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consent. However, I am planning to kidnap Luna Lovegood and take her off to
my castle in Scotland...but first, I need to get a castle. o.0
A/N: REVIEWS! YAY! Thank you people for being so generous with your reviewing and such...This chapter is...slightly better.
Also, I hope you all give your prayers to my favorite girl in the world(^_~), Sam, who's in the hospital, recovering from surgery from having her appendix removed yesterday. I've been freaking like crazy worried...dunno why....
Chapter 2
A 16th Birthday
"C'mon, Harry, don't just sit there, let's go!" Tonks yelled at him, but Harry was still in a state of shock. He could still hear Uncle Vernon yelling from downstairs, then Moody yelling back at him, then an explosion, then Uncle Vernon yelling even louder.
Harry jumped off his bed slowly, and began packing. He shoved his things into his trunk, then grabbed his trunk in his one hand, and his broom in the other, then tried to grab Hedwig's cage, but realized he didn't have a third hand.
"Tonks, could you get that?" Tonks nodded, smiling happy, and picked up Hedwig's cage, waking her up. The two of them walked down stairs into the kitchen, where Moody was holding Uncle Vernon's toaster up side down, shaking it, while Uncle Vernon was screaming as loud as ever. Lupin stood beside Moody, looking rather irritated.
"YOU...YOU...FREAKS! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE! OUT! I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU POISON MY FAMILY!!"
"QUIET! HOW DARE YOU CALL US FREAKS?! YOU'RE THE FREAK, THE ONE BORN WITHOUT ANY POWERS!"
"Please, Moody, Harry's ready, can we just go?" Lupin asked.
"Yes, I suppose," Moody replied, turning away from Uncle Vernon while he was still yelling, "I reckon if there are any death eaters in the house, they'll eat him alive."
The group of 4 turned and left the Dursleys' house, Uncle Vernon still screaming. "So," Harry asked, "Where are we going?"
Lupin smiled at him. "The headquarters, of course."
"Are Ron and Hermione there?"
"Of course," Lupin replied, "More than just them. The twins are there, too, and Ginny, and Neville Longbottom, I think you know him?"
Harry nodded, but said nothing, remembering finding him at St. Mungo's last year. "So, are we flying there."
"No, you're going to floo through Arabella Figg's house, then we'll apparate behind you."
The group reached the door. Moody reached with his cane to pound on the door, but Lupin held his hand up, and reached out and rang the doorbell. Shortly, Mrs. Figg, the neighbor who the Dursley's had always left Harry with when he was little, arrived at the door. She looked slightly annoyed. "Harry flooing somewhere? Couldn't do this this morning, could you?"
"Arabella, it's Harry's birthday, we're taking him back to the headquarters," Tonks explained.
Mrs. Figg looked over at Harry. "Oh, it's your birthday? Would you like some cake?"
"Err..." Harry looked up to see Tonks looking at him oddly. Behind her, Lupin was shaking his head from side to side, out of Mrs. Figg's view. "No thanks, I just ate."
"Very well," Mrs. Figg opened her door and the 4 walked in. A few of Mrs. Figg's cats that had been standing by the door got one look at Moody and bolted off to other parts of the house.
In no time Harry had flooed into Number 12, Grimmauld Place, to headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. Harry was immediately greeted by Mrs. Weasley and the twins.
"Harry! How have you been? So good to see you!" Mrs. Weasley walked up to hug Harry, but Fred run up in front of her.
"Hey, Harry? Want some chocolate?" Fred held out a piece of candy and Harry looked at it skeptically.
"Fred, stop it!" Mrs. Weasley pushed him out of the way, "It's bad enough you experimented on Ginny, you're not using Harry, too."
"My ear's are still ringing..." Harry heard Ginny muttered, who he hadn't been aware was even in the room until this point, as she sat in the back of the room.
Suddenly, a large group of people showed up at the door. "What's all the noise?" Ron asked, then looked over towards the fire. "Harry's here!"
Ron ran over to Harry, and Hermione and Neville followed him. Another boy, a stout boy, with flat, brown hair, followed them slowly through Ron, Hermione, and Neville's ramblings on about their summers, O.W.L.s, the new Defense teacher, Harry heard him say "Hullo, Harry," though he didn't think anyone noticed.
"By the way, Ernie's here, his parents joined the Order."
Ernie MacMillan, the Hufflepuff boy that had been standing behind the group, nodding slightly. "Professor Dumbledore said I should be around the order. He thinks I might play some sort of er...important role."
