Chapter: 2
The summer holidays are to be over in a couple of weeks and yet, Harry can't believe his luck. He, Harry Potter, got to stay at Hogwarts for the summer vacations! As everyone already knows, Voldemort's back and Dumbledore thought it would be best for Harry to stay at Hogwarts. You might think it's boring to stay at school all summer but Harry had a superb time because not only did he miss a long and boring summer with the Dursleys but Dumbledore thought of everything and he let Hermione and the Weasley kids stay too! Best of all, the only teachers that were around were: McGonagall, Sprout, Flickwick, Madam Hooch, Hagrid and of course Dumbledore. Harry and his fellow Gryffindors thought this was a summer to good to miss as you may have noticed Snape's name was not on the list.
While at Hogwarts, Harry and his friends play Quidditch, all his friends Hermione agreed to join their games if they agreed to have lessons with her for an hour and a half each day. This wasn't that bad after all, learning a couple of new hexes and jinxes to give Malfoy a surprise with sounded like great fun. Their favorite game, however, was hide-and-seek all over Hogwarts. First they would team up like this: Fred and George, Harry and Ron, Hermione and Ginny, then 2 pairs would hide and one will seek. Of course one round could go on for days, after all Hogwarts is a big place. Everyone was always accompanied by a ghost, in case something should happen, the ghost could always go to the closest teacher and inform them. Moaning Myrtle often followed the girls around, Nearly Headless Nick would tag along with Harry and Ron, Fred and George where always followed by Peeves (Peeves took a liking for them after all, aren't all of them pranksters?)
The one thing Harry missed the most about being at the Dursley's over the holidays was the train ride to Hogwarts, he always liked that long ride when he, Ron and Hermione would sit in one corner and discus their plans for the school year. Also one day, to his great disappointment he woke up and saw a pile of books next to bed. Sure enough it was his school supplies, Harry was a bit sad because he also enjoyed going to Diagon Alley to do his school shopping. Next to his pile of school supplies he saw a little bag, he opened it and inside there where galleons, sickles and knuts. "Rats, Dumbledore sure thinks of everything," thought Harry. Ron woke up in the bed next to Harry's and murmured, "Harry, what time is it. BLOODY HELL!?! How did you get all those books? How.how did I get all these books?" Harry couldn't help it; he cracked up so hard that he fell off his bed. "Why don't you open the first package and see", Harry asked him in a teasing tone. Ron tore the paper of the first package, it was a book titled The Standard Book of Spells (Grade: 5) by Miranda Goshawk. Ron opened it and a piece of parchment fluttered out, it read.
Mr. Weasley,
Please note that since you have stayed at school over the holiday,
all your shopping in Diagon Alley will not occur. You will see that all
your school supplies have been bought, that includes: robes, books, new
quills, ink, parchment, potion refills for you potion kit and money has
been taken out of Gringotts so you can purchase things at Hogsmeade.
Yours truly,
Albus Dumbledore 'Wow', thought Ron, I wonder if Ginny, Hermione and the twins got their books. Harry waited while Ron unpacked the rest of is books and they set out to the common room. Hermione as already there, her feet curled up on the large armchair she was sitting. She was reading one of their new books, Advanced Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger. "Did you get the new books?" she asked excitedly. The boys nodded their heads. Suddenly Hedwig flew in the room with something in her beak. It was a letter that said the following:
Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Fred and George, I have some news for you! Come and see me at around 4:30 this afternoon. Teachers and I have a little surprise for the whole school but I want you to see it first. See me in my office. The current password is "sickles"; I
believe Harry knows where my office is.
-A. Dumbledore "Wonder what he wants to see us about?" said Fred, who was peering over Hermione's shoulder. "We're going to have to wait all day," groaned Ron, "I can't stand the suspense. You don't think it's because of when Fred and George turned Mrs. Norris into a floating orange for an hour?" "Ron," yelled George," That was last week and even if it was that. Why would all the teachers be there? And why would Dumbledore want to see all of you?" "You know Ron," started Hermione," George has a point. How about we all go down to breakfast? Then we can sneak of to Hogsmeade for a Butterbeer." "Pinch me," laughed Ginny," Hermione wants to sneak out to Hogsmeade?" "It'll make time fly faster" Hermione said, defending herself. Everyone laughed. "All right", said Harry, "let's go".
