Disclamer: As I have said before I don't own any thing but the original characters.
(And the crowd goes wild!!!)
Chapter 2
The Burrow
As Harry exited the fireplace he looked around and smiled, nothing had changed about his best friends' house. Mrs. Weasley was fussing about something as usual; Ginny still had a huge crush on Harry and blushed deeply every time he came around. Harry just shook his head and he and Ron took his trunk upstairs only to find Hermione sitting on Ron's bed waiting for them.
"Hi Harry, how have you been? Hermione asked staring at Harry's eyes. She had never noticed that his eyes glistened
When he stood a certain way. She smiled."No, you don't like Harry; he's your best friend." She thought to herself.
"Say Harry, Bill and Charlie should be here any minute, when they arrive you wanna go play some Quidditch?" he asked excitedly.
"Yeah I do. Do you know who is going to be captain of the team this year? I mean now that Oliver is gone?" Harry asked as he searched through his trunk for his broom.
Mrs. Weasley was looking through one of her cook books: One hundred cakes for your growing boys trying to find a cake to make for Harry. All of a sudden behind her she heard a loud pop telling her that someone was home.
"Hey mom, what are you doing?" Bill whispered when Molly put her finger up to her lips indicating that he was too loud.
"I'm looking for a cake for Harry. You look great, I missed you!" She said as she put her arms around Bills neck.
"But at least let me do something to your hair, maybe just a little trim."
"No mum I like it long." he said shaking his head. He gave her a kiss on the cheek and went up stairs to see everyone else. Upstairs Hermione, Ron and Harry we're in a very deep discussion about Quidditch when some one knocked on Ron's door.
"Hello, come on in." Ron said without even looking at the door. Bill walked in, looked around the room then looked down at his little brother but he wasn't so little anymore. He had actually grown a couple inches since the last time he had seen him. His hair was messy but it looked like he had done it on purpose. He also looked like he had been working out his arms no longer thin and scrawny but thick and defined. Harry to him also looked like he had grown too. He too looked like he had been working out.
"What happen to these two?" he asked himself.
"So are you two trying out for xanter disks?" asked Bill laughing
"What's that?" asked Harry
"Never mind, what are you four doing?" asked Bill
"Just talking about Quidditch." Ron said looking up into his big brothers' eyes. He got up and hugged him.
"Good to see you, how long are you staying?" Hermione asked
"Probably a couple of days I have to help dad with some-." Before he could finish the heard a huge thump in the attic. Then they heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Hermione stood behind Harry and tried to peek around him Ginny did the same behind Ron. Bill cracked open the door and peered out, the footsteps started to come closer and closer. Then the figure kept getting closer finally was five steps in front of Bill.
"Bill is that you?" voice asked
"Charlie is that you? Why in the bloody hell were you up in the attic?" Bill asked in disbelief.
"I just got here and I apparated up in the attic on an accident, I'm going to tell mom that I'm here. I'll be right back." He said with a smile as he went down the stairs.
"Hey mom." Charlie said kisses her on the cheek.
"When did you get here, and why did you come from upstairs?" she looked at him sternly, but then a warm smile came across her face.
"Go and collect the boys and go play a game of Quidditch maybe two the way Harry plays." She said getting back to cooking tonight's dinner.
Charlie ran upstairs and stuck his head in Ron's room. "Anyone wanna go play Quidditch??" Harry's eyes lit up, Charlie had just said the magic word. Harry grabbed his broom and ran outside, while yelling to everyone else to hurry up. Molly was in the middle of chopping up tonight's veggies when she seen one streak of black run out the door followed by five blazing red streaks. She barely magiced the broom out of the way, with one swift movement of her wand the broom was back to sweeping the floor.
As soon as Harry was out of the house two giggling girls came into the kitchen.
"What are you two giggling about may I ask?" Molly asked smiling
"The way Harry ran out of here, like his knickers were on fire." Ginny laughed.
"Don't you think about his knickers." Hermione said half serious.
"Well girls, we have a lot to do today. Ginny you start setting the table outside. Hermione can you put the Tiki torches up for me and light them?" Mrs. Weasley asked hurrying around trying to get dinner finished. Hermione stood on the patio looking around, she pulled out her wand and was just about to say a spell when Ginny ran up to her "herm, you weren't about to use magic, were you?"
"Oh how could I forget?" Looking like the wizard police was on their way as she stood there.
Lupin and Sirius walked into the kitchen.
"Hi Molly." Lupin walked over and gave her a hug. Sirius just nodded. He wasn't very comfortable around Mrs. Weasley yet. While Remus was helping Molly in the kitchen, Sirius went to find Hermione. Walking through the door as Sirius, Snuffles walked into the backyard.
As Harry flew around inches behind the snitch for the fifth time, he noticed something out of the corner of his eye he had not seen for a whole year…A Grim.
