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Harry now was lying on the couch, waiting for his wife's return again. Only today would be special. Today was her birthday, and he would be taking her out tonight. Then he remembered what he had been thinking about last night. After that day of pranking each other school had flashed by and he had found himself once again on summer break.
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The summer before fifth grade went relatively fast for Harry. Harry and his friends spent a lot of time at the park, where they just played around or, if Dudley was in the area, played pranks. Two weeks before the beginning of the fifth grade and final muggle school year for Harry, he was lying on the couch taking a mid-afternoon nap. Mike, Hermione, and Kate were playing a card game called go fish.
"Mike, do you have any sevens?" asked Kate.
"Nope, go fish," he replied. She picked up a seven and was out. Mike looked down and saw two whole pairs of cards, and frowned. While Kate examined her eight pairs. The grin only left her face when she looked at how much Hermione had.
"I win," said Hermione, who obviously had the most pares of cards. 'Reading minds helps so well in this game' she thought.
"That is, what, twelve times in a row?" said Mike suspiciously.
"Okay, I'll go easy on ya," replied Hermione smiling. "How about that."
"How about you stop looking at our cards" said Kate grinning "I know your finding some way to do it, you always guess right."
"Okay then," said Hermione, her smile shrinking but still there "lets play fair." She then won the next game, but lost the one after that.
"She has be beaten" Said Mike in a superior way.
"You haven't ever won yet," said Kate grinning again. "Me and Hermione have" she finished. He thought about this and was about to ask for another try when Harry got up and yawned.
"G' afternoon sleepy head" said Hermione, "sleep well?"
He looked around a second, taking in his surroundings before yawning again and saying "G' night." Then he fell back down on the couch.
"Hey!" all three of his friends said in unison. He turned over and looked at them.
"Hey what?" he asked.
"We have been playing this game for an hour only to beat Hermione once" Harry looked at her surprised 'I let them win' he heard. 'Oh' he thought. "And you are just going to go back to sleep. I don't think so," said a very angry Kate. "I'm sick of loosing."
"Okay, I'm up, I'm up," said Harry smiling. Then they went to the park.
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On the first day of school Harry noticed that there was a new boy who had moved here. This boy had a very dark aura around him. Even his clothes were dark. His hair was as black as midnight and his eyes reminded Harry of those things in space that sucked everything up, black holes. He was very quiet. If fact, for the first few weeks he didn't talk to anyone.
Finally one day Harry decided to talk to him. He was sitting on the same bench that Hermione had been sitting on when Harry had first met her. Harry walked over and sat down next the boy whose name was Anthony. "Hi" said Harry "I'm."
"Harry Potter," said Anthony turning toward Harry. "Yes, I know who you are."
"How." Harry trailed off remembering that, in the wizarding world he was famous. "Then your." he trailed off again.
"Your pretty smart, you know that?" Anthony smiled for the first time in Harry's memory. "You seem to think to much to finish your sentences though," He said grinning.
"So, where did you move from?" asked Harry.
"The U.S." replied Anthony; "my grandma lives here. My parents wanted me to go to Hogwarts, so they were thinking of moving here. That is before they were killed. I lived on the streets for a while after that. Then the cops found me and sent me to live here with my grandma."
"That's a lot like what happened to me," said Harry.
"Ya, it is" replied Anthony.
"So, what house do you plan on being in?" asked Harry.
"Ravenclaw," answered Anthony, "You?"
"I'm not sure, I was thinking Gryffindor" replied Harry.
"Good" Anthony smiled "I'll see ya later." And with that he was hurrying away down the street. Harry still had tons of questions buzzing in his head, but decided he would get them later.
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Later that week, after school, Harry and his friends were walking to Mike's house when they heard a voice they all knew. "Now what's Dudley up to?" Mike asked to no one in particular.
"Let's see," said Harry, and they headed toward his voice. They could hear what he was saying before they got to him. He was threatening another kid to stay away from Harry. When Harry saw that it was Anthony he was very curious.
"So, now you know to avoid that little freak," said Dudley, "and don't you forgot it."
"The fraise is 'forget it' moron" said Anthony very calmly. "And please, don't bother me with your empty threats."
"If you'll not listen to me" said Dudley, "Then maybe you'll listen to me fist." With that Dudley swung his fat fist to hit nothing but the tree behind Anthony, after he jumped out of the way. Dudley bellowed out in pain, then ordered his friends to beat up Anthony. They didn't know one thing though, Anthony grew up on the streets, and he knew how to defend himself. Within seconds he had Dudley and his friends running away as fast as they could, which wasn't saying much.