"So, Harry, what did you get on your O.W.L.s?"
"3 Os, 3 Es, and a few As and Ds here and there."
"Are you still going to train to be an auror Or rather, can you?" Ron asked.
"Yeah, I got an O in Potions. I don't have the slightest idea how."
"Well, I imagine it's because it's you, right?" Hermione asked, "I mean, how would one of those testers feel to give the person that's defeated V-Voldemort," Everyone in the room except Harry and Hermione flinched, "Oh, you people, it's just a name. How would the tester feel to give a 'Dreadful' to the famous Harry Potter who will eventually save the world again?"
"Star power, how useful," Ernie muttered.
"Well...Happy birthday, Harry!!" Neville exclaimed.
"Thanks," Harry muttered.
"We're throwing you a sweet 16 party," Hermione said, grinning from ear to ear.
"Er...what's that?" Ron asked, "Is that some sort of muggle, like, coming of age ritual? Is it painful?"
Harry and Hermione looked at Ron like he was crazy, but he wasn't the only one looking confused. Ginny, who had come up to join the group, had her head cocked slightly, Ernie had an eyebrow raised, and Neville muttered, "Wazzat?"
Hermione sighed. "The birthday party, you guys. Remember?"
"Oh yeah!" chorused the group. "Honestly, Herm, do you have to use those fancy muggle terms?"
Hermione ignored him. "C'mon, Harry, we have a bunch of stuff set up for you in the kitchen." Hermione lead Harry out of a room Harry had never seen where the fireplace had been, down the hall, down a flight of stairs, down another hall, and another flight of stairs, into the basement kitchen.
The kitchen had been decorated, or rather, cleaned up, quite nicely. A banner reading "Happy 16th Harry!" was hung across the ceiling, flashing Gryffindor red and gold colors. A large pile of presents was set up on the table. Lupin, Tonks, Moody, Mundungus Fletcher, Kingsley, Mr. Weasley, Neville's grandmother, Bill Weasley, Fleur Delacour, a few other people Harry didn't recognize, and Professor Dumbledore himself, all sat at a long table.
Harry stood there, in a bit of shock. There was an odd silence, until, probably just so it wasn't so quiet, Hermione commented, "Luna Lovegood wanted to be here for your party, but she's still in Sweden. I don't think we'll miss her though."
The party was great. Harry probably ate as much at the party as he did all summer at the Dursleys. His presents were excellent too. Lupin had gotten him an interesting marker board, where he could use his wand to diagram quidditch plays, from Tonks he got a book called Famous Aurors and Their Achievements. From Moody, Harry gotten some sort of odd magical trinket that supposedly detected if there was anybody around you who wasn't in sight. Harry never got to find out what he had gotten from Mundungus, because as soon as he unwrapped it Mrs. Weasley pulled it away and went ballistic on Mundungus. The Weasley parents got him a large box of cauldron cakes, from Neville Harry received some odd sort of plant, Bill and Fleur gave him an Egyptian Serpent Fang, which was supposed to be good luck. The twins gave him a gift card to their shop, from Ron he got a box of chocolate frogs, from Hermione, naturally he got a book, called Spells Every Auror Should Know, the MacMillans gave him several bags of Every- Flavor beans(should that be hyphenated?), from Dumbledore he received two- way mirror, so he could get in touch with Dumbledore whenever he needed, and a tawny owl with a box with a Swedish flag stamped on it, which Ron said had arrived earlier that morning and wouldn't leave, refused to let Harry leave the room until he opened to box, which was a free year subscription to The Quibbler from Luna.
After the party, most of the aurors left, Harry went upstairs to the bedroom he would share with Ron. Ernie and Neville shared a room next door, and Ginny and Hermione shared one across the hall.
Sleep didn't come easy for Harry. As fun as the party had been, he couldn't help but think about Sirius, being back in his old house. If he hadn't been such an idiot, he would have never dragged his friends to the ministry, Hermione wouldn't have spent a week in the hospital wing, Ron wouldn't have gotten attacked by whatever that thing was, Ginny wouldn't have broken her ankle, or Neville his nose, or Luna her wrist, Dumbledore wouldn't have had to save him, and Sirius wouldn't have been killed.
A/N: Ok, that was still boring, but honestly, it gets better!! Send me comments, questions, complaints, or even, if you wish, presidential votes, via REVIEW!!!
