Chapter 3:
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Authors note: Thank-you for the input kim. Thank-you for always supporting my storys even if they are crappy mandy! I know you'll always be there for me and if I ever write a real book you'll be the first one to read it! Best wishes to all my readers! Where ever you all may be don't foget to R&R!
Kati
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Via led Harry across the hall to some large golden doors. As she opened them Harry gasped at what he saw. The Room was very golden, It has Scences of fire sprites dancing with phenixes in a great medow. The walls were gold with huge Guilded windows the floor had ornate designs in it made out of jewels. There was a gigantic candalier in the middle of the room that made Harry stare for quite some time.
"Buetiful isn't it, it was made for my great-great-great grandmother who was a spritess. This room was referbished and decorated just for her. Moving on to the 1st floor!" Harry followed Via out of the room closing the doors behind him. 'This house is to awsome' he thought to himself, 'I wonder what her father does?' he pondered as he walked up te huge marble stair case.
"This is the library it goes up to the second story, its a bit smaller than father would like it to be but Maria insisted that the 3rd floor should stay all bedrooms. I'm glad she did if he did change it I bet my room wouldn't be there and I would have to sleep on the 4th floor with them, that wouldn't be good. Hearing THEM at night. She's already had 3 miscarriges and is pregnant again." Harry nodded "Thats exacting but whats that room over there?" he said pointing to a glass door. "Oh that was Josh's mother and my mother's favorite room. Its an indoor green house that goes out on the balcony. I dont know how they did it but theres a water fall and a stream running through it." Harry shook his head in disbelief, as Via led him through the green house to the stream and water fall. "It's so lovely its my 2nd favorite room besides my own."
Via led him through the house showing him the high tech wieght room and potions lab. The study where her father met with his buisness clients on the second floor. "Nobody that works for my father that dosen't live here or is a guest can go past the second floor" stated as they walked over to the elevator to take them up to the 4th floor since they already knew what was on the 3rd. As they walked out of the elevator, they passed through Mr.Veldans study. Snape was sitting at 1 of the 2 desks that was in the room working away on somthing. "Come on just ignore Uncle Severus, I want to show you the hall of heritage, its got paintings of my anscestors and some of my fathers wives that have long since passed away." Via led him through the Hall of Herritage but when Via went to show Harry the picture of her mother and her fathers other wives they were all gone.
"Hmmm they must be getting touched up, because last week it was the older paintings so this week must be the newer ones." Just as she finished talking a group of house elves walked past them carrying a large painting to hang up. As they put it upVia laughed. "Look its a painting of when Josh and I were 5 , Matt was 4 and Evan and Scott were 6. Right before Josh and I had to go to AMA, I hated those long flights but it was the only post secondary school we could find. Then We all transfered to DMA when we hit seven and at 16 we go to Hogwarts. So goes the tradition. Matts all mad because he has to go to Hogwarts when he is 15 instead of 16. Father said it was a mix up but I think its on purpose. Didn't want him doing any shady activities. He got in trouble this year for using an unforgivable on a 1st year, I mean the kid was only 9 for merlins sake!" Harry shook his head. "Thats sad, no wonder hes really grumpy, who would want to be the one to brake the family tradition."
"Sad thing is I'm related to the sorry retard. He was born after my father married Maria Monico. Evan and Scott aren't related to me they are just my step brothers, Josh and Matt are my only "REAL" brothers. The funny thing is though Josh and I look alike and Matt dosent maybe its because his mom isnt a magical-ish being. Like our hair is really wierd watch this." Via conncentrated a second and her hair was in perfect ringlets. "thats so awsome, I can't get my hair to anything, it kinda is just everywhere." said Harry blushing thinking he was being vain and girlish. Vias hair was suddenly back to its very straight layered self, "I can do your hair in the moring if you want, I love messing with hair even though mine does what ever I tell it to. Litterally. I always do my fathers friend Arabella's hair and my brothers hair for the balls."
