CHAPTER 1
Harry awoke with a start. There was an oh so familiar tapping at his window. He looked at his watch. It read 1:45; he had been 15 for forty-five minutes. He got out of bed and went to the window. A flock of owls were flying midair. There had to be about 5 or 6. Harry silently opened his window. He didn't want to wake the Dursleys, if they knew he was letting a large number of owls into their perfect household, it would be no food for a week quicker than you could say firebolt.
There were two owls Harry didn't recognize, and then there was his beautiful Hedwig, Ron's owl "Pig" which he had gained from Sirius, Harry's godfather, and two Hogwarts owls. He grabbed Pig first because he was making the most noise. There was a small package and a letter attached to him. Harry opened the letter
Dear Harry, Happy Birthday!! How are you? I'm great. Guess What? Mum said you could come and stay with us for the last 2 weeks of the holidays! How wicked is that? I'll tell you all about it when you get here. I've attached some Floo Powder so you can come straight away. Just light a fire with some matches and you know the rest. Hermione is coming too. Percy has been promoted to something or another; I've gotten into a habit of leaving the room whenever I sense him. Can't wait to see you! Ron.
Harry opened the package; it contained an assortment of lollies. Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans, Chocolate Frogs (Harry's Favourites), Pumpkin Pasties and some other things. This would be good, Harry thought considering Dudley was still very large, and the whole family still had to follow his stupid diet.
Harry went on to his own owl Hedwig who nipped him affectionately on his ear. There was also a small parcel and letter. The letter read,
Dear Harry, Happy Birthday! I hope all is well. Especially with your scar and everything to do with that. I have kept in touch with Dumbledore and he's noticed funny things happening. He's got the real Moody out of retirement and has a few more Aurors working for him. I'm laying low at Lupins and we've traced down Flectcher so far. Karkaroff has been found and is laying low at an old friend's house. She is also an Auror I can promise you'll see me soon. Love Snuffles, (I know, I know)
The package Sirius had sent him contained a whistle. Only it did not really look like one. Harry had know idea why or how he would need it and put it aside.
The other packages consisted of a Quidditch book from Hermione and a letter much the same as Ron's, a framed picture of himself Ron, Hermione and Hagrid outside Hogwarts from Hagrid, socks from Dobby and the last package was wrapped in newspaper. Harry couldn't think of one single person who also wanted to send him a birthday present. He opened it. Another frame fell out he turned it over and looked at it. It was of his father, Sirius, and Lupin, there was also two girls in the picture. One he recognized as his mother and the other one was a pretty blonde girl standing with Sirius' arm around her. The resemblance of Harry and his father was amazing, almost scary. They were staring up at him, waving and grinning sneakily. A note fell out.
Harry, I thought you might like this. This was Sirius, James, some friends, and I in our fifth year. See you in two weeks! R. Lupin
Harry gathered up all his new possession's and stuffed them in his trunk, he gathered every single schoolbook and anything else he'd need and tip- toed down stairs to get some matches. He came back up stairs and almost had a heart attack when he heard on of the Dursleys snort. He walked up to his desk and scrawled a note to the Dursleys about the circumstances. Then he lit a fire in the fire grate that was empty and through some paper in. He chucked some Floo powder in and while holding his trunk, yelled "The Burrow" he probably woke up the Dursleys, but what could they do?
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Harry awoke with a start. There was an oh so familiar tapping at his window. He looked at his watch. It read 1:45; he had been 15 for forty-five minutes. He got out of bed and went to the window. A flock of owls were flying midair. There had to be about 5 or 6. Harry silently opened his window. He didn't want to wake the Dursleys, if they knew he was letting a large number of owls into their perfect household, it would be no food for a week quicker than you could say firebolt.
There were two owls Harry didn't recognize, and then there was his beautiful Hedwig, Ron's owl "Pig" which he had gained from Sirius, Harry's godfather, and two Hogwarts owls. He grabbed Pig first because he was making the most noise. There was a small package and a letter attached to him. Harry opened the letter
Dear Harry, Happy Birthday!! How are you? I'm great. Guess What? Mum said you could come and stay with us for the last 2 weeks of the holidays! How wicked is that? I'll tell you all about it when you get here. I've attached some Floo Powder so you can come straight away. Just light a fire with some matches and you know the rest. Hermione is coming too. Percy has been promoted to something or another; I've gotten into a habit of leaving the room whenever I sense him. Can't wait to see you! Ron.
Harry opened the package; it contained an assortment of lollies. Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans, Chocolate Frogs (Harry's Favourites), Pumpkin Pasties and some other things. This would be good, Harry thought considering Dudley was still very large, and the whole family still had to follow his stupid diet.
Harry went on to his own owl Hedwig who nipped him affectionately on his ear. There was also a small parcel and letter. The letter read,
Dear Harry, Happy Birthday! I hope all is well. Especially with your scar and everything to do with that. I have kept in touch with Dumbledore and he's noticed funny things happening. He's got the real Moody out of retirement and has a few more Aurors working for him. I'm laying low at Lupins and we've traced down Flectcher so far. Karkaroff has been found and is laying low at an old friend's house. She is also an Auror I can promise you'll see me soon. Love Snuffles, (I know, I know)
The package Sirius had sent him contained a whistle. Only it did not really look like one. Harry had know idea why or how he would need it and put it aside.
The other packages consisted of a Quidditch book from Hermione and a letter much the same as Ron's, a framed picture of himself Ron, Hermione and Hagrid outside Hogwarts from Hagrid, socks from Dobby and the last package was wrapped in newspaper. Harry couldn't think of one single person who also wanted to send him a birthday present. He opened it. Another frame fell out he turned it over and looked at it. It was of his father, Sirius, and Lupin, there was also two girls in the picture. One he recognized as his mother and the other one was a pretty blonde girl standing with Sirius' arm around her. The resemblance of Harry and his father was amazing, almost scary. They were staring up at him, waving and grinning sneakily. A note fell out.
Harry, I thought you might like this. This was Sirius, James, some friends, and I in our fifth year. See you in two weeks! R. Lupin
Harry gathered up all his new possession's and stuffed them in his trunk, he gathered every single schoolbook and anything else he'd need and tip- toed down stairs to get some matches. He came back up stairs and almost had a heart attack when he heard on of the Dursleys snort. He walked up to his desk and scrawled a note to the Dursleys about the circumstances. Then he lit a fire in the fire grate that was empty and through some paper in. He chucked some Floo powder in and while holding his trunk, yelled "The Burrow" he probably woke up the Dursleys, but what could they do?
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