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Warning- the following chapter does contain some sexual material, and therefore I must stress the rating. If you're under 13, ( Although my betta dissagress with her coment: They've gotta learn somehow) you may want to consider skipping down to the third group of ~ ~ ~. You won't miss much, I promise.
Okay, well Enjoy!!!
Chapter 6
I was still thinking about my meeting with Ron when Remus and I left their house that night. We had made arrangements to meet up with the Weasleys and Hermione at Diagon Alley the next day. Ron, Hermione and Ginny would than go back to the Burrow for the remaining night. They had invited me too but I wanted to spend some more time with Remus before school started.
"We're here Harry," Remus said when we got back to the cottage that I called home. I stepped through the door exhausted and started to head up the stairs.
"So Harry, I'm assuming that all went well with Ron?" Remus said.
"Yeah, I'm really lucky to have him for a best mate." I said. Remus smiled at me and than I continued my way up to room. Upon reaching my room I pulled off of my clothes and slipped into my pyjamas of an old shirt and some boxers. Collapsing on my bed, I fell instantly into a deep slumber. It was deep but it wasn't uninterrupted. Instead of my usual nightmares, my dreams that night were filled with my bushy haired friend.
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"Hey Harry" Hermione said, walking towards Harry with her curls tumbling down her shoulders. She walked up to Harry and winked, before sitting down on his lap with a flirtatious smile on her face. Harry could literally feel his body melting for her. Her smile just made him go weak at the knees. She just started planting butterfly kisses on his check and kissing his neck. Just as she was going to plant a kiss on his lips.
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I shot straight up in bed. I looked down at my boxers and the area surrounded them and realized that they were drenched. That was easily the best dream I had ever had. I remembered what Sirius had told me in a letter he sent me around my 14th birthday. He had explained what all of this meant, it was called a 'wet dream' or something. I couldn't believe that I was falling for Hermione, and yet I was. I again looked down at the mess I had created. I wasn't allowed to use magic to clean it up and yet I was mortified at the idea of Remus seeing it. I got up out of bed, throwing my covers over the spot and ran to my bathroom to take a cold shower. When I got out, I wrapped a towel around my waist and walked back into my bedroom. Sitting on the edge of my bed was the last person in the world that I would EVER want to see at this moment, Remus. The sheets were still covering the spot on my bed, maybe there was hope that he didn't know. I decided that I would just act cool.
"Hey Remus. I was just up taking a shower." I explained as casually as I could at the moment.
"Don't worry Harry. You don't have to trick me, I already know." Remus said, while flashing me a knowing smile. "I heard the shower and so I got out of bed to make sure you were alright. On my way to your room I realized what must have happened. You're not the only one who has the urge to take cold showers after certain 'dreams' so to speak."
I felt just mortified as my face heated up in embarrassment.
"There's really no need to be embarrassed Harry. What you felt here tonight, was a very natural occurrence. In fact it would disturb me very much if something like this never happened to you." Remus said, much in the way a health teacher talks during sex education- professional yet caring. "You see what you had tonight Harry was called.".
"Remus, please spare me. Sirius already gave me that talk and I really don't need to hear it twice!" I told Remus. He smiled at me.
"Oh, so old Padfoot beat me to the altar on that one. In any case, I want you to know that if you have any questions feel free to voice them now." Remus said.
"It's really okay Remus. Like I said Sirius got really in depth on all that stuff and I really have no questions." I said.
"Jeez, before I know it I'll be sending you a vile of birth control potion and telling you about safe sex! So, who's the lucky girl?" Remus asked.
"Um.yeah about that..it was kinda well yeah.it was ermony" I said, saying the last word very fast and muffled.
"Didn't quite catch that last word Harry." Remus said smiling.
"Hermione. my dream was about Hermione." I stated very clearly and than realized what I had said, and blushed furiously.