She grabbed Harrys hand and ran into her parents bed room. She stood on the bed and pulled on a cord that made stairs come down from the cieling. She ran up the stairs into the attic. Harry followed her and saw a large storage room filled with old furniture. There was a fireplace on the wall ajaycent to the stairs. Via went all the way into the fireplace and said some words that Harry didnt know. and the back of the fire place lifted up Via crawled through followed by Harry. "This" she gasped over the dust "Is the secret attic. In case of a deatheater attack then we all have buttons like the one in that fire place to take us up there instantly when we say the 'magic' words." She smiled and led him back downstairs.
"Care for a swim Harry," She said hoping he wouldn't mind. She had learned to swim from very early age, since her mothers side had some water sprites mixed in, it was just natural for her. She wasn't very good at many things. Swimming, Running, Riding and Flying were about it. She had pretty avarage grades at her old school. Hopefully it would stay that way at Hogwarts, she didnt want to seem like a know it all in her first year.
"Via? HEllO did you hear me? I said I would love to go swimming with you?" "Oh" she said blushing at her blunder in zoning out. "Ok I'll meet you down at the pool in a cupple of minutes, hopefully my brothers didnt get there first. I think they take there swims in the morning. I have always prefered to swim at night..." she was about to add somthing to her sentance but she decided not to, it might ruin his view of her. She didn't want him to think anyless of her because of who her grandfather was.
As she went into her room on the third floor, she grabbed her roxy red and oranger hawiian print bikini bathing suit that looked like it should tie at the top bit it had a thicker straps that came together at her neck. She grabbed her towl that had VIA scrawled in blue writing in the middle of the towl. It had a water sprite in one corner and a blue crest in the corner diagnel to it in the upper left hand corner. The back ground was picture of a quaint little castle that looked nothing like other castles that looked menacing. The castle was a great deal smaller than Hogwarts, and had tree's that had pinkish white flowers blooming all over them instead of leaves.
Via opened her door and made her way down the stairs to the ground floor and continued put the door, her flip flops clicking the whole way. When she reached the poll she found Harry already waiting for her standing before her in his black swimming trunks that went to his knees. his stomache looked like it had been chisled out, she sighed dropping her towel and kicking off her flip flops. 'He has the nicest set of abs I have ever seen!'she smirked has she ran and did a dive into the kidney been shaped pool, splashing Harry who had not yet got in the pool. "Via jeez for merlins sake did you have to sneak up on me!?!"
"What else would I do?" She said flashing her peraly whites at him. Harry was shocked 'she really does look like a sprite, her almond shaped face, her eyes an odd hazel with a large amount of black-ish-blueish color with specks of gold in it. (if i have said her eye color already tell me and tell what i put it as, I can't remember what I put it as!)'He smiled and jumped in. When Harry resurfaced he grabbed Via and dunked her. They continued a pattern of splashing and dunking for several minutes till a voice rang out over the night air. "Via are you out here?VVVVVIIIIAAAAAA!" Via gasped,
"Draco,Oh My Gosh!"she gasped, "What happend, was it your father again?" Draco swallowed hard, "Yes Via it was my father again.....can I....Stay the night again, he wasn't to happy when I came home last night." Via got out of the pool as fast as she could. and grabbed her towel. "Harry are you coming?" said Via looking back as she put on her flip flops. "Yeah Via, I'm coming." Harry got out of the pool slowly and was shocked at what he saw. Draco Malfoy stood before him blood all over his white wife beater and tan shorts.
"Merlin Draco what happend?" Draco glared, "Since when does it concern you Potter is this ruining your perfect life? To much violence for your poor little eyes." Draco spit some blood out of his mouth and whiped his mouth on his arm smearing blood all over it. "Is that what you think Draco, I have a perfect life. My cosin Dudley did that to me all the time. Did I get help from anyone? No. Did I have friends to lend their comforting words? No. I was an outcast, Hermoine and Ron were my first TRUE friends." Harry shot daggers at Draco with his eyes. "Somtimes I agree with you about muggles Draco, but most of them are good. Just my Aunt Petunia my Uncle Vernon, and my cousin Dudley are an exception."
