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Chapter 2: Subtle Differences
As Harry bounded down the stairs he could still hear his uncles angry words and Dudley's whimpering, "Pig came an hour ago and their still being babies about it." He muttered under his breath.
As he reappeared in the kitchen they all went silent. If you listened carefully you could probably hear a pin drop. For a couple of minutes they all stared at each other in silence until finally Vernon could not take it anymore and started yelling nonsense at the top of his lungs. Harry ducked down rapidity to avoid spit that was flying from his uncle's mouth.
After about a half an hour of everyone covering his or her ears and Harry ducking down, Vernon said slowly, "What did that blasted owl want anyways? What did your freaky little friends have to tell you?"
"Well you see," Harry, thought a second before continuing, "You remember the Weasleys. Right?" a loud grunt from Mr. Dursley and a frightened squeal from Dudley confirmed they remembered, "Well you see Mr. Weasley is coming to pick me up on Thursday at 1 and take me to their place for the rest of the summer."
"And how will they be coming?" Petunia asked quietly
"Portkey." Harry replied slowly
Petunia nodded slowly, "Alright you better get packing that's in 3 days"
"WAIT! What is a portkey and how come you know what one is Petunia? And boy you still have chores before you can pack, I may not allow you to pack till midnight, so stay where you, are!" Vernon said loudly.
"A portkey is a regular piece of trash that has been enchanted to take anyone who touches it to the location it was charmed to take the person. And I know because my sister used them often enough."
Vernon nodded then turned to Harry, "Today you will have your regular chores but you will also mow the lawn and repaint by your window and you will unclog the gutter. Understood?"
"Yes Uncle Vernon." Harry replied in monotone.
"Alright then get to work!"
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The first two days passed with out any incident, but on Thursday everything changed. Harry had just come down to breakfast to see everyone looking nervous. He was all packed except Hedwing, who wasn't back from Dumbledore yet.
"It's only going to be the father, not those nasty twins right?" Dudley sniveled when he was done asking
"As far as I know." Harry retorted while buttering his toast
"He will arrive on time correct? Promptness is very important in life." Vernon contributed
"He might be a couple minutes late, not to late though." Harry replied
"How will he be arriving?" Petunia practically whispered
"Er.. I have no idea, you'll have to wait and see"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ARE ARRIVING? They better not come through out fireplace again, or in a flying car!" Vernon bellowed
"They can't arrive by flying car the only one they have is living in the forbidden forest at school," he said calmly
"WHAT?"
"Well he might just apparate a couple blocks away and then walk here." Harry looked up at his uncle whose face was beginning to turn purple, "Er, well breakfast was lovely must go finish packing!"
He bounded up the stairs just in time to hear his uncle's yells; they reminded him of an elephants mating call. Harry entered his room and checked to make sure he got everything. Once he was sure he had everything he sat down and thought what life at the burrow would be like. They'd only been out of school 2 weeks and his birthday was coming up soon. A birthday at the Burrow he could only dream what that would be like. Surrounded by people who love and care about him. Turning towards his clock he noticed it was 12:30, he looked out the window for Hedwing. Since he didn't see her he grabbed his stuff and marched down the stairs.
As he reached the bottom of the stairs he looked at his uncle who was reading the newspaper on the couch, his face had become as pale as Sir Nicholas. He looked at his Aunt who was standing by the kitchen door swaying back and forth. Lastly he turned to look at Dudley who was attempting to hide behind the counter, but his fat proved difficult to hide so he just looked like a bubbly target. He chuckled quietly under his breath before taking a seat on his luggage.
Everybody became noticeably tenser as the clock ticked away. When the clock struck 1 Harry bolted upstairs to see if he could see Hedwing or Mr. Weasley. He saw neither.
He returned downstairs to see everybody the way he left them. As the clock struck 1:10 Uncle Vernon spoke up, "This Mr. Weasley is late. He must be a horribly slow man if he can't arrive on time!"
Before Harry could reply angrily there came a low knocking at the door. Everybody went dead silent as Harry ran to open the door. As he opened the door he could see a smiling Mr. Weasley, "Hello Harry how have you been?"
"My summers been good and yours?" Harry asked
"It's been very good, thank you Harry. Hello Mr. and Mrs. Dursley how have you been?" Mr. Weasley questioned
"You were late" was all Uncle Vernon could say
"Well Im really terribly sorry about that, see the portkey malfunctioned and I had to fix it, we will be leaving in about 10 minutes." Mr. Weasley said as he picked up Hedwings empty cage.
