Harry woke up early the next morning. Slowly he rubbed his eyes and glanced around the room. Number 4 privet drive had never been more boring. The sun had began to rise and Harry could see his owl Hedwig starting to doze it her cage. "Today's the day, Hedwig" Harry said as he got out of bed and stretched. Hedwig gave a hoot of annoyance but watched her master lovingly. Harry got out his marker and put the final slashes on his calendar. He felt like singing, it was finally September 1st. Time to go back to school.

Harry rushed down the stairs to breakfast. He thought now was as good as any to tell his Uncle the great news. During the summer break, Harry had asked the Weaslys to look for a small house to move into after his final year. He got the owl about a week ago and was ready to tell his 'family' he was going to leave them and never come back.