"Oh, so you're falling for your bushy haired friend. Well, all successful couples are also friends so you guys already have an advantage." Remus kidded. "Well, if that's all maybe we should both go back to sleep, remember that we both have to be up early for Diagon Alley tomorrow morning. I put a cleaning spell on your bed and remember Harry that if you think of any questions later."
"I won't hesitate to bring them to you." I said completing his sentence. Remus nodded as he left but Harry stopped him at the door. "Oh and thanks Remus, I know I may not have showed my best behaviour tonight but it means a lot to me." With one last smile, Remus left. I went to bed and fell into a long, uninterrupted slumber.
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I woke up the next morning to Remus shaking me.
"Come on Harry, you need to get up we're going to Diagon Alley." Remus said. I rolled over and groaned. "Hermione's going to be there." he added in an attempt to get me excited (if your gross like someone I now *cough, beta, cough, kanga* than you might think I meant physically aroused and I didn't- jking I like Kanga I really do, her comments tell me when I need to put an explanation, carry on now with your reading, it gets better).
I glared at him playfully: "Okay, okay I'm up." I got out of bed and walked over to my dresser. I pulled out some slacks, one of my favourite shirts and a basic black robe. I walked over to the mirror and took off my pyjamas. I had started working out a little and it was amazing how some running and a little weight lifting paid off in terms of body tone.
"My, my you're a handsome one deary." the mirror told him. Harry's cheeks tinted with a little bit of a blush before realizing that he was blushing about a mirror and, feeling really stupid, just shrugged it off. He proceeded to pull on his shirt and slacks. He looked at himself in the mirror and with a nod of approval pulled on his black robe and started walking downstairs.
"Don't we look good today? Trying to impress anyone Harry?" Remus asked teasingly as I walked down the steps. I glared at him and he started laughing. Deciding to ignore him, I walked up to the table and began to eat the breakfast he had prepared- consisting of eggs, toast and 2 pieces of bacon.
"Hurry up and eat quickly, we're supposed to meet the Weasleys and Hermione in Diagon Alley in about a half an hour." Remus said. My eating pace picked up a little. In about 20 minutes I was sprinting up the steps to brush my teeth and attempt to comb my hair. As usual my hair just wouldn't stay down and I resigned. We had 2 minutes to go and Remus and I were standing in front of his fireplace. I took some floo powder and threw it down speaking the words 'Diagon Alley'. I saw as our cottage flashed out of my vision and I came to a soft landing at my arrival grate.
"You okay mate?" Ron asked, while giving me a hand up. I took his hand and pulled myself to my feet brushing off my robes.
"Oh, Harry!" I heard a female voice shout from across the room. Before I knew it I was being attacked by none other than Hermione. She pulled me into a huge hug and I squeezed back. She stepped back and I took a good look at her for the first time since last June. She looked like a goddess. Her messy, bushy hair had turned into small defined ringlet curls, and her smile was as beautiful as ever. She smelled faintly of lavender and she was wearing a teeny bit of lip and eye make-up. Just as I was going to tell her she looked gorgeous she turned and gave Ron a hug.
"I've missed you two so much over the summer. I wanted to get together with you earlier, but with the whole Dursley thing Dumbledore said it just wasn't possible. I was so worried about you Harry, are you okay? How was your summer with Professor Lupin?" Hemione asked with a huge smile that only a reunion with your two best friends could create- on her face.
"I'm fine Hermione, Remus has taken very good care of me. It's good to see you too, I've missed you a ton too." I said, gaining up the courage to tell her she looked pretty. "You look nice today Herms, what did you do with your hair?"
"Oh, it's nothing really." she said smiling it off. "Well, where do you two want to go first?"
"Sorry to interrupt you guys, but don't we all need to make a trip to Gringotts before we do anything else." Remus said from behind.
"That would be a good idea." Hermione said, a little bit embarrassed that she hadn't thought of that first. Remus walked off towards Gringotts, and I hurried up a little to catch up with his pace for a short stride.