"I take it you two know each other?" said Via looking between the two aprehensively. "Yes you could say that." said Harry just as Josh, Evan, Scott, Fred, George, Hermoine, and Ginny came running out side. "Holy shit Dray, what did HE do to you this time." said Josh with a towel and a thing of ice in hand. "Draco you're staying here tonight again, you are never going back to that monster!" said Scott fuming with fury. Via ran her thumb over Draco's lip, the cut instantly vanishing, but she just stood there and stared into the deep gray pools. "Nobody touch her," said Evan defensively, "She's having a vision, or reading his thoughts or memorys. My guess it's memorys." Everyone just stood and watched the two stand there.
~*~Flashback~*~
"Father I am saying this for the last time I will not join your stupid little cause!" screamed Draco at the top of his lungs so that his father could hear him as he walked away down one of the long corridors of Malfoy manor.
His father spun on his heal and charged back at Draco and Swung. His fist hit his jaw with a satisfying thud, he continued to beat Draco for several hours untill, he threw Draco out onto the streets outside the manors boarder. Draco then apparated to the only place he felt he was safe, Orchard Manor.
~*~ End of Flashback~*~
Via gasped and hugged Draco, "Why do you always do that little Medow Lark. You silly little thing." he sighed as he let himself be led inside by Via. Recieving several questionable looks from the group outside. As they continued out of site Hermoine turned to Josh. "What was that all about? Why was Draco beat up like that?" Josh sighed,
"I'm sorry you all had to see that, Draco , Via and I are all very close from are earlier schooling, Draco's father isn't a very understanding person, expecially when you don't want to do things his way. My mother found out the hard way unfortunetly. Draco was here last night, he and his father had another arguement over 'The Mark', and Draco refused again. Wait till Maria gets home, she is going to flip. I just hope she dosen't cancel her buisness meetings for the next cupple weeks. We'll never hear or see the end of it. Pregnant woman are hell!"
Evan laughed,"You wouldn't know the half of it little brother, when she was having Matt whew, it was total hell!" every laughed. "Yea" said George, "I remember when Mum was having these two here," he said pointing to Ron and Ginny. "She was ten times fussier than she ussually is. If you can even imagine that!" Ron and Ginny had turned both turned a bright red to match there hair.
Harry shook his head at the sudden turn in the conversation. He went inside after Via, just to see her disappear into the kitchen. Harry walked into the kitchen, to see Via getting Draco some food while he sat at a little kitchen table."Oh Harry I'm sorry we had to cut our swim short, tomarrow night we'll swim again hopefully with no interuptions." She smiled as she getiing down a plate, getting several glares from the house elves. Who begged and pleaded with her to let them do it for her. But Via had a very solid idea of what she wants to do. SHe was also a very stubborn person, if she didn't get what she wanted when she was little several windows would break and things would litterally expload.
"Yeah Via, maybe tomarrow we can go to Diagon Alley. Then maybe later play some quidditch or just chill in the orchard." said Harry who wasn't very confident in asking her to do anything specific. Via looked up surprised and smiled sweetly at him. "Sounds like a date Harry." They just stood there several moments looking longingly into each others eyes. "I'm sorry to interupt this love fest but..... I am in need of feeding here, Med's the house elves can fix me somthing, you and Harry can go catch up or somthing." said Draco trying hard not to be rude to Harry seeing the way Via looked at him.
"No Draco thats okay, I have to call me Uncle and Aunts house they are suddenly getting worried about if my godfather knows I'm here. Merlin knows why" He said smirking mischievously, something he hardly never did. "Potter, I believe I'm rubbing off on you. Was that a smirk I just saw?" Harry smiled, "I think I have that right since my godfather is the imfamous Sirius Black." He said walking away leaving Draco somewhat dumbstruck.
