Chapter Two: Short stay at Hogwarts.
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chapter.
As Dumbledore entered the infirmary with baby Harry Madam Pomfrey rushed over to him. "Headmaster is that who I think it is, is that young Master Potter?" "Yes Poppy and I need you to make sure he is okay, he has had an eventful night." Said Dumbledore handing the bundle of blankets with Harry inside to her. "I will have a meeting tomorrow with all the teachers at 8:00 in my office. Bring him then, please Poppy." "Yes Headmaster, I'll make sure he is there." She said as she headed towards her office with Harry in her arms.
Dumbledore sat behind his desk facing all the teachers. Minerva McGonagall, Transfiguration, Pomona Sprout, Herbiolgy, Filius Flitwick, charms, Rubeus Hagrid, Game keeper, Rolanda Hooch, Flying, Roger Kettleburn, Care of magical creatures, Irma Pince, Librarian, Vicky Sinistra, Astronomy, Jo Stamen, Potions, Daniel Jackson, Defence against the dark arts, even Sybill Trelawney, Divination, came down from her tower for this meeting. Their all looked at each other with curious suspence, woundering what Dumbledore was wainting for.
A soft tapping on the door made everyone look up as Poppy enter the room with Harry in her arms. His little arms wrapped tightly around her neck. Dumbledore cleared his throat which drew everyones attention back to him. "this is why I have call you all here today. This is Harry Potter and I need all of you to help me take care of him for a while till I can clear Sirius's name with the ministy." He survay the techers faces as they looked surprised and shocked at one another. Minerva was the first to speak. "I will and even on my own if I have too." She said looking slightly miffed that no-one else was going to help. But this started a landslide of offers. "I can take him this week," said Sprout, "but not next week. "I can have him a few days next week," said Flitwick, "but only Thursday and Friday. Dumbledore interrupted the talk. "I have to be at the ministry in ½ hour so I will have to leave you to arrange things." With this dumbledore moved to the fireplace and grabbing some floo powder and with the words Ministry of Magic disappiared in a eruption of green flame.
When dumbldore exited the fireplce at the ministy sirius was already there wainting. "there you are Professor I've been waiting for ages." Said sirius with a smile. "I had to arrage care for Young Harry before I left and please call me Albus I'm not your professor anymore." Dumbledore said with a half smile. "so where's this meeting to be held?" asked sirius. "in the confrence room on the 4th floor." He replied as he lead the way to the elevator. As they waited for the elevator to arrive arthur weasley from the misuse of muggle artifacts department joined them. "Hello Albus." Arthur said as he walked up behind duumbledore. "arthur, what a time saver you are." "what do you mean, Albus." Sirius cleared his throat and looked at dumbledore. "oh my how rude of me, this is sirius black." Said Dumbledore. Sirius and arthur shook hands. "well as I was saying, I have an appoint with the ministry and then I was going to drop in and ask a favor of your lovely wife." "anything for you dumbledore just ask." Said arthur curiosly. As the three of them enter the elevator. "I was wondering if molly would help sirius to fix up his house to make it suitable to raise a child in. see the problem is that even tho sirius here is a good man he comes from a long line of dark wizards." Dumbledore explained. "I will send a owl to molly the minute I get in the office." Said arthur as the elevtor stopped on the 4th floor.