"That was weird." Thought Harry, returning his attention on the little ball. Harry just barley pulled up out of the way. Bill was flying full speed at him. Frantically looking around for the snitch, he saw it, a flicker of gold down by the grass. Harry dived. It all started to come back to him, everything he loved about Quidditch, the wind racing past his ears and the speed. Then he felt it, the cold ball in his hand, his fingers closing around the snitch. He got it; he held his hand up in triumph. Harry felt like he had just won the Quidditch cup.
"Ay, great catch Harry" as Fred came and slapped his back.
"Wicked, I thought you were done for there mate." George said slapping himself on the forehead.
"Bloody hell Harry that was a damn good catch if I may say so myself. I'm blown away." Said Charlie clutching his heart pretending, he was about to fall off his broom.
"All right, all right leave the boy alone and let's play some Quidditch." Said Bill looking at Harry. Harry was blushing a deep red, almost the same color as the Weasley's hair. Ron flew beside Harry and just shook his head and smiled.
While the boys were still playing, Hermione was still trying to light the torches. As she finished, she felt a cold wet nose in her palm. Hermione turned on her heel so fast that it made her head spin. But she still saw exactly what she was hoping that she would see.
"Snuffles!!" she shouted joyfully. He put his paw up to his muzzle as to say 'Quiet down' "Oh, I forgot." She said as she absentmindedly scratched his head.
"Are you ok? I've been worried about you; Harry has been worried." Finally she just bent down and whispered "I've missed you Sirius." Right into his fluffy ear.
Just as she and Snuffles finished, they heard a booming roar of a motorcycle. It came to a screeching halt right in front of them. Hermione looked in amazement. She had never seen a flying motorcycle before actually she thought it was against wizarding laws but she was still amazed.
"'Lo Hermione. How are you doing?" came a big voice.
"Hagrid, I'm so glad that you came, Harry will be too." She said, and then she heard another voice.
"Miss Granger, how are you on this lovely night?" came professor Dumbledore's voice from behind the bike.
"I'm fine. Um professor did you ride with Hagrid, sir?" Said Hermione "Is that dobby?" she asked with a confused look on her face. "Yes and it was a lovely ride I can see why Sirius loved this bike." He said looking at the big shaggy dog with an all too familiar smile on his face.
"Hello misses; professor had said that Dobby could come to Harry Potter's birthday party." His huge tennis ball eyes lit up. "Dobby go hide now."
"We are going to go in and make sure we have a nice hiding spot. Said Dumbledore and he walked into the burrow.
"Well must be off want ter get good seats." Hagrid said from beneath his wild beard.
Remus and Molly finally put the finishing touches on dinner. Everything to be in order, she went into the front room where Albus, Hagrid and Remus started a conversation on stone eating locusts "…Castle has to be cleansed before the students come back." She looked at the clock three hand pointed at home, six pointed at play time (she had two more hands added on for Harry and Hermione, she considered them to be family) and two still pointed at work. "Oh I do wish they would hurry up. They're going to miss Harry's birthday party." She said looking worried. Then one of the hands moved, the longest hand on the clock which belonged to Mr. Weasley it now was on traveling almost to home. She heard the door open; she knew that her husband was home. "Where's Percy dear?" she asked. "Still at work, couldn't get away, still trying to get use to his new position, an' all." Arthur said trying to put his things away and get into a place for the big surprise. "You three quite down I'm about to call the boys in for dinner" she said with a smile on her face. Mrs. Weasley walked up to Hermione and smiled.
"This looks amazing. Do hurry up and hide though, I'm about to call the boys into eat." So Hermione and Snuffles ran into the house and hid in the front room. A few seconds later they heard Molly yell for the boys to come and eat.
"Oy chows on." Fred said with a devilish smile on his face and a mischievous twinkle in his eye. "Last one there is a rotten flobberworm." With that they took off towards the house. With the occasional "no fair, no brooms." They made it back in record time. Bill made it there first. "Looks like were eating in the garden tonight." Charlie was next, followed by the twins and Ron. Harry being last walked into the kitchen excepting to see Mrs. Weasley but to his surprise no one was in there. He looked around, "Where did everyone go?" he thought. Then he heard her voice "go on upstairs and wash up for dinner the boys are already up there." He ran upstairs right past everyone hiding. Looking for something to wear he heard Bill and Charlie walking downstairs. Fred poked his head in the room "Hurry up slowpokes, Errol moves faster than you two." Laughing Harry and Ron threw on some clean clothes and ran downstairs. As soon as Harry's foot landed on the last step, he heard a deafening roar.
"Surprise!!" everyone jumped out of everyplace imaginable, Harry must have jumped five feet in the air, his heart was beating fast. "Where did all you come from??" Harry said with a huge smile on his face. Ron pushed Harry into the living room where everyone started to sing 'for he's a jolly good fellow'. Harry looked at all the smiling faces his eyes fell on a smiling Dobby.
