Chapter Two: Thirteen Dead
Harry got out of bed and walked over to the window. He gazed out, hoping he wouldn't see Voldemort strolling along Privet Drive.
He didn't.
He ran over to his bags and grabbed six pieces of parchment. He wrote the same thing on each of them:
"I had a dream a lot like the ones I was having at Hogwarts. Voldemort sent his followers after me and I got Malfoy stunned, but then he sent Avery after me and I got away and Peter found me. I think it is a sign"
He handed all of them to Hedwig.
"Here" He said, gently petting her wings, "Take these. One is to Lupin, one to Mad Eye, one to Tonks, on to Mr. Weasley, one to Ron, and one to Hermione. Make them reply!"
Hedwig took them and flew out the window.
Breakfast was soggy cereal and sour milk for Harry. But he ate it, like always.
"You like that?" Dudley asked, grinning.
"Obviously" Harry replied.
"You...you do?" Dudley asked.
"Uh huh" Harry said as he ate another bite of it.
"Mum! Dad!" Dudley cried running over to them.
Harry rolled his eyes. Sometimes he wondered if Dudley had any brains at all.
He continued to eat until he was done and then he washed the dishes.
As he was going back upstairs he heard the news:
"Thirteen mysteriously dead in the streets of London..."
Harry wheeled around and saw tons of people.
Peter killed thirteen people to fake his own death and to get Siruis suspected, but who know?
"You know very well who" A voice inside Harry's head told him.
Harry knew it was a Death Eater or Voldemort himself, but he couldn't bare to let himself think that. Earlier in the year, a Death Eater murdered his God Father, Siruis Black.
Thinking about it made him furious and sad.
"Siruis..." He said quietly.
"Who is Siruis?" Dudley asked eagerly.
"The only one who was left of my family" Harry said.
"What about us?" Uncle Vernon asked, "We have taken you in--"
"Families love each other. They treat each other as equals" Harry said cooly, "Unlike you"
"WE TOOK YOU IN!" Uncle Vernon roared.
"And that is about it" Harry replied.
"Don't be sassy with me boy!" Uncle Vernon shouted, his face turning purple.
"Well, I've got no family now, so shut up"
"What?" Aunt Petunia asked.
"Last year Siruis got killed by Voldemort" Harry explained.
"I heard Lily talk about him" Aunt Petunia said, "She said he was evil"
"Who, Sirius or Voldemort?" Harry asked.
"HUSH!" Uncle Vernon yelled.
"The second one" Aunt Petunia told Harry.
"What Petunia? What second one?" Uncle Vernon asked, laughing, "You mean the evil Voldemort?"
Harry grinned.
"Most wizards fear that name"
Uncle Vernon mouthed nothingness into the air, furiously.
"I TOLD YOU NEVER TO SAY THE 'W' WORD!!"
"It's true what he said, though" Aunt Petunia said quietly, "Lily told me"
"TO YOUR ROOM!" Bellowed Uncle Vernon.
So Harry went upstairs, to his room.
He sat on his bed, thinking that in only seven days he would be sixteen.
Suddenly Hedwig zoomed through the window with six envelopes.
Harry ripped open the first one. It read:
"Harry,
Be careful and don't leave the Dursleys' house! Mad Eye and Tonks have sent more information.
Remus"
The next one read:
"Harry,
I got your letter. Remus and Tonks did also. We-are-coming-to-pick-you-up! Don't leave the Dursleys' house! It is safe there! We will be there in about a month, once we are done making a safer place which you may have to live the rest of the time Voldemort is around(not counting Hogwarts semesters).
Mad-Eye"
Harry threw it down and picked up another one. This one read:
"Hey Harry,
This is Tonks. Mad-Eye and Remus told me you had sent them the same thing you sent me. Thank you for telling us! This is important. Once you come to your new place to stay for the last week of summer break, you will learn how to keep Voldemort's mind out of yours! The three of us(Mad Eye, Remus, and me)will teach you.