Harry went to his room and changed into some black mesh shorts and a black wife beater. He reached over to the phone and dialed the Dursley's phone number. It rang several times till Dudley picked up. "Hello, Dursley's residence, Dudley speaking." "Dudley its me Harry I just called to check up. Everything ok there?" a gasp came from the other end of the line. "Harry.... I came home and there were men here in masks and wierd cloths. They killed mummy and daddy. I don't know what to do....can I go stay where your staying I know we haven't gotten along very well, but please help me Harry." "Dudley calm down I'll be right there I'm going to bring some of my friends with me by floo. Are those men still there?" "No they left several hours ago," "Ok I'll be right there. Bye for now." Harry hung up the phone and quickly changed into baggy blue jean pants and thrust his wand into one of its pockets that was made special for wizards.
Harry ran down to the kitchen where he last saw Via and Draco. When he got there Via was already changed into the cloths she had been wearing earlier and Draco was wearing a Green wife beater with tan knee shorts. "Via I need your help, Death Eaters attacked my aunt and uncles house, they were murdered and I have to go get Dudley my cousin. Will you come with me?" Via gasped "of course Harry, just a sec I think we may need to fill the others in on whats happening. GUYS COME QUICK!" the sound of pounding feet was heard echo through the house. "Whats wrong Via?" said Hermoine looking concerned.
Harry answered first. "Ok heres the deal, my aunt and uncle were killed by death eaters and I'm going to go infultrait the house to get dudley back here, He said the threat was gone but I'm going to need your help Ron and Hermoine," said Harry quickly "Fred and geaorge i'm going to need you to go by apparation to the outside of my house. when we come out I need you to summon the night bus. I think there are still death eaters there. Hermoine Ron Via and I will go from the inside by floo, into my bedroom, where i'm supposing Dudley is hiding. The rest of you need to hold down the fort okay. Time to move out we need to do this as fast as we can." Everyone nodded holding no objections to what Harry had said.
Via, Harry, Hermoine and Ron had flooed to Harry's room. Dudley was no where in sight. They opened the door and stepped into the hallway, making their way to Dudleys room. They found him crouching behind his bed. "Dudley it's us, your safe now." Dudley came back from behind his bed. Dudley was taller and looked alot slimmer. "Dudley the diet evidently worked." Dudley nodded, I'm trying to slim down, playing alot of sports now." Harry nodded "Okay lets go we need to get to the front of the house where Fred and George are waiting with the night bus." as the group ran down the stairs, a loud crack reverbrated through the air. As an image of Ron falling down the stairs whirled past Harry.
"Sorry mate I tripped in the rush, let's hurry up and get the hell out of here!" They opened the door and ran onto the night bus. As they turned to look back they saw a group of deatheaters run out of the house after them. Dudley was shaking now. "Dudley your safe we'll be back at Orchard Manor soon. We'll send the ministry to go and liqiudate everything. We'll take you with us to Diagon Alley tomarrow to go shopping, we'll even go to muggle London if you like." Dudley smiled. Via had come over and snuggled against Harry.
"Ummm Harry who are all these people anyways?" Harry smiled as Ron and Hermoine came over to sit by Harry, Via and Dudley. "This is Ron Weasley and Hermoine Granger my best friends." He said pointing at Ron and Hermoine who smiled and shook Dudleys hand. "and this is Via, she's who we are staying with this summer. Her brothers invited us. Those two over there are Fred and George but you have already met them. They made your tounge really big back in when we were 14, remeber that?" "yes unfortunetly." he said as they pulled up the long drive leading up to the manor.
"Via wake up we are back," said Harry as Via woke up. The weary group made their way inside. "Dudley will dubble up with me Via we will sort this all out in the morning." He said kissing her cheek goodnight as they went to their respective rooms on the third floor. To get a good nights sleep for the next days activities.
authors note: This chappy is a little shorter than I would have liked it to be! I thought adding Dudley into the mix would make things a little more interesting, same goes for Draco. Wonder whats going to go on with those two. Plus in the next chapter preparing Dudley for his 'NEW' life, trust me its a very interesting development! Lol's you'll all have to wait and stay tuned till next time! "REMEBER READ AND REVIEW, JUST DON'T ABUSE!"