Bill and Charlie grabbed Harry under the arms and carried him to the head one of the tables. Two of the tables were filled with plates of roasted chicken, grilled veggies, fried potatoes, minced meat pies, roast beef, corn on the cob and mashed potatoes. For dessert there was all of Harry's favorite's chocolate pudding, strawberry ice cream, cream puffs, carrot cake, chocolate frogs, cauldron cakes and Bertie Botts every flavor beans. It was amazing. Harry had never felt so happy; he was surrounded by his family and friends.
"Now everyone dig in, then he can open his presents." Molly said with a smile. Harry tried everything and ate to his hearts content.
"Harry, who do you think the new DADA teacher is?" said Ron
"I dunno maybe we should ask Dumbledore." Said Harry with his mouth full of food.
"Professor, who will our defense against the dark arts teacher be this year?" Professor Dumbledore looked at Harry with a twinkle in his eye and a smile coming across his face. Professor Lupin then looked at Harry and Ron with great pleasure and simply said "So Harry have you seen the new broom they have in the Quidditch shop down in Diagon Alley yet? I hear it's signed by the um, Chuldley Cannons." Ron's eyes lit up, the thought of school completely escaped his mind. Taking the opportunity Hermione asked Harry about Quidditch and who the new captain might be and if he thought he might be able to make it, but the truth is Hermione didn't care about Quidditch, well not enough to find this as fascinating as Harry or Ron did. She enjoyed talking to Harry, he understood her. She could tell him her most secret secrets. "He doesn't like you Hermione, stop this rubbish." She thought to her self. She looked deeply into his eyes almost getting lost in them.
"Since when did she like Quidditch this much." he thought to himself. "Well I don't know who will become captain the other players have to vote." He said stuffing more mashed potatoes in his mouth. The voice in the back of Harry's mind whispered, "You like her don't you? She sure has blossomed into a beautiful young woman. Developing in all the righ..." "Shut up" he said to himself trying to concentrate on what Hermione was saying. Hermione finally said
"Harry I'm going to wash up before everyone finishes eating." She kissed Harry on the cheek and walked into the kitchen and out of site. Harry just sat there stunned, Hermione had just kissed him, but then again she had kissed him before so it probably meant nothing. Just a harmless, friendly, "I don't like you" kinda way.
"Where is she going?" Ron asked as he tilted his head watching Hermione leave. "To uh, wash up or something." Harry said snapping out of his daze. While everyone finished up with dinner and dessert Ron and Harry played a few games of chess and exploding snaps, then it was time for presents.
Mrs. Weasley stood up to get everyone's attention.
"Now if everyone's done, would you please make your way to the living room?" Everyone stood up from the seats and made their way into the sitting area. Harry walked into see everyone loving faces. He sat next to Hermione, trying to accidentally have his hand touch hers. Hermione was the first to hand Harry her present. Harry looked down at the emerald green wrapping paper. He tore it open to find a camera and a book lying on his lap. On the book was a tag that read: "Harry this is for you, so we can make our own scrapbook." Harry looked down at the camera and smiled.
"Thank you Herm." Harry said smiling. Next Fred and George gave Harry their present. He ripped it open and had a load of ton-tongue toffees, canary creams, fake wands and a discount card. Harry looked around and could hear Ron mumble something like "Why don't I have a discount card." While Mrs. Weasley's face contorts into disappointment. From Ginny he got a journal and an eagle quill.
"It writes invisible and never needs re-inking." Ginny said blushing. This was the first time that Ginny talked to Harry all night. Ron gave Harry a new chess set that had figurines of his favorite Quidditch team the Chuldley cannons and of course Mr. Weasley and his obsession with muggle objects gave Harry some electrical plugs. ("Arthur really!") Bill and Charlie both gave Harry something from their jobs; Bill gave Harry a necklace with a vampire tooth on it. Harry looked at it and gave Bill a puzzling look.
"It's for luck" Bill said smiling.
"Thank you, it's nice" Harry said. Charlie gave Harry his present, it was a dragon egg painted in Gold and Red for Gryffindor.
"I put it back together after the dragon hatched, and um this uh girl painted it for you." Charlie said turning red.
"Yeah, I got one last year for my birthday too; it's up in my room." Ron said. Next up was Hagrid. His package was covered in parchment; it was big but extremely light. "Please don't be food; please don't let it be food." He thought to himself while he ripped the parchment open. Sitting on the table was a beautiful wooden cage.
"It's excellent Hagrid, thanks." Harry was beaming.
"Made it me self, made of the strongest wood, but its light as a feather." He said puffing out his chest with pride. The next gift he got was from Prof. Lupin, a wizarding radio and from Dumbledore he got something special, very special.
"Now Harry what I'm about to give you is very important, so do try to keep up with it." He handed Harry the ring. "It belonged to your mother; she left it in my possession when she died. It was passed down generation to generation and now it's your turn." Dumbledore smiled. Harry was blown away; this is the second thing he has gotten that belonged to his parents. A small tear ran down his cheek.
"Are you ok Harry?" asked Hermione.