-Tonks"
Harry opened another one.
"Harry,
Be careful! I am busy right now so I told Tonks, Mad-Eye, and Lupin to take care of everything... If you need me, tell me!
~Arthur Weasley
P.S. Ron said you wrote him too. He replied as well."
Harry opened the next one, which read:
"Harry,
Dad said you informed him, Mad-Eye, Lupin, Tonks, and me! And Hermione said she got a letter from you also! You told A LOT of people! Dad replied with a lot more information then I ever could, and I expect Hermione will get out every book she's got and will tell you which are useful. But as for me? I'll just be your friend. If you need to talk about anything, I'm here.
Ron"
Harry was greatful Ron would talk to him. He tore open the last letter, knowing it would be from Hermione.
"Dear Harry,
That's not good! Ron said you had told a lot of members from the Order, but did you tell Dumbledore? He said you told Lupin...and two other people, who were they? It is important, Harry. Who KNOWS what this could mean! I looked it up in several books--even stupid books Trelawny told me about--I wrote to her! Nothing of use! I'm still looking though. In the meantime, stay inside. I doubt Voldemort will come strolling in and say 'Pardon me, Mrs. and Mr. Dursley, I need to murder your nephew'. Honestly! I think he's waiting until you're in the wizarding world. You are extremely lucky you are not there now. It's horrible! I'm not there, I know. But on the news I heard that thirteen people were found mysteriously dead! The day I got your letter! This is awful! He's resorted to muggles! Of course he hates muggle BORNS, but really...muggles? He's mad! Of course, you'd suppose a wizard killer IS mad...but he is more than mad. He is absolutely insane! Please, please, don't do anything stupid to get yourself hurt! I'll see you in September...or perhaps before then.
Love From,
Hermione"
Harry chuckled at the blot over "Voldemort" which lead him to believe it was as tough for her to write it as it was for her to say it.
He picked up all the pieces of parchment and set them on the moldy bookshelf.
Then another owl flew through the window.
A Hogwarts owl.
Harry got out of bed and walked over to the window. He gazed out, hoping he wouldn't see Voldemort strolling along Privet Drive.
He didn't.
He ran over to his bags and grabbed six pieces of parchment. He wrote the same thing on each of them:
"I had a dream a lot like the ones I was having at Hogwarts. Voldemort sent his followers after me and I got Malfoy stunned, but then he sent Avery after me and I got away and Peter found me. I think it is a sign"
He handed all of them to Hedwig.
"Here" He said, gently petting her wings, "Take these. One is to Lupin, one to Mad Eye, one to Tonks, on to Mr. Weasley, one to Ron, and one to Hermione. Make them reply!"
Hedwig took them and flew out the window.
Breakfast was soggy cereal and sour milk for Harry. But he ate it, like always.
"You like that?" Dudley asked, grinning.
"Obviously" Harry replied.
"You...you do?" Dudley asked.
"Uh huh" Harry said as he ate another bite of it.
"Mum! Dad!" Dudley cried running over to them.
Harry rolled his eyes. Sometimes he wondered if Dudley had any brains at all.
He continued to eat until he was done and then he washed the dishes.
As he was going back upstairs he heard the news:
"Thirteen mysteriously dead in the streets of London..."
Harry wheeled around and saw tons of people.
Peter killed thirteen people to fake his own death and to get Siruis suspected, but who know?
"You know very well who" A voice inside Harry's head told him.
Harry knew it was a Death Eater or Voldemort himself, but he couldn't bare to let himself think that. Earlier in the year, a Death Eater murdered his God Father, Siruis Black.
Thinking about it made him furious and sad.
"Siruis..." He said quietly.
"Who is Siruis?" Dudley asked eagerly.
"The only one who was left of my family" Harry said.
"What about us?" Uncle Vernon asked, "We have taken you in--"
"Families love each other. They treat each other as equals" Harry said cooly, "Unlike you"
"WE TOOK YOU IN!" Uncle Vernon roared.
