Chapter 4
"Harry dear, what happened to you ? You are arriving in the nick of time! We were starting to dread that you missed the portkey and that you were lost! We were so worried! I told you, Arthur, that sending him in that place to find that stupid portkey was too dangerous for a boy of his age!"
That was too much! Not only he had been sent in three different places within 10 minutes, but also he was called a little boy! He was 15 today and he was not a boy anymore. He really loved the Weasley but that was really too much for him. So when he caught a glimpse of how tall Ron had become in a few weeks and that he saw Hermione rushing towards him to see if everything was alright like she would have done for a pet, he really wanted to tell them all to get off and to show them that he was strong enough for that experience.
But instead of that he just let Mr Weasley help him to stand up, Mrs Weasley replace his glasses properly and Fred, George,Ron and Hermione hug him. It was so good to feel like part of a loving family that he could accept to be treated like a young boy endlessly. Apart, maybe, when Hermione came closer to hug him he couldn't figure out why he felt butterflies in his stomach and he noticed a very nice smell in her hair. Things were becoming too complicated for him.
"Oh, dear, what happened to Pigwidgeon?" said Ginny, Ron's young sister, when she turned away her eyes to avoid Harry's as he was saying hello to her. She was deeply fond of him, especially since he saved her life in her first year at Hogwarts. He was her hero and she was becoming red from nose to ears when he was looking in her direction. Harry knew this for a long time but kind of didn't care because she was like part of his new family: the Weasley. Anyway he couldn't avoid to think that she also had changed in a few weeks and that she was becoming a quite beautiful young woman. Ron would really have to keep an eye on her if he wanted to protect her from the boys at school... What the hell was he doing?! Things were definitely becoming too complicated for him. If Ron knew what Harry just thought about his little Ginny, he would kill him on the spot.
"Earth to Harry", Ron was waving his hand in front of Harry s' eyes, "Would you mind telling us what happened or do we have to figure it out on our own? As to myself, I think you walked on the tail of the Yetty and he kicked your ass right back to here."
"Ronald Weasley!" , Mrs Weasley was coming back from the kitchen and she nearly let slid the cup of tea she was holding when she heard her son. " Nobody is allowed to say such words under my roof! Percy never told things like that, you should be ashamed! What an example for your sister! Take this cup of tea, Harry dear, you will feel much better after that. I put a special warming effect on it."
Harry felt really relieved to see that some things didn't change and he began to relax and explained what had happened. When he finished telling the whole story, he was explained about the numerous parts of it that he barely understood.
Mr Weasley informed him that everybody on Dumbledore's side had to be very careful to hide themselves and their family in order to protect them from the Death Eaters.
"This is why we had to leave The Burrow and to catch you from Privet Drive, which is too well known now. We were being black mailed every day of last week and the situation was becoming too dangerous to stay at the Burrow." While Mr Weasley was saying that, Harry could see how worried he was for his family by the way he was looking around for them, especially gazing at Ginny. He went on : "We had to let you come here through 2 different portkeys which make us more difficult to find for dark side spies. It shuffled the cards for the enemy, but it was also very risky because you only had 10 minutes to find the red glove from the point you landed in North Pole." And he added, looking to Mrs Weasley : " I knew everything was going to be OK with those portkeys because Harry is a clever boy. We wrote a clue about them in our letter and, beside, this was not the first time he travelled by this mean of transport. Am I wrong, Harry?"
Harry assumed then that the part missing on the letter was this clue! He wanted to tell them that he was actually very lucky to be there and that he could still be freezing in North pole if he had gone walking the opposite direction over there, but then he thought that Mrs Weasley would kill her husband for making him risk his life in such a stupid way and he actually didn't want to confess them that he managed to land here by complete random. That would minimise his "I made it on my own, like a man" effect. So, he nodded.
Mr Weasley went on : "The ministry of magic denied to all parents from Hogwarts'pupils what Dumbledore said at the end of last term. This was the reason why many people, faithful to the school headmaster, had been quitting the ministry to join his "troups." That's what I did."
There was a question bursting at the edge of Harry's lips : "And what about Sirius?"
Every body suddenly fell silent, as if they were dreading this question to come.
Mr Weasley came closer to Harry and laid his right hand on Harry's shoulder : "We have no news since he left Hogwards at the end of last year." Then, probably to cheer Harry up he added : " He has to keep quiet now because he is being hunted down both by the ministry of magic and by the Death Eaters. He has to avoid some spy to find what he is up to for his own safety and for ours. You know Harry, what happened to Pigwidgeon was not unexpected and he probably had to fight against one of those dark sorcerer who are unregistered animagi and changed into crows. It seems Pig has been a very brave owl and he managed to let you know about the portkey in Mrs Figg's backyard just on time."
"We sent him five days ago! We knew he would meet some enemies on his way." Said Ron to Harry, in a tone which shows that he was quite proud of his owl.
Then, Mrs Weasley told him that Mrs Figg moved right in front of the Dursley house when he was one year old, just to keep an eye on him and report Dumbledore and Professor Mc Gonagall everything. But she promised to not interfere into his life until it's necessary. She also admitted that she was not the nicest person they know, that she was talking very few and that she was absolutely not fond of children.
Harry agreed and couldn't stop smiling by thinking of what she did to Dudley.
After having learnt so much about the new events in the wizarding world and experienced such a rush to come here, Harry just needed one thing : to rest. They had a very nice supper speaking about everything but the latest events. They laughed a lot with some of Fred and George new tricks. Even Mrs Weasley was trying not to tell anything against that, as if she wanted to let them have fun in case something terrible happens in the future. It was about 10 pm when they realised they should go to bed. As this shelter was really smaller than the Burrow, all the girls, that meant Mrs Weasley, Ginny and Hermione, slept in the bedroom upstairs, and all the boys had to share the living room. Harry had to admit that it was kind of amazing the way such a small room could extend to let 5 persons sleep in it! Mr Weasley made 4 mattresses appear for himself, Ron, Fred and George and let Harry sleep on the mattress he landed on right next to the fireplace. That was perfect for Harry who eventually opened his trunk and put his pyjama on before falling asleep as soon as he closed his eyelids.