"Remus, did you tell the Weasleys about the will yet?" I whispered to him. He nodded.
"I just told Arthur and Molly, Ron and Hermione still need to be told. Do you want to tell them or should I?" Remus asked. I looked at him uncertainly.
"If you don't mind, I'd really rather you did." I stated.
"Okay, that's fine, I'll do it as soon as we enter the bank." Remus said. I smiled at him and returned to my friends who gave me a puzzled look.
"What was that all about?" Ron asked. I shrugged at him.
"Just a small piece of business, you'll find out soon enough." I said. Hermione gave him a look that said 'let it rest' and thankfully he did. We walked on towards Gringotts. After we entered the doors, Remus turned to my friends.
"I have something that I need to tell you two." Remus said.
"What is it Professor Lupin?" Hermione asked politely. She looked so cute when she was polite.
"First of all, it's Remus. Anyways, as you both know, my good friend and Harry's godfather Sirius Black passed away several months ago. Well, only a short while ago, Harry and I received his will. The main reason I'm telling you guys this, is that you two were benefactors of it." Remus said. Hermione looked surprised, as did Ron.
"I hope you don't mind me asking Prof- Remus, but what do you mean by benefactors?" Hermione asked curiously.
"What I mean is that according to Sirius's will both you and Ron get 100 galleons. We have opened accounts for both of you and your money is to be used at your discretion, although Sirius did mention that he'd prefer if you saved it until after school when you might need it to get a kick start on life." Remus said. Both Ron and Hermione looked pleased. Remus smiled at them, before walking up to the register and asking for the appropriate keys. Meanwhile Hermione went over to the exchange counter to exchange the muggle money her parent's gave her to spend on school supplies. Remus and I got into one cart. While Arthur, Molly, Ginny (who's parents had told her of her share) and Ron got into another one.
Our cart dashed violently into the underground tunnels. I couldn't believe that I was going to finally see what exactly Sirius had left me in his will. Our cart came to a hault in front of my vault. I got out, and the goblin opened the door for me. I walked in, and not only was stunned by how much more gold there was but also by the presence of one big chest. It was that that I walked up too. I opened the top and looked inside. The trunk was divided into two parts. On one side was a rare assortment of jewels, each one looking of more value than the previous one. On the other side was a collection of the Marauder's things. I put my hand into it and picked up old dusty pictures, and other momentums that seemed to sum up their childhood. Than I noticed that near the bottom of the trunk were 2 wands. I could only guess that these belonged to my parents (since he didn't doubt that they snapped Sirius's long ago). I picked them up and fingered them in his hands, while tears rolled freely down my cheeks.
I wondered what my life would be like if they hadn't died. I wanted to be able to laugh with my mother and talk with my father. I suddenly felt very empty.like the big gap within me had suddenly gotten larger. I put down the wands- I couldn't keep thinking like this. Not now, I looked to the back of me and saw that Remus had decided to give him his space and, for this, I thanked him. I looked at a few other things in the chest before closing it firmly, and wiping the tears away from my cheeks. I then turned on one heel and grabbed a handful of gold and a little bit of silver and bronze before walking out.
Remus clasped me on the back when I walked out, almost as if words weren't needed. He went on to perform a charm on my eyes so that all traces of tears were all gone. I smiled.
"Thanks, the last thing I need is Hermione asking me about that." I said. He nodded, and we zoomed out to higher grounds. Hermione and Ron were already waiting for me with big smiles on their faces.
"So, where to? Hermione asked cheerily. I could tell that she could tell that something was up with me and I respected her for not asking.
"Quality Quidditch Supplies definitely and we have to check out the twins joke shop, it opened a couple weeks ago!" Ron responded eagerly.
"Sounds great, also I want to go to The Eye Shop, because my glasses are getting a little big worn out." I added.