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Authors note: Thank-you for the input kim. Thank-you for always supporting my storys even if they are crappy mandy! I know you'll always be there for me and if I ever write a real book you'll be the first one to read it! Best wishes to all my readers! Where ever you all may be don't foget to R&R!
Kati
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Via led Harry across the hall to some large golden doors. As she opened them Harry gasped at what he saw. The Room was very golden, It has Scences of fire sprites dancing with phenixes in a great medow. The walls were gold with huge Guilded windows the floor had ornate designs in it made out of jewels. There was a gigantic candalier in the middle of the room that made Harry stare for quite some time.
"Buetiful isn't it, it was made for my great-great-great grandmother who was a spritess. This room was referbished and decorated just for her. Moving on to the 1st floor!" Harry followed Via out of the room closing the doors behind him. 'This house is to awsome' he thought to himself, 'I wonder what her father does?' he pondered as he walked up te huge marble stair case.
"This is the library it goes up to the second story, its a bit smaller than father would like it to be but Maria insisted that the 3rd floor should stay all bedrooms. I'm glad she did if he did change it I bet my room wouldn't be there and I would have to sleep on the 4th floor with them, that wouldn't be good. Hearing THEM at night. She's already had 3 miscarriges and is pregnant again." Harry nodded "Thats exacting but whats that room over there?" he said pointing to a glass door. "Oh that was Josh's mother and my mother's favorite room. Its an indoor green house that goes out on the balcony. I dont know how they did it but theres a water fall and a stream running through it." Harry shook his head in disbelief, as Via led him through the green house to the stream and water fall. "It's so lovely its my 2nd favorite room besides my own."
Via led him through the house showing him the high tech wieght room and potions lab. The study where her father met with his buisness clients on the second floor. "Nobody that works for my father that dosen't live here or is a guest can go past the second floor" stated as they walked over to the elevator to take them up to the 4th floor since they already knew what was on the 3rd. As they walked out of the elevator, they passed through Mr.Veldans study. Snape was sitting at 1 of the 2 desks that was in the room working away on somthing. "Come on just ignore Uncle Severus, I want to show you the hall of heritage, its got paintings of my anscestors and some of my fathers wives that have long since passed away." Via led him through the Hall of Herritage but when Via went to show Harry the picture of her mother and her fathers other wives they were all gone.
"Hmmm they must be getting touched up, because last week it was the older paintings so this week must be the newer ones." Just as she finished talking a group of house elves walked past them carrying a large painting to hang up. As they put it upVia laughed. "Look its a painting of when Josh and I were 5 , Matt was 4 and Evan and Scott were 6. Right before Josh and I had to go to AMA, I hated those long flights but it was the only post secondary school we could find. Then We all transfered to DMA when we hit seven and at 16 we go to Hogwarts. So goes the tradition. Matts all mad because he has to go to Hogwarts when he is 15 instead of 16. Father said it was a mix up but I think its on purpose. Didn't want him doing any shady activities. He got in trouble this year for using an unforgivable on a 1st year, I mean the kid was only 9 for merlins sake!" Harry shook his head. "Thats sad, no wonder hes really grumpy, who would want to be the one to brake the family tradition."
"Sad thing is I'm related to the sorry retard. He was born after my father married Maria Monico. Evan and Scott aren't related to me they are just my step brothers, Josh and Matt are my only "REAL" brothers. The funny thing is though Josh and I look alike and Matt dosent maybe its because his mom isnt a magical-ish being. Like our hair is really wierd watch this." Via conncentrated a second and her hair was in perfect ringlets. "thats so awsome, I can't get my hair to anything, it kinda is just everywhere." said Harry blushing thinking he was being vain and girlish. Vias hair was suddenly back to its very straight layered self, "I can do your hair in the moring if you want, I love messing with hair even though mine does what ever I tell it to. Litterally. I always do my fathers friend Arabella's hair and my brothers hair for the balls."