Next Chapter:
Chapter 3 Captain Weasley
A/N: REVIEWS! YAY! Thank you people for being so generous with your reviewing and such...This chapter is...slightly better.
Also, I hope you all give your prayers to my favorite girl in the world(^_~), Sam, who's in the hospital, recovering from surgery from having her appendix removed yesterday. I've been freaking like crazy worried...dunno why....
Chapter 2
A 16th Birthday
"C'mon, Harry, don't just sit there, let's go!" Tonks yelled at him, but Harry was still in a state of shock. He could still hear Uncle Vernon yelling from downstairs, then Moody yelling back at him, then an explosion, then Uncle Vernon yelling even louder.
Harry jumped off his bed slowly, and began packing. He shoved his things into his trunk, then grabbed his trunk in his one hand, and his broom in the other, then tried to grab Hedwig's cage, but realized he didn't have a third hand.
"Tonks, could you get that?" Tonks nodded, smiling happy, and picked up Hedwig's cage, waking her up. The two of them walked down stairs into the kitchen, where Moody was holding Uncle Vernon's toaster up side down, shaking it, while Uncle Vernon was screaming as loud as ever. Lupin stood beside Moody, looking rather irritated.
"YOU...YOU...FREAKS! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE! OUT! I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU POISON MY FAMILY!!"
"QUIET! HOW DARE YOU CALL US FREAKS?! YOU'RE THE FREAK, THE ONE BORN WITHOUT ANY POWERS!"
"Please, Moody, Harry's ready, can we just go?" Lupin asked.
"Yes, I suppose," Moody replied, turning away from Uncle Vernon while he was still yelling, "I reckon if there are any death eaters in the house, they'll eat him alive."
The group of 4 turned and left the Dursleys' house, Uncle Vernon still screaming. "So," Harry asked, "Where are we going?"
Lupin smiled at him. "The headquarters, of course."
"Are Ron and Hermione there?"
"Of course," Lupin replied, "More than just them. The twins are there, too, and Ginny, and Neville Longbottom, I think you know him?"
Harry nodded, but said nothing, remembering finding him at St. Mungo's last year. "So, are we flying there."
"No, you're going to floo through Arabella Figg's house, then we'll apparate behind you."
The group reached the door. Moody reached with his cane to pound on the door, but Lupin held his hand up, and reached out and rang the doorbell. Shortly, Mrs. Figg, the neighbor who the Dursley's had always left Harry with when he was little, arrived at the door. She looked slightly annoyed. "Harry flooing somewhere? Couldn't do this this morning, could you?"
"Arabella, it's Harry's birthday, we're taking him back to the headquarters," Tonks explained.
Mrs. Figg looked over at Harry. "Oh, it's your birthday? Would you like some cake?"
"Err..." Harry looked up to see Tonks looking at him oddly. Behind her, Lupin was shaking his head from side to side, out of Mrs. Figg's view. "No thanks, I just ate."
"Very well," Mrs. Figg opened her door and the 4 walked in. A few of Mrs. Figg's cats that had been standing by the door got one look at Moody and bolted off to other parts of the house.
In no time Harry had flooed into Number 12, Grimmauld Place, to headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. Harry was immediately greeted by Mrs. Weasley and the twins.
"Harry! How have you been? So good to see you!" Mrs. Weasley walked up to hug Harry, but Fred run up in front of her.
"Hey, Harry? Want some chocolate?" Fred held out a piece of candy and Harry looked at it skeptically.
"Fred, stop it!" Mrs. Weasley pushed him out of the way, "It's bad enough you experimented on Ginny, you're not using Harry, too."
"My ear's are still ringing..." Harry heard Ginny muttered, who he hadn't been aware was even in the room until this point, as she sat in the back of the room.
Suddenly, a large group of people showed up at the door. "What's all the noise?" Ron asked, then looked over towards the fire. "Harry's here!"
Ron ran over to Harry, and Hermione and Neville followed him. Another boy, a stout boy, with flat, brown hair, followed them slowly through Ron, Hermione, and Neville's ramblings on about their summers, O.W.L.s, the new Defense teacher, Harry heard him say "Hullo, Harry," though he didn't think anyone noticed.
"By the way, Ernie's here, his parents joined the Order."
Ernie MacMillan, the Hufflepuff boy that had been standing behind the group, nodding slightly. "Professor Dumbledore said I should be around the order. He thinks I might play some sort of er...important role."