"Okay, well why don't we go to get Harry's glasses first, than we can go to Quality Quidditch Supplies and than to go get our supplies." Hermione said. Ron and I agreed and we started off towards The Eye Shop. I found it amazing how much just being around Hermione made me happy. I hoped that I wasn't completely obvious in how I was acting, but I seriously doubted it. I mean, wasn't I always a generally happy person?
When we arrived at The Eye Shop and old wizard walked up to us.
"Now, what can I do for you three today?" he asked, in an old, kind voice that faintly reminded me of Albus Dumbledore.
"Harry here needs a new pair of specs." Ron said. "Can you hook him up with some?"
"Of course, of course I could, but what would you say if I told you I could correct your vision?" the old man said as he turned to speak to me.
"I would say that that was impossible." I responded.
"Well, no, that's not true. It is very possible, with magic to cure pretty much any deficiency in eye sight." the old man said. I smiled at him. "Would you like me to perform the spell, it costs 10 galleons?".
"Yes, yes of course. Here, let me get your money." I said. I don't really know why I trusted a complete stranger with a ludicrous idea, but, somehow, I did. He turned on me after I had handed him the money and pointed his wand at my eyes. After doing this he muttered a spell under his breath and all of a sudden what was fuzzy became clear. It was a miracle. I smiled at him.
"Wow, thanks, I can see perfectly now." I said. He nodded.
"You're very welcome young sir." he said. Hermione thanked him too and we headed off towards Quality Quidditch Supplies. We looked at the brooms and the books before heading off towards the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. I was dying to see what kind of shop they had.
"Well, if it isn't the man of the hour." George said loudly as I entered. I blushed a little as the twins gave me a tour of the back of their shop. I was surprised with how creative they had gotten. You could do everything from pop your enemies eyes (temporarily) out to turn your best friend into a turkey. I laughed as they did just that. Fred took the Turkey Treat and turned into a full fledged turkey for a total of about 3 minutes. I grabbed some of their stuff and tried to pay them but they refused all offers for money so I took my purchases as their gifts and left the shop. Hermione than proceeded to drag us to the book store and the potions shop and everything in between, in an attempt to get all of the business stuff out of the way. When we were at Madam Malkins getting our regular robes restocked, Hermione pointed out something at the bottom of the list that I hadn't seen. It stated that all people in 4 year and above would require dress robes. I shuddered at the thought, and picked out robes very quickly. They looked good and everything, I just didn't take very long. Since Ron had his from the past year that the twins had given him, he was all set. Hermione and Ginny however were a different story. They spent near an hour looking at fabrics and models until they both finally decided on one.
"Look, I'm going to go and leave you three time to catch up." Ginny said. I nodded to her in thanks.
"Why don't we grab an ice cream?" Ron said. As we were walking, he lent down and whispered in my ear "Do you want to tell her now?" Ron said.
"Better now than never." I said, and we walked onto the ice cream shop.
My apologies for leaving you at a cliff hanger. I'm sorry if I was too graphic with the whole wet dream thing- I did warn you. I think that if you're going to do something like that, you have to serve it justice. Anyways, next chapter they tell Hermione about the prophesy and board the Hogwarts Express. So, I'm going to cut to the chase and say REVIEW!!!! REVIEW!!!! REVIEW!!!! (seriously (this is the beta by the way) review, if you don't, she beats me {she exaggerates, I've only beat you once kanga, and you make it sound like all the time- sheesh, can't a girl whip her beta? Jking, jking} ) Thank-you again to my beta-she seriously just makes the story a lot cleaner for you guys to read. This time she had to rewrite a whole paragraph with the correct tenses, just b/c I went weird in this one paragraph. So re-read the paragraph about Harry in Sirius's vault and appreciate that you didn't have to read the confusing crap she did!
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Warning- the following chapter does contain some sexual material, and therefore I must stress the rating. If you're under 13, ( Although my betta dissagress with her coment: They've gotta learn somehow) you may want to consider skipping down to the third group of ~ ~ ~. You won't miss much, I promise.
Okay, well Enjoy!!!