She grabbed Harrys hand and ran into her parents bed room. She stood on the bed and pulled on a cord that made stairs come down from the cieling. She ran up the stairs into the attic. Harry followed her and saw a large storage room filled with old furniture. There was a fireplace on the wall ajaycent to the stairs. Via went all the way into the fireplace and said some words that Harry didnt know. and the back of the fire place lifted up Via crawled through followed by Harry. "This" she gasped over the dust "Is the secret attic. In case of a deatheater attack then we all have buttons like the one in that fire place to take us up there instantly when we say the 'magic' words." She smiled and led him back downstairs.
"Care for a swim Harry," She said hoping he wouldn't mind. She had learned to swim from very early age, since her mothers side had some water sprites mixed in, it was just natural for her. She wasn't very good at many things. Swimming, Running, Riding and Flying were about it. She had pretty avarage grades at her old school. Hopefully it would stay that way at Hogwarts, she didnt want to seem like a know it all in her first year.
"Via? HEllO did you hear me? I said I would love to go swimming with you?" "Oh" she said blushing at her blunder in zoning out. "Ok I'll meet you down at the pool in a cupple of minutes, hopefully my brothers didnt get there first. I think they take there swims in the morning. I have always prefered to swim at night..." she was about to add somthing to her sentance but she decided not to, it might ruin his view of her. She didn't want him to think anyless of her because of who her grandfather was.
As she went into her room on the third floor, she grabbed her roxy red and oranger hawiian print bikini bathing suit that looked like it should tie at the top bit it had a thicker straps that came together at her neck. She grabbed her towl that had VIA scrawled in blue writing in the middle of the towl. It had a water sprite in one corner and a blue crest in the corner diagnel to it in the upper left hand corner. The back ground was picture of a quaint little castle that looked nothing like other castles that looked menacing. The castle was a great deal smaller than Hogwarts, and had tree's that had pinkish white flowers blooming all over them instead of leaves.
Via opened her door and made her way down the stairs to the ground floor and continued put the door, her flip flops clicking the whole way. When she reached the poll she found Harry already waiting for her standing before her in his black swimming trunks that went to his knees. his stomache looked like it had been chisled out, she sighed dropping her towel and kicking off her flip flops. 'He has the nicest set of abs I have ever seen!'she smirked has she ran and did a dive into the kidney been shaped pool, splashing Harry who had not yet got in the pool. "Via jeez for merlins sake did you have to sneak up on me!?!"
"What else would I do?" She said flashing her peraly whites at him. Harry was shocked 'she really does look like a sprite, her almond shaped face, her eyes an odd hazel with a large amount of black-ish-blueish color with specks of gold in it. (if i have said her eye color already tell me and tell what i put it as, I can't remember what I put it as!)'He smiled and jumped in. When Harry resurfaced he grabbed Via and dunked her. They continued a pattern of splashing and dunking for several minutes till a voice rang out over the night air. "Via are you out here?VVVVVIIIIAAAAAA!" Via gasped,
"Draco,Oh My Gosh!"she gasped, "What happend, was it your father again?" Draco swallowed hard, "Yes Via it was my father again.....can I....Stay the night again, he wasn't to happy when I came home last night." Via got out of the pool as fast as she could. and grabbed her towel. "Harry are you coming?" said Via looking back as she put on her flip flops. "Yeah Via, I'm coming." Harry got out of the pool slowly and was shocked at what he saw. Draco Malfoy stood before him blood all over his white wife beater and tan shorts.
"Merlin Draco what happend?" Draco glared, "Since when does it concern you Potter is this ruining your perfect life? To much violence for your poor little eyes." Draco spit some blood out of his mouth and whiped his mouth on his arm smearing blood all over it. "Is that what you think Draco, I have a perfect life. My cosin Dudley did that to me all the time. Did I get help from anyone? No. Did I have friends to lend their comforting words? No. I was an outcast, Hermoine and Ron were my first TRUE friends." Harry shot daggers at Draco with his eyes. "Somtimes I agree with you about muggles Draco, but most of them are good. Just my Aunt Petunia my Uncle Vernon, and my cousin Dudley are an exception."