"Bravo, bravo" chanted Mike with a big smile on his face, "that just made my day." Anthony turned around to find four satisfied faces.
"That was great," said Kate smiling. At this Mike looked nervous. She noticed this and gave a don't-you-trust-me kind of look. He just smiled weakly, and nodded.
Harry and Hermione had vanished however, when Anthony looked away. "Where are your other two friends?" Asked Anthony. Kate and Mike looked around and were quite confused.
"Where did they go?" Mike asked.
"I don't know." said Kate.
"I do!" they heard Harry's voice. He and Hermione ran up to the trio laughing.
"What are you so happy about?" asked Mike.
"Where were you guys?" asked Kate.
"Was he crying?" asked Anthony. Mike and Kate looked at him, both wondering how he knew what Harry and Hermione had done. "It's obvious isn't it? They disappeared to see what happened to Dudley, that's his name right?" asked Anthony.
"Yeah, that is what he is called," said Harry.
"Dudley was crying like a baby," said Hermione, "his dad'll call Sirius soon." She looked at Harry seriously for a second before smiling.
"I didn't do a thing," said Harry slyly, "it was him." He pointed at Anthony. They all laughed and spent the rest of the afternoon in the park.
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Halloween night, after they had gathered their sweets, Harry and his four friends were sitting around the table at Harry's house counting to see who got the most candy. (Use your imaginations for what they dressed up as).
"One hundred and twelve," said Mike proudly, "beat that."
"I got that much too" smiled Kate.
"I'm an expert," said Anthony, "one hundred and seventy-three."
"What!" said a surprised Hermione, "I only got ninety."
"Well, then I guess I'll share my two hundred and seventy-two with you," said Harry, grinning ear to ear.
"What!!!" all four of his friend yelled.
"No way" said Kate, "you couldn't of."
"Count them your self if you doubt me," said Harry motioning to the huge pile in front of him. They all looked at it. It did look much larger then any of their piles. He counted out seventy-two and gave them to Hermione. Leaving himself with two hundred. They all gave Harry the pooled money they bet for who got the most.
Hermione was still looking at him curiously while they were watching a movie later. 'How' he heard her voice in his head. He slowly formed the words 'I went around twice.' She then scolded him in her mind 'Harry! That is cheating.'
"Okay" he said out loud. "I'm going to get the sleeping bags." As he passed Hermione she felt the money she had bet fall into her hand. She smiled to herself. 'Oh well' she thought, 'at least he admits he is wrong.'
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That Christmas was the only one they would all be together on, until after Hogwarts. They spent it at Anthony's house. It was a very large house on the outskirts of town. They had a lot of fun that night, and when they woke up in the morning they were awed at all the presents there were. Anthony's grandma had gotten them all a bag of candy. They all really didn't want it 'cause of all the sweets they had left over from Halloween but they thanked her anyway. They exchanged gifts between each other before heading home to see what their parent(s)/guardian(s) had gifted them with. Mike, Kate, and Hermione had received computers. Harry was gifted with a laptop. "I didn't like the look of those bulky things, so I got you this" he had said, "we all got together and decided this would be a good way for you to keep in touch." Only Anthony hadn't received one, however, but he had gotten a cell phone, with an Internet connection so he could check his e-mail.
They were quite happy with these gifts because a few days later there was a very bad snowstorm. They chatted with each for a while until the storm cleared, a few days later, then meet in the park and started a snowball fight. Ironically Dudley ended up in the middle of the fight (literally) and was covered with snow. All in all it was a very good vacation.
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The beginning of summer vacation marked a new way of life for Harry, Hermione, and Anthony. It was the day before Harry's birthday when the letters came. For Hermione and Anthony, owl delivered them, but Harry had a different delivery experience. There was a knock at the door, and when Harry answered it he found himself facing a giant of a man. Harry eyes shot wide open.
"'Ello 'Arry, it's been a while" said the stranger.
"Hello Hagrid," said Sirius. "Harry, you remember Hagrid. He found you at your parent's house after they were killed."
"Oh!" Harry said "It's been forever, the last time I saw you, well, I must've been."
"Five" said Hagrid smiling now, "it's been a bit busy and I've not the time to visit lately."
"That's Okay" said Harry, "What brings you here now?"
"Oh, I almost forgot" Hagrid replied, "'Ere ya go." He handed Harry a letter with emerald writing on it. Harry read the letter and smiled.