"I'm fine; I just have something in my eye." He hurriedly wiped the tear away.
"If all the gifts are given then on to the cake." Molly motioned everyone to the garden where a huge birthday cake was sitting on the table with 15 bright green candles were lit. Harry was over whelmed, everyone was singing (or in some cases barking) Happy Birthday. Harry blew out the candles and made a wish. Bill and Charlie ate some cake but the kids really didn't want any so the went to do their own thing and the adults went into the living room to have a nightcap before the party ended. Harry, Hermione, Ron followed by snuffles and Ginny went to the clearing. They got there and sat down on the moist grass; snuffles came up and nudged Harry's hand.
"Oh yeah, um Ginny can you keep a secret?" Harry asked with a very serious face.
"Yeah why, what is it?" Ginny said started to get worried.
"Well …" Harry started "You see it's just something that means a lot to me and uh I just um…"
"We want to show you something but you have got to promise that you won't tell anybody at all, ok?" Hermione said stepping in.
"Yes, I promise, what is it?" Ginny's curiosity now getting the best of her. But instead of anyone saying anything the dog
snuffles turned into Sirius Black. Ginny tried to scream but something in her throat wouldn't let her. Ron grabbed his sister to try to clam her down. "Ginny its ok he's good, he's innocent." Sirius shook his head in agreement. Ginny just sat there and stared, watching his every move.
Sirius sat down by Harry. "It's a nice night isn't, Happy Birthday Harry." He handed him a flat package. It felt like a book.
"Well, are you going to open it or just hold it?" Sirius said jokingly
Harry pulled the paper off of the gift and looked down, indeed it was a book but nothing he would use at school but it was a journal, his fathers' journal. On the cover it had written in bold loopy gold letters James A. Potter. Harry ran his fingers across the gold letters. This belonged to his father; all of his dad's thoughts are in here. Harry looked at Sirius and smiled. This was one of the best gifts he received tonight.
"So do you like it?" Sirius asked
"Yeah it's-its great Sirius, thanks." Harry was pulled into a big bear hug by his god father.
They all looked at Ginny, she had tears in her eyes and she stood and ran back to the house. Harry, Hermione, Ron and Sirius ran as fast as they could after her. Ron was yelling "Ginny, wait come back, stop GINNY!" She ran all the way back to the house and stopped in front of the door, her hand trembling over the knob, "I'm going to tell mum." She said softly a tear fell down her cheek.
"She already knows, Why else would she let a big shaggy dog come to Harry's birthday party!" said Ron. Ginny just looked around at their faces and just walked into the house.
Harry woke up the next morning, the house was in frenzy and everything from the party was thrown everywhere. The only clean room in the house surprisingly was Ron's. As Harry walked downstairs mops, brooms and scrub brushes started to clean up, Mrs. Weasley was fixing breakfast.
"Hello Harry did you sleep well?" she asked smiling
"Yes, very well." He replied.
Finally, everybody was around the kitchen table shoveling food into their mouths.
"Has anybody seen Ginny?" Mrs. Weasley asked looking around.
"I haven't seen her since last night when she went off with Harry, Ron and Hermione." Bill said in between bites.
"She hasn't come down for breakfast?" Ron said feeling uneasy.
"No, I didn't even tuck her in last night." Mrs. Weasley said
"Ron, go get your sister please." She said to him.
Ron stood up and looked at Harry and Hermione then left the room. When he reached Ginny's room the door was locked.
"Ginny?" Ron said quietly.
"Go away!" Ginny said.
"Ginny mom said come down for breakfast." Ron said pleading thru the closed door.
"Tell her I'm not hungry! GO AWAY" Ginny screamed.
Ron just looked at the door silent, they must have really pissed her off and they didn't mean to, she just wouldn't understand he thought to himself. She would have flipped just like she did last night. She's just not old enough I guess he thought again. He started downstairs, the door opened slowly…
"Ron?" Ginny said softly
"Ron, why didn't you tell about him earlier? I don't think I would've taken it so bad. I just felt like everyone was keeping
it from me! If everyone knows then why was he a dog all night? It just doesn't make sense to me Ronald!" She said tears streaming down her face.
Ron didn't know what to say, he was at a loss for words.
"We didn't tell you because we didn't think that you could handle it. I'm sorry, I should have told you. I don't know
why he stayed a dog all night; maybe he didn't feel comfortable in human form just yet. You will just have to ask him."
Just as the words left his mouth Sirius walked into the room. Ginny's eyes almost popped out of her head.
"Maybe we should get you some glasses to keep those things in your head." Sirius said trying to lighten the subject.
Ginny smiled, it was the first time that she had smiled all day, it felt funny.
Sirius reached out for her hand, she hesitated like her hand would melt off by touching his. Her hand slipped into his and the three of them walked downstairs for breakfast.
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I would just like to apologize now for the hell-a-fyed long time it took me to update this.
I hope you enjoyed the second chapter, the third will be up as soon as I write it.