Chapter 6
I was still thinking about my meeting with Ron when Remus and I left their house that night. We had made arrangements to meet up with the Weasleys and Hermione at Diagon Alley the next day. Ron, Hermione and Ginny would than go back to the Burrow for the remaining night. They had invited me too but I wanted to spend some more time with Remus before school started.
"We're here Harry," Remus said when we got back to the cottage that I called home. I stepped through the door exhausted and started to head up the stairs.
"So Harry, I'm assuming that all went well with Ron?" Remus said.
"Yeah, I'm really lucky to have him for a best mate." I said. Remus smiled at me and than I continued my way up to room. Upon reaching my room I pulled off of my clothes and slipped into my pyjamas of an old shirt and some boxers. Collapsing on my bed, I fell instantly into a deep slumber. It was deep but it wasn't uninterrupted. Instead of my usual nightmares, my dreams that night were filled with my bushy haired friend.
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"Hey Harry" Hermione said, walking towards Harry with her curls tumbling down her shoulders. She walked up to Harry and winked, before sitting down on his lap with a flirtatious smile on her face. Harry could literally feel his body melting for her. Her smile just made him go weak at the knees. She just started planting butterfly kisses on his check and kissing his neck. Just as she was going to plant a kiss on his lips.
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I shot straight up in bed. I looked down at my boxers and the area surrounded them and realized that they were drenched. That was easily the best dream I had ever had. I remembered what Sirius had told me in a letter he sent me around my 14th birthday. He had explained what all of this meant, it was called a 'wet dream' or something. I couldn't believe that I was falling for Hermione, and yet I was. I again looked down at the mess I had created. I wasn't allowed to use magic to clean it up and yet I was mortified at the idea of Remus seeing it. I got up out of bed, throwing my covers over the spot and ran to my bathroom to take a cold shower. When I got out, I wrapped a towel around my waist and walked back into my bedroom. Sitting on the edge of my bed was the last person in the world that I would EVER want to see at this moment, Remus. The sheets were still covering the spot on my bed, maybe there was hope that he didn't know. I decided that I would just act cool.
"Hey Remus. I was just up taking a shower." I explained as casually as I could at the moment.
"Don't worry Harry. You don't have to trick me, I already know." Remus said, while flashing me a knowing smile. "I heard the shower and so I got out of bed to make sure you were alright. On my way to your room I realized what must have happened. You're not the only one who has the urge to take cold showers after certain 'dreams' so to speak."
I felt just mortified as my face heated up in embarrassment.
"There's really no need to be embarrassed Harry. What you felt here tonight, was a very natural occurrence. In fact it would disturb me very much if something like this never happened to you." Remus said, much in the way a health teacher talks during sex education- professional yet caring. "You see what you had tonight Harry was called.".
"Remus, please spare me. Sirius already gave me that talk and I really don't need to hear it twice!" I told Remus. He smiled at me.
"Oh, so old Padfoot beat me to the altar on that one. In any case, I want you to know that if you have any questions feel free to voice them now." Remus said.
"It's really okay Remus. Like I said Sirius got really in depth on all that stuff and I really have no questions." I said.
"Jeez, before I know it I'll be sending you a vile of birth control potion and telling you about safe sex! So, who's the lucky girl?" Remus asked.
"Um.yeah about that..it was kinda well yeah.it was ermony" I said, saying the last word very fast and muffled.
"Didn't quite catch that last word Harry." Remus said smiling.
"Hermione. my dream was about Hermione." I stated very clearly and than realized what I had said, and blushed furiously.
"Oh, so you're falling for your bushy haired friend. Well, all successful couples are also friends so you guys already have an advantage." Remus kidded. "Well, if that's all maybe we should both go back to sleep, remember that we both have to be up early for Diagon Alley tomorrow morning. I put a cleaning spell on your bed and remember Harry that if you think of any questions later."