After the teachers had made up a roster that didn't include Trelawney because having a young child would only upset her inner eye. Which wasn't a problem with the others anyway. McGonagall was first to have Harry. She marched straight down to the kitchen. She arrived at the portrait of the fruit bowl. "Harry, could you tickle the pear for me?" asked McGonagall. "Tickle tickle." Gurgled Harry as he tickled all the bit of fruit before the pear. The pear giggled and turned into a doorknob. McGonagall opened the door and walked into the massive kitchen with four long tables positioned the same as the great hall above. A couple of house elves came over to McGonagall. She placed Harry down on one of the bench seats so she could talk to the house elves. "Would you please get me something a one year old would eat, and a cot set up in my Quarters." Said McGonagall. As she was talking Harry had climbed off the seat and started to explore the kitchen. He sees cake on the bench and walked over to it. Being to short he couldn't reach. McGonagall looks around just in time to see the cake glide gently into Harry's hands. With an expression of glee he starts to eat the cake. McGonagall's expression was one of surprise. "Oh my goodness you've started already." Her face broke into a smile. After Harry was full with cake and more appropriate food for breakfast. McGonagall took him on a tour of the castle. The tour ended with her classroom. "This is where I teach my class. I teach Transfiguration. Can you say Transfiguration, Harry?" "Tran... Trans... Transfiguration." Said Harry carefully. "Yes and do you know what transfiguration is?" asked McGonagall. "Transfiguration." Harry repeats. "It's when you turn one thing into another thing. Let me show you." As she pointed her wand at a book on the table. "Transformo." The book turned into a tortoise and it walked across the desk. Harry's face lit up and he clapped with glee. "I guess I could teach you one spell. It couldn't hurt if I'm the only one." She said smiling down at Harry. Harry was watching the tortoise very closely. "Harry can you say transformo." "Transformo," Harry yelled excitedly pointing at the tortoise thinking that's what it was. The tortoise changed back to a book and Harry's face dropped. Harry looks to McGonagall. "Where, transformo?" McGonagall smiled. "No, transformo made the book turn to a tortoise and when you said Transformo it changed back. Harry smiled he pointed at the book. "Transformo." He said and it changed back into a tortoise. He looked up at McGonagall "Mine." "No, you can't keep it Harry. How about lunch then a walk." "Yeah." Said Harry.
After lunch McGonagall took Harry for a walk by the lake. Where McGonagall rests under a tree, while the squid plays with Harry and stops him running off. The giant squid reached out his tentacle to return Harry back near the waters edge for the seventh time, but Harry was too quick for him and was heading up the slope away from McGonagall. The giant squid tapped McGonagall she opened her eyes. The squid pointed in the direction Harry had gone. McGonagall rushed off after Harry. Only catching up to him as he waddled through the arch to the quidditch pitch. McGonagall walked through the arch and saw Harry standing in the middle of the pitch staring at the stands. "Ah so you think you might like the lime light, hey Harry." Said McGonagall. "This is the Quidditch Stadium. They play a game here on broomsticks." "Zoom." Said Harry. "Yes. Zoom Harry. Well it's starting to get cool. Lets get you some food and sleep." Said McGonagall and she picked him up and headed back to the castle. After Harry was filled up and sleeping soundly in McGonagall's quarters. Fawks swooped in quietly and rested on the side of Harry's cot. McGonagall took the letter out of his beak and read it:
Minerva,
Please come to my office. Fawks will watch Harry.
Albus. McGonagall looked at Fawks. Fawks winked at her as she got up and left.
McGonagall was the last to arrive; all the teachers had yet again congregated in Dumbledore's office. But this time there were six young boys with flaming red hair. "Alas I must ask another favor of you." Started Dumbledore to the staff. "Molly Weasley has just been admitted to St Mungo's in labor. And due to her family being out of the country, she has no one to watch this bunch. It would only be for three days until she can return home. The elder boys will help too." To this not very many offers came. Just excuses about being to busy. "Well could we work on the same roster as Harry's." so both Sprout and Hagrid agreed they could do that. "Good we will set up temporary beds in the great hall for all seven. So let me introduce you. Bill, who will be joining us at Hogwarts this year, Charlie, Percy, the twins, Fred and George, and last but defiantly not lest, Ron." "Okay you lot lets go get you something to eat. And I'll check on Harry on the way past." Said McGonagall. Bill picked up Ron and as they left Charlie whispered to Bill. "Do they mean Harry Potter?" Bill shrugged and they followed McGonagall.
Holding up her hand. "Wait here. I'll just nip in and check on Harry." Said McGonagall and too her shock when she walked in. Harry was being carried by Fawks and he was flying him around the room. "Zoom, zoom." Squealed Harry with delight. McGonagall shook her head. "Fawks put him down." Fawks flew over to one of the armchairs and dropped him into it. "More, more." Said Harry pouting. "Sorry Harry no more. We have visitors. Do you want to meet them?" asked McGonagall. She picks him up off the chair and joined the children out in the corridor.