Everybody sat in silence for the next 5 minutes until Mr. Weasley spoke up, "Harry hurry up 5 minutes to go."
Harry quickly grabbed his stuff and got situated with 1 hand on the old newspaper, which he figured must have been the portkey, "Goodbye Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, Dudley"
As soon as he had said that he felt the familiar tug at his navel as he felt the spinning sensation. He was on his way to the Burrow.
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Soon enough he felt his feet hit solid ground, slowly he opened his eyes and found a pair of blue staring at his eyes, "Hello Ron how've you been?"
"I've been great!" Ron grinned
Slowly Harry looked around the room; there were the two red headed miscreants sitting at the table with evil grins. Next to them sat a girl with bushy brown hair; Hermione was here. Arthur Weasley stood next to him and Ron was in front of him, so where were Ginny and Molly.
Out of nowhere a young red head had appeared and launched herself at Harry. He looked down into the chocolate brown eyes of Ginny Weasley. Her red hair curved easily around her face, she had a pale complexion and lots of freckles. Harry looked into her eyes for a couple seconds longer and thought to himself 'There's something there that wasn't there before'
How've you been Ginny?" He said letting her go a little bit reluctantly
"I've been great, me and 'Mione have been gossiping like crazy!" Ginny grinned from ear to ear
"And how about you and Dean?" Harry asked slyly
"We've been talking through owls, but nothing to much with us. Why do you care?" she wiggled her nose at him
"Im allowed to ask questions."
Ginny was about to open her mouth but then Mrs. Weasley was there hugging him so tight he couldn't breath. "Oh Harry how have you been you look wonderful! Ron show him to your room. No no take his bags too. Run along Harry dinner will be at 5:30, glad to have you!"
Ron led the way up to his room followed by Harry, Hermione, and Ginny. As soon as they were inside Harry and Ginny sat on one bed while Ron and Hermione sat on the other.
"So have any of you heard anything from the Order?" asked Ron
"I've had to mail them every 3 days to let them know im ok, but they don't tell me anything." Harry sighed
"Well Fred and George haven't found out anything even with their extendable ears, but now everybody knows about him, and nobody thinks Harry's a crackpot." Ginny added slyly
"Nobody asked you Ginny, why are you even up here I didn't invite you!" said Ron angrily.
"Let her stay Ron." Harry said quietly
Everybody looked at Harry oddly before nodding and turning back to their discussion, "They can't keep us in the dark forever, they must know all about the prophecy, even if Nev smashed it." Ron said quickly
Harry tensed he still had not told his friends he knew the prophecy, in truth he hadn't told anyone, and he'd rather keep it that way, "Dumbledore will tell us when he thinks we're ready to know" he muttered
"Harry are you feeling alright? Normally you'd be angry about not knowing something like this." Ginny asked
"I'm fine"
"Well has anyone gotten their scores from the OWLs yet?" Hermione asked quickly
Everybody shook their heads, "Don't worry Hermione you probably got the best score don't worry so much." Ron cooed
For a minute Ron and Hermione just stared into each other's eyes, while Ginny and Harry looked confused. Suddenly Ginny launched herself at Ron, successfully knocking him over and scaring the hell out of Hermione. Harry had doubled over laughing at Hermione and Ron's faces.
Ron was yelling loudly using every swear word he could think of, and Hermione sat in stunned silence while Harry and Ginny continued to laugh. But before they could continue, Molly Weasley had arrived carrying a bar of soap.
"Ron you'd better come with me," she said in a whisper that could easily be heard around the room
Ron looked deathly afraid and went with his mum. The minute the door had shut Ginny decided to explain, "He swore now she's going to wash his mouth out with soap. She warned him ages ago and now look what's happened."
They all sat in silence until they were called down to dinner. Once they got downstairs they say a very wet, and very unhappy Ron. Harry took his seat next to Ron and across from Ginny. They began to eat as soon as Fred and George had arrived downstairs. Pretty soon everyone was laughing and talking even Ron was laughing, although bubbles emerged from his mouth. Almost as quickly as it had started his first day at the Burrow had ended.
The four trooped upstairs stopping briefly in front of Ginny's room to say goodnight. Next Ron and Harry walked up to Ron's room. As the two were changing Harry spoke up, "So she washed your mouth out with soap?"
The two burst into a fit of laughter as they crawled into bed. Ron was practically asleep when his head hit the pillow. Harry stayed up a bit later wondering what adventures his birthday would bring.
