Harry Potter and the Year of Life

By MiSt

Disclaimer: The plot belongs to J.K. Rowling

Chapter 2: The beginning of a nice, normal summer.

Uncle Vernon's face turned purple. "ARE YOU EXPECTING PAY OF ANY KIND?!" thundered Vernon. Harry cowered but did not show it.

"No sir, just want to help." Said Harry nervously.

Uncle Vernon looked at him suspiciously. "When did a fat lazy boy like you want to do something like that? I'd give you a smack in the face if you don't go to your room right now!"

"No Uncle Vernon, I want to help, and I'll do it for free." Harry said persistently. He was about to add, 'and look at your son, you mofo…' but he knew better.

Uncle Vernon turned purple and hurriedly said that he would think about it the rest of the night, and would tell him his decision tomorrow. He walked away muttering about why his own son couldn't do something like that, and also why the heck the kid who he had called useless could want to help him. He started muttering about the freakish wizards.

Harry silently whooped to himself and walked away, grinning as he knew that his Uncle would accept his offer. He walked back into his room and started looking over his books again, it was thanks to the Order he had been allowed to keep them this summer.

Harry suddenly thought about Sirius and became immediately very sad… he turned off the light and did about 50 push-ups before falling asleep, for he needed to build his strength to defeat the greatest evil wizard in the century.

Dream:

He was flying in the middle of nowhere… there was grass everywhere. He couldn't feel himself, yet he knew that it was him.

Harry flew around the grass a little bit, he didn't have a reflection, but when looking to the sides, he was ultimately shocked at the golden wings.

When he landed, he saw a small pool nearby. Hurriedly he ran over, wanting to see what mysterious creature he had turned to.

He walked forward… and forward…

"Boy, wake up!"

Harry sighed. He really wanted to see what he had transformed into. Maybe that was his animagus form?

Harry hurriedly yelled, "I'm coming!" and put on his daily wear, which included some very bad looking clothes from Dudley.

When he got down, he was shocked to see his Uncle smiling.

"I think you can come with me today, boy." Said Vernon.

Continued soon…