They arrived at the Great hall. A part of the hall had beds and cots set up. Another part had toys. She led them over to the eating area. "Okay, you stay here and get to know each other, and I'll go get food." She spun around and walked out of the door, and stopping only to seal the door shut behind her.
"Well, if we all arrange our self around the dinning table." Started Percy. "Shut it, Percy." Said Fred and George together from the door of the great hall where they were swinging on the door handles trying to open them. "I think." Started Fred. "That she has lock us in." finished George. "Get away from those doors." Said Bill. "Oh look at that." Said Charlie pointing at Harry and Ron sitting on the floor. Ron was poking Harry's scar on his forehead. Harry had a handfuls of Ron's hair and was shaking his head. "Okay brake it up." Said Charlie trying to pry Harry's hands off Ron's hair. Bill came forward and picked up Ron, while Charlie picked up Harry. They put them in the highchairs at the table. "Fred, George, come and sit down, you can't get out those windows." Said Bill. "Want a bet." Said Fred under his breath as they stomped over to the table. Just as they sat down the food appeared. The eldest three served food to the younger kids and they all ate there fill. "Fred, you won't get any desert if you don't clear your plate." Said Percy. "Fine." Said Fred as he picked up a hand full of peas and threw them at Percy. "No." yelled Bill, but it was too late he copped a spoon full of mash potato in the face. All hell broke loss. There was food from one end of the great hall to the other. Ron and Harry had climb out of their high chairs and was now sitting in the middle of all the food covered form head to toe in it. The door swung open and Dumbledore got a face full of strained carrots. He looked around the great hall. 'How could seven little people cause so much mess' he thought to him self. Dumbledore got out his wand and clean the great hall with one wave of his wand. "Alright, bath time." Said Dumbledore. Bill picked up Ron and Charlie picked up Harry and Percy grabbed one twin's hand in each hand and they all followed Dumbledore to the Prefects bathroom. Once the bathtub was filled deep enough all the kids climbed in. In minutes a water fight had broken out as the twins tried to drown Percy. After the bath they were all tucked into bed. As Dumbledore stood at the door of the great hall he smiled and thought how peaceful they looked asleep.
Early next morning McGonagall walked into the great hall, to find the Weasley twins trying to hang Percy from Dumbledore chair by his underwear. "Excuse me boys you might want to put him down." Said McGonagall. The thud of Percy's head on the floor drowned out the sound of the door opening. McGonagall turned around and was surprised to see Dumbledore and Arthur Weasley standing in the doorway. "Well what a surprise." Said McGonagall as Fred and George pelted at Arthur knocking him off balance. "Gather around, gather around, we have good news." Said Arthur as he walked over and sat at the table. All the Weasley children gathered around their father. Harry sat in his bed watching. "Well as you know your mom went to hospital last night and we are please to let you all know that you have a little sister." Said Arthur and the boys all broke out in a cheer. Harry too smiled he could see this was a good thing. "So today I will take you all to the hospital to visit mom and little Ginny. So you best eat up and dress quickly. They all hurried in to their clothes and grabbed some toast and Arthur led them to the nearest room with a fireplace and one by one they disappeared.