Disclaimer: I said it once I'll say it again I do not own Harry Potter
Chapter 2: Subtle Differences
As Harry bounded down the stairs he could still hear his uncles angry words and Dudley's whimpering, "Pig came an hour ago and their still being babies about it." He muttered under his breath.
As he reappeared in the kitchen they all went silent. If you listened carefully you could probably hear a pin drop. For a couple of minutes they all stared at each other in silence until finally Vernon could not take it anymore and started yelling nonsense at the top of his lungs. Harry ducked down rapidity to avoid spit that was flying from his uncle's mouth.
After about a half an hour of everyone covering his or her ears and Harry ducking down, Vernon said slowly, "What did that blasted owl want anyways? What did your freaky little friends have to tell you?"
"Well you see," Harry, thought a second before continuing, "You remember the Weasleys. Right?" a loud grunt from Mr. Dursley and a frightened squeal from Dudley confirmed they remembered, "Well you see Mr. Weasley is coming to pick me up on Thursday at 1 and take me to their place for the rest of the summer."
"And how will they be coming?" Petunia asked quietly
"Portkey." Harry replied slowly
Petunia nodded slowly, "Alright you better get packing that's in 3 days"
"WAIT! What is a portkey and how come you know what one is Petunia? And boy you still have chores before you can pack, I may not allow you to pack till midnight, so stay where you, are!" Vernon said loudly.
"A portkey is a regular piece of trash that has been enchanted to take anyone who touches it to the location it was charmed to take the person. And I know because my sister used them often enough."
Vernon nodded then turned to Harry, "Today you will have your regular chores but you will also mow the lawn and repaint by your window and you will unclog the gutter. Understood?"
"Yes Uncle Vernon." Harry replied in monotone.
"Alright then get to work!"
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The first two days passed with out any incident, but on Thursday everything changed. Harry had just come down to breakfast to see everyone looking nervous. He was all packed except Hedwing, who wasn't back from Dumbledore yet.
"It's only going to be the father, not those nasty twins right?" Dudley sniveled when he was done asking
"As far as I know." Harry retorted while buttering his toast
"He will arrive on time correct? Promptness is very important in life." Vernon contributed
"He might be a couple minutes late, not to late though." Harry replied
"How will he be arriving?" Petunia practically whispered
"Er.. I have no idea, you'll have to wait and see"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ARE ARRIVING? They better not come through out fireplace again, or in a flying car!" Vernon bellowed
"They can't arrive by flying car the only one they have is living in the forbidden forest at school," he said calmly
"WHAT?"
"Well he might just apparate a couple blocks away and then walk here." Harry looked up at his uncle whose face was beginning to turn purple, "Er, well breakfast was lovely must go finish packing!"
He bounded up the stairs just in time to hear his uncle's yells; they reminded him of an elephants mating call. Harry entered his room and checked to make sure he got everything. Once he was sure he had everything he sat down and thought what life at the burrow would be like. They'd only been out of school 2 weeks and his birthday was coming up soon. A birthday at the Burrow he could only dream what that would be like. Surrounded by people who love and care about him. Turning towards his clock he noticed it was 12:30, he looked out the window for Hedwing. Since he didn't see her he grabbed his stuff and marched down the stairs.
As he reached the bottom of the stairs he looked at his uncle who was reading the newspaper on the couch, his face had become as pale as Sir Nicholas. He looked at his Aunt who was standing by the kitchen door swaying back and forth. Lastly he turned to look at Dudley who was attempting to hide behind the counter, but his fat proved difficult to hide so he just looked like a bubbly target. He chuckled quietly under his breath before taking a seat on his luggage.
Everybody became noticeably tenser as the clock ticked away. When the clock struck 1 Harry bolted upstairs to see if he could see Hedwing or Mr. Weasley. He saw neither.
He returned downstairs to see everybody the way he left them. As the clock struck 1:10 Uncle Vernon spoke up, "This Mr. Weasley is late. He must be a horribly slow man if he can't arrive on time!"
Before Harry could reply angrily there came a low knocking at the door. Everybody went dead silent as Harry ran to open the door. As he opened the door he could see a smiling Mr. Weasley, "Hello Harry how have you been?"
"My summers been good and yours?" Harry asked
"It's been very good, thank you Harry. Hello Mr. and Mrs. Dursley how have you been?" Mr. Weasley questioned
"You were late" was all Uncle Vernon could say
"Well Im really terribly sorry about that, see the portkey malfunctioned and I had to fix it, we will be leaving in about 10 minutes." Mr. Weasley said as he picked up Hedwings empty cage.