"I take it you two know each other?" said Via looking between the two aprehensively. "Yes you could say that." said Harry just as Josh, Evan, Scott, Fred, George, Hermoine, and Ginny came running out side. "Holy shit Dray, what did HE do to you this time." said Josh with a towel and a thing of ice in hand. "Draco you're staying here tonight again, you are never going back to that monster!" said Scott fuming with fury. Via ran her thumb over Draco's lip, the cut instantly vanishing, but she just stood there and stared into the deep gray pools. "Nobody touch her," said Evan defensively, "She's having a vision, or reading his thoughts or memorys. My guess it's memorys." Everyone just stood and watched the two stand there.
~*~Flashback~*~
"Father I am saying this for the last time I will not join your stupid little cause!" screamed Draco at the top of his lungs so that his father could hear him as he walked away down one of the long corridors of Malfoy manor.
His father spun on his heal and charged back at Draco and Swung. His fist hit his jaw with a satisfying thud, he continued to beat Draco for several hours untill, he threw Draco out onto the streets outside the manors boarder. Draco then apparated to the only place he felt he was safe, Orchard Manor.
~*~ End of Flashback~*~
Via gasped and hugged Draco, "Why do you always do that little Medow Lark. You silly little thing." he sighed as he let himself be led inside by Via. Recieving several questionable looks from the group outside. As they continued out of site Hermoine turned to Josh. "What was that all about? Why was Draco beat up like that?" Josh sighed,
"I'm sorry you all had to see that, Draco , Via and I are all very close from are earlier schooling, Draco's father isn't a very understanding person, expecially when you don't want to do things his way. My mother found out the hard way unfortunetly. Draco was here last night, he and his father had another arguement over 'The Mark', and Draco refused again. Wait till Maria gets home, she is going to flip. I just hope she dosen't cancel her buisness meetings for the next cupple weeks. We'll never hear or see the end of it. Pregnant woman are hell!"
Evan laughed,"You wouldn't know the half of it little brother, when she was having Matt whew, it was total hell!" every laughed. "Yea" said George, "I remember when Mum was having these two here," he said pointing to Ron and Ginny. "She was ten times fussier than she ussually is. If you can even imagine that!" Ron and Ginny had turned both turned a bright red to match there hair.
Harry shook his head at the sudden turn in the conversation. He went inside after Via, just to see her disappear into the kitchen. Harry walked into the kitchen, to see Via getting Draco some food while he sat at a little kitchen table."Oh Harry I'm sorry we had to cut our swim short, tomarrow night we'll swim again hopefully with no interuptions." She smiled as she getiing down a plate, getting several glares from the house elves. Who begged and pleaded with her to let them do it for her. But Via had a very solid idea of what she wants to do. SHe was also a very stubborn person, if she didn't get what she wanted when she was little several windows would break and things would litterally expload.
"Yeah Via, maybe tomarrow we can go to Diagon Alley. Then maybe later play some quidditch or just chill in the orchard." said Harry who wasn't very confident in asking her to do anything specific. Via looked up surprised and smiled sweetly at him. "Sounds like a date Harry." They just stood there several moments looking longingly into each others eyes. "I'm sorry to interupt this love fest but..... I am in need of feeding here, Med's the house elves can fix me somthing, you and Harry can go catch up or somthing." said Draco trying hard not to be rude to Harry seeing the way Via looked at him.
"No Draco thats okay, I have to call me Uncle and Aunts house they are suddenly getting worried about if my godfather knows I'm here. Merlin knows why" He said smirking mischievously, something he hardly never did. "Potter, I believe I'm rubbing off on you. Was that a smirk I just saw?" Harry smiled, "I think I have that right since my godfather is the imfamous Sirius Black." He said walking away leaving Draco somewhat dumbstruck.
