Harry Potter and the Pit of Snakes

By: Three Spoil'd Anjelz

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"HARRY!" Ginny screamed, flinging herself onto Harry, enveloping him in a hug. "I missed you so much!" She was crushing his lungs so that he couldn't breathe properly.

"Ginny, you can let go of him now," Ron said. "We really don't need him to go to St. Mungo's because he needed a new lung." He turned to his best friend, "Good to see ya mate." They gave each other a manly hug.

Harry looked at his best friend and saw that he had changed. His hair wasn't as bright as it used to be and he grew into his body. He was better looking. Harry glanced back at Ginny, who had grown a few inches. She was wearing eyeliner that made her brown eyes pop out.

"Wow!" Harry exclaimed. "You both changed over the summer."

"So have you Harry," Ron said, looking straight into Harry's eyes.

"Well, we got to go to work," George voiced, as he and his twin walked out the front door. "We'll bring Angelina and Alicia around for dinner, tell Mom that for me Ron."

"Er, where's Hermione?" Harry asked.

"She's not here." Ron shrugged. He took two apples out of a bowl, taking a bite out of one and tossed the other to Harry. Ginny scowled and grabbed one for herself. "She's with Lavender, right now, at her house, but she's coming to the funeral."

Before Harry got to ask about the funeral, Mrs. Weasley walked in through the door, with a handful of bags in her arms, and a few flying after her.

"Ron, Ginny, where's Har—Oh, welcome home Harry!" Mrs. Weasley said excitedly. "Please forgive me for going out when you were arriving, it's just that Honeydukes was having a sale and I lost track of time!" Mrs. Weasley looked different too. She was losing weight, her hair was getting grayer and she had dark circles under her eyes, probably from lack of sleep.

"It's okay," Harry assured her. "As long as you bought something for me."

She slightly chuckled and replied, "I did buy you something but let's save that for your birthday." And with that she left for the kitchen.

Harry looked baffled for a minute. "Are we having a party?"

"Yeah," Ginny said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Sobbing was heard from upstairs. "I didn't want him to die!" a voice wailed. Harry, Ginny, and Ron rushed upstairs to find Tonks sobbing while watching something burn on the television.

"What happened?" Harry asked.

Tonks cried harder. "The leasing agent died!" she wailed.

"What are you watching?" Ginny asked, staring at the TV with interest on her face. "And when did we get a tevelision"

"Dr-Dracul-la," she cried, "a-and Arthur-ur b-bo-bought it l-las-ast wee-k week."

"It's not that scary!" Ron tried to soothe her. "It's only a—what do muggles call it—a movie."

"H-hate-te b-ba-bats-s." Tonks cowered, curling up into a ball.

"So, this is where Arthur hid it!" Mrs. Weasley fumed as she found the group upstairs, watching the television. "I should've known…"

"What funeral?" Harry asked out of nowhere. "Is this Sirius' funeral?"

At that moment, an owl came through the window and dropped a letter onto Harry's lap.

Mr. Harry James Potter,

You are invited to attend Sirius Lee Black's funeral on the twenty-sixth of July. The entombment will take place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and afterwards, the reading of the will shall take place at the Ookami Manor. Please owl Albus Dumbledore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts, to confirm your presence at this event.

With much grief,

Rosalyn E. Ookami

"That funeral," Ginny quipped.

"So, it's only two days away," Ron said dully. "Bloody good way to start this summer."

"Will you kids help me set up the table for dinner?" Mrs. Weasley asked after an awkward silence.

"I'm going to have nightmares for weeks now," Tonks shivered as they walked down the stairs and into the kitchen.

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