"So, Harry, what did you get on your O.W.L.s?"
"3 Os, 3 Es, and a few As and Ds here and there."
"Are you still going to train to be an auror Or rather, can you?" Ron asked.
"Yeah, I got an O in Potions. I don't have the slightest idea how."
"Well, I imagine it's because it's you, right?" Hermione asked, "I mean, how would one of those testers feel to give the person that's defeated V-Voldemort," Everyone in the room except Harry and Hermione flinched, "Oh, you people, it's just a name. How would the tester feel to give a 'Dreadful' to the famous Harry Potter who will eventually save the world again?"
"Star power, how useful," Ernie muttered.
"Well...Happy birthday, Harry!!" Neville exclaimed.
"Thanks," Harry muttered.
"We're throwing you a sweet 16 party," Hermione said, grinning from ear to ear.
"Er...what's that?" Ron asked, "Is that some sort of muggle, like, coming of age ritual? Is it painful?"
Harry and Hermione looked at Ron like he was crazy, but he wasn't the only one looking confused. Ginny, who had come up to join the group, had her head cocked slightly, Ernie had an eyebrow raised, and Neville muttered, "Wazzat?"
Hermione sighed. "The birthday party, you guys. Remember?"
"Oh yeah!" chorused the group. "Honestly, Herm, do you have to use those fancy muggle terms?"
Hermione ignored him. "C'mon, Harry, we have a bunch of stuff set up for you in the kitchen." Hermione lead Harry out of a room Harry had never seen where the fireplace had been, down the hall, down a flight of stairs, down another hall, and another flight of stairs, into the basement kitchen.
The kitchen had been decorated, or rather, cleaned up, quite nicely. A banner reading "Happy 16th Harry!" was hung across the ceiling, flashing Gryffindor red and gold colors. A large pile of presents was set up on the table. Lupin, Tonks, Moody, Mundungus Fletcher, Kingsley, Mr. Weasley, Neville's grandmother, Bill Weasley, Fleur Delacour, a few other people Harry didn't recognize, and Professor Dumbledore himself, all sat at a long table.
Harry stood there, in a bit of shock. There was an odd silence, until, probably just so it wasn't so quiet, Hermione commented, "Luna Lovegood wanted to be here for your party, but she's still in Sweden. I don't think we'll miss her though."
The party was great. Harry probably ate as much at the party as he did all summer at the Dursleys. His presents were excellent too. Lupin had gotten him an interesting marker board, where he could use his wand to diagram quidditch plays, from Tonks he got a book called Famous Aurors and Their Achievements. From Moody, Harry gotten some sort of odd magical trinket that supposedly detected if there was anybody around you who wasn't in sight. Harry never got to find out what he had gotten from Mundungus, because as soon as he unwrapped it Mrs. Weasley pulled it away and went ballistic on Mundungus. The Weasley parents got him a large box of cauldron cakes, from Neville Harry received some odd sort of plant, Bill and Fleur gave him an Egyptian Serpent Fang, which was supposed to be good luck. The twins gave him a gift card to their shop, from Ron he got a box of chocolate frogs, from Hermione, naturally he got a book, called Spells Every Auror Should Know, the MacMillans gave him several bags of Every- Flavor beans(should that be hyphenated?), from Dumbledore he received two- way mirror, so he could get in touch with Dumbledore whenever he needed, and a tawny owl with a box with a Swedish flag stamped on it, which Ron said had arrived earlier that morning and wouldn't leave, refused to let Harry leave the room until he opened to box, which was a free year subscription to The Quibbler from Luna.
After the party, most of the aurors left, Harry went upstairs to the bedroom he would share with Ron. Ernie and Neville shared a room next door, and Ginny and Hermione shared one across the hall.
Sleep didn't come easy for Harry. As fun as the party had been, he couldn't help but think about Sirius, being back in his old house. If he hadn't been such an idiot, he would have never dragged his friends to the ministry, Hermione wouldn't have spent a week in the hospital wing, Ron wouldn't have gotten attacked by whatever that thing was, Ginny wouldn't have broken her ankle, or Neville his nose, or Luna her wrist, Dumbledore wouldn't have had to save him, and Sirius wouldn't have been killed.
A/N: Ok, that was still boring, but honestly, it gets better!! Send me comments, questions, complaints, or even, if you wish, presidential votes, via REVIEW!!!
Next Chapter:
Chapter 3 Captain Weasley