"Thanks" said Harry.
"If Sirius doesn't mind I'd like to take ya ter get yer things," said Hagrid.
"No, I don't mind at all," said Sirius, "oh don't forget this." He handed Hagrid the key to Harry's vault. "See you tonight Harry." Just as they were about to leave Hermione came running through the door.
"Harry! Harry! Guess wha." she trailed of getting her look at Hagrid. Harry walked over to her and shook her.
"What were you going to say?" asked Harry, "Hello, Hermione there?" He waved his hand in front of her face.
"Sorry," she said blushing since she'd just been rudely staring at Hagrid.
"Oh, um, Hermione this is Hagrid," Harry said motioning toward the half-giant, "Hagrid, this is my friend Hermione."
"'Ello there" said Hagrid cheerfully.
"Hi," said Hermione, then she told Harry about her letter.
"Yeah, Hagrid just brought me mine," said Harry, "We were just about to go get my stuff for school, you want to come along?"
"Sure, let me call my parents," she called and told them she was going to get her school stuff with Harry. "Okay, see you tonight, bye."
"'Kay now we're off" said Hagrid just as the phone rang. Sirius answered it.
"Harry, its Anthony," said Sirius.
"Okay" said Harry taking the phone, "Hey, what you up to." Anthony told him about getting his own letter. "Yeah, were going to Diagon Alley right now. We'll meet you there, bye." Harry then hung up.
"Well let's go," said Hagrid. With that they were off.
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"Harry! I'm home," yelled Hermione. Harry then woke up from his flashback. He had a date to fulfill.
"Hello, dear," said Harry, "How long will it take you to get ready?"
"Not long" she replied, "So, where are we going."
"It's a surprise" Harry smiled. She shook her head grinning and went upstairs to get changed.
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Thanks to my first and three-time reviewer Clavel. Thanks to my newest reviewer Alexandra6082005. Sprklyprncss4 they should get to Hogwarts in my next chapter and I also though they used big word for how young they were, but no one seemed to notice, but now it's too late to turn back! lol. aaliyah-potter your welcome and thanks for reviewing my story. I think it is a great idea to re-write your stories and make them better. School is starting so I don't know if I'll be able to post any new chapters soon, but I'll try. Til then, good night, lol.
Harry now was lying on the couch, waiting for his wife's return again. Only today would be special. Today was her birthday, and he would be taking her out tonight. Then he remembered what he had been thinking about last night. After that day of pranking each other school had flashed by and he had found himself once again on summer break.
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The summer before fifth grade went relatively fast for Harry. Harry and his friends spent a lot of time at the park, where they just played around or, if Dudley was in the area, played pranks. Two weeks before the beginning of the fifth grade and final muggle school year for Harry, he was lying on the couch taking a mid-afternoon nap. Mike, Hermione, and Kate were playing a card game called go fish.
"Mike, do you have any sevens?" asked Kate.
"Nope, go fish," he replied. She picked up a seven and was out. Mike looked down and saw two whole pairs of cards, and frowned. While Kate examined her eight pairs. The grin only left her face when she looked at how much Hermione had.
"I win," said Hermione, who obviously had the most pares of cards. 'Reading minds helps so well in this game' she thought.
"That is, what, twelve times in a row?" said Mike suspiciously.
"Okay, I'll go easy on ya," replied Hermione smiling. "How about that."
"How about you stop looking at our cards" said Kate grinning "I know your finding some way to do it, you always guess right."
"Okay then," said Hermione, her smile shrinking but still there "lets play fair." She then won the next game, but lost the one after that.
"She has be beaten" Said Mike in a superior way.
"You haven't ever won yet," said Kate grinning again. "Me and Hermione have" she finished. He thought about this and was about to ask for another try when Harry got up and yawned.
"G' afternoon sleepy head" said Hermione, "sleep well?"
He looked around a second, taking in his surroundings before yawning again and saying "G' night." Then he fell back down on the couch.
"Hey!" all three of his friends said in unison. He turned over and looked at them.
"Hey what?" he asked.
"We have been playing this game for an hour only to beat Hermione once" Harry looked at her surprised 'I let them win' he heard. 'Oh' he thought. "And you are just going to go back to sleep. I don't think so," said a very angry Kate. "I'm sick of loosing."
"Okay, I'm up, I'm up," said Harry smiling. Then they went to the park.