After the Weasleys had left, McGonagall told Dumbledore that something had come up and she needed to leave for just a few hours. Could Sybil please watch Harry for just a while? Dumbledore said that this would be okay. Sybil however being a bit absent minded wasn't to good at this and left Harry alone for a bit longer then she had planed. Peeves who found poor Harry wondering alone the corridor through this to be a perfect opportunity to cause mayhem. Offering young Harry a lollipop he coaxed young Harry to a stone gargoyle and after using the password 'chocolate frogs' he got Harry on to the moving staircase and then opened Dumbledore's office shoving Harry inside then closing the door and flew off cackling loudly. "Dumbledore," Sybil shouted down the long corridor. "Dumbledore." Dumbledore stopped and waited for Sybil to catch him up. With a smile he asked. "Where's Harry?" Sybil was red and flustered. "That's the problem headmaster, I've... well it's like this... it's just..." "Oh Sybil just tell me. It can't be that bad." "I've lost Harry." She said quickly as if saying it fast wouldn't make it sound so bad. "Don't panic Sybil he has to be here somewhere." "But I've looked everywhere I can think of and I have all the other teachers looking too." She cried. "Now, now calm yourself, Sybil, he can't have left the castle. He has to be here somewhere." About then peeves showed his face, he had been listening to the conversation all this time trying not to give himself away by laughing out loud. "Peeves," said Dumbledore. "Do you know where Harry is?" "Yes." Said peeves straightforely. "And where would that be peeves?" asked Dumbledore. "Why his is in your office sir." "And how did he get there, peeves?" "Oh, I wouldn't know sir." Laughed peeves as he zoomed off through the ceiling. When Dumbledore and Sybil arrived at Dumbledore's office Harry was curled up on Dumbledore's chair fast asleep and Fawkes was humming softly. Dumbledore signed, "you are going to be a worry for me the rest of my life Master Harry Potter. A worry indeed." With a smile he picked Harry up and rested him on his lap. Rocking him gently to Fawkes song.
After dinner that night the children had a chance to play while Dumbledore spoke to McGonagall, Harry moved closer to the table to hear them. "So how did the meeting go at the ministry, Dumbledore?" asked McGonagall. "They made him take veritaserum, in front of the minister and a select panel of auroras but the good thing was his story didn't change from when he told it to me." Said Dumbledore. "What a relieve, so when can he have Harry?" McGonagall asked hopefully, it wasn't that she didn't like Harry but she more the Grandmother type then the mother type. "Well the problem now is Molly can't help fix up the house. So Arthur said he and a few close friends from the ministry are going to help him this weekend." Said Dumbledore. "Maybe some of us teachers could help as well. Some of our expertise could be handy in a house like that." Offered McGonagall. "That is a really good idea, and I'm sure Sirius would appreciate it very much." Said Dumbledore. "Yeah." Shouted Harry. McGonagall jumped and Dumbledore chuckled.
The next morning they awoke to the shrill voice of Professor Sprout telling them to get up. "Hurry up, get food in your stomach. We're down in the green houses today. Need to be quick." Said Sprout. "5 more minutes, please mom." Said Charlie. "5 more minutes and you will have no breakfast." Said Sprout. Charlie jumped out of bed and rushed to the table followed by the rest of them. Sprout got both Harry and Ron out of bed and carried them to the table. After they finished breakfast Sprout rounded them up and herded them to the greenhouses. It was a beautiful sunny day outside. The kids were glad they were in an opened space instead of the cold and stuffy castle. Once they had reached the green house Sprout asked "Today I want you to depod the Risus comosus. The laughing plant." Said Sprout. "Why the laughing plant. It don't look to funny to me." Said Fred. "Oh you'll see." Said Sprout. "Okay, we'll have that done in no time." Said Bill. "Okay, Fred and George you at that one." Started Percy. "Shut it Percy." Said Ron. Bill and Charlie laughed.
It took them three and a half hours to try and depod the plant but everytime they got close it would tickle them until they couldn't breathe. Fred and George wanted to devise a plan and use Percy as the decoy but when they told Charlie and Bill, but they said, "better not". So instead they took the worm Harry and Ron found and stuck it down Percy's pants. And laughed as Percy danced around the Greenhouse trying to get it out.
After a picnic near the lake and after the twins had stopped trying to encourage the giant squid to eat Percy, they headed back to the castle.
The next morning they were awoken to the bellowing voice of Hagrid. After breakfast they went down to Hagrid's hut where Hagrid spent the morning stopping the twins from entering the forbidden forest. Hagrid was so relieved when Arthur Weasley came at lunchtime to take all the Weasley kids home because Molly was out of hospital. Hagrid and Harry spent the rest of the afternoon in Hagrid's hut with Fang.
Hagrid took Harry up to the castle for an early dinner and early bed. "Get a good night sleep, 'arry. You'll be seeing your new home tomorrow." Said Hagrid smiling.
