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Okay, It's time for a PAR-TAY!  Chapter 30!!!!  Whooooooohhooooooo!!!!!  Congrats to me!!!!  Yay!!!



Many days went by (playing Exploding Snape, having pillow fights, etc, etc…) and soon it was July 31st , Harry's birthday.  That morning:

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR HARRY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!" They all bellowed (except Harry) suddenly while they were eating breakfast.

Harry was stunned.

"It's my birthday?" he asked blankly.

"Of course!  July 31st!" said Hermione indignantly while Ginny giggled.

"Brilliant, Harry!" shouted Fred, clapping him on his shoulder.

"Yes, absolutely ingenious!" added George.

"Well, aren't you going to open your presents?" asked Ginny, pulling a blanket off a fairly large pile of presents.

"Yes, yes, of course!" sputtered Harry, abandoning his breakfast and rushing to the pile of presents.

"Cool!" he exclaimed as he unwrapped Hermione's present, which was a bag to put his Firebolt in.

Ron's present was a box of Chocolate Frogs, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, and Sugar Quills.

Fred and George's present-a box full of their latest inventions.

"We thought these might come in handy next school year." Winked Fred as Harry examined the Self-Destroying Powder (just sprinkle it on anything, and in 20 minutes it destroys itself!)

"Wicked!" exclaimed Harry, cracking into an evil grin identical to Ron's when he saw what Harry had gotten.

Alex's present was a model of the Eiffel Tower whose top opened to reveal a hidden compartment (for a secret storage place, Alex wrote on a note) and a Mickey Mouse figure that walked around on his palm and said things.

Remus Lupin's present was a miniature Foe-Glass.

Neville had also sent him a present, a plant much like his Mimbulus Mimbletonia.

Ginny's present was a photo album of pictures of them (and their friends in some pictures.)

Luna had also sent him a present:  a book on Crumple-Horned Snorkacks and pictures of her and her dad in Sweden with a butterfly net.

"That…er…was nice of her." Said Ron, chuckling madly as he leafed through the book.

"Hm." Scoffed Hermione.  "Everybody knows those things don't exist." She said huffily, looking at the book as though it had offended her.

"They..don't?" asked Harry, his eyes widening as though he was a little kid and Hermione had just told him Santa Clause didn't exist.  Hermione gave him the 'look' and he shut up and started laughing.

Ginny was laughing as she looked at the pictures Luna had sent.

"Who's that?" asked Fred, wrinkling his nose, pointing at a plump man in shorts who was struggling to climb a rock and waving a butterfly net.

"Er…I think that would be Luna's dad." Said Ginny, giggling as the man finally gave up and sat on the ground, panting heavily.

"Oh." Said George, and he and Fred burst out laughing.

"Oh come on!  It was nice of her to even send me a birthday present!" exclaimed Harry.

"Well, yes…" they said, looking uncomfortable.

There was one more present, Harry picked it up and opened it. 

It was a pocket knife from Hagrid.  It would come in handy, since the knife he had gotten from Sirius had melted last summer.

~Hey Hagrid.~

~Argh!  Who is this?  Oh, is that you, Harry?~

~Yes.~

~ Dumbledore tol' me all abou' yeh special gift.  Tha's somethin' isn't it, Harry?~

~yeah.  I wanted to thank you for your present.~

~Tha's nothin', Harry, Happy birth'day!~

~Thanks.~

~Well, best be go'in to Grawpie now.~

~okay, Hagrid, bye!~

~Bye, Harry.~

~Professor Lupin?~

~Call me Remus, Harry~

~euh…okay.  You don't seem very surprised.~

~Professor Dumbledore told me all about your gift.~

~Oh.  Well, I wanted to thank you for the foe-glass~

~You're welcome.  Happy birthday, Harry.~

~Thanks.  I guess I'll see you at the King's Cross?~

~Er…no, not really…~

~Why not?  Are you going somewhere?~

~Yes, I'm going on assignment for the Order with Professor Prentler~  (look in chap 8, bottom)

~He's not going to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts anymore?~

~No, you're getting a new teacher.  Dumbledore's already hired him~

~So it's a him.  Who is he?~

~That's for me to know and you to find out.  Bye now!~

~Wait…okay…bye, Remus~

~Bye Harry~

"We're going to have a new DADA teacher." He immediately said to his friends. 