"And that is about it" Harry replied.
"Don't be sassy with me boy!" Uncle Vernon shouted, his face turning purple.
"Well, I've got no family now, so shut up"
"What?" Aunt Petunia asked.
"Last year Siruis got killed by Voldemort" Harry explained.
"I heard Lily talk about him" Aunt Petunia said, "She said he was evil"
"Who, Sirius or Voldemort?" Harry asked.
"HUSH!" Uncle Vernon yelled.
"The second one" Aunt Petunia told Harry.
"What Petunia? What second one?" Uncle Vernon asked, laughing, "You mean the evil Voldemort?"
Harry grinned.
"Most wizards fear that name"
Uncle Vernon mouthed nothingness into the air, furiously.
"I TOLD YOU NEVER TO SAY THE 'W' WORD!!"
"It's true what he said, though" Aunt Petunia said quietly, "Lily told me"
"TO YOUR ROOM!" Bellowed Uncle Vernon.
So Harry went upstairs, to his room.
He sat on his bed, thinking that in only seven days he would be sixteen.
Suddenly Hedwig zoomed through the window with six envelopes.
Harry ripped open the first one. It read:
"Harry,
Be careful and don't leave the Dursleys' house! Mad Eye and Tonks have sent more information.
Remus"
The next one read:
"Harry,
I got your letter. Remus and Tonks did also. We-are-coming-to-pick-you-up! Don't leave the Dursleys' house! It is safe there! We will be there in about a month, once we are done making a safer place which you may have to live the rest of the time Voldemort is around(not counting Hogwarts semesters).
Mad-Eye"
Harry threw it down and picked up another one. This one read:
"Hey Harry,
This is Tonks. Mad-Eye and Remus told me you had sent them the same thing you sent me. Thank you for telling us! This is important. Once you come to your new place to stay for the last week of summer break, you will learn how to keep Voldemort's mind out of yours! The three of us(Mad Eye, Remus, and me)will teach you.
-Tonks"
Harry opened another one.
"Harry,
Be careful! I am busy right now so I told Tonks, Mad-Eye, and Lupin to take care of everything... If you need me, tell me!
~Arthur Weasley
P.S. Ron said you wrote him too. He replied as well."
Harry opened the next one, which read:
"Harry,
Dad said you informed him, Mad-Eye, Lupin, Tonks, and me! And Hermione said she got a letter from you also! You told A LOT of people! Dad replied with a lot more information then I ever could, and I expect Hermione will get out every book she's got and will tell you which are useful. But as for me? I'll just be your friend. If you need to talk about anything, I'm here.
Ron"
Harry was greatful Ron would talk to him. He tore open the last letter, knowing it would be from Hermione.
"Dear Harry,
That's not good! Ron said you had told a lot of members from the Order, but did you tell Dumbledore? He said you told Lupin...and two other people, who were they? It is important, Harry. Who KNOWS what this could mean! I looked it up in several books--even stupid books Trelawny told me about--I wrote to her! Nothing of use! I'm still looking though. In the meantime, stay inside. I doubt Voldemort will come strolling in and say 'Pardon me, Mrs. and Mr. Dursley, I need to murder your nephew'. Honestly! I think he's waiting until you're in the wizarding world. You are extremely lucky you are not there now. It's horrible! I'm not there, I know. But on the news I heard that thirteen people were found mysteriously dead! The day I got your letter! This is awful! He's resorted to muggles! Of course he hates muggle BORNS, but really...muggles? He's mad! Of course, you'd suppose a wizard killer IS mad...but he is more than mad. He is absolutely insane! Please, please, don't do anything stupid to get yourself hurt! I'll see you in September...or perhaps before then.
Love From,
Hermione"
Harry chuckled at the blot over "Voldemort" which lead him to believe it was as tough for her to write it as it was for her to say it.
He picked up all the pieces of parchment and set them on the moldy bookshelf.
Then another owl flew through the window.
A Hogwarts owl.