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As Dumbledore entered the infirmary with baby Harry Madam Pomfrey rushed over to him. "Headmaster is that who I think it is, is that young Master Potter?" "Yes Poppy and I need you to make sure he is okay, he has had an eventful night." Said Dumbledore handing the bundle of blankets with Harry inside to her. "I will have a meeting tomorrow with all the teachers at 8:00 in my office. Bring him then, please Poppy." "Yes Headmaster, I'll make sure he is there." She said as she headed towards her office with Harry in her arms.
Dumbledore sat behind his desk facing all the teachers. Minerva McGonagall, Transfiguration, Pomona Sprout, Herbiolgy, Filius Flitwick, charms, Rubeus Hagrid, Game keeper, Rolanda Hooch, Flying, Roger Kettleburn, Care of magical creatures, Irma Pince, Librarian, Vicky Sinistra, Astronomy, Jo Stamen, Potions, Daniel Jackson, Defence against the dark arts, even Sybill Trelawney, Divination, came down from her tower for this meeting. Their all looked at each other with curious suspence, woundering what Dumbledore was wainting for.
A soft tapping on the door made everyone look up as Poppy enter the room with Harry in her arms. His little arms wrapped tightly around her neck. Dumbledore cleared his throat which drew everyones attention back to him. "this is why I have call you all here today. This is Harry Potter and I need all of you to help me take care of him for a while till I can clear Sirius's name with the ministy." He survay the techers faces as they looked surprised and shocked at one another. Minerva was the first to speak. "I will and even on my own if I have too." She said looking slightly miffed that no-one else was going to help. But this started a landslide of offers. "I can take him this week," said Sprout, "but not next week. "I can have him a few days next week," said Flitwick, "but only Thursday and Friday. Dumbledore interrupted the talk. "I have to be at the ministry in ½ hour so I will have to leave you to arrange things." With this dumbledore moved to the fireplace and grabbing some floo powder and with the words Ministry of Magic disappiared in a eruption of green flame.
When dumbldore exited the fireplce at the ministy sirius was already there wainting. "there you are Professor I've been waiting for ages." Said sirius with a smile. "I had to arrage care for Young Harry before I left and please call me Albus I'm not your professor anymore." Dumbledore said with a half smile. "so where's this meeting to be held?" asked sirius. "in the confrence room on the 4th floor." He replied as he lead the way to the elevator. As they waited for the elevator to arrive arthur weasley from the misuse of muggle artifacts department joined them. "Hello Albus." Arthur said as he walked up behind duumbledore. "arthur, what a time saver you are." "what do you mean, Albus." Sirius cleared his throat and looked at dumbledore. "oh my how rude of me, this is sirius black." Said Dumbledore. Sirius and arthur shook hands. "well as I was saying, I have an appoint with the ministry and then I was going to drop in and ask a favor of your lovely wife." "anything for you dumbledore just ask." Said arthur curiosly. As the three of them enter the elevator. "I was wondering if molly would help sirius to fix up his house to make it suitable to raise a child in. see the problem is that even tho sirius here is a good man he comes from a long line of dark wizards." Dumbledore explained. "I will send a owl to molly the minute I get in the office." Said arthur as the elevtor stopped on the 4th floor.