*~Alisha~* (elvenandriod88)
(And the crowd goes wild!!!)
Chapter 2
The Burrow
As Harry exited the fireplace he looked around and smiled, nothing had changed about his best friends' house. Mrs. Weasley was fussing about something as usual; Ginny still had a huge crush on Harry and blushed deeply every time he came around. Harry just shook his head and he and Ron took his trunk upstairs only to find Hermione sitting on Ron's bed waiting for them.
"Hi Harry, how have you been? Hermione asked staring at Harry's eyes. She had never noticed that his eyes glistened
When he stood a certain way. She smiled."No, you don't like Harry; he's your best friend." She thought to herself.
"Say Harry, Bill and Charlie should be here any minute, when they arrive you wanna go play some Quidditch?" he asked excitedly.
"Yeah I do. Do you know who is going to be captain of the team this year? I mean now that Oliver is gone?" Harry asked as he searched through his trunk for his broom.
Mrs. Weasley was looking through one of her cook books: One hundred cakes for your growing boys trying to find a cake to make for Harry. All of a sudden behind her she heard a loud pop telling her that someone was home.
"Hey mom, what are you doing?" Bill whispered when Molly put her finger up to her lips indicating that he was too loud.
"I'm looking for a cake for Harry. You look great, I missed you!" She said as she put her arms around Bills neck.
"But at least let me do something to your hair, maybe just a little trim."
"No mum I like it long." he said shaking his head. He gave her a kiss on the cheek and went up stairs to see everyone else. Upstairs Hermione, Ron and Harry we're in a very deep discussion about Quidditch when some one knocked on Ron's door.
"Hello, come on in." Ron said without even looking at the door. Bill walked in, looked around the room then looked down at his little brother but he wasn't so little anymore. He had actually grown a couple inches since the last time he had seen him. His hair was messy but it looked like he had done it on purpose. He also looked like he had been working out his arms no longer thin and scrawny but thick and defined. Harry to him also looked like he had grown too. He too looked like he had been working out.
"What happen to these two?" he asked himself.
"So are you two trying out for xanter disks?" asked Bill laughing
"What's that?" asked Harry
"Never mind, what are you four doing?" asked Bill
"Just talking about Quidditch." Ron said looking up into his big brothers' eyes. He got up and hugged him.
"Good to see you, how long are you staying?" Hermione asked
"Probably a couple of days I have to help dad with some-." Before he could finish the heard a huge thump in the attic. Then they heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Hermione stood behind Harry and tried to peek around him Ginny did the same behind Ron. Bill cracked open the door and peered out, the footsteps started to come closer and closer. Then the figure kept getting closer finally was five steps in front of Bill.
"Bill is that you?" voice asked
"Charlie is that you? Why in the bloody hell were you up in the attic?" Bill asked in disbelief.
"I just got here and I apparated up in the attic on an accident, I'm going to tell mom that I'm here. I'll be right back." He said with a smile as he went down the stairs.
"Hey mom." Charlie said kisses her on the cheek.
"When did you get here, and why did you come from upstairs?" she looked at him sternly, but then a warm smile came across her face.
"Go and collect the boys and go play a game of Quidditch maybe two the way Harry plays." She said getting back to cooking tonight's dinner.
Charlie ran upstairs and stuck his head in Ron's room. "Anyone wanna go play Quidditch??" Harry's eyes lit up, Charlie had just said the magic word. Harry grabbed his broom and ran outside, while yelling to everyone else to hurry up. Molly was in the middle of chopping up tonight's veggies when she seen one streak of black run out the door followed by five blazing red streaks. She barely magiced the broom out of the way, with one swift movement of her wand the broom was back to sweeping the floor.
As soon as Harry was out of the house two giggling girls came into the kitchen.
"What are you two giggling about may I ask?" Molly asked smiling
"The way Harry ran out of here, like his knickers were on fire." Ginny laughed.
"Don't you think about his knickers." Hermione said half serious.
"Well girls, we have a lot to do today. Ginny you start setting the table outside. Hermione can you put the Tiki torches up for me and light them?" Mrs. Weasley asked hurrying around trying to get dinner finished. Hermione stood on the patio looking around, she pulled out her wand and was just about to say a spell when Ginny ran up to her "herm, you weren't about to use magic, were you?"
"Oh how could I forget?" Looking like the wizard police was on their way as she stood there.
Lupin and Sirius walked into the kitchen.
"Hi Molly." Lupin walked over and gave her a hug. Sirius just nodded. He wasn't very comfortable around Mrs. Weasley yet. While Remus was helping Molly in the kitchen, Sirius went to find Hermione. Walking through the door as Sirius, Snuffles walked into the backyard.
As Harry flew around inches behind the snitch for the fifth time, he noticed something out of the corner of his eye he had not seen for a whole year…A Grim.