"Really?  I wonder who it is…" said Hermione interestedly.

~Hello Neville~

~Harry?  Is that you?~

~Yeah, I can do telepathy now.~

~Wow, cool!~

~Thanks for your present.~

~And thank you for that book about Herbology!  And that Wizards Gardening Kit!  It's really come in handy.~

~Well, you're welcome.  Happy birthday, Neville!~

~Happy birthday, Harry.  Sorry, but I have to go, Gran's calling me.~

~okay.  Bye Neville, see you at school!~

~Bye, Harry, say hi to everybody there!  I got a letter too, but Gran didn't want me to come.~

~That's okay, I have almost all the Weasleys and Hermione here.~

~Not Alex?~

~No, he couldn't come.~

~okay, well, I really have to go now~

~bye~

"Neville says hi." Harry said to his friends, who were playing Exploding Snap.  (Not exploding Snape).

~Hello Luna.~

~Is someone here?~

~It's me, Harry Potter.  I'm sharing thoughts with you.  My new power.~

~Oh.  Did you get my present?  Happy birthday.  It's Neville's birthday today too.~

~Yeah.  I got your present, thank you.~

~you're welcome.~

~Well, I must be going, Luna, bye~

~Okay, I'll see you on the Hogwarts Express.~

~Okay~

~Bye, Harry~

~Bye Luna~

~Say hi to everybody there.  I couldn't come, sorry.~

~that's okay, I have plenty of people who did.  Bye~

~Good bye~

Harry joined his friends back at the table.  "Luna says hi, too.  No Exploding Snape?" he asked teasingly, sitting down. 

Ron rolled his eyes.

"Hermione doesn't think it's very, euh what was the word?, oh yeah, civil." He said, emphasizing the word civil.

Hermione gave him the 'look'. 

"Well, it's true!  You shouldn't blow up a figure of your teacher, even if it is Snape and if it's just a game.  It's barbaric." She exclaimed.

"yeah, whatever." Said Ron, rolling his eyes again.

They all sighed and continued playing Exploding Snap.



Hey, I'm really sorry, but I'm going to be updating a little less.  Not every day, maybe every two days, or something.  My mom (rolls eyes) started complaining and she threatened to close the computer (it's a labtop) and I wouldn't be able to go on it…ever.  Mothers!  Oh well…

I promise I'll add at least two chapters each week!



responses:  

ElizabethMM:  yes, I am happy, except with the whole mother-fiasco.  It was actually pretty funny, I burst out laughing.  My mother was complaining and she said to my dad "well, what do you think?" (wrong move, mom)  he was like "euh, well, we can give her a computer without internet?" and she was like "but that's not what it's about!  I don't want her on the computer at all!" haha!  Ahah!  I love my dad!  Hope you liked this chappie!

Miss Prongs:  Thank you for the two sandwiches!  They were delicious!  I was really hungry!  Hope you liked this chapter, here's a cookie!

Sarahamanda:  Thanks!

FREAKSHOW1:  Glad you liked it…are you still on chapter 3, or have you read the whole story?  Glad you don't think my English is terrible!

Ami-Gryffindor89:  Yup, Cho is out of the game!  Haha!  She's graduated so she won't be at school…and the DADA professor is a he, so she's not it!  I wonder who it is…haha!  Glad you LOVED the chapter!  Hope you LOVE this one!!!! Haha!

Supergirl036996:  Thanks!  Glad you liked it, hope you liked this one!

Caroline E.M.A. Melbourne:  Thanks!  Yes, I will keep on writing!  Of course!