After the teachers had made up a roster that didn't include Trelawney because having a young child would only upset her inner eye. Which wasn't a problem with the others anyway. McGonagall was first to have Harry. She marched straight down to the kitchen. She arrived at the portrait of the fruit bowl. "Harry, could you tickle the pear for me?" asked McGonagall. "Tickle tickle." Gurgled Harry as he tickled all the bit of fruit before the pear. The pear giggled and turned into a doorknob. McGonagall opened the door and walked into the massive kitchen with four long tables positioned the same as the great hall above. A couple of house elves came over to McGonagall. She placed Harry down on one of the bench seats so she could talk to the house elves. "Would you please get me something a one year old would eat, and a cot set up in my Quarters." Said McGonagall. As she was talking Harry had climbed off the seat and started to explore the kitchen. He sees cake on the bench and walked over to it. Being to short he couldn't reach. McGonagall looks around just in time to see the cake glide gently into Harry's hands. With an expression of glee he starts to eat the cake. McGonagall's expression was one of surprise. "Oh my goodness you've started already." Her face broke into a smile. After Harry was full with cake and more appropriate food for breakfast. McGonagall took him on a tour of the castle. The tour ended with her classroom. "This is where I teach my class. I teach Transfiguration. Can you say Transfiguration, Harry?" "Tran... Trans... Transfiguration." Said Harry carefully. "Yes and do you know what transfiguration is?" asked McGonagall. "Transfiguration." Harry repeats. "It's when you turn one thing into another thing. Let me show you." As she pointed her wand at a book on the table. "Transformo." The book turned into a tortoise and it walked across the desk. Harry's face lit up and he clapped with glee. "I guess I could teach you one spell. It couldn't hurt if I'm the only one." She said smiling down at Harry. Harry was watching the tortoise very closely. "Harry can you say transformo." "Transformo," Harry yelled excitedly pointing at the tortoise thinking that's what it was. The tortoise changed back to a book and Harry's face dropped. Harry looks to McGonagall. "Where, transformo?" McGonagall smiled. "No, transformo made the book turn to a tortoise and when you said Transformo it changed back. Harry smiled he pointed at the book. "Transformo." He said and it changed back into a tortoise. He looked up at McGonagall "Mine." "No, you can't keep it Harry. How about lunch then a walk." "Yeah." Said Harry.
After lunch McGonagall took Harry for a walk by the lake. Where McGonagall rests under a tree, while the squid plays with Harry and stops him running off. The giant squid reached out his tentacle to return Harry back near the waters edge for the seventh time, but Harry was too quick for him and was heading up the slope away from McGonagall. The giant squid tapped McGonagall she opened her eyes. The squid pointed in the direction Harry had gone. McGonagall rushed off after Harry. Only catching up to him as he waddled through the arch to the quidditch pitch. McGonagall walked through the arch and saw Harry standing in the middle of the pitch staring at the stands. "Ah so you think you might like the lime light, hey Harry." Said McGonagall. "This is the Quidditch Stadium. They play a game here on broomsticks." "Zoom." Said Harry. "Yes. Zoom Harry. Well it's starting to get cool. Lets get you some food and sleep." Said McGonagall and she picked him up and headed back to the castle. After Harry was filled up and sleeping soundly in McGonagall's quarters. Fawks swooped in quietly and rested on the side of Harry's cot. McGonagall took the letter out of his beak and read it:
Minerva,
Please come to my office. Fawks will watch Harry.
Albus. McGonagall looked at Fawks. Fawks winked at her as she got up and left.
McGonagall was the last to arrive; all the teachers had yet again congregated in Dumbledore's office. But this time there were six young boys with flaming red hair. "Alas I must ask another favor of you." Started Dumbledore to the staff. "Molly Weasley has just been admitted to St Mungo's in labor. And due to her family being out of the country, she has no one to watch this bunch. It would only be for three days until she can return home. The elder boys will help too." To this not very many offers came. Just excuses about being to busy. "Well could we work on the same roster as Harry's." so both Sprout and Hagrid agreed they could do that. "Good we will set up temporary beds in the great hall for all seven. So let me introduce you. Bill, who will be joining us at Hogwarts this year, Charlie, Percy, the twins, Fred and George, and last but defiantly not lest, Ron." "Okay you lot lets go get you something to eat. And I'll check on Harry on the way past." Said McGonagall. Bill picked up Ron and as they left Charlie whispered to Bill. "Do they mean Harry Potter?" Bill shrugged and they followed McGonagall.
Holding up her hand. "Wait here. I'll just nip in and check on Harry." Said McGonagall and too her shock when she walked in. Harry was being carried by Fawks and he was flying him around the room. "Zoom, zoom." Squealed Harry with delight. McGonagall shook her head. "Fawks put him down." Fawks flew over to one of the armchairs and dropped him into it. "More, more." Said Harry pouting. "Sorry Harry no more. We have visitors. Do you want to meet them?" asked McGonagall. She picks him up off the chair and joined the children out in the corridor.