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On the first day of school Harry noticed that there was a new boy who had moved here. This boy had a very dark aura around him. Even his clothes were dark. His hair was as black as midnight and his eyes reminded Harry of those things in space that sucked everything up, black holes. He was very quiet. If fact, for the first few weeks he didn't talk to anyone.
Finally one day Harry decided to talk to him. He was sitting on the same bench that Hermione had been sitting on when Harry had first met her. Harry walked over and sat down next the boy whose name was Anthony. "Hi" said Harry "I'm."
"Harry Potter," said Anthony turning toward Harry. "Yes, I know who you are."
"How." Harry trailed off remembering that, in the wizarding world he was famous. "Then your." he trailed off again.
"Your pretty smart, you know that?" Anthony smiled for the first time in Harry's memory. "You seem to think to much to finish your sentences though," He said grinning.
"So, where did you move from?" asked Harry.
"The U.S." replied Anthony; "my grandma lives here. My parents wanted me to go to Hogwarts, so they were thinking of moving here. That is before they were killed. I lived on the streets for a while after that. Then the cops found me and sent me to live here with my grandma."
"That's a lot like what happened to me," said Harry.
"Ya, it is" replied Anthony.
"So, what house do you plan on being in?" asked Harry.
"Ravenclaw," answered Anthony, "You?"
"I'm not sure, I was thinking Gryffindor" replied Harry.
"Good" Anthony smiled "I'll see ya later." And with that he was hurrying away down the street. Harry still had tons of questions buzzing in his head, but decided he would get them later.
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Later that week, after school, Harry and his friends were walking to Mike's house when they heard a voice they all knew. "Now what's Dudley up to?" Mike asked to no one in particular.
"Let's see," said Harry, and they headed toward his voice. They could hear what he was saying before they got to him. He was threatening another kid to stay away from Harry. When Harry saw that it was Anthony he was very curious.
"So, now you know to avoid that little freak," said Dudley, "and don't you forgot it."
"The fraise is 'forget it' moron" said Anthony very calmly. "And please, don't bother me with your empty threats."
"If you'll not listen to me" said Dudley, "Then maybe you'll listen to me fist." With that Dudley swung his fat fist to hit nothing but the tree behind Anthony, after he jumped out of the way. Dudley bellowed out in pain, then ordered his friends to beat up Anthony. They didn't know one thing though, Anthony grew up on the streets, and he knew how to defend himself. Within seconds he had Dudley and his friends running away as fast as they could, which wasn't saying much.
"Bravo, bravo" chanted Mike with a big smile on his face, "that just made my day." Anthony turned around to find four satisfied faces.
"That was great," said Kate smiling. At this Mike looked nervous. She noticed this and gave a don't-you-trust-me kind of look. He just smiled weakly, and nodded.
Harry and Hermione had vanished however, when Anthony looked away. "Where are your other two friends?" Asked Anthony. Kate and Mike looked around and were quite confused.
"Where did they go?" Mike asked.
"I don't know." said Kate.
"I do!" they heard Harry's voice. He and Hermione ran up to the trio laughing.
"What are you so happy about?" asked Mike.
"Where were you guys?" asked Kate.
"Was he crying?" asked Anthony. Mike and Kate looked at him, both wondering how he knew what Harry and Hermione had done. "It's obvious isn't it? They disappeared to see what happened to Dudley, that's his name right?" asked Anthony.
"Yeah, that is what he is called," said Harry.
"Dudley was crying like a baby," said Hermione, "his dad'll call Sirius soon." She looked at Harry seriously for a second before smiling.
"I didn't do a thing," said Harry slyly, "it was him." He pointed at Anthony. They all laughed and spent the rest of the afternoon in the park.
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Halloween night, after they had gathered their sweets, Harry and his four friends were sitting around the table at Harry's house counting to see who got the most candy. (Use your imaginations for what they dressed up as).
"One hundred and twelve," said Mike proudly, "beat that."
"I got that much too" smiled Kate.
"I'm an expert," said Anthony, "one hundred and seventy-three."
"What!" said a surprised Hermione, "I only got ninety."
"Well, then I guess I'll share my two hundred and seventy-two with you," said Harry, grinning ear to ear.
"What!!!" all four of his friend yelled.
"No way" said Kate, "you couldn't of."
"Count them your self if you doubt me," said Harry motioning to the huge pile in front of him. They all looked at it. It did look much larger then any of their piles. He counted out seventy-two and gave them to Hermione. Leaving himself with two hundred. They all gave Harry the pooled money they bet for who got the most.
