrs. Weasley, who was just coming back from the kitchen with the pot of tea. She
dropped the tea pot and it shattered all over the floor, the spilt tea staining the carpet. She cleaned it
up quickly with a simple spell, but Aunt Petunia didn't take that too well. She covered Dudley's eyes,
and fainted. Uncle Vernon didn't like that too much, and stood up and started screaming at Mr.
Weasley about 'you maniac red heads', his face turning beet red. Aunt Petunia woke up, but Uncle
Vernon kept on screaming. Mr. Weasley was trying to calm Uncle Vernon down, but without any
success. Dumbldore mearly looked on with interest. "SIT DOWN, ALL OF YOU!!" screamed Mr.
Weasley. Everyone immediatly sat down. "okay, Harry just arrived here and told us that Privet Drive was
attacked by Death Eaters. That's about all I know. So Harry's going to tell us the rest of the story now."
With that he plopped in the nearest arm chair looking exremely exhausted.
Harry then told them about the dream and the Deather Eater's attack and the port key. When he was
finished everyone was silent for a few minutes.Then Dumbldore said "I'll send someone to Privet Drive
immediatly to survey the damage and retrieve your
crucial belongings. Voldemort must have found a counter-curse for the spell I put around the house.
I will put another one up as soon as possible." Mr. Weasley nodded approvingly, but Unlce Vernon
didn't seem too thrilled. "There was a spell on my house? You put a spell on my house?" He was
standing up again and wasn't looking very happy. "it was neccessary for the safety of you and you
family." Dumbledore attempted to reason. "If it wasn't for that spell those men would have gotten into
your house long ago. You need not worry, I will put up another spell that can not be penetrated, for the
present." But Uncle Vernon wasn't buying it. "IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT BLOODY BOY NO BODY
WOULD WANT TO 'PENETRATE' OUR HOUSE!!!" He screamed, his face now purple. "Mr. Dursley,
you may take a seat." Dumbldore said in an icy voice much more threatening than if he had screamed it.
The fire was back in his eyes, and he was staring at Uncle Vernon with a 'or else' look on his face.
Uncle Vernon was no match for Dumbledore. He immediatly plopped heavily back on the couch, his
expression of anger turned to fear. "thank you." Dumbldore said. He was suddenly a tired
old man again. "Now, I assure you that this incident was in no way Harry's fault. After all, he saved you,
did he not?" Asked Dumbledore. Uncle Vernon didn't reply."Allright then. Now that that's settled, my
men just returned and they report that there is no damage done to the house. However, I
would advise that you not return until after I have finished putting up the new protection. I will send
your things over to you now." suddenly 4 large trunks appeared on the living room floor. Harry
recognized one of them as his. Aunt Petunia turned very white when they appeared, but didn't
faint again. "I am sure Molly and Arthur will not mind housing you until the operation is completed."
continued Dumbledore. Mrs. Weasley did not look too ecstatic about this, but none the less she agreed.
"No." said Uncle Vernon firmly. "I refuse to stay with these lunatics. You can't make me."
Dumbledore sighed and said "No. No, I can't. Is there someone else who you could stay with for a time?"
he asked. "yes, my sister, Marge." Uncle Vernon answered. "Very well then. how soon would you like to
leave?" asked Dumbldore, looking more tired than ever. "immediatly" replied Uncle Vernon
firmly, with a shifty glance at Mr. Weasley. "all right. I will send a muggle cab for you now."
Dumbledore complied. "uh, Mr. Dursley,
Would you mind if Harry stayed with us for the rest of the summer? I assure you we will take good care
of him." said Mr. Weasley. Harry felt a huge surge of gratitude towards Mr. Weasley. He did NOT want
to spend the rest of his holiday with the Dursleys and 'Aunt' Marge. "Sure, whatever." was Uncle
Vernon's careless reply. Harry felt like shouting for joy. Even though his house had just been
attacked by Deather Eater's he couldn't help but feel happy. The Weasley's and Hogwarts were the only
places where he ever felt as if he had a family, as if he had a home. He would spend the rest of the
holiday with Ron. "And," he thought, "with Ginny."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
ok, there's chap. #2. There will be more romance the farther into the story you go. Sorry I didn't do the
paragraph's too well but I didn't feel like bothering about it. I know this chapter is pretty long but there
wasn't really a good stopping point for a while. Thanks so much for reading! Reviews are greatly
appreciated!!
~*Katydid*~