They arrived at the Great hall. A part of the hall had beds and cots set up. Another part had toys. She led them over to the eating area. "Okay, you stay here and get to know each other, and I'll go get food." She spun around and walked out of the door, and stopping only to seal the door shut behind her.
"Well, if we all arrange our self around the dinning table." Started Percy. "Shut it, Percy." Said Fred and George together from the door of the great hall where they were swinging on the door handles trying to open them. "I think." Started Fred. "That she has lock us in." finished George. "Get away from those doors." Said Bill. "Oh look at that." Said Charlie pointing at Harry and Ron sitting on the floor. Ron was poking Harry's scar on his forehead. Harry had a handfuls of Ron's hair and was shaking his head. "Okay brake it up." Said Charlie trying to pry Harry's hands off Ron's hair. Bill came forward and picked up Ron, while Charlie picked up Harry. They put them in the highchairs at the table. "Fred, George, come and sit down, you can't get out those windows." Said Bill. "Want a bet." Said Fred under his breath as they stomped over to the table. Just as they sat down the food appeared. The eldest three served food to the younger kids and they all ate there fill. "Fred, you won't get any desert if you don't clear your plate." Said Percy. "Fine." Said Fred as he picked up a hand full of peas and threw them at Percy. "No." yelled Bill, but it was too late he copped a spoon full of mash potato in the face. All hell broke loss. There was food from one end of the great hall to the other. Ron and Harry had climb out of their high chairs and was now sitting in the middle of all the food covered form head to toe in it. The door swung open and Dumbledore got a face full of strained carrots. He looked around the great hall. 'How could seven little people cause so much mess' he thought to him self. Dumbledore got out his wand and clean the great hall with one wave of his wand. "Alright, bath time." Said Dumbledore. Bill picked up Ron and Charlie picked up Harry and Percy grabbed one twin's hand in each hand and they all followed Dumbledore to the Prefects bathroom. Once the bathtub was filled deep enough all the kids climbed in. In minutes a water fight had broken out as the twins tried to drown Percy. After the bath they were all tucked into bed. As Dumbledore stood at the door of the great hall he smiled and thought how peaceful they looked asleep.
Early next morning McGonagall walked into the great hall, to find the Weasley twins trying to hang Percy from Dumbledore chair by his underwear. "Excuse me boys you might want to put him down." Said McGonagall. The thud of Percy's head on the floor drowned out the sound of the door opening. McGonagall turned around and was surprised to see Dumbledore and Arthur Weasley standing in the doorway. "Well what a surprise." Said McGonagall as Fred and George pelted at Arthur knocking him off balance. "Gather around, gather around, we have good news." Said Arthur as he walked over and sat at the table. All the Weasley children gathered around their father. Harry sat in his bed watching. "Well as you know your mom went to hospital last night and we are please to let you all know that you have a little sister." Said Arthur and the boys all broke out in a cheer. Harry too smiled he could see this was a good thing. "So today I will take you all to the hospital to visit mom and little Ginny. So you best eat up and dress quickly. They all hurried in to their clothes and grabbed some toast and Arthur led them to the nearest room with a fireplace and one by one they disappeared.