"That was weird." Thought Harry, returning his attention on the little ball. Harry just barley pulled up out of the way. Bill was flying full speed at him. Frantically looking around for the snitch, he saw it, a flicker of gold down by the grass. Harry dived. It all started to come back to him, everything he loved about Quidditch, the wind racing past his ears and the speed. Then he felt it, the cold ball in his hand, his fingers closing around the snitch. He got it; he held his hand up in triumph. Harry felt like he had just won the Quidditch cup.
"Ay, great catch Harry" as Fred came and slapped his back.
"Wicked, I thought you were done for there mate." George said slapping himself on the forehead.
"Bloody hell Harry that was a damn good catch if I may say so myself. I'm blown away." Said Charlie clutching his heart pretending, he was about to fall off his broom.
"All right, all right leave the boy alone and let's play some Quidditch." Said Bill looking at Harry. Harry was blushing a deep red, almost the same color as the Weasley's hair. Ron flew beside Harry and just shook his head and smiled.
While the boys were still playing, Hermione was still trying to light the torches. As she finished, she felt a cold wet nose in her palm. Hermione turned on her heel so fast that it made her head spin. But she still saw exactly what she was hoping that she would see.
"Snuffles!!" she shouted joyfully. He put his paw up to his muzzle as to say 'Quiet down' "Oh, I forgot." She said as she absentmindedly scratched his head.
"Are you ok? I've been worried about you; Harry has been worried." Finally she just bent down and whispered "I've missed you Sirius." Right into his fluffy ear.
Just as she and Snuffles finished, they heard a booming roar of a motorcycle. It came to a screeching halt right in front of them. Hermione looked in amazement. She had never seen a flying motorcycle before actually she thought it was against wizarding laws but she was still amazed.
"'Lo Hermione. How are you doing?" came a big voice.
"Hagrid, I'm so glad that you came, Harry will be too." She said, and then she heard another voice.
"Miss Granger, how are you on this lovely night?" came professor Dumbledore's voice from behind the bike.
"I'm fine. Um professor did you ride with Hagrid, sir?" Said Hermione "Is that dobby?" she asked with a confused look on her face. "Yes and it was a lovely ride I can see why Sirius loved this bike." He said looking at the big shaggy dog with an all too familiar smile on his face.
"Hello misses; professor had said that Dobby could come to Harry Potter's birthday party." His huge tennis ball eyes lit up. "Dobby go hide now."
"We are going to go in and make sure we have a nice hiding spot. Said Dumbledore and he walked into the burrow.
"Well must be off want ter get good seats." Hagrid said from beneath his wild beard.
Remus and Molly finally put the finishing touches on dinner. Everything to be in order, she went into the front room where Albus, Hagrid and Remus started a conversation on stone eating locusts "…Castle has to be cleansed before the students come back." She looked at the clock three hand pointed at home, six pointed at play time (she had two more hands added on for Harry and Hermione, she considered them to be family) and two still pointed at work. "Oh I do wish they would hurry up. They're going to miss Harry's birthday party." She said looking worried. Then one of the hands moved, the longest hand on the clock which belonged to Mr. Weasley it now was on traveling almost to home. She heard the door open; she knew that her husband was home. "Where's Percy dear?" she asked. "Still at work, couldn't get away, still trying to get use to his new position, an' all." Arthur said trying to put his things away and get into a place for the big surprise. "You three quite down I'm about to call the boys in for dinner" she said with a smile on her face. Mrs. Weasley walked up to Hermione and smiled.
"This looks amazing. Do hurry up and hide though, I'm about to call the boys into eat." So Hermione and Snuffles ran into the house and hid in the front room. A few seconds later they heard Molly yell for the boys to come and eat.
"Oy chows on." Fred said with a devilish smile on his face and a mischievous twinkle in his eye. "Last one there is a rotten flobberworm." With that they took off towards the house. With the occasional "no fair, no brooms." They made it back in record time. Bill made it there first. "Looks like were eating in the garden tonight." Charlie was next, followed by the twins and Ron. Harry being last walked into the kitchen excepting to see Mrs. Weasley but to his surprise no one was in there. He looked around, "Where did everyone go?" he thought. Then he heard her voice "go on upstairs and wash up for dinner the boys are already up there." He ran upstairs right past everyone hiding. Looking for something to wear he heard Bill and Charlie walking downstairs. Fred poked his head in the room "Hurry up slowpokes, Errol moves faster than you two." Laughing Harry and Ron threw on some clean clothes and ran downstairs. As soon as Harry's foot landed on the last step, he heard a deafening roar.
"Surprise!!" everyone jumped out of everyplace imaginable, Harry must have jumped five feet in the air, his heart was beating fast. "Where did all you come from??" Harry said with a huge smile on his face. Ron pushed Harry into the living room where everyone started to sing 'for he's a jolly good fellow'. Harry looked at all the smiling faces his eyes fell on a smiling Dobby.