Harry went to his room and changed into some black mesh shorts and a black wife beater. He reached over to the phone and dialed the Dursley's phone number. It rang several times till Dudley picked up. "Hello, Dursley's residence, Dudley speaking." "Dudley its me Harry I just called to check up. Everything ok there?" a gasp came from the other end of the line. "Harry.... I came home and there were men here in masks and wierd cloths. They killed mummy and daddy. I don't know what to do....can I go stay where your staying I know we haven't gotten along very well, but please help me Harry." "Dudley calm down I'll be right there I'm going to bring some of my friends with me by floo. Are those men still there?" "No they left several hours ago," "Ok I'll be right there. Bye for now." Harry hung up the phone and quickly changed into baggy blue jean pants and thrust his wand into one of its pockets that was made special for wizards.
Harry ran down to the kitchen where he last saw Via and Draco. When he got there Via was already changed into the cloths she had been wearing earlier and Draco was wearing a Green wife beater with tan knee shorts. "Via I need your help, Death Eaters attacked my aunt and uncles house, they were murdered and I have to go get Dudley my cousin. Will you come with me?" Via gasped "of course Harry, just a sec I think we may need to fill the others in on whats happening. GUYS COME QUICK!" the sound of pounding feet was heard echo through the house. "Whats wrong Via?" said Hermoine looking concerned.
Harry answered first. "Ok heres the deal, my aunt and uncle were killed by death eaters and I'm going to go infultrait the house to get dudley back here, He said the threat was gone but I'm going to need your help Ron and Hermoine," said Harry quickly "Fred and geaorge i'm going to need you to go by apparation to the outside of my house. when we come out I need you to summon the night bus. I think there are still death eaters there. Hermoine Ron Via and I will go from the inside by floo, into my bedroom, where i'm supposing Dudley is hiding. The rest of you need to hold down the fort okay. Time to move out we need to do this as fast as we can." Everyone nodded holding no objections to what Harry had said.
Via, Harry, Hermoine and Ron had flooed to Harry's room. Dudley was no where in sight. They opened the door and stepped into the hallway, making their way to Dudleys room. They found him crouching behind his bed. "Dudley it's us, your safe now." Dudley came back from behind his bed. Dudley was taller and looked alot slimmer. "Dudley the diet evidently worked." Dudley nodded, I'm trying to slim down, playing alot of sports now." Harry nodded "Okay lets go we need to get to the front of the house where Fred and George are waiting with the night bus." as the group ran down the stairs, a loud crack reverbrated through the air. As an image of Ron falling down the stairs whirled past Harry.
"Sorry mate I tripped in the rush, let's hurry up and get the hell out of here!" They opened the door and ran onto the night bus. As they turned to look back they saw a group of deatheaters run out of the house after them. Dudley was shaking now. "Dudley your safe we'll be back at Orchard Manor soon. We'll send the ministry to go and liqiudate everything. We'll take you with us to Diagon Alley tomarrow to go shopping, we'll even go to muggle London if you like." Dudley smiled. Via had come over and snuggled against Harry.
"Ummm Harry who are all these people anyways?" Harry smiled as Ron and Hermoine came over to sit by Harry, Via and Dudley. "This is Ron Weasley and Hermoine Granger my best friends." He said pointing at Ron and Hermoine who smiled and shook Dudleys hand. "and this is Via, she's who we are staying with this summer. Her brothers invited us. Those two over there are Fred and George but you have already met them. They made your tounge really big back in when we were 14, remeber that?" "yes unfortunetly." he said as they pulled up the long drive leading up to the manor.
"Via wake up we are back," said Harry as Via woke up. The weary group made their way inside. "Dudley will dubble up with me Via we will sort this all out in the morning." He said kissing her cheek goodnight as they went to their respective rooms on the third floor. To get a good nights sleep for the next days activities.
authors note: This chappy is a little shorter than I would have liked it to be! I thought adding Dudley into the mix would make things a little more interesting, same goes for Draco. Wonder whats going to go on with those two. Plus in the next chapter preparing Dudley for his 'NEW' life, trust me its a very interesting development! Lol's you'll all have to wait and stay tuned till next time! "REMEBER READ AND REVIEW, JUST DON'T ABUSE!"
