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Harry Potter and the Hair of the Unicorn

By: mygerbil

Chapter 1 : Birthday Boy

That morning, Harry Potter trotted down the stairs to the kitchen where the Dursley's sat waiting. As he sat on the only remaining chair, Aunt Petunia dished out today's breakfast: fresh baby carrots and bite sized pieces of celery served with ranch dipping. As she had been doing for the last month or so, she gave Harry a heaping helping while Uncle Vernon, herself and Dudley had normal sized rations.

Since they had the talk with Moody, the Dursleys became meek and excepting. They gave him extra food, money(though not much) and stopped bulling him. They also unlocked his door and allowed him to use their possessions such as the TV. Harry gobbled down his rations as fast as possible, unable to stand Dudley's hungry stare at his breakfast. Finished, he raced up to his room to find a pair of owls perched on his windowsill and what looked to be like a furry snitch zooming gleefully around his room. One of the owls, his own owl, Hedwig, hooted in greeting him. Hedwig and the larger gray owl seem to be balancing a huge parcel that Hedwig carried. The large gray owl droped off it's letter before soaring out the open window into the night sky. Harry eagerly untied each of the letters including the one carried by Pig, the small hyper owl. About to open the letter Pig brought him, the letter with loopy narrow writing brought by Hedwig caught his eye. Somehow, it was oddly familiar. When opened it only said " Be prepared ". Confused, Harry picked up the other letters, hoping It would better explain his anonymous note. One of them, the one delivered by Pig, contained scrawny handwriting that said:

Hey Harry,

Hermione is here at "you know where". Can't tell

much right now Harry. Just wanted to say we remember you. Don't blow up on us, Harry.

Dear Harry,

I arrived here early this summer to help with

housecleaning at "the place". Just know that

you'll soon be joining us here.

Good Luck

Ron and Hermione

PS: I hope you finished your schoolwork, Harry. You

won't have time once you get here.

PSS: Hermione and I sent Hedwig your birthday presents.

You only received some of them. They would be too heavy

You'll get the rest once you get here.

Eagerly Harry picked up the parcel. Judging from its weight it probably contained a bowling ball. No wonder Hedwig needed help to carry it. When opened, the package only contained a chocolate birthday cake and a really large book which read "Almanac of Quidditch". Just like Hermione to send him a book, Harry laughed. Note tucked inside the book read:

I told Hermione not to send you

the book. I hope Hedwig 's alright.

-Ron

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Meanwhile at Goric Hollow~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"This is perfect", said an icy cold voice. "Repair the cellar for our headquarters. It must be done soon in order for my plan to succeed."

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Hi, I'm mygerbil. I'm a first time writer so I would appreciate it if you would just be honest about my writing. I would really like feedback and ideas about my story so review please.

~ mygerbil