"I won't hesitate to bring them to you." I said completing his sentence. Remus nodded as he left but Harry stopped him at the door. "Oh and thanks Remus, I know I may not have showed my best behaviour tonight but it means a lot to me." With one last smile, Remus left. I went to bed and fell into a long, uninterrupted slumber.
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I woke up the next morning to Remus shaking me.
"Come on Harry, you need to get up we're going to Diagon Alley." Remus said. I rolled over and groaned. "Hermione's going to be there." he added in an attempt to get me excited (if your gross like someone I now *cough, beta, cough, kanga* than you might think I meant physically aroused and I didn't- jking I like Kanga I really do, her comments tell me when I need to put an explanation, carry on now with your reading, it gets better).
I glared at him playfully: "Okay, okay I'm up." I got out of bed and walked over to my dresser. I pulled out some slacks, one of my favourite shirts and a basic black robe. I walked over to the mirror and took off my pyjamas. I had started working out a little and it was amazing how some running and a little weight lifting paid off in terms of body tone.
"My, my you're a handsome one deary." the mirror told him. Harry's cheeks tinted with a little bit of a blush before realizing that he was blushing about a mirror and, feeling really stupid, just shrugged it off. He proceeded to pull on his shirt and slacks. He looked at himself in the mirror and with a nod of approval pulled on his black robe and started walking downstairs.
"Don't we look good today? Trying to impress anyone Harry?" Remus asked teasingly as I walked down the steps. I glared at him and he started laughing. Deciding to ignore him, I walked up to the table and began to eat the breakfast he had prepared- consisting of eggs, toast and 2 pieces of bacon.
"Hurry up and eat quickly, we're supposed to meet the Weasleys and Hermione in Diagon Alley in about a half an hour." Remus said. My eating pace picked up a little. In about 20 minutes I was sprinting up the steps to brush my teeth and attempt to comb my hair. As usual my hair just wouldn't stay down and I resigned. We had 2 minutes to go and Remus and I were standing in front of his fireplace. I took some floo powder and threw it down speaking the words 'Diagon Alley'. I saw as our cottage flashed out of my vision and I came to a soft landing at my arrival grate.
"You okay mate?" Ron asked, while giving me a hand up. I took his hand and pulled myself to my feet brushing off my robes.
"Oh, Harry!" I heard a female voice shout from across the room. Before I knew it I was being attacked by none other than Hermione. She pulled me into a huge hug and I squeezed back. She stepped back and I took a good look at her for the first time since last June. She looked like a goddess. Her messy, bushy hair had turned into small defined ringlet curls, and her smile was as beautiful as ever. She smelled faintly of lavender and she was wearing a teeny bit of lip and eye make-up. Just as I was going to tell her she looked gorgeous she turned and gave Ron a hug.
"I've missed you two so much over the summer. I wanted to get together with you earlier, but with the whole Dursley thing Dumbledore said it just wasn't possible. I was so worried about you Harry, are you okay? How was your summer with Professor Lupin?" Hemione asked with a huge smile that only a reunion with your two best friends could create- on her face.
"I'm fine Hermione, Remus has taken very good care of me. It's good to see you too, I've missed you a ton too." I said, gaining up the courage to tell her she looked pretty. "You look nice today Herms, what did you do with your hair?"
"Oh, it's nothing really." she said smiling it off. "Well, where do you two want to go first?"
"Sorry to interrupt you guys, but don't we all need to make a trip to Gringotts before we do anything else." Remus said from behind.
"That would be a good idea." Hermione said, a little bit embarrassed that she hadn't thought of that first. Remus walked off towards Gringotts, and I hurried up a little to catch up with his pace for a short stride.
"Remus, did you tell the Weasleys about the will yet?" I whispered to him. He nodded.
"I just told Arthur and Molly, Ron and Hermione still need to be told. Do you want to tell them or should I?" Remus asked. I looked at him uncertainly.
"If you don't mind, I'd really rather you did." I stated.