Hermione was still looking at him curiously while they were watching a movie later. 'How' he heard her voice in his head. He slowly formed the words 'I went around twice.' She then scolded him in her mind 'Harry! That is cheating.'
"Okay" he said out loud. "I'm going to get the sleeping bags." As he passed Hermione she felt the money she had bet fall into her hand. She smiled to herself. 'Oh well' she thought, 'at least he admits he is wrong.'
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That Christmas was the only one they would all be together on, until after Hogwarts. They spent it at Anthony's house. It was a very large house on the outskirts of town. They had a lot of fun that night, and when they woke up in the morning they were awed at all the presents there were. Anthony's grandma had gotten them all a bag of candy. They all really didn't want it 'cause of all the sweets they had left over from Halloween but they thanked her anyway. They exchanged gifts between each other before heading home to see what their parent(s)/guardian(s) had gifted them with. Mike, Kate, and Hermione had received computers. Harry was gifted with a laptop. "I didn't like the look of those bulky things, so I got you this" he had said, "we all got together and decided this would be a good way for you to keep in touch." Only Anthony hadn't received one, however, but he had gotten a cell phone, with an Internet connection so he could check his e-mail.
They were quite happy with these gifts because a few days later there was a very bad snowstorm. They chatted with each for a while until the storm cleared, a few days later, then meet in the park and started a snowball fight. Ironically Dudley ended up in the middle of the fight (literally) and was covered with snow. All in all it was a very good vacation.
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The beginning of summer vacation marked a new way of life for Harry, Hermione, and Anthony. It was the day before Harry's birthday when the letters came. For Hermione and Anthony, owl delivered them, but Harry had a different delivery experience. There was a knock at the door, and when Harry answered it he found himself facing a giant of a man. Harry eyes shot wide open.
"'Ello 'Arry, it's been a while" said the stranger.
"Hello Hagrid," said Sirius. "Harry, you remember Hagrid. He found you at your parent's house after they were killed."
"Oh!" Harry said "It's been forever, the last time I saw you, well, I must've been."
"Five" said Hagrid smiling now, "it's been a bit busy and I've not the time to visit lately."
"That's Okay" said Harry, "What brings you here now?"
"Oh, I almost forgot" Hagrid replied, "'Ere ya go." He handed Harry a letter with emerald writing on it. Harry read the letter and smiled.
"Thanks" said Harry.
"If Sirius doesn't mind I'd like to take ya ter get yer things," said Hagrid.
"No, I don't mind at all," said Sirius, "oh don't forget this." He handed Hagrid the key to Harry's vault. "See you tonight Harry." Just as they were about to leave Hermione came running through the door.
"Harry! Harry! Guess wha." she trailed of getting her look at Hagrid. Harry walked over to her and shook her.
"What were you going to say?" asked Harry, "Hello, Hermione there?" He waved his hand in front of her face.
"Sorry," she said blushing since she'd just been rudely staring at Hagrid.
"Oh, um, Hermione this is Hagrid," Harry said motioning toward the half-giant, "Hagrid, this is my friend Hermione."
"'Ello there" said Hagrid cheerfully.
"Hi," said Hermione, then she told Harry about her letter.
"Yeah, Hagrid just brought me mine," said Harry, "We were just about to go get my stuff for school, you want to come along?"
"Sure, let me call my parents," she called and told them she was going to get her school stuff with Harry. "Okay, see you tonight, bye."
"'Kay now we're off" said Hagrid just as the phone rang. Sirius answered it.
"Harry, its Anthony," said Sirius.
"Okay" said Harry taking the phone, "Hey, what you up to." Anthony told him about getting his own letter. "Yeah, were going to Diagon Alley right now. We'll meet you there, bye." Harry then hung up.
"Well let's go," said Hagrid. With that they were off.
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"Harry! I'm home," yelled Hermione. Harry then woke up from his flashback. He had a date to fulfill.
"Hello, dear," said Harry, "How long will it take you to get ready?"
"Not long" she replied, "So, where are we going."
"It's a surprise" Harry smiled. She shook her head grinning and went upstairs to get changed.
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Thanks to my first and three-time reviewer Clavel. Thanks to my newest reviewer Alexandra6082005. Sprklyprncss4 they should get to Hogwarts in my next chapter and I also though they used big word for how young they were, but no one seemed to notice, but now it's too late to turn back! lol. aaliyah-potter your welcome and thanks for reviewing my story. I think it is a great idea to re-write your stories and make them better. School is starting so I don't know if I'll be able to post any new chapters soon, but I'll try. Til then, good night, lol.