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Chapter Two: Back to Order HQ
Suddenly Harry jerked awake at the sound of his uncle yelling "BOY!" and the door smacking against the wall as his uncle barged through. "Where's Dudley's lunch?"
"Not done yet" drawled Harry, shaking his head in an attempt to wake up fully.
"Then why are you still in bed. GET DOWN THERE AND MAKE DUDLEY'S LUNCH" roared Vernon.
"Yes, Uncle Vernon" drawled Harry, whispering "I'll get the food for the fat pig" so only he could hear as he dashed out the room and down the stairs. Sprinting past Dudley in the hall Harry easily jumped clear of Dudley's foot as Dudley tried to trip him, as Dudley had tried this many times before. Packing an enormous lunch for Dudley, "enough for a herd of elephants" Harry thought, took what seemed like forever to Harry with his uncle pacing behind him. After finally having packed Dudley his feast Harry sighed in relief as Uncle Vernon stormed off to work with Dudley in tow. Quickly cleaning any mess left in the kitchen Harry then strode out from in kitchen to return to his room. Just as Harry's foot hit the base of the stairs his Aunt called out "Harry dear, go finishing sleeping if you want."
"No thanks Aunt Petunia, I'm not sleepy anymore, I am going to grab a shower though" Harry said in return. After a relaxing shower Harry returned to his room to find Hedwig perched peacefully on the end of his bed with two letters awaiting him. Relieving Hedwig of the letters Harry crossed to the opposite side of the room and opened the door of Hedwig's cage and the owl flow happily in. Sitting down at his desk Harry looked down and saw the envelope he received last night from Hogwarts and realized that he had never finished reading the rest of the contents. Deciding to finish reading the Hogwarts letters first Harry placed the two letters he had just received at the side of his desk and removed the second piece of parchment from the envelope. Harry quickly scanned it over and soon saw that it was just his new booklist for returning to Hogwarts in September. Extracting the final piece of parchment from the envelope Harry immediately realized that this letter had nothing to do with school. Excitedly Harry began to read:
Dear Harry,
I know you do not appreciate staying with the Dursleys during summer hoildays, but as you know you must return there every year for your own safety. I however feel that you have spent enough time there this year and have arranged for you to come to you know where in three days, which will be July 30th. Please have everything packed and step into your cupboard between 11:57 and 11:59pm on that date.
Dumbledore
P.S. There is a nice surprise waiting for you here, but I also need to talk to you about something also. You will also be glad to know that Hermione and Ron are already here and keep pestering me trying to find out when you will becoming, particularly Hermione.
After having finished reading a broad smile came across Harry's face at the thought of leaving the Dusley's and seeing Ron and Hermione. "Especially at seeing Hermione" thought Harry, as his smile grew even larger. "Hang on, where did that come from?" Harry asked himself as he realized what he had just been thinking. At this Hedwig hooted from within his cage and turning his attention towards his owl Harry remembered he still had two letters to read.
Turning back to his desk, Harry pulled the first letter in front of him and recognized the untidy scrawl immediately and knew the letter was from Ron. The letter read:
Dear Harry,
Well done on your owl results mate. You beat me, I only managed to get 23. Mum was ecstatic about it though, same as she was when I told her how many owls you got. I would tell you how many Hermione got but she made me swear not to mate, said she wanted to tell you herself. By they way, Hermione's here at the place we were at last summer.
Glad to hear your Aunt is treating you alright mate. My holidays have been loads of fun, been helping Fred and George at their store. That's right, WWW now has a real store, Fred and George bought it after they departed from Hogwarts. Mum went spare at them, but now she's seen how much money they are making she's relented a bit.
Sorry, but Dumbledore hasn't told Hermione or I anything about you know what and we haven't been able to find anything out either. Hope you're here soon.
Ron
"I'll see you sooner than you think" thought Harry as he placed Ron's letter back on his desk and dragged the second letter across. Immediately upon seeing the font of the letter Harry identified it, from the neat and tidy handwriting, as have coming from Hermione. Quickly opening it Harry read:
Dear Harry,
Congratulations on your owl results Harry, you should be really proud of yourself. Yes I did receive all 32 owls and there is nothing wrong with that.
Sorry, but I don't know anything about what's going on. All I know about you getting here is that its going to be sometime before the middle of August, but that is all Dumbledore will tell me. I keep bugging him about it though.
I'm really glad that your Aunt is treating you better. I've been having a great time, it was great to see my mum and dad again and since I've been at you know where I've been helping at WWW. I'll assume Ron has told you about the new store.
Can't wait to see you again.
Love
Hermione
P.S. We are not supposed to be using names or anything specific about you know what.
"I can't wait to see you either Hermione" thought Harry as he got up from his desk and headed down stairs to the living room where Aunt Petunia was enjoying a drink. "Aunt Petunia" said Harry to grab his Aunt's attention.
"Yes Harry dear?" replied Petunia
"I'm going to be leaving during the night on July 30th"
"Ok dear"
Over the next three days Harry kept busy swimming, doing homework and whatever Uncle Vernon wanted him to. On July 30th Harry was seated at his desk and had just finished the last of his holiday homework and glanced across to his clock and noticed it was already 10:30 at night. Standing up from his desk Harry turned his head to the doorway as he heard it open and saw his Aunt walk in carrying a gift-wrapped package in her arms. "Happy Birthday for tomorrow Harry" Petunia said as she handed the package to Harry and quickly turned around and left the room. Opening the package Harry discovered it contained a new shirt and a new pair of trousers, that appeared as though they would fit for a change. Harry placed his first ever real gift into his trunk and started on packing the rest of his belongings.
Once the packing was finished Harry looked over at his clock and discovered it was now 11:50 and his excitement grew as the time to leave approached. After checking to make sure he had remembered everything Harry spent the last few remaining minutes wondering what Professor Dumbledore wanted to talk to him about.
At precisely 11:57 Harry picked up Hedwig in her cage, opened his cupboard door and stepped in. In an instant Harry was racing along a tunnel of white light. One thing worried Harry however, this was the hands he saw breaking through the light that appeared as though they were trying to grasp something…
…or someone.