OMG! It's been sooooooooooooo long. But I'm such a big procrastinator with a HUGE case of writer's block. Thanks sooooo much to draco's princess, angel, Nabeeha, and Me for reviewing! I'll get more up as soon as I can!

Disclaimer: As usual I do not own Harry Potter, but again I am willing to buy him!

~*~Chapter 2~*~

The next morning Harry woke up to a bright and sunny day. Unfortunately the Dursleys were too stingy to get any curtains to protect the room (as well as Harry) from the sun's merciless rays. Groggily Harry sat up when a sudden thought struck him. "How am I supposed to get to Diagon Alley?" he pondered out loud. After yesterday's incident, it was pretty unlikely that the Dursleys would be willing to drop him off at the station. He got up out of bed and walked over to his trunk in which he grabbed a scratch sheet of parchment on which he scrawled another note.

Hermione. Ran into some trouble. Can you and your dad pick me up?

-Harry

He tied the note to the returning owl's leg. "Sorry about this," he apologized. The owl gave him an affectionate nip on the ear and flew away. Harry decided it might be awhile so he got dressed and went downstairs. Vernon was reading the paper and Dudley was fumbling with his bandaged hands and a spoon. 'I almost feel sorry for him,' though Harry. 'Almost.' Petunia Dursley walked over with four bowls of grapefruit. She placed one in front of Vernon, one for Dudley, one for herself, and an eighth for Harry. Dudley quickly put on a sour face, "Awww Mom!" he whined. "Do we STILL have to eat this?"

"I'm so sorry Duddlkins," Petunia cooed. "But not until that nasty lady stops sending me letters about your perfectly good diet." Dudley made a face and started to eat his grapefruit. Harry shoved the small piece into his mouth and stood up. "Where are you going boy?" Barked Vernon.

"To check my mail," answered Harry. Vernon's face paled. "Something wrong with that?" Vernon hurriedly shook his head and waved him out of the kitchen. Harry walked upstairs to his room and closed the door. He would have locked it, but students were not permitted to use magic over the holiday. Harry turned around and sitting on Hedwig's strained perch were four owls. Hedwig even looked a little bit ruffled from all the incessant "hooing." Besides Hedwig, there was another owl that carried a letter from Hogwarts, an almost dead owl he recognized as Errol, and the last was a magnificent tawny colored owl with gray eyes of all things, that Harry assumed was Cumulus. Sure enough a letter in Hermione's handwriting was in its talons. He took Hermione's note first.

Dear Harry,

My dad is a bit occupied, but a friend of mine offered to pick you up. We'll be there at noon next Wednesday.

-Hermione

Harry nodded and watched Cumulus bob his head and fly off. Next came Errol who was heaving its little chest in exersion. On Errol's leg was a note with Ron's scrawly handwriting on it. Harry untied the note and gave a couple of owl treats to Errol for his troubles. With a weak hoot, Errol set off through the window flying lopsidedly down the street. An impatient hoot made Harry focus his attention on the Hogwarts owl who was ruffling it's feather indignantly. As soon as Harry took the letter, the owl took off in a flurry of feathers. Harry set the Hogwarts letter aside and hastily opened Ron's.

Hey Harry!

Are you going with Hermione? If you are, she's picking me up too.

Dad's going crazy on account that they're picking us up in a

Muggle car. Oh well see you in a few days.

-Ron

Harry grinned at the news and turned his attention on the letter from his school.

Dear Mr. Potter,

Please note that the new school year will begin on September the first. The Hogwarts express will depart from King's Cross station, platform Nine 3/4, at eleven o'clock.

Enclosed is a list of books and supplies for this year's term.

Yours Sincerely,

Professor M. McGonagall

HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY UNIFORM

Fifth year students will require:

1) Three sets of plain work robes (black)

2) One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear

3) One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

4) One winter cloak (black with silver fastenings)

COURSE BOOKS

All fifth year students should have the following:

1) The Standard Book Of Spells (Grade 5) by Miranda Goshawk

2) An Advanced Guide To Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

3) Stars And Planets: A Guide To The Galaxy by Julianne Corroto

4) Potions And Antidotes by Angel Cake

5) The Underground: A Goblin History by Charlie Horse

6) In The Shadows: A Guide To the Spells And History Of The Dark Arts by Ryan Rippleson.

'Well, I guess all I can do is wait,' thought Harry. Sighing resignedly, Harry prepared himself for another day at Number 4 Privet Drive. He never even noticed the sudden whispers coming through the window on the wind.

Thanks people for reviewing this story! I'll try and finish this story since it's summer right now, but I'm the biggest procrastinator ON EARTH! Anyway, please R/R! Bye for now!