"Okay, that's fine, I'll do it as soon as we enter the bank." Remus said. I smiled at him and returned to my friends who gave me a puzzled look.
"What was that all about?" Ron asked. I shrugged at him.
"Just a small piece of business, you'll find out soon enough." I said. Hermione gave him a look that said 'let it rest' and thankfully he did. We walked on towards Gringotts. After we entered the doors, Remus turned to my friends.
"I have something that I need to tell you two." Remus said.
"What is it Professor Lupin?" Hermione asked politely. She looked so cute when she was polite.
"First of all, it's Remus. Anyways, as you both know, my good friend and Harry's godfather Sirius Black passed away several months ago. Well, only a short while ago, Harry and I received his will. The main reason I'm telling you guys this, is that you two were benefactors of it." Remus said. Hermione looked surprised, as did Ron.
"I hope you don't mind me asking Prof- Remus, but what do you mean by benefactors?" Hermione asked curiously.
"What I mean is that according to Sirius's will both you and Ron get 100 galleons. We have opened accounts for both of you and your money is to be used at your discretion, although Sirius did mention that he'd prefer if you saved it until after school when you might need it to get a kick start on life." Remus said. Both Ron and Hermione looked pleased. Remus smiled at them, before walking up to the register and asking for the appropriate keys. Meanwhile Hermione went over to the exchange counter to exchange the muggle money her parent's gave her to spend on school supplies. Remus and I got into one cart. While Arthur, Molly, Ginny (who's parents had told her of her share) and Ron got into another one.
Our cart dashed violently into the underground tunnels. I couldn't believe that I was going to finally see what exactly Sirius had left me in his will. Our cart came to a hault in front of my vault. I got out, and the goblin opened the door for me. I walked in, and not only was stunned by how much more gold there was but also by the presence of one big chest. It was that that I walked up too. I opened the top and looked inside. The trunk was divided into two parts. On one side was a rare assortment of jewels, each one looking of more value than the previous one. On the other side was a collection of the Marauder's things. I put my hand into it and picked up old dusty pictures, and other momentums that seemed to sum up their childhood. Than I noticed that near the bottom of the trunk were 2 wands. I could only guess that these belonged to my parents (since he didn't doubt that they snapped Sirius's long ago). I picked them up and fingered them in his hands, while tears rolled freely down my cheeks.
I wondered what my life would be like if they hadn't died. I wanted to be able to laugh with my mother and talk with my father. I suddenly felt very empty.like the big gap within me had suddenly gotten larger. I put down the wands- I couldn't keep thinking like this. Not now, I looked to the back of me and saw that Remus had decided to give him his space and, for this, I thanked him. I looked at a few other things in the chest before closing it firmly, and wiping the tears away from my cheeks. I then turned on one heel and grabbed a handful of gold and a little bit of silver and bronze before walking out.
Remus clasped me on the back when I walked out, almost as if words weren't needed. He went on to perform a charm on my eyes so that all traces of tears were all gone. I smiled.
"Thanks, the last thing I need is Hermione asking me about that." I said. He nodded, and we zoomed out to higher grounds. Hermione and Ron were already waiting for me with big smiles on their faces.
"So, where to? Hermione asked cheerily. I could tell that she could tell that something was up with me and I respected her for not asking.
"Quality Quidditch Supplies definitely and we have to check out the twins joke shop, it opened a couple weeks ago!" Ron responded eagerly.
"Sounds great, also I want to go to The Eye Shop, because my glasses are getting a little big worn out." I added.
"Okay, well why don't we go to get Harry's glasses first, than we can go to Quality Quidditch Supplies and than to go get our supplies." Hermione said. Ron and I agreed and we started off towards The Eye Shop. I found it amazing how much just being around Hermione made me happy. I hoped that I wasn't completely obvious in how I was acting, but I seriously doubted it. I mean, wasn't I always a generally happy person?
When we arrived at The Eye Shop and old wizard walked up to us.