After the Weasleys had left, McGonagall told Dumbledore that something had come up and she needed to leave for just a few hours. Could Sybil please watch Harry for just a while? Dumbledore said that this would be okay. Sybil however being a bit absent minded wasn't to good at this and left Harry alone for a bit longer then she had planed. Peeves who found poor Harry wondering alone the corridor through this to be a perfect opportunity to cause mayhem. Offering young Harry a lollipop he coaxed young Harry to a stone gargoyle and after using the password 'chocolate frogs' he got Harry on to the moving staircase and then opened Dumbledore's office shoving Harry inside then closing the door and flew off cackling loudly. "Dumbledore," Sybil shouted down the long corridor. "Dumbledore." Dumbledore stopped and waited for Sybil to catch him up. With a smile he asked. "Where's Harry?" Sybil was red and flustered. "That's the problem headmaster, I've... well it's like this... it's just..." "Oh Sybil just tell me. It can't be that bad." "I've lost Harry." She said quickly as if saying it fast wouldn't make it sound so bad. "Don't panic Sybil he has to be here somewhere." "But I've looked everywhere I can think of and I have all the other teachers looking too." She cried. "Now, now calm yourself, Sybil, he can't have left the castle. He has to be here somewhere." About then peeves showed his face, he had been listening to the conversation all this time trying not to give himself away by laughing out loud. "Peeves," said Dumbledore. "Do you know where Harry is?" "Yes." Said peeves straightforely. "And where would that be peeves?" asked Dumbledore. "Why his is in your office sir." "And how did he get there, peeves?" "Oh, I wouldn't know sir." Laughed peeves as he zoomed off through the ceiling. When Dumbledore and Sybil arrived at Dumbledore's office Harry was curled up on Dumbledore's chair fast asleep and Fawkes was humming softly. Dumbledore signed, "you are going to be a worry for me the rest of my life Master Harry Potter. A worry indeed." With a smile he picked Harry up and rested him on his lap. Rocking him gently to Fawkes song.
After dinner that night the children had a chance to play while Dumbledore spoke to McGonagall, Harry moved closer to the table to hear them. "So how did the meeting go at the ministry, Dumbledore?" asked McGonagall. "They made him take veritaserum, in front of the minister and a select panel of auroras but the good thing was his story didn't change from when he told it to me." Said Dumbledore. "What a relieve, so when can he have Harry?" McGonagall asked hopefully, it wasn't that she didn't like Harry but she more the Grandmother type then the mother type. "Well the problem now is Molly can't help fix up the house. So Arthur said he and a few close friends from the ministry are going to help him this weekend." Said Dumbledore. "Maybe some of us teachers could help as well. Some of our expertise could be handy in a house like that." Offered McGonagall. "That is a really good idea, and I'm sure Sirius would appreciate it very much." Said Dumbledore. "Yeah." Shouted Harry. McGonagall jumped and Dumbledore chuckled.
The next morning they awoke to the shrill voice of Professor Sprout telling them to get up. "Hurry up, get food in your stomach. We're down in the green houses today. Need to be quick." Said Sprout. "5 more minutes, please mom." Said Charlie. "5 more minutes and you will have no breakfast." Said Sprout. Charlie jumped out of bed and rushed to the table followed by the rest of them. Sprout got both Harry and Ron out of bed and carried them to the table. After they finished breakfast Sprout rounded them up and herded them to the greenhouses. It was a beautiful sunny day outside. The kids were glad they were in an opened space instead of the cold and stuffy castle. Once they had reached the green house Sprout asked "Today I want you to depod the Risus comosus. The laughing plant." Said Sprout. "Why the laughing plant. It don't look to funny to me." Said Fred. "Oh you'll see." Said Sprout. "Okay, we'll have that done in no time." Said Bill. "Okay, Fred and George you at that one." Started Percy. "Shut it Percy." Said Ron. Bill and Charlie laughed.
It took them three and a half hours to try and depod the plant but everytime they got close it would tickle them until they couldn't breathe. Fred and George wanted to devise a plan and use Percy as the decoy but when they told Charlie and Bill, but they said, "better not". So instead they took the worm Harry and Ron found and stuck it down Percy's pants. And laughed as Percy danced around the Greenhouse trying to get it out.
After a picnic near the lake and after the twins had stopped trying to encourage the giant squid to eat Percy, they headed back to the castle.
The next morning they were awoken to the bellowing voice of Hagrid. After breakfast they went down to Hagrid's hut where Hagrid spent the morning stopping the twins from entering the forbidden forest. Hagrid was so relieved when Arthur Weasley came at lunchtime to take all the Weasley kids home because Molly was out of hospital. Hagrid and Harry spent the rest of the afternoon in Hagrid's hut with Fang.
Hagrid took Harry up to the castle for an early dinner and early bed. "Get a good night sleep, 'arry. You'll be seeing your new home tomorrow." Said Hagrid smiling.
Still typing chapter three hope to get it finished and posted by the end of the week. Don't forget to make the author happy and Review. (Please my mum is driving me crazy)