Bill and Charlie grabbed Harry under the arms and carried him to the head one of the tables. Two of the tables were filled with plates of roasted chicken, grilled veggies, fried potatoes, minced meat pies, roast beef, corn on the cob and mashed potatoes. For dessert there was all of Harry's favorite's chocolate pudding, strawberry ice cream, cream puffs, carrot cake, chocolate frogs, cauldron cakes and Bertie Botts every flavor beans. It was amazing. Harry had never felt so happy; he was surrounded by his family and friends.
"Now everyone dig in, then he can open his presents." Molly said with a smile. Harry tried everything and ate to his hearts content.
"Harry, who do you think the new DADA teacher is?" said Ron
"I dunno maybe we should ask Dumbledore." Said Harry with his mouth full of food.
"Professor, who will our defense against the dark arts teacher be this year?" Professor Dumbledore looked at Harry with a twinkle in his eye and a smile coming across his face. Professor Lupin then looked at Harry and Ron with great pleasure and simply said "So Harry have you seen the new broom they have in the Quidditch shop down in Diagon Alley yet? I hear it's signed by the um, Chuldley Cannons." Ron's eyes lit up, the thought of school completely escaped his mind. Taking the opportunity Hermione asked Harry about Quidditch and who the new captain might be and if he thought he might be able to make it, but the truth is Hermione didn't care about Quidditch, well not enough to find this as fascinating as Harry or Ron did. She enjoyed talking to Harry, he understood her. She could tell him her most secret secrets. "He doesn't like you Hermione, stop this rubbish." She thought to her self. She looked deeply into his eyes almost getting lost in them.
"Since when did she like Quidditch this much." he thought to himself. "Well I don't know who will become captain the other players have to vote." He said stuffing more mashed potatoes in his mouth. The voice in the back of Harry's mind whispered, "You like her don't you? She sure has blossomed into a beautiful young woman. Developing in all the righ..." "Shut up" he said to himself trying to concentrate on what Hermione was saying. Hermione finally said
"Harry I'm going to wash up before everyone finishes eating." She kissed Harry on the cheek and walked into the kitchen and out of site. Harry just sat there stunned, Hermione had just kissed him, but then again she had kissed him before so it probably meant nothing. Just a harmless, friendly, "I don't like you" kinda way.
"Where is she going?" Ron asked as he tilted his head watching Hermione leave. "To uh, wash up or something." Harry said snapping out of his daze. While everyone finished up with dinner and dessert Ron and Harry played a few games of chess and exploding snaps, then it was time for presents.
Mrs. Weasley stood up to get everyone's attention.
"Now if everyone's done, would you please make your way to the living room?" Everyone stood up from the seats and made their way into the sitting area. Harry walked into see everyone loving faces. He sat next to Hermione, trying to accidentally have his hand touch hers. Hermione was the first to hand Harry her present. Harry looked down at the emerald green wrapping paper. He tore it open to find a camera and a book lying on his lap. On the book was a tag that read: "Harry this is for you, so we can make our own scrapbook." Harry looked down at the camera and smiled.
"Thank you Herm." Harry said smiling. Next Fred and George gave Harry their present. He ripped it open and had a load of ton-tongue toffees, canary creams, fake wands and a discount card. Harry looked around and could hear Ron mumble something like "Why don't I have a discount card." While Mrs. Weasley's face contorts into disappointment. From Ginny he got a journal and an eagle quill.
"It writes invisible and never needs re-inking." Ginny said blushing. This was the first time that Ginny talked to Harry all night. Ron gave Harry a new chess set that had figurines of his favorite Quidditch team the Chuldley cannons and of course Mr. Weasley and his obsession with muggle objects gave Harry some electrical plugs. ("Arthur really!") Bill and Charlie both gave Harry something from their jobs; Bill gave Harry a necklace with a vampire tooth on it. Harry looked at it and gave Bill a puzzling look.
"It's for luck" Bill said smiling.
"Thank you, it's nice" Harry said. Charlie gave Harry his present, it was a dragon egg painted in Gold and Red for Gryffindor.
"I put it back together after the dragon hatched, and um this uh girl painted it for you." Charlie said turning red.
"Yeah, I got one last year for my birthday too; it's up in my room." Ron said. Next up was Hagrid. His package was covered in parchment; it was big but extremely light. "Please don't be food; please don't let it be food." He thought to himself while he ripped the parchment open. Sitting on the table was a beautiful wooden cage.
"It's excellent Hagrid, thanks." Harry was beaming.
"Made it me self, made of the strongest wood, but its light as a feather." He said puffing out his chest with pride. The next gift he got was from Prof. Lupin, a wizarding radio and from Dumbledore he got something special, very special.
"Now Harry what I'm about to give you is very important, so do try to keep up with it." He handed Harry the ring. "It belonged to your mother; she left it in my possession when she died. It was passed down generation to generation and now it's your turn." Dumbledore smiled. Harry was blown away; this is the second thing he has gotten that belonged to his parents. A small tear ran down his cheek.
"Are you ok Harry?" asked Hermione.
"I'm fine; I just have something in my eye." He hurriedly wiped the tear away.