"Now, what can I do for you three today?" he asked, in an old, kind voice that faintly reminded me of Albus Dumbledore.
"Harry here needs a new pair of specs." Ron said. "Can you hook him up with some?"
"Of course, of course I could, but what would you say if I told you I could correct your vision?" the old man said as he turned to speak to me.
"I would say that that was impossible." I responded.
"Well, no, that's not true. It is very possible, with magic to cure pretty much any deficiency in eye sight." the old man said. I smiled at him. "Would you like me to perform the spell, it costs 10 galleons?".
"Yes, yes of course. Here, let me get your money." I said. I don't really know why I trusted a complete stranger with a ludicrous idea, but, somehow, I did. He turned on me after I had handed him the money and pointed his wand at my eyes. After doing this he muttered a spell under his breath and all of a sudden what was fuzzy became clear. It was a miracle. I smiled at him.
"Wow, thanks, I can see perfectly now." I said. He nodded.
"You're very welcome young sir." he said. Hermione thanked him too and we headed off towards Quality Quidditch Supplies. We looked at the brooms and the books before heading off towards the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. I was dying to see what kind of shop they had.
"Well, if it isn't the man of the hour." George said loudly as I entered. I blushed a little as the twins gave me a tour of the back of their shop. I was surprised with how creative they had gotten. You could do everything from pop your enemies eyes (temporarily) out to turn your best friend into a turkey. I laughed as they did just that. Fred took the Turkey Treat and turned into a full fledged turkey for a total of about 3 minutes. I grabbed some of their stuff and tried to pay them but they refused all offers for money so I took my purchases as their gifts and left the shop. Hermione than proceeded to drag us to the book store and the potions shop and everything in between, in an attempt to get all of the business stuff out of the way. When we were at Madam Malkins getting our regular robes restocked, Hermione pointed out something at the bottom of the list that I hadn't seen. It stated that all people in 4 year and above would require dress robes. I shuddered at the thought, and picked out robes very quickly. They looked good and everything, I just didn't take very long. Since Ron had his from the past year that the twins had given him, he was all set. Hermione and Ginny however were a different story. They spent near an hour looking at fabrics and models until they both finally decided on one.
"Look, I'm going to go and leave you three time to catch up." Ginny said. I nodded to her in thanks.
"Why don't we grab an ice cream?" Ron said. As we were walking, he lent down and whispered in my ear "Do you want to tell her now?" Ron said.
"Better now than never." I said, and we walked onto the ice cream shop.
My apologies for leaving you at a cliff hanger. I'm sorry if I was too graphic with the whole wet dream thing- I did warn you. I think that if you're going to do something like that, you have to serve it justice. Anyways, next chapter they tell Hermione about the prophesy and board the Hogwarts Express. So, I'm going to cut to the chase and say REVIEW!!!! REVIEW!!!! REVIEW!!!! (seriously (this is the beta by the way) review, if you don't, she beats me {she exaggerates, I've only beat you once kanga, and you make it sound like all the time- sheesh, can't a girl whip her beta? Jking, jking} ) Thank-you again to my beta-she seriously just makes the story a lot cleaner for you guys to read. This time she had to rewrite a whole paragraph with the correct tenses, just b/c I went weird in this one paragraph. So re-read the paragraph about Harry in Sirius's vault and appreciate that you didn't have to read the confusing crap she did!
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~Twigs~
P.S.- I was disappointed that only 2 or 3 people reviewed last chapter. Come on, be that review that makes my day. This story is getting places and I'm really excited that you guys are along for the ride. Now after every story I'm going to post a trivia question. The person who gets it right, will get rewarded with one signifigent clue to where this story's going. Just be sure to leave your e-mail in your review if you're not signed in and you want a chance at winning. If more than one person gets it right they get the same clue.
Question: What was the name of the "planet" that Ron wanted to see through Lavendar's crystal ball in the 4th book?
Tata for now folks!