Everybody sat in silence for the next 5 minutes until Mr. Weasley spoke up, "Harry hurry up 5 minutes to go."
Harry quickly grabbed his stuff and got situated with 1 hand on the old newspaper, which he figured must have been the portkey, "Goodbye Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, Dudley"
As soon as he had said that he felt the familiar tug at his navel as he felt the spinning sensation. He was on his way to the Burrow.
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Soon enough he felt his feet hit solid ground, slowly he opened his eyes and found a pair of blue staring at his eyes, "Hello Ron how've you been?"
"I've been great!" Ron grinned
Slowly Harry looked around the room; there were the two red headed miscreants sitting at the table with evil grins. Next to them sat a girl with bushy brown hair; Hermione was here. Arthur Weasley stood next to him and Ron was in front of him, so where were Ginny and Molly.
Out of nowhere a young red head had appeared and launched herself at Harry. He looked down into the chocolate brown eyes of Ginny Weasley. Her red hair curved easily around her face, she had a pale complexion and lots of freckles. Harry looked into her eyes for a couple seconds longer and thought to himself 'There's something there that wasn't there before'
How've you been Ginny?" He said letting her go a little bit reluctantly
"I've been great, me and 'Mione have been gossiping like crazy!" Ginny grinned from ear to ear
"And how about you and Dean?" Harry asked slyly
"We've been talking through owls, but nothing to much with us. Why do you care?" she wiggled her nose at him
"Im allowed to ask questions."
Ginny was about to open her mouth but then Mrs. Weasley was there hugging him so tight he couldn't breath. "Oh Harry how have you been you look wonderful! Ron show him to your room. No no take his bags too. Run along Harry dinner will be at 5:30, glad to have you!"
Ron led the way up to his room followed by Harry, Hermione, and Ginny. As soon as they were inside Harry and Ginny sat on one bed while Ron and Hermione sat on the other.
"So have any of you heard anything from the Order?" asked Ron
"I've had to mail them every 3 days to let them know im ok, but they don't tell me anything." Harry sighed
"Well Fred and George haven't found out anything even with their extendable ears, but now everybody knows about him, and nobody thinks Harry's a crackpot." Ginny added slyly
"Nobody asked you Ginny, why are you even up here I didn't invite you!" said Ron angrily.
"Let her stay Ron." Harry said quietly
Everybody looked at Harry oddly before nodding and turning back to their discussion, "They can't keep us in the dark forever, they must know all about the prophecy, even if Nev smashed it." Ron said quickly
Harry tensed he still had not told his friends he knew the prophecy, in truth he hadn't told anyone, and he'd rather keep it that way, "Dumbledore will tell us when he thinks we're ready to know" he muttered
"Harry are you feeling alright? Normally you'd be angry about not knowing something like this." Ginny asked
"I'm fine"
"Well has anyone gotten their scores from the OWLs yet?" Hermione asked quickly
Everybody shook their heads, "Don't worry Hermione you probably got the best score don't worry so much." Ron cooed
For a minute Ron and Hermione just stared into each other's eyes, while Ginny and Harry looked confused. Suddenly Ginny launched herself at Ron, successfully knocking him over and scaring the hell out of Hermione. Harry had doubled over laughing at Hermione and Ron's faces.
Ron was yelling loudly using every swear word he could think of, and Hermione sat in stunned silence while Harry and Ginny continued to laugh. But before they could continue, Molly Weasley had arrived carrying a bar of soap.
"Ron you'd better come with me," she said in a whisper that could easily be heard around the room
Ron looked deathly afraid and went with his mum. The minute the door had shut Ginny decided to explain, "He swore now she's going to wash his mouth out with soap. She warned him ages ago and now look what's happened."
They all sat in silence until they were called down to dinner. Once they got downstairs they say a very wet, and very unhappy Ron. Harry took his seat next to Ron and across from Ginny. They began to eat as soon as Fred and George had arrived downstairs. Pretty soon everyone was laughing and talking even Ron was laughing, although bubbles emerged from his mouth. Almost as quickly as it had started his first day at the Burrow had ended.
The four trooped upstairs stopping briefly in front of Ginny's room to say goodnight. Next Ron and Harry walked up to Ron's room. As the two were changing Harry spoke up, "So she washed your mouth out with soap?"
The two burst into a fit of laughter as they crawled into bed. Ron was practically asleep when his head hit the pillow. Harry stayed up a bit later wondering what adventures his birthday would bring.