"If all the gifts are given then on to the cake." Molly motioned everyone to the garden where a huge birthday cake was sitting on the table with 15 bright green candles were lit. Harry was over whelmed, everyone was singing (or in some cases barking) Happy Birthday. Harry blew out the candles and made a wish. Bill and Charlie ate some cake but the kids really didn't want any so the went to do their own thing and the adults went into the living room to have a nightcap before the party ended. Harry, Hermione, Ron followed by snuffles and Ginny went to the clearing. They got there and sat down on the moist grass; snuffles came up and nudged Harry's hand.
"Oh yeah, um Ginny can you keep a secret?" Harry asked with a very serious face.
"Yeah why, what is it?" Ginny said started to get worried.
"Well …" Harry started "You see it's just something that means a lot to me and uh I just um…"
"We want to show you something but you have got to promise that you won't tell anybody at all, ok?" Hermione said stepping in.
"Yes, I promise, what is it?" Ginny's curiosity now getting the best of her. But instead of anyone saying anything the dog
snuffles turned into Sirius Black. Ginny tried to scream but something in her throat wouldn't let her. Ron grabbed his sister to try to clam her down. "Ginny its ok he's good, he's innocent." Sirius shook his head in agreement. Ginny just sat there and stared, watching his every move.
Sirius sat down by Harry. "It's a nice night isn't, Happy Birthday Harry." He handed him a flat package. It felt like a book.
"Well, are you going to open it or just hold it?" Sirius said jokingly
Harry pulled the paper off of the gift and looked down, indeed it was a book but nothing he would use at school but it was a journal, his fathers' journal. On the cover it had written in bold loopy gold letters James A. Potter. Harry ran his fingers across the gold letters. This belonged to his father; all of his dad's thoughts are in here. Harry looked at Sirius and smiled. This was one of the best gifts he received tonight.
"So do you like it?" Sirius asked
"Yeah it's-its great Sirius, thanks." Harry was pulled into a big bear hug by his god father.
They all looked at Ginny, she had tears in her eyes and she stood and ran back to the house. Harry, Hermione, Ron and Sirius ran as fast as they could after her. Ron was yelling "Ginny, wait come back, stop GINNY!" She ran all the way back to the house and stopped in front of the door, her hand trembling over the knob, "I'm going to tell mum." She said softly a tear fell down her cheek.
"She already knows, Why else would she let a big shaggy dog come to Harry's birthday party!" said Ron. Ginny just looked around at their faces and just walked into the house.
Harry woke up the next morning, the house was in frenzy and everything from the party was thrown everywhere. The only clean room in the house surprisingly was Ron's. As Harry walked downstairs mops, brooms and scrub brushes started to clean up, Mrs. Weasley was fixing breakfast.
"Hello Harry did you sleep well?" she asked smiling
"Yes, very well." He replied.
Finally, everybody was around the kitchen table shoveling food into their mouths.
"Has anybody seen Ginny?" Mrs. Weasley asked looking around.
"I haven't seen her since last night when she went off with Harry, Ron and Hermione." Bill said in between bites.
"She hasn't come down for breakfast?" Ron said feeling uneasy.
"No, I didn't even tuck her in last night." Mrs. Weasley said
"Ron, go get your sister please." She said to him.
Ron stood up and looked at Harry and Hermione then left the room. When he reached Ginny's room the door was locked.
"Ginny?" Ron said quietly.
"Go away!" Ginny said.
"Ginny mom said come down for breakfast." Ron said pleading thru the closed door.
"Tell her I'm not hungry! GO AWAY" Ginny screamed.
Ron just looked at the door silent, they must have really pissed her off and they didn't mean to, she just wouldn't understand he thought to himself. She would have flipped just like she did last night. She's just not old enough I guess he thought again. He started downstairs, the door opened slowly…
"Ron?" Ginny said softly
"Ron, why didn't you tell about him earlier? I don't think I would've taken it so bad. I just felt like everyone was keeping
it from me! If everyone knows then why was he a dog all night? It just doesn't make sense to me Ronald!" She said tears streaming down her face.
Ron didn't know what to say, he was at a loss for words.
"We didn't tell you because we didn't think that you could handle it. I'm sorry, I should have told you. I don't know
why he stayed a dog all night; maybe he didn't feel comfortable in human form just yet. You will just have to ask him."
Just as the words left his mouth Sirius walked into the room. Ginny's eyes almost popped out of her head.
"Maybe we should get you some glasses to keep those things in your head." Sirius said trying to lighten the subject.
Ginny smiled, it was the first time that she had smiled all day, it felt funny.
Sirius reached out for her hand, she hesitated like her hand would melt off by touching his. Her hand slipped into his and the three of them walked downstairs for breakfast.
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I would just like to apologize now for the hell-a-fyed long time it took me to update this.
I hope you enjoyed the second chapter, the third will be up as soon as I write it.
*~Alisha~* (elvenandriod88)