The summer holidays are to be over in a couple of weeks and yet, Harry can't believe his luck. He, Harry Potter, got to stay at Hogwarts for the summer vacations! As everyone already knows, Voldemort's back and Dumbledore thought it would be best for Harry to stay at Hogwarts. You might think it's boring to stay at school all summer but Harry had a superb time because not only did he miss a long and boring summer with the Dursleys but Dumbledore thought of everything and he let Hermione and the Weasley kids stay too! Best of all, the only teachers that were around were: McGonagall, Sprout, Flickwick, Madam Hooch, Hagrid and of course Dumbledore. Harry and his fellow Gryffindors thought this was a summer to good to miss as you may have noticed Snape's name was not on the list.
While at Hogwarts, Harry and his friends play Quidditch, all his friends Hermione agreed to join their games if they agreed to have lessons with her for an hour and a half each day. This wasn't that bad after all, learning a couple of new hexes and jinxes to give Malfoy a surprise with sounded like great fun. Their favorite game, however, was hide-and-seek all over Hogwarts. First they would team up like this: Fred and George, Harry and Ron, Hermione and Ginny, then 2 pairs would hide and one will seek. Of course one round could go on for days, after all Hogwarts is a big place. Everyone was always accompanied by a ghost, in case something should happen, the ghost could always go to the closest teacher and inform them. Moaning Myrtle often followed the girls around, Nearly Headless Nick would tag along with Harry and Ron, Fred and George where always followed by Peeves (Peeves took a liking for them after all, aren't all of them pranksters?)
The one thing Harry missed the most about being at the Dursley's over the holidays was the train ride to Hogwarts, he always liked that long ride when he, Ron and Hermione would sit in one corner and discus their plans for the school year. Also one day, to his great disappointment he woke up and saw a pile of books next to bed. Sure enough it was his school supplies, Harry was a bit sad because he also enjoyed going to Diagon Alley to do his school shopping. Next to his pile of school supplies he saw a little bag, he opened it and inside there where galleons, sickles and knuts. "Rats, Dumbledore sure thinks of everything," thought Harry. Ron woke up in the bed next to Harry's and murmured, "Harry, what time is it. BLOODY HELL!?! How did you get all those books? How.how did I get all these books?" Harry couldn't help it; he cracked up so hard that he fell off his bed. "Why don't you open the first package and see", Harry asked him in a teasing tone. Ron tore the paper of the first package, it was a book titled The Standard Book of Spells (Grade: 5) by Miranda Goshawk. Ron opened it and a piece of parchment fluttered out, it read.
Mr. Weasley,
Please note that since you have stayed at school over the holiday,
all your shopping in Diagon Alley will not occur. You will see that all
your school supplies have been bought, that includes: robes, books, new
quills, ink, parchment, potion refills for you potion kit and money has
been taken out of Gringotts so you can purchase things at Hogsmeade.
Yours truly,
Albus Dumbledore 'Wow', thought Ron, I wonder if Ginny, Hermione and the twins got their books. Harry waited while Ron unpacked the rest of is books and they set out to the common room. Hermione as already there, her feet curled up on the large armchair she was sitting. She was reading one of their new books, Advanced Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger. "Did you get the new books?" she asked excitedly. The boys nodded their heads. Suddenly Hedwig flew in the room with something in her beak. It was a letter that said the following:
Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Fred and George, I have some news for you! Come and see me at around 4:30 this afternoon. Teachers and I have a little surprise for the whole school but I want you to see it first. See me in my office. The current password is "sickles"; I
believe Harry knows where my office is.
-A. Dumbledore "Wonder what he wants to see us about?" said Fred, who was peering over Hermione's shoulder. "We're going to have to wait all day," groaned Ron, "I can't stand the suspense. You don't think it's because of when Fred and George turned Mrs. Norris into a floating orange for an hour?" "Ron," yelled George," That was last week and even if it was that. Why would all the teachers be there? And why would Dumbledore want to see all of you?" "You know Ron," started Hermione," George has a point. How about we all go down to breakfast? Then we can sneak of to Hogsmeade for a Butterbeer." "Pinch me," laughed Ginny," Hermione wants to sneak out to Hogsmeade?" "It'll make time fly faster" Hermione said, defending herself. Everyone laughed. "All right", said Harry, "let's go".